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The Arizona sentinel., 1898-05-07

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, tho or ange, lemon, lime, olive, fig, pomegranate, and others of the citrus family, be grown success 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- tivated at the latter place. The Arizona orange in quality and flavor will compare favorably with the best California.
 ''ln the valleys of the Colorado, the Salt and the Glla rivers, there is for thousands. It is not teo much to say that nowhere within the limits of this broad Union be found a more desirable region for the making of home No laborious clearing or the land is required; it lies almost ready for the blow. Trees and shrubberv have so rapid a growth that within eighteen months the immigrant can surround his abode with attractions Whch would require years to matur9 in less favored climates Fruits ripen and are ready for market iuil month b fore the California product The bright sunshine makes life luxury, and the pure. Gfy atmosphere brings health to all who inhale It.
 TOT the establishment of colonies such as we have made ot Southern California a arden. Arizona presents unrlvaled opportunities Thousands of acres, now prOftless, can be made productive by the construction of irrgating dtches and there IS no investment which assures larger or more permanent returns''
The Arizona sentinel., 1898-05-07
WHICH TOWN IS THe BEsT9

Primarily that is a question for the phy.
 sIclan, 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 advantage of an army post, whipple Barracks. Flag StafI Is still higher, is in a region of dense pine forests, and is within g. hard days Journey of one of the wonders of the world, the Colorado Canyon. Oracle is a 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 drlest of the three, has the least population. and the smallest provision for visitors. Tucson is the oldest town in the Terrjtorv and, after Santa Fe, perhaps the oldest in the Southwest Its adobe houses rive it ] Mexican look, and are thoroughly comfort able. Its newer houses are of a handsome building stone, found in the vicinity. The Territorial University is here, and it was
The Arizona sentinel., 1898-05-07
IS IT A 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 lind as many churches as in towns ot corresponding size in Pennsylvania pr Ohio; and probably more schoolhouses. He will find plenty of liquor-snops. too. and gambling houses. and dancebouses. and vel he will see little disorder unless he hunts late at night for it, and he will be ant to hnd-as at Phoenix-a community of ten thousand people requiring in the daytime only one policeman, and hardly reonirino him. During my winter there 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 ot the use of the knife among MexicanS. but the visitor who went abont 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 tba whites for generations, and there isn't an Apache within gome hundreds of miles.
The Arizona sentinel., 1898-05-07

4 white nan first set foot on what is now Yrma County in I'll. It IS the southwest division of the Territory, and cae of the four original counties of the Ter ritory. Many great reclamation projects are however on foot, and in few years ex- pect 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 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 undeveloped riches the eyes of the country are at present turned, and as such, ,s is bound to grow and prosper with a rapidity that at present can hardly be re- slized. But coupled with her geographi- -5 position we find that she is the center cfa country whose agricultural possibili- ties re practically unlimited, being sur logu5ed by soil the fertility of which Fsre. that of the delta of the Nile, and s-auting oaly water to become paradise of Bloom Billions of gallons of that precious auit ave annually gone to waste at ; una very doors, but already a reaction is taking place and many enterprises are on feet to supply the life e-giving waters of the yellow Colorado to the thirsty earth.
The Arizona sentinel., 1898-05-07
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 :nectly within the main gold belt that commences ir Alaska and ends in Mexico. From the San Bornardino mountains in California to the Sonora boundary line the ills are exceptionally rich in
 |, as though demonstrating
 advanced that the richest
 und bordering the beds of
The Arizona sentinel., 1898-05-07
THE CLIMATE OF YUMA.

The climate of Yuma for nine months of She year has nc eqnal, 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 in nId-sum. ner may al times rise above lOO0, and oc- sasionally even reach Il00, yet, owing to She absence Of moisture in the air, its not oppressive. The atmosphere is pare, light and balmy. When the mercury mark Highest extre-1e of heat, person doe Tel chat oppression or debility whi
 st.5 i,l--ha E9.ac.u State: vLcD the
The Arizona sentinel., 1898-05-07
WHY IMMIGRANTS SHOULD COME TO YUMA
 COUNTY.

WHY IMMIGRANTS SHOULD COME TO YUMA COUNTY.
 Because the climate is perfect.
 Because the soil is fertile and prolific. 1 Because land is abundant and cheap.
 Because a 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 a luxury in land where the sun shines every day. Because th,Te are chances for a 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 q 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.
 Because churches, schools, newspapers and railroads are 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-tronic zones.
 Because the worker receives a fair com. pensation for his labor, and the hustler 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 it's mines. its farm ing valleys, and grazing lands, will vet build up great and prosperous county.
 Because a man can make livelihood her. 1 with less labor than in any other part of the United States.
 Because there is health in every breeze, and strength and vigor under its elonIlcss skies.
 Because the settler need not spend life time in felling trees and grubbing out stumps.
 Because vegetation is so rapid that in two years the home Is surrounded by a growth
The Arizona sentinel., 1898-05-07

cury is ranging from SO' to 9O0. The air is so dry that precipitation is absorbed as soon as it reaches the surface of the body, and at ne time in the summer does the heat produce any discomfort.
The Arizona sentinel., 1898-05-07
ARIZONA.
It's Attractions and Advantages as a
 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 part of the country. Mr. Reid says:
 So many questions are asked about Ari- zona as a place for winter residence. and there appears to be such deartb of nre- else information among many who are vitally interested, that it seems almost il 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 "shoWery; but during these five months (trom No' ember, 1895, to May, lS96.l there were only four days when we did not have brilliant sunshine at some time dnr- ing the day. Even more than Egypt, any. where north of Luxor, Arizona is the land of sunshine. As to details:
 TEMPERATURE.
 1 have seen the thermometer mark % degrees ln 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 574 degrees in November, 5 degrees in December, 49 de- grees in January, 54 degrees in February, 6l degrees In March and 66 degrees in
The Arizona sentinel., 1898-05-07
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.
HOMESTEAD ENTRY No. 1853. Land Office at Tucson, Arizona
 December Q. lSoT

Land Office at Tucson, Arizona,
 December 9, 1897. Notice IS hereby given that the following named settler has filed notice of his inten- tlon to make final proof Tn support of his claim, and that said proof will be made before the Clerk of the District Court at uma' Arlzona, on January % 1898, viz: Carlos Ramirez, of Yuma, Yuma county. Arlzona' for the seA sec. %, T. 10 S, K. 24 w., C. & $. R. NJ.
 He names the following witnesses to prove hls continuous residence upon and cultivation of, said land, viz. Charles Nolan' Patrlclo Gonzales, George A. Duke and Custodlo Ramirez, all of Yuma, Yuma County, Arizona.
 EUGENE J. TRIPPEL,
 Register.
The Arizona sentinel., 1898-05-07

Don't go to the Klondike-you don't have to. Stop at Iaeger's and get big beer; cool and refreshing. z
The Arizona sentinel., 1898-05-07
RIVERS OF YUMA COUNTY.

in regard to climate, bealthiulness, 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 327 00' and 340 20' north latitude and ll30 2O' and ll4o 4O> west longitude. It contains 6. ASS, ,320 acres. It is sabout as large as the States of Rhode Island, Connecticut and Delaware com
 biged, or es 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 uver, 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 Of water which falls on its mountains and plains hnds 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 fu this riy 1T Tn summer than Tn 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 poss, ses the great advantage of cheap water transportation.
 The Giia river rises ln 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 through Yuma County and empties into the Colorado at the town of Yuma.
 Yuma county, traverscd by these great rivers from its northern to its southern, and from its eastern to its western bound. l aries, possesses far greater water supply . than any other county in the Territory, 1 and far more than can be found in all Cali 1 sernia.
 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 tbis favored country, and which are as fertile as any in the world.
 The Southern Pacific Railroad crosses tEe Colorado river at the town of Yuma and runs through the ccunty, following the zcnerol course, and at an average distance of about four miles south, of tEe GiIa river, -endcling all the lands susceptible of irri- cation and cultivation, can find an easy i sntlet in this way and can be transpol ted ; O ali the markets and centcrs of population n the East or West.
 .snctLer competing railroad is projected rom San Diego, California, to tic town ,f Yuma, aEd thence along tine north side ! # the Gila river Thus Yuma County will f rave exceptional railroad advantages. s
The Arizona sentinel., 1898-05-07
x Ess& B EEy 8 GSESS OF
 x AaIA @SlDe ey xa A Z r The Soil, Climate, Rivers, and Many
 and Varied Offerings Of FAIR ARlzONA'S BANNER COUNTY.
FAIR ARlZONA's BANNER COUNT

Brief Statement of Facts Setting Many Advantages and Inducements offered by Yuma County
The Arizona sentinel., 1898-05-07
ACTUAL HUMIDITY.

This IS extremely slight, everywhere ir 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 irrpa- 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 pub- llcation from the Weather Bureau. gave the normal weight of aqueous vapor in the Arizona air at from l 1a to 4 grains per cubic foot.
The Arizona sentinel., 1898-05-07

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., 1898-05-07

April. The same reports show the highest and lowest temperatures, averaged for eight years, at the same place, as follows: For November 7S1a degrees and 42 degrees, December 731a degrees and 36H degrees, January G51a degrees and B degrees, Feb ruary 7lH degrees and 351a de rees, March Sl 1a degrees and Al degrees and April S6I degrees and 46 degrees. The nights throughout the winter are apt to be cool enough for open wood fires, and foI 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., 1898-05-07
Wanted An Idea !!sE, S?s ::$: ::s .ss!: :s!s:

Protect your ideas; they may bring yon TesIti nsTs MTite WesbipSt6np vohH Patent At.o
 and list Of two hundred inventIcus wsuted:
The Arizona sentinel., 1898-05-07
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 mall. The average rainfall in Southern Arizona, as shown by the Government observations. is but S11a inches per year.
The Arizona sentinel., 1898-05-07
IS IT A 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 find it, As
 little will he find the historic remains or
 the cosmopolitan attractions of Eoypt: nor
 could he reasonable expect the amusements
 and luxurles of our own Eastern cities. The people ot 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 tbrobbino 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 ot 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 ''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 'prinkled drive of six or eight miles; and since the winds are quite regular in their direction, it is rarely difficult to choose a | 'oute or which the dust will be largely | carried away from you. The unbroken lesert itself is often as easy to drive over IS an Eastern highway, and the whole 'alley is paradise for bicyclers, or eques- rians.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-01-13

bruised about b1ck and chest; Pearl
knap.on. arm and leg broken; William
Blake, injured internally; II. H. Fisher.
arm broken; w. A. Dumford, hip dis
located: j. ]. Short, spine and head in
1ured. Mrs. Braden, arm broken; d. L.
Grimes. collar bone broken; - Mar
IN, chin fractured and side bruised:
g. Hosea, jaw broken; William Law
Bon. back injured; Bell Martin, chest
smashed: Tony Eberhart, hips bruised:
F. E. Hubbell. hack hurt; X. H. Cren-
holder, back injured; A. B. Stafford,
back injured; = Ashworth, chest
crushed; DR.. Gate. both arms broken;
Mrs Gate, badly bruised: mother Of
Mrs. Gate. seriously crushed: Minnie
Burgess. spine injured: Mrs. Z. Crel,
injured about chest; Mrs. Hugh Rogers.
badly bruised about the body: Mr.. and
Mrs. Ritter. caught. under falling
walls; Mrs. F. H. Brown, body crushed;
Mrs. Luther Huntiey. chest crushed ;
- Lane, hip dislocated; Ed Yaten,
badly bruised; - Wolsey, seriously
hurt; r. L. Hirschberger, shoulder dis-
located, injured about head; Miss Lily
Stahl. seriously injured; d. D. Fore
man. arm and leg broken; William
Blake, injured internally.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-01-13
HAWAIIAN TALK Is CONTINUED.
Davis Finishes the Speech - DeArmous
Critfcisss Cannon in the House.

SlteGh - behTmOuC
Criticisss Cannon in the House.
Washington. Jan. 1S.-Chandler of the
committee On naval affairs in the sem
ate yesterday secured the passage. Of a
resolution asking the secretary Of the
navy to furnish a list of the active
officers CT the navy In each corps. to-
gether wiki those who are at sea, on
shore duty, and on waiting orders. At
1925 p. m. the senate on motion Of
Davis. chairman Of the committee on
foreign relations. went into executive
session and Davis continued and COM
pleted his speech on the Hawaiian
treaty.
The civi! service debate having been
concluded interest in the house pro-
ceedirgs was visibly decreased. Cam
non. chairman of the appropriation
committee, called up the urgent def
cheney bill and a vigorous but unsuc-
cessful onslaught was made by Bell
and Shafroth of Colorado ard other
far western members, on the provision
which would compel gold producers in
the future tie paytransportationc charges
to government minis. the house
by lz5 to no agreeing to the
proviso. DeArmond of Missouri
attacked the appropriation for
the Danville, Ills, soldiers home. He
was exceedingly caustic in criticism of
Cannon in connection with this appro-
priation for Cannon's district Cannon
In reply characterized DeArmoId as q
common scold, one of the sort who
would have been ducked in the old
days. The urgency deficiency bill was
passed.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-01-13
Presidential Nominations.

Washington, Jan. 13.-The president
yesterday sent the following nominal
tons to the senate: Nark S. Brewer, of
Michigan. to be a civil service commits
siOner: Edwin H. Conger, of Iowa, to
be envoy extraordinary and minister
plenipotentiary Of the United States to
China; Charles Page Bryan, of Illinois,
to be envoy extraordinary and minds
ter plenipotentiary of the United States
to Brazil; Henry F. W. Furniss. OF In
diana, to he consul at Bahma, Brazil
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-01-13
Ends the Illinois Democratic Fight.

Washington. Jan. IL. - Andrew ].
Hunter, of the Ninth district of Illinois,
was yesterday elected the Illinois men,
Der of the Democratic congressional
committee. The election ends a vigor-
Gus fight that has been wased in the
ranks of the Democratic members of
the Illinois delegation. Hinrichsen had
heretofore candidate for the member
ship and had been confident of the
Craftsmanship of the congressional COM
mittee.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-01-13
THE TRAVELLERS GUIDE.

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checked at X d p Twentieth sireet depot, OF
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