The Arizona sentinel., 1897-10-09

Bloom. Billions of gallons of that precious fluid have annually gone to waste at Yuma's very doors, but already reaction is taking place and many enterprises are on foot to supply the ife-giving waters of She yellow Colorado to the thirsty earth.
 RIVERS OF YUMA COUNTY.
 In regard to climate, healthfulness, fer tility and productiveness of soil, facilities for cultivation, irrigation and abundance of 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 Of richest and most prosperous counties in Arizona.
 It lies between 320 0O> and 340 20' north latitude and ll3o 2O' and ll40 40> west longitude. It contains SASS. .320 acres. It is about as large as the States of Rhode Island. Connecticut and Delaware com bixed. or as large as either New Hampshire, Vermont or Massachusetts.
 The western boundary of Yuma County is formed by the Colorado river, which senarates Arizona from California. The county is bounded on the north by Williams Fork and the Santa Maria rlver, 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.
 pbe Colorado river drains the entire ter ritory of Arizona, and every drop ot water which falls on its mountains and plains 5nds 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 inc snows cause greater depth of water in 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 aleng it's western boundary, Yuma County possesses the great advantage Of cheap water transportation.
 The Gila river rises in the western part of New Mexico and is fed by numerous streams. among the most prominent of which are the 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 it's northern to its southern, and from it's eastern to its western bound aries. possesses a far greater water supply shan any other county in the Territory, and far more than can be found in all Cali Ecrnia.
 This water is now being diverted from its natural channels by means ot numerous large irrigating canals, and utilized tor the purpose of retaining and irrigating the immense tracts of lands which lie Ill thls favored country, and which are as fertile as any in the world.
 The Southern Pacific Railroad crosses the Co,orado river at the town of Yuma and runs through the county, following the renerol course, and at an average distance of about four miles south, of the Gila river, rendering all the lands susceptible of irri- cation and cultivation, can find an easy outlet in this way and can be transported q all the markets and csnters of population .n the East or West.
 Another competing railroad is projected Fxon San Diego. California, to tle town of Yuma, azd thence along the north side sftbe Gila river. Thus Yuma County will have exceptional railroad advantages