The Arizona sentinel., 1904-03-02
COLORADO AND AND
 CHA VAlEYS.

h the valleys of the Colorado and Gila rivers | there is room for thousands. It is not tee much | to say that nowhere within the limits Ot thlS broad union can be found q more oesIrao-e rc- | zion for the making Of d home. No labOr1oui | clearing Cf the land lS required; 1t lies almost | ready for the blow. Trees aud Shrubbery have
 so rapid D 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 ths | California products. The bright sunshine
 makes life a luxury, and the pure dry 9tmos- phere brings health to all who inhale it. For | the establishment of colonies, such as mace
 in Southern California. Arizona presents un- rivaled opportunities. Thousands of acres now | profitleSS can be made productive by the con struction of irrigating GitcheS, and there iS nc | investment which assures larger and more per
 manent return.
 | The statements in this article on Yuma county l are not exaggerated; in fact they fall short of
 doing justice to this wonderful bit of country | PiueappieS. dates almonds and walnutS will do ! well. Strawberries, raspberrieS, blackberTieS. l entrants. goOSebeTTieS and all Var1etleS Ot
 small fruits can be successfully cultivated. h. ! deed, Yuma county k not only the natural home Of the citrus and Semitropieal fruits, as
 almost every fruit, nut. plant. grain. grass, or
 vegetable which can be produced in either tropic | of the temperate zones VIII thrive Tn the rleil
 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
 
 l ease known to the damp and rigorous regions | of the east and north are unknown. where the
 bright sunshine kisse' into bloom and ira | grance every form of vegetation. and where the clear days and cool balmy nights are one long 1 continued poem of happiness and delight, we
 can offer to capitalists an ideal field for invest ment and to hOmcScekeTs verItaDle paraU1sc in which to settle.
 The soil of these valleys is anOug the riches: On the continent. It is formed of the detrftUS | which the streams for ages have brought doW1 from their mountain homes in their journey l to the sea. By constant overfowS and chanss
 of channel, the deposit of this rich vegetable
 matter has formed soil Of extreme fertility | Near the streams it iS 6 dark auuyial mob, | well adapted to small grains and grasses. Far- 1 ther back there is rich sandy lOam. meile ?" and porous and especially favorable Tor frcl5 1 culture It has been already demOnStratcc l that the productive capacity of these valleys x ! not surpassed by lands of equal area in ar | part of the United States. So rapid and pro
 liic is the growth of thefraiLS, cereals and veg
 etdbles that the labor of the cultivator iS re
 duced to the minimum. In nearly all of them two crops a year can be grown, ana vegetation E. one month head Of California The far1ne-
 plants a cottonwood sapling before his door | and within the year he has shade tree twen1J- | 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 ma such a showing? The climate 1t must bc re nembeTed is nearly perpetual summer. Sno" never falls in these southern valleys The far
 mer begins to plant in November, and by the
 
 in bloom. fruit trees are blooming, ana t1e
 grain fields are sea of green, when the hel0S
 of the Eastern farmers are covered with snow
 Every variety of grains, grasses, fruits and vegetables grown in senitrOpic zones can Oe produced in the valleys of Arizona Wheat. corn barley cats and all the small grains giEC l a yield of from twenty five to fifty bushels per acre. Alfalfa, timothy, clover, Bermuda and l all the cultivated grasses grow luxurlantiy the
 former giving from eight to ten tons to the acre | each year, Every variety of vegetable raised F.
 the United States can be grown in AIizona, and
 nowhere are they found of better quality.
 Besides the products mentioned. these Se;ri- | tropical valleys produce cotton. sug&r-cane, to
 bacco hemp and rice. With the exception or
 the sugar-cane, but little attention is paid to
 the cultivation of other staples: but it has been | demonstrated that the soil and climate are
 specially adapted to their successful growth ! COtton-grOTing is no experiment. l1 ArlZOE2, | for it is on record that when the EuropearS | first penetrated this region, they found the
 Pima Indians wearing fabrics made of cotton grown il the Gila valley.
 But it is their adAptability for fruit culture | that assures to these valley lands q dense pop t,
 ulation and prosperous future: Almost ertfy variety known can be raised ID tneir IrutIi'u soils. The apple. pear, plum, peach, apricot
 Quince and nectGrine. are of delicious flavor,
 and give generous yield. The grape oI all Va ! rieties is at home in these sunny wales No
 place in the grape-gro wing belt of the PacihG coast can show so prolific a yield The quaIlty although it's manufacture iS yet experimental, | is of q fine flavor, delicious bouquet, ana IL ! surpassed by any native product a. t1pIe Des- craze Experiments with the TaiSin grape have ] shown that this climate and soil possess cyc-T 1 advantage for the production and curing ~ this staple article of commerce.
 "Besides the fruits already mentioned the 1 orange. lemon, lime olive, fig, pOmgranate ana others of the citrus family, can be grown sue ceSsfully in the valleys Of Southern ArZ0la. Orange trees are now in bearing In Salt river valley and at Yuma: while the b0nana k also being cultivated at the latter place. The ATi- zona orange in quality and flavor will comparc favorably with the best California.
 Tn the valleys Of the Colorado, the Salt and the Gila rivers, there is room for thouSand' It is not too much to say that nowhere within the limits of this broad Union can be found q more desirable region for the making of | home No laborious clearing of the land is rC- ouired; it lies almost ready fer the plo" Trees and shrubbery have so rapid gr0Ttc that within eighteen months the immigrant c11 surround his abode with attractions which would require years t0 mature in less favorcc climates. Fruits ripen and are ready for may llet full month before the California prodl lci- Tine bright sunshine is 6 luxury. and the p'ITe dry atmosphere brings health to all vhO inha.c it. For the establishment of colonies, sueh IS have made of Southern California q garden Arizona presents unrivaled opportIni'isS- Thousands of acres, now prOntleSS. can ne made productive by the construction Of lrr5S3t ing ditcheS. and there is no investment which assures larger or more permanent returns