The Arizona sentinel., 1897-07-31
THE VILLAGE Or YUMA.

THE VILLAGE or YUMA
 Although the tcwn of Yuma is jbe second oldest community in the Ter t3ry of Ar.- zona, it IS astonishing how little it- re- sources are known to tue world as large, a.} how slightly developed is the natural Tsa.th Of the county. This is owing partly to Yuma's reputation for unbear25la heat, aed partly to the fact that, lying next to Cali fornia, is has been assumed that the county has been thoroughly prosrected for mineral wealth, and prospectors have, in the main, kept the travelled highways in crossing its Territory. As matter of fact one suffers less from the heat here than in almost all of the settled communities Of the east. owing to the dryness of the atmosphere, and there is no healthier clin.5e OF Gods footstool. People labor out of do>-s from the rising to the setting of the suu, and suffer no in convenience. There has never been known, in this section Of country, an authentic case of sunstrohe. Our climate, taken in time, never fat1s to cure pulmonary complaints of any description. Disease such Gs smallpox, cholera, etc rarely visit us, and t'reu only 1 in c very mild form, and are never fatal ex- cept through the perversity of patients 1 Contrary to the belief of the upinformed, the dry heat ef the summer hs is es- pecialy conducive to god health and ex- ceptionol vigor, acting naturally upon the 1 human system with the same effect the artificial result of Turkish bath-purefy- ing and renovating it. As a further matter of fact. this county has never been even superfcially suspected, and it is only now that people are beginning to search its h;iis with any degree of systematic enthusiasm for the mineral wealth hidden taare, Dg ing to the falling of in the price Of s.,v s., deposits of gold only are being sought fv;; and the present result is little short of ni2r- velous. n ali sections Of the county from the Sonora line to Williams Fork discoveries are daily being made, and the greater the development the greater the wealth dis played. Wherever the prospector plants his foot, lodges of gold confront him or are brought to light by the investigating strokes of his pick.
 P0rtions of the country traversed for years by commonly traveleI trails are devel oping into rich storenouses of golden wealth. New and rich placers are colst4ntly 0eing discovered, and shipments of placer gold from this point through Nells Fargo < Go $ Express, are steadily increasing in value. From a mining standpoint Yuma County is rapidly leading the Territory, and yet as far as that industry is concerned, tL;a section has received but little recoS- nlt;on.
 Agricultnrally the country is vastly i'm proving. Enterprises that have lain do.- mant -:ae Ia | two years, owing ao tIe geu- eral financial depression a.d Consequent deartA of moaey for investment purposes. are waking np 10 new lie aaavisor, None, is being attracted in this direction, aad oo all sides can be distingnishel tho5 i-i-.i. able str which is the precursor of an -ndu' trial awakening. Even within these last two years of financial str,ngeacy and de rrcssioa there has been a steady f slow ia crease in agricultural development and wealth. 4 greater area Of o-d farms Aa- been put under cultivation, a2d new in2ds have been ino,osad aad new fed, s-artal 4 large section of Bllisdau Heisll;s has been planted to fru.. trees; fields ef cereal. e4d alfalfa have Leea added to the cultivated area on the Colorado river below town; the lands lying under the Mohawk and Farmers canals have been made to yield heavy crops of every variety Of g agricultural products, as in other sections of the lila valley, and the gardens of Yuma have beea added to and beautifed ill fruits, flowers and sh-bbery to more than appreciable extent. Altogether wo may feel proud of our progress during these last moaths of business depression and disccuragement. It speaks wei for the ill dustry and pluck of our people, and the showing mace constitutes the best eVjdence ef the merits of our soil and climate and he richness of our mineral resources. Nature has done everything for our county, and all that is needed is tou.h of the wand of cap ital to have our hills and vaileys spring into an active life of remunerative industry that will lsst and endure forever.
 Some three years ago. through the energy Of H. ". blaisdell. the Yuma Water and Light Company was incorporated, and by means of its large pumping plant, at the foot of Main street, the town is abundantly supplied with water at reasonable rites, an0 there have grown into existence new ano large gardens and orchards.