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The Arizona sentinel., 1898-06-18

extinct oceans. The great Colorado tesdft was once an inland sea, cut off centuries and perhaps ages ago from the main ocean, leav- ing it's waters to evaporate in this intense heat, Throughout all the country border ing the desert, including this section, rich mines are being constantly discovered, and some of recent location are already produc- ing immense profits. In the ueighborhood of Yuma, claims exceedingly rich on the surface are daily being located, and all signs portend a great mining boom for this county which will culnlinate as early as the coming fall in an inroad of much capital Experts are arriving every week and mines are being bonded at more than heavy prices. It seems wonderful to believe that all this min eral wealth has been lying at our very doors for so many years without Q taker, but tie tendency of prospectors is to 90 9 long dis tance off into strange lands rather than to seek for mines in county as old as Yuma County and SC accessible. The greater the distance, the hardship, and the danger, the greater the fascination for the prospector Distance seems, indeed, to lend enchant- ment to the view.
 So it is that this county is almost a virgin field for the mine hunter, and now with the few hundreds searching in its mountains it's mineral secrets are still in effect secrets, for thousands upon thousands might be wander ing through the rock-ribbed fastnesses of our mountain ranges and their presence be almost unknown, so vast is the extent of country
 Recent rich discoveries of gold deposits, particularly in lodges, have given great impetus to mining throughout the county.
 New locations are being constantly made, and all show well upon the surface The La Fortuna mine, recently put in operation, has 8 2)-stanp mill running night and day. and the production of gold averages $75, ,O0O per month. This mine is situated about 30 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 tr:cts, and, although the mining cc look in the county was never better, still Lost ot the silver and lead mines are idle, owing to the low value of these metals.
The Arizona sentinel., 1898-06-18
MINES.

There i- uo section of tLe United States, or probably Of the carch, more rich in min eral }eal.a than thc County of Yuma. All le country north. east and south of Yuma lies directly within the main gold balt that commences in Alaska and ends in Mexico
 From the San Errnarlino mouultius in California t. .ae Sonora boundary line t4e mcaa.aias 74d hills are exceptionally rich in tle precious metal, as though deinonstra5 5il.g ,ae theory often advanced that the richest -g.s ....-- re joaD .apjr5uI ta- l-, af
The Arizona sentinel., 1898-06-18

A white nan first set foot on what is now Yuma County in TIT. Tt IS the southwest division of the Territory, and cne of thefour original counties of she Ter -itory. Many great reclamation projects are Eowever on foot, and in few years ex- eect to see Yuma County rated as the richest in the Territory.
 The first glimpse the traveller from Cali fornia catches cf Arizona is that of the picturesque town of Yuma, which is snugly situated in the embrace Of gentle rolling ajIls. upon whose crests and sides the modern homes of our superior civiiiaati are crooding the adobe dwellings into eternal oblivion. Yuma is the gateway TO Arizona, the new empire Of the West, upon whose undareloped riches the eyes Of the country are al present turned, and as such
 is bound to grow and prosper with a rap:dity that at present can hardly be re- alized. But coupled with her geographi- cal position we find that she is the center of country whose agricultural possibili- ties are practically unlimited, being sur- rounded by soil the fertility of which exceeds that of the delta of the Nile, and wanting olly water to become paradise Of bloom. Billions of gallons of that precious fluid have annually gone to waste at .fuma's very doors, bptalready a reaction $ taking place aEd many enterprises are on foot to supply the life giving waters Of .he yellow Colorado to the thirsty earth.
The Arizona sentinel., 1898-06-18
VALLEYS OF THE COLORADO AND
 CHA,

Tn the valleys of the Col.rado and the GiIa rivers there is room for thousands. Ii is not too much to say that nowhere within the limits of this broad Unioa can be found Q more desirable region for the making of Q home. No laborious clearing Of the land is required; it lies almost ready for the blow. Trees and shrubbery have so rapid a growth that within eighteen months the immigrant can surround his abode with attractions which would require years to mature in less favored climates. Fruits ripen 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 iuhale it. For the establishment of colonies, such as are made iu southern California, Arizona pre- scnts unrivalcd opportunities Thousands of acres now pro6tless can b. ra5aa- tive by the construction of fri -... E.....s. and there is no investment which assa.a. larger OF more permanent re .u.us.
 The statement in th.s a, Yuma county are not exaggerated; fact they fall short of doing justice in thi wonderful bit of country. Pineapples, da-ez. almonds and walguts will do well Strawberries. rasu- berries, blacklorgios, u.raats, gooseberries, and all varieties of small fruits can be sue. oessfully cultivated. Indeed, Yuma County is not only the natural home of the citrus and semityopical fruits, as almost every fruit, nut, plan5, grain, grass, or vegetable which ca2 be produced in either trop;c of temperate zones will thrive in the rich and fertile soils.
 With the bright prospects ahead of the town of Yuma and Yuma County there can be no better investment for capital seeking large and renumerative returns than is af- forded here. With a matchlcss climate. where all forms Of disease known to the damp and rigorous regions of the east and north are unknown, where the bright sun shine kisses into bloom and fragrance every form of vegetation, and where the clear days and cool and balnly nights are one long-con- tinued poem of happiness and delight, we can offer to capitalists an ideal field for in vestment and to home seekers a yeritable paradise in which to settle
The Arizona sentinel., 1898-06-18
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.
HOMESTEAD ENTRY No. 1858.
Land Office at Tucson. Arizona
 December 3. 1897.

Land Office at Tucson. Arizona
 December 3, 1897 Notice Is hereby given that the following named settler has filed notice of his inten- ton to make final proof m support ef his claim, and that said proof will be made before the Clerk of the District Court at Yuma, Arizona, on January %. 1898. viz: Carlos Ramirez, of Yuma. Yuma county. Arizona, for the se14 sec. %. T. 10 $. R. 24 w., c. & :. R. NJ.
 He names the following witnesses to prove hlS continuous residence upon and cultivation ot, said land, viz. Charles Nolan' PatrIcio Gonzales, George 4. Duke and Custodio Ramirez, all of Yuma, Yuma County, Arizona.
 EUGESE J. TRIFPEL,
 Register.
The Arizona sentinel., 1898-06-18
ARIZONA.

Arizona stands at the threshold of sr era of wonderful social and industrial de velopment. There can't be doubt about the fact. The dawn for which she has waited so long is breaking at last There is every promise of a day of great pros perity and permanent upbuildiDg just be- fore her. The impulse of a new and ener- gizing hope is visible everywhere among l her people while the cumulative effect of many things, which made but small i'm pression as they transpired singly, is now commanding for her full share of atten- ton and interest abroad among home seekers and capitalists.
 1 lively competition has sprung up for the possession of things which have hereto fore gone a-begging for ownership. There is a scramble for franchises. Nothing more surely indicates a great industrial awaken ing than this. The rates of interest are falling to moderate figures. Nothing more surely indicates confidence and competition among the money lenders than this.
 Arizona has reached that cImacticer period which every western state has ex- perienced sometime in it's history when, after long and weary struggle and doubt, with each side of the balance first up and then down, the clouds of despondency have suddenly rolled away, and sunhurst of energiziug hope has thrilled the droop- ing spirits of the people to greater and braver endeavor than before.
 For the last twelve years the subsistence of the great Tombstone boom and the con- pletion of two transco0tinental lines of railroad across her territory-ArizOna has rather dropped out of public attention, but in that time she has been quietly ac- cumulating a fund Of substantial wealth and a force of moral character which qualify her now to rise up and take her destiny in her own hands.
 The population of Arizona is Mexican This is mistake of great importance fro,A -ho moral point of view. There is but one considerable center ot Mexican population in the territory the .ity of Tucs0n, and even there ll is uo. ny any cans at pres oat the rreaominafing element. t- think lt ls certain clat Arizona has not to-day nearly SO large Mexican population as Colorado ang not above one-Jeuth as much as New Mexico. "Fitz- Mac" in Denver News.
The Arizona sentinel., 1898-06-18

cury is ranging from 60' to 9O', The air is
 so dry that precipitation is absorbed as soon as it reaches the surface of the hody, and at ne tume in the summer does the heat
 produce any discomfort.
The Arizona sentinel., 1898-06-18
Is TT AFLACE FIT TO LIVE IN?

This depends on what one cxpects in 4 huge, parso.y 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 find it. As little will he 6rd 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 it to the
 residence and uses of civilized man. Rut
 1t has two transcontinentaI lines ot railway
 with numerous feeders; it has fast mails.
 and rival telegraph lines, and is throbbipq
 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-
 phones, trolley cars, plenty of hotels.
 banks, bookstores, good schools. churches
 an occasional theatrical performance. some times lecture or a circus, often horse race, and, in the spring a thoroucLly curious and interesting 'Gesta." For the ceat, people must take their amusements with them. Good horses are abundant and cheap, and there are plenty of cow
 boys-the genuine article-to show what horses can do. The driving for fifteen or twenty miles in almost any direction from Phoenix, is nearly always easy. The roads are apt to be dusty; bat there Is one we'll sprinkled drive of six or eight miles; and since the winds are quite regular in their direction, it is rarely difficult to choose a route or which the dust will be largely carried away frorl you. The unbroken desert itself is often as easJ to drive over as an Eastern highway, and the whole valley is paradise for bicyclers, or eques- trians.
The Arizona sentinel., 1898-06-18
DETRE 1AEElC-N -as
Its Attractions and Advantages as a
 Place ofResidence in Winter.


 Whitelaw Reid. owner aad editor of the New York Trijuae, who has spent the last two winters in AIizona for the benefit Of lis health, writes entertaiuingly and in stIUctiyely concerning that rayt of the country. Mr. Reid says:
 So many questions are asked about Ari- zona as 8 place for winter residence, and there appears to be such Q dcarth Of pre- else information among many who are yitally Interested, that it seems almost q public duty, to set down, in the simplest form, few facts of personal observation.
 WEATHER,
 During @ five months residence in Southern Arizona in winter there was but one day when ,he 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 ''shovory; but during these five months trom No ember, 1895, to May, IS951 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 LDxor, Arizona is the laud of sunshine As 10 details:
 qEMPERATCRE.
 I have seen the thermometer mark 9a degrees iu the shade oD my north piazza in March. On the other hand, we had froste 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 57l degrees in November 5& degrees in December. 49 de- =reas in January. II degrees in FeLruarv 'I degrees m March sfe ea degrees in
The Arizona sentinel., 1898-06-18
THE CLIMATE CT YUMA.

Tie climate Of Yama for nine months os gte year has no equal, as We believe, ii the norld, and suring tba remaining three
 sonths of the yoal, comprising June, July s.rl August, the heat is not oppressive. .3ve.1 -hough the thermometer in mi3-sum. ner may a3 times rise abose l03' and oc- aaziouaily even reach nc. ya5 owing % She absence of moisture iu tAs air. i.is hot oppressive. The atmosphere isgara. light zad balmy, When the mercury marks ,he highest extreme of heat, a person 4ocz hot Zee. ea opprcss.ou or debility which a si1 i.. ;5.s Is-s..s S.-ts .:n ta- a..r-
The Arizona sentinel., 1898-06-18

Don't go to the Klondike-you don't have to. Stop at Iaegers and get big beer cool and refreshing. |
The Arizona sentinel., 1898-06-18
RIVERS OF YUMA COUNTY.

hlA ELt,c OE ! . MA OJC - l l.
 in regard to climate, healthfulness, fer sility and productiveness of soil, 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 Yuma -9---. which is destined to become one of r,4e and most prosperous counties in
 s.e. between S2' CO and 34' 20 north
 aad ll3' 20' and lI4' 40' wcs! ler- e. It contains 6, ,4SS, ,320 acres. II r-as.. as large as the States of Ehodc Island, Connecticut and Delaware com Bited. 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 Califoynia. The county is bounded on the north by Williams Fork and the Santa Maria uyer, whose waters flow into the Colorado; on the east bv the counties of Pima, MaIicoPa and Yavspai, and on the south by Sonora, Mexico. Its county seat is the town of Yuma.
 The Colorado river drains the entire ter ritory of Arizona. and every drop Of water which falls on its mountains and plains iiu6s it's way to this mighty river. It 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 SHOWS cause a greater depth Of water :n this riv,r III summer than n winter. thus furnishing the most water at the season when it ia most required for the purposes :irrigation and agriculture.
 1t will be seen that for the entire distance long it's western boundary, Yum County 5osst ses the great advantage Of cheap xater transportation.
 The Gila river r.ses ii the western pa1J of New Mexico and Is fed by numerous streams, among the most prominent O! xhich are the San Pedro, Agua Fria, Has sayampa and Salt rivers. It Aows west through Yuma County and emp-ies into the Colorado at the town of Yuma.
 Yuma county, trayersei by these great rivers frcm its northern to its southern, and from its eastern to its western b)nnd. aries, possesses Q far greater water suppiy shau any other county in the Territory, and far more than can be found in al Cali fernia.
 This water j. uow being diverted from its natural ohapnais by means ol numerous large ir,i i-atins canals, and utilized --e tie purpose oi rec}.im.ng and igrigot'rg ta- immense tracts oI lands which lie -a t.it savo.ed ooou..y. a4J which are as fertile as any in the world.
 The Southern Pacific K...r,a3 crosses the Colorado liverat tLe town ot Yuma and ,,-as through tie county, following the pgnegcf course, and at an average distance of sboot four miles south, of tas Gi,a river . .eud-rrg au the ianas susceptible Of irri- i ss;ion and 1a!G ati5a, caa Gnd an eaay ,utlet in this way ana can le tronspo. ted , all the ma hcts and aanJsrs Of population n the East or West.
 AaoHeg c5naetirg r.i'road is projected from San Diego. California, to tie town ,f yrna, and thence along the Iol.h side . 5f the Cila river. Thus lun.a County win have exceptional railroa., advantages.
The Arizona sentinel., 1898-06-18
WHY IMMIGRANTS SHOULD COME TO YUMA

l WHY IMMIGRANTS SHOULD COME 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 so great variety of products can be grown. Because the yield is large and the prices always remunerative.
 Because life is a luxury in land wkere 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 # does not require a small fortune to sacpre 9 piece of land.
 Because capital does not block all the av. enues to wealth, nor 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 elements of the Territory.
 Because good land is becoming scarce. and if you don't catch on now. vour Last cbanoo will soon be gone
 Because the country is one of the few regions of the Uuited States that yields fba 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- tcrprise.
 Because there are neither blizzard, or tornadoes, earthquakes nor inundatiops nor cyclones.
 Because the vast and varied resources of the country are yet to be developed
 Because the wealth ofits mines. it's farm ing valleys and grazing lands. will vel bu;,d lpP great and prosperous county.
 Because man can make livelihood lar with less labor than in any other part of the United States.
 Because there IS health in every breeze and strength and vigor under it's cloudless skies.
 Because the settler need not spend a life time in feling trees and gIBbbir,. .n. 5tumps.
 Because vegetation is so rapid tba. iY i've years the homo IS surrounded b5 o,,.,tb
The Arizona sentinel., 1898-06-18
ACTUAL HUMIDITY.

This is extremely slight, everywhere in Arizona, as compared with any eastern climate in the United States. The air is driest on the high mcsas, remote from snowclad mountains or forests, and in the desert valleys, where no considerable irri- gation has been begun. Wherever irriga- 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 a pub lication from the Weather Bureau, gave the normal weight of aqueous vapor in the Arizona air at from l1a to 1 grains per cubic foot.
The Arizona sentinel., 1898-06-18

stipatiOn, etc. 9 cents. Sold by all druggists. The only Pills to take with Hoods Sarsaparilla.
The Arizona sentinel., 1898-06-18
Ez5& Q EJ R GE C9E
 XTJLSIA Gg0 L2 7 The Soil, Climate, Rivers, ard Many
 and Varied Offerings Of FAIR ARizONA'S BANNER COUNTY.
FAIR ARiZONA'S BANNER COUNT

4 Settng Forth the Many Advantages
 by Count7 is
The Arizona sentinel., 1898-06-18
AIR

The atmosphere is singularly clear, tonic and dry. 1 have never seen it clearer anyw here in the world. 1t seems to have about the same bracing and exhilarating qualities as the air of the Great Sahara in Northern Africa, or of the deserts about Mount Sinai, in Arabia Petraea. It is much drier than Tn the parts of Morocco, Algiers or Tunis usually visited, and drier than any part of the Valley of the Nile north of the First Cataract. It seems to me about the same in quality as the air on the Nile betw cen Assouan and Wady- Halia, but somewhat cooler.
The Arizona sentinel., 1898-06-18

April. The same reports show the highest and lowest temperatures, averaged for eight years, at the same place, as follows: For November 781a degrees and 42 degrees, December 731a degrees and 361a degrees, January G511a degrees and g degrees, Feb ruary 7IH degrees and 351a de rees. March 8l 1a degrees and fl degrees and April 065 degrees and 46 degrees, Tine nights throughout the winter are apt to be cool enough for open wood fires, and for blankets. Half the time an overcoat is not needed during the day, but it is never prudent for stranger to be without one at hand
The Arizona sentinel., 1898-06-18
RAIN

Showers, and indeed heavy rains are liable to occur in every month of the year; but the actua. number of rains seems to an eastern visitor strangely small The average rainfall ill Southern Arizona, as. shown a. ,ae overnmeut observations, is but s inches p-r year.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1898-02-25
Notice IL Owner Before Tax Deed
She'll Issue.

To Albert Frease, Go p. Ba, tell
and to whom it may concern:
You are hereby notified that on the
4th day Of November, 1895, the follow
ing described piece Of real estate stu
ated in the county of Pennington and
state of South Dakota, rs follows:
The southeast quarter of section Is,
township 2 north Of range 10 E B H M,
100 acres, was sold for taxes Then due
and delinquent for the year 1894 by the
treasurer of said county to Pennington
county, and was by said purchaser du-
ly assigned to William Fl. jennings,
who is now the lawful holder of the
certificate of purchase; that SAID taxes
then due and delinquent amounted to
s2O.48, with interest, penalty and costs
accrued 1852, making total amount
necessary 10 redeem 5000, together
with such interest as may accrue after
this date and the costs resulting
from the publication of this notice,
must be paid and that the right of re-
demption will expire and deed for said
land be issued within sixty days from
the completed service Of this notice.
William H. Jennings. 4
First publication Feb. IL.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1898-02-25

First Gun Against Annexation.

First Gun Against Annexation.
WASHINGTON, Feb. Washington
birthday was celebrated in the house
after a motion of Mr.. Bailey to adjourn
had been voted down, with vast deal
of political speechmaking and it was
also signalized by the firing of the first
gun in opposition to Hawaiian annexa-
ton. johnson (Rep., Ind) delivered
speech that electrified the house and
the galleries in denunciation of what
he termed an attempt to cut loose from
the traditional policy of the United
Statess and enter upon a scheme of
colonization that has proved the ruin
of empires and nations. He used some
very strong language, but his remarks
were enthusiastically applauded and
the minority and Republicans joined in
the demonstration. He declared that
while he had denounced at the time
the statement that the Hawaiian mon
arclly had been overthrown by che aid
of American citizens, that he now
firmly believed it was true. The speech,
coming entirely unheralded, produced a
deep impression. The general debate
on the sundry civil bill was concluded
and today the bill will be taken up TO-,
amendment.