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The Arizona sentinel., 1898-10-15

beverage. Experiments with the raisin- grape have shown that this climate and soil possess every advantage for the production and curing Of this staple article of commerce.
 "Besides the fruits already mentioned the or ahSe' lemon, lime, olive, fig, pomegranate, and others Of the citrus family, can be grown success iu''y Ill the valleys of Southern Arizona. Orange trees are now in bearing in the Salt River valley ana at Yuma; while the bananas is also being cul- ''aoeo at the latter place. The Arizona orange in quahty and flavor will compare favorably with the best California
 III the valleys of the Colorado, the Salt and the Uia ilVers, there is room for thousands It is not too much to say that nowhere within the limits of nI: .ils broad Union be found more desirable | iITEIoh Tor the making of a home No labOrOus uIeaSrlnS Of the land is required; it lies almost ledcy Tor the blow. Trees and shrubbery have so P i%Pi! growth that within eighteen months the
 grant can surround his abode with attractions
 Tch would require years to mature in less favored oiIHa1eS Fruits ripen and are ready for market !uiI month brfore the California product. The 9Il9hC sunshine makes life luxury, and the pure Giy tImospher' brings health to all who inhale It. loi TOT Ihe establishment Of colonies, such as We have lilaue oI Southern California a arden, Arizona presents unrvaled opportunities Thousands of %cfes' now prottless, be made productive
 U! 1de construction of irrigati1g dtchoS, and there | IS no investment which assures larger or more permanent returns !"
The Arizona sentinel., 1898-10-15
WHICH TOWN IS THe BEST?

Primarily that is question for the phy- slclan, If there is a physician in the case II not, try them all. If a mountain region, considerable altitude and comparatively low temperature is desired, Prescott is in picturesque region, near a great mining districts, and has the social adyaatag9 of an army post, whipple Barracks. az staff Is still higher, is in a region of ( 1se pine forests, and is within q hard ( ay's Journey of one of the wonders of the ws ld
 the Colorado Canyon Oracle is a P tty mountain nook, lowered ill splendid
 live oaks, ikeib sc of California, and is also near an Aportant mining district
 II lower altitude and a 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 wamest and probably the drlest ot 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 arc thoroughly comfort able. Its newer houses are of @ handsome building stone, found in the vicinity. The Territorial University is here, and it was
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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 land IS abundant and cheap.
 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 in a land where the sun shines every day.
 Because there are chances for poor man which he can never hope to find in older countries.
 Because the country is advancing and property values are increasing.
 Because, unlike Southern California it does not require small fortune to secure a piece of land.
 Because capital does not block all the av- onues to wealth, nor crowd the poor man to the wall.
 Because Uncle Sam has yet many farms in Yuma county waiting for occupants.
 Because churches, schools, rewsjapers and railroads arc fast developing the moral and material elements 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 the few regions of the Uuited States that yields the products of the temperate and semi-tropic zones.
 Because the worker receives a fair com. pensation for his labor, and the 'rustIer' has field for the display of his energy and en- terprise.
 Because there are neither bIizzards or tornadoes, earthquakes nor inundations, snow-storms nor cyclones.
 Because the vast and varied resources of the country are yet to be developed. Because the wealth of its mines. it's farm ing valleys, and grazing lands, will vet build up great and prosperous county.
 Because man can make livelihood her. with less labor than in anyother part of the United States.
 Because there is health in every breeze, and strength and vigor under its cloudIess skics.
 Because the settler need not spend a life time in fellins trees and grubbing cut stunps.
 Because vegetation is so rapid that in two years the home is surrounded by a growth
The Arizona sentinel., 1898-10-15

formerly the capital. It's elevation haino more than double that of Phoenix. it is somewhat cooler, and as there is next to m irrigation near it, the air is ftt]e drior
 Phoenlx IS the centre of the greatest irrica- tion in the Territory. The country for miles aroNnd smiles with green fields cover ed with almost countless herds of cattle
 and 1t is everywhere shut in by low monnt- ains 1t IS the Territorial capital. has the Government Indian School, the TerritoriaI Lunatlc Asylum, and other institnt;ons
 and IS the general focus for the Territory
 Like Tucson, it has its occasional wind and sand storms-perhaps not quite so often
 At either place visitors who know how to adapt themselves to circumstances can ba entirely comfortable, and in each they will md an intelligent, orderly, enterDrisin and most hospitable community. They will ind a country full of mines, full of rich agricultural lands, abounding in cattle and horses, ln vineyards and orchards and +bo Deginnlngs ot very successful orange groves "a country, in fact, as full of promise for hardy and adventurous men now as CaIifor- mia was in the:ffties. Above all. it has been their lot to search for health in far countries, they will revel in the luxury of being In their own land, among their own countrymen, within easy reach of their friends by telegraph or rail, and in a climate as good of its kind as any in the world.
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IS IT 4 LAWLEss COUNTRY?

The man who goes to any considerable Arizona town with the idea of the South west derived from novels, or from ''The Arizona Kicker, will be greatly mystifed
 lie will find as many churches as in towns ot corresponding size in Pennsylvania pr Ohio; and probably more schoolhCuses. He will find plenty of liquor-shops. too, and gambling houses. and dancehouses, and yet he will see little disorder unless he hunts late at night for it, and he will be apt to ind-as at Phoenix-a community of ten thousand people requiring in the daytime only one policeman, and hardly requiring him. During my winter there 1 did not see single disturbance in the streets, or half dozen drunken men, all told. Min. ing men and an occasional cowboy certainly had quaueIs, sometimes, i'll the disorderly quarters at night; and there were stories of the use of the knife among Mexicans: but the visitor who went about his own business had as little trouble as on Board |. way or Chestnut street. The Pima and Maricopa Indians, who are encountered everywhere. have been friendly with the whites for generations, and there isn't an Apache within some hundreds of nlile7.
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\ white man first set foot on what is now Yuma County in 177l. It IS the southwest division of the Territory, and one of the four original counties of the Ter ritory. Many great reclamation projects are however on foot, and in a few years ex- pect to see ' Elma 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 crosts and sides the modern homes e our superior civilization are orowding the adobe dwellings into eternal oblivion. Yuma is the gateway to Arizona, the new empire of the West, upon whose unde2eloped riches the eyes of the country are at present turned, and as such, is bound to grow and prosper with a :apidity that at present can hardly be re alized. Bat coupled with her geographi- gal position we find that she is the center of country whose agricultural possibiii- ties are practically unlimited, being sur rounded by 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 Iuma's very doors, butalready reaction Is taking place aGd many enterprises are on foot to supply the iife-giying waters Of the yellow Colorado to the thirsty earth.
The Arizona sentinel., 1898-10-15
IS IT 4 PLACE 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 CT the cosmopolitan attractions of Egypt; 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 transcontinental lines of railway 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 2, circus, often a horse race, and, in tie spring, a thoroughly curious and interesting ''Gesta." For the cest, people must take their amusements with them. Good horses are abundant and cheap, and there arc 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 9 route on which the dust will be largely carried away from you. The unbroken desert itself is often as easy to drive over as an Eastern highway, and tue whole valley is paradise for bicyclers, or eques- trians.
The Arizona sentinel., 1898-10-15
MINES.

There is no section of the United States, or probably of the earth, more rich in min eraI wealth than the County of Yuma. An the country north, east and south of Yuma lies 3irectly within the main gold belt that commences in Alaska and ends in Mexico. From 5ha San Earnardiuo mountains in California to the Sonora boundary line the mountains and hills are exceptionally rich in
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enry is ranging from SO7 to 9O0 The air is
 so dry that perspiratlcn is absorbed as soon as it reaches the surface of the body, and
 at no tune in the summer does the heat produce any discomfort.
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NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.
HOMESTEAD ENTRY No. 1853. Land Office at Tucson, Arizona,
 December g. 1897

Land Office at Tucson, Arizona,
 December 9, 1897. Notice is hereby given that the following named settler has filed notice of his inten- ton Go make final proof Tn support of his claim, and that said proof will be made before the Clerk of the District Court at Yuma, Arizona, on January %, 1898. viz Carlos Ramirez, of Yuma, Yuma county Arizona, for the se% sec. %. r. 1os P q w., G. & $. R. NJ.
 He names the following witnesses to prove his continuous residence mon o,,6 cultivation of, said land, viz. Charles Nolan Patricio Gonzales, George A D,ke and Custodlo Ramirez, all of Yuma, Yuma County, Arizona.
 EUGENE J. TRIPPEL,
 Register.
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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 Arizona for the benefit of 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 yitaIly interested that it seems almost q public duty, to set down, in the simplest form, few facts of personal observation.
 WEATHER.
 During a five months residence in Southern Arizona in winter there was but one day when the weather made it actually unpleasant for me to take exercise in the open air at some time or other during the day. Of course there were a good many days which weather observer would de scribe as 'cloudy," and some that were "sho|ery; but during these five months (from No' ember, 1895, to May. lS96 ! 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:
 TEMPERATURE.
 l have seen the thermometer mark 92 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 mean temperature fer fourteen years at the pres sn6 territorial capital of 57l degrees in November, 5 degrees in December, 49 de grees in January, 54 degrees in February. 6l degrees In March and 6G degrees in
The Arizona sentinel., 1898-10-15

April. The same reports show the highest and lowest temperatures, averaged for eight years, at the same place, as follows: For November 7611a degrees and 42 degrees, December 731a degrees and 361l degrees, January G51a degrees and B degrees, Feb ruary 7lH degrees and 351d Ie rees, March Sl1a degrees and 4l degrees and April S61a degrees and 4G degrees. The nights throughout the winter are apt to be cool enough for open wood fires, and fol 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 Arizona sentinel., 1898-10-15
AIR

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 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 in 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 somewhat cooler.
The Arizona sentinel., 1898-10-15

on foot to supply the life giving waters Of the yellow Colorado to the thirsty earth,
 RIVERS OF YUMA COUNTY.
 In regard to climate, healthiu!ness, 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 enc oi richest and most prosperous counties in Arizona.
 It lies between 32a 00> and 34o 20' north latitude and Ii30 2O' and ll40 40' west :onc;tude. l. contalus 6, ASS, ,320 acres. Ii k about as large as the States of Rhode Island, Connecticut and Delaware com bised, or as large as either New Hampshire, Vermont or Massachusetts.
 The western boundary of Yuma County is formed by the Colorado river, which selarates Arizona from California. The county is bounded on tbe north by Williams Fork and the Santa Maria uver, whose waters flow into the Colorado; on the east by the counties of Pima, MaGicopa and Yavarai. and on the south by Sonora, Mexico. Its county seat is the town of Yuma.
 The Colorado river drains the entire ter ritory of Arizona, and every drop Of water which falls on its mountains and plains inds 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 sncrs cause a greater depth of water in this riv 1T In summer than In winter. thus furnishing the most water at the season when it $ most required for the purposes firrigation and agriculture.
 t wifi be seen that for the entire distance -song it's western boundary, Yuma County boss. ses the great advantage of cheap water transportation.
 The Gila river rises i'll the western part of New Mexico and is fed by numerous streams, among the most prominent of N hich are the San Pedro, Agua Fria, Has sayampa and Salt rivers. It flows west throa gh Yuma County and empties into tie Colorado at the town of Yuma.
 Yuma county, traversed by these great rivers from its northern to its southern, z .L A, lC,,,,l. aries, possesses a far greater water supply zhan any other county in the Territory. and far more than can be found in all Cali fernia
 This water is now being diverted from its natural channels by means of numerous large irrigating canals, and utilized for the purpose of retaining and irrigat.ng the Immense tracts of lands which lie in this favored country, and which are as fertile asany in tie world.
 The Southern Pacific Railroad crosses the Colorado river at the town of Yuma and runs through the county, following the e-encrol course, aud at an average distance of about four miles south, of the Gila river rendering all the lands susceptible of irri- ration and cultivation, can lind all easy outlet sn this way and can be transported ofll the markets and centcgs oi population .n the East or West.
 Another competing railroad is projected rom San Diego, California, to tie town ef Yuma, and thence along the north side of the Cila-riycr Thus Yuma County win fave exceptional railrOad advantages.
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EzES TJ E. Gs G9E
 YUMA gSqOTyIrI Y Y The Soil, Climate, Rivers, and R9any
 and Varied Offerings of FAIR ARIZONA's BANNER COUNTY.
' Gy IsI.4A A gy6DTy T0 I Y 7 3.

Statement Of Facts Setting Many ny County as a
The Arizona sentinel., 1898-10-15
ACTUAL HUMIDITY.

This is eXtren ely 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 irriga- tion 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 al 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 1a to 4 grains per cubic foot.
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vHECL!MATE OF YUMA.

The climate of Vnma fer nine months Of 5fe year has no equal, as'we believe. in the sorld, snd during the remaining three months o.'the year, comprising June, July and August, the heat is not oppressive. f;,en thoagh the thermometer in nnd-sum. ae. may a4 times r;se above l00', and oo- casionally e, en reach Ii0', get, owing to yhc absence of moisture in the air, it is not oppressive. Thcatmosrhcre is pure, light and balmv When the mercury marks jl.e
The Arizona sentinel., 1898-10-15
RAIN.

Showers, and indeed heavy rains are liable to occur in every month of the year; but the actual number of rains seems to an eastern visitor strangely small. The average rainfall in Southern Arizona, as shown by the Government observations, is but S1a inches per year.
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1898-03-10
BANG. WENT THE ORCHESTRA.
Point of the Story is Lost to the
Eayesdroppiug Damsel

ct was about the neatest skin game,
if it was a skin game at all, that I've
ever been up against"
The man in the orchestra seat was
talking between the acts to his COM
panion in tones so clear that they were
quite audible to the girl with the thea
eer hat in the row behind, if she leaned
forward a little And she did so lean.
Happened to me last time l was in
Washington continued the man. Il
went into a restaurant there-very nice
, looking sort of a place-and ordered a
lunch. My table was one of those small!
ones with a seat on each side of it.
Pretty soon in comes a young female
puts her shopping bundles on the WIN
dow sill, and takes the seat opposite
"Pretty?" inquired his companion.
"Oh, We'll, l don't know Didn't no
tice particularly, but"
Wasn't observed the other GO
on
The girl behind smothered a giggle.
Anyway" continued the narrator
she ordered some things to eat, and
finished EN- before ! finished mine. tor
! was taking things easy. Then she got
{ up and went away leaving her bundles
on the window sill BY and by the wait
ct comes with bill for her lunch as
well as mine. | kicked He insisted.
Said the lady had lunched with me and
| must pay. BY that time ] was begin
ming TO suspect that | was being
worked, but rather than have any row
| paid both checks. and took the sat
isfaction of telling the manager he was
running Matchmaking joint. III take
these with me. anyway | said, gather
ing UP the bundles which my myster
ious vanishing companion had left. Al
first they kicked on that. but l was
firm. 1 put EN- under my arm and
went down to my hotel"
What was in emf" asked his COM
panion.
That's the queer part of it: the part
that makes me uncertain if it was a
game or not
The girl behind leaned forward so
eagerly that a feather of her big hat
tickled the ear of the speaker. he
paused to brush it away. The girl
bobbed back hastily
NO sooner" continued the man. had
l opened the first bundle than there
fell
Bang. went the orchestra in the tu-
multuous opening of the prelude to the
last act.
DARN said the girl with the thea
ter hat, violently, and looked daggers
at the young man in the adjoining seat
because he laughed.-New York Sun
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1898-03-10
.WOnen's Comfort
Sewing Rocker.
MULEVILLE'S BIG INDUSTRY.
Prosperity Struck the Town and
Times Were Good

He was seated on pine box in front
of the only store in Muleville, a hamlet
in the Georgia mountains, says the Al
lanta journal" He looked up laziiy
at the stranger from the North and
answered his greeting with a half-ut-
tered:
Hi"
You have a very attractive place
here" remarked the visitor.
Yep. purity fair
Looks as if it ought to grow into a
nice town.
She's sorter maxim ov a start lister
be mighty backward and onenterprisin',
though"
Indeed"
Yep; wouldn't pull together fer
nuthin'.'
You don't say."
1.-TWO years ago we started tan yard
Over thar on the crick. but the Boone
boys stole all the hides the fust night
an busted hit up. Then we started a
skuIe in lobe Miller's barn. but before
anybody took any notiss ov whut wur
transpirn' the boys had dun rid the
teacher on a rail an run him outen the
county. After awhile We commenced a
UeDatln S1ety, put the WhitecapS cum
along an shot all the lights outen the
winders. This had a mighty ker-
fiumixin' feet on the kermunity, an hit
begin to look lax Muleville wur a dead
town, but sum ov our enterprisin' citi-
ZenS went to work an opened up a
moonshine Ticker still an a slung-shot
factory combined. an the thing wur a
howin' success frum the jump. Every
body most 'peared to take er interest
in hit. an in less than a week hit wur
having the unanimous support of the en-
tire beat. Yesser, stranger. the juice
an slung factory air the redeemin' in
dustry OK Muleville''