The Arizona sentinel., 1899-03-11

 rapid a growth that within eighteen months the immigrant can surround his abode with ttIactions wolch would require ears to natur. in less e. red climates. Fruits ripen and are ready for market full month b fore the california product. The bright sunshine makes life 9 IuxGrv and the pure dry atmosphere brings health 10 all who inhale It. For the establishment of colonies such as we have made of Southern California q arden, Arizona presents unrvalcd opportunities Thousands of acres, HOW prohtless, car be made productive by e construction Of irrigStIng di5cnes and there is TO investment which assures larger or more permanent returns"
 LANDS AND SOILS.
 The landa of Yuma County comprise the rivtr bottoms and valleys and the uplands CT n1esas The bottom ands are moister and slightly mere fertile if, indeed, i5 is possible to m ke comparisons where all are so wonderfully productive and prolific The uplands or mesas are warmer and, perhaps, lightly for better the cultivation ofthe citrus fruits Vnma coDtainsa variety of soil The valley land of the Gile and Colorado rivers have for the most part deep sediTnentary soil of brownish, gray saniy lo n, resting, in most places, upon gray clay subsoil at epth of from ten to twenty fer below the surface, The clay subsoil forms hard pan which is impeTyious tU water. These soils havr been slowly formed by the decomposition of shades { ganie and vegetable matter, washed down by the mighty rivers and have been gradually deposited during the course of centuries. The fertiIizine brownish mud held in the wat ,Iof the Colorado and Gila rivers resembles that from the Nile, and 1 it's quantity varies from O.1 to O.5 per cent, though the water hen even considerably discolor- ed by mud is good drink, resembling in this res pect the Missouri river water chemical analysis of the sediments of the Colorado and of the Nile exhibits wonderful similarity in the constituent | parts of each. That yf the Colorado exhibiting a ! trifc less pctassa, most phosphoric acid and car bonade of limestone beds through which the Colo rado pass"s in other respects the sedinl It of the Colorado is almost identical with that of the Nile IL will be noticed, therefore that when this water is used for irrigation is superior to aresan waters since it is constantly supplying the land with the richestfsr5ilizng clements The soil of the valley | is extremely rich in dedomposed vegetable matter and ncOmbined carbon, readily absorbing the aerial gases such especially, as oxygen, which en- tering the soil, dccorposes the organic matters that they can be taken up and nourish the plants which may be considered leading featur3 in It fertility It also readily takes up end retains moisture, while te frmness of it's particles afordc every facility for percolation and the activity o capillary action. In ts mechanical composition its particles in a state of very fine division which renders it more productive than coarser soils I acquries heat readily in the daytime and the los, of the heGt 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, magnesa, iron, ammonia and available form, of nitrogen, phosphorio acid and potash enter into composition in the proportions best adapted tC add to it's fertility though of course, as is aIway. the in soil analysis, it's composition varies 1T different localities and is not always constant. The soi o the uplands, or messs, lighter and more gravelly and in some places of a .ree loamy cacareous character. The mesa lands are warm and generous They seem especially adapted for the grape, olive and citrus fruits generally. Their soil contains more masnesia, lime CT chalk than the bottom lands. It cracks and retains moisture admirably in summer It is of that character which will produce that will keep good for fifty or 9 hundred years, and improve annually, not being liable to sour or exposure to the air, after one year old, to become turbid and change color in thc 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 home can be made with little labor.
 Because so great a variety of products can be grown.
 Because the yield is large and the price, always remunerative.
 Because life is a 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 small fortune to secure a piece of land.
 Because capital does not block all 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. 1 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.
 1 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 bIizzards or tornadoes, earthquakes nor inundatiOns, snOw-stoms nor cyclones.
 Because the vast and varied resources O1 the country are yet to be developed.
 Because the wealth of it's mines, its farm ing valleys, and grazing lands, will yet bull up great and prosperous county.
 Because a man can make livelihood fer, with less labor than in any other part of the United States.
 Because there is health in every breeze, and strength and vigor under it's cloudless sLias