The Arizona sentinel., 1898-06-18
THE VILLAGE OF YUMA.

Although the town of Yuma is the seoont
 oldest conmunity in the Territory of Ari
 zoua, it is astonishing how little it's Ie-
 sources arc known to tha world at large, and how slightly developed is the natural waalti of the county. This is owing partly tc Nvmas reputation for unhearajle heat. and
 partly to tho fact that, lying next to Cali fora.a, is has been assumed that the eount,
 has been Thoroughly p~ospectod for mineral
 wealth, and pg7saactora have, iu the main. l kept the traveleI highways in crossing its
 Territory Az 8 matter oI fact one suffers
 less from tlo heat here than in almost all oi
 the settled communities of the east. owing
 to the drylass of the atmosphere, and there is no healthier climate on Gods footstool.
 People labor cut of doors from the rising to the setting of the sun, and suffer no in convenience. There has never been known. in this section of country, an authentic case of sunstroGe. Oar climate, taken in time, never fails 10 cure pulmonary complaints Of any description. Disease such as smallpox, cao,era, etc, rarely visit us, and then only n a very mild form, and are never fatal cx- cePt through the rervorsity of patients Contrary to the belief of the uninfoYmed. the dry heat of the summer months is es- ! Pecialy conducive to good health and ex- oePtional vigor, acting naturally upon the 1 human system with the same effect as the artificial result of Turkish bath-purefv- ing and renovating it. As further matter of fact, this county has never been even i suuerhcially suspected, and it is only now
 that people are beginning to search its hills
 with any degree Of systematic enthusiasm for the mineral wealth hidden tLore, Ow.
 ing to tLe falling of in the price of silver,
 deposits cf gold only are being sought for: and the present result is little short of mar
 veious. In all sections of the county from
 thc Sonora line to Williams Fork discoveries
 are daily being made, and the greater the developments the greater the wealth dis
 played Wherever the prospeotor plants
 his foot, lodges of gold confront him or are brought to light by the Investigating strokes of his pick.
 Portions Of the country traverssI for ! years by commonly travelled trails are Lavel- opiug into rich storehouses Of golden wealth. New and rich placars are constantly being discovered, and shipments Of placer gold from this point through Wells Fargo & Co.'S Express, are steadily increasing ia value. From a mining standpoint Yuma County is rapidly leading the Territory. and yet as far as that industry is concerned this section has received but little rec5c- milton.
 A=riouItala,ly the country is vastly im-. proriag Enterprises that have lain dor mant the last two years, owing to the gen ersl financial depression and consequent dearth of money for investment purposes. are waking up tonew lie and vigor. Money is being attracted in this direction. and on all sides can be distinguished that inaafn- able stir which is the precursor of an indus trial awakening Even within these last two years of financial stringeacy and de- pression there has been a steady if slow in- 1 crease in agricultural development and wealth \ greater area of old farms has been put under cultivation. and new lands ! have been iDclosad and new fields star+o5 A large section Of BiaisdeIl Heights has been ! planted to fruit trees; fields Of cereals and ] alfalfa have been added to the cultivated area on the Colorado liver below town; t,,e lands lying under the Mohawk and Farmers canals have been made to yield heavy crors of every variety Of agricultural products. as ln other sections Of the Cila valiev. and tb-| gardens of Aama have been added to and ] L.anti@ai ia fruits, flowers and sluabslv to arore than anfree;tblc extent. Altogerher Ta may feel rlogj of our progress duria. these ha,ma-,-s of basaass depression and a-#soasaaaE-eay. It speaks well for the in- 4astry and pluck of oar people, and the showing made constitutes the best evidence of the merits of our soil and climate and the richness of our mineral resources. Nature has done everything for our county, and all that IS needed is touch of the wand of cap itaI to have our hills and valleys spring into an aotiv" life Of remunelat.ve industry that will ia=taud endure forever.
 Some three years ago, through the energy Of II. ". Bla,sden. the Yuma Water and Light Company was incorporated, and by {, means oi it. large pumping plant, at the loot of Main street, the town is abundantly supplied with water at reasonable r.tcs, and there have grown iato existence new and large gardens anj orchards,