The Arizona sentinel., 1898-10-29
THE VILLAGE OF YUMA

Although LLe town of Yuma is the second
 oldest community in the Territory Of Ari- zoua, it is astonishing how little it's re sources are known to the world at large, and how -htly developed is the natural wealth
 of the county. This is owing partly to
 Euma's reputation for unbsarabIe heat, and
 naraly to the fact that, lying next to Cali fornia, is has been assumed that the county
 las been thoroughly p~osrccted for mineral
 wealth. and prospactors have, in the main,
 kept the travel5J highways in crossing its
 Territory. As a matter of fact one suffers
 less from the heat here than in almost all of
 he settled communities of the east. owing
 to the drynoss Of the atmosphere, and there
 is no healthier climate on Gods footstool.
 People labor ont of door 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 suustroke Our climate, taken in time,
 never fails 10 cure pulmonary complai-'1 ' of
 my description. Disease such as smaL=,x,
 cholera, etc rarely visit us, and then o.iy
 in a very mild form, and are never fats,, ex-
 cept through the perversity of patients. Contrary to the belief of the uninformed
 the dry heat Of the summer months is es-
 pecialy conducive to good health and eE- ?, ceptional vigor, acting naturally upon the al"an system with the same effect a. the
 artificial reeult uf 8 Turkish bath-purefv- ing and renOvaUng 1t. Egp-s.r+1,ar r,aetsr a of fact, tLis county has never GC----S.a | suparEcially suspected, and it is only now D that people are beginning to search it's hills
 vith any degree Of systematic enthusiasm h for the mineral wealth hidden there. Ow. l ing to the falling off in the price of silver U deposits of gold only are being sought fer e and She present result is little short of mar l. vicious. h all sections of the county iron ? the Sonora iro to Williams Fork dtscovore.
 are daily being made, end the greater tn, y develonmeut the greaeer the wealth dis A played. Wherever the prospcctor pIaut e his foot, ledgss Of gold confront him or ar, IS brought to light by the investigating strokes o of his pick.
 St Portions Of the country tyaverscd fol d years by commonly travelled trails are devel .s oping into rich storehouses Of golden wealth 't New and rich placers are constantly ueias
 discovered, and shipments of placer goll '- from tais point through Wells Fargo & B Go s Express, are steadily increasing il Is value From mining standpoint Yuma IS County is rapidly leading tue Territory, and d yet as far as that industry is concerned b this section has received but little recog l. nition.
 l Agriculturally the country is vastly i'm s proving. Enterprises that have lain dor n mant the last two years, owing to tae gen s eral financial depression and consequent
 dearth of money for investment purposes. e are waking up tonew life and vigor. Money } is being attracted in 5lis direction, and on ? all sides can be distinrvi-hed that iadafn-
 able stir which Is the precursor of an indus It trial awakening. Even within these last IS two years of financial stringency and de- i pression there has been a steady if slow in- '- crease in agricultural development and t wealth. 4 greater area of old farms has e been put under cultivation, and new lands
 have been inclosea and new fields started. t Alarge section Of Blaisdell Heights has been . planted to fruit trees; fields of cereals and . alfalfa have been added to the cultivated y area on the COIorad2 river below town; tho !. lands lying under the Mohawk and Farmers j. canals have been made to yfeld heavy crops
 ci every vs-isty Of agricultural products. as s iu other sections of the Gila valley, and the Y. gardens of Yuma have been added to and g boautiGoI in fruits, flowers and shrbborv to g a more th2n apprecia5lo extent Altogether s we may feel proud Of our progress durine g these last months of business depression and
 discouragemen5. It speaks well for the ia- } austry and pluck of our 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 a touch Of the wand of cap
 ital to have our hills and valleys spring into
 an active life Of remunerative industry thai
 will last and endure forever.
 Some three years ago, through the energy
 of II. ". Hlaisde1, the Yuma Water and
 Light Company was incorporated, and by means If its large pumping plant, at the foot of l. iQ street, the town is a5undant]y ] supplied v.-h water atreasonabl ble rates, and tAeIe have grown into existence new and ] large gardens and orchards,