The Arizona sentinel., 1896-02-01
RIVERS OF YUMA COUNTY.

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 In regard to climate, healthfulness, fer tility and productiveness of soil, facilities for cultivation, irrigation and abundance oi 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 oi ichest and most prosperous counties IT Arizona.
 It lies between 320 OO' and 340 2O> north latitude and ll3o 2O> and ll40 4O> wes longitude It contains 6, ,4SS, ,320 acres. Ii 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 ct water which falls on its mountains and plains finds its way to this mighty river. It k formed by the union of the Green anc Grand rivers, fed by the streams which rise in the Rocky Mountains, and the melt ing snows cause a greater depth Of water in this river in summer than in winter. thus furnishing the most water at the season when it is most required for the purpose; of irrigation and agriculture.
 It will be seen that for the entire distance nlong it's western boundary, Yuma County 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 savanna and Salt rivers. It flows wes 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 a 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 It. natural channels by means of numerous large irrigating canals, and utilized for the purpose of retaining and irrigating tht immense tracts of lands which lie in this favored country, and which are as fertile as any in the world.
 The Southern Pacific Railroad crosses the Colorado river at the town of Yuma anC runs through the county, following th' senerol course, and at an average distance of about four miles south, of the Gila river rendering all the lands susceptible of lrrI ration and cultivation, can find 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 towr of Yuma, ard thence along the north sid' of the Gila river Thus Yuma County vii have exceptional railroad advantages.
 THE CLIMATE OF YUMA.
 The climate of Yuma for nine months 0 the year has no equal, as we believe, in tn 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 per may al times rise above l000, and oc oosionally even reach ll00, yet, owing t the absence of moisture in the air, it no oppressive. The atmosphere is pure, Ggh and balmy. When the mercury marks th highest extreme of heat, person does no feel that oppression or debility which felt in the Eastern States when the mer curv is ranging from S00 to 90'. The air so dry that precipitation is absorbed as 500 as it reaches the surface of the body, an