The Arizona sentinel., 1904-06-15
COLORADO AN. AM.
 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 tbe limits Of this broad union can be found a more desirable re- gion for the making of home. No laborious clearing of the land is required; it 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 in less favored climates. Fruits ripen and are ready for the market full month before the California products The bright sunshine makes life a luxury, and the pure dry atnOS- phere brings health to all who inhale it. For the establishment of colonies, such as are made in Southern California. Arizona presents un- riyaled opportunities. Thousands of acres now proftleSs can be made productive by the con- struction of irrigating ditches, and there is no investment which assures larger and more per mancnt 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, backberries, entrants. gooSeberries 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 in the rich and fertile soils.
 With the bright prospects ahead of the .own of Yuma and Yuma county there can be no bet ter investment for capital seeking large and re-
 
 a 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 kiSSc' into bloom and fra erance 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 an ideal field for invest ment and to hOmeseekers yeritable paradise in which to settle.
 The soil of these valleys is among the richest on the continent. It is formed of the detritus h<.xyn from their mountain homes in 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 it is darl. alluvial mold. well adapted to small grains and grasses. Far ther back there is rich sandy lOam, mellow and porous. and especially favorable for 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 thefruitS, cereals and veg etlbIes that the labor of the cultivator is re- duced to the minimum. In nearly all of them two crops a 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 i've feet hghi Alfalfa can be cut six times dur ing the season, and 1t is an actual fact that grape cuttings have produced within eighteen mOnthSi What state or territory can mako such showing: The climate. it must be re- mem 5ered, 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 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.
 Every variety of grains. grasses, fruits and vegetables grown in semitropie zones can be produced in the valleys of Arizona. Wheat, corn barley, oats and all 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 luxurfantly, 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 Arizona, and nowhere are they found of better quality. Besides the products mentioned, these semi tropical valleys produce cotton, sugarcane, to- baccO, hemp and rice With the exception or 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-growihg is no experiment. in Arizon2' for it is on record that when the European first penetrated this region, they found the Pima Indians wearing fabrics made of cotton grown in tho Gila valley.
 But it is their adaptability for fruit culture that assures to these valley lands dense pop ulation and prosperous future. Alnest every variety known can he raised in their fruitful soils. The apple, pear, plln- peach aprlcot quincc and ncctayipe are of delicious flavor [ and give d generous yield. The grape of all va rieties is at home in these sunny valeS No place in the grapegTowtnS belt of the Pacific coast can show so prolific yield. The quality is all that could De ueSlrcQ. anu the Wlsler although its manufacture is yet experimer ta! . Is of fine flavor delicious bouquet and Un- surpassed by any native product as table bev craze Experiments with the raisin grape have shown that this c innate and soil possess every advantage for tho 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 ccssfully in the valleys of Southern Arizona. Orange trees are now in bearing In Salt river valley and at Yuma: while the banana is also being cultivated at the latter place. The Arl zona orange in quality and flavor will compare favorably with the best California.
 In the valleys of tho Colorado, the Sals ana thc Gilt rivers. there is room for tbousa1ds- It is not too much to say that nowhere within the limits of this broad Union can be found more desirable region for the making Of Q i home. No laborious clearing of the land $ re ouired: it lies almost ready for the blow. Trees and shrubhsry 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 ripon and are ready for mar ket full month before the California prodlct The bright sunshine is 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 q garden, Arizona presents unrivaled opportunities. Thousands of acres, now prohtlesS, can De made productive by the construction of irrigas- ing ditcheS and there is no investment wnlea assures larger or moro permanent returns