The Arizona sentinel., 1898-07-16

Yuma's very doors, but already reaction is taking place aGd many enterprises are on foot to supply the life-giving waters of She yellow Colorado to the thirsty earth.
 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 OO> and 34' 2O' north latitude and ll30 2O' and lI40 4O' west longitude It contains 6, ASS, ,320 acres. It is about as large as the States of Rhode Island, Connecticut and Delaware con- 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 Fork and the Santa Maria rIver, whose waters flow into the Colorado; on the east by the counties of Pima, Maricopa and Tavapai, 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 ot 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 ing snows cause a greater depth of water in this rissr in summer than in winter, thus furnishing the most water at the season when it is most required for the purposes firrigation and agriculture.
 It will be seen that for the entire distance
 long its western boundary, Yuma County posse ,ses the great advantage of cheap water transportation.
 The Gila river rises Ill 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 shrough 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. l aries, possesses a far greater water supply ! than 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 irrigating the immense tracts of lands which lie in this favored country, and which are as fertile as any in the world.
 The Southern Pacific Railroad crosses the Colorado river at the town of Yuma and | runs through the county, following the generol course, and at an average distance of about four miles south, of the Gila river, rendering all the lands susceptible of irri- eation and cultivation, can find an easy outIet fn this way and can be transpol ted c su the markets and centers of population Tn the East or West
 Another competing railroad is projected from San Diego, California, to tic town sf Yuma, ard thence along the north side of the Gila river. Thus Yuma County will asve exceptional railroad advantages