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The Arizona sentinel., 1898-10-01

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 heat. Throughout all the country border ing the desert, including this section, iich 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 taker, but the tendency of prospectors is to go long dls- tance of into 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 prospectOr. ] Distance seems, indeed, to lend enchant- mert 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 ill effect secrets, for thousands upon thousands might be wander ing through the rock-ribbed fastnesses ot our mountain ranges and their presence be almost unknown, so vast is the extent of country
 Recent rich discoveries of gold deposits, particularly in lodges, 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 mine, recently put in operation, has 2)-stamp mill running night and day, and the production of gold averages $75, ,00O per month. This mine is situated about SC 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 mining dis. tricts, and, although the mining or lcok in the county was never better, still IlOst oi the silver and lead mines are idle, owing to the low value of these metals.
The Arizona sentinel., 1898-10-01

a'white man first set foot on what Is How Yuma County in TIT. It IS the southwest division of the Territory, and one of the four original counties of the Ter ritory. Many great reclamation projects are hoSeyer on foot, and in few years ex- rect to see Yuma County rated as the richest in the Territory.
 The first glimpse the traveller from Call fornia catches of Arizona is that of the picturesque town of Yuma, which is snugly sftaated in the embrace of gentle rolling Hills. upon whose crests and sides the modern 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 whose undeYeloped riches the eyes of the country are at present turned, and as such, |. is bound to grew and prosper with q rapidity that at prssel:t can hardly be re- slized. But coupled with her geographi- cal nosition we find that she is the center of q country whose agricultural possiDiil- 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 paradise oi 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 foot to supply the life-giving waters of the yellow Colorado to the thirsty earth.
The Arizona sentinel., 1898-10-01

April. The same reports show the highest and lowest tenn peratures, averaged for eight years, at the same place, as follows: For November 581E degrees and A degrees, December 731I degrees and 36H degrees, January 657& degrees and g degrees, Feb ruary 7l15 degrees and 351a de rees, March 8l1s degrees and Al degrees and April S61a degrees and 46 degrees. The nights throughout the w inter are apt to be cool enough for open wood fires, and for blanke5s. 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., 1898-10-01
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 l11I to 1 grains per cubic foot.
The Arizona sentinel., 1898-10-01

The atmosphere is sin gularly clear, tonic and dry, ] have never seen it clearer anywhere il the world, 1t seems to have about the same braoing and collaborating qualities as the air of the Great Sahara in Northegu Africa. or of the deserts about Mount Sinai, in Arabia Petraea. It is much driol than III the parts of Morocco, Algiels or TuDis usually visited, and drier than any part of the Falley of the Nile north Of the First CatarAct. It seems to me about the same u quality as the air on the Nile between Assouan and Wady- Halfa, but somewhat cooler.
The Arizona sentinel., 1898-10-01
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The Arizona sentinel., 1898-10-01
IS IT A PLACE FIT TO LIvK 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 lind it. As little will he GBd the historic remains or the cosmopolitan attractions of Egypt; nor could he reasonable expect the amuscments and luxuries of our own Eastern cities. The people of Arizona are still chiefly busy in the pioneer work of subduing it to the 1 residence and uses of civilized man. But it 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 s circus, often horse race, and, in the spring, thoroughly curious and interesting "Gesta." 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 tine winds are quite regular in their direction, it is rarely difficult to choose a route or 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 the whole valley is paradise for bicyclers, or eques- trians.
The Arizona sentinel., 1898-10-01
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The Arizona sentinel., 1898-10-01
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 SLI inches per year.
The Arizona sentinel., 1898-10-01
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The Arizona sentinel., 1898-10-01
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The Arizona sentinel., 1898-10-01
RIVERS OF YUMA COUNTY.


 gater supply, variety Of resources and sheap trausportation by rail and by water m mart of Arizona can surpass Yuma eoupty. which is destined to become one ot richest and most prosperous counties in Arizona
 If lies betveen 32o O0' and 34' 2o' north lxtitude an ll3O 2O' and ll40 4O' west Icngi+7yde It contains SASS, ,320 acres. It k about as large as the States ot Rhode Island. Connecticut and Delaware com 5ixed. or as large as either New Hampshire FermoH, Or Massachusetts.
 The restern boundary of Yuma County x formed by the Colorado river, which sF,arates Arizona from California. The county is bounded on the north by Williams Ferk and the Santa Maria rlver, whose Waters flow into the Colorado; on the east Hv the counties of Pima, Maricopa and Yavapai. and on the south by Sonora, Mexico. Its county sezt 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 plalns ands 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 ine snows cause a greater depth of water fin this riy.r n summer than ill winter. thus furnishing the most water at the season when it IS most required for the purposes firrigation and agriculture.
 it will 5e seen that for the entire distance long it's western boundary, Yuma County posse yses the great advantage of cheap water transportation.
 The Gila river rises III the western part of New Mexico and is fed by numerous streams, among the most prominent ot 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 ccunty, 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 fhan any other county in the Territory, and far more than can be found in all Cali teraia.
 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 Ill this favored country, and which arc as fertile es any in thr world.
 The Southern Pacific Railroad crosses the Colorado river at the town of Yuma aud sans through the county, following the eenerol course, and at an average distance of about four miles scutb, of the Gila river, readcGfrg all the lands susceptible of irTi- gation and cultivation, can find an easy outlet in tkis way and can be transpol ted oall the markets and centers of population in thc East or West.
 Smother competing railroad Ia projected from San Diego. California, to tic town 6l Yuma. ard thence along the nocth side oI the f,ila river Thus Yuma County will fave exceptional railroad advantages.
The Arizona sentinel., 1898-12-31
WHICH TOWN IS THe BEST?

Primarily that is question for the phy- Sician, if there is a physician in the case if 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 advaAtaga of an army post, whipple Barracks. az staff IS still higher, is in a region oft ase pine forests, and is within 2. hard sy'S journey of one of the wonders of the Id, the Colorado Canyon Oracle is r. tty mountain nook, bowercd in splendid live oaks, like ,se of California, and is also near an Aportant 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. It's adobe houses give it a Mexican look, and are thoroughly comfort able. Its newer houses are of handsome building stone, found in the vicinity. The Territorial University Is lere, and it was
The Arizona sentinel., 1898-12-31

formerly the capital. Its elevation being more than double that of Phoenix, it is somewhat cooler, and as there is next to no irrigation near it, the air is little drier. Phoenix is the centre of the greatest irriga- tion in the Territory. The country for miles around smiles with green fields, cover ed with almost countless herds of cattle, and it is everywhere shut in by low mount aims. It is the Territorial capital, has the Government Indian School, the Territorial Lunatic Asylum, and other institutions, and IS the general focus for the Territory. Like Tucson, it has it's occasional wind and sand storms-perhaps not quite so often. At either place visitors who know how to adapt themselves to circumstances can be entirely comfortable, and in each they will find an intelligent, orderly, enterprising and most hospitable community They will find country full of mines, full of rich agricultural lands, abounding in cattle and hor es, in vineyards and orchards and the beginnings of very successful orange groves "a country, in fact, as full of promise for hardy and adventurous men now as Califor- mia was in the.ifties. 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.
The Arizona sentinel., 1898-12-31

beverage. Experiments with the raisingrape 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 ange, lemon, lime, olive, fig, pomegranate, and others of the citrus family, can be grown fully in the valleys of Southern Arizona. Orange trees are now in bearing in the Salt River valley and at Yuma; while the bananas is also being cul-
 ivated at the latter place. The Arizona orange in quality and flavor will compare favorably with the
 best California.
 "ln tue valleys of the Colorado the Salt and the
 Gila rivers there is room for thousands It is not
 too much to say that nowhere within the limits of
 this broad Union be found more desirable region for the making Of home. No laborious clearing of the land is required; it lies almost ready for the blow. Trees and shrubbery nave so rapid growth that within eighteen months the
 immigrant can surround his abode with attractions
 which would require years to matur3 in less favored l climates Fruits ripen and are ready for market a full month b. fore the California product The ] bright sunshine makes life luxury and the pure dry atmosphere brings health to all who inhae It.
 For the establishment of colonies such as we have | made of Southern California 0 arden Arizona presents unrivaed opportunities Thousands of | acres, now proiitless, can be made productive by construction of irrgating ditches and there | is no investment which assures larger or more permanent returns"
The Arizona sentinel., 1898-12-31
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. al the country north, east and south of Yuma lies directly within the main gold belt that commences ill Alaska and cnds in Mexico
 From the San E"rnardino mountains Ill California U the Sonora boundary line the mountains and hills arc exceptionally rich in the precious metal, as though demonstrating the theory often advanced that tho richest gold mine9 are found bordering tie beds of
The Arizona sentinel., 1898-12-31
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ARIZONA.
It's Attractions and Advantages as q
 Place of Residence in Winter.

Whitclaw Reid. owner aAd 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 part of the country. Mir. Reid says:
 So many questions are asked about Ari- zona as a place fer winter residence, and there appears to be such a dearth of pre- else information among many who are vitally interested, that it seems almost 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 good many days which weather observer would de- scribe as 'cloudy," and some that were "showery; but during these five months (from No' ember, 1895, to May, lS96,l 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 laud of sunshine. As to details:
 TEMPERATURE.
 I 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 for fourteen years at the pres ent territorial capital of 57a degrees in November, 5 degrees in December, 49 de rrccs in January, 5l degrees in February, Gl degrees n March and 66 degrees in
The Arizona sentinel., 1898-12-31
IS IT A LAWLEss COUNTRY?

The man who goes to any considerable Arizona town with the idea of the Sonth- west derived from novels, or from ''The Arizona Kicker" will be greatly mystifed
 He will ind as man. churches as in towns of corresponding size in Pennsvlvania pr Ohio; and probably more schoolhouses. He will ind plenty of liquor-snops. 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 Gnd-as at Phoenix-a community of ten thousand people requiring in the daytime onl one policeman, and hardly requiring him. During my winter there I did not see single disturbance in the streets. or half dozen drunken men, all told. Min. ing men and an occasional cowboy certainly had quarrels, sometimes, in 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 miles.
The Arizona sentinel., 1898-12-31

white man first set foot on what is now Yuma County in l77l. It IS the southwest division of the Territory, and eae of the four original counties of the Ter .ftory. Many great reclamation projects are However on foot, and in a few years eX- nect to See Y ana County rated as the richest in the Territory.
 The first glimpse the traveller from Call 6o,-,io catches of Arizona is that of the ,,icturesoue town of Yuma, which IS Snugly si+uated in the embrace of gentle rolling Bills. upon whose crests and sides the ,,oderp 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 sbose undeyeloped riches the eyes ot the countrv are at present turned, and as such'
 T. is bound to grow and prosper with rapidity that at present can hardly be re- ,lized But coupled with her geographl- cal nosition we find that she is the center ofa country whose agricultural posslbli- tics are practically unlimited, being sur rounded by soil the fertility of which exceeds that of the delta of tic Nile, and wanting only water to become a paradise oi bloom. Billions of gallons of that precious fluid have annually gone to waste. at xuma's very doors, but already a reaction is taking place aGd many enterprises are on foot to supply the ife-giving waters Of ahe yellow Colorado to the thirsty earth
The Arizona sentinel., 1898-12-31

cury is ranging from 9Oo to 9Oo. The air is so dry that precipitation is absorbed as soon as it reaches the surface of the body, and at nc tune in the summer does the heat produce any discomfort.
The Arizona sentinel., 1898-12-31

Don't go to the Klondike-you don't have to. Stop at Iaeger's and get a big beer; cool and refreshing. .
The Arizona sentinel., 1898-12-31
THECLIMATE OF YUMA.

The climate of Yuma tor nine months of yhe year has no equal, as we believe, in the world, and during the remaining three months of the year, comprising June, July and August, the heat is not oppressive. Even though the thermometer iii mld-sum- sler may aq times rise above l0O', and oc- easionally e,en reach ll60, yet, owing to shc absence of moisture iu the air, tis not oppressive. Inc atmosphere is pure, light and balmy. When the mercary marks the Highest extre'1c of heat, a person does not Eao3 that oppression or debility which l5 st, la, tic Eastern States wlcn tllc CT,
The Arizona sentinel., 1898-12-31

April The same reports show the highest and lowest temperatures, averaged for eight years, at the same place, as follows: For November 7S% degrees and 42 degrees, December 731l degrees and 36% degrees, January 651a degrees and g degrees, Feb ruary 7lH degrees and 35H de rees. March SlH degrees and Al degrees and April S61a 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 1t clearer anyw here ill the world. It seems to have about the same bracing and exhilarating qualities as the air of the Great Sahara ln Northern Africa, or of the deserts about Mount Sinai, in Arabia Petraea. It is much drier than Tn the parts ot 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.