The Arizona sentinel., 1899-03-04


 Yuma's very doors, but taiready reaction is taking place and many enterprises are On foot to supply the ife-giving waters of fine yellow Colorado to the thirsty earth.
 RIVERS OF YUMA COUNTY.
 tn re.ord to climate, healthfulness, fer SiHtv and produotiveness of soil, facilities scr cultivation, irrigation and abundance of water supply, variety Of resources and cheau transportation by rail and by water, no part of ArigOn can surpass Yuma sounty. which is destined to become one ot richest and most prosperous counties Tn Arizona.
 It lies between 32' Oo' and 340 2O' north atitude and ll30 2O' and ll40 4O west longitude. It contains 6.4SS. 32o acres. It it aheut ss large as the States Of Rhode Island. Connecticut and Delaware con- bired, or as large as either New Hampshire Vermont or Massachusetts.
 The western boundary of Yuma County is formed by the Colorado river, which se,,arates Arizona from California. The couutv is bounded on the north by Williams Esrk and the Santa Maria rIver, whose waters flow into the Colorado; on tue east hv the counties of Pima, Maricopa and ysvsusi. and on the south by Sonora, Mexico. Its couuty seat is the town oi Ynma.
 The Colorado river drains the entire ter ritory of Arizona, and every drop ot "atei wbieh falls on its mountains and plaln' S,ds ifs way to this mighty river. 1t ii formed by the union of the Green and Grand rivers, fed by the streams winch rise in the Rocky Mountains, and the melt i,o snows cause a greater depth of water ;s this riv sr Tn summer than ID winter. thu' Furnishing the most water at the season when it is most required for the purposes tirriRation and agriculture.
 will be seen that for the entire distance ,epo it's western boundary, Yuma County oosst ses the great advantage ot cheal water transportation.
 The Gila river rises III the western par of New Mexico and is fed by numerou streams, among the most prominent ~hieh are the San Pedro, Agua Fria, Has .syampa and Salt rivers. It flows wes through Yuma County and empties into tn Colorado at the town of Yuma.
 Yunaa county, traversed by these gre& rivers from it's northern to its southern oud from its eastern to it's western bound ories. possesses a far greater "ster suppl Ahan any ether county in the Territory o,d far ,nora than can be found in all Cali sernia.
 Tbis water is HOW being diverted from 1t nntural channels by means ot numero1 Aa,re irrirating canals, and utilized for tn uurpose of reclaiming and irrig"ting tn immense tracts of lands which lie in tn favored country, and which are as fortil as apy in tbe world.
 The Southern Pacific Railroad crosses tn Colorado river at the town of Yuma an suns DnTOuEu SLS SONi4NJ' ,ensrol course, and at an average distanc of ahor,t fonr miles south, of the Giia river rendering ali the lands susceptible of irr gat;on and cultivation, eau find an eas o,tIet in tkis way and can be transport te osU the uaat kets and centers Of populatio n, the East or West.
 Another competing railroad is projecte from Sau Diego, California. to the Cow sf Yuma, ard thence along tho rocth sld If the Gila river. Ihus Yuma Coanty WI aaye exceptional railroad advantages.
 yHECLIMATE OF YUMA.
 The climate of Yuma for nlue months %he year has no equal, as we believe, Ill u world, and daring the remaining thr' months Of the year, comprising June, Jul s,d August, the heat is not oppresslv' zven though the thermometer in mId-sun aer may a times riae above lOO', and o asxiorally e, eu reach ll0', yet, owing She absence of moisture in the air, Il IS m oaurcssiye. The atmosphere is pure, hgl a,d balm. lyksn tie mercury marks tf ,..cl.ezt estre~le Of heat, person doo0 n' fss! that oppression or debility which aF. :, @l- res+eH. S+c+"a "hs- s1e 2