The Arizona sentinel., 1898-03-19
RIVERS OF YUMA COUNTY.

In regard to climate, healJnlulness, Ter tiHty and productiveness of soil, facilities for cultivation, irrigation and abundance of water supply, variety Of resources and cheap transportation by rail and by water, no part of Arizona can surpass Yuma county, which is destined to become one of richest and most prospsyous counties in Arizona.
 It lies between 32o 0G' and 3+0 20' north latitude and ll3' 40' and Ill' 40> west longitude. It contains 6, ,4SS. .32o acres. It is about as large as the States of Rhode Island, Connecticut and Delaware com bi<ed. or as large as either New Hampshire, Vermont or Massachusetts.
 The Festern boundary Of Yuma County is formed by tLe Colorado riycr which separates Al;5oua from California. --c county is bounded on tLo north by Williams Ferk and the Santa Maria ryor, whose waters flow into the Colorado; ou tie east by the counties of Pima, Maricopa and Yavapai, and on the south hy Sonora, Mexico. It's county seat Is the town Of Yuma
 The Colorado river drains the entire ter ,itory of Arizona, and every drop ot water which falls on its mountains and plains hnds its way to this mighty nver. It is formed by the union of the Green and Grand rivers, fed by the streams which rise in the Rocky Mountains, and the melt ing snows cause a greater depth ot water in this riy 1T Ill summer than Ia winter, thus furnishing the most water at the season when it is most required for the purposes firrigation and agriculture.
 tt will be seen that for the entire distance -song its western boundary, Yuma County poss. .ses the great advantage Of cheap water transportation.
 The GIa river rises n the western part of New Mexico ard is fed by numerous streams. among the most prominent ot which are the San Pedro, Agua Fris, Has sayalnpa and Salt rivers. It flows west through Yuma County and empties into the Colorado at the town Of Yuma.
 Yuma county, traversed by these great rivers from its northern to it's southern and from its eastern to it's western bound aries, possesses a far greater water supply than any other county in the Territory, and far more than can be found in all Cali fernia.
 This water is now being diverted from its natural channels by means of numerous large irrigating canals, and utilized for the purpose of retaining and ;.li-a ing the i;umense tracta of lands which li- n tais favored country, and which are as fertile as any in the world.
 The Southern Pacific Railroad crosses the Colorado river at the town Of Yuma and runs through the county, following the gencroI course, and at au average distance of about four miles south, c. t1a cI.a river. rendering all the lands susceptible of irrl- zstion and cultivation, can dud an casy sntlet in this way and can be transported g aIl the markets and contefa Of population n tie East or Vest.
 Another competing railroad is projected rom San Diego. California, to tie town ef Yuma, and thence along the north side of the Gila river. Thus Yuma County will aave exceptional railroad advaa,agcs.
 THE CLIMATE OF YUMA.
 The climate Of Yuma tor nine months of 4he year has no equal, as We believe, iu the world, and during the remaining three ! months of the year, comprising June, July i and August, the heat is not oppressive. Sven though the thermometer in uId-sum. i. ner may al times rise above I00', and oc-