The Arizona sentinel., 1906-01-17
COL ORADO and CELIA VALLEYS

In the valleys of the Colorado ard Gila rivers there is room for thousands. It is not too much to say that nowhere within tbe limits or this broad union can be found more desirable rc- zion for the making of a home No laborouiS clearing of the land IS requ1red; It lies almost ready for the blow. Trees aud Shrubbery have | so rapid 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 ripen and are | ready for the market full month before the | California products. The bright sunshine | makes life a luxury, and the pure dry atInoS- phere brings health to all who inhale it. For | the establishment of colonies such as are made | in Southern California. Arizona presents un- rivaled opportunities. Thousands of acres now profitlesS can be made productive by the con Struction of irTigating ditcheS, and there IS no 1 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 do | we'll Strawberries raSpberr1eS, blackDerrleS. | currents gooseberrieS and all varieties or 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 troplc | of the temperate zones will thrive in the rich and fertile soils.
 l of Yuma and Yuma county there can be no bet ter investment for capital seeking large ana re munerative returns than is afforded here. Wlth | q matcheSS climate, where all forms or dlS- ease known to the damp and vigorous reg1ons | of the east and north are unknown where the 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 delight, we can offer to capitalists an ideal field Tor invest ment and to hOmeSeeKerS Verltaple paraolse 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 overtows and change of channel, the deposit ot this rlcn Vegetanle Near the streams it is dark alluVlal 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 any part of the United States. So rapid and pro- fife is the growth of thefruits cereals and veg ct,lbleS that the labor of the cultlVator 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. The farmer plants a cottonwood Sapling before his door, and within the year he has a shade tree twenty five feet highl Alfalfa can be cut six times dur ing the season, and it is an actual fact that grape cuttings have produced within eighteen months! What state or territory can m make ro membered. is nearly perpetual summer: snow never falls in these southern valleys. The far mer begins to plant in November, ana oy the
 middle of May his harvest is ready. Roses arc in bloom. fruit trees are blooming, and the
 grain fields are a sea of green, when the fields of the Eastern farmers are covered With snow
 and ice.
 vegetables grown in Semitropic zones can Dt produced in the valleys or Arizona. w neat
 corn barley oats and all the small grains give yield of from twenty-five to fifty bushels pel
 acre Alfalfa timothy clover, Bermuda anC = all the cultivated grasses grow luxuriantly the
 former giving from eight to ten tons to the acre 3 each year, Every variety of vegetable raised 1T . the United States can be grown Tn AIlzona, ano l nowhere are they found of better quality
 'Besides the products mentioned, these semi = tropical valleys produce cotton, Sugarcane, to
 bacco hemp and rice. With the exception o
 the cultivation of other staples; but 1t has beer demonstrated that the soil and climate art
 specially adapted to their successful growth
 Cotton-growing is no experiment. Tn Arizona
 for it is on record that when the Europeans
 first penetrated this region, they found th'
 Pima Indians wearing fabrics made of cottoi
 grown in the Gila valley.
 = that assures to these valley lands dense pop
 uiation and prosperous future: Almost ever. 1 variety known can be raised in their rruittu | soils The apple pear plum, peach, apricot
 ouince and nectarine. are of delicious flavor
 and give a generous yield. The grape or all Va
 rietieS is at home in these sunny valeS N
 place in the grape-growing belt of the Pacln
 coast can show so prolific yield. The qua!1t
 is all that could be desired; and the Wlne
 although it's manufacture is yet eXperlmenta
 is of a fine flavor, delicious bouquet and un
 surpassed by any native product as a table DeN
 craze Experiments with the raisn grape hay r- shown that this climate and soil possess ever advantage for the production and curing or thl
 staple article of commerce.
 sBesides the fruits already mentioned, tn e orange lemon, lime, olive, fig, pomgranate an l. others of the citrus family, can be grown su' cessfully in the valleys of Southern Arlzont If Orange trees are now in bearing In Salt rive
 valley and at Yuma while the banana IS als e being cultivated at the latter place: The AT l zona orange in quality and flavor will compaI J, favorably with the best California.