The Arizona sentinel., 1905-03-22

COLORADO and CELIA VALLEYS

Tn the valleys of the Colorado ard Cila rivers there is room for thousands. It is hot too much to say that nowhere within the limits of this broad union can be found d more desirable rc- zion for the making of home. No laborouiS clearing of the land is required; 1t lies almost ready for the blow. Trees aud Shrubbery have so rapid a growth that within eighteen months the immigrant can surround his 7 bodc with at fractions which would require years to mature ready for the market q full month before the California products. The bright sunshine makes life luxury, and the pure dry atmOS- phere brings health to all W hO inhale it. For the establishment of colonies, such as are made in Southern California. Arizona presents un- rivaled opportunities. Thousands of acres noW proftleSS can be made productive by the con- structiOn of irrigatiEG ditchcS, 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, blaclberries, currents. gOoSeDerrleS and all varieties of small fruits cah be successfully cultivated. In deed, Yuma county is not only the natural home of the citrus and Scmitropical fruits, as almost every fruit, nut, plant grain, grass. vegetable which can be produced in either tropic of the temperate zones will thrive 1n the rich and fertile soils.
 With the bright prospects ahead Of the town of Guma aHd Yutua county there can be no bet ter investment for capital seeking large and re- munerative returns than is afforded here. With a natchleSS climate where all forms of dis ease known to the damp and vigorous regions of the east and north are unkuOWni where the bright sunshine kiSSe into bloom and fra Srance every form of vegetation, and where the clear days and cool balmy nights are one long continued poem of happiness nd delight, we can offer to capitalists ideal cid fer invest fnenJ and to homescekers d veritable paradise in which to settle.
 The soil of these valleys is among the richest on the continent. It iS formed of the detrituS which the streams for ages nave drought down from their mountain homes in their journey to the sea. Dy constant OTertoWS and change of channel, the deposit of this rich vegetable matter has formed a soil of extreme fertility Near the streams it is dark alluvial mold, well adapted to small grains and grasses. Far ther back there is rich sandy loam, 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 my part of the United States. So rapid and pro- life is the growth of thefruitS, cereals and veg Ct.Ibles that the labor of the cultivator is re- duced to the minimum In nearly all of them two crops d year can be grown. and vegetation is one month head of California. Tie farmer plants a cottonwood Sapling before his door, and within the year he has shade tree twenty five feet high! Alfalfa can be cut six times duri ing the season, and it is ain actual fact that grape cuttings have produced within eighteen months. What state or territory can make such showing? The climate, it must be re- me1nbered. is nearly perpetual sumnIer. Snow never falls in these southern valleys The far4
 
 middle of May his harvest is ready: Roses arc in bloom fruit trees are blooming. and the grain fields 1r6 a sea of green, when the fields of the Eastern farmers are covered with SHOW and ice
 Every variety gf grains, crosses, fruits and vegetables grown in SemitrOpic Z0scS can be produced in the valleys of Arlzopa. Wheat, corn. barley. oata and all the small grains give yield of from twenty-five to fifty bushels per acre. Alfalfa. timothy, clover, Bermuda and all the cultivated grasses grow luXur1Gntly, the f.sS1 nir t fnrtS. fn thA n.r each year, Every variety Of vegetable raised in the United States can be grown in N.izona, and nowhere are they found Of better quality:
 'BeSideS the products mentioned, these semi tropical valleys produce cotton, SUg2T-cane, to- baoco hemp and rice. With the exception of the sugar but little attention iS paid to the cultivation of other staples but 1t has !leen demonstrated that the soil and climate are specially adapted to their successful growth. Cotton growing is no experiment. III ArlZOna, for it is on record that when the Europeans first penetrated this region. they found the Pima indians wearing fabrics maGc Of cotton grown in the GllG valley.
 '.f4ut it is their addptaBility for fruit culture that Assures 70 these valley lands a dense pop ulatiOn ana prosperous future. Al1doSt every variety known C4n be raised in their fruitful soils. The apple. pear plum, peach: apricot GuinCo and neotafIne, are Of delicious flavor. and give generous yield. The, grape of all va rietieS Is at home in these sunny valeS. No place in the grape growing belt of the Pacific coast can show so prolific d yield. The quality
 
 althoueh it's manufacture is yet experimental, is of 6 fine flavor, delicious bouquet, and un- surpassed b,y any native product as q table bev- craze. Experiments with the raiSin grape have shown that th7S climate and soil possess every advantage for the production and curing of this staple article of commerce.
 Besides the fruits already mentioned, the orange. lemon, lime olive fig, pomgranate and others of the citrus family, can be grown sue eeSSfuily in the valleys Of Southern Arizona. Orange trees are now in bearing In Salt river valley and at Yuma ;'while the banana is also Being cultivated at the latter place, The Ari- zorf&4 orange in quality and flavor will compare fdVOr;fb1y with the best California.
 F'In 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 home. No tboriouS clearing of the land IS re- puired; it lies almost ready for the blow. Trees and Shrubbery have so rapid a growth that within eighteen months the immigrant can surround his abode with attractions which would require years to mature in less favored climates. Fruits ripen and are ready for mar ket full month before the California product. The bright sunshine is luxury, and the pure, dry atmosphere brings health to all who lnhale it. For the establishment of cOlonieS, such as have made of Southern California garden, Arizona presents unrivaled opportunities. Thousands of acres. now proftleSS, can be made productive by the construction of ifrlgat ing ditcEeS. and there iS no investment which