The Arizona sentinel., 1899-08-05
THE VILLAGE OF YUMA.

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 its 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 reputation for unbearable 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 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 has never been known,
 in this section of country, an authentic case of sunstrOke. Our climate, taken in time,
 never fails to cure pulmonary complaints of
 any description. Disease such as smallpex,
 cholera, etc., rarely visit us, and then oily
 in very mild form, and are never fatal ex
 cept through the perversity of patients,
 Contrary to the belief of the uninformed,
 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-purefy- , ing and renCvating it. As further matter of fact, this county has never been even superfcially suspected, and it is only now that people are beginning to search its hills
 with any degree of systematic enthusiasm for the mineral wealth hidden there, Ow- ing to the falling off in the price of silver, deposits of gold only are being sought for; and the present result is little short of mar r vicious. In all sections of the county from ; the Sonora line to Williams Fork discoveries
 are daily being made, and the greater the development the greater the wealth dis.
 
 his foot, lodges of gold confront him or are $ brought to light by the investigating strokes of his pick.
 U Portions of the country traversed fol u years by commonly travelled trails are devel , oping into rich storehouses of golden wealth ! New and rich placers are constantly being
 discovered, and shipments of placer golt = from this point through Wells Fargo & Co.'S Express, are steadily increasing il vaine. From a mining standpoint Yuma 5 County is rapidly leading the Territory, ant l yet as far as that industry is concerned this section has received but little recog : nition.
 \ AgricultUrally the country is vastly i'm $ proving. Enterprises that have lain dor Il mant the last two years, owing to the gen. S eral financial depression and consequent
 dearth of money for investment purposes ( are waking up to new life and vigor, Money J is being attracted in this direction, and or I all sidrs can be distinguished that indefn
 able stir which is the precursor of an indus, | trial awakening. Even within these las $ two years of financial stringency and de 'i pression there has been a steady if slow in > crease in agricultural development anC 't wealth. A greater area of old farms ha. e been put under cultivation, and new land,
 have been inclosed and new fields started 1t A large section of Blaisdell Heights has beer l, planted to fruit trees; field of cereals anC l. alfalfa have been added to the cultivated y area on the Colorado river below town; thu '. lands lying under the Mohawk and Farmer i canals have been made to yield heavy crop
 of every variety of agricultural products, a 5s in other sections of the Gila valley, and tn, $ gardens of Yuma have been added to an( e beautihed in fruits, flowers and shubbery t, e 9 more than appreciable extent. Altogethe is we may feel proud of our progress during Ie these last months of business depression anC
 Encouragement. It speaks well for the in e dustry and pluck of our people, and tn, d showing made constitutes the best evidenc, le of the merits of our soil and climate and tn e richness of our mineral resources. Natur r, has done everything for our county, and al l. that is needed is a touch of the wand of cap y ital to have our hills and valleys spring int d an active life of remunerative industry tha D will last and endure forever
 Some three years ago, through the energ, q cf H. w. Blaisdell, the Yuma Water anc n Light Company was incorporated, and b! e means of its large pumping plant, at tn, Il foot Of M..in street, the town is abmdantly
 supplied with water at reasonable rates, anC
 there have grown into existence new anC
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