The Arizona sentinel., 1904-06-29
COLORADO sse sse
 CHA VALLEYS.

Tn 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 a more desirable re- gion for the making of a home. No laborious clearing of the land is required; 1t 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 luxury and the pure dry atmOS- pbere brings health to all who inEale it. For the establishment of colonies, such as are made in Southern California, Arizona presents un~ rivaled opportunities Thousands of acres now proftleSs can be made productive by the con- struetion of irrigating ditches. and there is no investment which assures larger and more per- manent 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 blackberrieS, entrants. gooSeberrieS and all varieties Of small fruits can be successfully cultivated, 1n> deed, Yuma county is nOs only the natural home of the citrus and sernitr0pical 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 10 bet ter investment for capital seeking large and re- muneratiye returns than iS affoEded hero. With 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 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 an ideal field for invest
 ment and to homeseelzers veritable paradise in which to settle.
 The soil of these walters 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 journey
 to the sea. By constant oyerfows and change
 of channel the deposit of this rich vegetable matter has formed soil of extreme fertility
 Near the streams it fS a dark aliuvial mold
 well adapted to small grains and grasses. Far
 ther back there Is rich sandy loan, mellow
 and porous and especially favorable for fruit culture It has been aIready denIofStratcu
 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 the fruits cereals and veg ct.sbleS that the labor of the cultiVator is re- dueed to the minimum In 9sarly all of them two crops 9 year be grown, and vegetation k one month heal of California. The farmer plants a cottonwood sapiing before his door, and within the year ne 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 showing? The climate. it must be re- fnembered, is nearly perpetual summer. Snow never falls in these southern valleys The far nJer 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 a 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 semitrOplc zones can bc produced 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, she former giving from eight to ten tons to the acre each year, Every variety of vegetable raised in the United States cGn be grown in AIlzOna and nowhere are they found of better quality Besides the products mentioned, these semi tropical valleys produce cotton, sugar-canc, to- bsaceo, hemp and rice. With the exception of the sugar-cane but little attention is paid ter the cultivation of other staples but it has been demonstrated that the soil end climate arc
 specially adaptcst to their successful growth
 Cotton-gFOwing is no experiment. in Arizona
 for 1t is on record that when the Europeans
 first penetrated this region, they found tho | Pima Indians wearing fabrics made of cotton grown in the Gila valley
 But it is their aGAptaJil;ty for fruit culture
 Shat assures to these valley lands q dense pop uiation and prosperous future. Almost every variety known can ee raised in their fruitful soils. The apple, pejsr, plum, peach, apricot quince and nectarinc. are oI delicious flavor and give a generous yield. The grape of all va rieties is at home in theSe sunny wales. No place in the cralse-srowing belt of the Pacific coast can show SC prolific yield The quality i; all that coula he desired. and the wine although its manufacture is yet experimental iS of ss fire flavor, delicious bouquet. and uI,~ surpassed tsy any native product as table bev~ craze. Experiments with the rSlStn grape have shown that slIfS climate and soil possess every
 advantage for the production and curing of this staple article of commerce.
 ssBesi(teS the fruits alrcd1y mentioned, tho orange. lemon lime. olive, fig poIngranate and others of the citrus family. can be grown suc@
 eeSSfulIy in the valleys of SouthcrH ArfZosss~ Orange trees arc now in bearing In Salt river valley sGd st Yumas while the barlSn3 lS also
 being cultivated at the hitter place Tfse Arl~ zorla orange in quality 3rd flavor Will compare ssvOrably with the best California.
 Tn the valleys of the Colorado, the Salt and She Csil5 rivers. there iS room for thousands. It is not toe much to say that nowhere within the limits of this bread Union can be found a more desirable region for the making Of hor7c No laborfO0S clearing of the land k re- 0uired; 1t lies almost ready for the blow. Trees and ShrubbeTy have rapid q growth that within eighteen months the immigrant can surround his abode with attractions which would require years to insure m less favored climates. Fruits ripen and are ready for mar
 xcl full month before the California product The bright sunshine is luxury, and the pure dry atmosphere brings health to all who InhaiC 1t. For the establishment of colonies, such as have made of Southern California q garden Arizona presents unriyaIcd opportunities Thousands of acres, now prOftleSs, can hc made productive by the construction ot irrlgat- ing ditches. and there is no investment which assures larger or more permanent returns