The Arizona sentinel., 1904-01-06
COLORADO AN. AN.
GllA VALLEYS

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In 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 more desirable re-
gion for the making of home. No laborious
clearing of the land is required; 1t lies almost
ready for the plow Trees aud shrubbery have
SO rapid growth that within eighteen months
the immigrant can surround his abode with at
fractions which would require years 10 mature
in less favored climates. Fruits ripen and are
ready for the market full month before the
California products The bright sunshine
makes life u luxury, and the pure dry atmoS-
phere brings health to all who inhale 1t. For
the establishment of colonies such rs are made
in Southern California. Arizona presents un-
rivaled opportunities Thousands OF acres now
prottleSS can be made productive by the con-
struction of irrigating bitches, 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 to this wonderful bit of country
PineappleS, dates. almonds and walnuts will do
well. Strawberries, raspberries, blackberries,
currantS, gooseberries and all varieties Of
small fruits can be successfully cultivated. In
| deed Yuma county is not only the natural
home of the citrus and Semitropical fruits, as
almost every fruit, nut, plant. grain. grass or
vegetable which can be produced in either tropic
| of the temperate zones will thrive in the rich
| and fertile soils.
| With the bright prospects ahead OF the town
of Yuma and Yuma county there can be no bet
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munerative returns than is afforded here. With
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 kSSe into bloom and fra
| GRANGE 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 an ideal field for invest
ment and to hOmcseekerS veritable paradise
| in which to settle.
The soil Of these valleys is among the richest
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| which the streams for ages have brought down
| from their mountain homes in their journey
| to the sea- BY constant overhows and change
| of channel, the deposit of this rich vegetable
matter has formed q soil of extreme fertility.
| Near the streams it is a dark alluvial mold
| well adapted to small grains and grasses. Far
| ther back there is a rich sandy loan, mellow
and porous. and especially favorable for fruit
! culture 1t has been already demonstrated
that the productive capacity of these valleys Is
not surpassed by lands OF equal area In any any
life is the growth of thefruits cereals and veg
etLbleS that the labor of the cultivator is re
duced to the minimum, In nearly all OF them two
crops a year can be grown, and vegetation Is
one month head of California. The farmer
plants a cottonwood sapling before his door
| and within the year he has shade tree twenty
five feet hight Alfalfa can be cut six times dur
ing the season. and it is actual fact tina
grape cuttings have produced within eighteen
months. What state or territory can maxi
such a showing? The climate, it must be re
membered is nearly perpetual summer. Snow
never falls in these southern valleys. The FAR
mer begins to plant in November and by th
middle of May his harvest is ready: Roses ar
in bloom. fruit trees are blooming, and tn
grain fields are sea of green, when the Held
OF the Eastern farmers are covered with Snov
and ice.
vegetables grown in SemitrOpic zones can b.
produced in the valleys OF Arizona. Wheat
corn barley, oats and all the small grains Civ
q yield of from twenty-five to n1ty Dusneis pc
acre Alfalfa, timothy, clover, Bermuda AM
all the cultivated grasses grow luxuriantly, tn
former giving from eight to ten tons to the acr
each year. Every variety OF vegetable raised Il
the United States can be grown in Arizona, an
nowhere are they found of better quality.
besides the products mentioned, these semi
tropical valleys produce cotton, sugar-cane, &c
bacco hemp and rice With the exception Q
| the S,lgar-cane, but little attention Is paid t
the cultivation of other staples; but it has bee
demonstrated that the soil and climate ar
specially adapted to their successful growtf
| Cotton growing is no experiment in AriZon;
for il is on record that when the European
first penetrated this region, they found tn
Pima Indians wearing fabrics made OF cotto
grown in the ella valley.
that assures to these valley lands dense POI
ulation and prosperous future: Almost ever
variety known can be raised in their frultfl
soils. The apple, pear, plum, peach aprlco
ounce and nectarine, are OF delicious naVo
and give q generous yield. The grape OF all V;
rieticS is ut home in these sunny ValeS-
nlace in the grape-growing belt of the Paclh
coast can show so prolific yield. The Qualit
is all that could be desired; and the win
although it's manufacture is yet experimental
is of a fine flavor, delicious bouquet, and III
surpassed by any native product as table be
erape Experiments with the raiSin grape hay
shown that this climate and soil possess ever
advantage for the production and curing OF tn
staple article of commerce.
besides the fruits already mentioned. IL
orange lemon lime, olive. fig, pOmgranate al
others of the citrus family, can be grown su
cessfully in the valleys of Southern AriZon
Orange trees are now in bearing In Salt r1v
valley and at Yuma: while the banana Is al
being cultivated at the latter place. The Al
iona orange in quality and flavor will compa
= fayorably with the best California.
In the valleys of the Colorado, the Salt al
the Gila rivers, there is room for thousand
It is not too much to say that nowhere with
the limits of this broad Union can be found
more desirable region for the making OF
- home No laboriOuS clearing OF the lano Is
= Ouired: it lies almost ready for the plo
Trees and shrubbery have so rapid q grow
that within eighteen months the Immigrant G
surround his abode with attractions whi
would require years to mature in less favor
climates Fruits ripcn and are ready for ma
l<et a full month before the California produ'
The bright sunshine is y luxury, and the pul
dry atmosphere brings health to all VINO Inna
it. For the establishment of colonies, Such
have made of Southern California garde
Arizona presents unrivaled opportunlti'
Thousands of acres, now prOfitleSS, can
tiryah Inv 10 con SfrnCtiOn