The Arizona sentinel., 1904-08-10
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In the valleys of the Colorado and C.iia rivers there is room for thousands. l. k not too much broad union can be found more desirable re- zion for the making Of home. No l&bCriOCS clearing of the land tS required: lt iieS almost ready for the blow. Frees aud ShFUbbcry have So rapid growth that within eighteen months
 the immigrant can surround his aSOGe with at
 fractions which would require years to mature
 in less favored climates Fruits rlpen and are
 ready fer the market full month before tho
 California products. The bright sunshine
 makes life Q luxury. and the pure dry atmOS-
 phere brings health to all who inh3le II. For the establishment of cOioaieS such are made in Southern Californii. Arizona presents un- riyalcd opportunities. Thousands of acres now profitlcSS can be made productive by the con Structon of irrigatins ditcheS, and there is nc
 investment which assures larger anG more per lnaEent return.
 The statements iatbis article onYunla county are not exaggerated; ia fact they f.l short of doing justice to this wonderful bit of country Pneapp.cs dates, almonds and waInutS will dO well. Strawberries. FaSpberrieS. biackberrieS, currantS gO0SeberFies and all varieties or small fruits can cU successfully cultivated. In deed, Yuma county iS not only the natural homo of the citrus aud SernitrOpieal fruits, IS almost every fruit. nut. plant. grain grass. Or vegetable which can be produced in either tr0pic of the temperate zones will thrive ln 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 capital seeking large and re; muneratiVe returns than is afforded here. WItH | d ulatchleSS climate. where all forms CT dis ease known to the damp and rigorous regions of the east and north are unknown where the bright sunshine kSSe into bloom and fra | grancc every form of vegetation, anft where the | clear days and cool balmy nights arc one long continued poem of happiness and delight. we
 can offer to capitalists ttIl ideal heid for invest
 ment and to hoIHeseekers Yefit&blc paradise | in which to settle.
 The soil of these valleys fs among the richest ! on the continent. It is formed of the GetrituS which the streams for ages have brought down | from their mountain homes in their journey
 to the sea. By con>taIt overflows 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,
 well adapted to small grains and grasses. Far ! ther back there is a rich sandy Io5m. mellow and porous, and especially favorable for fruit culture. l. has been already demonstrated
 that the productive capacity Of these valleys iS | not surpassed by lands of equal area Iil any part of t'fe L aited States. So rapid and pro ] life is the growth Of thefruitS. cereals and veg | etableS that the labor o1 the cultivation is re- duceito to the minimum, In nearly all of them two | crops 9 year can te grown. aEG vegetation lH one month head of California The farmer plants q cottonwood Sapling before his doort | and within the year he has shade tree twenty | five feet high, Alfalfa be cut six times dur | ing the season. and 1t iS an actuGl fact that
 grape cuttings have produced witLiI eighteen months, What state or territory can make such showing? The climate. it must be re- membercd. is nearly perpetual summer. Snow
 never falls iH these southern valleys. The far mer begins to plant 1n November, ard by the middle of May his harvest iS ready. Roses are | 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
 Every variety Of grains, grasses, fruits and vegetables grown in serIitrOpie zones can be | produced in the valleys Of Arizona. W neat, | 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 IUxur19htly, the
 former giving from eight to ten tons to the acre | each year. Every variety of vegetable FllSed IF
 the United States can be grown in ALtzona, 2ntt | nowhere are they found of better quality. | '.SesideS the products mentioned. these semi | tropical valleys produces cotton, sugar-cane, to- | baccO, hemp and rice. With tie exception or | the sugar cane. but little attention k paid t0
 the cultivation of other staples but 1t has bees
 demonstrated that the sci and climate are | specially adaptef t9 their SucceSsfHl groTths ! Cotton growing iS TO experiment in Arizona l for it i; on record tfTt when tiIe Europeans l first penetrated thiS region, thoT found tEc | Pima IndiruS wearing fabrics mlatse of eottots | grown in the Gii9 valley-
 But it i tlseir etTrta Eiffty for fruit culture; | that assures to these valley laE-dS :. dense pop
 ulatioa and a prosperous future. Almost every
 variety known cey1r Dc raised in their frul tfrt | soils rPte GpfJle. pear. plum. peach, apricot
 qunce and Bectarine, gre of deiiciouS flavor | and give q generous yield. The grape of all va
 rieties is Gt home in these sunny wales. Nc | place in the grapcgcowInS belt or the PaclhC coast can sfsOw so prolific yield. The quaIft5 ! is all tl4a5 could be desired; and the wine,
 alChOugit Us manufacture k yet e<perlnlcD sali | is of q fine favor delicious boJtauet and Uil-
 
 surpaszsetF Iy any native product aS table boy craze Experiments with tho r5isin grape have
 shoy4n tisat sIlis climate ard sojl possess every
 advantage for tifs production and cur2Eg Of this | staple article or commerce
 Ise-i,iCS; tt,f; EruitS 1lresEt5 mentioned. the
 orange lemon. liuse. olive, tig. pOngraaate and others of the citrus family, can he groEh sue ! ce,.fulfy ir t:-e valleys Of Southern Arizona. | Orange trees are new fR bearines In Salt river | vailC- anG at Yrnla; while the banana k also | being cultivated at the latter place. The Ari- | zon;t orange in quality and flavor will compare | f.vorabiy with the best California.
 i Tn the valleys of the Colorado, the Salt and | the Gila rivers. there is room for thousands ! It is not too much to say that nowhere within ' the limits of this broad CuiOa can be found H | more desirable region fO- she making Of a | home No labCriGUS clearing of the land iS re- | quired; 1t lies almost ready for the plow! ] Trees aad shvU6bcry have 50 rapid growth that within eighteen months 5lc immigrant can
 surround his abode with attractions which l WOGld require years to mature ln less favored | climates. Fruits ripan and are ready for mar | kcL a full nilntG before the California product | The bri Sht sunshine is a luxury, and the pure. dry atm 0Spiere brings health 10 all who inhaie | it. For the eStaOliShment of colonies, such as | have made of Southern California garden.
 Arizona presents unrivaled opportunities.
 ThousandS of acres. now prOhtless. can he
 made productive by the construction of lrTigat- ] ing ditcheS. and there is no investment Wllcif i assures laygcr or more permanent -ctlrnS.' =.