The Arizona sentinel. [volume] (Arizona City [Yuma], Yuma County, A.T. [Ariz.]) 1872-1911, 1905-10-04
SAFE INVESTMENTS.


United States that offers so pro
life a field for safe investments
as Yuma and the Colorado river
valley. This is practically a new
and undeveloped country with
possibilities for the creation OF
wealth almost boundless. Agri-
culturally, the climate, soil and
every relative condition, includ-
ing the water supply for irriga-
ton, are conducive to the highest
and most intensive cultivation.
The fact that the conditions
permit of continuous cropping
the year round will inevitably
lead to smaller farms and more
careful and painstaking cultlva-
ton. This means, of course,
more homes and a larger popul-
alton. There is very little public
land under the Yuma project,
most of the land having been
homesteaded in tracts of 100
or 80 acres, but the settlers most
experienced in farming the Col
orado river lands now realize
that 40 acres or even less is
enough for one man to cultivate
properly, and many OF them are
ready and willing TO reduce their
acreage to this amount by selling
the surplus. The improved lands
can be bought for from $40 70
$50; unlmproved for much less.
What this country needs now
is, buyers for these lands men
with sufficient means to go ahead
and improve the lands and bring
them to the highest state of
cultivation possible; practical
farmers, not SPECTATORS; men
who can appreciate, understand
and profit by the superb natural
conditions here and will become
active participants in developing
the natural resources Of this
wonderfully productive country.
With the completion of the
great government irrigation sys-
TEN ON the Colorado. river here
there will be an ample water
supply to irrigate all the avail
able. lands, including the mesas.
ct is only question OF time
when this will be one of the
garden spots of the world; when
the value of the lands will be
almost fabulous on account OF
their great fertility and pro
ductiveness. They are reason
ably cheap now. 1t is impossible
TO make a mistake in Investing
in land under the Yuma project.
The valley lands will produce
all of the grains, fruits and veget-
ables that can be grown in the
Mississippi valley besides many
products that cannot be grown
there; the mesas, which are alb,
solutely frostless, are the perfect
lands for the orange, lemon and
other tropical fruits, and these
lands, it is predicted will become
far the most valuable. Indian
corn can also be grown success
fully in the valley; that has beer
demonstrated the present season
there being hundreds of acres
of it now in fine condition. With
the increased acreage of farming
land under cultivation will come
a demand for different kinds Of
manufacturing enterprises.
People looking for homes
should investigate Yuma lands
People looking for opportunitie'
for acquiring wealth or com
potency will find Yuma the cen
terof practically virgin field
with rich prospects almost limit
less. The greatest resource
are undeveloped-almost IN
touched. The future Of Yum
and of the whole Colorado rive
country is assured. Propert
values are advancing rapidly.
The Colorado river is the grea
feature of Yuma; next the grea
three million dollar governmen
irrigation system now under cor
struction; DO less important
the eternal sunshine and tn
dry, healthful atmosphere. 1t
true that all Arizona has goo
and healthful climate-but ther
is only one Colorado river
there is no other such waite