The Arizona sentinel., 1899-06-24
THE VILLAGE or YUMA.

produce any discomfort.
 THE VILLAGE or 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 sli .b5ly developed is the natural wealth of the county This is owing partly to Yumas reputation for unbearable heat, and aartly to the fact that, lying next to Cali fornia, is has been assumed that the county has been thoroughly .pcospected for mineral wealth, and prospoetor3 have, in the main, kept the travelled 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 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 sun, and suffer no in convenience. There hasnever been known, in this section of country, an authentic case 
 of sunstrolse Our climate, taken in time, never fails to cure pulmonary complai--.5 of any description. Disease such as smaIl,-x cholera, etc., rarely visit us, ana thea orly in a very mild form, and are never fat-i ez- cept through the perversity of patieRts. ! Contrary to the belief of tie uuiuformed, the dry heat Of the summer months is cs- pceial'y conducive to good health and ox- ceptional vigor, acting naturally upon the human system with the same effect as the artificial result of a Turkish bath-purcfy- ing and renovating it. As further matter of fact, this county has never been even supegfcially suspected, and 1t is only now 1 that people are beginning to search its hills with any degree of systematic enthusiasm for tho mineral wealth hidden there. Ow- ] ing to the falling of in the price of silver, 1 deposits Of gold only are being sought for; and the present result is little short of mar yelous. In all sections Of the county from the Sonora line to Williams Fork discoveries arc daily being, made, and the greater the development the greater the wealth dis played. Wherever the prospsctor plants his foot, leIros of gold confront him OF aIc brought to light by the investigating strokes of his pick.
 Portions Of the country tlaversod fer 1 years by commonly trayelel tratls are devei- oPing into rich storehouses Of golden wealth. New and rich plaoers are constantly heinz discovered, and shipments Of placer gold from this point through Wells Fargo < Co.'S Express, are steadily increasing iu vaine From a mining standpoint Yuma County is rapidly leading the Territory, and 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 dcarth of money for investment purposes, are waking uD 10 new life and vieor. Money is being attracted in this direction, and on aIl sides can be distinguished tbas iadcfn- abe stir which is thopgecursor of an indus trial awakening. Even within these last two years of financial stringency and de- pression there has been a steady if slow in- crease in agricultural development and wealth. X greater area of old farms la been put under cultivation, and new lands l,a--o Loa,, ;-o1--l.l ' .-,J ,,l.-. c .7 i7 4 large section of Blaisdeu ITei -hts has been planted to fruit trees; field of cereals and alfalfa have been added to the cultivated i area on the Colorado river below town; the lands lying under tn. Mohawk and Farmers canals have been made to yield heavy crops of every variety of agricultural products, as in other sections of the Gila valley, and tha | gardens of Yuma have been added to and l beautiiiod in fruits, flowers and shubberv to anore than appreciable extent. Altogether We may feel proud of our progress durina these iastmonths of business depression and discouragement. It speaks well fol the in- dustry and pluck of our people, and the showing made constitutes the best evidence of the merits of our soil and climate and the richness oi our mineral resources Nature has done every thing for our county, and al that is needed is touch of the wand of cap itaI to have our hills an& valleys spring into an active life of ramunerative industry that will iast and endure forever.
 Some three years ago, through the energy of II. ". Blaisdol, the Yuma Water and Light Company was incorporated, and by means of its large pumping plant, at th, foot Of E- n street, the town is abundantIy supplied wish water at reasonable rates, anG there have grown into existence new and large gardens and orchards,