The Arizona sentinel., 1898-11-19
RIVERS OF YUMA COUNTY.

RIVERS OF YUMA COUNTY.
 I'm reward to climate, healthfnlness, fer tility and productiveness of Soi' facilities for cultivation, irrigation and abundance of water supply, variety Of resources and cheap transportation by rail and by water no part of Arizona can surpass fnm" eounty. which is destined to become one o' richest and most prosperous counties in Arizona.
 It lies between 320 O0' and 340 2O' north .titude and lIS0 20' and ll40 40' west joneisrde. It contains 6.4SS. 32O acres. It Is 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 formed by the Colorado river, which separates Arizona from California The county is bounded on the north by Williams Park and the Santa Maria rIver, whose xaters flow into the Colorado; on the east bv the counties of Pima, Maricopa and S.varai. 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 its mountains and plains finds its way to this mighty rlver. It IS formed by the union of the Green and Grand rivers, fed by the streams when rise in the Rocky Mountains, and the melt iug sncws cause a greater depth ot "ate' ;, this river Tn summer than Tn winter, thus furnishing the most water at the season when it is most required fer the purposes firrigation and agriculture.
 if will be seen that for the entire distance ;ong it's estern boundary, Yuma County bosst, ses the great advantage of cheap water transportation.
 The Gila river rises H. the western PSr' of New Mexico and is fed by numerous streams, among the most prominent oi xbich are the San Pedro. AGua Fria, Has eayanapa 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 ,;vers from its northern to its southern and from its eastern to it's western bound aries. possesses a far greater water supply shan any other county in the Territory and far more than can be found in all Cali fernia.
 This water is now being diverted from 1t; natural channels by means Of numerous rcse ir-igatiug canals, and utilized for the
 Aose of retaining and irrig"ting tn
 e tracts of lands which lie in this
 sountry, snd which are as fertile }e world.
 hern Pacific Railroad crosses the r Ter at tho town of Yuma and
 the county, following the
 and atean average distance
 miles south, of tho Gila ri CT,
 tAe lands susceptible of irri
 cultivation, can dnd an easy
 m s.sis way and eau be transpoi tec sI the markets and centers Of population 5a thc East OF West.
 Another competing railroad is projected from San Diego, California, to tie to"r sfYuma, ard thence along the nofth side if the Cila river. Thus Yuma County vii save exceptional railroad advantages.
 THE CLIMATE OF YUMA.
 The climate of Yuma for nine months O The year has no equal, as We believe: ID tho world, and during the remaining th:e' aaonths of the year, comprising June, July .na August, the heat Is not oppressive xven though the thermometer in nlId-Sum r,er may aa times rise above l00', and -oc caxlona!ly c, en- reach li00, yet, owing t' 4hs absence Of moisture in the air, it IS not expressive. The atmosphere is pure, light end balny. When the mercury marks 1h' 6laLest extre~2e of heat, person does moi sr4t4 ,,-,.vsssf ion or debility which i.