The Arizona sentinel., 1897-08-21
RIVERS OF YUMA COUNTY.

In regard to climate, healthfulness, fer sility and productiveness of soil, facilities fer 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 32' O0' and 34' 20' north latitude and ll30 2O' and ll40 40' west longitude. It contains 6.4SS, ,320 acres. It is about as large as the States ot 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 .suarates Arizona from California. The county is bounded on the north by Williams Fsrk 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.
 ghe Colorado river drains the entire ter sritorv.of Arizoua, and every drop ot water which falls on it's mountains and plains 5nds it's 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 ing snows cause greater depth ot water in this river in 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 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 .oi which are the San Pedro, Aqua Fria, Has, savampa 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 10 its southern, and from it's 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 Cali 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 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 reperol course, and at an average distance of about four miles south, of the Gila river, rendering all the lands susceptible of irri- gation and cultivation, can 6ad an easy outlet in this way and can be transpol ted to,sIl 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, aEd thence along the north side -of the Cila river. Thus Yuma County will nave exceptional railroad advantages.
 THECLIMATE OF YUMA.
 The climate of Yumafor nine months of the year has no equal, as we believe Tn the world, and during the remaining three months of tlse year, comprising June' July and August, the heat is not oppressive Even though the thermometer in mld-snm- ,,er may aa times rise above10O', and oc' casionalIy even reach ll00, yet, owing to She absence of moisture in the air, itls not oppressive. The atmosphere is pure' light and 5aimy. When the mercury marks the highestextre-4e of heat, a person does not feel that oppression or debility which IS I eli iu the Eastern States when the mer-