The Arizona sentinel., 1898-04-30
THE VILLAGE OF YUMA.

Although the town Of Yuma is the secon,
 oldest community iu the Territory oi Ar.
 zoaa, it is astonishing how little its ro- sources are known to the world at-ar-a, auJ . how shtly developed is the natural woal5l of the county. This is owing partly tc
 Iuma's reputation for un5eara5lo heat, ana
 partly to the fact that, lying next to Cali
 f9rlia, is has been assumed that the county
 has been thoroughly p~ospacted for miuera
 wealth, and prospectors have, in the main, kept the t-ayelad highways in crossing it's
 Territory. As a matter of fact one suffers less from the heat here than in almost all of the settled communities of the east, owing to ths dryuess Of the atmosphere, and there is no healthier climate 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 sunstroka. 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 only in very mild form, and are never fatal ey- cept through the porversity of patients. Contrary to the belief of the uniformed, the dry heat of the summer months is es- l peoial}y conducive to good health and ex- cepGonai vigor, acting naturally upon the human system with the same effect as the artificial result of Turkish batb-purcfv- ing and renovating it. As a further matter ] Of fact, this county has never been even ] superHoially suspected, and it is only now that people are beginning to search it's hills with any degree of systematic enthusiasm for the mineral wealth hidden there. Ow. ing to the falling of in the price of silver. l deposits cf gold only are being sought for: and tAa present scaa!t is !.aM4 short of mar 1 'elous. h all sections Of the county from the Sonora fine 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 lejgos of gold confront him or are brought to light by the Investigating strokes of his piek.
 Portions of the country traversaI for years by commonly traveled trails are d.vet. oping into rich storehouses of golden wealth. ! New and rich placers are constantly aeing discovered, and shipments Of placer cold 1 from this point through Wells Fargo < 1 Co.'S Express, are steadily increasing in value. From a mining standpoint Yuma County is rapidly leading the Territory. and 1 yet as far as that industry is concerne1 this section has received but little recoo. milton,
 Agrienlturally the country is vastly i'm proving. Enterprises that have lain dor mant the last two years, owing to the cen ersl financial depression and consequeDt asaIth of money for investment purposes are waking ID 10 new Iifeand vicor, Money Is being attracted in this direction, and on all sides can be distinguished that iodefn- able stir which is the precursor Of an indus trial awakening. Even within these I9s+ two years o- financial striugency and de- pression there has been a steady if .l,,y in. crease in agricultural devslon,acnt and wealth. A greater area of old farms hs. I been put under cultivation, and new lands have been inclosed and new falls e.arie5 \ large section of Biaisdeu ITsiabts has Ieon ? }.1'-,ed to fruit trees; fields of cereals and alfalfa have been added to the cultivated area on the Colorado river below town: tla lands lying under th- 1IshaUI, and Farmer. canals have been made to yield Isavv o,.-.rs ', of every variety Of agricultural products. as < n other sections of the GiIa valley, and the }, -araeEa of Yuma have been added to and =. lo@atiLea in fruits, flowers and sh,tb6or-, +, .. n,5r5 .laH apPrccialle extent. Altorsther Fo maE feel prord of cur progress drrj7o .. hesa hstEcutAs of bazsucss depression and - .-s1ou'ag-men5. It spcaks well for tT.a :a- asify and pluck of our people, and tho V AoEnS made ooastitutes tae best evidence ,, i ,ae 'Deits of cur soil aaI climate end the {. LeAness Of our mineral resources. Nature as done everything for our county. and all -a5 Is needed is 9 touch of the wand of cap- & al to have cur hills and valleys spring into Q, active life Of romunera.ilc industry thai n, Ill hstaud endure forever. o, Some throe years ago. through the energy q, II. ". Blaisdeu, the Yuma Water and q: '=ht Company was Incorporated, and by SC cans c, it's large pumping plant, at the S. o5 of Main street, t.-g town is abur1aauy if ppIed with water at reasonable rates, ant tn slc have grown into existence new and bs rga gardens and orchards. in
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 MINES.