The Arizona sentinel., 1898-04-23
TIE VILLAGE or YUMA.

Although the town of Yuma is the secont
 eldest community in the Territory of Ari
 zona, it is astonishing how little its re-
 sources are known to the world at large, ana
 how slightly developed is the natural "oaltl
 Of the county. This is owing partly tt
 Numa's reputation for unbearable heat, and
 partly to the fact that, lying next to Cali.
 fornia, is has been assumed that the county
 has been thoroughly prospocted for mineral
 wealth, and prospectors 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 ot
 the settled communities of the east. owing to the dryness of the atmosphere, and there is no healthier climate 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, in this section of country, an authentic case of sunstrolle Our climate, taken iu time. never fails to cure pulmonary complaints of any description. Disease such as smallpox. cholera, etc, rarely visit us, and then only in very mild form, and aIe never fatal ex- cept through the pcrversity of patients. Contrary to the belief of the uniformed, tLe dry heat of the summer months is es- pecially conducive to good health and ex- ceptional vigor, acting naturally upon the human system with the sarlo effect as the artificial result of Turkish bath-purefv- ing and renovating it. As further matter of fact, this county has never been even superfeiaily suspected, and it 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, 4ePosits of gold only are being sought for; | the present result is little short of mar,
 .ous. In all sections of the county from -.a Sonora line to Williams Fork discoveries
 daily being made, and the greater the development the greater the wealth dis I.ayed. Wherever the prospector plants h.= foot, ledges of gold confront him OF are brought to light by the Investigating strokes Of his pick
 Portions of the country traverscd for years by commonly trayeled trails are devel- oping into rich storehouses of golden wealth. New and rich placers are constantly being discovered, and shipments Of placer gold from this point through Wells Fargo x Co.'S Express, are steadily increasing in value. From Q mining standpoint Yuma County is rapidly leading the Territory, and yet as far as that industry is concerned. this section has received but little rccoc- milton.
 AgficulJuIally the country is vastly i'm proving. Enterprises that have lain dor mant the last two years owing to the ren- eral financial depression and consequent do%rth of money for investment purposes. 1 are waking up to new life and vicor. Money 1 Is being attracted in this direction. and OR !. all sides can be distinguished chat indcfn- 1 able stir which is the precursor of an indus trial awakening. Even within these last two years of financial stringency and de- presslon there has been a steady if slow jp- l crease in agricultural development and ! wealth. A greater area Of old farms has been put under cultivation. and new Land, have been inclosed and new fields started A large section of Blaisden Heights has been planted to fruit trees; fields of cereals and alfalfa have been added to the cultivated area on the Colorado river below town; the lands lying under th. Mohawk and Farmers canals have been made to yield heavy crops oi every variety Of agricultural products, as in other sections of the Gila valley, and tha gardens of Yuma have been added to an6 beautited iii fruits, flowers and shCbhei1 to a more than appIeciable extent. Altogether we may feel proud of our progress during these last months of business depression and Encouragement. It speaks well for the in- 3u5try and pluck of our people, and the showing made constitutes the best evidence 1i the merits of our soil and climate and the richness Of our mineral resources. Nature la8 done everything for our county, and all -hat Is needed is touch of the wand of cap tai to have our hills and valleys spring into m active life of remuDerative industry that will last and endure forever.
 Some three years ago, through the energy 'f H. W. BlaisdelI, the Yuma Water and Light Company was incorporated, and by means of its large pumping plant, at the oot of Main street, the town is abundantly implied with water at reasonable rates, and here have grown into existence new and