The Arizona sentinel., 1899-04-29
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 Because the opportunities for engaging in manufacturing enterprises are better than in my other region of the West.
 Because good mining properties can be had It reasonable figures.
 Because there IS Q demand for additional facilities for ore reduction.
 Because there are vast stretches of rich soil to be reclaimed by the construction of irrigating canals
 Because there are large tracts of grass lands that can be utilized by the sinking ot artesian wells
 Because there are many openings in Q new country which cannot exist in older com munities.
 Because the opportunities for engaging ip the successful cultivation of semi-tropi fruits are better than ill any other part the United States
 Because property values are rapidly ad vancing.
 Because Arizona's boom is yet to come.
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 That again depends on what you expect You cannot have the luxuries of our New York houses out there, unless you builc one; or the variety of our New York markets, unless you charater refrigerator car. But there are hotels with almost a much frontage as the Waldorf; and, like everything else in the Territory excepting the mountains and deserts, they are new There are boarding houses of more kinds than one; and brick cottages of eight or ten rooms can occasinally 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 Arizona 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 are abundant in their season, and sometimes the season is a long one. It is the one country I have lived in where straw wberries ripen in the open air ten months in the year. ] have had them on my table, fresh picked from the open garden at Christmas
 ATTITUDES.
 It IS striking advantage offered by Arizona that, with the same general con ditions as to temperature and dryness oi air, the physician is able to select nearly any altitude he may desire. Thus, asth matte 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, 5,4OO; Flag. staff. 6,809,; the Sulphur Spring Valley, ol Fort Grant, 4,20O; Fort Huachuca. 4,S00 or Oracle, about {, 0o0.
 WHICH TOWN IS Tue BEST?
 Primarily that is a question for the phy sician, fl there is physician in the case if not, try them all. If a mountain region considerable altitadc and comparatively low temperature is desired, Prescott is il a picturesque region, near 8 great mining } districts and has the social adyastaPs O an army post, whipple Barracks. qg staff IS still higher, is in a region of IS pine forests, and is within 2 hard y' B journey of one of the wonders of the Id the Colorado Canyor Oracle is a tt, ? mountain nook, powered in spltndiC live oaks, like ,se of California. and i also near an Aportant mining district r If lower altitude and a distinctly semi tropical climate are desired, the three place l most likely to be considered are Yuma Tucson and Phoenix. The first is near tn t sea level; is the warmost and probably tn l driest Of the three, has the least population and the smallest provision for visitors = Tucson is the oldest town in the Territory n and, after Santa Fe, perhaps the oldest i the Southwest. Its adobe houses give it S Mexican look, and are thoroughly comfort able. Its newer houses are of a handsom building stone, found in the vicinity. Tn ] Ter itorial University is ere, and it wa formerly the capital It's elevation bein l more than double that of Phoenix, it e somewhat cooler, and as there is next to Ii irrigation near it, the air is little driel Y Phoenix Is the centre of the greatest irriga e ton in the Territory. The country fc c miles around smiles with green fields, eovel cd with almost countless herds of cattle l. and it is everywhere shut in by low mount $ ains It is the Territorial capital, has tn l. Government Indian School, the TerritoriG Lunatic Asylum, and other institution: T and is the general focus for the Territory ,. Like Tucson, it has it's occasional wind an sand stOrns-perhaps not quite so ofteI i At either place visitors who know how adapt themselves to circumstances can | entirely comfortable, and in each they wi
 find an intelligent, orderly, enterprising an
 most hospitable community. They wi ?, find country full of mines, full of Tic e agricultural lands, abounding in cattle an
 hor>es, in vineyards and orchards and tn ,, beginnings of very successful orange grove
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