The Arizona sentinel., 1896-08-08
RIVERS OF YUMA COUNTY.


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 RIVERS OF YUMA COUNTY.
 Tn regard to climate, healthfulness, fer xility and productiveness of soil, facillties for cultivation, irrigation and abundance ol water supply, variety Of resources anu cheap transportation by rail and by wa'er' ro mart of Arizona can surpass Yuma county, which is destined to become one oi richest and most prosperous counties ln Arizona. It lies between 32o OO' and 34' 2O' north latitude and lIS0 2O' and ll40 4O' west longitude. It contains SASS, ,32O acres It is about as large as the States of Khode 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, when separates Arizona from California. The aouuty 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. It's county seat is the town of Yuma.
 The Colorado river drains the entire ter ritorv of Arizona, and every drop ot water which falls on its mountains and plains finds it's way to this mighty river. It IS ormed by the union of the Green ana Grand rivers, fed by the streams which rise in the Rocky Mountains, and the melt ing snows cause a greater depth of water ;n this river m 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 aloas its western boundary, Yuma County possesses the great advantage Of ensap syater transportation.
 The Gila river rises in the western part of New Mexico and is fed by numerous streams, among the most prominent oi svbich are the San Pedro, Agua Fra, has, savanna snd Salt rivers. It flows west sbrough 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 it's eastern to its western bound aries. possesses a far greater water supPly 4ban any other county in the Territory and far more than can be found in all Call fernia.
 This water is now being diverted from Its natural channels by means ot numerous large irrigating canals, and utilized for the aurpose of retaining and irrigatng the s,roense tracts of lands which lie Tn thls sorored country, and which are as fertile as any in the world,
 g,ne Sou4hern Pacific Railroad crosses the Colorado river at the town Of Yuma ana runs through the county, following the oenerol course, and at an average distance of about four miles south, of the Glla rlver' yendegaag all the lands susceptible or irrl' cation and cultivation, can hnd an easy outlet in this way and can be transported to all the markets and centers of population in the East or West.
 Another competing railroad is projected from San Diego. California, to the town .ofYuma, ard thence aIeng the north side .of the Gaa river. Thus Yuma County VII have exceptional railroad advantages.
 THECLIMATE0F YUMA.
 The climate of ' una for nine months O. the year has no equal, as we beheve' ID 'n' world, and during the remaining thre' .,,o,tbs of the year, comprising June, July and August, the heat is not oppressive Even though the thermometer Tn mlo-sun ,o,er may al times rise above lOO'' ana Oc .osionsEv oven 1each 1l0o, yet, owing U Aba absence of moisture in the air, It IS no onnress;ve. The atmosphere IS puFe' hgn and balmy. When the mercury IlaEkS 'h ..,iohest extreme of heat, person does no feel that oppression or debility when | se,t in,tbe Eastern States when the mer .cury is ranging from s6' to 9e'. The air SO dry that precipitation is absorbed as SooI 2. it reaches the surface of the body, ant at no time in the summer does the hea preduGe any discomfort.
 LANDS AND SOILS.
 Tke lands of Yuma County comprise the FlVe bottoms and valleys and the uplands or mesas Tn bottom ands are moister and slightly mere fertile if indeed it is possible to make comparlson