The Arizona sentinel., 1898-12-03

Yuma's very doors, but already a reacVioh is taking place aGd many enterprises are on foot to supply the life giving waters of She yellow Colorado to the thirsty earth
 RIVERS OF YUMA COUNTY.
 Tn regard to climate, healthiulness, fer Eility and productiveness of soil' facilities for cultivation, irrigation and abundance o1 water supply, variety of resources and sbeap transportation by rail and by water no part of Arizona can surpasS Yuma county. which is destined to become one Of richest and most prosperous counties In Arizona.
 It lies between 32o O0' and 34' 2O' north attitude and ll3o 70 and ll40 40, west longitude. It contains SASS, ,32o acres. It is about as large as the States ot Rhode Island. Connecticut and Delaware com bixed, or as large as either New Hampshire Vermont or Massachusetts.
 The western boundary of Yuma County is formed by the Colorado river, which se,,arates Arizona from California. The county is bounded on the north by Williams Fork and the Santa Maria rlver, whose waters flow into the Colorado; on the east 5v the counties of Pima, Maricopa and Ravapai, and on the south by Sonora 6Iexico. Its county seat is the town oi Yuma.
 The Colorado river drains the entire ter ritorv of Arizona, and every drop ot water which falls on its mountains and plains snds its way to this mighty river. It IS formed bv the union of the Green and Grand rivers, fed by the streams which rise in the Rocky Mountains, and the melt inq snows cause a greater depth ot water E, this riy 1T Tn summer than m winter. thus furnishing the most water at the season when it is most required for the purposes firrigation and agriculture.
 if will be seen that for the entire distance long it's western boundary, Yuma County poss, ses the great advantage Of cheap water transportation.
 The Cila river rises Ill the western part If New Mexico and is fed by numerous streams, among the most prominent oi Rhich are the San Pedro, Agua Fria, Has' savampa and Salt rivers. It flows west sbrough Yuma County and empties into the Colorado at the town of Yuma.
 Yuma county, traversed by these great rivers from its northern to its southern, and from it's eastern to its western bound aries. possesses a far greater water supply ghan any other county in the Territory, and far more than can be found in all Cali sernia
 This water is now being diverted from its natural channels by means of numerous large irrigating canals, and utilized for the rurnose of retaining and irrigating the immense tracts of lands which lie in this favored country, and which are as fertile as any in the world.
 The Southern Pacific Railroad crosses tho Colorado river at the town of Yuma ano runs through the county, following th' cenerol course, and at an average distance of about four miles south, of the Gila river rendering all the lands susceptible of irri cation and cultivation, can tnd an easy 9ntlet in this way and can be transported oall the markets and centers of population :n the East or West.
 Another competing railroad is projected 5oln San Diego. California, to tie towr of Yuma, ard thence along the north side of the Gila river Thus Yuma County vii lave exceptional railroad advantages.
 HECLnNATE OF YUMA.
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