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The Arizona sentinel., 1898-04-09
ORDINANCE NO. 64,

Be It Ordainded by the Mayor snd Com. mon Council of the Village of Yuma. County Of Yuma, Territory of Arizona. as follows to witt V '' "hereas:-A certain block within the nlnIts ot said Village Of Yuma. was by said Mayor and Common Council on the 4tb day of September 1893, set aside and re. served from sale, for the purpose ofvilIaee public buildings.
 And Whereas:-Block Number One Hundred and Fourteen (114) in said Village. being the block so set aside and reserved as aforesaid, is desired for the erection of a public school building.
 Therefore Be It Ordained :-Secti0n That the Mayor of said Village be, and he hereby is, instructed 10 execute to the School Trustees of the Yuma Precinct 2 good and sufficient deed to the following property, situate in the said VilIage of Yuma, and partiruiarly described as follows, to witt
 All of block numbered One Hundred and Fourteen (ll4) as per the official Man and Survey Of said Village made by Theodore F. White.
 Section 2 That the deed authorized to be executed in Section hereof, be delivered by said Mayor into the hands of John B. Wright, to be by him held as an escrow.
 Section B. Ii at any time before the 1st. day of April 1898, it shall be determined by vote ofthet taxpayers ofsaid Yuma Precinct to erect school house upon the aforesaid block, and if thereafter and in pursuance of said vote, the said School Trustees erect 2 school house 10 cost not less than Six Thousand Dollars upon theaforesaid block. hen the said escrow is 10 deterlnire. and said deed shall thereafter be held by said Wright subject to the order of said school Trustees, Otherwise said deed is to be- come null and the property therein convey d is to revert to said Village.
 , Section 1. All Ordinances and parts of ordinances in conflict with this Ordinance gre hereby repealed
 Section 5. This Ordinance shall take fleet and be in force from and after ,ts passage and publication according to law.
 R. ; DUNCAN, Mayor. GEc \. DUKE. Recorder. (sFA11 Attest.
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beve. rs. I-rraasuts with Che l.fs.s -l.es have Iara t.st tais climate arf s7u ro- ever iraa-a.af Inc al.5u-..a and c-.l-g <, this st-gI alt-..e i-.sa.~,.o-.
 "}eaides the fruits already mentioned thc or ange lemon, lime, olive, fg, pomegranate, and others of the citrus family, can be grown suocess- fully h the valleys of Soutbcrn Arizona. Grange trees are now in bearing in the Salt River valley and at Yuma; while the banapas is also being cul- Ivated a, tue latter rlace. The Arizona orange i! quality and aevor will compare fayorably with the best California
 Tn the valleys of the Colorado, the Salt and the Gila rivers, there is room for thousands l. is not ieo much to say that nowhere within the limits Of this broad Union can be found more desirable fe-ion Tor the making of O home E0 Iaborous tle@FlhS or Che land Is required; it lies almost -e'cy Tor the iIoW. Trees and shru5hery have so !~pl! g growth that within eighteen months the
 HillSr&AC can surround his abode with attractions when would require years to rrora n less favored t-Inl.iea- Fruits ripen and are ready for market a in!i month b' fore the California product. The orlght sunshine makes life @ luxury and the pure -rJ atmosphere brings health to all who inhac It. TOT me establishment Of colonies such as we have mace or Southern California arden, Arizona presents unriraied opportunities Thousands of Scres, now pToiltess, can be made productive by the construction of irrigating dtcbes and there IS TO investment which assures larger er more permanent tyJrrs
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I9 IT 4 LAWLEss COUNTRY?

The man who goes to any considerable Arizona town with the idea of the South west derived from novels, or from 1.-The Arizona Kicker" will be greatly mvstifed. He will ind as many churches as in towns ot corresponding size iu Pennsvlvania 7r Ohio; and probably more schoolhouses. He will find plenty of liquor-shops. t9o. and gambling houses, and daucehouses. and vet he will see little disorder unless he hunts late at night for it, and be will be ant to hnd-as at Phoeuix-a community of ten thousand people requiring in the daytime oAi5 one policeman, and hardly rconiring him. During my winter there did not see single disturbance in the streets or haT dozen drunken men, all told. Min. lng 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 about his own business had as little trouble as on Board way or Chestnut street The Pima and Marlcopa Indians. who are encountered everywhere. have been friendly with the whites for generations, and there isn't an Apache within some hundreds of miles.
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SUMMONA,
IN TIE DISTRICT COURT OF THE THIRD Jy- o1cl"l Dls''loI Of the Territory of Arl5oua, ip and fer the County of Yuma
WILLIAM ?. BATES,
 Notary Public.

IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF. THE THIRD J,- d4clal District of the Territory of ArIzons. in and fer the County of Yuma
 A. ". Eaton, plaintiff, vs Olive 2. Eaton Action brought i1 the Distric. Co,,,t os ,bs Third % JugSl!-i D7'fiet oi the Ter. itory of AriZcna In and Ter fun--a County, and tba Cor,T,aJn. eis5 i, 5aio lum% County, ill the office ot tb t,ier Inf s.Is Dis;rlc; Court. WI VI 'e'N In the name of the Territory of Ar,zonz 10 OiiVe-L. Eaton, defendant rreetin@ You are hereby summoned and re,u,,a.s ,o an pear h an action brought against YOU Uy the above hamed plaintiff in the District Cour. of tb. Thiya Judic-a- District Of the Territory of Arizona ip ana Tor una County, and answer the ComnlaIut lhoieln Ilea With the Clerk of this said Court as lum@ m said County, within ten days after the service upon you of this Summons if served In hi. sad Coun'y' or if served out of 4bis said County and within this said Judicial District then within twenty days thereafter, or in all other cases within 'h.rty oays thereafter, the times above mentioned oens exclusive of the day of service or judgment by default will be taken acaius. vor
 Given under my hand and the seal of the pi,,rtc.
 Court Of the Third Judicial District CT tho Territory Of Arizona. in and
 TOT iuma Couaty this 2Srd day of
 Get, A. D. 1897.
 C. r. BRUtEY
 Clerk Of said District Court
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There is no section Of the United States. or probably of the earth, more rich in min eral wealth than tao County of Yuma, An tLe country north, east end south of Yuma lies directly within the main gold belt that commences in Alaska and ends in Mexico. From the San Bornardiuo mountains in California 5o the Sonora boundary line the mountains and hills are exceptionally rich in the precious metal, as though demonstrating tbe theory often advanced that the richest god mines gre found bordering the beds of
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Awhite man first set foot oa what is now Ynma County in l77l. It IS the southwest division of the Territory, and cae of the four original counties of 5he Ter -itory. Many great reclamation projects are however on foot, and in a few years ex- psoS to See Yuma County rated as the richest in the Territory.
 The first glimpse the traveller from Cali sornia catches Of Arizona is flat of the picturesque town of Yuma, which is snugiy 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,
 I is bound to grow and prosper with rapidity that at present can hardly be re- slizea. But coupled with her geographi- csI position we find that she is the center 5f a country whose agricultural possiLili- ties are practically unlimited, being sur rounded by soil the fertility of which exceeds that of the delta of the Nile, and wanting oaly water to become a paradise CT bIoom. Billions of gallons Of that precious guid have annually gone to waste at Yuma's very doors, but already a reaction Is taking place aad many enterprises are on foot to supply the hle-giving waters of she yellow Colorado to the thirsty earth.
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Notice of Forfeiture,
Yuma. Arizona, Jan. g. 1898.


 To William Bigger, his heirs or assigns: 1ou are hereby notified that I. the under signed, have during the year 1897 expended one hundred dollars in labor upon the '6kyligbt'' mining claim, situated in Mo haWk mining district, Yuma county, A. T., iocatlo notice of which is of record in DOCK ',G of mines, page 386, in the re- C0rCer office, sad county and Territory al"fesald, Tn order to hold said claim under me provisions of Sec. 2324, Revised Statu- teS oI Arizona, and the amendments there iQ' concerning annual labor upon mining cLaiIhS; DeIng the amount required by law 70 ho!d said claims for the year ending Dfce@ber 3l 1897, and if within ninety dayS alter the publication of this instru- HAeht you fail or refuse to contribute your proportion ot such expenditure as co-oWner your interest in sad claim will become the property oi the subscriber, wLo has caused 10 De performed the annual assessment labor for the year 1897.
 ROSS JORDAN. Subscribed and sworn to before me this z-hd day ot JaHuary, 4. D.. 1893.
 C. I. GROWN, My commission expires Jan. B, 1900. First publication Jan. 29, 1893.
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RIVERS OF YUMA COUNTY.

Tn regard to climate, healthfulness, fer sility and productiVeness Of soil, facilities sor cultivation, irrigation and abundance of water supply, variety Of resources and cheap transportation by rail and by water, 10 part of Arizona can surpass Yuma county, which is destined to become one of richest and most prosperous counties in Arizona.
 It lies between 320 00' and 34' 2O' north latitude and llS0 2O' and II40 40' west longitude. It contains 6, ,488. 320 acres. Il is about as large as the States of Rhode Island, Connecticut and Delaware com biAed, or as large as either New Hampshire, Vermont or Massachusetts.
 9he western boundary of Yuma County
 formed by the Colorado river, which z-Dar.tes Arizona from California. The -.anty is bounded on the north by Williams 7grE and the Santa Maria river, whose e, ters flow into the Colorado; on the east av the counties of Pima, Maricopa and yavapai, and on the south by Sonora, Mexico. Its county seat is the town of Yuma.
 The Colorado river drains the entire ter sito7y Of Arizona, and every drop Ct water which falls on its mountains and plains inds 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 in this riyer In summer than n winter thus 1 furnishing the most water at the season 1 when it IS most required for the purposes firrigation and agriculture.
 1t will be seen that for the entire distance -fong its western boundary, Yuma County posse ses the great advantage of cheap water transportation.
 The GiIa river rises III 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, traversed by these great rivers from its northern to it's southern, and from its eastern to it's western bound. aries, possesses a far greater water supply i. than any other county in the Territory. and far more than can be found in all Cali fernia.
 This water is now being diverted from its natural channels by means of numerous large irrigating canals, and utilized for the purpose of reclaiming and irrig"ting the immense tracts of lanGs which lie in this favored country, and which are as fertile as any in the world.
 The Southern Pacific Railroad crosses the Colorado river at the town oi Yuma ard runs through the county, following the senerol course, and at an average distance l of about four miles south. of the Gila river, ! rendering all the lands susceptible of irri- { aae;ca and cui,i7ati1n, can find an easy i oatlet in th.s wsy and can be transported a 0 all the markets and centers of population , in the East CT West.
 AnotLer competing railroad is projected ( from San Diego. California, to tie town ! ef Yrma, aaa thence along the north side I of the Gila river Taus Yuma County will f raye exceptiona. railroad advantages. 8
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TRECLIMATE OF YUMA.

TLo climate oi Ynma tor nine months of :Ae year has nc equal, as we believe, in the world, and lunng the remaining three rlonths-of the year, comprising June, July and August, the heat is rot oppressive. s,on though the thermometer in mi3-rum. aler may a2 times rise above I0o', and oc- easioDally c'en reach N0', yet, owing to She absence of moisture in the air, its not oppressive. The atmosphere is pure, light znt balmv. When the mercury marks ,he aigrest cxtre'1e Of heat, l person does not 3sel that oppression or debility which is ss ia tLa Eastern States wa>n tLe ner
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!. r. DON.
 R. fl. CHANDLER
STATE OF CATdr0RNIs,

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 COUNTY or Los ANGELES. Ss.
 On this 20ih day of November in +bo ,,o.,,r. one thousand, eIsht hundred and ninety. seven, before me, '. |. Newiin, County Clerk and ex-oftiCiO Clerk Of the Srneri[.r CauTt Ill and for said County, personally appeared b. C. Bower and |. E. D0a1. known 10 me 10 be the persons whose names are subscribed to the within iustr11- hIeht, and acknowledged to me that thev executed the same.
 And 1 do hereby certify that the arnevad instrument IS executed and ackn0wIedoad ln accordance with the laws of the State of California '''0 0i
 In witness whereof 1 have bereun+o eat my hand and affixed the seal Of said C'o,1rf the day and year i'll this certificate first "oo'e written T. k. NEWLIS.
 County Clerk and ex-oticio Clerk lSzAL) of said Superior Court. TERRITORY OF ARIZONA
 County of Yuma. sS
 On the 24th day of November. A D otIi IoJI; oeiofe me. J. II. Carpenter, a notary puohc Tn and for said county and Territoryy personally appeared R. Ii. Chandler. the person described in and who signed the Ioie6olilg Instrument, who acku0wIedred .o ne that he executed the same for the R.ul pose and consideration therein men In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my official seal the uay and year il this certificate first sb0ve "i1''ei' J. II. CARPENTER,
 N1r ol-. Notary Public.
 -i< COMMISSION expires Nov. 2, 1898
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VALLEYS OF THE COLORADO AND
 GILA.

h the valleys of the Coi.rado and the Gila rivers there is room fol thousands. Ii
 is not too much to say that nowhere within
 the limits of this broad Unio2 can be found a more desirable region for the making of q home. No iaborious clearing of the land is required; it lies almost ready for the blow. Trees and sErubhery have so rapid growth that within eighteen months the immiqrant can surround. his abode with. attractions which would require years to mature in less favored climates. Fruits ripen and are ready for market a full month before the California products. The bright sunshine makes life luxury, and the pure dry atnos- phere brings health to all who inhale it. For the establishment of coloaies, such as are made in southern California, Arizona pre- sents unrivaled opportuaities. Thousands or acres now prohtless can be made prodpc- tive by the coa-tgqction of jrricatiag ditches, and there ia uo investment which assures larger or more permanent returns,
 The statement in this article on Yuma county-are not exaggerated, in fact shev fall short Of doing justice in this wonderful bit Of country. Pineapples, dates, almonds and wal0uts will do vel Strawberries, rasD- berries, blach5orries, entrants, gooseberries, and al varieties of small fruits can be sue cessfally cultivated. Indeed, Yuma County is not only the natural home of the citrus and semi5gopicai fruits, as almost every fruit, nut, plant, grain, grass, or vegetable which ca., Je produced in either tropic Of temperate zones will thrive in the rich and fertile soils.
 With the bright prospects ahead of the town of Yuma aud Yuma County there can be no better investment for capital seeking large and reaumerative returns than is af- forded here. With a matchless climate, where aL forms of disease known to the damp and rigorous regions of the east and north are unknown, where the bright sun- shine kisses into bloom and fragrance every form of vegetation, and where the clear days md cool and balmy nights are one Iong-con- timed poem Of happiness and delight, we ;an offer to capitalists aa ideal field for in yestment and to home seekers Q veritable paradise in which to settle.
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cury is ranging from SO' to 90o. The air is 50 dry that precipitation is absorbed as soon as it reaches the surface of the body, and at no tune in the summer does the heat produce any discomfort.
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l.I
Its Attractions and Advantages as a
 Place o2 Residence in Winter.


 Whiselaw Reid. owner a1d editor of the New York GriJuHc, who has spent the last two winters ia Ar.zona for the benefit of his health, writes cntertainingly and in atructiveiy concerning that part of the country. Gr. Reid says:
 So many questions are asked about Ari- zona as 9 rlace for winter residence. and there appears to be such a deartb of pre- else information among many who are vitaIiy interested, that it seems almost a public duty, to set down, in the simplest form, ls" facts of personal observation.
 WEATHER,
 During 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 tLe day. Of course there were good many days which weather observer would de- scribe as "cloudy," and some that were 'shoYery; but during these five months ttrom No' emoer. 1895, to May, I89G,) 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 Iaud of sunshine. As to details:
 TEHPERATURE.
 l have seen the thermometer mark 92 degrees io 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 for fourteen years at the pres sns territorial capital of 57I degrees in November, 53 degrees in December. 49 de- 5roea in January, 54 degrees in February. T degrees in March and 68 degrees in .
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Don't go to the Klondike-you don't have to. Stop at Iaeger's and get q big beer cool and refreshing.
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ACTUAL HUMIDITY.

This is extremely slight, everywhere in Arizona, as compared with any eastern climate in the United States. The air is dneSt on the high mesas, remote from snowclad mountains or forests, and in the desert valleys, where no considerable irri- gatlon has been begun. Wherever irrga- 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 Greely, in a pub lication from the Weather Bureau. gave the normal weight of aqueous vapor in the Arizona air at from l1a to 1 grains per cubic foot.
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ARIZONA.

Arizona stands at the threshold of an era of wonderful social and industrial de- velopment There can't be doubt about the fact. The dawn for which she has waited so long is breaking at last. There is every promise of day of great pros perity and permanent upbuiIding just be- fore her. The impulse of a new and ener- gizing hope is visible everywhere among her people. while the cumulative effect of many things, which made but small inn pression as they transpired singly, is now commanding for her fall share of atten- tion and interest abroad among home seekers and capitalists.
 1 lively competition has sprung up for the possession of things which have hereto fore gone a-begging for ownership. There IS q scramble for franchises. Nothing more surely indicates 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 energi2iug hope has thrilled the droop- ing spirits of the people to greater aud braver endeavor than before.
 For the last twelve years the subsistence of the great Tombstone boom and the com pletion of two transcontinental lines of railroad across her territorj -Arizona has rather dropped out of public attention, but in that time she has been quietly &C., cumGlating 6 fund of substantial wealth and 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 Q mistake Of great importance fro,A the moral point of view. There IS but one considerable center of Mexican population ln the territory, the city of Tucson, and even there 1t is not by any means at pres ent the predominaLing element It think It lS certain that arizona has not to-day nearly so large a Mexican population as Colorado and net above One-tenth as much 2s New Mexico. -" itz- Mac,' in Denver News
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exti.c5 oceans. Iae great Colorado 6essrt WIS onoe al inland sea, cut of centuries and perhaps ages ago from the main ocean, leav- ing its waters to evaporate in this intense heat. Throus bout all thf country border ing the desert, including this lection, rich mines are being constantly discovered, and some of recent location are already produc- ing immense PrcGts. n the neighborhood of Ynu.2, claims exceedingly rich on the surface are daily being located, and al signs portead a great mining boom for this county which will culntinate as ea,ly as the coming fall in an inroa3 Of much capital Experts are arriving every week and mines arc 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 proapectors is to go long dis tance eff into strange lands rather than to seek for mines in Q county as old as Yuma County and 50 accessible. The greater the distance, the hardship, and the danger, the greater the fascination for the prospector. Distance seems, indeed, to lend enchant- melt to the view.
 So it is that this county is almost Q virgin field for the mine hunter and now with the few hundreds searching ln its mountains its mineral secrets are still in effect secrets, for thousands upon thousands might be wander ing through the rock-rib6ed businesses of our mountain ranges and their presence be alm9st unknown, so vast is the extent of country
 Recent rich discoveries of gold deposits, particularly in lodges, have given a 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)-sca-rp mil running night and dav. and the production of gold averages S75, coo per month. This mine is situated about 90 miles southwest Of the village of Yuma.
 Rich gold discoveries have also been made in Castle Dome, Harqua Hala, Centennial. Pa-o-nas, Pot Holes, and other miring dis tricts, and, although the mining CT look in the county vas never better, still ..o .ost ot the silver and lead mines are idle, owina to the low value Of these metals.