The Arizona sentinel., 1904-06-22
COLORADO sse sse
 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 the limits of this broad union can be found more desirable res zion for the making of q home. No laboriouS clearing of the land Is required it lies almost ready for the blow Trees aud shru5bery have so rapid g growth that within eighteen months the immigrant can surround his abode with att fractions which would require years to mature in less favored climates. Fruits FIpel and arc ready for the market 8 full month before the California products The bright sunshine makes life d luxury, and the pure dry atmoS- phere brings health to all who inhale it. For the establishment of colonies, such as are made in Southern California. Arizona presents rivaled opportunities. Thousands of acres now profitless can be made productive by the con- StructiOn of irrigatiDg ditches. and there is no investment which assures larger and more per- manent return.
 The statements in this article onYurna county are not exaggerated; in fact they fall short of doing justice to this wonderful bit of country Pineapples. dates almonds and GalnutS will do 1 well. Straw berries, r2SpberrieS, blackberrieS, ! entrants, gooseberrieS and all varieties Of small fruits can be successfully cultivated. In4 i deed Yuma county is not only the natural ' homo of the citrus and seuIitrOpical fruits, almost every fruit nut. plant. grain. grass. or vegetable which can be produced in either tropie of the temperate zones will thrive in the rich and fertile soils.
 With the bright prospects ahead of the town of Yuma and una county tEere can be no bet ter investment for capital seeking large and re- munerative returns than is afforded here With ] a i ease known to the damp and rigorous regions | of the east and north are unknown. where the | 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 ment and to hOmeSeekerS a VerltaDle paradise l in which to settle.
 1 The soil of these valleys is among the richest | OF the continent. It is formed of the detrituS which the streams for ages have brought down ] tbai tli ! to the sea. By constant OvcrffOwS and change | of channel, the deposit of this rich vegetable matter has formed soil of extreme fertility : Near the streams it is dark alluvial mold we'll adapted to small grains and grasses Far i ther back there is rich sandy lodm, mellow | and porous, and especially favorable for fruit culture. It has been already demonstrated that the productive capacity of these valleys iS net surpassed by lands Of equal area in any ' part of the United States. So rapid and pro- life is the growth of the fruits cereals and veg etJbles that the labor of the cultyGtOr is re- duced to the minimum. In nearly all of them two I crops ;s year can be grown and vegetation f% one month head of California. Tie farmer ] plants a cottonwood Saping before his door, 1 and within the year he has q shade tree twenty five feet high Alfalfa can be cut six times dur ing the season. and it k an actual fact that grape cuttings have produced within etghteeD months. What state or territory can make i such d showing? The climate. IL must b0 Fc~ membered, is nearly perpetual summer. Snow ] never falls in these southern valleys. The fare mer begins to plant in November. and by the . O in bloom. fruit trees are blooming, and tho l 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 semitrope zones can be i produced in the valleys of ArIZ6na- 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 luXurlantly> 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 i'll Arizona, and nowhere are they found of better quality
 Besides the products mentioned, these Senll~ tropical valleys produce cotton. sugar-cane, to- bacco hemp and rice With the exception or i the sugar cane, but little attention is paid to the cultivation of other staples; but It has bee1r ! demonstrated that the soil and clim4te are specially adapted to their successful growth, Cotton growing is no experiment in Arizonaf for it is on record that when the Europeans
 first penctrated this region. they found tho Pima Indians wearing fabrics made Of cotton grown in the Gila valley,
 But it Is their adapt ability fer fruft culture that assures to these valley lands dense pop ulation and proSper0slA t'lturc: AluIffSt every variety known can Ec raised ia their fruitful soils The apple. psar. plum, peach. apricot quincc and HeCtaf1nc, gre 0t delicious flavor | and give G generous yield. The gFape of all va Fieties i4 at home iR taese sunny wales No place in the grapegFoTinS belt Of the Pacl1o coast cfsn show SO prolific q yield The quality is all that ceDId he desired: and the w1ne4 although it's mdnufacture Is yet experimental
  surpassed by any native product as table Dev@ craze. Experiments with the ralSln grape nave shown that tAis climate and soil possess every advapt;S.c for the production and cjirtnS Of th1T staple MTtiele ef commerce.
 | Besides the fruits already mentioned. the orange lemon, lime, olive, fig, poHsgranate and others Of the citrus family, can be grown Suc4 cessfulIy in the valleys Of Southern Arizona, , Grange trees are now in bearing In Salt river valley and ct Yuma; ~ pile ti7c banisna IS also Eciag cultivated ct thelatter place. The AriS ZsIiis orange in quality aItt flavor WEI compare fayurally wits the best California.
 -In the valleys of the Colorado, thc Salt and the Gila rivers. there k room for thouslndS It is not too much to ssly shat nowhere within the limits of this bressts Union can bc found ;s more desirable region for the making Of d home No labSfiOus clearing of the land is re- qufred: it lies almost ready for the plow- ! Trees and sErukbery 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 for mar ket full month before tre California product. The bright sunshine iS a luxury. and the purer dry atmosphere brings health to all who tnhale it. For the establishment of colonies, such as have made of Southern California q garden Arizona presents unriValed opportunities Thousands of acres now prOfitleSS. can bG made productive by the construction of 1rT1gat- ing ditches and there iS no investment which assures larger or more permanent returns
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