The Arizona sentinel., 1898-05-28
THE VILLAGE or YUMA.

Although the town cf Yuma is the second
 oldest community in the Territory of Ari-
 zona, it is astonishing how little its re
 sources are known to the world a large, and
 how sl;.htly developed is the natural wealth l of the county. This is owing partly to
 Yuna's reputation for uubearable ho2t, and .. pas-ly to the fact that, lying next to Cali foruia, is has been assumed 5hat the county
 has been thoroughly prospoctcd for mineral
 wealob, and prospoctors have, in the main,
 kept the travelled highways in crossing its
 Territory. As a matter of fact one suffers
 less from the heat here than in almost all Of
 the settled communities of the east, owing
 to the lryress Of the atmosphere, and there
 is TO healthier tIiInaCe on Gods footstool
 People labor out of doors from the rising
 to the setting of the sun, and suffer no in
 convenience. There has never been known, 1 in this section of country, an authentic case
 of sunstroke. Our climate, tal1on in time, l never fails to cure pulmonary complaints of any description. Disease aUeh as smallpox, cholera, etc., rarely visit IS, and then only ] in very mild form, and arc never fatal e,,- l cep5 through the perversity of patients Contrary to the belief Of the uninforme3, l the dry heat of the summer months is es-
 racially conducive to good health and ez-
 ccptional vigor, acting naturally upon the human system with tLe same effect o. the
 artificial result of a Turkish Jath-Pursfy- ling and reaovat:ag 1t. A5 a further matter
 of fact, this county has never been even
 superfcia!iy suspected, and 1t is only now
 that people are beginning to search it's hills
 with any degree Of systematic enthusiasm
 for the mineral wealth hidden there, Ow, ing to the falling off in the price of silver,
 deposits of gold only are being sought for; and the present result is little short of mar
 velous. h eu sections of the county from . the Sonora Lce to Williams Fork discoveries are daily being made. and t4e greater the development the greater the wealth dis played, Wherever the prozpector plants his foot, lodges of gold confront hlm or are brought to light by the investigating strokes of his pick.
 Portions of the country trayers9I f9. I years by commonly trayeIed trails are deyeI- , oDing into rich storehouses Of golden wealth. ! New ard rich rlacers are constantly being
 discovered, and shipments of placer gold - from this point through Wells Fargo & T Co.'S Express, are steadily increasing iu value. From a mining standpoint Yuma s .Coanty is rapidly leading the Territory, and ! yet as far as that industry is concerned, this section has received bat Etae rocoe- - u-l;ya.
 Asr,ealturally the country is vastly i'm proving. Enterprises that have lain dor D maut the last two years, owing to tie con- erll financial depression and consequent
 Jear.h of money for investment purposes, 9 are a-,-i-. Up t24ew life and vieor. Money , is being attlagteI in this direction. and on I al sides can be distinguished that iadoHu-
 able stir which is the precursor of an indus trial a"aSeaiag. Even within these last $ two years Of financial striagcacy and de- '- Pressioa ,haas has been 8 steady if slow in-
 crease in agricultural development and wealth. 4 greater area of old farms has t been put under cultivation, aad new land.
 have been iuolosed and new fields started. t : large section Of Blaisden Heights has been ,. planted to fruit trees; fields Of cereals and !. alfalfa have beeI added to the cultivated 5 area on the Colorado river below town: the 2 lands lying under th7 Mohawk and Farmer, l. canals have been made to yield heavy crops
 of every variety Of agricultural products, a- Is in other sections of the Gila valley, and the IS gardens of Yuma have been added to and e beaUGEad in fruits, flowers and sAaJ5ory t. s amo1e than aprraciable extent Altogether .- re may feel proud of cur progress duriu. e these l-stmoathz of business depression anO
 |discouragemcnt. It speahs well for the in c du-try and pluck of our people, and tL. d showing made constitutes tAe best evidence e Of t.e merits Of our soil a1d climate and th. g richness of our mineral resources. Natuu F, has done every thing for oar county, and al j. that is needed is a lonch oI thc wand ofcap , ital to have our Lil.s and valleys sul.u4 int a 4n active life of rcinalc1atLye Industry tha u will l-stand endure forever.
 Some three years ago. through the euer% d of Ii. ". Ela.slell, the Yuma Water an' n Light Company was incorporated, and D, e means of its large punpiag plant, at tn I foot of Main street. the town is abundant.
 supplied with water atreasJntble r.tes, an
 there have grown iato ax.s.eace new an
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