The Arizona sentinel. [volume] (Arizona City [Yuma], Yuma County, A.T. [Ariz.]) 1872-1911, 1892-07-09

today, having fallen II inches dur
ing the week. It ID 4 feet 5 inchee
higher than the average for the
past five years. Last Sunday it
reached the highest point for the
year, Is feet inches. 1t has car
ried more water past Yuma thus
far during this season than in any
year since the record has been
kept, having been from 2 to a feet
higher than the general average
and 3 feet 4 inches higher than at
this date last year. The high
water which covers the country on
both sides of the river below Yuma
was within one inch as high last
Sunday as it was at any time dur
ing the flood of '91. What effect
this great body of water extending
for miles in every direction will
have on the Salton sea remains to
be seen, as it takes several months
for the water to reach that point, as
it has to cross the desert for 800
miles.
Little Johnnie Minor while in
swimming on the 4th, near the
Yuma Irrigating Co.'s fume found
a small money purse lying on the
sand in the water which contained
two 800 gold pieces. Capt. E. E.
Stacy and Sam DeCorse who saw
the purse found by the boy identi-
fed it, having seen it in J. Moore 8
possession before he lost it, anu
told the boy that it belonged to
him. Moore also identified it and
offered the boy one of the twenties
if he would give him the purse and
the other one, but the boy would
not give it up and took it home
and gave it to his father Charlie
Minor, who it is said bought cow
and calf with the money.
Edward Andrade returned from
the boundary line Saturday, where
he had been to arrange for the put
ting up of the pumping plant at
Round lake on his ranch. The
overflow of the Colorado at that
point has reached a point within II
inches of that caused by the great
food of last year. AS soon as the
water recedes the farmers in that
section will put in their crops of
beans, corn, sorghum, Egyptian
corn, barley and wheat for late hay
and set out their fruit trees.
II. Van Amman returned from
his newly located ranch near the
boundary line Saturday. He is
very much pleased with all of the
country lying from here as far
south as he went, to and below the
line. He will move on to his ranch
at once and put in crop this sea
son. He purposes to set out large
area to oranges lemons, lines, figs
and various nut bearing trees.
Jose de la Osa, who is in charge
of the railroad company's reser.
voirs, says that such is the de-
mand for water for irrigation and
other purposes in town, that it is
impossible to let the water stand
and perfectly settle before he is
obliged to turn it into the dis
tributing pipes. This is the rea-
son why the water is so cloudy at
times.
VIM. w. Watkins made the
SENTINEL office a very pleasant
call Wednesday. He has made a
selection of some excellent land be-
low town on which he will plant
fruit trees and set out to vines.
Mr.. w. is pleased with the climate
and soil around Yuma and has
come here to make this his home.
We want more such farmers.
E. L. Swaine, assistant resident
engineer of the S. P. R. R. at Los
Angeles has been in town during
the week, preparing the way for
the changes to be made in the rail-
road track between here and Ell
Rio. The line will be changed so
as to run direct from the bridge to
the mesa and thence along its base
to the old Ell Rio stamp mill.
Ira E. Bennett, formerly with |
the Lower Californian at Ensenada
during the boom days OF the old
International Company was pas
senger on Wednesdays eastbound
overland on his way to Ft. Worth,
Tovoe 1,,boro ba bao q brofhor -