The Arizona sentinel., 1896-02-15
RIVERS OF YUMA COUNTY.

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 in regard to climate, healthfulness, fer tility and productiveness of soil, facilitie for cultivation, irrigation and abundance O water supply, variety Of resources ane cheap transportation by rail and by water no part of Arizona, can surpass Yum. county, which is destined to become one 0 ichest and most prosperous counties il Arizona.
 It lies between 320 O0> and 3E0 29' nortl latitude and ll3o 20' and ll4o z0> wes longitude. It contains 6, 4S8, ,320 acres. | is about as large as the States of Rhod, 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 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 oi Yuma
 The Colorado river drains the entire ter ritory of Arizona, aud every drop oi W.,.. which falls on i.s mountains and plain. .asits Way .y -...- ra'r riyel 4, i formed ar .aa union of the es..- ard Grand rivers. fed ay the streams which r5so ia the Rocky Mountains. and t-a melt inr saaws cause a greater depth ei vare. in this rive. ia samml- tlaa ia winter, thus furnishing Une most water ao Ine season when it is most required for the purposes ofirrigation and agriculture.
 It will be seen that for the entire distance along it's western boundary, Yuma Coanty 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 sayanlpa and Salt rivers. It flows wes through Yuma County and empties into th' 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 bonnd aries. possesses a far greater water supply than any other county in the Territory and far more than can be found in all Cali fornia.
 This water is now being diverted from t natural channels by means of numoroa large irrigating canals, and utilized f5t th' purpose of retaining and irrigr ting ta immense tracts of lands which lie in thi favored country, and which arc as fer5il as any in the world.
 The Southern Pacific Railroad crosses tn Colorado rivcrat the town Of Yuma all, runs through the county, following th rencr0l course, and at aa average distanc. of about four miles south, of the Giia river rendering all the lands susceptible of irFi cation and culti ration, can lind an eas. onflat in this way and can be trauspol to' 70 e4 the markets and canters of population in the East or West.
 Another competing railroad is projeoto' from San Diego. California, to the to"' of Yuma, ard thence along the north sid of the Gila river. Thus Yuma County wi have ezceotional railroad advantages.
 THECLIAtATE CT YUMA.
 The climate Of Yuma for nine monthz e +be year has no equal, as We believe, il th world. and during the remaining thre months of the year, comprising June, Jul. ,nd August. the heat is not oppressive Exen tsouah tie thermometer in nld-sun u3er may a tiues rise aJore l0J', and o1 eagionallv even reach Il0', yet, owing t the absence of moisture in the air, its nc cnrrsssive. The atmosphere is pure, liSa and balmv. When the mercury marks ,h biqbest xtrene of heat, person does nc feel that oppression or debility which fe,.io tba Eastern States when the mel cary is ranging from 8o' to 2o'. The air So dry 5hat precipitation is absorbed as 500 oz it reaches the surface Of the body, an es no t!me in the sumner does the hea produce any discomfort
 LANDS AND SOILS.
 Tse lands Of Yuma County comprise the r'' sottc,as ard valleys and the urlands or Laesas. Ii bottom auGs are moistor and slightly mere feTtlI if. indeed, it is possible to ma Ike comparison where all are so wonderfully productive and ProiI- fne uplanls or mesas are warmer anj' Psrhap
 lightly for better tie cultivation oithe citrus fruit 5,.-n. .outaius 8 ~sri.ts Of soil The valley Ian