The Arizona sentinel., 1899-12-23
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 it's re-
 .ources are known to the world at large, and TOW lightly developed is the natural wealth 1 of the county. This is owing partly tn Yuma. 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 lrospected for mineral wealth. and prospectors have, in the main, kept the travelled highways in crossing it's Territory. As matter of fact one suffers less from the heat here than in almost al! of the settled communities of the east. owing to the dryness of the atmosphere, and there is no healthier climate on Gc1's 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 complai- . of any description. Disease such as smalII x, cholera, etc rarely visit us, and then o'.ly in very mild form, and are never fats.l ex- cept through the per eersity of patients. Contrary to the belief of the uninforme1, the dry heat of the summer months es- pecialy conducive to good health and ex. reptional vigor, acting naturally upon tho 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 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 of in the price of silver, deposits of gold only are being sought for; and the present result is little short of mar vclous 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 played. Wherever the 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 heinr discovered, and shipments of placer gold from this 1sint through Wells Fargo & Co.'s Express, are steadily increasing in va'"e From a mining standpoint Yuma County IS rapidly leading the Territory, and yet as far os that industry is concerned, this section has received but little reco,. nItion.
 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. Money is being attracted in this direction, and On all sid", call be distinguished tIat indein abe stir which is the precursor of an indus trial aAakeniAg. Even within these lasi two years of financial Stringency and de pression there has been a steady if slow in crease in agricultural development and wealth. A greater area of o!d farms ha. feen put under cultivation, nd new lands nave been inclosed and new fields started A large section of Blaisdell Iiei.hts has beer planted to fruit trees: field of cereals and alfalfa have beeh added the cultivate,' area on the ColOrad, river below town; tn lands lying under tn. Moha and Farmer canals have been made to yield heavy crop of every variety of agricultural products, in other sections of the Gila valley. and tn. gardens of Yuma have becr added to an, beautiied in fruits, flowers and shCbbery {, a more than apprcciahl0 extent Altogethel l we may feel proud of our progress durin | these last months of business depression an, | dlscouIagement. It speaks well tol the ir | duStry and pluck ot our people, and tn | -howing made constitutes the best ev denc of the merits of our soil and climate and tn | richness of our mineral resources. Natur has done everything for our county, and al i that is needed is a touch of the ward of can. ital to have our hills ana valle, sPring mt. i an active life of remunerative industry th, will last and endure forever
 Some three years ago, through the energ, of H. w. Blaiadell, the Yuma Water ana [ Light COmlaI.y was incorporated, and b, i means "t its large pumping plant, at tn | foot of E- n street, the town is abundant. supplied Wl:h water at reason .ble tes, an, there have grown into existence new an, large gardens and orchards.