The Arizona sentinel., 1897-08-28
RIVERS OF YUMA COUNTY.

RIVERS OF YUMA COUNTY.
 lnreeardT to climate, healthfulness, fer tility and productiveness of soil, facilities fer 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 in Arizona
 It lies between 320 O0' and 340 20' north latitude and ilSo 20' and lI4' 40' west longitude. It contains 6,4SS .32O acres. It is about as large as the States of Rhode Island, Connecticut and Delaware com bixed, or ss large as either New Hampshire, Vermont or Massachusetts.
 The western boundary of Yuma County is formed by the Colorado river, which , seusrates Arizona from California. The county is bounded on the north by Williams Fork and the Santa Maria river, whose g waters flow into the Colorado; on the east bv the ocounties of Pima. Maricopa and Yayapai, and on the south by Sonora, Mexico, Its county seat is the town ot .Yunaa.
 sq'he Colorado river drains the entire ter ritory of Arizona, and every drop ot water which falls on its mountains and plains ands 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 ing snows cause a greater depth ot water ;u this river in summer than in winter. thus furnishing the most water ct 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 Ceunty 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' ssyampa 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 eriyers from its northern to its southern, and from its eastern to its western bound aries, possesses 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 HOW 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 ana runs through the county, following the psnerol course, and at an average distance of about four miles south, of the Gla 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 osnters Of population fo-the East or West.
 Another competing railroad IS projected ;troaa San Diego. California. to the town .pfYuna, ard thence along the north side .os the Gila river. Thus Yuma County will have exceptional railroad advantages.
 THECLIMATE OF YUMA.
 The climate of Yuma for nine months oi the year has no equal, as we believe -A sne world, and during the remaining three months of the year, comprising June, July and August, the heat is not oppressive. '-yen though the thermometer in mld-sun- -.ner may a times rise above l00'' ana oc- cssiora.ly even reach ll0', yet, owing to the absence Of moisture in the air, it's not oopressive. The atmosphere is pure, light .s.d bal.ny. When the mercury marks the -siphest extreme of heat, person does not :sesl that oppression or debility which IS sa,si tee --ssa.- States wLsa t5c =e.'