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The Arizona sentinel., 1898-03-26
ORDINANCE NO. G4.

Be It Ordainded by the Mayor and Com mon Councilof the Village of Yuma, County of Yuma, Territory of Arizona, as follows. to witt
 "hereas:-A certain block within the IImt~ Of said Village of Yuma. was by said Mayor and Common Council on the 4tb day of September 1893, set aside and re- served from sale, for the purpose ofviIlase public buildings.
 And Whereas:- Block Number One Hundred and Fourteen O1D in said Village. being the block SO set assdc and reserved as aforesaid, iS desired for the erection of a public school building.
 Therefore Be It Ordaiued:-Section 1 That the Mayor of said Village be, and he hereby is instructed 10 execnte to the School Trustees of the Yuma Precinct a good and sufficient deed 10 the following property, situate in the said Village of Yuma, andpartiruIarly described as follows. to witt
 All of block numbered One Hundred and Fourteen Q14) as per the official Man and Survey of said Village made by Theodore F. White.
 Section ?. That the deed authorized to be executed in Section hereof. be delivered by said Mayor into the hands ofJohn B. Wright, to be by him held as an escrow.
 Section 3, fiat any time before the 1st, day of April, 1898, it shall be determined by vote of the tax payers orsaid Yuma Precinct to erect a school house upon the aforesaid block and If thereafter and in pursuance fl said vote, the said Scuool Trustees erect a school house to cost not less than Six Thousand Dollars upon thearoresaid block. then the said escrow is to determine. and said deed shall thereafter be held by said Wright subject to the order of said School Trustees. Otherwise said deed is to be- come null and the property therein convey ed is to revert to said Village.
 Section f, All Ordinances and parts of ordinances in conflict with this Ordinance are hereby repca ed
 Section 5. This Ordinance shall tato effect and be in force from and after its passage and publication according to law
 R. J. DUNCAN, Mayor.
 GEO A DrTE Recorder. CsE,11 Attest
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IS IT A LAwLEss COUNTRY?

The man who goes to any considerable Arizona town with the idea of the Sou4h- west derived from novels. or from seTbc Arizona Kicker. will be greatly m-stified
 He will find IS mans churches as in towns ot corresponding size in PennsvKania 7r Onlo: and probably more schoolhoases. He will ind plenty of liquor-sh0os. too. and @amhlng houses and dancehOuyes. and wei he will see little disorder unle>s he hunts late at night for it. end he will he ant to 6nd-as at Pheenix-a commrnitv of ten thousand people requiring in the davtina only one policeman. and hardly rconirino, hIm. During my winter there did moi see single disturbance in she strecfs 'o o,. naIt dozen Grnnken men. all told Min Ing men and an occasional GOV boy certai,.I,, ha" q"aTreIs, sometimes. in the disorderl' quarters at night; and there were s+o,.ia55 of the use of the knife amono Navioa,,.' -es but the visitor who went a5ont his .7,,,,2, o,,.r business had as little trouble as on RoarJ way or Chesthut street. The Pima onI Marlcopa Indians. who are enconn+ornJ rl',I every" here have been friendly ,vi+b +La whites for generations, and there is-,,t np Apache withinsome hundreds of miles ''"
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A white nan first set foot on what is HOW Yuma County in I'll. It IS the southwest division of the Territory, and 5aeof the four original counties of the Ter ritory. Many great reclamation projects are however on foot, and in few years ex- pect to see Yuma County rated as the richest in the Territory.
 The first glimpse the traveller from Cali ;ornia catches cf Arizona is that of the picturesque town Of Yuma, which is snuc!y situated in the embrace of gentle rolling hills. upon whose crcsts and sides the modern homes of our superior civilization are crovding the adobe dwellings into eternal oblivion. Yuma is the gateway to Arizona, the new empire of the West, upon whose undeTeloPed riches the eyes of the roEHtry are at present turned, and as such,
 i is bound to grow and prosper with d fapidity that at present can hardly be re- alzed. But coupled with her geograpbi- cal position we find that she is the center ofa country whose agricultural possibili- ties are practically unlimited, being sur rounded by a soil the fertility of whica exceeds that of the delta Of the Nile, and wanting oaly water to become a paradise of Bloom. Billions of gallons of that precious fluid have annually gone to waste at Yuma's very doors, butalready a reaction Is taking place and many enterprises are on foot to supply the life giving waters of the yellow Colorado to the thirsty earth.
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SUMMONS,
IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE THIRD Jy- dlclal District of the Territory of Arizona, in and for the County of Yuma
WILLIAM F. BATES,
 Notary Public.

IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE THIRD Jy- dIcIal District of the Territory of Arizona, in and for the County of Yuma.
 \. W. Eaton, plaintiff, vs. Olive 2. Eaton defendant.
 Action brought in the District Court of the -lfrd Judicial District of the Ter itOrv of ArizCr r- in and for uc County, and the Complaint flea in said Yuma County, in the office of the Clerk of said District Court.
 In the name of the Territory of Arizona. to OHye.Z. Eaton, defendant. erecting You are hereby summoned and required fs ap- pear in an action brought against you oy the ove named plaintiff in the District Court of the lird Judicial District of the Territory of Arizona, in and Tor 1uma County, and answer the Conn lint therein filed with the Clerk of this said Cot st Yuma, in said County, within ten days aft the service upon you of this Summons, if served this said County, or if served out of this said Celnty and within this said Judicial District then V, hin wenty days thereafter. or in all other eases 2, thin thirty days thereafter, the times above ment ned being exclusive of the day of service or iuds nent by default will be taken against YOU. Given under my hand and the seal of the District
 Court of the Third Judicial District
 of the Territory of Arizona i and (sEA) for Yuma County, this 2Srd cay of
 Get, A. D. 1897.
 c. H. BR1NLBY
 Clerk of said District C. rrt
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MINES.

There is no section of the United States, or probably of the earth, more rich in min eraI wealth than the County of Yuma. AH the country north. east and south of Yuma lies .4ecJly within the main gold belt that commences in Alaska and ends in Mexico
 From the San HorHardiuo mountains iu California to the Sonora boundary line the mountains and hills are exceptionally rich in the precious metal, as though demonstrating the theory often advanced that the richest gold mines axe found bordering the beds of
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cury is ranging from SO0 to 900 The air is so dry that precipitation is absorbed as soon as it reaches the surface of the body, and at ne tune in the sumlaer does the heat produce any discomfort.
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extinct oceans. The great Colorado desert was once an inland sea, cnt off centuries and perhaps ages ago from the main ocean, leov- 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 neighborhood of Yuma, claims exceedingly rich on the surface are daily being located, and all signs portend great mining boom for this county which will culminate as early as the coming fall in aA 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 a taker, but the tendency of prospectors is to go long dis tance off into strange lands rather than to seek for mines in county as old as Yuma County and so 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 virgin field for the mine hunter, and now with the few hundreds searching Tn 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, in ledges, have given a great impetus to mining throughout the county.
 New locations are being cons tantIy made, and all show well upon the surface. The La Fortuna mine, recently put in operation, has 2)-stamp mill running night and day, and the production of gold averages S75, eco 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 tricts, and, although the mining outlook in the county was never better, still most of the silver and lead mines are idle, owing to the low value of these metals.
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ARIZONA.
lis Attractions and Advantages as q
 Place 0f Residence in Winter.

1t5 Attractions and Advantages as q
 Place of Residence in Winter.
 Whitelaw Reid. owner and editor of the New York Tribune, " ho has spent the last two winters in A.zona for the benef5 of his health, writes entertainingIy and in structiveIy concerning that rart of the country. Mir. Reid says:
 So many questions are asked about Iri- zona as place for winter residence. and there appears to be such a dcartb 5f pre- else information among many who are vitaly interested, that it seems almost a 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 the 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 good many days which weather observer would de scribe as "cloudy," and some that were 'shoTery; but during these five months from No' ember. 1895, to May, I39jJ there were only four days when We did not have brilliant sunshine at some time dar- ing the day. Even more than Egypt, any where north of Luxor, Arizona is the Iaud of sunshine. As to details.
 
 TENPEEATCRE.
 I have seen the thermometer mark 9o degrees in the shade oD my north piazza in March. On the other hand, we had frosts which killed young orange trees, and there were several nights when thin ice formed. The government reports show mean for fourteen years at the pres ent territorial capital of 57I degrees in November, 5 degrees in December, 49 de- 5rees in January, 54 degrees in February, }I degrees in March and 66 degrees in
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ARIZONA.

Arizona stands at the threshold of an
 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 day of great pros
 perity and permanent upbuiIdiDg just be-
 fore her. The impulse of a new and encr-
 gizing hope is visible everywhere among her people. while the cumulative effect of many things, which made but small inn pression as they transpired singly, is now commanding for her. full share of atten- tion and interest abroad among home seekers and capitalists.
 A 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 great industrial awaken ing than this The rates of interest are falling to moderate figures. Nothing more surely indicates confidence and competition 1tiiob5 liC ihOASy ISHuCIS GtidH GuiS.
 Arizona has reached that cIimacticer period which every western state has ex- perienced sometime in its 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 d sunhurst of energizing hope has thrilled the droop- ing spirits of the people to greater and braver endcavor than before.
 For the last twelve years the subsistence of the great Tombstone boom and the conI- pietion of two transcontinental lines of railroad across her territor; has rather dropped out of public attention, but in that time she has been quietly ac- fund of substantial wealth and 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 a mistake Of great importance iro,L the moral point of view. There is but one considerable center of Mexican population n the territory, the ciCv of Tucson. and wen there it is not by any means at pres, 'nt the predouinating element It think i | Is eel tain that nrIzona has not to-day | leuiy so large Mexican population as | Colorado and not above one-tenth as much | .s 'ew Mexico. >"Eitz- Mac" in Denver | News.
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ROSS JORDAN.

Don't go to the Klondike-you don't have to. Stop a Iaeger's and get bis beer; cool and refreshing. *I
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Notice of Forfeiture.
Yuma, Arizona. Jan. 9. 1898.


 To William Bigger, his heirs or assigns: 1ou are hereby notified that l, the under SI@ned, have during the year 1897 expended one hundred dollars in labor upon the SNyiISbt' mining claim, situated in Mo- haWN mining district, Yuma county, A. T., location notice Of which is of record in book "G of mines, page 3S3, in the re- cofCer office, sad county and Territory aforesaid, iu order to hold said claim under the provisions of See. 2324, Revised Statu- teS oi Arizona, and the amendment, there (o, concerning annual labor upon mining cI4mS, being the amount required ny law tp hold S;tld claims for tie year ending Dece;"ber 3l, 1897, and il within ninety days alter the publication of this ins-ru- mcnt you lalI or refuse to contribute your proportion oisuch cNuenditura a., cO-owner your interest-in sad C aim will become the property Of the subscriber, who has caused |" he performed the annual assessment idoor for the year 1o57.
 ROSS JORDAN. Subscribed and sworn to be ore me this 22nd day of JaHuary, A. D.. lSuS
 C. r. GROWN,
 Notary Public
 My commission expires Jan. B. 1909. First publication Jan. 2J, 1855,
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VALLEYS OF THE COLORADO AND
 CELIA,

In the valleys of the Colorado and the Gila rivers there is roem for thousands. It
 IS not too much to say that nowhere within
 the limits of this broad Unioa can be found
 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 immiqrant can surround his abode with attractions which would require years to r.ature in less favored climates. Fruits ripen and are ready for market full month before the California produces. The bright sunshine makes life luxury, and the pure dry atmos- phcre brings health to all who iuhale it. For the establishment of colonies, such as are made in southern California, Ar.zo1a pre- sents unrivaled opportunities. Thousands of acres now prohtless can be made prodQc- tive by the construction of irrieating ditches. and there is no investment which assures
 larger Or more permanent returns,
 The statement in this article on Yuma county are not exaggerated; in fact they fall short of doing justice ii this Wonderful bit of country. Pineapples, dates, almonds and waluuts will do well Strawberries, rasp- berries, blackberries, GU rants, gooseberries. and all varieties of small fruits can be sue cessful'y cultivated. Indeed, Yuma County is not only the natural home of the citrus and semitropical fruits, as almost every fruit, nut, plant, grain, grass, or vegetable which ca@ be produced in either tropic of temperate zones will thrive in the rich and fertile soils.
 With the bright prospects ahead of the town of Yama and Yuma County there can be no better investment for capital seeking urge and renuInorative returns than is af- ,ors'ed here. With a matchless climate, where all forms of disease known to the lamp and rigorous regions of the east and forth are unknown, where the bright sun thine kisses into bloom and fragrance every orm of vegetation, and where the clear days md cool and balmy nights are one Iong-con- inued poem of happiness and delight, we an offer to capitalists an ideal field for in -estment and to home seekers veritable 'ar&dise ill which to settle.
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ACTUAL HUMIDITY.

Ihls Is extremely slight, everywhere in Arizona' as compared with any eastern climate in the United States. The air is drlest on the iigh mesas, remote from sno"cIad mountains or forests, and in the desert valleys, where no considerable irri- gation has been begun. Wherever irr1o,- ton is carried on on a large scale. the percentage of humidity in the atmosphere must be somewht increased, although to an eastern visito, it is scarcely perceptibIe. The same Gournment observations aI- ready cited shiw relative humidity at Phoenix or Tueon, averaged for weeks from morning atd evening readings, at less than half the usual humidity on dry day, in NeY York. General Greedy, in a pub- hcation from te Weather Bureau. gave the normal weight of aqueous yapor in the Arizona air at rom l1a to 1 grains Der cubic foot.
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E&EZss2 Q I5 &.E OK
 IT gL.LA C5@9IJLz F u The Soil, Climate, Rivers, and E7any and Varied Offerings of FAIR ARIZONA's BANNER COUNTY.
FAIR ARIz0NA'S BANNER COUNTY.

Brief Statement of Facts Setting Inducements offered b County of
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IS IT APLACE FIT TO LIVE IN?

This depends on what one experts in a huge, parsely settled Territory of mount
 aias and deserts. The man who looks fo, either the beauty or the seductive excite
 ment of Monte Carlo will not find it. As little will he 6pd the historic rer.ains or
 the cosmopolitan attractions of Egypt; nor could he reasonable expect the amuscments
 and luXuries of onr 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. But 1t has two transcoutjnentaI lines of railway
 with numerous feeders; it has fast mails, and rival |. legraph lines, and IS throbbing with the intense lie of the splendid West.
 The two nrincipal towns in the south ern portion, chiefly sought for their climatic advantages, are Phoenix and Tucson Each of them Las 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 @ circus, often horse race, and. in the spring. a thoroughly curious and interesting fiesta" For the cest, people must. take their amusemcnts with them. Good horses are abundant and cheap, and there are prenty of cow boys-the genuine articIe-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 gre apt to be dusty; but there IS one we'll sprinkIed drive of six or eight miles; and 5lnce the winds are quite regular in their direction, it is rarely difficult to choose a 'oute or which the dust will be largely ;ar.iod away fror, you. The unJroken lesert itself is often as easy to drive over as an Eastern highway, and the whole 'alley is paradise for bicyclers, or eques- rians.
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AIR,

The atmosphere is singularly clear, tonic and dry. 1 have never seen it clearer anyW here in the world. It seems to have about the same bracinG and exailaratiDg 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- Halfa, but somewhat cooler.
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April The same reports show the highest and lowest temperatures, averaged for eight years, at the same place, as follows: For November 7S1l degreesand 42 degrees, December 731a degrees and 361a degrees, January 651a degrees and 3 degrees, Feb ruary 7l1a degrees and 351a de rees, March Sl1a degrees and fl degrees and April S61a degrees and 46 degrees. The nights throughout the winter are apt to be cool enough for open wood fires, and foi blankets. Half the time an oyercoat is not needed during the day, but it is never prudent for stranger to be without one at hand.
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RAIN.

Showers, anl indeed heavy rams are liable to occUr n every month of the year; bHtthe actual lumber of rains seems to an eastern vis'tor strangely small The 've.age r@infal in Southern Arizona, as ~;so" by the Government Obsel yations, is but SI4 inches re~ year.
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,e5i ,sl5EEE0E, We ave hereunto set
 "'e' thIs Eth day of Nov, ISO7
L. '. LOW LR.
 l.. r. Do N. - E. H. CHANDLER

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 OH iAls -U.u day UI Nuyem srr.-rn the year one thousand, elGAt hundred and ninety seven, before me, T. E. NeWiIn. Couutv CIe'N and eN-oLIcIU Clerk of the Superior Court m and for said County. personally appeared l.. C. Bower and l.. E. U5an. known to me to be the persons whose names are subscribed tO the within instru- menI,aHu acAHONIedged to me that they executed Jue same
 And do hereby certify that the annexed instrument IS executed and acknGwIedged III accordance with the laws Ot the State of California.
 In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court tHe day aHd year Ill this certificate first above written. Y. E. NrWTrv
 County Clerk and eX-Ouicio Clerk lSANL) Of said Superior Court. TERRITORY OF ARIZoNA,'
 County of Yuma.
 On the 24th day of November. A. D. I>Jr. before me. J. Ii. Carpenter, a notary P"pIc ln aLd for said county and Territory personally appeared E. II. Chandler. the per-oI! described iu nd who signed the lofe5oin% Instrument, who ackuOwledged to me that he executed the same for the purpose and consideration therein men uOued.
 In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my official seal the cay and year in this certificate first above "II''eH' J. Il. CARPENTER,
 Notary Public. -1 coIlmSsIon expires Nov. 2, 1888.