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The Arizona sentinel., 1899-10-28
WHY IMMIGRANTS SHOULD COME TO YUMA
 COUNTY.

COUNTY
 Because the climate is perfect.
 Because the soil is fertile and prolific.
 Because land is abundant and cheap.
 Because a home can be made with little labor.
 Because so great variety of products can be grown.
 Because the yield is large and the prices always remunerative.
 Because life is>a luxury in land where the sun shines every day.
 Because there are chances for poor man which he can never hope to find in older countries.
 Because the country is advancing and property values are increasing.
 Because, unlike Southern California 1t does not require small fortune to secure piece of land.
 Because capital does not block all the av- enues to wealth, nor crowd the poor .man to the wall.
 Because Uncle Sam has yet many farms in Yuma county waiting for occupants.
 Because churches, schools, newspapers and railroads are fast developing the moral and material elements of the Territory.
 Because good land is becoming scarce, and if you don't catch on now, your last chance will soon be gone.
 Because the country is one of the few reoions of the United States that yields the products of the temperate and semi-troplc zones.
 Because the worker receives a fair com nonsa+ion for his labor, and the hustler has field for the display of his energy and en- terprise.
 Because there are neither blizzards or tornadoes, earthquakes nor inundatlons, snow-sto, ms nor cyclones.
 Becaus, the vast and varied resources e1 the country are yet to be developed.
 Because the wealth of it's mines, it's farm ing valleys, and grazing lands, will yet bull LID great and prosperous county
 Because q man can make a livelihood Ler' with less labor than in any other part ot the United States.
 Because there is health in every breeze, and strength and vigor under its cloudleSS skies.
 Because the settler need lot spend lie time in felling trees and grubblng cut stumps.
 Because vegetation is so rapid that in two years the home is surrounded by growth of trees and shrubs which would require five years to develop in colder cline
 Because fortunes here await the venture some. and health welcomes the afflicted.
 Because the country has brilliant future and vou want to be in the 'swim."
 Because in it's pure, dry invigoratng air. epidemic diseases cannot live or germlnate :
 Because its people are generous hOe1'i' hospitablc and progressive
The Arizona sentinel., 1899-10-28
LANDS AND SOILS.

The lands of Yuma County comprise the river
 bottom ands are moister and slightly mere fertile if, indeed it is possible to make comparisons where all are so wonderfully productive and prolific The uplands or mesas are warmer and, perhaps
 lightly for better the cultivation the citrus fruits Yuma containsa variety of soil The valley land of the Gila and Colorado rivers have for the mos part a deep sedimentary soil of broWnish, gray sandy loam, resting,i in most places, upon gray
 clay subsoil at a depth of from ten to twenty feet below the surface, The clay subsoil forms a hard
 pan which is impervious to water. These soils have
 been slowly formed by the decomposition of shales
 sandstones, marls. limestones, etc.. mixed with or ganc and vegetable matter, washed down by tho mighty rivers and have been gradually deposited during the course of centuries. The fertilizing brownish mud held in the wat tlof the Colorado
 and Gila rivers resembles that from the Nile, ant | its quantity varies from o. l to O.5 per cent though the water when even considerably discolor- ed by mud is good drink, resembling in this res pect the Missouri river water. chemical analysis of the sediments of the Colorado and of the Nile exhibits wonderful similarity in the constituent parts of each. That of the Colorado exhibiting g trihe less potassa, most phosphOric acid and car bonade of limestone beds through which the Colo
 rado passes In other respects the sediment of the
 Colorado is almost Identical with that of the Nile
 It will be noticed therefore, that when this water
 used for irrigation is superior to artesan waters since it is constantly supplying the land with tht
 rchestfertilizng elements. The soil of the valley is extremely rich in dedomposed vegetable matter and uncombined carbon, readily absorbing tho
 aerial gases such especially, as oxygen, which en
 tering the soil, decomposes the organic matters SC | that they can be taken up and nourish the plants | which may be considered leading featur3 in it
 fertility It also readily takes up and retains
 moisture while the firmness of its particles afford;
 every facility for percolation and the activity o capillary action. In ts mechanical composition its
 particles are in a state of very fine division. which | renders it more productive than coarser soils. l
 acourics heat readily in the daytime, and the los
 of the heat at night is very gradual so that it re mains always warm and is not subject to suddeI
 changes of heat and cold. Besides it's essential con-
 stituents of water, organic or vegetable matter
 sand and clay, a chemical andy ysis shows that lime | soda, magnesia iron, ammor- and available form
 of nitrogen, phosphorc acid and potash enter int composition in the proportions best adapted t'
 add to it's fertility, though, of course, as is alwaJ
 the case in soil analysis, it's composition varies il
 d.fcrpntl- calities and is notalways constant.
The Arizona sentinel., 1899-10-28
The Wiser Way.


 "How fresh and rosy you look, Nora," exclaimed Isabel, who had jus, returned from the baach, and was greeting her friend.
 "Yes, dear," replied Nora, "I am. feeling splendidly, and mamma says I have an alarming appetite"
 "Where in the world have you been since I saw you?".
 "I have remained at home," replied Nora, "and have worked hard every day. But 1 have been taking that wonderful medicine, Hoods Sarsa- parilla, and it has done me, oh, SC much good. You see always like to feelwell when go away, and I leave the mountains next week.."
The Arizona sentinel., 1899-10-28
MINES.

There is no section of the United States, or probably of the earth, more rich in min oral wealth than the County of Yuma. al the country north, east and south of Yuma lies directly within the main gold belt that commences im Alaska and ends in Mexico.
 From the San Ecrnardino mountains ln California ty the Sonora boundary line the mountains and hills are exceptionally rich in the precious metal, as though demonstrating tn, theory often advanced that the richest
 -o,d mines are lound bordering the beds of
The Arizona sentinel., 1899-10-28

Awhite nan first set foot on what Is TOW Yuma County in l77l. It IS the southwest division of the Territory. and one of the four original counties of the Ter ritorv. Many great reclamation projects are however on foot, and in a few years eX- pect to see Yama County rated as the richest in the Territory.
 The first glimpse the traveller from Cali so,,,ia catches of Arizona is that of the nieturegoue town of Yuma, which Is snugy s;+so+ed in the embrace of gentle rolling hills mon whose crests and sides the roo5o,n homes Of our superior civilization are orowding the adobe dwellings into ,4o,,,al oblivion. Yuma is the gateway o -rirona. the new empire of the West, upon whose undeveloped riches the eyes Of the country are at present turned, and as such'
 is bound to grow and prosper with ranidity that at present can hardly be re- .liyod But coupled with her geographl ,a1 aosition we find that she is the center cfa country whose agricultural posaLb'l ties are practically unlimited, being sar -onnaea by soil the fertility of whioI ,xeoeds that of the delta of tLo Nile, an' -.anting oaiv water to become a paradise o ,loon Billions of gallons of that Preciou Amid have annually gone to waste a Yuma's very doors, butalready react'o. is+al,iuc place aGd many enterprises ar m foot to supply the hfe-giving waters .fa yellow Colorado to the thirsty earth.
The Arizona sentinel., 1899-10-28

cury is ranging from SOo to 9O'. The air is SO dry that precipitation is absorbed as soon as it reaches the surface Of the body, and at nc time in the summer does the heat
 produce any discomfort.
The Arizona sentinel., 1899-10-28
rrECLIMATE OF YUMA.

Tbcc.imate Of Yuma for nine months of .s.. ,.ear has no equal, as we believe. in the ,rorjd and daring the remaining three ,,-,+fs of the year, comprising June' July. and August. the heat is not oppressive ,,...o t,ooob the thermometer in ulld-sum- a'a, ,.,a, a.. times rise above lo0', and oc- ..iorairv even reach lIo', yet, ow.ag to
 absence of moisture in the air. its not ,,rr.siye. Theatmosphere is pure light and lala-. When the mercury marks 'he -le-t xtrcae of heat, e person does not s aalo .4ra-ien or dc'lity which h
 | .ata.7is vhy ~ete'ta the D.
The Arizona sentinel., 1899-10-28
F1vERs0F YUMA COUNTY.

ENFRSGF YUMA COUNTY.
 7o ro.ard ro climate, healthiulness, fer tility and projuotiveness of soil' facilities fo,. cultivation, irrigation and ab"ndance oi water supply, variety of resources and eh.ap transportation by rail and by water m rart of .Arizon can surpasS Yuma ,orntv. u hfch is destined to become one oi .;.f-st and most prosperous counties in A,iz3na. ;, relics between a2a 0O' and 34' 20' north ot+oda and ll30 2O' and lI40 4O> west ,ono;+nde. It contains 6, ,4S8, 32O acres. 1t s,5ort as large as the States of Rhode r.iao5 Connecticut and Delaware com- l,i,ed. or as large as either New Hampshire Vermont or Massachusetts.
 The restern boundary of Yuma County forp,ed by the Colorado river, which -o...,.+ee Arizona from California. The ooontv is bounded on the north by Williams Eo,l, and the Santa Maria nver' whose ,,,o4o~s gov into the Colorado; on the east , 4bo counties of Pima, Maricopa and yo,..,,ai and on the south by Sonora ,1o,.iro Its county seat is the town o1 Yuma.
 The Colorado river drains the entire ter ,;+orv of Arizona, and every drop of water ,,.bicb falls on its mountains and plalns saa. is way to this mighty river. It IS f.,n,oa Inv the union of the Green and Grand rivers. fed by the streams when ,;so in tbe Rocky Mountains, and the melt ;no enows cause a greater depth of water :.t,,is riy IF ID sumner than in winter, thus ,rnisbinq the most water at the season .ho,, if ;e most required for the purposes
 irrication and agriculture.
 rTl I,e seen that for the entire distance ouo 5+s western boundary, Yuma County nosst' ses the great advantage of cheap water transoortation.
 Tn. ciiIa- river rises u the western part ofNew Mexico and is fed by numerous streams. among the most prominent oi ..hiob are the San Pedro, Agua Fria, Has s,yan,na and Salt rivers. It flows west tbyonqb Yuma County and empties into the Colorodo at the town of Yuma.
 yrma county, traversed by these great uicers from it's northern to its southern' .na from it's eastern to its western bound ,-;os nossesses a far greater water supply tsan any other county in the Territory and far more than can be found in all Can fcrnia. ,e.. ;4.
 rtis water is now being diverted from Its -o+nraI channels by means of numerous ls,.oe irricating canals, and utilized tor the ,,,rrosa of reclaiming and irrigating th' i-,,-c,se tracts of lands which lie in thI' favored country, and which are as fertile as ans in the world.
 Tbe Southern Pacific Railroad crosses th' c,lo~a7o ,iyerat the town of Yuma ana .r,,s through the county, following th' .oncro} course. and at an average distance efobapt four miles south, of the Gila river rendering all the lands susceptible Of lrTl o.9oo and cultivation, can Hnd an easy e,nst in tl;s way and can be transported osll the markets and csnters of population ia thc East CT West.
 Eco.acr competing railroad is projected from San Diego, California, to tic toWI efYrna. and thence along the north slo' ,f.,a cila river. .Tlus Yuma County vii ..ve exceptional railroad advantages.
The Arizona sentinel., 1899-10-28
Rouse heLWer

Cure Sick Headache, Bill iousness, Sour Stomach, and Constipation. Sold everywhere, 25c. per box Prepared by C:LHood & Co, Lowell Mass
The Arizona sentinel., 1899-10-28
VALLEYS OF THE COLORADO AND
 CHA,

In the valleys of the CoI,rado and the Gila rivers there IS rocm for thousands. It is not too much to say that nowhere within the limits of this broad Union can be found a more desirable region for the making of home. No Iaborious clearing of the land is rec Guired; it lies almost ready for the blow. Trees and shrubbl " have so rapid growth that within eightee months the immigrant can surround his abode with attract;CHs which would require years to mature in less favored climates. Fruits ripen and are ready for market a fuIl month before the California products. The bright sunshine makes life luxury, and the pure dry atmos- phere brings health to all who inhale it. For the establishment of colonies, such as are made in southern California, Arizona pre-
 sents unrivaled opportunities. Thousands of acres now pro6tless can be made produc-
 tive by the construction of firrigating ditches,
 and there is no investment which assures larger or more permanent returns,
 The statement in this article on Yuma
 county are not exaggerated; in fact they fall
 short of doing justice in this wonderful bit
 of country. Pineapples, dates, almonds and
 waluuts will do well. Strawberries, rasp-
 berries, blackberries, entrants, gocseberries
 and all varieties of small fruits can be sue
 cessfully cultivated. Indeed, Yuma County
 is not cnly the natural home of the citrus
 and semitropical fruits, as almost every fruit, nut, plant, grain, grass, or vegetable which ca;, be produced in either tropic o temperate zones will thrive in the rich anG
 fertile soils.
 With the bright prospects ahead of the
 town of Yuma and Yuma County there car be no better investment for capital seeking large and renumerative returns than is af forded here. With matchless climate where ali forms of disease known to the , damp and rigorous regions of the east anc north are unknown, where the bright sun shine kisses into bloom and fragrance every form of vegetation, and where the clear day' and cool and balmy nights are one long tinued poem of happiness and delight, we can offer to capitalists an ideal field for in- vestment and to home seekers a veritablC paradise in which to settle.
The Arizona sentinel., 1899-10-28
ARIZONA.
It's Attractions and Advantages as a
 Place of Residence in Winter.

Whitelaw Reid. owner and editor of the New York Tribune, who has spent the last two winters in Arizona for the benefit of his health, writes entertainingly and in structively concerning that rart of the country. Mir. Reid says:
 So many questions are asked about Ari- zona as a place for winter residence, and there appears to be such dearth of pre- else information among many who are yitally interested, that it seems almost Q public duty, to set down, in the simplest form, few facts of personal observation.
 WEATHER.
 During a five months residence in Southern Arizona in winter there was but one day when the weather made it actually unpleasant for me to take exercise i'll the open air at some time or other during the day. Of course there were good many days which weather observer would de- scribe as "cloudy, and some that were "showery; but during these five months Cfrom No, ember, 1895, to May, lS96.l there were only four days when we did not have brilliant sunshine at some time dur ing the day. Even more than Egypt, any where north of Luxor, Arizona is the laud of sunshine. As to details:
 TEMPERATURE.
 I have seen the thermometer mark 92 degrees in the shade on my north piazza in March, On the other hand' we had ifosUS which killed young orange trees, and there were several nights when thin ice formed. The government reports show a mean temperature for fourteen years at the pres .nt territorial capital of 573 degrees Tn November. 53 degrees in December, 49 de grces in January, 54 degrees in February Gl degrees in March and 66 degrees n
The Arizona sentinel., 1899-10-28

extinct oceans. The great Colorado desert was once an inland sea, cut of centuries and perhaps ages ago from the main ocean, leaV- inc it's waters to evaporate in this intense heat. Throu-hout all the country border inc the desert, including this section, Alch mines are being constantly discovered, ana some of recent location are already produc- inc immense profits. In the neighborhooo of Yuma. claims exceedingly rich .on the surface are daily being located, and all signs nortend great mining boom for this county which will culminate as early as the coming fail in an irroad of much capital. Experts | are arriving every week and mines are being bonded at more than heavy prices It seems wonderful to believe that all this mln- | eral wealth has been lying at our very doors
 for so many years without taker, but the
 tendency of prospectors is to go lohg dis
 tance off into strange lands rather than tc
 seek for mines in a county as old as Yuma
 County and so accessible. The greater the
 distance, the hardship, and the danger th'
 greater the fascination for the prospector
 Distance seems, indeed, to lend enchant-
 ment to the view.
 So it is that this county is almost vlrgll field for the mine hunter, and now with tn
 few hundreds searching in its mountains It - mineral secrets are still in effect secrets, fo
 thousands upon thousands might be wander
 ing through the rock-ribbed fastnesses | our mountain ranges and their presence t . almost unknown, so vast is the extent
 country
 l Recent rich discoveries of gold deposit particularly in lodges, have given a gre; impetus to mining throughout the county. New locations are being constantly mad l. and all show wenupon the surface. The y Fortuna mine, recently put in operatio Il has 2]-stamp mill running night and da i' and the production of gold averages $75,0 Is per month. This mine is situated about 'S miles southwest of the village of Yuma. o1 Rich gold discoveries have also been ma lg in Castle Dome, Harqua Hala, Centenni' re Palomas, Pot Holes, and other mining c
 tricts, and, although the mining|oc lcOk lg the county was never better, still llost r. the silver and lead mines are idle, owl n, to the low value of these metals.
The Arizona sentinel., 1899-10-28
ssT9 Ig E gE (1E
 YTy LaZA G5qD E1 1z Y K The Soil, Climate, Rivers, and Many
 and Varied Offerings Of FAIR ARlZ0NA'S BANNER COUNTY
FAIR ARlz0NA'S BANNER COUN7

Brief Setting Forth the Many Advantages and Inducements offered h Yuma Place Of Residence
The Arizona sentinel., 1899-10-28
Moods Pills

Are prepared from Ma; ture's mild laxatives. and while gentle are reliable and efficient. They
The Arizona sentinel., 1899-10-28

TERRITORY OF ARIZONA, County of Yuma sS
 On this fourteenth day of August, 1899 before me, c. H. Brinley, Clerk of the Dis. trict Court, Third Judicial District, Terri tory of Arizona, County of Yuma, person. ally appeared T. w. Brooks, w. E. Marvin o. H. Willis, Donald Mcintyre, Samuel de Corse, James P. Buck, L. G, StanchfelG and Frank Avila, whose names are sub- scr1bed to the foregoing instrument as par ties thereto, and to me personally known and each acknowledged to me that he ex- ecuted the same for the uses, purposes and consideration therein expressed.
 In witness whereof I have hereunto sci my hand and seal of sad District Court the day and year in this certificate first above written.
 CsEAL) c. H. BRINLEY, Clerk of the District Court, Third Judicial
 District, Territory of Arizona, County
 of Yuma.
 Received for record Aug. IA, 1899, at 1C o'clock a. m. at request of T. w. Brooks. Recorded in Book No. of Bonds and Agreements, page 3S7, sea-, Records O1 ana County, Arizona Territory.
 (sEAL) w. F. MARVIN, Recorder First pub. Sept. ?, 1899.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1899-07-22
Gldlund-R Ratter.

At the home OF the bride, mt Powers
Mich, Rev. Pasmore, ot liermansville, /,
united in marriage, Mr., G. l.. Gidlund, OF
Crystal Falls, and Miss Addie Ratter, OF
Powers. The wedding was a quiet affair,
but a few OF the most intimate friends
OF the contracting parties heing present
az the ceremonies. After the wedding
ceremonies were over n wedding break
fast WIS served and the happy couple
bnde their friends good bye soon after
wards and took the train for Crystal
Falls where they repaired TO THEN home
in the Roberts building which Mr.. Gid
lund had furnished up in apple pie order.
Mr.. Gidlupd is the popular tailor who
lately purchased the business Of the
Langley Bros. We extend 20 the newly
married couple our hearty congratula-
tions.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1899-07-22
DO You Wonder why7

"Why is il that the Miners lose so
many games Of base ball." said re-
porter Tor THE DIAMOND DnILL 10 one
Of the "footers" that accompanied the
team 90 Iron River last Sunday. ANY
team having members that give such
dinner orders az that, said he, taking n
slip Of paper from his vest pocket. "and
when il il brought ON viii lick the whole
assortment up clean cannot expect TO
play winning bnl." The slip contained
the following list. Soup egg sandwich,
six hard boiled eggs on lettuce. celery,
sliced beef. pork chops, rice, tomatoes
in wine, beans, onions, mushrooms, hot
wafiles, maple syrup. lemon pie, straw.
berry short cake with cream, knife,
fork aud spoon, two glasses Of milk and
lour cups Of ten. Az ~ result oi this
over.iceding the team played stufiy
game. the Farmer boys having them on
the hip from start 10 finish with the ex-
ception Of the last hall OF the nncih
inning when the Miners braced up and
brought IN live runs bciorea man was
put out. This makes the second game
that the Iron River boys have won from
the Miners aud gives them clear title
to supremacy. The Farmers have to
reckon with tho Crystal Falls city club
before they viii have clear sailing in the
county and we understand that the
etcond game between these two teams
will bc played tomorrow and will decide
which team Is entitled TO the honors oI
the championship Of Iron county.