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The Arizona sentinel., 1898-04-16
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 Iandis 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 rernuuerative.
 Because life is a luxury in a land wzore the sun shines every day.
 Because tL,ve 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 a piece of land
 Because capital does not block all the av- eauas to wealth, nor crowd the poor man to the wall.
 Because Uncle sam has yet many farms in Yuma county waiting for occupants.
 Bscause churches schools, newspapers and railroads are fast developing the moral and material clements of the Territory.
 Because goodland is becoming scarce. and if you don't catch on now, your last chance will soon be zone.
 Because the country is one of the few regions of the Uuited States that yields inc products of the temperate and scmi-tropic zones.
 Because the worker receives a fair com pcnsation for his labor, and the srustIer' has field for the display of his energy and CT. terp~ise. Because there are neither Llizzards 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 fits mines. it's farm ing valleys, and grazing lands, will vet bfild up great and prosperous county. Because a man can make a livelihood her. with less labor than in any other part of the United States. Because there is health in every breeze. and strength and visor under it's olouJIcss skies.
 Because the settler ueednos spend lie time in fellins trees and grubbins cut stump5. Because vegetation is so rapid that in two Hcar the home is surrounded h. novsh
The Arizona sentinel., 1898-04-16

A white nan fgst set foot on what is Sow Yrma County in l77h t Is the southwest division of the Territory, and ~rse of the four original counties of She Ter ritory. Many great reclamation projects are however 9n foot, and in few years ex- rc,5 60 s5e Yuma County rated as the richest in the Territory,
 The first glimpse the traveller from Cali foraia catches cf Arizona is that os the 5icturcsque town of Yuma, which is sHug'y situated in the embrace of gentle rolling nils. upon whose crests and sides tLa modern homes of our superior civilization are crowding the adobe dwellings into eternal oblivion. Yuma is .hc gateway to Arizona, the new empire Of the West, upon 8 those uude~eloped riches the eyes of the country are at present turned, and as such,
 is Lcund to grow and prosper with apidity that at present can hardly be re- al:zcd. But coupled with her geocraphi- cal position we find that she is the center Of a country whose agricultural pozsibjii- ties are practically unlimited, being sur foan5ed by a soil the fertility of hich exceeds that of the delta of the Nile and wanting o-ly water to become paradise Of "loom. Billions of gallons of that precious fluid have annually gone to waste at Yuma very doors, but already reaction k taking place aad many enterprises are on feet to supply the lifegiving waters Of the yellow Colorado to the thirsty earth.
The Arizona sentinel., 1898-04-16

cnry is ranging from sO7 to 9o'. The air is 50 dry that precipitation is absorbed as soon as it reaches the sug1ace of the hody and at n7 time in the summer does the heat produce any discomfort.
The Arizona sentinel., 1898-04-16
AR

Arizona stands at the threshold of al era of wonderful social and industrial de yelopmeut. There can't be a doubt about the fact. The dawn for which she las waited so long is breaking at last There is every promise of a day of great pros peri5y and permanent upbuiidiDg just be fore her. The impulse of ia new and encr- gizing hope is visible everywhere among her people. while the cumulative effect of many things, which made but small i'm pression as they transpired singly, is now commanding for her full share of atten- tion and interest abroad among home seekers and capitalists
 I lively competition has sprung up fer the possession of things which have hereto fore gone a-begging for ownership. There is scramble for franchises, Nothing more surely indicates a great industrial awaken ing than this. The rates of interest are falling to moderate figures. Nothing more surely indicates confidence and competition among the money lenders than this.
 Arizona has reached that climacticer period which every western state has ex- perienced sometime in it's history when, after long and weary struggle and doubt, with each side of the balance first up and then down. the clouds of despondency have suddenly rolled away, and sunhurst of onergizing hope has thrilled the droop- ing spirits of the people to greater and brayer eudeavor than before.
 For the last twelve years the subsistence of the great Tombstone boom and the com pIetion of two transcontinental lines of railroad across her territory-Arizona has rather dropped out of public attention. but in that time she has been quietly ac- cumulating a fund of substantial wealth and a force of moral character which qualify her now to rise up and take her destiny in her own hands
 The population of Arizona is Mexican. This is a mistake Of great importance fro'I the moral point of view. There is but one considerable center of Mexican population il the territory, the city of Tucson, and even there its not by any means at pres cmt the rroG9nlnatiEg element. It think it is certain that arizoua has u0t tJ-la. nearly SO large 8 Iczjcan population as Colorado and not above oue-tynth as much as New Mexico. >'' 'Fitl-Mac,' iu Denver News.
The Arizona sentinel., 1898-04-16

of trees and shrubs which would require five years to develop in a colder cline.
 Because fortunes here await the venture some, and health welcomes the afflicted.
 Because the country has a brilliant future and you want to be in the ''swim.
 Because in its pure, dry invigorating air. epidemic diseases cannot live or terminate.
 Because it's people are generous, liberal, hospitable and progressive. WHY CAPITAL SHOULD SEEK YUMA COUNTY.
 Because it's mines are the richest.
 Because its grazing lands are the best.
 Because it's farming lands are valuable and productive.
 Because it gives assurance of the largest returns on money invested.
 Because it's grand resources are yet to be developeI.
 Because it is a young, growing ceur.v with an assured future.
 Because the opportunities for engaging in manufacturing enterprises are better tiilaIr ii any other region of the West
 Because good mining properties can be had at reasonable figures.
 Because there is 8 demand for additional facilities for ore reduction.
 Because there are vast stretches of rich soil to be reclaimed by the construction of irrigating canals.
 Because there are large tracts of grass lands that can be utilized by the sinking ct artesian wells
 Because there are many openings in Q new country which cannot exist in older com- munities.
 Because the opportunities for engaging in the successful cultivation of semi-tropic fruits are better than in any other part of the United States.
 Because property values are rapidly ad- yancing.
 Because Arizona's boom is yet to come.
 Becazse it is a virgin field, ready for the
 CAN ONE LIVE COMFORTABLY?
 That again depends on what you expect. You cannot lave the Injuries of our New York houses out there, unless you build one; or the variety of our New York markets, unless you charater refrigerator car. But there are hotels with almost as much frontage as the Waldorf and, like every thing else in the Territory excepting the mountains and deselts, they are new. There are boarding houses of more kinds than one; and brIck cottages Of eight or ten rooms can occas;naIIy by rented. Bet ter than any of them, for the man with the energy and tho pluck to take it, is to tent on the desert; and he who knows how to .'caup out with comfort througl Sep5am- Der III the Adirondac'is eau camp out in Arizona through the winter.
 As to food, there is plenty. and it is good-if you can get it well cooked. The alfalfa fields of the Salt River Valley are the fattening ground for the great cattle ranges of the Territory. From there the markets of Los Angeles and even of Denver are largely supplied, Good beef, mutton and poultry are plenty and cheap. Quail, ducks and venison from the vicinity can also be had. Vegetables and fruits are abundant in their season, and sometimes the season is a long one. It is the one country have lived iii where strawberries pen in the open air ten months in the year. have had them on my table, flesh picked from the open garden at CT T. tIl-s.
 ATTITUDES.
 IT. 7r o e+rfEfD1 advoDtora offered l,v-
The Arizona sentinel., 1898-04-16
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION. HOMESTEAD ENTRY No. 1853. Land Office at Tucson, Arizona. |.
 December Q 1897


 Notice is hereby given that the following named settler has fled notice of his inten- tion to make final proof Tn support oi 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 sc4 sec. % T. 10 S., R. T w., C. G 5. R. N.
 He names the following witnesses to prove his continuous residence upon and cultivation of, said land, viz Charles Nolan, Patricio Gonzales, George A. Duke and Custodio Ramirez, all of Yuma, Yuma County, Arizona.
 EJ1ENE J. TCIFPEIi
 Register
The Arizona sentinel., 1898-04-16

Don't go 10 the Kloudike-you don have to. Stop at Iaeger's and get big beer; cool and refreshing.
The Arizona sentinel., 1898-04-16
ATTITUDES.

It's striking advantage offered by Arizona that, with the same general con- ditions as to temperature and dryHesz of air, the physician Is able to select nearly any altitude he may desire. Thus. as-h- matic sufferers can find almost the sea level at Yuma, or aa alauda of only thousand feet --- -.'----eie, or ol only -.4'J at Tucson. Others. Ha- a-- TO objection to greater ele ra-els. can choose as-1s-a Prescott or Fort Nl..pIa, =.+ca rlag- staff, 6,SOO,; -.e Sulphur Spring alloy. Fort Grant, -... Fort Hu1-aaca. t.-t'. or Oracle, abo- t3lJ.
The Arizona sentinel., 1898-04-16
TBECLIMATE OF YUMA.

Iaec.imote Of Wanna for aiae months oG -ae year has no equal, as We believe, in the vo.ll, and during tie remaining three 1icnths Of the year, comprising June. July sAd August the heat is not oppressive. Even though the thermometer in mld-sum. mer may al tines rise above l0J', and oc- easionally even reach II5', yet owing to Che absence of moisture in the air, its not oppressive. The atmosphere is pure, light ead Ialmy. When the mercury marks che highest e1trc-2e Of heat @ person aoe5 not 'sei that oppression CT debility which is s.s ia H.e Ea.torn e-at-- Nteu ,.u ..-.
The Arizona sentinel., 1898-04-16

The atmosphere is singuIarly clear, tonic and dry. 1 have never seen it clearer anyu here ir 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 dricr than m the parts of Morocco. Algiers or T,nis usually visited, and drier chan 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- Uaifa, but somewhat cooler.
The Arizona sentinel., 1898-04-16

April Tie same reports show the highest and lowest temperatures, averaged for eight years, at the same place, as follows: For November 18}5 degrees onl i2 degrees, December 731z degrees and 36E degrees, January G511l degrees and P degrees, Feb- ruary 7l1a degrees and 35}s de rees, March SI5 degrees and 4 degrees and April s61s 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 d stranger to be without one at hand.
The Arizona sentinel., 1898-04-16
ACTUAL HUMIDITY.

This is extremely slight, everywhere in Arizona, as compared with any eastern climate in the United States. The air is driest on the high mcsas, remote from snowclad mountains or forests, and in the desert valleys, where no considerable irri- gation has been begun. Wherever irrga- ton 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 perceptibIe. 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 l17a to grains per cubic foot.
The Arizona sentinel., 1898-04-16
Ess.E -Es sy a G OE'
 XIyIs1A G0JJEG ' B The Soil, Climate, Rivers, and Many
 and Varied Offerings of FAIR A7lZ0NA'S BANNER COUNTY.
FAIR ARlZ0NA'S BANNER COUNT

Brief Statement Of Facts Setting Forth the Many Advantages and Inducements offered by c. Besidence
The Arizona sentinel., 1898-04-16

.S tsti.iiitS l'4c'CO eiHN i44''''S ~--'~- on feet to supply the life-giving waters of the yellow Colorado to the thirsty earth.
 RIVERS CF YUMA COUNTY.
 Tn regard to climate, healthiulness, fer ;ility and prcductivencss of soil, facilities .gr cultivation, irrigation and abundance of water supply, variety Of resources and cheap transportation by rail and by water, 20 part Of Arizona can surpass Yuma .oanty. which is destined to become one of richest and most prosperous counties in Arizonl.
 Itlies between 327 00' and 34' 20 north latitude and Il3o 20' and ll40 40' west longitude. It coutaIns (. .465, 320 acres. It Is about as large as the States of Rhode Island. Connecticut and Delaware com er New Hanpshire.
 Is.
 a.. t..-... ..r.... of Eana C5Uo-y
 ... Colorado river, which
 . California The
 ... ... north by Williams Fork -.ac:a wrer, whose -.- Bow i...t.- )r.57; on the east fr t.. ..r.... :. n "a, Mari-opa and Yayapai, and on the south by Sonora, Mexico. Its county seat is the town of Yuma.
 Yhe Colorado river drains the entire ter f;sarv Of Arizona, and every drop Of water which falls on is 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 tie melt ing snows cause a greater depth of walc in this rly-r III sumner than .u winter, thus furnish;ng the most water at the season when it .s most required for the purposes firiigation and agriculture.
 lt VII be seen that for the entire distance song it's nestcp boundary, Yuma County 6oss, ses the great advantage of cheap water transportation.
 whe Cila river rises Ill +he western part of New Mexico and is fcd by numerous streams, among the most prominent of a hich are the San Pedro, Agoa Fria, Has rayampa and Salt rivers. It flows west through Yuma Counsy and emptios into the Colorado at the town of Yuma.
 Yuma county. trav0sed Jy tLese great rivers from its northern to its southern, and from its eastern to its western bound. aries. possesses far greater water supply shan any o.ae, county n the Territory. and f.rm more taau can Be found ia Ill -a.i- fyrnia.
 Tlis watc. is now J,4g diverted from it. a5.ggal channels ly as-as oi la.~er.o- Sarge irli.ating canals. and utilized a.s tA4 gerpose of recl4iming aa3 irig't.uy tao immense tracts of lanas which lie in t..s Favored country ani aa..a ase a. sai.e e. auy ia tLe world
 The SoetHe.u Pacific Railroad crosses tAe Colorado ircrat the toau of GUua a.5 ,ras through tLe o.aHts. following ths .s.croI c9arse. and ataa average distance ar .l.at t9a- miles south et tha el.a ri'or, li..sg.ar all :Ac lcnas s3soeF.ih-e of iri- ....ea sad c..G atJn. on Gud an easy .a,et in ta:- way and can ne transported a.l tsa markets and ca9,a.s of population ia gaa East ol West
 Aeoaos -eaactf~s raiao-. .s projected ham San Diego. Ca2t.rn,a. to ,1c town es Yeais, ~.a ,aonee lI.as tae north side Yt the Gi.a l..,r w4as Ialao County wiIl save exceptional railroad advantages.
The Arizona sentinel., 1898-04-16

Showers, and indeed heavy rams are liable to occur iu 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 Iy the Government observations. is but Si. inches ner year.
The Arizona sentinel., 1898-04-16

EJ9UNE J. TEIFPEI,
 Register.
The leader., 1898-05-25
A Bad Wreck.

A collision of freight trans occurred
on the Louisville II Nashville .tw sea
Gallatin, Tenn, AMI FrduHlin, Ky.
Two engines and Is cars were demol-
ished, the wrecl<age piling up 30 feet.
a train dispatchers error caused the
wreck il is said
The leader., 1898-05-25
SAMPLE OF "DROP-IN" TRADE.
The Dealer In Corn Salve spells the
Real Estate Mans Proud
Boast.

Real estate dealers often console them
selves during these dull days by reminis-
ccnces of the periods of inactivity which
have gone before. A well-known Washing
ton street dealer while in a reminiscent
mood told the following:
The period of inactivity through which
we are now passing reminds me somewhat
of the days of 1873 when dealer who made
a sale was looked upon as marvel. l had
my office at that time on the second floor
of this building. On the main floor were
the offices of Reece, Pierce & Co. was in
the habit of stopping IN each morning and
greeting Col. Pierce, and usually the greet
ing became a morning visit. One day
| was complaining somewhat bitterly of the
dullness of the market, and the colonel re-
marked: Il tell you that you miss it by not
getting down on the ground floor. Now we
get great deal of drop-in trade, so to speak,
that never gets to you because OF the stairs.
door opened and in stepped man with a
valise. There, what did ! tell you, said the
co oneL Here's man who probably wants
to buy a lot and who never would climb up
to you. | was duly impressed with the truth
of the statement then, and we both became
silent as the newcomer avanced. As he
came up to us he bowed and smiled and then
blandly inquired: Can't | sell either of you
some corn salve to-day?
'The colonel was almost overcome. but he
managed to express a decided negative and
the visitor retreated When he had closed
the door behind him | burst out laughing
and exclaimed: Colonel, if that's the kind
of drop.in trade you get down here want
hone of it. Now, that man would never
trouble me because he could easily see that
any man who could frequently climb the
stairs of this building could not possibly
have corns.' | went upstairs to my office,
leaving the colonel speeches.. Chicago
(hropicle
The leader., 1898-05-25
HAS LITTLE EFFECT.
War Possibilities Do Not Prevent In
creased Activity In Most Lines
of business.


New York. May 2f.- II. @. Dun &
Co.'S weekly review OF trade SAYS:
"Growing accustomed to war POSSIBLE
tiles, which are mostly far from proba-
bilities of evil, and finding the nation
moving along steadily in its industries,
people are grasping the idea that il is
throwing away some months of active
and profitable life to wait until war
clouds have passed. Western prosperity
has so greatly overbalanced timidity of
eastern capital that actual business
done increases; railroad earnings
promise better for May than a month
ago for April, and payments through
clearing houses for the week in May
show a gain of &c per cent. over last
year and rs per cent over 1892. while n
month ago the increase over last year
was 1916, and compared with 1892 there
was decrease of 7.2 per cent. Several
large contracts kept back for some
weeks because OF hostilities have now
been placed, and. instead of works clos
ing or reducing force, returns show the
starting of some works long idle and in
crease of force or of hours at others.
Government work occupies many estab-
lishments, but ii counts for little COM
pared with other demands. The key of
the situation Is the prosperity of the
west. which altogether unprecedented
marketing of breadstuffs has caused,
with the prospect of good crops to
come. These prospects and actual re-
ceipts OF wheat, amounting to 5,s76,716
bushels for the week against 2.43o, 100
last year, with advances also in other
grain and cattle, have produced a de-
mand for rails, cars, car materials, fenc-
ing, agricultural implements, boots and
shoes and all textile goods, which was
not anticipated from eastern indica-
tions. Failures for the week have been
ESQ in the United States, against 2iS last
year, and 20 in Canada, and against 81
last wear"
The leader., 1898-05-25
DEATH IN THE STORM.
Wind, Hall and Rain Combine and
Cause Destruction in
Many states.

Chicago, May 10. - Storms of wind
hail and rain ravaged widespread sec
tons of the northwest Wednesday and
Wednesday night. In eastern Iowa cy-
clones brought death and disaster TO
scattered communities, and in Illinois,
Wisconsin and in southern Kansas cy-
clones and high winds leveled frame
buildings, killed some stock and dam
aged crops. Almost all the vast ter
ritory mentioned is rain soaked and
wind blown. The cyclones moved in the
usual narrow path of from so rods to so
feet in width, and swept for distance
of 20 miles or less.
Lincoln, Neb., May 1S.-A violent tor
nado devastated q wide district along
Republican river in south central Ne
braska early Tuesday evening. Short
ly afterwards the funnel form of tor
nado was seen eight miles southeast of
Franklin. 1t swept rapidly northward,
devastating the farms, groves and cat
tie ranches that lay in its path. The
forest growth along the Republican
river lies PROSTATE and tangled. The
tornado veered eastward from this
place. passing into the thickly settled
country of Thompson's Creek and Buff
falo township, where it is feared there
is loss of life and further loss of prop
erty.
Chicago, May 20. - Cyclones which
whirled over vast tracts in Iowa, Hi
nois and Wisconsin early Wednesday
evening killed, it is now reported about
10 persons. The names of all of them
could not be ascertained, as in every in
stance the damage was wrought in
farming or village districts, and tele-
phones and telegraph connection in the
afflicted sections has been broken. The
list of those injured will never be COM
plete, only a few of the more serious
cases being reported by name. A care
full estimate fixes the number injured
at about $50,
The leader., 1898-05-25
The Troops for Manila.

San Francisco, May 10. - Maj. Gen.
Otis, who arrived from Denver Tuesday
night, assumed charge of the organiza-
ton, QUILTING and the sailing of the
troops bound for Manila. A few altera-
tons in the City of Peking's arrange
ments, which have been decided upon,
will delay the departure of the vessel
until Saturday next. When ready for
sea the Picking will carry four four
pound Hotchkiss rapid-fire guns. two
being placed in her bow and two in her
stern. She is being prepared for 1000
of the enlisted men, 72 army officers,
eight navy officers and 112 sailors. The
latter. with their officers, are to man
the Spanish ships captured by Admiral
Dewey.