The Florence tribune., 1899-12-02
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Travis life have been passed in Ari- zona, and in speaking of that fact Mir. Travis remarked that the people of this country haven't an idea of the resources of that Territory.
 "Why," said be, "you people here in the East can't imagine what place Arizona is. Plains covered with a most interesting growth of aowery shrubs and plants rich in soil as the valley of the Niles mountains of sur passing grandeur housing wealth uur tod ot gold, silver copper, lead and iron. You wry start at the border of the great pine forests 100. miles east of Prescott and travel west, bearing south until you cross the Colorado River below Yuma, and you will bave followed 3 gold belt torty or fifty miles wide, S75 miles long in Arizona. Within these lines you will fnd the United Verde, Congress, Vulture, Harqna Hals, Little Jesse and crevn King, and othezA too numerous to mention. This is 8 region unsurpassed in mineral wealth and is less known in America than the gold fields of Africa. The great deposits of copper and silver near Signal; the gold mines of Santa Maria; the wealth of the. Carbat Mountains; the White Hills. aud the River Range in Mohave county each would fA pages to set forth their merits. To the south we have the great King of Arizona and La Fortuna, from which pours a verituble river of gold. To the east are the mines of Tucson and Tombstone that have pro- duced their millions. Farther to the southeast are the great copper mines of the Copper Queen at Risbee. Still east are the great gold mines at Pierce. Then to the northeast are the Clifton and Morenci copper mines that are the wonders of the mining world. And northwest are the mines of Globe. the Old Dominion. knfalo and Black Warrior. which. wealth of nations, embraces the Salt River Valley. l. is located nearly centrally in the Ter ritory and comprises 4.679, ,O00 acres, of which 1,50O. 900 may be classed ara bis and are reclaimed by irrigation. The soil has been laying fAllow for ages, ever since the mysterious race who have disappeared and lett no trace other than the evidt.nce os'their once being a teemiug population inhsaiiipg the valley in their old eauals and old rufus ot houses.
 Crops, os al kinds are raised here and the yield Is immsase. Alfalfa Is cut from oas aud half to two, ton, per acre at each cutting. Wheat barley, sugar cane are the pEineipa l field crops. And the orchard fruit are apricots, pears, piums. almonds figs, oranges, lemons, pomegranite
 
 and quinees,i all kinds of grapes, black berries and straw berries are raised b. the car loads. There is no countr, that produces 6aer crops than ar foand In the Salt River Valley.
 The cattle industry iR one of tn greatest sources of profit. rhe>climat of Salt River Valley is delightful. Al most the entire year it is, seldom tn
 thermometer registers beA5w freezin
 point in tue wtuter, while, the neal ( summer Is teuApered by constant alter
 nating brsezes, from the Pncific Q.-ar
 Tornsdoes, cyclones and hlizzards ar
 here unknown, therefore stock do nc
 require housing and feeding durin V winter. s,
 Land ranges in prieesfromss s25 to $li
 and $200 per acre, owing to location au Y improvement. Phoenix is the, capst of the Territory, with 8 population ( i. between twelve and fifteen thousan, :. and has all of the modern improv