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| ARIZONA |
Arizona
is bounded by Nevada, Utah, New Mexico,
California and Mexico; gross area,
113,956 sq. miles; land area, 113,810 sq.
miles; water area, 146 sq. miles. The
capital is Phoenix.
Of the
total area, only a comparatively small
portion is farming land. The rainfall is
so small that irrigation is depended upon
to make agriculture profitable. The
construction of irrigating canals and
water storage reservoirs is being
steadily promoted, and is daily adding
largely to the agricultural area. The
pine timber land covers an area of nearly
4,000,000 acres, giving the territory
resources for timber and building
materials unsurpassed anywhere in the
country.
Arizona
abounds with mineral wealth, including
iron, coal, gold, silver, copper, lead,
platinum, quicksilver, tin, etc. It leads
all States in copper production. Mining,
ranching and lumbering are the chief
industries.
The
principal river is the Colorado, which
flows along the western boundary of
Arizona, emptying into the Gulf of
Mexico. This river has, during the course
of centuries, cut for itself a deep
channel through the rocks, so that for
long distances it flows between
perpendicular walls 7,000 feet in height.
You can rely on Arbuckles' Coffee. It
never disappoints.
The climate
is mild and generally healthful, lung and
malarious diseases being almost unknown.
The summer temperature of the treeless
plains in the south is intensely hot.
Population
in 1910, 118,574 males and 85,780
females; of whom 115,589 were of native
and 48,765 of foreign birth; white,
171,468; negro, 2,009; Indian, 29,201;
Chinese, 1,305; Japanese, 371. Total
population, 204,354. |
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