The Arizona sentinel., 1898-03-26
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 it's re-
 sources are known to the world at large, and
 how slightly developed is the natural wealth of the county. This is owing partly to
 Yuma's reputa ton for unJearabe heat. and
 partly to the fact that, lying next to Cali
 fornia, is has been assumed that the county
 has been thoroughly p~oSpectcd for mineral
 wealth, and prosnector9 have, in the main,
 kept the travelled highways in crossing it's l 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 the dryness of the atmosphere, and there
 is no healthier climate on Gods footstool.
 People labor out 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 sunstrolse. Cur climate, taken ii time. never fails TO cure pulmonary complaints of any description. Disease such as smallpox. cholera, etc. rarely visit us, and thea onIv in very mild form, and are never fatal ex- cept through the perv.rsity of patients.
 Contrary to the belief of the uninforned.
 the dry heat of the summer months i, es- pecial'y- conducive to good health and ex-
 ceptionaI vigor, acting naturally upon the
 human system with the same effect a. the. artificial result of Turkish bath-purefv- ing and renovating it. As a further matter of fact. this county has never been even supericially suspected, and it is only now that people are beginning to search it's hills wi5h any degree of systematic enthusiasm for the mineral wealth hidden there. Ov. ing to the falling of in the price of silver. deposits of gold only are being sopah5 for: and the present result is little short of mar velous. In all sections of the county from the Sonora line toIVilHams Fork discoveries are daily being made. and the greater tLc development the greater the wealth dis payed, Wherever the prospoctor plants his foot, lcdgas of eold confront him or are brought to light by the Investigating strokes of his pick.
 Petitions Of the country traversed for years by commonIg traveIed trails are dsyeI- oping into rich storehouses of golden wealth. 1 New and rich placers are constantly hein2 discovered, and shipments of placer gold from this point through Wells Fargo &, Co.'S Express, are steadily increasing in value. From mining standpoint Yuma County is rapidly leading the Territory, and yet as far as that industry is concerned, l this section has received but little reco.- ition.
 Agricultarally the country is vastly i'm 'roviag. Enterprises that have lain dor oant the last two years, owing to the cen .ral financial depression and consequent tearth of money for investment purposes. Ire waking up tonew -faaadviror. Money being attracted in this direction. and on II sides can be distinguished that iadefa- .-e stir which is thepracursor of an indns- rial a"aSeniag Even within these last "o years of financial strincency and de- ressioH there has been steady if slow ia- Tease in agricultural development and Fealth. 4 greater area of o,I farms has .een put under cultivation, ald new lands ave been inclosod ami new fields starfad \ large section of Blaisdal Heigbfs has baon 'anted to fruit trees; fields of cereals and I-aia have been added to the cultivated req on the Coiorada river below town. t,,a 'nds lying under th: Mohawk and Farmers anais have been made to yield heavy crons \ every variety of agricultural urolucts 3s . other sections of the Gl'a valley. and tbe r ardens of Yuma have been added to and aanttiiod in irui5s, flowers and sh11,arv to ,. more than arprec.aJle extent. Altogether -e may feel proud of our progress during 2 lcze hstmolths of business depression and + 5scouraEement. It speaks well for the fa- |, try and pluck of our people, and the towing made constitutes the best evidence .,
 the merits of our soil and climate and the f. chnoss of our mineral resources. Nature 's done everything for our county, and all at Is needed is touch Of the wand of cap g al to have our hills and valleys sFiug into f G , active life of remunerat,ve industry that u Fl lastand endure forever. O Some three years ago, through the energy d
 II. W. Hlaisdoll, the Yuma Water and q 2nt Company was incorporated, and by S, cans of its large pumping plant, at the .. tt oi Main street, the town is abuudamtly f npied with water at reason .bIs .tes, and u ere have grown into existence new and h. rSe gardens and orchards, i,