The Arizona sentinel., 1895-05-11

relative to individual properties and special
 enterprises. Address T. w. DoRRNGToN,
 Immigration Commissioner, Yuma, A. T.
 Although the town of Yuma is the
 second oldest community in the Ter
 ritory of Arizona, it is astonishing
 how little it's resources are known to
 the world at large, and how slightly
 developed is the natural wealth of the
 county. This is owing partly to
 Yuma's reputation for unbearable
 heat, and partly to the fact that,
 lying next to California, it has been
 assumed that the county has been
 thoroughly prospected for mineral
 wealth, and prospectors have, in the
 main, kept the travelled highways in
 crossing its territory. As a matter of
 fact one suffers less from the heat
 here than in almost all of the settled
 communities of the East, owing to
 the dryness of the atmosphere, and there is no healthier climate on Gods footstool.
 People labor out of doors, from the rising to the setting of the sun, and suffer no inconvenience, There has never been known, in this section of country, an authentic case of sum- stroke. Our climate, taken in time, never fails to cure pulmonary com plaints of any description, and epi- demic diseases, such as smallpox, etc, rarely visit us and then only in very mild form, and are never fatal except through the per versity of patients. Contrary to the celief of the uninformed the dry heat of the summer months is es, pecially conducive to good health and exceptional vigor, acting naturally upon the human system with the same effect as the artificial result of a Turkish bath-purifying and reno- vating 1t. As a further matter of fact, this county has never been even super6cially prospected, and it is only now that people are beginning to search it's hills, with any degree of systematic enthusiasm, for the miner. al wealth hidden there. Owing to the falling of in the price os silver, de- oosites of gold are only being sought for, and the present result is little short of marvellous. In all sections of the county from the Sonora llne to Williams Fork, discoveries are daily being made, and the greater the de- yelopment the greater the wealth dis
 iayed. Wherever tho prospe ctor plants his foot ledges of gold confront Jim, or are brought to light by the investigating strokes of hls pick. |
 Portions of country traversed for ears by commonly travelled trails,
 re developing into rich store. houses if golden wealth. New and rich i 'lacers are constantly being discover d, and shipments of placer gold from his point through Wells, Fargo & }o.'s express, are steadily increasing n value. From a mining standpoint Yuma county is rapidly leading the territory, and yet, as far as that in
 ustry is concerned, this section has ardly got into it's stride.
 Agriculturally the county is vastly | Enterprises that have ain dormant the last two years, ow- ng to the general financial depression nd consequent dearth of money pr investment purposes, are 7aklng up to new life nd vigcr. Money is being attracted ] this direction, and on all sides can g distinguished that indeinable stir Inch is the precursor Of an indus rial awakening. Even within these sst two years of financial stringency nd depression, there has been a ,eady if slow increase in agricultural evelopment and wealth. A greater req of old farms has been put under and new lands have been nclosed and new fields started. A lrge section on Blaisdeli Heights has cen planted to fruit trees; fields of ereals and alfalfa have been added to le cultivated area on the Colorado
 yer below town; the lands lying un- CT the Mohawk and Farmers canals ave been made to vie Id heavy crops every variety of agricultural pro- ucts, as in other sections of the Gila alley; and the gardens of Yuma have cen added to and beautitied, in fruits, overs anu ahrubbery, to a more than ppreciable extent. Altogether we Gool y1ro,,d Of oor pro0raeo J,r;nc, |