The Arizona sentinel. [volume] (Arizona City [Yuma], Yuma County, A.T. [Ariz.]) 1872-1911, 1904-12-21
COLORADO and GlLA VALLEYS

IL! the valleys OF the Colorado ard G. lila riyeF
there Is room for thousands. II IS rot too muci
to say rhSt nowhere within me limits of thi.
brOad union can be found o more desirable re
zion for tho making OF home. No iaboriou.
clearipe Of the land is required: It lies alrnos
ready Ter the plow. Trees ard Shrubbcry hayt
sorupid q growth That within eighteen months
The Immigrant can surround his abode with at
fractions which would require years to mature
y less iaIoiS.i clinlates Fruits ripen and are
ready lCr tao Ejarlset n full month before the
California products. The bright sunshine
makes life Il luxury, and the pure dry atmoS
phere brings health to all who inhalc 1t. Fol
the establishment OF colonies, such as arc made
In Southern California, Arizona presents un
rivaled opportunities Thousands OF acres now
proAtlesS can be made productive by the con-
struction of irrigating GitchcS. and there is 10
investment which assures larger and more per
manent return.
The statements in this article on Yuma county
are not exaggerated: in fact they fall short OF
doing justice TO this wonderful bit OF country
PincappleS. dates. almonds and walnutS will 90
well. Strawberries, raSpbcrrieS. biackberreS,
currantS, 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 Scmitropical fruits, as
almost every fruit. nut. plant, grain> grass. or
vegetable which can be produced inefther 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 cppital seeking large and re-
4 matchleSS climate, where all forms OF dis
ease known to the damp and rigorous regions
Of the cast and north are unknown. where the
bright sunshine kisSe' into bloom and fra
GRANGE every form of vegetation, and where the
clear days and cool baimy nights are one long
continued poem OF happiness and delight we
can offer to capitalists an Ideal field for invest.
mcnt and to homeSecllerS u Veritable, paradise
in which to settle.
The soil Of these valleys is among the richest
on the continent. 1t Is formed OF the dctritus
which the streams for ages have brought down
from their mountain homes IN their journey
to the sea. BY constant ovcrfows and change
Of channel, the deposit OF this rich vegetable
matter has formed a soil of extreme fertility
Near the streams It is Q dark alluvial mold.
well adapted to small grains and grasses. Far.
ther back there is q rich sandy loan. mellow
and porous, and especially favorable for frui:
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,
ctables that the labor OF the cultivator is re-
juccd 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 a cottonwood SaplinG before his door,
and within the year he has y shade tree twenty
five feet high! Alfalfa can be cut six times dur
Ing the season, and it is an actual fact that
grape cuttings have produced within eighteen
monthS What state or territory can make
such showing? The climate, il must be re-
nembered. is nearly perpetual summer. Snow
never falls in these southern valleys. The far
mer begins to plant in November, and by the
middle Of May his harvest Is ready. Roses a-e
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
md ice.
Every variety OF grains, grasses, fruits and
vegetables grown in scmitropic zones can be
produced in the valleys of Arizona. Wheat,
,orn. barley. oats and all the small grains give
h yield OF from twenty-five TO fifty bushels per
1NAlG o., - ola,
Ill 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 can be grown in AIizona, and
nowhere are they found of hetter quality.
Besides the products mentioned. these semi
tropical valleys produce cotton. sugar-cane to-
baccO, hemp and rice. With the exception Of
The sugar-canc, hut little attention is paid to
the cultivation OF other staples; hut il has been
that the soil and climate nge
specially adapted TO their successful growth.
Cotton growing. is no experiment in Arizona.
Tor it is on record that when the Europeans
irst penetrated this region. they found the
Pima Indians wearing fabrics made OF cotton
grown in the CHA valley.
But II is their ad.sptaOility for fruit culture
that assures to these valley lands o dense pop
llation and q prosperous future. Almost every
raYiety known can be raised in their fruitful
soils. The apple. pear, plum. peach. apricot.
md give generous yield. The grape OF all va
-ieties is at home in these sunny valc'. No
place in the grape-growinS belt Of the Pacific
,oast can show so prolific yield. The quality
:, all that could be desired; and the wine,
although it's manufacture Is yet experimental.
$ OF q fine favor, delicious bouquet, aud un-
by any native product as Il table bev-
rage. Experiments with the raiSin grape have
shown that this climate and soil possess every
for the production and curing OF this
taple article OF commerce.
Besides the fruits already mentioned. the
orange, lemon, lime, olive. fig, pOmgranate and
,thers of the citrus family. can be grown sue
.cSSfully in the valleys Of Southern. Arizona.
orange trees are now in bearing In Salt river
ALLEY and at Yuma; while the banana is nlSo
,eing cultivated at the latter place. The Ari.
ona orange in quality and flavor will compare
with the best Caliiorni3.
I'm the valleys Of the Colorado. the Salt and
he Gila rivers, there Is room for thousands.
{ is not too much to say that nowhere within
he limits OF this broad Union can be found q
more desirable region for the making OF q
lome. No laboriouS clearing OF the land Is re-
uired; it lies almost ready for the plOw.
frees and Shrubbery have SO rapid a growth
urround his abode with attractions which
would require years TO mature in less favored
climates. Fruits ripen and are ready for mar
;et q full month before the California product.
The bright sunshine is q luxury, and the pure,
Try atmosphere brings health TO all who inhalc
t. For the establishment Of colonies, such as
ave made O Southern California Il garden,
arizona preSkRtS unrivaled opportunities.
thousands Of acres, now prof1tleSs, can be
made productive by the construction Of irrigat
ng bitches, and there is no investment which
sSureS lGrper or more permanent returns