The Arizona sentinel., 1897-03-06
RIVERS OF YUMA COUNTY.

RIVERS OF YUMA COUNTY. 
 In regard to climate, healthfulness, fer tility and productivencss 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 can surpass Yuma county. which is destined to become one ot richest and most prosperous counties Tn Arizona.
 It lies between 32o 0O' and 340 20' north latitude and Il3o 2O' and ll40 40' west longitude. It contains 6. ASS, ,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 Ferk and the Santa Maria river. whose waters flow into the Colorado; on the east bv the counties of Pima, Maricopa and favapai. and on the south by Sonora, Mexico. Its county seat is the town ot Yuma.
 The Colorado river drains the entire ter ritory of Arizona, and every drop ct water which falls on its mountains and plains inds 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 tbe Rocky Mountains, and the melt ise snows cause a greater depth of water in this river Tn 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 ot 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 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 can be found in all Call fernia.
 This water is now being diverted from its natural channels by means ot numerous large irrigating canals, and utilized for the purpose of retaining and irrigatlng 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 .-eperol 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 lind an easy outlet in this way and can be transported to all the markets and centers of population in the Eagtor West.
 AnothGr competing railroad is projected from San Diego. California, to the town ofYuma, ard thence along the north side of the Gila river Thus Yuma County Will have exceptional railroad advantages.
 THECLIMATE OF YUMA.
 The climate of Yuma for nine months of she year has no equal, as we believe, in the world, and during the remaining three months of the yea, comprising June, July and August the heat is not oppressive. Even though the thermometer in nid-sum- rner may aa times rise above l00', and oc- easionally even reach ll0', yet, owing to 4be absence of moisture in the air, itis not oppressive. The atmosphere is pure, light and balmy. When the mercury marks the hiobest extreme of heat, person does not feel that oppression or debility which IS selt in the Eastern States when the mer' onrv is ranging from SOo to 9O'. The air is so dry that pcrsPiratlon is absorbed as soon as it reaches tie surface of the body, and nt no time in the summer does the heat aroduce any discomfort.
 LANDS AND SOILS.
 The lands of Yuma County comprise the rivel s.ottouts and valleys and the urlands or mesas Tho bottom aads are moister and slightly moro fertile
 ,1-. aarig0 ms 4herc all arc wonderfully productive and proliii'