The Arizona sentinel., 1896-09-12

bloom. Billions of gallons ot that precious fluid have annually gone to waste at Vuma's very doors, but already reaction is taking place and many enterprises are on foot to supply the life-g giving waters of the yellow Colorado to the thirsty earth.
 RIVERS OF YUMA COUNTY.
 Tn regard to climate, healthlulnesS, Ter sility and productiveness of soil, tacilnes 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 ot richest and most prosperous counties ln Arizona.
 It lies between 320 OO| and 34' 2O' north latitude and llS0 2O| and ll40 4O' west longitude. It contains SASS, ,32O acres. It is about as large as the States ot 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 bv the counties of Pima, Maricopa and Yavapai, and on the south by Sonora, Mexico. Its county seat is the town oi Yuma.
 The Colorado river drains the entire ter ritory of Arizona, and every drop ot water which falls on it's mountains and plains 6nds it's way to this mighty river. 1t l' ormed by the union of the Green and Grand rivers, fed by the streams which rise in the Rocky Mountains, and the melt inc snows cause a greater depth ot water in this river Tn summer than Tn 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 cheaI water transportation.
 The Gila river rises in the western par of New Mexico and is fed by numerous streams, among the most prominent o which are the San Pedro, Agua Fria, Has sayampa and Salt rivers. It 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 far greater water suppl, 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 1t natural channels by means ot numerou large irrigating canals, and utilized tor tn purpose of retaining and irrigating tn immense tracts of lands which lie in thi favored country, and which are as fertil as any in the world.
 The Southern Pacific Railroad crosses tn Colorado river at the town of Yuma an runs through the county, following tn senerol course, and at an average distanc of about four miles south, of the Gila river rendering all the lands susceptible of irr ration and cultivation, can find an eas outlet in this way and can be transpolte to all the markets and centers of populatio in the East or West
 Another competing railroad is projeete from San Diego. California, to the tow of Yuma, ard thence along the north sid of the Gila river. Thus Yuma County wi have exceptional railroad advantages.
 THECLIMATE OF YUMA.
 The climate of Yuma for nine months the year has no equal, as we believe, in u world, and during the remaining thr' months of the year, comprising June, Jul and August, the heat is not oppressiV Even though the thermometer in mld-sun a,er may aa times rise above lOO', and o casionally even reach ll0', yet, owing the absence of moisture in the air, 1t is n sppressive. The atmosphere is pure, hg and balmv. When the mercury marks u highest extreme of heat, a person does n feel that oppression or debility which eplt in the Eastern States when the me eury is ranging from S0' to 9O'. The air 30 dry that precipitation is absorbed as so' sg it reaches the surface of the body, al If no time in the summer does the he produce any discomfort.
 LANDS AND SOILS
 The lands Of Yuma County comprise the riv