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The Arizona sentinel., 1898-04-02
loAAL) or sad Super TERRITORY OF ARIZONA
 County of Yuma. sS
ORDINANCE NO. 64.

lie It Ordainded by the Mayor and Com. mon Council of the Village of Yuma. County of Yuma, Territory of Arizona, as follows to witt
 "hereas:-A certain block within the lIlnl1S of said Village of Yuma, was bv said Mayor and Common Council on the 4tb daV or September 1893, set aside and ra. served from sale, for the purpose of viIIaqo public buildings
 And NheTeas:- Block Number One Hundred and Fourteen 014J in said Village. beng the block so set aside and reserved as aforesaid, is desired for the erection of q public school building.
 Therefore Be It Ordained:- Section That the Mayor of said Village be. and he hereby is, instructed to execute to the School Trustees of the Yuma Precinct a good and sufficient deed to the foIlowino property, situate in the said Villaoe of Yuma, and partirularly described as follows to wit:-
 All of block numbered One Hundred and Fourteen (ll4) as per the official Map and Survey Of said Village made by Theodore F. White.
 Section ? That the deed autborizad to be executed in Section 1 hereof, be delivered by said Mayor into the hands of John R Wright, to be by him held as an escrow.
 Section 3, If at any time before the 1st day of April, 1898, it shall be determined by vote ot the tax payers ofsaid Yuma Precinct to erect school house upon the aforesaid bIock' and Ii thereafter and in pursuance of said vote, the said School Trustees erect o school house to cost not less than Six Thousand Dollars upon the aforesaid bIock then the said escrow is to determine and said deed shall thereafter he held by said Wright subject to the order of said school Trustees. Otherwise sad deed is to be. come null and the property therein convey ed is to revert to said Village.
 Section i. All Ordinances and parts of ordinances in conflict with this Ordinance are hereby repeated
 Section 3. This Ordinance shall take effect and be i'll force from and after lis passage and publication according to law.
 R J. DUYciN, Mayor.
 Gro X. DUEr, Recorder. fSr,il Afie,t
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A white man first set foot on what is ROW Ynma County in l77l. It IS tho southwest division Of the Territory, and Ulse Of the four original counties of the Ter ritory. Many great reclamation projects are however on foot, and in few years ex- beet to see Yuma County rated as the richest in the Territory.
 The first glimpse the traveller from Cali fornia catches of Arizona is that of the picturesque town of Yuma, which is snugly situated in the embrace of gentle rolling hills, upon whose crests and sides the nn3eru homes Of our superior civilization are crowding the adobe dwellings into eternal oblivion. Yuma is the gateway to Arizona, the new empire of the West, upon country arc at present turned, and as such, is bound to grow and prosper with a rapidity thas st present can hardly be re- alized. But coupled with her geographi- cal position we find that she is the center of country whose agricultural possibili- fies 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 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 aad many enterprises are on feet to supply the life-giving waters of the yellow Colorado to the thirsty earth.
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Notice of Forfeiture.
Yuma, Arizona, Jan. 9, 1898.

10 William Bigger, his heirs or assigns: ou are hereby notified that I the under signed, have during tie year 1897 expended one hundred dollars in labor upon the okylSbt' mining claim, situated in Mo llaWk mining district, Yuma cO~nty, A. T.. location notice of which is of record iii DooK ',G of mines, page 3SG, in the re- c0rder office, sad county and Territory aforesaid, in order to hold said claim under the provisions of Sec. 2324, Revised Statu- teS or Arlzona, and the amendments there TO- concerning annual labor upon mining claIhS, belnS the amount required by law 10 hoId said claims for the year ending Dece;Hber 3l, 1897, and if within ninety days alter the publication of this instru- meht you fail or refuse to contribute your proportion Ofsuch expenditure as co-owner your interest in sad claim will become the property of the subscriber, who has caused to be performed the annual assessment labor for the year 1897.
 ROSS JORDAN. Subscribed and sworn to before me this 22nd day of January, \. D.. l89S
 C. P. GROWN,
 Notary Public.
 My commission expires Jan. 23, 1900. First publication Jan. g, 189S.
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SUMMONA.
IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE THIRD JY- diclal District of the Territory of Arizona, i1 and fnr the Cn11ntr of N1,r,n
WILLIAM F. BATES,
 Notary Public.

IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE THIRD JY- dlclal District of the Territory of Arizona, i1 and for the County of Yuma
 A. ". Eaton, plaintiff, vs Olive z. Eaton defendant.
 Action brought in the District Court of the Third Jud:cial District of the Ter itory of ArizG na, in ana TOT luIc County, and tho Complaint filed in Sau una county, III the office of the Clerk of said District Court.
 In the name of the Territory of Arizona, 10 OhVe4I. Eaton, defendant, greeting. You are hereby summoned and required to ap- pear Tn an action brought against you Dy the above named plaintiff. in the District Court of the Third Judicial District of the Territory of Arizona. in anu TOT una County, and answer the Complaint therein hled with the Clerk of this said Court z; fuma' in said County, within ten days after tbs service upon you of this Summons if served in this said County or if served out of this said Count< and within this said Judicial District, then withl, twenty oays thereafter, in all other cases within thlrty days thereafter, the times above mentioned oeins exclusive of the day of service. or iuduen, oy default will be taken against YOU. Gwen under my hand and the seal of the District
 court of the Third Judicial District. <n or the Territory of Arizona in and NsNAl( Tor Yuma County this 2:ryi dsy of
 Oct, A. D. IS97
 C. H.. BRINLEY
 Clerk of said District. CSult
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MINES.

There is no section of the United States, or probably of the earth, more rich in min eral wealth than the County of Yuma. All the country north, east and south of Yuma lies directly within the main gold belt that commences in Alaska and ends in Mexico
 From the San B"rnardino mountains in California to the Sonora boundary line the mountains and hills are exceptionally rich iu the precious metal, as though demonstrating the theory often advanced that the richest gold a;irc- uvc loaad bordering the bcds of
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April. The same reports show the highest and lowest temperatures, averaged for eight years, at the same place, as follows: For November 7SH degrees and F degrees, December 73H degrees and 36Ia degrees, January 65H degrees and g degrees, Feb ruary 7l1a degrees and 35H de rees, March Sl11 11a degrees and Al degrees and April S61& degrees and 46 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 stranger to be without one at hand.
 The atmosphere is singularly clear, tonic and dry. 1 have never seen it clearer anyw here in the world. It seems to have about the same bracing and exhilarating z qualities as the air of the Great Sahara in Northern Africa, or of the deserts about Mount Sinai, in Arabia Petraea, It is much drier than Tn the parts of Morocco, Algiers or Tunis usually visited, and drier than any part of the Valley of the Nile north of the First Cataract. It seems to me about the same in quality as the air on the Nile between Assouan and Wady- Halfa, but some hat cooler.
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RIVERS OF YUMA COUNTY.

in regard to climate, healthfulness, fer tility and productiveness of soil, facilities for cultivation, irrigation and abundance of 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 of richest and most prosperous counties in Arizona.
 It lies between 320 00| and 340 20' north latitude and ll30 1O' and ll40 4O' west longitude. It contains 6.46S, 320 acres. It is about as large as the States of Rhode Island, Connecticut and Delaware con- bised, or as large as either New Hampshire, Vermont or Massachusetts.
 The 9estern boundary of Yuma County is f2rsied by the Colorado river, which seIjar5tes Arizona from California. The county is bounded on the north by Williams Fork and the Santa Maria rlver, whose waters flow into the Colorado; on the east by the counties of Pima, Maricopa and Yavapai, and on the south by Sonora, Mexico. Its county seat is the town of Yuma.
 The Colorado river drains She entire ter ritory of Arizona, and every drop ot water which falls on its mountains and plains 6nds 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 ing snows cause greater depth of water in this riy 1T Tn summer than Tn winter, thus furnishing the most water at the season when it IS most required for the purposes
 sirrigation and agriculture.
 It will be seen that for the entire distance song its western boundary, Yuma County posst ses the great advantage of cheap water transportation.
 The Gila river rises Ill the western part 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 a far greater water supply than any other county in the Territory, | and far more than can be found in all Cali | fe-nia
 FLis water is now being diverted from its natural channels hy means of numerous large irrigating canals, and utilized for the . aarpoee of retaining and irrig" ting the ! immense tracts of lands which lie in this | favored country, and which are as fertile . as any in the world.
 The Sorthern Pacific Railroad crosses the ! Colorado river at the town of Yuma and . runy shrough the county, following the aencrol course, and at 5n average distance of about four a,iles south, of the tfIla river, rendering all the lands susccptibIe of irri- zatiom and cultivation, can fnd an easy outlet in this way and can be transpol ted 9 all tine markets and contcrs of population ga the East or West
 Anotter competing railroad is projected from San Diego, California. to tie town of Yuma, and thence along the north side ss the G ia river Thus Yuma County will asye exceptional railroacS advantages. !,
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extinct oceans. The great Colorado desert was once an inland sea, cut off centuries and perhaps ages ago from the main ocean, leav- ing its waters to evaporate in this intense ing the desert, including this stction, rich mines are being constantly discovered, and some of recent location are already produc- ing immense profits. In the neighborhood of Yuma, claims exceedingly rich on the surface are daily being located, and all signs portend great mining boom for this county which will culminate as early as the coming fall in an 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 a taker, but the tendency of prospectors is to go long dis tance off into strange lands rather than to seek for mines ill county as old as Yuma County and so accessible. The greater the distance, the hardship, and the danger, the greater the fascination for the prospector. Distance seems, indeed, to lend enchant- ment to the view.
 So it is that this county is almost virgin field for the mine hunter, and now with the few hundreds searching in its mountains its mineral secrets are still in effect secrets, for thousands upon thousands might be wander ing through the rock-ribbed fastnesses of our mountain ranges and their presence be almost unknown, so vast is tie extent of country
 Recent rich discoveries of gold deposits, particularly in ledges, have given a great impetus to mining throughout the county.
 New locations are being constantly made. and all show well upon the surface. The La Fortuna mine, recently put in operation, has 2)-stamp mill running night and day, and the production of gold averages $75,OOO per month. This mine is situated about 30 miles southwest of the village of Yuma.
 Rich gold discoveries have also been made in Castle Dome, Harqua Hala, Centennial. Palomas, Pot Holes, and other miring dis tricts, and, although the mining oc lcok in the county was never better, still Lost ot the silver and lead mines are idle, owing to the low value of these metals.
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cury is ranging from SO0 to 9O0 The air is so dry that precipitation is absorbed as soon as it reaches the surface of the hody, and at na time in the summer does the heat produce any discomfort.
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THE CLIMATE OF YUMA.

The climate of Yuma ter nine months Of s,e year has ro equal, as we believe, in the orld, and turing the remaining three a1onths of the year, comprising June, July snd August, the heat is not oppressive. Even though the thermometer in mid-sum. a,er may al times rise abore IGU7, and oc- casionally Q, ell reach il0', yet, owing to S,e absence of moisture in the air it is not oppressive. The atmosphere is pure, light Snd balmy. When the mercury marks the sighesi extreme Of heat, person does not 5-sl that oppression or debility which is 1,s s,. U.e Eastern State, wien Tiio nor
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ARIZONA.

Arizona stands ct the threshold of sr
 era of wonderful social and industrial de velopment. There can't be doubt about
 the fact. The dawn for which she has
 waited so long is breaking at last. There
 is every promise of day of great pros
 perity and permanent upbuilding just be-
 fore her. The impulse of a new and ener-
 gizing hope is visible everywhere among
 her people. while the cumulative effect of many things, which made but small inn pression as they transpired singly, is now commanding for her 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-begging 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 climacticer period which every western state has ex- perienced 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 away, and sunhurst of energiziug hope has thrilled the droop- ing spirits of the people to greater and braver endeavor than before.
 For the last twelve years the subsistence of the great Tombstone boom and the con- pletion of two transcontinental lines of railroad across her territor5 r5-Arizona has rather dropped out of public attention, but in that time she has been quietly ac- cumulating fund of substantial wealth and a force of moral character which qualify her now to rise up and take her destiny in her own hands,
 The population of Arizona is Mexican. This is a mistake of great importance fro,n the moral point of view. There is but one center of Mexican population in the territory, the city of Tucson, and even there 1t is not by any means at pres. ent the predOminating element. It think 1t Is certain that Srizona has not to-day nearly so large 6 Mexican population as Colorado and not above one-tenth as much as New Mexico. >"Fitz- Mac" in Denver News.
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ARIZONA.
It's Attractions and Advantages as q
 Place of Residence in Winter.

Whitelaw Reid. owner and editor of the New York Tribune, who has spent the last two winters in AIizona for the benefit oi his health, writes entertainingly and in structively concerning that rart of the country. Mir. Reid says:
 So many questions are asked about Ari- zona as place for winter residence. and there appears to be such dearth of pre- else information among many who are vitally interested, that 1t seems almost 2 public duty, to set down, in the simplest form, a few facts of personal observation.
 WEATHER.
 During a five months residence in Southern Arizona in winter there was but one day when lhe weather made it actually unpleasant for me to take exercise in the open air at some time or ether during the day. Of course there were a good many days which weather observer would de scribe as "cloudy," and some that were "showery; but during these five months (rom No' embsr, 1895, to May, IS96.D there were only four days when we did not have brilliant sunshine at some time dur- ing the day. Even more than Egypt, any, where north of Luxor, Arizona is the land of sunshine. As to details:
 TEMPERATURES.
 have seen the thermometer mark % degrees in 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 a mean temperature for fourt cen years at the pres. ent territorial capital of 57l degrees in November, 5 degrees in December, 70 de- greeS in January, 5i degrees in February, u degrees m March and 6G degrees in
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ROSS JORDAN.

Don't go to the Klondike-,you' don't have to. Stop at Iaeger's and get q big beer; cool and refreshing. \
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VALLEYS OF THE COLORADO AND
 GILA,

In the valleys of the Col, rado and the | Gila rivers there is roem for thousands. II
 is not too much to say that nowhere within
 the limits of this broad Union can be found
 a more desirable region for the making of 8
 home. No laborious clearing of the land is 1 required; it lies almost ready for the blow
 Trees and shrubbery have so rapid a growth that within eighteen months the immigrant can surround his abode with attractions | which would require years to mature in less favored climates. Fruits ripen and are
 ready for market full month before the California products. The bright sunshine
 makes life luxury, and the pure dry atnos- phere brings health to all who inhale it. For
 the establishment of colonies, such as are
 made in southern California, Arizona pre- sents unrivaled opportunities. Thousands of acres now proftless can be made produc- tive by the construction of irri gating ditches, 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 doing justice in this wonderful bit of country. Pineapples, dates, almonds and waluuts will do well. Strawberries, rasp- berries, blackberries, entrants, gooseberries, and all varieties of small fruits can be SIC. ceSsfully cultivated. Indeed, Yuma County IS not only the natural home of the citrus and semitropical fruits, as almost every fruit, nut. plant, grain, grass, or vegetable which cai. be produced in either tropic of temperate zones will thrive in the rich and fertile soils.
 With the bright prospects ahead of the town of Yuma and Yuma County there can be no better investment for capital seeking large and renumerative returns than is af- forded here. With matchless climate. where all forms of disease known to the damp and rigorous regions of the east and north are unknown, where the bright sun- shine kisses into bloom and fragrance every form Of vegetation, and where the clear days and cool and balmy nights are one long-con- tinued poem of happiness and delight, we can offer to capitalists an ideal field for in vestment and to home seekers a veritable paradise in which to settle.
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RESOURCE OF
 XUNIA COUN The Soil, Climate, Rivers, and Many
 and Varied Offerings of FAIR ARlZONA'S BANNER COUNTY.
FAIR ARlZoNA's BANNER COUN

Brief Statement of Facts Setting Advantages Inducements offered by Yuma
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Is IT APLACE 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 Egypt; nor could he reasonable expect the amusements and luxuries of onr 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 1t has two transcontinental lines of railw ay with numerous feeders; it has fast mails, and rival telegraph lines, and is throbbing with the intense life of the splendid West.
 The 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, tele- phones, trolley cars, plenty of hotels, banks, bookstores, good schools, churches, an occasional theatrical performance, some times lecture or @ circus, often horse race, and, in the spring. a thoroughly curious and interesting 'iesta." 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 article-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 six or eight miles; and since the winds are quite regular in their direction, it is rarely difficult to choose a route or which the dust will be largely carried away fror4 you. The unbroken desert itself is often as easy to drive over as an Eastern highway, and the whole valley is paradise for bicyclers, or eques- trians.
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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- tlon IS carried on on 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 ill New York. General Greedy, in pub Iication from the Weather Bureau, gave the normal weight of aqueous vapor in the Arizoha air at from l 11a to grains per cubic foot.