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The Arizona sentinel., 1898-06-11
WHY IMMIGRANTS SHOULD COME TO YUMA

WHY IMMIGRANTS SHOULD COME TO YUMA
 COUNTY.
 Because the climate is perfect.
 Because the soil is fertile and prolific.
 Because Iandis abundant and cheaD.
 Because home can be made with little labor.
 Because so great variety of products can be grown.
 Because the yield Is large and the prices always remunerative.
 Because life is luxury iii land where the sun shines every day.
 Because there are chances for T noor r,ae which he can never hope to ind in older countries. Because the country is advancing and property values are increasing.
 Because, unlike Southern Cal;forni, if does not require a small fortune to secure 2 piece of land.
 Because capital does not block all the av- enues to wealth, nor crowd the poor man to the wall.
 Because Uncle Sam has yet many farms in Yuma county waiting for occupants.
 Bscause churches, schools, nevspapers and railroads are fast developing the moral and material clements of the Territory
 Because good land is becoming scarce and if you don't catch on now, your last chance will soon be gone.
 Because the country is one of inc fa- regions of the United States that yields tbs products of the temperate and semi-fr,n.r zones.
 Because the worker receives a fair oou, Penation for his labor, and the 'rustIsr, has a field for the display of his energy and en terprise. Because there gre neither bH--ards o- tornadoes, earthquakes nor inua5o+iors snow-storms nor cyclones. Because the vast and varied resources ot the country are yet to be developed.
 Because the wealth of its mines. i+s +,- ing valleys, and grazing lands, will vet bniI5 up great and prosperous county.
 Because a man can make livelihood her with less labor than iD any other part of tI,a ! Uni5ed States.
 Because there is health in every breeze and strength and vigor under it's clopdIesr ! skies. Because the settler neednot spend a life. time in fellins trees and grubJins ont stumps.
 Because vegetation is e2 rapid that in two years the home Is surrounded by .-o,-+.
The Arizona sentinel., 1898-06-11

formerly the capital. It's elevation heinz more than double that Of Phoenix, 1t is 'omewhat cooler, and as there is next to 10 irrigation near it, the air is little drier. Phoenix IS the centre of the greatest irrigo- ton ID the Territory. The country for miles around smiles with green fields. cover ed with almost countless herds of cattle. and It IS everywhere shu5 in by low mount ains 1t Is the Territorial capital. has the HoVefnment Indian School, the Territorial Lunalic Asylum, and other institrtjons and Is the general focus for the Terr;t,rv Like Tucson, it has its occasional wind and sand storms-perhaps not quite So often At either place visitors who know how +o adapt themselves to circumstances can he en'lFeIy comfortable, and in each they will lind an intelligent, orderly, enterDrisfnq O. and most hospitabIe community. They will ind country full of mines. fnu of rich agricultural lands, abounding in cattle and horses, Tn vineyards and orchards an5 tbo beginnings of very successful oranoe orovos
 "a country in fact, as full of promise for n"Foy and adventurous men now as Califor- nia was in the:fitiea Above all it has been their lotto search for health in far countries they will revel in the luxury of Oelhg In their own land, among their own 'ountrymen, within easy reach of their friends by telegraph or rail, and in a climate as good of it's kind as any in the world
The Arizona sentinel., 1898-06-11
WHICH TOWN Is Tile BEST?

Primarily that is question for the phy- sician, if there is a physician in the case 'f not, try them all. If a mountain region, considerable altitude and comparatively low temperature is desired, Prescott is in a picturesque region, near a great mining districts, and has the social advaataes of an army post, whipple Barracks. Flag Stati Is still higher is in a region of dense pine forests, and is within 9. hard days Journey of one of the wonders of the world, the Colorado Canyon. Oracle is pretty mountain nook, embowered in splendid live oaks, like those of California, and Is also near an important mining district. If lower altitude and distinctly semi. tropical climate are desired, the three places most likely to be considered are Yuma.
 Tucson and Phoenix. The first is near the sea level; IS the warmest and probably the driest of the three, has the least population. and the smallest provision for visitors. Tucson is the oldest town in the Territory. and, after Santa Fe, perhaps the oldest in the Southwest. Its adobe houses give it a Mexican look, and are thoroughly comfort able. Its newer houses are of a handsome building tone. found in the vicinity. The Territorial University is here, aud t was
The Arizona sentinel., 1898-06-11
IS TT A LAwLEss COUNTRY?

The man who goes to any considerable Arizona town with the idea of the South west derived from novels, or from 'sThe Arizona Kicker. will be greatly mvstifed. He will find as manr churches as in towns of corresponding size in Pennsvlvania 9r Ohio; and probably more schoolhCuses. He will find plenty of luor-shops. too. and gambling hoases, and daucehouses. and vel he will See little disorder unless he hnnts late at night for it. and he will be ant to
 in1-as at Phoenix-a community of ion thousand people requiring in the daytime oniJ one policeman, and hardly rconiriro him. During my winter there I did nof see single disturbance in the streets or half dozen drunken men. all told Min. Ing men and an occasional cowboy cartainI,, had quaTets, sometimes, ill the disordorly quarters at night; and there were stories ot the use of the knife among Nevirans. but the visitor who went about his own business had as little trouble as on BoorJ. way or Chestnut street The Pima and Maricopa Indians. who are encornteroG everywhere. have been friendly with +ba whites for generations, and there isn't an Apache within some hundreds of milea
The Arizona sentinel., 1898-06-11

Ther iaas aaa of la- Cnit-l States. r probably e. lae eesta, mua rich in min s.aI wealth ,.na C.. County of Yuma aN
 eaa-r- aonh east and oath of Yuma --a .r y ~ia.u ta- mai4 -o,d 6elt that o9.aeaees ia 1,.s-a and CT rs ia Mexico. From t.a San E"ari.no mountains iu California 4, tha Sonora boundary line the mount .ae 4n. A.'s asa .c.p.ouailr,ich ia
 .-. s.s-e.-a- ..,.a' though dem'"saatin. ,.t l.. '-u.s' t'a+ the riches.
 a -' pai.n- tia beds of
The Arizona sentinel., 1898-06-11
ARIZONA.

Arizona stands at the threshold of zn
 era of wonderful social and industrial de-
 velopmout There cant be doubt about
 the fact. The dawn for which she has
 waited 80 long is breaking at last. There l is every promise of a day of great pros- -perity and permanent upbuildius just be- fore her. The impulse of a new and ener-
 gjzing hope is visible everywhere among her people. while the cumulative effect of many things, which made but small im- pression as they transpired singly, is now commanding for her a full share of atten- tion and interest abroad among home seekers and capitalists.
 4 lively competition has sprung up for the possession of things which have hereto fore gone a-beggjng for ownership. There is & scramble for franchises, Nothing more surely indicates great industrial awaken ing than this. The rates of interest are falling to moderate figures. Nothing more surely indicates confidence and competition among the money lenders than this.
 Arizona has reached that clmacticer period which every western state has ex- perienyod sometime in its history when, after long and weary struggle and doubt, with each side of the balance first up and then down. the clouds of despondency have suddenly rolled daway, and a sunhurst of onergizug hope has thrilled the droop- ing spirits of the people to greater and braver endeayor than before.
 For the last twelve years the subsistence of the great Tombstone boom and the con- pleti9n of two transcoGtinental lines of railroad across her teIritor;-Arizoua has rather dropped out of public attention, but in that time she has been quietly ac- cumUlatiug a fund of. substantial wealth and force of moral character which qualify her now to rise up and take her destiny iu her own hands.
 The population Of Arizona is Mexican This is So mistake of great importance fro,l the moral point of view. There is but one considerable center of Mexican population m the territory, the city of Tucson. and even there 1t is not by any means at pres ent the rr5doninatmg element. It think , f5 is certain that arizona has not to-day i n7arly so large a Mexican population as i Colorado and not above Ouc-tenth as much | @s New Mexico. ~''Fitz-Mac," " in Denver ! News
The Arizona sentinel., 1898-06-11
Is TT AFLACE FIT TO LIVE IN?

This depends on what one expects in a huge, parsely settled Territory of mount
 aims and deserts. The man who looks for
 either the beauty or the seductive excite
 ment of Monte Carlo will not ind it. As
 little will he find the historic remains or the cosmopolitan attractions of Egvpt; nor could he reasonable expect the amusements
 and luxuries Of our own Eastern cities The
 people of Arizona are still chiefly busy in
 the pioneer work of subduing it to the
 residence and uses of civilized man. But
 it has two tfanscontinentaI lines of railway
 with numerous feeders; it has fast mails.
 and rival telegraph I1ues, and is throbbipq
 with the intense life Of the splendid West
 TLe two principal towns in the south ern portion, chiefly sought for their climatic advantages, are Phoenix and Tucson. Each of them has ten thousand inhabitants or more. They have the electric light. teIe- phones, trolley cars, plenty of hotels.
 banks, bookstores, good schools, churches.
 '-' Iil-ttD4 ANttt itLtOElnaNce. some. times a lecture or @ circus, often horse race, and, il the spring. a thorou.Ely curious and interesting ''Gosta." For the cest, people must take their amusements with them. Good horses are abundant and cheap, and there are plenty of cow boys-the genuine articlo-to show what horses can do. The driving for fifteen or twenty miles in almost any direction from Phoenix, is nearly always easy. The roads are apt to be dusty; but there IS one we'll sPrinkled drive of si1 or eight miles; and since the winds are quite regular in their direction, it is rarely difficult 10 choose a route or which the dust will be largely 'arcicd away frorI you. The un5rokeu lesert itself is often as easy to drive over as all Eastern highway, and the whole valley is paradise for bicyclers, or eques- ,rians.
The Arizona sentinel., 1898-06-11
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.
HOMESTEAD ENTBY No. 1858.
Land Office at Tucson, Arizon December 9. 1897.


 Land Office at Tucson, Arizona
 December g, 1897. Notice is hereby given that the following named settler has flied notice of his inten- ton to make final proof 1n support of his claim, and that said proof will be made before the Clerk of the District Court at Yuma, Arizona, on January 29, 1898, viz: Carlos Ramirez, of Yuma, Yuma county. Arizona, for the se14 sec. 29. T. 10S., 2 w., c. & s. R. NJ.
 He names the following witnesses to prove his continuous residence upon and cultivation of, said land, viz. Charles Nolan, Patricio Gonzales, George A. Duke and Custodio Ramirez, all of Yums, Yuma County Arizona.
 EUGENE J. TRIPPEL
 Register.
The Arizona sentinel., 1898-06-11

white nan first set loot on what ls Flow Yuma County in l71l It IS tie southwest division of the Territory, and one of the four original counties oi She Ter ritorv. Many great reclamation projects are however 9n foot, and in few years ey- pcct to sec Yuma County rated as the richest in the Territory.
 The Grst glimpse the traveller from Cali fornia catches Of Arizona is that Of tas picturesque town of Yuma, which is saHg.y situated in the embrace of gentle ro.ia- hills. upon whose crests and sides th. modern honlcs of our superior civilization are crowdiug the adobe dwellings into eternal oblivion. Yuma is the gateway ta Arizona, the new empire of the West, uran whose undereloped riches the eyes oi t4c country are at present turned, and as saea. .. is bound to grow and prosper With d rapidity that at present can hardly be re- aiized. But coupled with her geographi- cal position we ind that she is the center of a country whose agricultural p0ssibil ties are practically unlimited, being sur rounded by a soil the fertility of which exceeds that of the delta of the Nile, and wanting oaly water to become a paradise Of bloom. Billions of gallons of that precious fluid have annually gone to waste at Yuma's very doors, butalready a reaction Is taking place and many enterprises are on foot to supply the lile-giving waters of the yellow Colorado to the thirsty earth.
The Arizona sentinel., 1898-06-11
VALLEYS OF THE COLORADO AND
CHA.

h the valleys of the Col rado and the ] Gla rivers there is rocm fol thousands. l.
 is not toomuch to say that nowhere within
 the limits of t}iis broad Union can be found
 more desirable region for the making of a
 home. No la5orious clearing of the land Is required; 1t lies almost ready for the blow. i Trees and shruJbery have so rapid a growth i that within eighteen months the immicrant can surround his abode with attractions
 which would require years to nature in less
 favored climates. Fruits ripen and are ! ready for market a full month before the ! California products. The bright sunshine
 makes life luxury, and thepure dry atnos- phcre brings health to all who inhale t. For the cstabishma-t-oi colonies, such as are made in southern California, Arizona pre- sents unrivaled opportunities Thou.ands of acres now peo5tlcss can be made rroGuc-
 tive av the con traa..on ei irr'aa5.,cl:5aaae. and there is no investment which assures larger or more permanent returns.
 The statement in this article on Yuma county are not exaggerated: in fact they fall short Of doi2g justice in this wonderful bit of country. Pineapples. dates, almonds and waluuts will do well Strawberries, rasn-
 berries, blackberries, entrants, eo9seberries,
 and all varieties of small fruits can be sue cessfuiiy cultivated Indeed, Yuma County is not only the natural home Of the citrus and semltropical fruits, as almost every fruit, nut, plant, grain, grass, or vegetable which ca2 be produced in either tropjc of temperate zones will thrive in the rich and fertile soils.
 With the bright prospects ahead of the to~n of Eama and Yuma County there can heno better investment for capital sce1iuc -ar-a and ronvmeative returns than is as- f9rdoi here. With matchless climate, where all forms of disease known to tie damp and rigorous regions Of the east and north are uaknown, where tLe bright sun shine kisses into bloom and fragrance every form Of vegetation, and where tLe cleardays and cool and bajmy nights are one Ioug-con-
 -nuod poem Of happiness and delight, we can offer to capitalists an ideal field for in vzstmeat and to home seekers a ye.ltaJle !. paradise in which to settle.
The Arizona sentinel., 1898-06-11
ACTUAL HUMIDITY.

This is extremely slight, everywhere in Arizona, as compared with any eastern climate in the United States. The air is driest on the high mesas, remote from snowclad mountains or forests, and in the desert valleys, where no considerable irri- gation has been begun. Wherever irr1ga- tion is carried on on a large scale, the percentage of humidity in the atmosphere must be somewhat increased, although to an eastern visitor it is scarcely perceptible. The same Government observations all ready cited show relative humidity at Phoenix or Tucson, averaged for weeks. from morning and evening readings, at less than half the usual humidity on dry days in New York. General Greedy, in a pub lication from the Weather Bureau, gave the normal weight of aqueous vapor in the Arizona air at from I15 to f grains per cubic foot.
The Arizona sentinel., 1898-06-11
vHEcLIMAwE DI YUMA.

He climate of Eanatoc niae months o. .le year has no equal, as we believe. in tie so.l5, and during tAe remaining la,e -aonths of che ycar, compIaing Jone July .nd. d.Augaat ths heat i@ rot oppcas.ts
 Zen 5aaech the theIrnoueter in ni3 au- a.cr may 9! times rise above oo's e.l a.- s,sionally e,s reach l.G. yat, oaGg a she absence of moisture in taeais, its Lot oppressive. Taeatmo.phcre is pure, E at aaa ta.my When tne mcrcory marks .'e highest ezt.e-le oi neat q person does n.. atl ,lat oppression ,r debility el.l E. -ss. ss ts. I.-t.r, @4 H..n .. a.r
The Arizona sentinel., 1898-06-11

April. The sane reports show the highest and lowest temperatures, averaged for eight years, st the same place, as follows: For November 78jz degrees and 42 degrees, December 73515 degrees and @61a degrees, January 655a degrees and. .32 degrees, Feb ruary 7I1a degrees and 351a de rees, March SI 1l degrees and 4 degrees. and April SG15 degrees and 4G degrees, The nights throughout the winter are apt to be cool enough for open wood fires, and for blankets Half the time an overcoat is not needed during the day, but it is never prudent for a stranger to be without one at hand.
The Arizona sentinel., 1898-06-11
fR FFnEE
It5 Attractions and Advantages as a
 Place 0f Residence ig Winter.

lis Attractions and Advantages as a
 Place of Residence in Winter.
 WAitelaw Reid. owner and editor of the New York Tl-i5ape. who has spent the last two winters in Al,zoua for the beued5 Of his health. writes cntartaiaiarIy and iG- -,ructiveLy concerning tlat Iar5 of the country. ,ir. Reid says:
 So many questions are asked about Ari- zona as place for winter residence. and there appears to be such.a daar5h yf pre- else information among many who are vit2ny interested, that it seems almost a public duty, to set down, in the simplest form, few ia-ca Of personal observation.
 WEATHER.
 During @ five months residence in Southern Arizona in winter there was but one day when the weather made it actually unplsaaaut for n.o to take exercise in the open air it some time or ether during tha dap Of course there were good many days which weather observer would de- scribe aa 'clouNy,' and some that were '4howe3j but during these five months .Iom No emUcr, 1895, to May, Is351 there were only four days when We diI not have brilliant sunshine at some time dur ing the day. Even more than Egypt, any NaerenoHu of Llxor, Ari1oaa is the land of sunshine. As to details:
 
 TEarEEATCRE.
 I have seen the thermometer mark 92 degrees ia the shade on my north piazza in March On the other hand, We had frosts which killed young orange trees, and there were several nights when thin ice formed. The government reports show mean temperature for fourteen years at the pres .ns territorial capital of 513 degrees in @o.cml.r, 75 degrees in December, l9 de- rsef .H Jaauay. of degree i1 February. @' degrees "a March and eG degrees in
The Arizona sentinel., 1898-06-11

extinct oceans. The great Colorado desert was once an inland sea, eat of centuries and perhaps ages ago from the main ocean, lcav- ing its waters to evaporato in this intense
 heat. Throughout all thc country border ing the desert, including this section, rich mines are being constantly discovered, and some of recent location are already pr0duo- | ing immense profits. In the peigh5o.hood
 of Yuma, claims exceedingly rich on the
 surface are daily being located, and all signs Pcrtend a great mining boom fer this county which will culminate as early as the coming
 fall in a4 inroad of much capital Experts are arriving every week and mines are being bonded at more than heavy prices. It seems wonderful to believe that all this min eral wealth has been lying at our very doors for so many years without 8 taker, but the
 tendency of prospectors is to go a long dis tance off iDto strange lands rather than to seek for mines in county as old as Yuma
 County and so accessible. The greater the
 distance, the hardship, and the danger, the
 greater the fascination for the prospcctor. Distance seems, indeed, to lend enchaut- mout to the view.
 So # is that this county is almost a virgin
 iield for the mine hunter, and now with the few hundreds searching IT its mountains its mineral secrets are stin in effect secrets, for thousands upon thousands might be wander
 ing through the rock-ribbed fsstnesses of our mountain ranges and their presence be almost unknown, so vast is the extent of country
 Recent rich discoveries oi gold deposits. particularly in Iedges5 have given @ great impetus to mining throughout the county.
 New locations are being constantly made, and all show well upon the surface. The La Fortuna nino, recently put in operation. has 2)-stamp mill running night and day. and the production Of gold averages S75. eco per month. This mine is situated about go miles southwest of the village of Yuma.
 Ricn gold discoveries have also been made in Castle Dome, Hlrqua Hale. Centennial. Palomas, Pot Holes, and other mirinc dis tricts, and, although the mining G look in the coaHty was never better, still l.,ost ot the silver and lead mines are idle, owina to the low value of these metals.
The Arizona sentinel., 1898-06-11

The atmosphere is singuIarly clear, tonic and dry. l have never seen it clearer anyW here in the world. It seems to have about the same bracing and exhilaratipg qualities as the air of the Great Sahara in Northern Africa, or of the deserts about Mount Sinai, in Arabia Petroea. It is much dricr than Tn the parts of Morocco, 8lgiers or Tunis usually visited, and drier than any part of the Valley of the Nile north ofthe First Cataract. It seems to me about the same in quality as the air OH the Nile between Assouan and Wady- Italia, but somewhat cooler.