The Arizona sentinel., 1896-07-25

s4OOm. DillIQnS or gSlIOllS Ol bI-dd 'iSCIou9 auid have annually gone to waste at Yuma's very doorz, but already reaction Is taking place aGd many enterprises are on foot to supply the life-giving waters of the yellow Colorado to the thirsty earth.
 RIVERS OF YUMA COUNTY.
 in regard to climate, healthfulness, fer siiity 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 caa surpass Yuma county, which is destined to become one of richest and most prosperous counties in ETizoIl.
 It lies between 320 O0' and 340 20' north latitude and llS' 2O' and ll4' 40> west longitude. It contalns SASS, 920 aores. Ii is about as large as the States of Rhode Island, Connecticut and Delaware com bi1ed, or as large as either New Hampshire, Vermont or Massachusetts,
 The western boundary of Yuma County is formed by tue Colorado river, which separates Arizona from California. The county is bounded on the north by Williams Eor,. and the Santa Maria river, whose waters flow into the Colorado; on the easi by the counties of Pima, MaricOpa and Yavapai, and on the south by Sonora, Mexico. It's e 1tty seat is the town oi Yuma
 Ihs Colorado river drains the entire ter ritory of Arizona, and every drop ct water which falls on its mountains and plains inds its wsy to tins mighty river. !t ii formed by the union of the Green anc Grand rivers, fed by the streams which rise in the Rocky Mountains, and the melt snc snows cause a greater depth of water in this river in summer tban in winter. thus furnishipg the most water at the season when it is most required fGr the purposes of irrigation and agriculture.
 It will be seen that for the entire distance along its western boundary, Yuma County aogsssses ths gEeat adgantsgs Of eheaf gater transportation.
 The Gila river rises in the western part of New Mexico and is fed by numerous Streans, among the most prominent oI which are the San Pedro, Agua Fria, has eayampa and Salt rivers. It flows west through Yuma County and empties into th' Colorado at the town of Yuma.
 Yuma county, traversed by. these great yive.s s,:o.sa its aogxhaTR to its so~thern, and from its eastern to its western bound aries, possesses far greater water supply khasa &uy other eouaty ia the Territory. and far more than can be found in all cali fernia.
 This water is BOW being diverted from its natural channels by means of numerous sarpe irrieating canals, and utilized for the ourpose of retaining and irrigating the immense tracts of lands which lie in this favored country, and wkich are as fertile ss any in bke woEl6.
 The Southern Pacific Railroad crosses the Colorado river at the town of Yuma and runs through the county, following thC renerol course, ana at ap average distance of about four miles south, of the Gala river. rendering iaA tue lands susceptible Of irri' ration and cultivation, cah Gnd an easy outlet in this way and can be transported ko all the markets apa centers of population :n the East or 2sTest.
 Another competing railroad is projected Erom San Diego, California, to tue town of Yuma, ard thence along the north side of the Gria niver. Thus Yuma County vii have exceptional railroad advantages.
 THE CLIMATE OF YUMA.
 The climate of I una for nine months o1 she year has no equal, as we believe, in the ~Torld, and during &he Iemav'ing three snonths of the year, comprising June, July and kuaust, the heat is not oppressive Sven though the thermometer in mid-sum' .,,er may aa simes rise above l0O0, and oc easionauy eren reach llo0, yet, owing tC khe absence Of moisturein the air, its not oppressive. The atmosphere is pure, light and balmy. NThen the mercury marks the highestextre~1e of heat, person does moi ;eel that oppression CT debility which is felt in the Eastern States when tie mer' .cury is ranging from so' to S9'. The air Is go a:y thst precipitation is absorbed as soon as it reaches the surface of the 'body, and at no tl1c ;a the supmer &oe5 the heat -~2-4auGe any discomfort.
 JlAsTpS AND SOILS.
 The.isss,is- of Yusaa County comprise the .riYer 5sottoms agi valleys G: i''" i,laads O. mesai Fae ,ottom ands are mo:st -4d slightly Eere fertile, sf, ind-c4, it is possible tc make .eomn"'.-1.-1 here g S9Ecnderfully EroduetlYe aadpreiiGc. The rpIands or H.asas are werner and, perhaps, lightly f better tbe cultivation ithe citrus fruits xf,,,. .on4a;-es -arity oS ao:i ma --1ileV la,l6