The Arizona sentinel., 1898-04-09
THE VILLAGE or YUMA.

THE VILLAGE or YUMA.
 Although the town of Yuma is the second
 oldest community in the Territory of Ari
 zona, it is astonishing how little it's re-
 sources are known to the world a5 large, and
 how slightly developed is the natural wealth l of the county. This is owing partly to
 Yuma's reputation for unbearable heat, and
 partly to the fact that, lying next to Cali
 tornia, is has been assumed that the county
 has been thoroughly prospacted for mineral
 wealth, and prospector3 have, in the main. kept the trayeled highways in crossing ita
 Territory. As a matter of fact one suffers
 less from the heat here than in almost all of
 the settled communities of tAe east. owing
 to tha dryress Of the atmosphere, and there
 is no healthier climate on Gods footstooI. People labor out of doors from the rising
 to the setting of the sun, and suffer no in- convenience. There has never been known. ia this section of country, an authentic ease of sunstroke. Our climate, taken ii time. never fails TO cure pulmonary complaints of any description. Disease such as snalIpox. cholera, etc, rarely visit us, and then only in a very mild form, and are never fatal ex- cept through the pervsrsity of patients. Contrary to the belief of the uniformed. the dry heat of the summer months is es- pecial,y conducive to good health and ex- ceptional vigor, acting naturally upon the human system with the same effect a the artificial result of @ Turkish bath-purefv- 1 ing and renov2ting it. As further matter ! of fact, this county has never been even superfcialiy suspected, and it is only now
 that people are beginning to search it's hills
 with any degree Of systematic enthusiasm
 for the mineral wealth hidden there, Ow.
 ing to the falling o& in the price of silver, ] deposits of gold only are being sopeht for:
 and the present result is little short of mar
 velous. h all sections of the county from
 the Sonora line to Williams Forl, discoveries
 ore daily being made, and the greater tho
 development the greater the wealth dis
 played. Wherever the prosreotor plant.
 his foot, leJses of gold confront him or are
 brought to light by the Investigating strokes
 of his pick.
 Portions of the country traversod for years by commonly traveIed trails are davel- oping into rich storehouses of golden wealth. New and rich rlacers are constantly being discovered, and shipments of placer gold from this point through Wells Fargo < Cos Express, are steadily increasing in value. From 8 mining standpoint Yuma County is rapidly leading the Territory. and yet as far as that industry is concerned. this section has received but little recos- milton.
 Agriculturally the country is vastly i'm proving. Enterprises that have lain dor maut the last two years, owing to tae gen. oral financial depression and consequent dearth Of money for investment purposes. are waking ID tonew life and vigor. Money IS being attracted in this direction. and on all sides can be distingu;zhed that indefn- able stir which is the precursor of an indus trial awakening. Even within these last two years of financial stringsacy and de- pression there has been Q steady if slow in- crease in agricultural development and wealth. A greater area of old farms has been put under cultivation, and new lands have been inclosad and new fields started \ large section of Btaisdell IIeirLts has been planted to fruit trees; fields of cereals and alfalfa have been added to the cultivated area on the Colorado river below town; the lands lying under t3s 1Iohaw k and Farmers canals have been made to yield heavy crops Of every variety Of agricuisuraI products. as ln other sections Of the Gla valley, and the gardens of Yuma have been added to and 6eaut;iod in fruits, flowers and ah@5aery to a more than aprrecia5,s extent. Altogether we may feel proud oi o9r progress during these last months Of bu@2ass den-ass.o3 and Encouragement. It speaks well for the in- lustly and black of our people. and the showing made constitutes the Lest evidence 'i the merits Of our soil and climate and the 1chaess ot our mineral resources. Nature 12s done everything for OFT county, and ali that Is needed is a touch of the wand Of cap tai to have our hills and valleys spring into m active life of remunerative industry that will lastand endure forever.
 Some three years ago, through the energy 'f Ii. W. Blaiadeii, the Yuma Water and , -lghs Company was Incorporated, and by means of it's large pumping plant, at the oct of Main street, the town is abundantly implied with water at reasonable rates, and here have grown into existence new and !