The Arizona sentinel., 1895-05-04
RIVERS eF YUMA COUNTY.

RIVERS GF YUMA COUNTY.
 In regard to climate, healthiulness, 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.
 It lies between 320 00> and 340 2O> north latitude and ll30 2O' and ll40 4o' vest longitude. It contains G, ASS, ,320 acres. It is about as large as the States of Rhode Island, Connecticut and Delaware com- biked, 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 tLo counties of Pima, Maricopa and Yavapp, and on the south by Sonora, Mexico. It's county seat is the town of Yuma.
 The Colorado river drains the entire ter ritory oi Arizona, and every drop ct water which falls on its mountains and plains 1nds 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 it's northern to its southern, and from its eastern to its western bound aries, possesses a 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 trough the county, following the generol purse, and at an average distance 1 of about four miles south, of the Gila river, | rendering all the lands susceptible of irri- i gatio1 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 1~- Diego, California, to the town Of Yuma, ard thence along the north side of the Gila river. Thus Yuma County will have exec -eptional railroad advantages.
 HE ECLIMATE OF YUMA.
 The climate of Yuma for nine months of l the year has no equal, as we believe, in the world, aud during the remaining three months Of the year, comprising June, July 1 and August, the heat is not oppressive. Even sough the thermometer in nid-sum- u.a. may a4 times rise above l000, and oc- easionslly even reach llO', yet, owing to @ lrzr.-a oc Iy, fba oSr not !