The Arizona sentinel., 1904-10-05
NO. IS
COL ORAD0 and GILk.VlLLEYS

In the valleys of the Colorado and ella rivers
there is room for thousands. 1t is not too much
to say that nowhere within the limits of this
broad union can be found more desirable re-
gion for the making of a home. No laboriOui
clearing of the land is required: it lies almost
ready for the plow. Trees aud ShTubbery have
so rapid a growth that within eighteen months
the immigrant can surround his abode with at
fractions which would require years 20 mature
in less favored climates. Fruits ripen and are
ready for the market d full month before the
California products. The bright sunshine
makes life a luxury, and the pure dry atmOS-
pbere brings health to all who inhale it. For
the establishment of colonies. such are made
| in Southern California. Arizona presents un-
rivaled opportunities. Thousands of acres now
protitlesS be made productive by the con-
Struction of irrigating bitches, and there is no
! investment which assures larger and more per-
manent return.
The statements in this article on Y lIna county
are not exaggerated; in fact they fall short OF
doing Justice to this wonderful bit of country
/ PineappleS, dates. almonds and walnutS win DO
well. Strawberries. raspberrieS. blackbcrries.
| 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 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 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 cBpital 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 kiSSe' into bloom and fra
GRANGE every form of vegetation, and where the
! clear days and cool balmy nights are one LONG
continued poem OF happiness and dellgnt, we
ment and to hOmeSeekerS verItable paradise
| in which to settle.
| The soil of these valleys is among the richest
on the continent. 1t is formed of the detritus
which the streams for ages have brought down
| from their mountain homes in their journey
to the sea. BY constant overfiows and change
of channel, the deposit of this rich vegetable
matter has formed soil OF extreme fertility
| Near the streams it is a dark alluvial mold,
we'll adapted to small grains and grasses. Far
! ther back there is a rich sandy loam, mellow
and porous. and especially favorable for fruit
! culture. 1t has been already demonstrated
/ that the productive capacity of these valleys Is
1 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
et,IbleS that the labor of the culttvator Is re-
duced to the minimum, In nearly all of them two
crops Il 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 a shade tree twenty
/ Ave 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. it must be re-
membered. is nearly perpetual summer. Snow
| never falls in these southern valleys. The far
/ mGr begins TO plant IN NOVcmDer- ana tsS inc
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
| and ice.
| vegetables grown in SemitrOpic zones can be
| prOduccd in the valleys of Arizona. Wheat,
corn barley oats and all the small grains give
a yield of from twenty-five to fifty bushels per
acre. Alfalfa. timothy, clover. Bermuda and
all the cultivated grasses grow luxuriantly, the
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each year. Every variety of vegetable raised in
the United States can be grown in Arizona and
I'nowhcre arc they found of better quality
Besides the products mentioned, these semi
tropical valleys produce cotton. sugar-cane, to-
bacco, hemp and rice. With the exception OF
the Sugar-care. but little attention Is paid to
the cultivation of other staples but it has been
demonstrated that the soil and climate arc
specially adapted to their successful growth.
CottOn-grOwilg is no experiment in Arizona,
for it is 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.
..BlIt il is their adIptability for fruit culture
that assures to these valley lands d dense pop
ulation and a prosperous future. Almost every
variety known can be raised IN thelr fru.tiul
soils The apple pear, plum, peach. apricot,
ounce and nectarine. are of delicious flavor,
and give a generous yield. The grape Of all va
rieties is at home in these sunny wales. No
place in the e-growing belt of the Pacific
coast can show prolific a yield. The quality
is all that could be desired; and the wine,
although Its manutacJure IL vet eXporlIneub1l-
is of a fine favor, delicious bouquet. and un-
surpassed by any native product as 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 and at Yuma: while the banana is also
4 L>oiV, fffvafp fp6 ut l.
Zona orange in quality and flavor will compare
favorably with the best California.
I'm the valleys of the Colorado. the Salt and
the ella rivers. there is room for thousands
1t is not too much to say that nowhere within
the limits of this broad Union car be found d
more desirable region for the making of d
home No raboriouS clearing of the land is re-
auired: it lies almost ready for the plow.
Trees and Shrubbery have so rapid 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 Tor mar
lxet full month before the California product
The bright sunshine is luxury. and the pure.
dry atmosphere brings health to all who inhalc
it, For the establishment OF colonies, such AZ
have made of Southern California garden,
Arizona presents unrivaled opportunities.
Thousands of acres. now proftlesS. can be
made productive by the construction of irrlgat-
ing bitches. and there il no investment which
assures larger more permanent returns