The Arizona sentinel., 1903-09-09
COLORADO AN. AN.
 CHA VALLEYS

In the valleys of the Colorado and Gila rivers there is room for thousands It is not too much | to say that nowhere within the limits of this broad union can be found a more desirable re- | zion for the making of d home No labOriouS clearing of the land is required; 1t lies almost ready for the blow. Trees aud Shrubbery have | so rapid growth that within eighteen months | the immigrant can surround his abode with at | fractions which would require years to mature 1 in less favored climates Fruits r1pen and are ready for the market full month before the | California products. The bright sunshine makes life luxury, and the pure dry atmOS- Fphere brings health to all who inhale 1t. For i the establishment of colonies, such as are made | in Southern California, Arizona presents un- rivaled opportunities Thousands of acres now profitless can be made productive by the con- | Struction of irrigating dltCheS and there is no investment which assures larger and more per manent return.
 The statements in this article onYuma county | are not exaggerated; in fact they fall short of doing justice to this wonderful bit of country PineappleS, dates, almonds and walnutS will do | well. Strawberries, raSpberrieS, blackberrfeS, currantS, goOSebeTrfeS and all varieties of small fruits can be successfully cultivated. h. deed, Yuma county is not only the natural home of the citrus and SemitrOpical fruits, as almost every fruit, nut, plant grain, grass, or vegetable which can be produced in either tropIc of the temperate zones will thrive m 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- munerative returns than is afforded here. With
  ease known to the damp and rigorous regions of the east and north arc unknown. where the bright sunshine kisSe into bloom and fra grance every form of vegetation. ard where the clear days and cool balmy nights are one loT~g continued poem of happiness and deliRb- Te can offer to capitalists an ideal field for fht = ment and to hOmeSeeEerS a Ver1tabfe parae
 in which to settle.
 The soil of these valleys is among the riches on the continent. It iS formed of the detrituS which the streams for ages have brought down tbpir ain homes in their tourney to the sea. By constant overhowS and change of channel, the deposit of this rich vegetable matter has formed a soil of extreme fertility Near the streams it iS a dark alluvlal mold, well adapted to small grains and grasses. Far ther back there i$ a rich sandy loam, mellow and porous: and especially favorable Tor 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 life is the growth of thefrultS. cereals and veg etIbleS that the labor Of the cultTvator lS re- duced to the minimum In nearly all of them two crops year can be grown and vegetation IS one month head of California. The farmer plants cottonwood Saping 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 1t Is an actual fact that grape cuttings have produced within eighteen months. What state or territory can make such q showing? The climate, 1t must be re- membered, is nearly perpetual simmer. Snow never falls in these southern valleys. The far meT begins to plant in November, and by the middle of May his harvest is ready Roses are in bloom. fruit trees arc blooming, and the grain fields are q sea of green, when the fields of the Eastern farmers are covered with snow and ice
 Every variety of grains, grasses, fruits and vegetables grown i'll SemtrOpic zones can be produced in the valleys of Arizona. Wheat, corn, barley, oats and all the small grams glVe A yield of from twenty-five to fifty bushels per 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 in the United States caa be grown in AIIZona, and nowhere are they found of better quality.
 Besides the products mentioned, these semi tropical valleys produce cotton. Sugarcune, to- bacco, hemp and rice. With the exception Of the sugar-cane, but little attention iS paid to the cultivation of other staples; but 1t has been demonstrated that the soil and climate are specially adapted to their successful growth Cotton-growing is no experl nent m Arlzona, for it is on record that when the Europeans first penetrated this region, they found the Pima Indisns wearing fabrics made of cotton