The Arizona sentinel., 1898-08-13
RIVERS OF YUMA COUNTY.


 the yellow Colorado to the thirsty earth
 RIVERS OF YUMA COUNTY.
 Tn regard to climate, healthfulness, fer eility and productiveness Of soil, facilities for cultivation, irrigation and abundance ot water supply, variety of resources and cheap transportation by rail and by water, no part of Arizona can surpass Yuma county, which is destined to become one ot richest and most prosperous counties Tn Arizona.
 It lies between 32o OO' and 34' 20' north latitude and H3O 2O' and ll40 40, west longitude. It contains SASS, 320 acres. It ft about as large as the States Of Rhode Island, Connecticut and Delaware com bised, or as large as either New Hampshire, Vermont or Massachusetts.
 The western boundary of Yuma County is feruled by the Colorado river, which senarates Arizona from California. The county is bounded OF the north by Williams Perk and the Santa Maria rlver, whose waters flow into the Colorado; on the east 5y the counties of Pima, Maricopa and Yayspai. and on the south by Sonora, Mexico. It's county seat is the town ot Yuma.
 The Colorado river drains the entire ter ritory of Arizona, and every drop ot water which falls on its mountains and plains rfnds its way to this mighty river It IS formed by the union of the Green and Grand rivers, fed by the streams which rise ir the Rocky Mountains, and the melt ing snows cause a greater depth ot water in this riv.r Ill summer than Tn winter. thus furnishing the most water at the season when it is most required for the purposes firrigation and agriculture.
 1t will De seen that for the entire distance tong its western boundary, Yuma County sosst ses the great advantage of cheap water transportation.
 The Gila river rises III the western part of New Mexico and is fed by numerous streams, among the most prominent of @hich 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 ,fvers 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, 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 uurpose of retaining and irrigating the immense tracts of lands 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 of Yuma and Inns through the county, following the nencrol course, and at an average distance If aSout four miles south, of the Gila river, rendering all the lands susceptible of irri- cation and cultivation, can tfnd an easy sntlet in this way and can be transpol ted ssu the markets and centers of population s;f the East or West.
 Another competing railroad Is projected from San Diego, California, to tte town ef Yuma, aEd thence along the north side of the Giia river Thus Yuma County will aave exceptional railroad advantages.
 THECLlMATE OF YUMA.
 fine climate of Yuma for nine months of fhe year has no equal, as we believe. in the +orld, and during the remaining three .hn,ths of the year, comprising June. July