The Arizona sentinel., 1894-08-04
RIVERS OF YUMA COUNTY.

RIVERS OF YUMA COUNTY.
 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 richest and most prosperous counties in Arizona.
 It lies between 320 00' and 340 2O' north latitude and ll3' 2O> and ll40 40' west longitude It contains SASS. 320 acres. It 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 which falls on its mountains and plains inds its way to this mighty river. It Is formed by the union of the Green and Grand rivers, fed by the streams which rise in the Rocky Mountains, and the melt ing snows cause a greater depth of water in this river in summer than in winter, thus furnishing the most water at the season when it is most required for the purposes of irrigation and agriculture.
 It will be seen that for the entire distance along its western boundary, Yuma County possesses the great advantage of cheap water transportation.
 The Gila river rises in the western part of New Mexico and is fed by numerous streams, among the most prominent Of which are the San Pedro, Agua Fria, Has sayampa and Salt rivers. It flows west through Yuma County and empties into the Colorado at the town of Yuma.
 Yuma county, traversed by these great rivers from its northern to its southern, and from its eastern to its western bound aries, possesses a far greater water supply SL,o O4h i'm ha TarrI 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 Gila river, rendering all the lands susceptible of irri- gation 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 towr of Yuma, ard thence along the north sid' of the Gila river. Thus Yuma County vii have exceptional railroad advantages.
 THECLIMATE OF YUMA.
 The climate of Yuma for nine months o the year has no equal, as we believe, Tn tn world, and during the remaining thre' months of the year, comprising June, July and August, the heat is not oppressive Even though the thermometer in mld-sum mer may a9 times rise above l000, and Oc the absence of moisture in the air, it is no oppressive. The atmosphere is pure, ligh and balmy. When the mercury marks th highest extreme of heat, person does no feel that oppression or debility which i felt in the Eastern States when the mer cury is ranging from S00 to 90'. The air so dry that precipitation is absorbed as 500 as it reaches the surface of the body, an at no tune in the summer does the hea produce any discomfort.
 LANDS AND SOILS.
 The lands of Yuma County comprise the riv bottoms and valleys and the uI,lands or Inesas IT bottom lands are holster and slightly more fertil if, indeed, it is possible to make comparison where all are so wonderfully productive and prolii