The Arizona sentinel., 1904-08-03
COLORADO AN. AN.
 GIiA VALLEYS.

Tn the valleys of the Colorado and GIla rivers there is room for thousands. 1t is not too much to say that nowhere within the limits of this broad union can be found mere desirable te- gon for the making of home. No laborious clearing of the land is required; 1t lies almost ready for the blow. Frees aud Shfubbery have so rapid growth that within eighteen months the immigrant can surround his abode with ati fractions which would require years to matUre ready for the market full month before the California products. The bright sunshine makes life a luxury and the pure dry atnos. phere brings health to all who in1ale 1t. For the establishment of colonies, such as are made in Southern California. Arizona presents un- riValed opportunities Thousands Of acres now profitleSS can be made productive by the com struetion of irrigatiHs ditehes, and there Is TO investment which assures larger and more per maneht return.
 are not exaggerated; in fact they fall short ot doing justice to this wonderful bit of country PihcagplcS, dates, almonds and walnutS will dU well. Strawberries, raSpberffeS, bIackDerrleSi entrants, gooseberFieS and all varieties of small fruits can be successfully cultivated. In deed, Yuma county is Ro5 only the natural home of the citrus and SeuitrOpleal fruits as almost every fruit. nut. plant. grain. grass, or vegetable which can be produced in either trop1c of the temperate zones Will thrive III the Flcn and fertile SOllS
 With the bright prospects ahead of the town of Yuma and Yuma county there can be no bet ter investment for capital seeking large ana re- ! muneratiVe returns than Is afforded EeRe. Wfth a matchleSS climate, where all forms Of dlS- l ease known to the damp and rigorous reglonS I of the east and north are unknown, where the bright sunshine kissef into bloom anu ira. .S1 rrance every form of vegetation. and where the clear days and cool bttfmy nights arc one long continued poem of happiness and delight, we can offer to capitalists an ideal held for invest ment and to honleSeeEefS a VeflbaOIe parauISc l in which to settle.
 | TEc soil of these valleys fS a1noug the rIchcSt ] on the continent. It Is formed Of the detFitllS which tho streams for ages have brought down ! from their mOun.ain homes I'll their journey to the sea. By constant cveriowS and change ! of channel, thc deposit of this rich VegetaOle | matter has formed q soil of extreme fertility ] Near the streams it is a dark aliEvial moldi ! well adapted to small grains and graSSeS Far | ther back there is a rich sandy loIm. mellow and porous and especially favorable for frult [ cultilre It h;IS been already dcEfOnStrate,t that the productive capacity CT these valleys IS not surpassed by lands of equal area Tn any | nart of the United States. So rapid and pro-
 fife is the growth of thefrdits, cereals and veg | etlbles that the labor of the cultivation IS re- | Cfucet to the minimum, In nearly all of them two
 crops a year can be grown, and vegetation l7 one month head of California. The farmer plantS4a cottonwood SapiiIg before his doori and within the year he has shade tree twenty five feet Nigh! Alfalfa can be cut SIX tunes aur- | ing the season, and it Is an actual fact that grape cuttings have produced within eighteen monthSl What state or territory can mako such showing? The eilalase. ls must Se St,: Ie: membered. is nearly perpetual summer: snow never falls in these southern valleys Enc Tar
 mer begins to plant in NJ mber, ard by the
 middle of May his harvest Is ready: Roses are in bloom fruit trees are blooming, and the I grain fields are sea of green, when the heldS
 of the Eastern farmers are covered with snow | and ice. - ... - ;,
 vegetables grown in semitrepic zones can De produced in the valleys of Arizona. w heat, corn barley, oats and all the small grams glye [ q yield of from twenty-five to nifty DuSheIS per acre Alfalfa, timothy, clover, Bermuda dnc
 all the cultivated grasses grew luxurlanely, the ] former giving from eight to ten tons to the acre each year. Every variety Of vegetable rafsed iI ! the Tinted States can be grown in AIlZona, and
 nowhere are they found of better quality.
 eBesides the products mehtionsa these semi
 tropical valleys produce cotton Vo o
 inc sugar cane; but little GttcEtiCr ls paid tC
 tho cultivation of other StSpieS but 1t h;tS beer
 demonstrated that the soIi ;;nd eislsfasc ai'
 specially adapted to tfaefr successful growth , | Cotton-gtowf4Ig is no experiment. fH Arizona for it is on record sh:tt wren the Europcan' | first peretrated tTfis region, they found thu , Pima Indians wearing tScrlSS niaose OI cottOi
 grown in the Gild Vaifey: -.
 s.FlIt if iS their s7fEttahflfty for fruit eultur
 tit assures to these valley Hl:ifis iT oense pop uIatfoif and prosperous future AlrrtoSt ever, , variety known csn he ralScd m thefr 1ru!tlu 1 soils Tfse apple. pe3r, plum peaca' aPflcot
 qufrFce snd hectaftne arc oI oenc.ouS nnS iI W V,
 rietfeS Is at home fR these sunny FaieS N
 UfIoe in the grape growing bpft of the Paclh
 coast cjn sfsow s0 prolific yleld fne qua;Is : is SH that corrset be desired: and the wine
 althoueTr it's manufacture IS yet experfmen Sa is of ;s fire favor, delicious bOJairtetf and un
 surpassed by anE native product ;ss Q tsofe heI . er;lge Eixpef1mentS with the r;slSln grape haV
 shcy@n t;fat t7's citrate and soil possess ever
 advantage fer the production ;llrt curing or thl f, staple article of eomtTeEce. .f ., ..I3Ssitfcss tlre fruits already mentioned, th
 orange IeInors lfrTrt olive fie, ponfsransTte an
 others of tIfef citrus ffrIfilys can bc grown Su'
 [ cessfullv in the vslf6yS of Southern Arizona Orange trees are now in bearing In Salt rive
 valley and at YtifFa while the banana Is alS I heinz cultivated at the latter place. The Ar
 zonas orange in quality and flavor WIFI comp;iI
 favorably with the best California.
 Tn the valleys of the Colorado, the Salt an
 the Gila rivers. there is room for thousand: Q It is not too much to say that nowhere wltnl n th. limits of this broad Union cam be found V ! more desirable region for the making or Q home No labo-iOuS clearing of the land k r 0 Ouired; it lies, almost ready for the plov n Trees and shrubbery have so rapid a Growt that wit hin eighteen months the 1nlrllgrant ca
 surround his abode with attractIonS whlc Q would require years to mature In less taVore o | climates. Fruits ripen and are ready TOT nl1 ker q full month before the California pToolc 9 The bright sunshine is a luxury, and the pur e dry atmosphere brings health to alE who lnha o | it. For the establishment Of colonies, such ; have made of Southern California q esarde
 ! Arizona presents unrivalcd oppoT6unl tle
 Thousands of acres, now prohueSS can
 made productive by the construction ot irrlCa V ing ditcheS. and there is no investment whiC
 assures, iart-cr or more permanent returns. n -------------------