The Arizona sentinel., 1904-03-09
COLORADO AND AND
 CHA VAIFYS.

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 In the valleys of the Colorado and Gila rivers there k room fer thousands. J. Is not too much to say that nowhere within the limits oI this broad union can be found d more desirable re- zion for the making of Q home. No laboriCuS clearing Of the land IS required; iU lies almost ready for the ploy. Trees aud sarabOegy have so rapid a 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 arc ready for the market fu1 month before the California products. The bright sunshine makes life luxury, and the pure dry atnOS- 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 proftleSS cGn be made productive by the con- Struction Of irrigating ditcheS. and there is no investment which assures larger and more per
 The ssateurents in this article onYurna county are not exaggerated; in fact theT fall short of doing justice to this wonderful bit of country
 PineappleS dates, almonds and walnuts will do well. Strawberries, rasDberries, DlacssberrieS. currantS. gcCseberrieS and all varieties of small fruits can be successfully tSd- In deed Yuma county is not only the natural home of the citrus and SeInitroplc3l f-ults, aS almost every fruit. nut. plant grain, grass. or vegetable which can be produced III either tIopie of the temperate zones will thrive in the rich
 and fertile soils
 With the bright prospects ahead of the town of Yuma and Iun&county there ceE. ne TO bet
 ter investment for capital seeking large and re-
 muneratiye 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 uT1iSnONn- 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 Cf happiness and delight, Tc
 can offer to capitalists al ideal field for invest
 ment and to honlcseeacrs 3 veTitable paradise
 in which to settle.
 The soil Of these valleys is among the Fis,... Or efuAiupuf- IT iS formed O CetrltIiS which the streams for ages have brought down from their mountain homes 1n their journey
 to the sea- Iy constant oyertioTs ana change of channel. the deposit of this rich vegetable
 matter has formed @ soil O. extreme fertility Near the streams 1t is a dL-is alluvial mold, well adapted to small grains and grasses. Far ther back there is q rich sandy l3GEa. mellow
 and porous. and especially favorable ToT Iruls culture. It has been already demonstrated that the productive capacity of these valleys iS not surpassed by lands of equal area n any part of the United States. So rapid and pro life is the growth of hetruitS cereals and ves. etibieS that the labor of the cIiSivat0r Is re dCced to the minimum, In nearly all Of them two crops a year can bc grown, and vegetation Is one month head Of California The farmer plants cottonwood sap;ing before his docr and within the year he has a 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 lave produced within eighteen mouths. What stnte or territory can make such showing? The ciImGte. It must De re- mem bared. is nearly perpetual sumner. snow neEcf falls in these southern valleys The lar mer begins to pian5 in November, and by tho middle of May his harvest iS ready Roses ere in bloom. fruit trees are blooming, and the grain fields arc 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 semitropic zones can be produced ill the valleys of Arizonu- wheat. corn, barley. oats and all the small grains give a yield of from twenty-five to fifty bushels per acre. Alfalfa timothy, clover, Bernuda anu all the cultivated grasses grow lIxuriantly, the former giving from eight to ten tC1 Q the acre each year. Every variety Of vegetable raised in the United States can be grown ln AIlzOna and nowhere are they found of better quality.
 Besides the products mentioned, these semi tropical valleys produce cotton. Sug2r-SaEe, to- bacco. hemp and rice With the exception Of the sugar cane. but little attention Is paN Co the cultivation of other staples; put it has been demonstrated that the soil and climate aye specially adapted to their successful growth Cotton-groWiag is no experiment. ln Arizona, for is iS on record that when the Europeans first penetrated this region. they found the Pima Indians wearing fabrics made Ot cotton grown iii the Gila valley
 ! But it is their ad4ptabiiity for fruit culture that assures to these valley lands q dense pop
 ulation and prosperous future Almost every variety known can be raised in their fruitful soils. The apple. pear. plum. peach, apricot, quince and nectGrine, arc of delicious flavor, and give B generous yield. The grape of all va rietieS iS at home I2 these sunny YaleS- No place in the grape growing belt of the I'3clhc coast can snow so prOIlic q ylclC. The QdaiibE is all that could be desired; and the wine. although it's manufacture iS yet experimental. is of 6 fine flavor. delicious bouquet, and un- surpassed by any native product aS table bc7- erage. Experiments with the raisln grape have shown that this climate and soil possess every advautage for the production and curing of this staple article of commerce.
 Besides the fruits already mentioned the orange lemon. lime. olive. fig, pomgr0nate and others of the citrus family, cou be grown sue ceSsfuliy in the valleys of Sou.hcrn Arizona. Orange trees are noG in bearing ln Salt river yalle5- and at Yuma: while the banana iS also being cultivated at the latter place. The Ari- Zoua orange in quality and flavor will compare fayorabiy with the best California
 ''In the valleys of the Colorado. the Salt ana
 the 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 region for the making of home. No labOriOuS clearing of the lana Is re- Quired it lies almost ready for the plow. Trees and shrubbery have so rapid a growth that within eighteen months the immigrant can surround his abode FTith attractions which would reGuirc years to mature in less favored climates. Fruits ripeu and are ready for mar
 ket full month before the California product. The bright sunshine is Q luxury. and the pure. dry atmosphere brings health to all who inhale it. For the establishment of colonies, such have made of Southern California garden.
 Arizona presents unrivaled opportunities.
 Thousands of acres, now prOhtleSS. can be made productive by the construction or irrigat-
 ing ditcheS. and there is no investment which
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