Los Angeles herald., 1909-12-19
DECEMBER 10, 1909.
YUMA PROJECT TOWNSHIP
COMPANY
COM PANY

COMPANY
Holding in it's sit-laden wave the
wealth of nations, the Colorado Is to
the great southwest what the Nile Is
to Egypt In the center of its great
empire lies Yuma, city with real
future. Its future depends on no musn-
room boom. The element OF chance
does not figure at all In it's horoscope
1t takes little account of mere possl-
bilities. 1t isn't selling get-rich-lnlck
mining stock, although there's a " MC4ltn
of gold and copper hidden in the up
lanus of Yuma county, and promising
strikes" are of frequent occurrence
Its future is assured to an absolute
certainty, because it is based upon IN
tensiVe agriculture of the exact klno
that does not have to reckon with
drouth, flood, cyclone or frost, nor WIN
artificial fertilization.
Certain Supply of Water
TO 100000 acres of the deepest, richest
alluyial soil in the world, Uncle sam
reclamation service IS ABOUT 10 DlLhs
Letter tnan occasional rains, better thah
an annual overnoW, DeLter lnan tne
manure from ten Thousand bdlnyarus-
that Is, regular, Coplous, INEXPENSIVE
irrigation with the silt-Iaoen waters "a
the Colorado. 1he climate Will DO the
rest ,,
And it's no guess what VIII happeh.
must happen-wnen the great Lab una
cam, twelve miles above YUMA shail
be completed neat year. Small private
irrigation systems IN the ValIey aDoul
the city, since taken over by the gov
ernment, and temporarily supplied py
humping, have demonstrated tIlat pe-
yonu perauNenIure. 1910. -.
rne territorial experiment station al
Yuma, Tor instance, last year tOoh
from one-nalf acre 300 worth OF tollla
toes, netting $ol3. An acre Oh Selheo
loupes pIouuceu @55U gross, Win ohe
nan pront. Inc pront on an acre vi
white bermuda onions was >ooo' oMees
potatoes yielded $z50 to SSO0 an acre
t,nove All eApenses. WalerihehohS'
canlaioupes, oranges, leiIlohs' gtaPo
trulI, grapes ana olner lrull' Daiiey
corn. cotton, pumphlns, squash- ~
klnus OF NegetaDles-SioW heie uAuSa
irrigation, ia sucn promo ylelos anu VI ol
sucn uehclous naNor as ho"heie eiSe
unuer the sun. Alfalfa, seillhg tor sIS
a ION. and usually yleIalng close 10
INvo IONS an acre eacn cuLLinB, Is CUT
seven lines a year. Something prohl-
aple can lie grown every hiohlh ol ene
wear. A goou ranChers income is coh-
Sant. Ine Soutnern Pacinc railway
uLIs the markeLS Oh the ehllie SouhIt
Nyitnin reacn. And as an duultlOh ~
tne TRANSPORTATION advantages aHeauy
enloyed. a powerful company hedueu
by Jonn u. Spreckels, mas no" ~
course of actual construction rhh-
road from san Diego 10 yuma WhtS"
Will give us direct route 10 the Facine
ana place the illlmitaDle markets Vi
the Far East at our feet
The supply of Colorado valley prouuSse s'
has never equaled the demand anu II
view of the rapid expansion Oh oua in1s niso
ket doubtless never can. NoWnetY eiso .'o
is the season for fruit and Vesetdpi %
early. Even Southern California coas'
country. several decades famous as the
winter garden of the United SIates'
draps along two or three weeks oehlhu
the sun-kissed Yuma district.
What wonder that President Roose-
yait i'm a recent message to congress,
shonld have said this OF the prospects
of the irrigable lands in the lower So'
orado valley: ..,.,,o.a ofte,
"A most conservative estimate aIteI
fuu development, must place the gross
PRODUCTS from this land at not less lnali M
S70O an acre per annum, every yen
acres of which will support a taInlIy
when under intense cultivation. Mucll
of the land will be worth from Soov ~
S150O an acre to individual owners
Homes for Thousands
That a population of 10000 In ana
ahont Yuma. to work the irrigated lanu
70 hest advantage, to conduct pri-
mary market for the produce, anu al