The Arizona sentinel., 1899-04-15

dry atmosphere brings health to all who inhale tt For the eseaolshment of colonies, such we have made or Southern California arden Arizona presents unrivaled opportunities Thousands of acres, now proftless, can be made productive by he construction of irrigating dtches and there is no investment which assures larger or mora permanent returns.''
 LANDS AND SOILS. The lands of Yuma County comprise the river | bottoms and valleys and the upands or mesas The bottom ands are moister and slightly mere fertile | if, indeed it is possible to mike comparisons where all gre so wonderfully productive and prolific The uplands or mesas are warmer and perhaps lightly for better the cultivation of the cItrs fruits | Yuma contains a variety of soil The valley land Of thel Gila and Colorado rivers have for the most part deep sedimentary soil of brownish, gray sanfy loam, resting, in most places, upon a gray clay subsoil at depth of from ten to twenty feet below the surface, The clay subsoil forms hard pan which Is impervicus to water. These soils have been slowly formed by the decomposition of shales sandstones, marls Hnestones ttc, mixed with or l ganlc and vegetable matter, washed down by the mighty rivers and have been gradually deposited during the course of centuries The fertilizins | brownish mud held in the wat tlof the CoIoTado and Gila rivers resembles that from the Nile. and its quantity varies from OI to O5 Der cent. though the water hen even considerable diseo,or- ed by mud is good drink, resembling in this res pect the Missouri river water A chemical analysis of the sediments of the Colorado and of the Nile exhibits wonderful similarity in the constituent parts of each That vf the Colorado exhibiting n trliie less potsssa most phosphoric acid and car Donade or Llmestoma beds through which the Colo rdo pSssNs In other respects the sedinsl 1t of the Colorado IS almost identical with that of the Nile. It will be noticed, therefore, that when this water is used for irrigation it is superior to artesian waters since 1t is constantly supplying the land with the richestfertilizing elements The soil of the valley IS extremely rich in dedomposed vegetable matter and uncombined carbon, readily absorbing the aerial gases such especially, as oxygen, which en- tering the soil, dccomposes the organic matters SO that they can be taken up and nourish the plants which may be considered a leading feature il 1t fertility. It also readily takes up and retains moisture, while the rmness of it's particles affords every facility for percolation and the activity of capillary action. In ts mechanical composition it's particles are in state of very fine division which | renders 1t more productive than coarser soils I acquires heat readily in the daytime and the loss Of the heat at night is very gradual SO that it re- mains always warm and Is not subject to sudden changes of heat and cold Besides it's essential con- Stituents of water, organic or vegetable matter. sand and clay, chemical analysis shows that lime soda, megnesia, iron, ammonia and available forms of nitrogen, phosphoric acid and potash enter into composition in the proportions best adapted to add to it's fertility, though of courso as is always the case in soil analysis, it's composition varies in different localities and is not always constant. | The soi the upands, or mesas lighter and more gravelly and in some places of ,ree, loamy. ealcareous character. The mesa lands are warm and generous. They seem especially adapted for the grape, olive and citrus fruits generally Their soil contains more magnesia, lime or chalk than the bottom lands. It cracks and retains moisture admirably in summer. It is of that character which will produce wIne that will keep good for fifty or l hundred years, and improve annually, not being liable to sour, exposure to the air, after one year old, to become turbid and change color in tine bottle or glass
 WHY IMMIGRANTS SHOULD COME TO YUMA COUNTY. Because the climate is perfect. Because the soil is fertile and prolific.
 Because land is abundant and cheap. Because a home can be made with little labor.
 Because so great variety of products can be grown.
 Because the yield is large and the prices always remunerative.
 Because life is luxury in land where the sun shines every day. Because there are chances for poor man which he can never hope to find in older countries.
 Because the country is advancing and property values are increasing.
 Because, unlike Southern California it does not require Q small fortune to secure a piece of land.
 Because capital does not block ell the av- enues to wealth, nor crowd the poor man to the wall.
 Because Uncle Sam has yet many farms in Yuma county waiting for occupants.
 Because churches, schools, newspapers and railroads are fast developing the moral and material elements of the Territory.
 Because good land is becoming scarce, and if you don't catch on now, your last chance will soon be gone.
 Because the country is one of the few regions of the Uuited States that yields the products of the temperate and semi-tropic zones.
 Because the worker receives a fair com. pensation for his labor, And the hustler has field for the display of his energy and en- terprise.
 Because there are neither blizzards or tornadoes, earthquakes nor inundations, snow-stOrns nor cyclones.
 Because the vast and varied resources of the country are yet to be developed.
 Because the wealth of it's mines, it's farm ing valleys, aud grazing lands, will yet bull up great and prosperous county.
 Because a man can make livelihood Ter. with less labor than in any other part of the United States.
 Because there is health in every breeze. and strenQth and vi0Or under itS o1orJ1o.s