The Arizona sentinel., 1897-05-15
RIVERS UF YUMA COUNTY.

In regard to climate, healthfulness, fer tility and preductiveness 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 richest and most prosperous counties in Arizona.
 It lies between 320 O0> and 340 2O' north latitude and ll30 2O' and ll40 40> west longitude. It contalns 6. .4SS,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 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 of Yuma.
 The Colorado river drains the entire ter ,ritery of Arizona, and every drop ct water which falls on its mountains and plains inds its way to this mighty river. 1t IS formed by the union of the Green and 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 Tn 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 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 ot which are the San Pedro, Agua Fria, Has, sayampa 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 than any other county in the Territory, and far more than caa be found in all Cali fernia.
 This water is now being diverted from its natural channels by means Of numerous Large irrigating canals, and utilized for the purpose of retaining and irrigating the 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 and runs through the county, following the renerol course, and at an average distance of about four miles south, of the 'Gla river, rendering all the lands susceptible of lrrl- gation and cultivation, can ind 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 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 fshe year has no equal, &s we believe, ia 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- ,.ner may al times rise above l00', and Oc- easionally even reach ll00, yet, owing to tb, absence of moisture in the air, itis not ornressivo. The atmosphere is pure, light and balmy. When the mercury marks the i,icbest extrc~le of heat, a person does not feel that oppression or debility which Is .-elt in tLe Eastern States when the mer- cury is ranging from S00 to 9O'. The air Is so dry that psrspiratson is absorbed as soon As it reaches the surface of the body, and as 10 tune in the summer does the heat produce any discomfort.
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