The Arizona sentinel., 1897-01-16

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 RIVERS OF YUMA COUNTY.
 In regard to climate, healthfulness, fer Sility and productiveness of soil, facilities for cultivation, irrigation ant abundance O 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 o richest and most prosperous counties 1T Arizona.
 It lies between S20 OO' and 5f0 2o' nortf latitude and ll3o 2O' and lI40 40' wes longitude It contains 6,fSS, 32o acres. | 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 Yavapai, and on the south by Sonora, Mexico. Its county seat is the town oi Yuma.
 The Colorado river drains the entire ter ritsry of Arizona, and every drop ct water which falls on its 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 fng snows cause a greater depth of water Tn this river ID summer than i'll winter. thus furnishing the most water at the season when it is most required for the purposes of irrigation and agriculture.
 It will De seen that for the entire distance along its western boundary, Yuma County Sossesses 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 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 far greater water supply than any other county ill the Territory, md far more than can be found in all Cali fernia:
 This wafer i. now being diverted from its saturai' channels by means Of numerous large irrigating canals, and utilized tor the purpose of retaining and irrigating the immense tracts of lands which lie in this favored country, and which are as fertile ss any in the world.
 The Southern Pacific Railroad crosses the Colorado river at the town of Yuma and runs through the county, following the renerol course, and at an average distance of about four miles south, of the Gila river, rendering all the lands susceptible Of irrl- ration and cultivation, can hnd an easy outlet in this way and can be transported so all the markets and centers Of population ah the East or West.
 Another competing railroad Is projected from San Diego. California, to the town of Yuma, and thence along the north side sf the Gila river. Thus Yuma County will have exceptional railroad advantages.
 rHECL1MATE 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 year, comprising June, July and August the heat is not oppressive. Even though the thermometer in mid-sum- rher may al times rise above l000, and oc- casionally even reach llo's yet, owing to the absence of moisture in the air, it is not snpressive. The atmosphere is pure, light and balmy. When the mercury marks the Highest extreme of heat, person does not seel that oppression or debility which IS seIt in tke Eastern States when the mer- eury is ranging from SO' to 9O'. The air is so dry that precipitation is absorbed as soon IS it reaches the surface of the body, and at no time in the summer does the heat produce any discomfort.
 LANDS AND SOILS
 The lands Of Yuma County comprise the river sottoms ar5 valleys and the uplands CT mescs. The Bottom ands ere fnoister and slightly mere fertile