The Arizona sentinel., 1898-03-05
RIVERS OF YUMA COUNTY.

on feet Co supply the hIe-SFlh8 ""OcI9 "i tbe yellow Colorado to the thirsty earth.
 RIVERS OF YUMA COUNTY.
 In rerard to climate, healthiulness, fer tility and prcductiveness of soil, facilities for cultivation. irrigation and abundance of water sp7gly, variety of resources and sbeap transportation by rail and by water, m mart of Arizona can surpass Yuma copnty. which is destined to become one ot richest and most prosperous counties in Arizona.
 Il lies between S2s 0O' and S4' % north 7ai;tude and ll3o 70 and ll40 40' west loneitgae. It contains SASS. .5Z0 acres. It is about as large as the States of Rhode Island. Connecticut and Delaware com si.ad. oras large as either New Hampshire, Fe-mort or Massachusstts.
 Tss -esgcra boundary of Yuma County =z formed Icy the Colorado river, which se,.s~tss tlizona from California The ..,.,,rt., .- l.ocnded OF the north by Williams 7arl. and -be santa Maria rver, whose waters flow into the Colorado; on the east nv the counties Of Pima, MaTicopa and Yava,,a:. and on the south by sonora, Mexico. Its county seat is the town ot Yuia2a
 The Colorado river drains the entire ter riterv of Arizona, and every drop ct water which falls on its mountains and plains dpds iss way to this mighty river. It Is fo~n,ed bv the union of the Green and Grand. rigers, fed by the streams when r5se iii the Rocky Mountains, and the melt ing snows cause greater depth of Watei in tbjs riy r m summer than ID winter. thus furnishing the most water at the season when t IS most required for the purposes firrigation and agriculture.
 ,t will be seen that for the entire distancI ,orp its western boundary, Yuma County posst zss the great advantage Of choaI u-aler transportation.
 Tie Gila river rises IF the western par 5f New Mexico and is fed by numerous streams, among the most prominent o which are the San Pedro, AgEa fria' HaS savanna and Salt rivers. It flows west through Yuma County and empties Into th' Colorado at the town of Yuma.
 Yuma county, trareysed by these great rivers from its northern to its southern and from its eastern to its western bound aries, possesses far greater water suppl! than any other county in the Territory and far more than can Le found in all Cali fer ga.
 This water is new being diverted from it natural channels by means Of nameroa iarre irricaling canals, and utilized for tn onrnose of reclaimjng and irrig~ ting tn immense tracts of lands which lie in tAi favored country, and which are as ferLiI as-any ia the world.
 The Southern Pacific Railroad crosses tn Colorado rfverat the soUu of Yuma an' ,4,ns through tle county, following tn .oce~ol eoorse and at an averag" dia.2ao sf.bcnt f2r, r.;:ez s.uth. Of tie Gila rjrer ~e,.ae.iug aE t!sa lands sa-e,Ttia-e Q. irri ~at;op ap.l cultivation, can dnd an eas. .r.let n t:.is way and caa ho transPoto' G all the markets and ceute.s os papulstio n the East ur Y est.
 Aroti CT conl5 e,ing rli,goal is rrojocte rom san Diego. California, to t'e tow Yuma. a4a 5hsncs aions tae north sid ef .hs Giia river. Thus Yuma County wi 4uvce cexceptional railroad advantages.
 THECLiMATE 0F YUMA.
 Tae climate Of Yn.aa Ter nine months ( .}e year has no equal. as We believe, in ta world. and during the remaining thre
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