The Arizona sentinel., 1899-03-18
RIVERS OF YUMA COUNTY.

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 in regard to climate, healthiulness, fer tiHty and productiveness of soil, facilities for cultivation, irrigation and abundance ot water supply, variety Of resources and cbeap transportation by rail and by water, no part of Arizon can surpasS Yuma countv. which is destined to become one ot richest and most prosperous counties 10 Arizona.
 It lies between S2' 00' and 3+' 20' north atitude and Il3o 2O' and ll4' 40> west !cpsitude. It contains 6.4SS. S2o acres. It is about as large as the States of Rhode Island Connecticut and Delaware com bi1ed, or ss large as either New Hampshire Vermont or Massachusetts.
 The western boundary of Yuma County Ss formed by the Colorado river, which grparrltes Arizona from California. The county is bounded on the north by Williams Fork and tue Santa Maria rlver, whose waters flow into the Colorado; on the east bv the counties of Pima, Maricopa and Yayapai, and on the south by Sonora, Mexico. It's county seat is the town ot Yuma.
 The Colorado river drains the entire ter ritorv of Arizona, and every drop ot water which falls on its mountains and plains dnds its way to this mighty rlver. 1t IS formed by the union of the Green and Grand rivers, fed by the streams which tise in the Rocky Mountains, and the melt ipp snoge cause a greater depth of water 2,, tl,is riy 1T ID summer than Tn winter. thus eornisbiDu Slc most water at the season -sbe:, it is most required for the purposes firrieation and agriculture.
 1t will be seen that for the entire distance .onc it's western boundary, Yuma County eoss, ses the great advantage of cheap water transportation.
 The Gila river rlsos ill the western part of New Mexico and is fed by numerous streams, among the most prominent of whieh are the San Pedro, Agua Fria, Has saves1ps and Salt rivers. It flows west through Yuma County and empties into the Colorado at the town of Yuma.
 Yuma county, traverscd by these great Tfvers from it's northern to its southern, and from its eastern to its 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 irrig"ting the immense tracts of lands which lie in this Severed country, and which are as fertile as any in the world.
 Tse Southern Pacific Railroad crosses the Colorado river at the town of Yuma and rms through the county, following the senerol course, and at an average distance sf about fonr miles south, Of the Gila river, rendering all the lands susceptible of irfi- aation aad cultivation, can 6nd an easy outlet in this way and can be transported al the markets and centers of population ir the East or West.
 Bnother competing railroad is projected rom San Diego. California, to tic town sf Yuma, ard thence along the north side af the Cila river Thus Yuma County will aave exceptional railroad advantages.
 
 THECLIMATE OF YUMA.
 The climate of Ynma tcr nme months of rhe year has DO equal, as we believe. in the world, and during tho remaining three months of the year, comprising June, July and August, tic heat is not oppressive. Eycn though the thermometer in md-snm- o,er may a times rise above l00', and oc- sas,onally esen reach li07, yet, owing to she absence of moisture in She air, ltl5 not enplyssi,e. The atmosphere is pure, light .aa haiav. When the mercury marks the sisI,est extre'1e of heat, a person docs not .- ,- ..l -..---.,--:or, O,- jo>iii.,, -vhycn Is