The Arizona sentinel., 1888-08-04
Give us Fair Play.

The press of Southern California
 for some reason, cannot publish any
 thing of favorable nature concerning
 Southern Arlzona. Whenever they
 are compelled to print some iten
 about our early fruits, rich land and
 abundant water supply, they are sure
 to say that the thermometer is up to
 1909 or l400 in Yuma, we'll knowing
 that such statements are devoid of
 truth. Our summer climate is warm,
 undoubtedly, but not unconfortably SC. A friend writing from Los Ange- les, under date of August lst, has the following pointed remarks to make:
 see that the Times, of this city, is again at its old tricks. In a recent issue it insinuatingly prints that "the thermometer has not been above 3 degrees in the shade this summer" in Yu- reaches this figure as general thing, and that this years exception simply proves the rule.
 As an old resident of Yuma, am natu- rally incensed at the constant nagging and libelipg that the old town constantly re- ceives from the prejudiced press of Los An geles, who. with profound discourtesy, un- fairness and dishonesty, attribute such qualities to your section with the hope of covering, by directing attention elsewhere, the many defects and deficiencies of their local climatic conditions. Nor is ufy dis gust lessened with the fact that here, in winter, heavy rains, unlimited mud and severe flosts prevail, while in summer the constant and almost uncomfortable fogs from the Pacific make life, to say the least, very unpleasant. As substantial proof of this assertion the crowding of your hotels by consumptives from Los Angeles, Pomona, Ontario, etc., during the months commence ing with September and ending with May, admits of no denial. The summer heat, according to my personal experience here, is more severely felt owing to the atmos- pheric dampness than is the firm, dry heat of Yuma, even though the thermometer in- dicates a few degrees lower temperature, the asserti. ms of the local journals to the contrary notwithstanding.
 The display of ripe Yuma grapes, ap,i- cots and figs sent last June by our friends, showing conclusively that they mature from four to eight weeks before similar fruits ripen here, has opened the eyes of the real estate dealers to the possibilities against them in the near future, and the unfairness f the press has been surpassed, if that is possible, by few of these gentry who at- tempted to denounce the grand opportuni ties and advantages of the Gila and Salt river valleys that so completely overshad- owed, in every way, even the exaggerated claims in connection with their local hold | ngs
 Yuma aud Phoenix are attracting much interest and attention, and will, in my oein. 1 ion, soon experience steady and perma- 1 nent prosperity in coutradistinction to the teverlsh wave that swept this county last | " inter, and from which the bottom seems to have dropped entirely.
 There are many old Yumaites residing | nere, and several have expressed their rn- disgust at the undeserved treat nent that their former home is enduring. 1
 1 am pleased to |
 
 lear that the canals progress so rapidly md that property values are enhancing. dold on to what you have-there will be money in it.