The Arizona sentinel. [volume] (Arizona City [Yuma], Yuma County, A.T. [Ariz.]) 1872-1911, 1904-12-07
COLORADO and GIlA VALLEYS

In the valleys OF the Colorado ard ella rivers
there is room for thousands. It is not 100 much
to say that nowhere within the limits OF this
broad union can be found q more desirable re-
gion for the making of home. No laborious
clearing of the land is required: it lies almost
ready for the plcw Trees aud Shrubbery have
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 tor the market full month before the
California products. The bright sunshine
makes life o luxury, and the pure dry stmos-
phCro brings health 10 all who inhale il. For
The establishment of colonies such Us are made
in Southern California Arizona presents uE
riyalcd opportunities. Thousands of acres now
protitleSS can be nad9 productive by the con
struct!on OF irrigating ditehes. and there is no
investment which assures larger and more per-
UanenJ return.
The statements IN this article on nYuna county
ore not exaggerated, in fact they fail short OF
doing justice TO thiS wonderful bit OF country
PineGppiss. dates, almonds and Walnuts viii 90
well. Strawberries raSpberries, black oerfie
currantS. goose eDerr1eS ana all varieties of
small fruits cal. be successfully cultivated. In
deed Yuma county IS not only the natural
home OF the citrus ana semitropical frjits. as
almost every fruit, nut, plant. grain. grass, CT
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 oi The town
of Yuma and una county there can be no bet
ter investment for cgpital seeking large and re-
munerative returns than is afforded here. With
matchleSS climate, where all forms of dis
ease known to the damp and rigorous regions
Of the east and north are unknown. where the
bright sunshine kiSSer into bloom ard fra
GRANGE every form OF vegetation. and where the
clear days ana cool baimy nights are one long
continued poem Of happiness and delight we
can offer to capitalists ideal Geld for invest
menu and TO homeSeekers Il veritable paradise
in which to settle
on the continents. 1t is formed Of the detrisus
which the streams for ages have brought down
from their mOun:ain homes III their journey
to the sea. BY constant OVerf1owS and change
Of channel the deposit of thiS rich vegetable
matter has formed soil of extreme fertility
Near the streams il is a dark alluyial mold,
well adapted to small grains and grasses. Far
ther back there is rich sandy loan, mellow
and porous. and especially favorable for fruit
culture. 1t 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 thefruits, cereals and veg
stables that the labor OF the cultivator is 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 Sapllng before his door,
and within the year he has u shade tree twenty
five feet high, Alfalfa can be cut six times dur
ing the season, and ii is an actual fact that
grape cuttings have produced within eighteen
months What state OF territory can make
such showing? The climate. il must be re-
membered. is nearly perpetual summer. Snow
never fails in these southern valleys. The far
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 SEA of green, when the fields
of the Eastern farmers are covered with snow
andiceN rr
Every variety of grains, grasses, fruits aud
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 tr0m twenty-five to fifty bushels per
acre. Alfalfa. tinotiyi clover, Bermuda and
all the cultivated grasses grow luxuriantly. the
former giving from eight to. ten toES to the acre
each year Every variety of vegetable raised in
the United States can be grown in AIizona, and
nowhere are they found OF better quality.
Beside the products mentioned. these serli-
tropical valleys pr5dnce cotton <srear-cb!ie, TO-
no sre lssc = go Tic.- TitiI tla eSG5p.i3H CT
the sug.lr-cane. but little attention is paid TO
the cultivation OF o5her staples; but il has been
demonstrated that the soil and climate are
specially adapted TO their successful growth.
Cotton-growihg is no experiment in Arizona,
for iUsiS On. record that when the Europeans
first penetrated this region, they found the
Pima Indians wearing fabrics made OF cotton
grown in the ella valley.
''But it is their ad4ptability for fruit culture
that assures TO these valley lands q dense pop
ulation and prosperous future. Almost every
variety known can be raised in their fruitful
soils The apple, pear, plum. peach, apricot
ounce and nectarine. are OF delicious flavor
and give o generous yield. The grape of all va
rietieS Is at home in these sunny wales No
place in the grape-growing belt of the Pacific
coast can show so prolific yield. The quality
is all that could be desired: and the wine,
although it's manufacture is vet experimental,
is of fine flavor, delicious bouquet, and uE-
surpassed by any native product a table bev-
erage Experiments with the raisin grape have
shown that this climate and soil possess every
advantage for the production and curing of this
staple article of commerce.
Besides the fruits already mentioned, the
orange lemon, lime, olive, fig. pOmgranate and
others of the citrus family, can be grown sue
ceSSfully in the valleys OF Southern Arizona.
Orange trees are now in bearing In Salt river
valley ana at Yuma; while the banana is also
being cultivated at the latter place The Ari-
Zona orange inequality and flavor will compare
favorably with the best California.
In the valleys of the Colorado the Salt and
the Gila rivers, there is room for thousands.
1t is not too much to say that uowhere|within
the limits of this broad Union can be found u
more desirable region for the making of a
home. No laboriouS clearing OF the land is re-
ouired IL lies almost ready for the plow.
Trees and shrubbery have so rapid Il growth
that within eighteen months the immigrant can
surround his abode with attractions which
would require years to mature in less favored
climates. Fruits ripen and are ready for mar
llet full month before the California product.
The bright sunshine il q luxury and The pure,
dry atmosphere brings health to all who inhale
it. For the establishment of colonies, such as
have made of Southern California 4 garden,
Arizona presents unrivaled opportunities.
Thousands of acres, now proftleSS. can be
made productive by the construction of irrigat
ing bitches and there is no investment which
assures larPer or more permanent returns