The Arizona sentinel. [volume] (Arizona City [Yuma], Yuma County, A.T. [Ariz.]) 1872-1911, 1905-04-05

COLORADO and CILk VALLEYS


In the valleys of the Colorado ard GiIa rivers
there is room for thousands. 1t is lot too much
to say that nowhere within tie limits OF this
broad union can be found u mere desirable re-
gion for the making of home No labo rouiS
clearing of the land is required; it lies almost
ready for the ploW. Trees AID ShrubbeTy have
so rapid Il growth that within eighteen months
the immigrant can surround his :; b0de with at
fractions which would require years to mature
N less favored climates. Fruits ripen and are
ready for the market 9 fuI month before the
California products. The bright sunshine
makes life "a luxury, and the pure dry atmos-
phere brings health to I'll who inIialC it. For
the establishment OF colonies, such as are made
in Southern California Arizona presents TN
rivaled opportunities. Thousands Of acres new
prohtleSS can DC mace productive by the con
Struction of irrfgatiIG bitches, and there is
investment which assures larger a2d more per
manent return.
The statements in this article onYumacounty
are not exaggerated: il fact they fall short Of
doing justice to this wonderful bit CT country
FineappleS, dates almonds and walnuts will Go
well. Strawberries. raSpberTleS, DIachDerrleS,
currents, gCOSeDerrieS and ali varieties Of
small fruits can 5e successfully cultivated Ia
| deed, Yuma county is not only the natural
home OF the citrus and semitrOpicai fruits, 0S
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 ct]lInty there can be no bet
! ter investment for cupitdl seeking large anu re-
| iGUnerative returns than is afforded here With
| 4 matcAleSS climate, where an forms OF dis
! ease known TO the damp and vigorous regions
/ OF the east and north are unknown. where the
bright sunshine kisae' into bloom and fra
GRANGE every form of vegetation, and where the
| clear days ana cool baimy nights Gre one long
| continued poem OF happiness I'd deiirht We
can offer to capitalists an ideal eld for invest
Incnt and to hoIneaeckerS Yeritablc paradise
! IN which - settle.
| The soil of thest: valleys is among the richest
/ on the continent 1t Is formed of the Gctritus
which the streams for ages have brought down
| from their mputtain homes in their Journey
| to the sea. By constant overfiOwS and change
of channel, the deposit Of this rich vegetable
matter has formed y soil OF extreme fertility
| Near the streams il is dark aliuvial mold,
well adapted 10 small grains and grasses. Far
ther back there Is rich sandy loaEa. mellow
and porous, and especially favorable Tor fruit
culture. It has been already demonstrates
! that tic productive capacity of these valleys is
! not surpassed BY LANDS Of equal area in any
| part of t'te United States. So rar;d and pro
| ifc is the Growth Of the fruits, cereals and veg
ctAbleS that ohe labor Of the cultiYat0r is re-
duced TO the minimum, In nearly all OF them two
crops year can be grown. and vegetation is
one month head OF California. Tie farmer
| plants n cottonwood SapiiaG before his door;
| and within the year lie has shade tree twenty
five feet high! Alfalfa can be cut six times Dur
| ing the season, ana it is an actual fact that
grape cuttings have produced within eighteen
months! What state or territory can malEe
! such o showing? TIE climate, it must DE re-
membercd. is nearly perpetual Sumrler. Snow
never falls in these southern valleys. Thc far
ner begins to plant in November, and by the
middle of May his harvest Is ready. RoScs are
! in bloom fruit trees are blooming, and the
grain fields are sea or green, when the nciGS
of the Eastern farmers arc covered with Snow
| and ice. 49,.
Every variety Of grains. grasses, fruits aLil
vegetables grown III Serli5rOpic zones can be
producsd in the valleys Of Arizona. Wheat,
corn barley, oats Snd all the small grains give
| yield of from twenty-five to fifty bushels per
! acre. Alfalfa. timothy. clovGr, Bermuda and
all the cultivated grasses grow lu&dffGntly, the
former giving from eight to ten tons 20 the acre
each year. Every variety of vegetable raised il
the United States can be Grown III AJiZondi ;.nd
| nowhere are taey found of better quality.
| Besides the products mentioned. these semi
tropical valleys produce cotton, Sugar-cane, TO-
bacco hemp ana rice. With the exception of
the sugar-clne, but little attention is pJid 70
the cultivation of other staples: but it has beelE
| demonstrated that the soil and climate are
! specially adapted to their successful srowth.
! Cotton growing is no experiment in I*riZona,
for it Is record that when the Europeans
fret penetrated this region they found the
| Pima Indians vcaCinss fabrics made OF cotton
grown in the GilI valley
| that assures to these valley lah0S dense Pop
uiation and a prosperous future, AtIGoSt every
variety known can be raised in their fruitful
soils Tire apple. pear, plum; peach apricot,
| ounce ana EeCtaflne; are of delicious flavor;
ana Give q generous yield TfIe grape of ali va
| rieties is at home in these sunny v;lleS, No
| place in the grapo-gr1Wing belt OF the Pacihc
coast can show so prolific Weld rae quailIy
| is all Chat could be dasfred and the wine
is OF 4 fine flavor, delicious bouquet, and I'm
| surpassed by Gny native product as a table oeV-
| erage. Experiments with the raiSin grape have
shown that this climate and soil possess every
advantage toS the production and curing OF this
staple article OF commerce.
| Besides th5 fruits already mentioned, the
| grange lemon lime olive, hg, pomgranate and
| Others ct the citrus family, can be grown sue
! eASsfuliy in the valleys of Southern Arizona.
| Orange trees are now in bearing IN Salt river
vs:fley aat rs Yuma; while the banana Is also
being cultivated at the latter place The Arl-
$ona orange in Gu8iity ard favor VIII compare
ffsVorabIy with the best California.
"Ia the valleys of the Colorado. the Salt and
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
more desirable region for the making OF a
home No labOrOuS clearing OF the land IS re
qtiircd; il lies almost ready for the plow.
Trees and shrubbcry have SO rapid growth
that within eighteen months the immigrant can
| surround his abode with attractions which
would require years to nl1ture in less favored
climates. Fruits riDGn and are ready for mar
kct q full month before the California product
The bright sunshine is a luxury, and the pure,
dry atmosphere brings health to all who inha!e
IT, For the establishment Of colonies, such aS
have made OF Southern California d garoen,
Arizona presents unriVdled opportunities
| Thousands OF acres now profticsS, can be
made productive by the construction OF lrrigat
| ing ditches and there is no Investment which
assures larger or more neTrlGnent returns.