The Arizona sentinel., 1898-04-16

as it reaches the sulsace of the hody and
 at ns time in the sumner does the heat produce any discomfort.
 THE VILLAGE OF YUMA.
 Although the town of Yuma is the second
 oldest community in the Territory of Ar zoua, it is astonishing how Hj1e its re- sources are known to the worlI a5 large, aul l how slightly daraloreIis the natural wealth i of tha county This is owing partly to Nuna's reputation for ualaaraaLa heat, and partly to the fact that, lying next to Coli , f3rnia, is has been assumed that the county has been thoroughly prosreclcd for mineral wealth, and prosDactors have, in the main, kept the trarele] highways in crossing its Territory As a matter of fact one suffers less from the heat here than in almost al! of the settled communities of the east. owing to the dryness Of the atmosphere, and there is no healthier Clmace on Gods footstool.
 People labor ont of doors from the rising to the setting of the sun, and suffer no in convenience. There has never been known. in this section of country, an authentic case of sunstrole. Cur climate, taken iii time. never fails to cure pulmonary complaints of any description. Disease such as smallpox, cholera, etc., rarely visit us, and then only in a very mild form, and are never fatal ex- cept through the pervarsity of patients Contrary to the belief of the uuiuformed, the dry heat of the summer months is es- pecially conducive to good health and ex- aeptional vigor, acting naturally upon the human system with the same effect as the artificial result of a Turkish bath-purafy- ing and renovating it. As further matter of fact, this county has never been even supcrGcialiy suspected, and it is only now that people are beginning to search it's hills with any degree of systematic enthusiasm fer the mineral wealth hidden there. Ow. ing to the failing of in the price of silver, deposits Of gold only are being sought for: and the present result is little short Of mar Selous. h all sections of the county from the Sonora line t0 Williams Fork discoveries are daily Icing made, c~5 inc oraator the d-,o.5pa.c-5 the c.oa.-- the wealth dis played Wherever tLa prosneetor plants a.s fQos. leIsas of gold c3afr9at him OF are brought to light by the investigating strokes oi a;s p.-z
 Fgrioas of the country traverseI for years eE commonly traye,el trails are devci- oping into rich storehouses of golden wealth. New and rich r1aceIs are constantly Le.ng discovered, and shipments of placer gold from this point through Wells Fargo G Co.'S Ezgsess, are steadily increasing in ya]ue. From mining s.andpo;a. Yuma County is rapidly leading the Territory. and yet as far as that industry is concerned. ,Ais section has received lut Ii..lo r,co-- n.tion.
 A-r.eul,a.ally the country is vastly i'm grovi-z. Enterprises Gat have lain a5.- nlaut t4a last two years, owing 0 o4e gen. eyaI financial depression and consequent dearJh of money for investment purposes. are waking up tonew Iifca4d v;agr. Money is leiag attracted in this direction. and oa all sides can be distinguished that indefn- able slr aaicA is the precursor of an indus trial awakening. Even within these last two years ot financial s5rincency and de- prcsslou there has been @ steady if slow ia- crease in agricultural development and wealth A greater area of old farms has been put under cultivation, aal new lands have been ino,o-el and new fields startc1. \ large section of DlaisdcH Hei-hts has been planted to lruit trees: fields of cereals and alfalfa have been added to the cultivated area en the co.JElg river below town; the lands lying under tL. Mohawk and Farmers canals have ieeu made to yield heavy crops ,l every variety of agricultural products, as ia other sections of the fla valley, and thc se~6auF If Yuma have been added to and
 a..5ed .a f-G.-z. flowers @@1 slu,1arr to| amo.c than apnree.a5-e extent. Altogether 're may feel proud ot our progress during ! tAesa lastMo--as Of business depression and 'tsc2osaGcmelt. 1t spc.As well for the fn- l oa-trg aaa pluck of our people, aud the showing made constitutes the best evidence l ot. the merits of our soil and climate and the | f'chae.s of our mineral resources. Nature ] has done everything for our county, and all i that is needed is a touch of the wand of cap ! ,tal to have our nils and valleys spring into 1. 1n active life of remuneratiyo industry that { will last and endure forever.
 Some three years ago, through the energy l of II. ". Blaisdell, the Yuma Water and U Light Company was incorporated, and by 1 means of its large pumping plant, at the loot of Main street, the town is abundautly | supplied with water atrcasoutble rates, and ! there have grown into existence new and | arg gardens and orchards.
 MINES.
 There is lo section Of tie United States, i r probably of the earth, more rich in min .ral vealth than the County of Yuma. AlIi he country north, east and south of Yuma ics directly within tue main gold belt that -,.,-....7.... - tr.---, a...r .--7 T.. in EF.-;...