The Arizona sentinel., 1896-08-29
RIVERS OF YUMA COUNTY.

RIVERS OF YUMA COUNTY.
 Tn regard go climate, healthiulness, fer fility and productiveness of soil, facllties for cultivation, irrigation and abundance of water supply, variety Of resources ana cheap transportation by rail and by water no part of Arizona can surpass Yuma county, which is destined to become one oi richest and most prosperous counties in Arizona.
 It lies between 320 OO' and 34' 20' north latitude and il3' 2O> and ll4o 40> west longitude. It contains (. 6.4Ss, ,320 acres. It is about as large as the States ot RhoGe Island. Connecticut and Delaware com biRed, or as large as either New Hampshire Vermont or Massachusetts.
 The western boundary of Yuma County is formed by the Colorado river, which separntes 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 0f 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 and Grand rivers, fed LY the streams which rise in the Rocky Mountains, and the melt 5pp snows cause a greater depth of water m tbis 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 or which are the San Pedro, Agua Fria, Has sayarapa 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 it's 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 ot numerous large irrigatingHanals, and utilized for the -urpese of retaining and irrigating 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 runs through the county, following the geperol course, and at an average distance of about four miles south, of the Gila river, rendering all the lands susceptible ot irrl- cation and cultivation, can find an easy outlet in this way and can be transpoi ted 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, 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, Tn 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" nner may aa times rise above lOOO, and oc- easionally even reach ll00, yet, owing to tbe absence of moisture in the air, its not ,nnressive. 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 FeIt in the Eastern States when the mer- .urv is ranging from 800 to 9O'. The air is 80 dry that perspiratlon is absorbed as soon as it reaches the surface of the body, and ,t no time in the summer does the heat sroduce any discomfort.
 LANDS AND SOILS.
 The Iar6s of Yuma County comprise the river bottoms and valleys and the uplands or mesas. The bottom ands are moister and slightly mere fertile, :; indeed. 1t is possible to make comparisons here all are sc wonderfully productive and prolific. The ur.s-Gs c= -esas a-e warner and, perhaps, .htl, far sttsr te cultivation of ths citrus fruits