The Arizona sentinel., 1896-09-05
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 ot 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 32o 00' and 34' 2O> north latitude and llSo 2O' and ll4' 40> west longitude. It contains SASS. .320 acres. 1t is about es 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 ot Yuma
 The Colorado river drains the entire ter titory of Arizona, and every drop ot water which falls on it's mountains and plains ands its way to this mighty river. It is ormed by the union of the Green and Grand rivers, fed by the streams which rise in the Rocky Mountains, and the melt inp snovs cause a greater depth ot 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 it's western boundary, Yuma County possesses the great advantage ot 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 it's eastern to its western bound aries, possesses 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 yuns through the county, following the generol course, and at an average distance ef about four miles south, of the Gila river, rendering all the lands susceptible of irri- qation and cultivation, can lind an easy outlet in this way and can be transported to all the markets and csnters of population in the East or West.
 Another competing railroad is projected from San Diego, California, to the town of Yuma, and thence along the north side of the Gila river. Thus Yuma County will have exceptional railroad advantages.
 THE CLIMATE OF YUMA.
 The climate of Yuma for nine months of the year has no equal, as we believe, in the world, and during the remaining three months of the year, comprising June, July and August, the heat is not oppressive Even though the thermometer in mld-sum' ner may a times rise above lOO', and oc oasiopally even reach Il00, yet, owing tc the absence of moisture in the air, it IS not eppressive. The atmosphere is pure, tight and balmy. When the mercury marks tht highest extrc-1e of heat, person does no' feel that oppression or debility which II tert in the Eastern States when the mer cury is ranging from 8O0 to 90'. The air l! so dry that precipitation is absorbed as soor as it reaches the surface of the body, ant at no tune in the summer does the hea produce any discomfort.
 BANDS AND SOILS.
 The lands of Yuma County comprise the rive bottoms and valleys and the uplands or mesas. I'm bottom snds are moister and slightly mcre fertile t-, indeed. it is possible to make comparison shers all are so wonderfully productive and prolific The uplands or messs are warmer and, perhaps
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