The Arizona sentinel., 1898-08-20

fluid have annually gone to waste at f uma's very doors, but already reaction is taking place and many enterprises are on foot to supply the life-giving waters ot she yellow Colorado to the thirsty earth
 RIVERS OF YUMA COUNTY.
 Tn regard to climate, healthiulness, fer 5lity and productiveness of soil, facilities for cultivation, irrigation and abundance Of Nater supply, variety Of resources and Sheap transportation by rail and by water, oo part of Arizona can surpass Yuma county. which is destined to become one ot richest and most prosperous counties In Arizona.
 It lies between 32o OO> and 34' 20' north latitude and lI30 20' and ll40 40' west longitude. It contains (, ASS, ,32O acres. It Is about as large as the States of Rhode Island, Connecticut and Delaware com bixed, or as large as either New Hampshire Vermont or Massachusetts.
 The western boundary of Yuma County is formed by the Colorado river, which senarates Arizona from California. The county is bounded on the north by Williams Fork and the Santa Maria nver, whose vS tiers flow into the Colorado; on the east bv the counties of Pima, Maricopa and Yavapai, and on the south by Sonora, Mexico. Its county seat is the town oi Yuma
 The Colorado river drains the entire ter ritorv of Arizona, and every drop ct water which falls on it's mountains and plains ands its way to this mighty river. 1t 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 5n this riy 1T Tn 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 be seen that for the entire distance ,sng its western boundary, Yuma County posst ses the great advantage Of cheal water transportation.
 The Gila river rises i'll the western par af New Mexico and is fed by numerous ,tream5, among the most prominent O which are the San Pedro, Acua Fria, Has aavampa and Salt rivers. 1t flows weS through Yuma County and empties into th' Colorado at the town of Yuma.
 Yuma ccunty, traversed by these grea -ivers from its northern to its southern and from Its eastern to its western bound eries, possesses a far greater water suppl, Shan any other county in the Territory and far more thyn can be found in all Cali fernia
 This water is now being diverted from 1t -,otnral channels hv means of numerou :arce ir.icatinr canals, and utilized for tn 7urrose of retaining and irigating tn immense tracts of lanes which lie in thi favored country, and which are as fcrti! p~any in the world.
 The Southern Pacific Railroad crosses tn cclorado riverat the tonu Of Yuma an -nns through the county, following th eenoroI course, and at an average distance If about four miles seut.l, of the Gila river -endo~ing all the lands susceptible Of irri saticn and cultivation, can ind an eas. Gntlet in this way and can be transpoltc' o.u the markets and csnters of population n thc East CT West.
 Another competing railroad is projecte .rom San Diego. California. to tie tow If Yrma. ard thence along tue north sid aftbe fla river. Thus Yuma County vii -save exceptional railroad advantages.
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