The Arizona sentinel., 1898-05-21

oioom Billions of gallons of that precious auid have annually gone to waste at Gumas -ery doors, but already a reaction IS taking place and many enterprises are -. l,o, so supply the life giving waters of sha yellow Colorado to the thirsty earth.
 RTEERS OF YUMA COUNTY.
 7nregard to climate, healthfulness, fer silitv and productiveness of soil, facilities for cultivation, irrigation and abundance of water supply, variety Of resources and cheap transportation by rail and by water, DO part of Arizona can surpass Yuma -e1uty. lioh is destined to become one of sloba- most prosperous counties in Arizona.
 1t lies Letween 32' O0' and 340 2O' north ]ad.u5a and ll3o 2O' and ll4' 4O> west Es1aitus It contains 6. ASS, ,32O acres. It is ah. i large as the States of Rhode IslanE. CcnnectIcut and Delaware com .. 1s5s large as either New Hampshire,
 -c.noia r Massachusetts.
 The estern boundary of Yuma County i= fom.ei by the Colorado river, which separates Arizona from California. The conn. is bounded on the north by Williams Fork the Santa Maria rlver. whose Ts5sr. do'. into the Colorado; on the east by the counties of Pima, Maricopa and Iavau7i and on the south by Sonora, Mexico. It's county seat is the town of Yum.
 Tae Colorado river drains the entire ter fs2ry of Arizona, and every drop ct water w.iah falls 5n its mountains and plains unds 1ay to this mighty river. It is t77me5 av tle union of the Green and Grand rivers, fed by the streams which rise in the Rocky Mountains, and the melt Hng SHOWS aausc a greater depth of water iu this lIv n summer than Tn winter. thus
 rni- az the most water at the season |
 .n it is most required for the purposes firigs,i0n nd agriculture.
 .t w'l be en that for the entire distance loug its ern boundary, Yuma County BOSS. ses the great advantage of cheap 7.ater nsportation.
 The Gia riv CT rises Ill the western part si New Mexico and is fed by numerous streams, among the most prominent of v Ajcb are 5ae San Pedro, Agua Fria, Has, say alapa and Salt rivers. It flows west through Yuma County and emptiea into the Colorado at the town of Yuma.
 Yuma county. traversed by these great rivers from its northern to its southern, and from its eastern to its western bound. aries, possesses a far greater water supply {: than any other county in the Territory, l and fa- more than can be found in all Cali fernia. This water is now being diverted from its i natural channels by means of numerous . large irrigating canals, and utilized for the l purpose of retaining and irriga ting the a immense tracts of lands which lie in this ' favored country, and which are as fertile { ss any in the world. The Southern Pacific Railroad crosses the | Colorado river at the town of Yuma and x runs through the county, following the O genorol course, and at an average distance r Of about four miles south, of the Giia river. b rendering all the lands susceptible of irri- | sation and cultivation, can lind an easy ii ,utlet in tLis way and can be transpo ted a all the markets and centers Of population " a the East or West.
 AnotLer competing railroad is projected o rom San Diego, California, to tie town L f Ypma, and thence along the north side IT f tue Gila river. Thus Yuma County will fo rye exceptional railroad advantages. sr
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