The Arizona sentinel., 1906-10-03
COL ORADO and CELIA VALLEYS

Tn the valleys of the Colorado arG Gila rivers there is room for thousands It iS not too much to say that nowhere within the limits o1 tnlS broad union can be found more desirable re- zion for the making of q home. No laborouS 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 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 luxury, and the pure dry atnOs- phere brings health to all who inl ale It. For | the establishment of colonies, such as are made | in Southern California. Arizona presents un- | rivaled opportunities Thousanqs ot acres now l 1)rofftleSS can be made productive by the con- | Struction of irrigating ditchcS. and there IS no investment which assures larger and more per | manent return. are not exaggerated: in fact they fall short or doing justice to this wonderful bit CT country PineappleS, dates, almonds and walnutS Will oo well Strawberries. raspberrieS, biackberrleS, currents, gooSeberrieS and all HareueS cI 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 III tue HUI and fertile soils.
 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 | uuneratiye returns than is afforded here. With | q matchleSS climate, where all 1ormS oI us
 ease known to the damp and vigorous reSlonS of the east and north are midtown, Wherc the | hripht sunshine kiSSer into bloom and ira l crauce every form of vegetation, and where the ! cle1r days aud cool balmy nights are one long | continued poem of happiness and dellEnt' we can offer to capitalists ideal field for invest ment and to hOmeseekers q verltaDle paraolse in which to settle.
 l The soil of these valleys is among the richest l On the continent. It is formed of the detrltuS
 which the streams for ages have brought down from their mountain homes in thelr journey 1 to thesea. By constant oVerfowS ana chaIige | of channel the deposit of this rich vegetable
 matter has formed soil of extreme fertlllty
 Near the streams it is a dark alluvlal moIq'
 well adapted to small grains and grasses. Far
 ther back there is a rich sandy lOam, mellow
 and porous. and especially favorable TOT frulI
 culture. IL has been already demonstrated
 that the productive capacity or these valleys IS
 nOt surpassed by lands of equal area m any
 part of the United States. So rapid ana pro
 fife is the growth of thefruitS, cereals ana veg
 etlbIcs that the labor of the cultivator IS re- duced to the minimum, In nearly all of them two
 crops year can bc grown, and vegetation lS one month head of California. The farmer
 plants a cottonwood sapling before hlS uoor'
 and within the year he has a shade tree twenty five feet high Alfalfa can be cut SIX tlmeS uur-
 ing the season. and it is an actual 1act tnat
 grape cuttings have produced within elghteGh months. What state territory can make
 such showing: The climate, 1t must pc re. , mem bered. is nearly perpetual summer snow l never falls in these southern valleys. The far-
 mer begins to plant in November, ana Dy Ght ] middle Of May his harvest is ready: Roses are
 in bloom. fruit trees are blooming ana the
 grain fields are a sea Of green when the heluS l of the Eastern farmers are covered with snow
 and ice s..a 5 l vegetables grown in semitropic zones can DC
 produced in the valleys of Arizona. wheat , corn barley oats and all the small grains glVt u a yield of from twenty-five to fifty bushels pel
 acre. Alfalfa timothy clover, berlnuuG ant l all the cultivated grasses grow llXurlanGiy, til'
 former giving from eight to ten tons to the acrt
 each year. Every variety of vegetable raised II Il orT-s crrCNC
 nowhere are they found Of better quality. a ''BesideS the products mentioned, these semi tropical valleys produce cotton sugar-cane, 1o l bacco. hemp and rice. with the excepCloI o T l the supar-cane but little attention Is pald t
 the cultivation of other staples; but lJ haS peei
 demonstrated that the soil and climate ar u .9rsc;afiv adapted tO their successful groWth Cotton-crowing is no experiment in ArlZona T for it is on record that when the EurOl,eaLll L u first penetrated this region, they found tn
 Pima Indians wearing fabrics made or cotlo d grown in the Gila valley.
 ' But it is their ad.,ptability for fruit cultur
 that assures to those valley lands dense pol d ulation and prosperous future. Almost ever
 variety known can be raised ln thelf IrutIlt :, soils. The apple, pear, plum peach' aprlco @ ;" quince and nectar1nc, are 0I deIlclouS HStF U ol
 and give q generous yield. The grape O4 a1I Tt ,d rieties is at home in these sunny VaieS' H
 place in the grapegroWlnS De!L or Lhe I-dClu Il
 coast can show SC prolific yield. The qia!lu ,d iS aIl~tha. could be desired; and the wln'
 although it's manufacture is yet cXperlmenb9
 is of @ fine flavor delicious bouquet, ana LII surpassed by any QdJiN6 lIOtluCG d CoDAN SN
 craze Experiments with the ralsin grape nav ,a shown that this climate and soil possess ever :" advantage for the production ard curing or thl
 staple article of commerce.
 d .'Resides the fruits already mentioned, tI
 orange lemon. lime. olive, fig. pomgranate an
 others of the citrus family, can be grown su ed cessfullv in the valleys of Southern AriZon
 Orange trees are now in bearing In Salt rlV' ,a valley and at Yuma; while the banana IS als 7u being cultivated ao the latter place: me Al
 zora orange in quality and flavor VIII conlpa al fayCrably with the best California.