The Arizona sentinel., 1899-04-29
THE VILLAGE OF YUMA.

Although the town of Yuma is the second sidest co,nmun;t, in the Territory of Ari- zora. it is astonishing how little its re .ource< are known to the world at large, and l how sli: htIy developed is the natural wealth 1 f the county. This is owing partly to Npma's reputation for unbearable heat, and |
 arfly to the fact that, lying next to Cali | f,r.. 8, is has been assumed that the county i la, been thoroughly p:oSpected for mineral wealth, and prospectors have, in the main, kept the travelled highN ays in crossing it's l Territory As a matter of fact one suffers less from the heat here than in almost all of he settled communities of the east, owing to the dryness of the atmosphere, and there IS no healthier ,lima5e on Gods footstocl.
 People labor cut of door from the rising to the setting of the sun, and suffer no in convenience There has never been known, in ths section of country, an authentic case of ,unstroke Our climate, taken in time, never fails TO cure pulmonary complail '7 of any description Disease such as smaii.cx, cholera, etc rarely visit us, aQG then o'-iy in a very mild form, and are never fats.l ex- cept through the perversity of patients. | Contrary to the belief of the uninformed, the dry heat of the summer months i~ es- pecialy conducive to good health and ex
 neptional vigor, acting naturally upon the 1 human system with the same effect a. the artificial result of Turkish bath-purefy- ing and renovating it. As further matter of fact. this county has never been even superfcialy suspected, and it is only now that people are beginning to-search it's hills witE any degree of systematic enthusiasm for the mineral wealth hidden there Ow-
 ing to the falling eff in the price of silver, deposits of gold only are being sought for; and the present result is little short of mar vicious. In all sections of the county from
 tine Sonora line to Williams Fork discoveries are daily being made, and the greater the
 develoument the greater the wealth dis
 play ed. Wherever tie prospector plants
 his foot, ledges of gold confront him or are
 brought to light by the investigating strokes
 of his pick.
 Portions of the country traversed for
 years by commonly travelled trails are devel-
 oping into rich storehouses of golden wealth.
 New and rich placers are constantly eina
 discovered, and shipments of placer gold
 from this point through Wells Fargo x
 Co s Express, are steadily increasing il.
 val"4 From 6 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-
 nltion.
 Agriculturally the country is vastly i'm proving. Enterprises that have lain do - 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. Mones
 is being attracted in this direction, and ou all sides can be distinguished that indeGn-
 able stir which is the precursor of an indus trial awakeniag Even within these last two years of financial stringency and de ! pression there has been e steady if slow iu crease in agricultural development and wealth. A greater area of old farms ha> been put under cultivation, and new lands
 have been inclosed and new fields started t \ large section of BlaisleI I!eghts has been |. planted to fruit trees; field of cereals and alfalfa have been. added to the cultivated y area on the Colorado river below town; the . lands lying under tha Mohan k and Farmer + canals hare been made to yield heavy crop.
 of every variety Of agricultural products, a. s ill other sections of the Gila valley, and til; $ gardens of Yuma have been added to ana e beautifed ill fruits, flowers and shubbery tc 70 a more than appreciable extent Altogether $ we may feel proud of our progress durir. e these last months of business depression arl
 discouragement. It speaks well fol the in e duetIy and pluck of our people, and tn q showing made constitutes the best evldenc, e of the merits of our soil and climate and tn C richness of our mineral resources. Natur r, has done everything for cur county, and al l. that Is needed is a touch of the wand of cap } itai 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, d Of Ii. W. Blaisdeu, the Yuma Water an, n Light Company "as incorporated, and b e means of it's large pumping plant, at th Il foot of ! n street, the town is abundantl
 supplied with water at reasonable .tcs, an
 there have grown into existence new an
 large gardens and orchards,