The Arizona sentinel., 1896-05-30
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 in Arizona.
 It lies between 320 OO' and 34' 20' north latitude and ll3o 2O' and ll40 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 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 ot Yuma.
 The Colorado river drains the entire ter ritory of Arizona, and every drop Ot water which falls on its mountains and plains inds its way to this mighty river. It is formed by the union of the Green and Grand rivers, fed by the streams which rise in the Rocky Mountains, and the melt iug snows cause a greater depth of water in this river ID summer than ID 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 bczndary, Yuma County possesses the great advantase ct 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 .ayampa and Salt rivers. It flows wes through Yuma County and emPties into thu ecaeraSo at the town of Yuma.
 Yuma county, traversed by these gres' rivers from its northern to it's southern and from its eastern to its western Sssnd aries. possesses far greater water supply than any other county in the Territory md far more than can be found in all Cali fernia-
 Tbi, water Is now being diverted from 1t natural channels by means ot numerous large irrigating canals, and utilized for th' purpose of retaining and irrigating thu immense tracts of lands which lie in thi favored country, and which are as fertile as any in the world.
 The Southern Pacific Railroad crosses th' Colorado river at the town of Yuma anC runs through the county, following tn .senerol course, and at an average distance of about four miles south, of the Gila river rendering all the lands susceptible Of lrrl -Uat;on and cultivation, can 6nd an eas! outlet in this way and can be transported to all the markets and centers of Populan1ol in the East or West.
 Another competing railroad is projected from San Diego, California, to tho towl efYuma, ard thence along the north sid .of the Gila river. Thus Yuma County vii have exceptional railroad advantages.
 THECLIMATE OF YUMA.
 The climate of Yuma for nine months ,She year has no equal, as we believe, Tn Sh world. and during the remaining thre months of the year, comprising June' Jul! and August, the heat is not oppressive Even though the thermometer in mld'sum .Oer may a3 times rise above lOO', and oc -casionally even reach al0', yet, owing t the absence of moisture in the air, it IS no -eonressiye. Ehe atmosphere is pure, hgh and balmy. When the mercury marks th biohest extre.1e of heat, person does no feel that oppression or debility which felt in the Eastern States when the mer yury is ranging from SO' to 9O'. The ar SO dry that precipitation is absorbed as SoO as it reaches the surface of the body, an at no tune in the summer does the hea produce any discomfort
 LANDS AND SOILS.
 rl,e lands oi Yu4oa County compriEe the rive Iottoms and valleys and the uplands or meSas Tn bottom ands are mcisteT and slightly mere fertile ..f indeed, it is possible to make comparison here all are so wonderfully productive and prolific