The Arizona sentinel., 1896-10-10
RIVERS OF YUMA COUNTY.

In regard 10 climate healthlulness, Ter sility and productiveness of soii, facilities Eor cultivation, irrigation and abundance CT gater 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 Tn Arizona.
 1t lies between 32' O0' and 34' 20' north latitude and ll30 2O| and ll4' 40' west longitude. It contains G. .48S, 320 acres. It is about as large as tEe States Of Rhode Island, Connecticut and Delaware com bixed, or as large as either New Hampshire Vermont or Massachusetts.
 The #estern 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 cn tae aO2th by Schora, Mexico. It's county seat is the town ot Yuma.
 The Colorado river drains the entire ter .itory of Arizona. and every drop Of water which falls On its mountains and plains dads its way to this mighty river. It IS ormed by the union of the Green and Grand rivers, fed by the streams which rice in the Rocky Mountains. and the melt ing snows cause a greater depth of water ;n this river III summer than Tn 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 boundary, Yuma County possesses the great advantage of cheap water transportation.
 The C3ila river rlscs in the western part of New Mexico and is fed by numerous streams, among the most prominent of which are tine San Pedro, Agua Fria, Has savanna 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 its western bound aries. possesses a far greater water supply shau any other county in the Territory, and far more than can be found ia all Cali {ernia.
 This water is now being diverted from its natural channels by means of Ranlerous Sarge irrigatang canals, and utilized for the purpose of retaining and irrigating the immense tracts of lands which lie in this favored oountyy, 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 .eenerol course, and at an average distance of about four miles south, of the Gila river, rendering all tine lands susceptible ot lrrl- gation and cultivation, can find an easy aatlet in this way and can be transpol ted to all the markets and centers of population in the East or West.
 Another competing railroad is projected Srom San Diego, California, to the town of Yuma, ard 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 fhe year has no equal, as we believe, i'll the gorid, and during the remaining three tnonths of the year, comprising June, July and August, the heat is not oppressive. Even though the thermometer in mId-sum- .ner may aa times rise above i000, and oc- 3osionally even reach ll0', yet, o"'ing to .he absence of moisture in the air, iti5 not oppressive ghe atmosphere is pure, light and balmy. When the mercury marks Che richest extre,1e of heat, person does not eel that oppression or debility which is .4eit in .b2 Eastern States when the nler- .ary IS ranging from 80' to 90'. The air is so dry that precipitation is absorbed as soon rg it reaches the surface of the body, and .at 10 tn,e u tee summer does tho heat .,roduce a=y discomfort.
 LANDS AND SOILS.
 The lands ct Yuma County comprise the river bottoms and valleys and the cplands or mesas The octoona ands are moister and slighJy mere fertile, i. indsed, 1t is possible to make comparisons where all ar 50 wonderfully productive and prolific. Tbs uplands or messs are warner and, perhaps, | -tIv fer better the cultivation of the citrus fruits