The Arizona sentinel., 1903-12-02
COLORADO AN. AN.
 CHA VAlEgS

In the valleys of tl.e Colorado and Gila rivers there jS room for thousands. IL is not too much to say that nowhere within the limits of this broad union can De found more desirable re zion for the making of q home. No labOrlouS clearing of the land is required; it lies almost ready for the blow. Trees aud Shrubbcry have so rapid growth that within eighteen months the immigrant can surround his abode with at fractions which would require years to mature in less favored climates. Fruits ripen and are ready for the market q full month before the California products. The bright sunshine makes life luxury, and the pure dry atmOS phere brings health to all who nhale it. For the establishment of colonies such as are made in Southern California. Arizona presents un- rivaled opportunities. Thousands of acres now prohtleSS can be made productive by the con- Struction of irrigating ditcheS, and there Is no manent return.
 The statements in this article OnYuma-cOunty are not exaggerated; il fact they fall short of doing justice to this wonderful bit of country Pineapples, dates. almonds and walnuts will do well. Strawberries, raSpberrleS, blackberrleS, entrants, gooSeberrieS and all varieties of small fruits can be successfully cultivated. In deed. Yuma county is not only the natural home of the citrus and SemtrOpical fruits, as almost every fruit, nut, plant grain, grass or vegetable which can be produced in either tropic of the temperate zones will thrive in the rich and fertile soils
 With the bright prospects ahead of the town of Yuma and Yuma county there can be no bet ter investment for capital seeking large and re- muneratve returns than is afforded here. With mdtchIeSS cllndJG, WlSTc dll IOElHS Ol ulS- ease known to the damp and rigorous regions of the east and north are unknown, where the bright sunshine lIiSSe' into bloom and fra grauce every form of vegetation, and where the clear days and cool balmy nights are one long continued poem Of happiness and delight, we can offer to capitalists an ideal field for invest ment and to hOmeSeeRerS YeTftable paradise in which to settle.
 The soil of these valleys is among the richest on the continent It is formed of the detrituS which the streams for ages have brought down | Al,nt, AsnlT n to the sea. By constant oYerhowS and change of channel, the deposit of this rich vegetable matter has formed soil of extreme fertility. Near the streams 1t lS a dark aiIuVlal mold, we'll adapted to small grains and grasses. Far ther back there is q rich sandy loam mellow and porous, and especially favorable for fruit culture. It has been already demonstrated that the productive capacity of these valleys is not surpassed by lands of equal area in any part of the United States. So rapid and pro- fife iS the growth of the fruits cereals and veg ptlbleS that the labor of the cultivatOr iS re- duced to the minimum. In nearly all of them two crops d year can be grown and vegetation Is | one month head of California. The farmer plants cottonwood Sapling before his door, | and within the year he has shade tree twenty five feet high. Alfalfa can be cut six times dur ing the season and It k an actual Iact thaI grape cuttings have produced within eighteen i months! What state CT territory can make such showing? The climate, it must be re membered, is nearly perpetual summer: snow never falls in these southern valleys. The Tar mer begins to plant in November, and by the middle of May his harvest is ready. Roses are | in bloom. fruit trees are blooming. and the grain fields are a sea of green, when the fields of the Eastern farmers are covered with snow and ice.
 vegetables grown in Semitropic zones can be produced in the valleys of Arizona. Wheat corn. barley, oats and all the small grains give q yield of from twenty-five to fifty bushels pc; | acre Alfalfa. timothy, clover Bermuda and all the cultivated grasses grow luxuriantly. the former giving from eight to ten tons to the acre each year Every variety of vegetable raised 1T the United States can be grown in AIiZOna, and nowhere are they found of better quality.
 Besides the products mentioned these semi tropical valleys produce cotton, SuS2r-cane, to the ,ugarcare, but little attention is paid tC the cultivation of other staples but 1t has beer demonstrated that the soil and climate arc Sr,eciallv adapted to their successful growth Cotton growing is no experiment in Arizona for it iS on record that when the Europeans first penetrated this region, they found th' Pima Indians wearing fabrics made or cottoi grown in <hC Gila valley.
 But it is their ad4ptability for fruit culture that assures to these valley lands dense pop ulation and prosperous future Almost ever. variety known can be raised in their fruItfu soils The apple pear, plum. peach apricot ouince and nectarine. are of delicious flavor and give q generous yield. The grape of all va rieLieS iS at home in these sunny wales N pIace in the grape-gtOwing belt of the Paclh coast can show so prolific yield. The qua!lt. is all that could be desired; and the wine | although
 is of q fine flavor, delicious bouquet, and un surpassed by any native product as table bey
 craze Experiments with the ralSln grape hay
 shown that this climate and soil possess ever
 advantage for the production and cJring of thi
 staple article of commerce.
 "BeSideS the fruits already mentioned, tn
 orange lemon. lime. olive, fig. pomgranate an
 others of the citrus family, can be grown Sut
 cesSfullv in the valleys of Southern Arizona
 Orange trees are now in bearing In Salt rive
 valley and at Yuma: while the banana Is alS
 being cultivated at the latter place. The Ar
 zona orange in quality and flavor will compar : fayorably with the best California.
 "tn the valleys of the Colorado. the Salt an
 the Gila rivers. there is room for thousands ! It iS not too much to say that nowhere wlthl
 the limits of this broad Union can be found
 more desirable region for the making or \ home No labCriouS clearing of the land IS rt ! 0uired; it lies almost ready for the ploV
 Trees and Shruboery have so rapid growt
 that within eighteen months the immigrant ca
 surround his abode with attractions whlc
 would require years to mature in less favore
 climates. Fruits ripen and are ready for maj
 ket d full month before the California produc
 The bright sunshine iS a luxury. and the purt
 dry atmosphere brings health to all who 1nhal
 it. For the establishment Of colonies, such a
 have made of Southern California a gardel
 Arizona presents unrivaled OpportunItle
 Thousands of acres now prohtleSS. can [
 made productive by the construction or 1rrlga - inc ditcheS and there is no investment Whlc