The Arizona sentinel., 1905-11-29
COLORADO and GILA VALLEYS

Tn the valleys of the Colorado ard Gila rivers there is room for thousands. 1t IS not too nucn to say that nowhere within the limits of this broad union can be found a more desirable re- zion for the making of home. NO laDorous clearing of the land is required; 1t lies almost | ready for the blow. Trees aud Shrubbery nave | so rapid a growth that within eighteen months | the immigrant can surround his 2 bode with at | fractions which would require years to mature | in less favored climates. Fruits r1pen and are | ready for the market a full month before the | California products. The bright sunshine makes life luxury, and the pure dry atnos- | phere brings health to all who lnhale It. TOT the establiShment of colonies such are made | in Southern California Arizona presents un- riyaled opportunities Thousands of acres now proftless can be made productive by the con struction of irrigating ditches and there IS no
 investment which assures larger and more per manent return. . are not exaggerated; in fact they fall snort or doing justice to this wonderful bit of country Pineapples dates, almonds and walnuts Will oo we'll Strawberries, raspberries, blackperTies: currents gooseberries and all varieties ol small fruits can be successfully cultivated. ln deed Yuma county is not only the natural home of the citrus and Sem1troplcal 1rultS ds almost every fruit nut,plant grain, grass, or vegetable which can be produced ln elther Cropic | of the temperate zones will thrive ID the ITCH and fertile soils
 1 With the bright prospects ahead of the town | of Yuma and Yuma county there can be no pet | ter investment for capital seeking large ana re- munerative returns than is afforded here. With | a matchless climate, where all forms or olS- ease known to the damp and vigorous reglono | of the east and north are unku0Wn, where tne bright sunshine kisSe' into bloom ana Ira
 grance every form of vegetation, and where the | clear days and cool balmy nights are one long | continued poem of happiness and de1gnt' we
 can offer to capitalists an ideal cid TOT invest | nent and to homeSee1erS veritable paradise | in which to settle.
 The soil of these valleys is among the richest | on the continent. It is formed of the detrltus | which the streams for ages have brought down from their mountain homes in their journey to the sea. By constant overhowS ana cnange of channel the deposit Of this rlcn VegetaDIe matter has formed a soil of extreme fertility Near the streams it is a dark alluVlal m0lo'
 well adapted to small grains and grasses. Far-
 ther hack there is rich sandy foam, mellow
 and porous and especially favorable tor fruit
 culture. It has been already demonstrated
 that the productive capacity Of these valleys IS
 not surpassed by lands of equal area In any
 mart of the United States. So rapid and pro-
 fife is the growth of thefruitS cereals ana veg ctables that the labor of the cultivator IS re duced to the minimum In nearly all of them two
 crops year can be grown and Vegetatlon S IS one month head of California. The farmer
 plants a cottonwood sapling before his door,
 and within the year he has shade tree tWe1ey five feet high! Alfalfa can be cut six times dur ling the season, and it. is an actual facG tna' | grape cuttings have produced within elghteen l such d showing? The climate, it must be re
 membered, is nearly perpetual summer: snow | never falls in these southern valleys. The Tar
 mer begins to plant in November, and by tnt
 middle of May his harvest is ready. Roses arc in bloom fruit trees are blooming, ana tnt
 grain fields are sea of green, when the held' of the Eastern farmers are covered WlUn SHOW
 Every variety of grains. grasses, fruits ant n vegetables grown in Semltroplc zones can p' e produced in the valleys or Arlzona. w neat M
 corn barley oats and all the small grains glv
 a yield of from twenty-five to fifty bushels pc :. acre Alfalfa, timothy, clover, Bermuda ant all the cultivated grasses grow 1uXurlantly, 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 m ALlzona' am
 | nowhere are they found of better quality.
 ssResides the products mentioned, these seml - | tropical valleys produce cotton, Sugar-cane, tc h bacco. hemp and rice. With the exception 0 n the sugar-cane, but little attention IS pald |
 the cultivation of other staples; but 1t has bee ?, demonstrated that the soil and climate ar , specially adapted to their successful growtf
 Cotton-grow1ng IS no expernets t Fl s* first penetrated this region, they found th
 Pima Indians wearing fabrics made of costo St grown in the Gila valley
 that assures to these valley lands dense pol le ulation and prosperous future. Almost ever ,d variety known can be raised 1n thelr lruiCI' " soils The apple pear plum, peach, aprlco i'd ouince and nectariue, are of delicious mayo ct and give generous yield. The grape of all '. ' reties is ct home in these sunny wales. so place in the grape-growing belt Of the PAclL s coast can show so prolific yield. The quai1' ' is all that could be desired; and the wln IT, although it's manufacture is yet experiments n is of q fine flavor, delicious bouquet and u " surpassed by any native product as taole De
 craze Experiments with the raisin grape ha'
 shown that this climate and soil possess eve
 advantage for the production and curing of tn J, staple article of commerce.
 q, ssBesides the fruits already mentioned, u 'n orange lemon lime, olive, fig, pomgranate al tn others of the citrus family, can be grown su
 cessfully in the valleys or southern ArlZon
 Orange trees are now in bearing In Salt r1v h. valley and at Yuma while the banana is al il, being cultivated at the latter place: The A i' zona orange in quality and flavor will compa
 fayorabIy with the best California.