The Arizona sentinel., 1897-05-22
RIVERS OF YUMA COUNTY.


 In regard to climate, healthfulness, fer tility and productiveness of soil, facilities flor 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 ll3' 2O' and lI40 40> west longitude. It contains 6, ,4SS, ,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 Inv the counties of Pima, Maricopa and Yavapai. and on the south by Sonora, Mexico. Its county seat is the town oi Wanna
 The Colorado river drains the entire ter ritsry of Arizona, and every drop ct Watel which falls on it's mountains and plains dnds 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 3ng SHOWS cause a greater depth of wate' in tbis river in summer than Ill winter, tE"' furnishing the most water at the seaSoI when t is most required for the purposes of irrigation and agriculture.
 It will be seen that for the entire distance along its western boundary, Yuma County nossesses the great advantage Of cheal water transportation.
 The Gila river rises in the western par of New Mexico and is fed by numerou streams, among the most prominent 0 which are the San Pedro, Agua Fria, Has zavampa 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 rivers from its northern to its southern and from it's 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 Cal fernia.
 This water is now being diverted from It natural channels by means ot numerou large irrigating canals, and utilized TOT tn nurpose of retaining and irrigating tn immense tracts of lands which he Tn tn favored country, and which are as terti! as any in the world
 The Southern Pacific Railroad crosses th Colorado river at the town Of Yuma an rms through the county, following th renerol course, and at an average dlstanc Df about four miles south, of the Glia rl'ei rendering all the lands susceptible ot TIT gation and cultivation, can dnd an eas
 
 ontlet in this way and can be transpolte to all the markets and centers of PopulatIo in the East or West.
 Another competing railroad is projecte from San Diego, California, to the tow of Yuma. aEd thence along the north SIG of the Gila river. Thus Yuma County WI have exceptional railroad advantages
 gHE CLIMAMOF YUMA.
 The climate of Yuma for nine months .ibe year has no equal, as we believe, in u world. and during the remaining thf' months of the year, comprising June, Jul and August, the heat is not oppressIY Even though the thermometer Tn mid.S"r ,,or may 2, times rise above NGo, and o ,asionallv even reach lI00, yet, owing che absence of moisture in the air, Us n ,nnressive. The atmosphere IS pure' Ilg and balmy. When the mercury marks ' highest extreme of heat, person aces Il feel that oppression or debility which Felt in the Eastern States when the me cary is ranging from SO0 to 90'. The ar so dry that pers7iratlon is absorbed as SO as it reaches the surface Of the boay' a f no tune in the summer does t"e hl produce any discomfort.