The Arizona sentinel., 1899-02-18
THE VILLAGE OF YUMA.

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 THE VILLAGE OF YUMA.
 Although tie town of Yuma IS the second oldest community in the Territory of Ari- zona, it Ks astonishing how little its re sources are known to the world at large, and now slightly developed is the natural wealth of the county. This is owing partly to Yulna's reputation fer unbearabie heat, and partly to the fact that, lying next to Cali. fornia, is has been assumed that the county has been thoroughly prospected for mineral wealth, and prospectors have, in the main, kept the travelled highways in crossing its 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 climaue on Gods footstool. People labor ont of door 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 autheI tic case of sunstCoke Our climate, taken in time, never fails to cure pulmonary complains Of any description. Disease such as smallpox, cholera, etc, rarely visit Us, and then oi-iy in very mild form, and are never fats.l cx- cept through the perversity of patients Contrary to the belief of the uninformed, 1 the dry heat of the summer months Is es- pecially conducive to good health and ex- ceptional vigor, acting naturally upon the | human system with the same effect as the artificial result of Turkish bath-pnrefy- ing and renovating it. As further matter of fact, this county has never been even superfcially suspected, and it is only BOW that people are beginning to search it's hills with any degree of systematic enthusiasm for the mineral wealth hidden there. Ow- i ing to the falling of in the price of silver, deposits of gold only are being sought for; and the present result Is little short of m&r- vicious. In all sections cf the county from the Sonora lire 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, lodges of gold confront him or are brought to light by the investigating strokes of his pick.
 Portions of ths country traverscd for years by commonly travelled trails are devet oping into rich stcrehouses of golden wealth New and rich placers are constantly being discovered, and shipments of placer goIl from this point through Wells Fargo & Go. s Express, are steadily increasing il value From mining standpoint Yuma County is rapidly leading the Territory, ana yet as far as that industry is concerned this section has received bat little crcos 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 dearth of money for investment purposes are waking up to new life and vigor. Money is being attracted in this direction, and or all sides can be distinguished that indefn able stir which is tie precursor of an indus trial awakening. Even within these las two years of financial stringency and de pression there has been steady if slow in crease in agricultural developments ant wealth. A greater area of old farms ha, been put under cultivation, and new land, have been inciosed and new fields started < large section of Blaisdell Heights has beer planted to fruit trees; fed of cereals ana alfalfa have been added t o the cultivated area on the Colorado river below town; th( lands lying under the Mohawk and Farmer. canals have been made to yield heavy crop, of every variety Of agricultural products. a in other sections of khe Gila valley, and thj gardens of Yuma have been added to anc beautifed in fruits, flowers and shubbery tt a more than apprcciable extant. Altogethel we may feel proud of our progress durin: these last months of business depression anf Encouragement. It speaks well fol the in dustry and pluck of our people, ard tho showing made constitutes the best evidenc, cf the merits of our soil and climate and tn. richness of our mineral resources. Nature has done everything for our county, and al Shat is needed is touch of Che wand Of cap ital to have our hills and valleys spring int all active life of remunerative industry tha will last and endure forever.
 Some three years ago, through the energy of H. w. BlaiSdell, the Yuma Water anC Light Company was incorporated, and b, means of its large pumping plant, at th' foot of Nj iu street, the town is abundant, supplied with water at reasonable rates, anC there have grown into existence new an, large gardens and orchards,