The Arizona sentinel., 1898-10-08
THE VILLAGE OF YUMA.

1 produce any discomfort.
 THE VILLAGE OF YUMA.
 Although the town of Yuma is the second
 oldest community in the Territory ot Arl-
 zona if is astonishing how little its re-
 sources are known to the world at large, and
 how slightly developed is the natural wealth i of the county This is owing partly to
 Yuma s reputation for unbearable heat, and
 partly to the fact that, lying next to Cali | fornia. is has been assumed that the county
 has been thoroughly prospected for mineral
 wealth, and prospectors have, in the main, kept the travelled highways in crossing its Territory. As matter Of fact one suffers less from the heat here than in almost all of the settled communities of the east. owing to the dryness of the atmosphere, and there is no healthier climate on Gods tootstool
 People labor out 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 sunstroke. Our climate, taken in time, never fails to cure pulmonary complaints Of any description. Disease such as smallpox, cholera, etc., rarely visit us, and then only | in a very mild form, and are never fatal ex-
 eept through the pervsrsity of patients. Contrary to the belief of the uninfermed, the dry heat of the summer months Is es-
 pecially conducive to good health and ex'
 reptional vigor, acting naturally upon the
 human system with the same effect as the
 artificial result of Turkish bath-purefy'
 ing and renovating it. As further matter of fact, this county has never been even superfcially suspected, and it is only now that people are beginning to search it's hills
 with any degree of systematic enthusiasm ing to the falling of in the price of silver deposits of gold only are being sought for and the present result is little short of mar l. velous. In all sections of the county iron , the Sonora line to Williams Fork discoverie
 are daily being made, and the greater tn development the greater the wealth dis n played. Wherever the prospector plant e his foot lodges of gold confront him or ar IS brought to light by the investigating stroke e of his pick.
 't Portions of the country traversed fo d years by commonly travelled trails are deve !, oping into rich storehouses of golden wealth ot New and rich placers are constantly bein
 discovered, and shipments of placer gol r. from this point through Wells Fargo er Co.'s Express, are steadily increasing i IS value. From mining standpoint Yum is County is rapidly leading the Territory, an Id yet as far as that industry is concerned h this section has received but little recos L. milton.
 CT Agriculturally the country is vastly i'm us proving. Enterprises that have lain dor 'n mant the last two years, owing to the gen es eral financial depression and consequer
 dearth of money for investment purposes ce are waking up to new life and vigor. None ty is being attracted in this direction, and o ap all sides can be distinguished that indefil
 able stir which is the precursor of an indus Tt trial awakening. Even within these Ia, us two years of financial stringency and Ge of presSion there has been steady if slow il IS. crease in agricultural development al st wealth. A greater area of old farms h, he been put under cultivation, and new knc
 have been inclosed and new fields starte, at A large section of Blaisdell Heights has bee Il, planted to fruit trees; fields of cereals ar d. alfalfa have been added to the cultivate ,ly area on the Colorado river below town; u V, lands lying under tha Mohawk and Farmer li- canals have been made to yield heavy cro
 of every variety Of agricultural products, its in other sections of the Gila valley, and u ug gardens of Yuma have been added to al he beautified in fruits, flowers and shubbery he 6 more than appreciable extent. Altogeth is we may feel proud of our progress durii ;le these last months of business depression al
 Encouragement. It speaks well for the he dustry end pluck Of cur people, and t AANNLS SNHS eu"O9 SAaN >o0S S''~-O-- he of the merits of our soil and climate and { ca richness of our mineral resources. Natu sr. has done everything for our county, and ri- that is needed is a touch of the wand of ca sv ital to have our hills and valleys spring in ed an active life of remuneratire industry th on will last and endure forever.
 Some three years ago, through the ener ed of H. ". Blaisdell, the Yuma Water a VII Light Company was incorporated and de means of its large pumping plant at ,u feet of M.in street, the town is abundan
 supplied with water at reasonable rates, a
 there have grown iRto existence new
 large gardens and orchards.
 Of MINES.
 the
 rec There Is no section of the United Stat ,iy or probably Of the earth, more rich in m ye. eraI wealth than the County cf Yuma. m. the country north, east and south or ! Il oc. lies ;;irectiy within the main gold belt t