The Arizona sentinel., 1896-12-19

Yunia's very doors, but already reaction Is taking place and many enterprises are bn foot to supply the life giving waters ot the yellow Colorado to the thirsty earth.
 RIVERS OF YUMA COUNTY.
 Tn regard to climate, healthfulness, 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 richest and most prosperous counties in Arizona.
 It lies between S20 O0f and 34' 20' north latitude and ll3o 20> and ll4' 4O' west longitude. It contains 6.4SS, 320 acres. It Is about as large as the States of Rhode Island, Connecticut and Delaware com biSed, 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 Ferk and the Santa Maria river, whose waters flow into the Colorado; on the east bv the counties of Pima, Maricopa and YavEpui, and on the south by Sonora, Mexico. Its county seat is the town of Yuma.
 The Colorado river drains the entire ter ritery of Arizona, and every drop ot water which falls on its mountains and plains Ends 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 ine snows cause greater depth of water ju 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 along its 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, aayampa 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 its northern to its southern, and from its 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 ternia.
 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 irrigsting the immense tracts of lands which lie in this favored country, and which arc as fertile as any in the world.
 The Southern Pacific Railroad crosses the Colorado river at the town of Yuma and suns through the county, following the generol course, and at an average distance of about four miles south, of the Gila river, rendering all the lands susceptible of irri- Sation and cultivation, can lind an easy outlet in this way and can be transpoi ted fo all the markets andcsnters of population ia the East or West.
 Another competing railroad is projected from San Diego. California, to tho town of Yuma, and thence along the north side of the Gila river. Thus Yuma County will Nave exceptional railroad advantages.
 THE ECEIMkTE 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, tire heat IS not oppressive. Even though the thermometer in mid-sum- nler may aa times rise above l00o, and oc- easionally even reach llO0, yet, owing to the absence of moisture in the air, it is not oppressive. The atmosphere is pure, light and balmy. When the mercury marks the highest extreme of heat, person does not feel that oppression or debility which is felt in the Eastern States when the mer- cury is ranging from SO0 to So'. The air is 50 dry that pcrspiration is absorbed as soon as it reaches the surface of the body, and at no time in the summer does the heat l. -.Is-. -l..-A