The Arizona sentinel., 1898-08-13
THE VILLAGE OF YUMA.

THE VILLAGE OF YUMA.
 Although the town of Yuma is the second oldest community in the Territory of Ari- zona, it is astonishing how little its re sources are known to the world at large, and now slightly developed is the natural wealth of the county. This is owing partly to Yumas 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 prOspccted for mineral wealth, and prospectors have, ill 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 footstool.
 People labor out of door from the rising to the setting of the suu, 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 oLly in very mild form, and are never fatal ex- cept through the perversity of patients. Contrary to the belief of the uninformed, the dry heat of the summer months Is es- pecially conducive to good health and eX- ceptional 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 its hills with any degree of systematic enthusiasm for the mineral wealth hidden there. Ow. ing to the falling off in the price of silver, deposits of gold only are being sought for and the present result is little short of mar
 veIous In all sections of the county from
 the Sonora line to Williams Fork discoveries are daily being made, and the greater the
 development the greater the wealth dis
 played. Wherever the prospector plants his foot, lodges of gold confront him or arc brought to light by the investigating stroke! of his pick.
 Portions of the country traversed foi years by commonly travelled trails are devel
 oping into rich storehouses of golden wealth New and rich placers are constantly being
 discovered, and shipments of placer gold from this point through Wells Fargo
 Co.'s Express, are steadily increasing il value. From a mining standpoint Yuma County is rapidly leading the Territory, ant
 yet as far as that industry is concerned
 this section has received but little recog milton.
 Agriculturally the country is vastly i'm proving. Enterprises that have lain dor
 mant the last two years, owing to the gen eral financial depression and consequent dearth of money for investment purposes are waking up to new life and vigor. Money
 is being attracted in this direction, and or olAl SANtNc Ndn DC IIOOIIlEulSilCu IlIG lilNlGDll able stir which is the precursor of an indus trial awakening Even within these last two years of financial stringcncy and de
 pression there has been a steady if slow in
 crease in agricultural development ant wealth. A greater area of old farms Ina.
 been put under cultivation, and new land | hDo 4s T A large section of BIaisdelI Heights has beer planted to fruit trees; fields of cereals anC alfalfa have been added to the cultivated area on the Colorado river below town; tho lands lying under the Mohawk and Farmer
 canals have been made to yield heavy crop
 of every variety of agricultural products, 8 in other sections of the GiIa valley, and th, gardens of Yuma have been added to anc beautifed in fruits, flowers and shubbery t. ? a more than appreciable extent Altogethe $ we may feel proud of our progress durin, 2 these last months of business depression anc
 Encouragement. It speaks well for the in ? dustry and pluck of our people, and tn l showing made constitutes the best evidenc of the merits of our soil and climate and tn richness of our mineral resources. Natur has done everything for our county, and al that is needed is touch of the wand of cap 7 ital to have our hills and valleys spring int an active life of remunerative industry tha ] will last and endure forever.
 Some three years ago, through the encrg. l of H. w. Blaisdell, the Yuma Water ant ! Light Company was incorporated, and b g means of its large pumping plant, at tn l foot of Ms in street, the town is abundantl
 supplied with water at reasonable rates, am
 there have grown into existence new an
 large gardens and orchards.
 MINES.
 ? There is no section of the United States