The Arizona sentinel., 1899-03-11
WHY CAPITAL suou1D sErK YUM, COUNTY

Because it is young, growing county with an assured future.
 Because the opportunities for engaging in manufacturing enterprises gre better than in any other region of the West.
 Because good mining properties can be had at reasonable figures.
 Because there IS a demand for additiona facilities for ore reduction.
 Because there ere vast stretches of rich soil to be reclaimed by the construction ot irrigating canals.
 Because there are large tracts of grass lands that con be utilized by the sinking ct artesian wells.
 Because there are many openings in Q new country which cannot exist in older cen. munities
 Because the opportunities for engaging ir the successful cultivation Of semj-tropi fruits are better than in any other part the United States.
 Because property values are rapidly ad vancirg.
 Because Arizona's boom is yet to come.
 CAN oNF LIVE coA.foRTABLy?
 That again depends on what you expect. You cannot fa,e the luxuries of our New York houses out there, nnless you builc one; or thv variety of our New York markets, unless you charater refrigerator car. But there are hotels with almost much frontage as the Waldorf; and, like everything else in the Territory excepting the mountains and dese,ts, they are new. There are boarding houses of more kinds than one; and brick cottages of eight or ten rooms can occaeinally by rented. Bet. ter than any of them, for the man with energy and the pluck to take it, is to on the desert; and he who knows how "camp out" with comfort through Septem Der Tn the Adirondacks can camp out in A izona through the winter.
 As to food, there is plenty. and it is good-if you can get it well cooked. The alfalfa fields of the Salt River Valley are the fattening ground for the great cattle ranges of the Territory. From there the markets of Los Angeles and even of Denver are largely supplied, Good beef, mutton and poultry are plenty and cheap. Quail, ducks and venison from the vicinity can also be had. Vegetables and fruits arc abundant in their season, and sometime; the season is a long one. It is the one country 1 have lived in where strawberrie, ripen in the open air ten months in the year. have had them on my table, fresh picked from the open garden at Cbrist.ne 8
 ALTITUDEs.
 It IS striking advantage offered by Arizona that, with the same general con ditions as to temperature and dryness o air, the physician is able to select nearly any altitude he may desire Thus, asth matic sufferers can find almost the sea level at Yuma, or an altitude of only 6 thousand feet at Phoenix, Or of only 2,4OC at Tucson. Others, who find no objection to greater elevations, can choose between Prescott or Fort Whipple. $500; Flag staf 6.SO0,; the Sulphur Spring Valley, ol Fort Grant, 4.2O0; Fort Huachuca. 4,SO0 or Oracle, about 4,000.
 WHICH TOWN IS THe BEST?
 Primarily that is question for the phy sician, if there is a physician in the case if not, try them all. If a mountain region considerable altitude and a comparatively low temperature is desired, Prescott is ir picturesque region, near 3 great mining districts, and has the social adyaAtags oi an army post, whipple Barracks. sg- staff IS still higher, is in a region of 1se pine forests, and is within Q hard y'S journey of one of the wonders of the Id, the Colorado Canyor Oracle is a :tty mountain nook, powered ill splCndid live oaks, like SC of California. and is also near an APortant mining district. If lower altitude and a distinctly semi tropical climate are desired, the three places most likely to be considered are Yuma, Tucson and Phoenix. The first is near the sea level; is the warmest and probably the driest of the three, has the least population, and the smallest provision for visitors. Tucson is the oldest town in the Territory, and, after Santa Fe, perhaps the oldest ill the Southwest. Its adobe houses give it a Mexican look, and are thoroughly comfort able. Its newer houses are of a handsome building stone, found in the vicinity. The Ter itoriaI University Is ere, and 1t was formerly the capital Its elevation being more than double that of Phoenix, it i' some " hat cooler, and as there is next to nc irrigation near 1t, the air is a Httle drier Phoenix Is the centre of the greatest irriga- tion in the Territory. The country for miles around smiles with green fields, cover ed with almost countless herds of cattle, and it is everywhere shut in by low mount ans It is the Territorial capital, has the Government Indian School, the Territorial Lunatic Asylum, and other institutions, and is the general focus for the Territory. Like Tucson, 1t has it's occasional wind and sand storms perhaps not quite 50 often. At either place visitors who know how tC adapt themselves to circumstances can be entirely comfortable, and ir each they vii find an intelligent, orderly, enterprising and most hospitable community. They vii find country full of mines, full Of ricl agricultural lands, abounding in cattle anC hor es, in vineyards And orchards and the beginnings of very successful orange grove. "a country, in fact, as full of promise fol