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The Arizona sentinel., 1898-10-08
MINES.

There Is no section of the United States,
 or probably Of the earth, more rich in min eraI wealth than the County cf Yuma. All the country north, east and south Of Yuma lies 5irectly within the main gold belt that connppccs in Alaska and ends Ill Mexico.
 Ero,r- the San B"rnardino mountains III ........ .ete. s5nr.a boundary hne the r.ass.a.-. ... hills s.- ceptlonally iich III ..-. .-..... ..... .s ign demonstrating
 ..-. that the richest
The Arizona sentinel., 1898-10-08
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION,
HoHEsTEAD ENTRY No. 1858.

Os
 Land 0fice at Tucson, Arizona,
 December g, 1887. Notice is hereby given that the following named settler has filed notice of bis inten- ton to make final proof m support sf hi. claim, and that said proof will be made before the Clerk of the District Court st Yuma, Arizona, on January g, 1892, viz :: Carlos Ramirez, of Yuma, Yuma county Arizona, for the sex sec. g, T. 10 B., R. A w., G. < s. R. M.
 He names the following witnesses to prove his continuous residence upon and cultivation of, said land, viz. Charles Nolan, Patricio Gonzales, George A. Duke and Custodio Ramirez, all of Yuma, Yuma County, Arizona.
 EUGENE J. TsIPPZL, Register.
The Arizona sentinel., 1898-10-08
ARIZONA.
Its Attractions and Advantages as 8
 Place of Residence In Winter.

Whitelaw Reid. owner and editor of the New York Tribune, who has spent the last two winters in Arizona for the benefit of his health, writes entertainingly and in structively concerning that part of the country. Mr. Reid says:
 So many questions are asksd about Ari- zona as piace for winter residence, and there appears to be such dearth of pre- else information among many who are yitaIly interested, that it seems almost public duty, to set down, in the simplest form, few facts Of personal observation.
 WEATHER.
 During a 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 the day. Of course there were a good many days which a weather observer would de- scribe as cloudy" and some that were "showery; but during these Eve months AtIO' 'ChibCAS AOOOB " n1oSJ AOCOg. 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 iauo of sunshipe. AS to details:
 TEMPERATURE.
 have seen the thermometer mark g. ] degrees in the shade on my north piazza il March. On the other hand, we had frost which killed young orange trees, and there were several nights when thin ice formed The government reports show mean temperature for fourteen years at the pres ent territorial capital of 57a degrees il November, 53 degrees in December, 49 dc groes in January, 54 degrees in February
The Arizona sentinel., 1898-10-08
WHY IMMIGRANTS SHOULD conx TO YUMA

WHY IMMIGRANTS SHOULD CONE TO YUMA
 COUNTY
 Because the climate is perfect.
 Because the soil is fertile and prolific. Because land is abundant and cheap. Because home can be made with little labor.
 Because 50 great variety of products can be grown.
 Because the yield is large and the prices always remunerative.
 Because life is luxury in a land where the sun shines every day.
 Because th,re are chances for poor man which he can never hope to find in older countries.
 Because the country is advancing and property values are increasing.
 Because, unlike Southern California it does not require small fortune to secure q piece of land.
 Because capital does not block all the av- enues to wealth, TOT crowd the poor man to the wall.
 Because Uncle Sam has yet many farms in Yuma county waiting for occupants.
 Because churches, schools, newspapers and railroads are fast developing the moral and material clements of the Territory.
 Because good land is becoming scarce, and if you don't catch on now, your last chance will soon be gone,
 Because the country is one of the few regions of the Uuited States that yields the products of the temperate and semi-tropic zones. | Because the worker receives a fair com pensation for his labor, and the hustler has a field for the display of his energy and en- terprise. Because there are neither blizzards or tornadoes, earthquakes nor inuudat;ons snow-stOrms nor cyclones.
 Because the vast and varied resources of the country are yet to be developed.
 Because the wealth fiss mines. it's farm. ing valleys, and grazing lands, will yet build up great and prosperous county.
 Because man can make livelihood her. with less labor than in any ether part of the United States.
 Because there is health in every breeze and strength and vigOr under it's sIoad,es, skies.
 Because the settler need not spend a life time in felling trees and grubbing eut stamps.
 Because vegetation is so rapid that in tw, vea's Che home IS surrounded bv a growtr
The Arizona sentinel., 1898-10-08

cury is ranging from 80' to 9O'' The ar IS so dry that precipitation is absorbed as soon
 as if reaches the surface of the body, and
 at no time in the summer does the heat produce any discomfort.
The Arizona sentinel., 1898-10-08

white nan first set foot on what IS now Ynma County in TIT. It IS the s,,tbvgst division of tle Territory, and a.s of the four original counties Of She Ter ritory. Many great reclamation projects are however on foot, and in a few years ex- ract to see Yuma County rated as the richest in the Territory.
 The first glimpse the traveller from Cali fornia catches cf Arizona is that ot the ,icturesuue town of Yuma, which IS snugiy s;.astea in the embrace of gentle rolling hills mon whose crests and sides the modern homes of our superior civilization are crowdiug the adobe dwellings into eternal oblivion. Yuma is the gateway to Arizona, sre new empire of the West, upon whose undeyeloped riches the eyes Of the country are at present turned, and ss such' .. is bound to grow and prosper with a tapidity that at present can hardly De re- slized. But coupled with her geographl- cal position we find that she is the center of country whose agricultural possiOiii- fies are practically unlimited, being sur rounded by a soil the fertility Of which exceeds that of the delta of the Nile, and vantinc only water to become paradise of bloom. Billions Of gallons of that precious auid have annually gone to waste at Yuma's very doors, but already reaction is taking place and many enterprises are
 
 6R loot to supply the life-giving waters or che yellow Colorado to the thirsty earth.
The Arizona sentinel., 1898-10-08
kRI IONA.

Arizona stands et the threshold of an era of srsudsrfnl soc al and industr.ai de- veIouneat. There ant be a doubt about the fac The dawn for which she has
 -1 80 long is liking at last. There is avery promise of day of great pros- Dsgfte end per.nansat upbuilding just be- lore her The impulse of a new and ener- s,,zfrg hone Is visible everywhere among her 7earle while tho cumulative effect ot many things. which made but small im- urassion as they anspired siugly, Is now commanding for her full share of atten- sor and interest broad among home seekers and capitalists.
 4 lively competition has sprung up toi s',e possession of thin gs which have hereto fore gone begging for ownership. There .s s scramble for frsn hises. Nothing more sersly indicates a great industrial awaken ing than this. The rates of interest are falling 70 moderate 6gures. Nothing more surels indicates couddence and competition ' among the money lend, rs than this. ] Arizona has reaohed that climacticel period which every restern state has ex 1 perfseced sor n its history when , after I8rra aaL weary struggle and doubt . with each sid f the balance first up ane +aen sarn. he olouds of despondenc!
 have su5denl. rolled away, and sunburs
 of ersrElzluz nope has thrilled the droop ing spig5as of thg psople to greater ant braver sadeav1 shan before.
 : For the las, svg,ve years the subsistence ! of the graat Tombstone boom and the com rlet:ou os .w1 sr8uscontinental lines c railroad across her territory-Arizona ha rsttsr dropped out of public attention but ir that time she nas been quietly ac
 ourauIatl7g fund of substantial wealtl
 and Q fo1ce of moral character whicl
 qualify her now to rjse up and take he
 destiny ia her own hHnds.
 The population of Arizona IS Mexican Laisig mistake of great importance frof
 the mora point oi view. There is but on considerable center Of Mexican population
 n the territory, the city of Tucson, an' : even th5rs it is not by any means at pres
 eut he predcmsuGtiug element. 1t thin . i- is cart-in that kcigona has not to-da nearly C large 8 Lexican population a Colorado nd not above one-tenth as muc as Now Mexico. ~s Fitz- Mac," In Denve kar--
The Arizona sentinel., 1898-10-08
RESOURCES QF
 YUMA COLIN H1AX |, The Soil, Climate, Rivers, and Many
 and Varied Offerings of FAIR ARIZONA'S BANNER COUNTY.

Brief Facts Setting the Many Advantages " Inducements Place Of Residence
The Arizona sentinel., 1898-10-08

A,rl The same reports show the highest and lowest temperatures, averaged TOT eieb- ve-rs. at the anne place, as follows: For Noyrm5 Der 7S1z degrees and 42 degrees December 7SZ degrees and 36H degrees January s51s degrees and g degrees Fe0' mar. ~lL degrees and 35H de reeS, March SlI5 degrees and Al degrees ana April 80 z degrees and 46 degrees. ne uirrts ti roughout ne winter are apt to oe cool enc gh for open wood tres' ana ioi blankets Half the time an overco@' iS not aqeas6 during he day, but 1t IS never prudent tor stranger to be without one at hand
 AIR:
 The 7osphero IS singularly clear, tOnl' and jrr ] have never seen 1t clearer s1,vw be-e in the world. It seems to nave about t.e same oraoing and exhilaratlnt qualities as the air of the Great Sahara II Northern Africa, or of the deserts a0ou RTorn5 Sinai. iu Arabia Petraea. 1t much drie~ thar ID he parts ot Morocco alr;erg or TuBis usually visited, and drle than any uart of the Valley of the Nil north of the First Cataract. 1t seems u me ahout the same n quality as the elr o' the Nile between Assouan ana "ady 4alfa. but somewhat cooler.
The Arizona sentinel., 1898-10-08
VALLEYS OF THE COLORADO AND
 CHA.

h the valleys of the Colorado and the Gila rivers there is rocm for thousands. 1t is not too much to say that nowhere within the limits of this broad Union can be found more desirable region for the making of | home. No laberious clearing of the land is req aired; it lies almost ready for the blow Trees and shrubbery have so rapid growth 1 that within eighteen months the immig -ant which would require years to mature in less favored climates. Fruits Tipen and are ready for market full month before the California products. The bright sunshine makes life luxury, and the pure dry atmos- phere brings health to all who inhale it. For the establishment of colonies, such as are
 made in southern California, Arizona pre- sents unrivaled opportunities. Thousands
 of acres now profitless can be made produc'
 tive by the construction of irrigatiug ditches,
 and there is no investment which assures
 larger or more permanent returns,
 The statement ill this article on Yuma county are not exaggerated; in fact they fall
 short of doing justice in this wonderful bit
 of country. Pineapples, dates, almonds ana
 waluuts will do well. Strawberries, rasp-
 berries, blackberries, entrants, gooseberries and all varieties of small fruits can be sue cessfully cultivated. Indeed, Yuma County is not only the natural home of the citrus and semitropical fruits, as almost every fruit, nut, plant grain, grass, or vegetable which can be produced in either tropic o temperate zones will thrive in the rich ant fertile soils.
 With the bright prospects ahead of tho
 town of Yuma and Yuma County there car
 be nc better investment for capital seeKinG
 large and renumerative returns than IS ali forded here. With a matchleSs climate where all forms of disease known to th' , damp and rigorous regions of the east anC north are unknown, where the bright sun shine kisses into bloom and fragrance every
 form of vegetation, and where the clear day and cool and balmy nights are one long-con tinued poem of happiness and delight, w
 can offer to capitalists an ideal field for m
 vestment and to home seekers verltabi' ' paradise in which to settle.
The Arizona sentinel., 1898-10-08
ACTUAL HUMIDITY.

This is extren ely slight, everywhere in Arizona, as compared with any eastern climate in the United States. The air is driest on the high mesas, remote from snow clad mountains or forests, and in the desert valleys, where no considerable irri- gation has been begun. Wherever irr1ga- 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 Greedy, in 8 pub. lication from the Weather Bureau, gave I the normal weight of aqueous vnpor in the Arizona air at from # to grains pel cubic foot.
The Arizona sentinel., 1898-10-08
THE CLIMATE OF YUMA.

,rr,e climate Of Yuma for nine months of s,,s gear has no equal, as we believe, in the ..o,Id and during the remaining three z,outbs of the year. comprising June, July and August, the heat is not oppressive. Even though the thermometer ia mid-sum- Ser may a, times rise above i0o',- a1d oc- -asiopal!y c, en reach lle', yet, owing to 4ao absence of moisture in the air, II is ~"t ,,o,essive. The atmosphere is pnre, as'' and balmr. tThen tte mercury n'ari -7. 6;qhest extre~le Of heat, a person doo o.
 .1,,.4 ,,,,rossion or dahi'itv wrl.. .
The Arizona sentinel., 1898-10-08

ex sin6t oceans. The great Colorado GeselC was once an inland sea, cut of centuries and nerhaps ages ago from the main ocean, leav- ;nr it's waters t6 evaporate in this intense heat. Throughout all the country border ing the desert, including this section, iich mines are being constantly discovered, and some of recent location are already produc- ing immense profits. In the neighborhood of Yuma, claims exceedingly rich on the surface are daily being located, and all signs portend great mining boom for this county which will culminate as early as the coming fail in an inroad Of much capital. Experts are arriving every week and mines are being honded at more than heavy prices. 1t seems wonderful to believe that all this nn- eral wealth has been lying at our very doors for so many years without taker, but the ! tendency of prospectors is to go long dls- tance of into strange lands rather than to seek for mines in county as old as Yuma ! County and SO accessible. The greater the distance, the hardship, and the danger the
 preater the fascination for the prosPector Distance seems, indeed, to lend enchant- Iment to the view.
 So it is that this county IS almost virgin field for the mine hunter, and now with the few hundreds searching in it's mountains its
 mineral secrets are still in effect secrets, for thousands upon thousands might be wander
 ing through the rock-ribbed fastnesses o'
 our mountain ranges and their presence be
 almost unknown, so vast is the extent O!
 country
 Recent rich discoveries of gold deposits
 particularly in lodges, have gwen a great
 impetus to mining throughout the county.
 New locations are.being constantly made
 and all show well upon the surface. The Ls
 Fortuna mine, recently put in operation has 2)-stamp mill running night and day and the production of gold averages $75,OOt per month. This mine is situated about 8 miles southwest of the village of Yuma. Rich gold discoveries have also been made in Castle Dome, Harqua Hala. Centennial Palomas, Pot Holes, and other mining dis
 tricts, and, although the mining OF lCok il , the county was never better, still ,.iost 0 the silver and lead mines are idle, owin! to the low value of these metals,
The Arizona sentinel., 1898-10-08

Don't go 10 the Klondike-you don't have to. Stop at Iaeger's and get a big beer; cool and refreshing.
The Arizona sentinel., 1898-10-08
IS ITAPLACE FIT TO LIVE IN?

This depends on what one expects in B huge, parsely settled Territory of mount aims and deserts The man who looks for either the beauty or the seductive excite ment of Monte Carlo will not ind it. As little will he find the historic remains or the cosmopolitan attractions of Egypt; nor could he reasonable expect the amusements and luxuries of our own Eastern cities. The people of Arizona are still chiefly busy in the pioneer work of subduing 1t to the residence and uses of civilized man. But it has two transcoutinental lines Of railw ay with numerous feeders; it has fast mails, and rival telegraph llnes, and is throbbing with the intense life of the splendid West.
 The two principal towns in the south ern portion, chiefly sought for their climatic advantages, are Phoenix and Tucson. Each of them has ten thousand inhabitants or more. They have the electric light, tele- 1 phoneg, trolley cars, plenty of hotels, banks, bookstores, good schools, churches du OCCGSlOudI ROA LOA SN~AAS times lecture or circus, often hors' race, and, in the spring. a thoroughly curious and interesting "Gesta." For th' cest, people must take their amusement with them. Good horses are abundant and cheap. and there are plenty of cow boys-the genuine article-to show wha horses can do. The driving for fifteen O twenty miles in almost any direction iron Phoenix, is nearly always easy. The road are apt to be dusty; but there IS one well sprinkled drive of six or eight miles; ant since the winds are quite regular in thei direction, it is rarely difficult to choose { route or which the dust will be largely carried away from you. The unbroker desert itself is often as easy to drive owe as an Eastern highway, and the who'll valley is paradise for bicyclers, or eques trians.
The Arizona sentinel., 1898-10-08

Showers, and indeed heavy rains are liable to occur in every month of the year; but the actual number of rains seems to an eastern visitor strangely small. The average rainfall in Southern Arizona, as shown by the Government observations, is but 811s inches per year.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-06-22
Arrangement Of
Trains
In effect Oct. 4, 8 =

l.5o 4. NJ; Waterville. rs A. M: Ban
gor. 700 A. M: Arrive Lagrange. s.15 A.
iron Works $40 4. M; Norcross, s:47 A.
M; Sherman, 1850 A. M. Island Falls.
n.2o A. NJ; Smyrna Mills. II; SIS A: NJ; Ma
sardis, 10 p. NJ: Ashland. LBS r. NJ;
r. NJ: Fort Fairfield. 230 P. M: Dover
and Foxcroft, 9.15 A. M; Guiiford, $40 A.
NJ; Monson. 1918 A. M; GreenVille. n.oo
LEAVE Portland. 1l.2o A. M; Augusta.
LIS P. NJ; Waterville, 1.55 +. M; Bangor.
'.45 2. NJ; Arrive Brownville. 5.25 p. M;
island Falls, lis P. NJ: Houiton, $40 P.
NJ; Littleton, 9.01 ?. NJ; Bridgewater,
9.34 p. M; Pressure Isle. 1922 P. NJ; Car
ibou, 1880 P. M; Fort Fairfield. 1910 p.
LEAVE Bangor, AIS P. NJ
ARRIVE Dover and Foxcroft. $40 p.
M: Gu III 7o5 p Nj; Mon rs 7, Juno
Leave Greenville, IS -. 81: Monson
Junction, e.25 A. NJ. Gulforfi. 6.t2 A. M:
Dover and Foxcroft, 700 a. M: Brown
Vile. 7.15 A. M: Lagrange. 7;S7 A. M.
ARRIVE Bangor. 9.15 A. M.
l6ou, 5.45 A. NJ; Presque Isle, 615 A. M;
Houlton, 755 a; NJ; Ashland. $40 A. NJ;
Maaard 1si. 1S k A. M smyrna Mills Shns s
9l3 A. M; Norcross, 1913 A. NJ: Brown
vile. l1.07 A NJ: Arrive Bangor, 1915 p.
M; Waterville, PAT P. NJ; Aug; sta. $50
2. NJ; Portland, 545 =. NJ.
LEAVE .iribou, 1l.O5 A. ~; Prasaue
ISLE 11.3o n. M; Fort Fairfield. LILO A.
NJ; Bridgewater 1926 r. M; Houito /, 10
P. NJ; Island Falls, Els P. NJ: sihe man.
242 p. NJ; JSorcross, 3.45 p. NJ, Crown
Vile AS P. NJ; Lagrange. g.. =. M:
Greenville, 2.40 P. M; Monsoon, Is P. M:
Guilford, 3.57 P. M: Dover nj Fox
croft, AS z. NJ; Sebec, AS : e Ar
rive Ranger GRE ii q on
P. NJ; Augusta, 1850 p. M; POI To nv 1.40
A NJ.
GEO. NJ HOuGHTON
Gen'l Pass. and Ticket / gent.
F. w. CRAM,
V. p. and General Manager.
Bangor. Sept. 80, 1897.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-06-22
STRANGE ADVENTURES
Of Naturalist Harris, Brother Of DR..
W. \. Harris,
lust Back from the South Sea Islands. lie
Is Planning Another Pacific Trip.

The many Augusta friends of Char
les M. Harris. brother to DR.. w. H.
Harris of this city, will be pleased to
learn that he is to have charge of an
other of the expeditions sent out by
Hon. Walter Rothschilds of London.
The expedition will SAIL next Sep
TENDER or October. and will be for the
purpose of collecting the flora and
FAUNA peculiar to the islands along the
Pacific coast from San Francisco to the
Gulf of California.
Before going on this expedition h.
will probably go to Labrador, for the
summer, to collect specimens from
that country for Mr. Rothschilds.
NJ. Rothschilds has the fourth larg
est museum in the world, the ones in
st. Petersburg and Berlin being the
largest and the British and National
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-06-22

are; President, Thomas w. Coe of Ban
gor: treasurer, Isaac H. Merrill of BAN
gor. Certificate approved June 81. 1898.
Po0r's Fountain Brush Co.. organized
at Portland, for the purpose of manufact-
uring ana selling all kinds of brushes,
especially fountain brushes. with 800 900
capital stock. of which $40 is paid in. The
officers are: President w. Frederick Kim
bail of Chelsea; treasurer James w.
Poor of Boston. Certificate approved
June IS 1895
The Phillips Wooden Co, organized at
Phillips, for the purpose of manufactur-
ing and selling wooden cloth, clothing and
hosiery, with $4,000 capital stock, of
which nothing is paid in. The officers
are; President, +. J. Ross of Phillips:
treasurer, George b. Sedgcley of Phillips.
Certificate approved June Is, 1898.