The Arizona sentinel., 1894-12-15
RIVERS OF YUMA COUNTY.

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In regard to climate, healthfulness, fer
tility and productiveness of soil, facilities
for cultivation, irrigation and abundance OF
water supply, variety of resources and
cheap transportation by rail and by water,
no part of Arizona can surpass Yuma
county, which is destined to become one of
ichest and most prosperous counties in
Arizona.
1t lies between 800 O0' and 340 90 north
latitude and 1872 20 and ll40 40 west
longitude. 1t contains 6, ASS, 800 acres. 1t
is about as large as the States of Rhode
Island, Connecticut and Delaware COM
bixed, or as large as either New Hampshire,
Vermont or Massachusetts,.
The western boundary of Yuma County
is formed by the Colorado river, which
separates Arizona from California. The
county is bounded on the north by Williams
Fork and the Santa Maria river. whose
waters flow into the Colorado; on the east
by the counties of Pima, Maricopa and
Yavapai, and on the south by Sonora,
Mexico. Its county seat is the town OF
Yuma.
The Colorado river drains the entire ter
ritory of Arizona, and every drop OF water
f6hf iif falls 5qR its moQRtains and plain.
Grand rivers, fed by the streams which
rise in the Rocky Mountains, and the melt
ing SHOWS cause a greater depth of watel
In this river in summer than in winter. thu!
furnishing the most water at the season
when it is most required for the purposes
of irrigation and agriculture.
1t will be seen that for the entire distance
along its western boundary, Yuma County
possesses the great advantage of cheap
water transportation.
The ella river rises in the western part
of New Mexico and is fed by numerou;
streams, among the most prominent o.
which are the San Pedro, Aqua Fria, Has
sayampa and Salt rivers. 1t flows west
through Yuma County and empties into the
SOlOraQO at IOWu OF UNA.
Yuma county, traversed by these great
rivers from its northern to its southern
and from its eastern to its western bound
aries, possesses far greater water supply
than any other county in the Territory.
and far more than can be found in all Cali.
fernia.
This water is now being diverted from its
natural channels by means of numerous
large irrigating canals, and utilized for the
purpose of retaining and irrigating the
immense tracts of lands which lie in this
favored country, and which are as fertile
as any in the world.
The Southern Pacific Railroad crosses the
Colorado river at the town of Yuma and
runs through the county, following the
generol course, and at an average distance
of about four miles south, of the ella river,
rendering all the lands susceptible of irri.
cation and cultivation, can find an easy
outlet in this way and can be transpol ted
to all the markets and centers of population
in the East or West.
Another competing railroad is projected
from San Diego. California, to the town
of Yuma, ard thence along the north side
of the ella river. Thus Yuma County will
have exceptional railroad advantages.
THE CLIMATE OF YUMA.
The climate of Yuma for nine months Of
the year has no equal, as we believe, in the
world, and during the remaining three
months of the year, comprising June, July
and August, the heat is not oppressive
Even though the thermometer in nnd-sum
nler may az times rise above 1902, and oc
casionally even reach ll0', yet, owing tC
the absence of moisture in the air, it is not
oppressive. The atmosphere is pure, light
and balny. When the mercury marks The
highest extreme of heat, person does no
feel that oppression or debility which il
felt in the Eastern States when the mer
curry ia ranging from So to CO., The air il
so dry that Precipitation is absorbed as sool
Is it reaches the surface of the body, anC
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