The Arizona sentinel., 1897-04-24


 wanting only water to become paradise Of bloom. Billions of gallons of that precious fluid have annually gone to waste at Yuma's very doors, but already reaction is taking place and many enterprises are on feot to supply the fe-giving waters Of the yellow Colorado to the thirsty earth.
 RIVERS OF YUMA COUNTY.
 In regard 70 climate, healthiulness, fer tility and prOductiveness Of sOA facilities fer cultivation, Irrigation and abundance of water supply, variety of resources and cheap transportation by rail and by water, 10 part of Arizona can surpass Yuma county, which is destined to become one of richest and most prosperops counties in Arizona.
 It lies between 32' 00' and 34' % north latitude and llS0 20' and ll40 40' west longitude. It contains 6.465, 320 acres. It ie about as large as the States of Rhode Island, Connecticut and Delaware com bized, CT az large as either New Hampshire, Vermont CT 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 Fsrk and the Santa Maria river, whose waters flow into the Colorado; on the east by the counties of Pima, Maricopa and Ysyapai. and on the south by Sonora, Mexico. It's county seat is ths town oi Yuma.
 The Colorado river drains the entire ter ritery of Arizona, and every drop ot water which falls on its mountains and plainh dpds 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 g greater depth ot water tn this river ID summer than n wfEter. thus furnishing the most water at the season when it is most required for the purposes of irrigation and agriculture.
 I. will be seen that for the'entire distance along its western boundary, Yuma County possesses the great advantage ct cheap water transportation.
 The Gila river rises n the western part of New Mexico and is fed by numerous streams, among the most prominent oi which are the San Pedro, Agua Fria, Has isayampa and Salt rivers. It flows Wes' through yuu.a County and empties into tht Colorado at the town of Yuma.
 Yuma county, traversed by these great riyers from its northern to its southern and from it's eastern to its western bound aries, rossesses far greater water supply than any other county in the Territory and far more than can be found in all Gail fernia.
 This water is now being diverted from iS' r,tural channels by means of numerous earee irrigating canals, and utilized tor the nurpese of retaining and irrigating the immense tracts of lanos which lie Tn tnl' favored country, and which are as fertile as any iu the world.
 The Southern Pacific Railroad crosses tho Colorado river at the town Of Yuma an' runs through the county, following the cenerol course, and at an average distance of about four miles south, Of the Gila river rendering all the lands susceptible of lrrl cation and cultivation, can find an easy outlet in this way and can be transport ted to all the markets and eenters of population in the East or West.
 Another competing railroad is projected from San Diego. California. to the town ofYuma, aEd thence along the north siae sia1,t nf th. Giia river. Thus Yuma County VII have exceptional railroad advantages
 THECLIMATE OF YUMA.
 The climate of Yuma for nine months ol the year has TO equal, as we believe, IL th' world, ard 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 a,er may al times rise above lOo'' and oc c.sionally even reach iIo', yet, owing tc t5o sbseuce of moisture in the air, itis not rpnressivo. The atmosphere is pure' light gnd balmy. When the mercury marks the ;ichest extreme of heat, person does nc' feel that oppression CT debility which + se.t in the Eastern States when the mer curv is ranging from SO0 to s0'. The air is 30 dry that precipitation is absorbed as soon ss it reaches the surface of the body, ano at no tune in the summer does the heat produce any discomfort.