The Arizona sentinel., 1904-08-24
COLORADO sss sss
 CHA VALLEYS.

to say that nowhere within the limits of this; broad union can be found mere desirable re- zion for the making of g home. No laboriouS clearing Of the land Is required; it lies almost ready for the blow. Trees aud ShFubbery have so rapid a growth that within eighteen months the immigrant can surround lis abode with sts fractions which would require years to mature in less favored climates. Fruits Fipen and are ready for the market a full month before the California products: The bright sunshine makes life luxury, and the pure dry atnOS- phefe brings health to all who inhaie it. For the establishment of colonies, such as are made in Southern California; Arizona presents un- riyaled opportunities. Thousands Of acres now profitleSS can be made productive by the con struction of irrigatiEg diteheS, and there is no investment which assures larger SnG more per mancnt return.
 The statements in this article onYuma county gre not exaggerated; in fact they fall short of doing justice to this wonderful bit of country PineappleS. dates, almonds and wainutS will do well. Strawberries, raspberriesi blackberries; eurraEftS, gOQSeberrieS and all varieties of small fruits can be successfully cultivated. In deed, Yuma county is not only the natural home of the citrus and SemitropicGl fruits as almost every fruit, nut plant. grain. s-raSS, or vegetable which can be produced in either tropiG of the temperate zones will ,tArive in the rich and fertile soils.
 With the bright prospects ahead of the town of Yuma and Yuma county there cdn be no bet ter investment for capital seeking large and re- munerative returns than is afforded here. With a matchleSS climate, where all forms of dis ease known to the damp and rigorous regions Ot the east ana nOrJn are uHk00W0. where Clc bright sunshine kiSSe' into bloom and fra grance 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 ideal field for invest rlent and to hOmeSeckers Q veRitable 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 from their mountain homes in their tourney to the sea. By constant 0verhow:' 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 &lluyial mold, well adapted to small grains and grasses. Far ther back there is a rich sandy foam, mellow culture. It has been already demonstrated that the productive capacity of these valleys is part of the United States. So rapid and pro-
 life is the growth of thcfruits. cereals and veg etdbleS that the labor Of the cultiYator is re duced to the minimum Innearly all of them two crops d' 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 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 a showing: The climate, it must be re- membered. is nearly perpetual summer, Snow never falls in these southern valleys. The far Iner begins to plant in November, and by the middle of May his harvest is ready. Roses ere in bloom fruit trees are 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 in senitrOpic zones can be produced in the valleys of Arizona. " heat, corn barley, oats and ali the small grains give q yield of from twenty-five to fifty bushels per acre. Alfalfa, timothy, clover, Bermuda and all the cultivated grasses grow luxuriantiy, the former giving from eight to ten tons to the aero each year. Every variety of vegetable raised iEl the United States can be grown in Adizona, and nowhere are they found of better quality.
 Besides the products 1neFt tsoneo, these semi bacco. hemp and rice. 'WEtff ttse exception CT the sugar cane. but little attention is paid to the cultivation of other staples but it has been demonstrated that ttAe scil S1G climate are specially adapted t9 tEefr successful growth Cotton growing is EO experiment. in Arizona for it is on record tis:-t when the European first penetrated ttiS region they found the Pima Indians wCar5nes fabrics made of cotton grown in the CHls valley.
 But it is thef: aCfSrtabnfty for fruit culture that assures to tf1eSe v;zlley lands 8 dense pop ulation and prosperous future AmaSt every Variety known can be raised in their fruitful soils. The apple, pear. plum, peach. apricot and give a generous yield. The grape of all fieties Is at home in these sunny valeS, Nc place in the grape growing belt of the Pacific coast Cen SlfOW SO prolific yield The quality is all that ccJl6 be GeSireds and the winei although Tt3 manufacture is yet SXperinCH tali is of a fine fTvGr, delicious bouquet, and un-  craze. FSX SefiInSEts with the ralSin grape have shown tlSat tfrS climate and soil possess every advantage for t-e production and curing of this staple aYtSclo of eommercC.
 e'BeSf,les the fruits 1lreS<1y mentioned. the orange, lemon. lime, ollve, fig. porlgranGte and others of the citrus family, can bC grown sue cessfully in the valleys of Solrthern Arizona. Orange trees are now in bearing In Salt river valley and at YUn&; while the banana is also being cultivated at the latter place The Ari' Zona orange in quality ard flavor will compare favoribly with the best California.
 In the valleys of the Colorado, the Salt and the GiIa 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 region for the making of a home. No laboriouS clearing of the land is quired; it lies almost ready for the plow.. Frees and Shrubbery have so rapid 9 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 m1r- l<et full month before the California product. The bright sunshine is luxury, and the pure, dry atmosphere brings health to all who'illlaie it. For the establishment of colonies such as have made of Southern California a garden, Arizona presents unrivaled opportunities. Thousands of acres, now prOfitlrSS, can h. made productive by the construction Of irricat- ing ditcheS. and there is no inveStme1t h assures larger or mo C D7rI anon6 -c'u r ~