The Arizona sentinel., 1907-11-13
The Work Of Reclamation.
(PHoENIX REPUBLICAN ]

Chicago, Nov. lO.-Nearly ;
 million acres of land, an empire
 of opportunity for the farmer
 the fruit grower, and the cattle
 raiser, is being reclaimed by ir
 rigation along the lines of the
 Southern Pacific railroad in the
 west and southwest.
 In the nelghborhood of Yuma
 on the Colorado river, 100,UOt
 acres, partly Tn Arizona and
 partly in California, will be ser
 we'd by the canals on which rapid
 progress is being made. Profit
 able cultivation of this soil has
 heretofore been impossible owing
 to the obstructive floods of the Gila river. Now this section is being made ready for the sett- Ter by a dam across the Colorado above Yuma, by canals under the Gila and a system of levees which will protect the territory from overflow.
 In this semi tropic climate and soil, oranges, lemons, dates and grapes lead the products of soil which will produce almost any thing. In the same neighbor- hood the lands saved from de- struction by the Southern Pa cific's success in closing the breach in the Colorado are yield ing phenominal crops. Yuma has about 2O00 residents, with schools, churches, hotels and is the center of the trade of a large area. The Southern Pacific rail way runs through the town and all of the newly irrigated area is in direct touch with this main tranScontinental avenue of traffic
 With Phoenix as a center, an- other vast irrigation work cover ing 100000 acres is being carried out. Here also is the climate of oranges and other fruits of many kinds, all served by the lines of Santa Fe from the north and Southern Pacific on the south. To this territory, the govern mentis simply supplying larger and more regular water supply than existed before, and the far sighted settlers who are taking up land in this region come into a well organized aud highly de- veloped community.
 On the Trackee- Carson project Tn Nevada, the government is spending S9,00O,000 on the re- claimation of $50, GOO acres. This is on the Ogden route of the Southern Pacific, from which branch line between Hagen and Fallon has been built dia gonally across the newly irrigated area. The principal markets of this re- zion are the mining towns of Tonopah and Goldtield. Cereals, alfalfa, vegetables and many fruits are successfully raised here on the lands that formerly were the bed of prehistoric lake.
 Further north, on the border line between California and Ore gon, is the Klamath project, through which the Southern Pa cific is building the line which will eventually run from Deed, california, to NatrOn, Oregon, ; and become the main line of the , road in this territory in place of the present Shasta Route. Nearly 250, ,000 acres of a fertile soil will be effected by the irrigation work now we'll under way here. 7 Settlers upon these irriga tion I lands have what amounts to government guarantee of the quality of the soil and the perma- hence of an adequate water sup ply. The proximity of the rail ! road is further guarantee that t markets can be reached and SUD- c plies obtained. With these in- | ducementS, there is no lack of V purchasers for land that can now DC had at prices trifing in com S parison to the cost of less pro- | ductive farms in eastern and e western states. ( Parents should be cautious ~ about giving their children npr-