The Arizona sentinel., 1904-07-20
COLORADO ssD AND
 CELIA 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 q more desirable To- zion for the making Cf a home. No labcriouS clearing of the land iS required; it lies almost ready for the blow. Trees aud Shrubbery have 50 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 q 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 un- rivaled opportunities. Thousands of acres now prottlesS can be made productive by the con- StTuction of irrigatilg 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 tc this wonderful bit of country PineappleS, dates. almonds and walnuts will do well. Str3wberrleS. raSpberrfeS. bl2ckberrieS, entrants. gOOSeS2TricS and all varieties of small fruits can be successfully cultivated. In~ deed, Yuma county is not only the natural home Of the citrus and selnitIOpcal fruits. almost every fruit. nut. plant. grain. grass. or vegetable which can be produced i1 either tropic of the temperate zones will thrive in the rich and fertile soils
 With the bright prospects ahea of the town of Yuma ard Yuma county there can be no bet ter investment for capital seeking large and re- munerative returns than is afforded here 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 ideal field for invest ment and to homeSeekerS veritable paradise in which to settle. The soil of the2e valleys is among the richest on the continent. It is formed of the detrituS
 which the streams for ages have brought down
 from their mOun:ain homes in their journey
 to the sea. By constant OvertowS and change
 of channel, the deposit of this rich vegetable
 matter has formed a soil of extreme fertility
 Near the streams 1t Is dark alluvial mold,
 well adapted to small grains and grasses. Far
 thcr back there is d rich sandy loar. 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 the frnitS cereals and veg
 CtLhleS that the labor Of the cultiyatOr is re-
 duced to the minimum, In nearly all of them two
 crops 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 shade tree twenty
 five feet high. Alfalfa can be cut six times dur
 ing the season. and it is actual fact that
 grape cuttings have produced within eighteen
 months What state or territory can make
 such showing: The climate it must be
 nembered. 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 Q sea of green. when the fields or the Eastern farmers are covered with snow and ice.
 Every variety of grains. grasses. fruits and
 vegetables grown in senitropic zones can be produced in the valleys of Arizona Wheat, corn, barley. oats and all the small grains give yield of from twenty-five to fifty bushels per acre. Alfalfa. timothy, clover, Bermuda and all the cultivated grasses grow luxuriantly. 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 iD Arizona. and nowhere are they found of better quality.
 Besides the products mentioned these semi tropical valleys produce cotton. Sugar-cane. to- baccO, hemp and rice With the exception of the sugar-cane. but little attention is paid to the cultivation of other staples: but 1t has been demonstrated that the soil and clmase are specially adaptcl tV their successful growth. Cotton-growlg l. lo experiment in Arizona for it is oa record tAat when the Europeans first penetra5ett this region they found the Pima Indians wearing fabrics made of cotton grown in the Gjl1 valley.
 But it iS their adaptability for fruit culture that assures to these valley lands dense pop uatiOn and prosperous future. Almost every variety known be raised in their fruitful soils. The iFpple, pear, plum peach, apricot, quince and pectaTinc: arc of delicious flavor. and give a generous yield. The grape of all Va~ TietieS is at home in these sunny wales. No place in the grale-gr0Win% belt of the Pacific coast can show so prolific yield. The quality is all that could bc desired: and the wine, it's manufacture f. yet experimental,
 
 surpassed by any native product q table bev~ craze. Experiments with the raiSiH grape have shown that th'S climate and soil possess every advantage for the production antt curing of this st lple article of commerce.
 Besides the fruits already mentioned, the orange. lemon. lime. olive. fig. pomgranate and others of the citrus family. be grown ceSSfuily in the valleys of Southern Arizona. Orange trees are now ill bearing h Salt river valley and at Yuma: while the banana is also being cultivated at the latter place The Ari- zona orange in quality and fiaT2r will compare favorably with the best California
 Tn the valleys of the Colorado the Salt and the Gila rivers. there Is room for thousands. It is rot too much to say that nowhere within the limits of this broad Union caQ be found more desirable region for the making of a home. No lab0TiOuS clearing of the land is luired; 1t lies almost ready for the blow. Trees and Shrubbery have rapid a growth that within eighteen months the immigrant can his abode with attractions which would require years to mature in less favored climates. Fruits ripen and are ready for mar xet a full month heforc the California product. The bright sunshine k a luxury. and the pure, lTy atmosphere brings bealth to all who inhale it. For the establishment of colonies. such a. have made of Southern California a garden. Arizona presents unrivaled opportunities. Thousands of acres, now prohtleSs. can be made productive by the construction of irriSaS- ng ditches. and there is no investment which assures larscr or moe permanent returns.
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