The Arizona sentinel., 1897-02-06
RIVERS OF YUMA COUNTY.

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 RIVERS OF YUMA COUNTY.
 In regard to climate, healthfulness, fer 'tility and productiveness of soil, taciilties for cultivation, irrigation and abundance O. 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 ot richest and most prosperous counties Tn Arizona.
 It lies between 320 0O' and 340 20> north l,otitude and lI3o 2O' and ll40 40> west longitude. It contains 6. ASS, ,320 acres. It lis about as large as the States Of Rhode Island, Connecticut and Delaware com ibixed, 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 Ferk 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 rit.ry of Arizona, and every drop ct water which falls on its mountains Gnc plalns finds 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 m summer than in winter thus furnishing the most water at the season when it is most required for the purposes If irrigation and agriculture.
 h+ will he seen that for the entire Distance along it's western boundary, Yuma County possesses the great advantage of cheaf 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 Fra, las savampa and Salt rivers. It flows yves through Yuma County and empties into th' Colorado at the town of Yuma.
 Yuma county, traversed by these grea -ivers from its northern to its southern and from its eastern to its western bound aries. possesses a far greater water suppl. than any other county in the Territory and far more than can be found in all Call fernia.
 This water is now being diverted from It natural channels by means ot numerou large irrigating canals, and utilized for tn purpose of reelaining and irrigatlng tn immense tracts of lands which lie in thl favored country, and which are as tertlI as any in the world.
 The Southern Pacific Railroad crosses tn Colorado river at the town ot Yuma an rms through the county, following tn senerol course, and at an average dlStanc If about four miles south, of the Glla uveI rendering all the lands susceptible ot lrr cation and cultivation, can hnd en eas outlet in this way and can be trahspolt te 4o all the markets and centers of populatlo in the East or West.
 Another competing railroad is proJecte From San Diego, California, to the tow sof Yuma, aEd thence along the north sla ,of the Gila river. Thus Yuma Cobnty WI bave exceptional railroad advantages.
 THE CLIMATE OF YUMA.
 The climate of Yuma for nine months #he year has no equal, as we believe ln tf world. and during the remaining thre .nonShs of the year, comprising June, Jul and August. the heat is not oppressive Even though the thermometer in mld-sun ;,,ar nav aa times rise above lOO', and O easionally even reach llO0, yet, owing &be absence of moisture in the air, It IS n' oppressive. The atmosphere IS pur9' lgl and balmv. When the mercury marks u hipbest ertre-1e of heat; person does n feel that oppression CT debility which selt in the Eastern States when the me 5ury is ranging from SO' to 9O' The ar So dry that precipitation is absorbed as so' as it reaches the surface of the body' al 1t no tune in the summer does the ne oroduce any discomfort.
 LANDS AND SOILS.
 Tho ands of Yuma County comprise the TN .,otto,ns and valleys and the uplands or mesas l 3ottom ands are moistgr and slightly mere fett f. indeed. it is possible to make compariso sybsre all are so wonderfully productive and prof The unlands or mcsas are warmer and, perhal 1;gb+v for better the cultivation ofthe citrus fru Sa..s .ont4irss 1a,4ets,r rF soa Ths valley is