The Arizona sentinel. [volume] (Arizona City [Yuma], Yuma County, A.T. [Ariz.]) 1872-1911, 1894-09-22

Yumas very doors, but already reactlon
is taking place AID many enterprises are
on foot to supply the life-giving waters OF
the yellow Colorado to the thirsty earth
RIVERS OF YUMA COUNTY.
In regard TO climate, healthfulness, fer
Utility 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
richest and most prosperous counties In
Arizona.
It lies between 80 00' and 80 90 north
latitude and ll30 20 and Il4' 40 west
longitude. 1t contains G, ass, $50 acres. 1t
is about as large as the States OF Rhode
Island, Connecticut and Delaware COM
bized, 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
which falls on its mountains and plains
inds its way to this mighty river. 1t L
formed by the union of the Green anC
Grand rivers, fed by the streams which
rise in the Rocky Mountains, and the melt
ing SHOWS cause greater depth of waite
in this river in summer than in winter. thu
furnishing the most water at the season
when it is most required for the purpose
of irrigation and agriculture.
1t will be seen that for the entire distanc
along its western boundary, Yuma Count.
possesses the great advantage of cheal
water transportation.
The ella river rises in the western par
of New Mexico and is fed by numerou
streams, among the most prominent c
which are the San Pedro, Aqua Fria, Has
sayampa and Salt rivers. 1t flows Yves
through Yuma County and empties into tn
Colorado at the town of Yuma.
Yuma county, traversed by these grea
rivers from its northern to its southern
and from its eastern to its western bound
aries, possesses a far greater water suppl
than any other county in the Territory
and far more than can be found in all Cal
fernia.
This water is now being diverted from i
natural channels by means OF numerou
large irrigating canals, and utilized for tn
purpose of retaining and irrigating I'll
immense tracts of lands which lie in til
favored country, and which are as ferti
as any in the world.
The Southern Pacific Railroad crosses tt
Colorado river at the town Of Yuma al
runs through the county, following tt
generol course, and at an average diStanc
of about four miles south, of the ella rive
rendering all the lands susceptible of irI
cation and cultivation, can find an ea
outlet in this way and can be transpol t,
to all the markets and centers of populate
in the East or West.
Another competing railroad is project
from San Diego. California, to the TOW
of Yuma, ard thence along the north 81
of the ella river. Thus Yuma County W
have exceptional railroad advantages.
THE CLIMATE OF YUMA.
The climate of Yuma for nine months
the year has no equal, as we believe, in
world, and during the remaining thr
months of the year, comprising June, Ju
and August, the heat is not oppressiy
Even though the thermometer in mld-su
mer may az times rise above 1902, and {
casionally even reach ll0o, yet, owing
the absence of moisture in the air, it is 1
oppressive. The atmosphere is pure, liz
and balmy. When the mercury marks I
highest extreme of heat, person does 1
feel that oppression or debility which
felt in the Eastern States when the m
curry is ranging from So to go. The ali
so dry that perspiratlOn is absorbed as sc