The Arizona sentinel., 1899-04-22
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 sources are known to the werld at large, and how slightly developed is the natural wealth ] of the county. This is owing partly to
 Yuma's reputation for unbearable heat, aud
 partly to the fact that, lying next to Cali fornia, is has boen assumed that the county has been thoroughly prospected for mineral wealth, and prospeetors have, in the ma;u, kept the travelled highways in crossing it's l Territory. As g matter oi fact one suffers jess from the heat here than in almost all of i the settled communities of the east, owing to the dryness of the atmosphere, and there is no healthier llinate on Gods fcotstool
 People labor out of door from the rising to the setting of the suu, 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 70 cure pulmonary cornpiai. 5 of any description. Disease such as s;nalipcx, cholera, etc, rarely visit US, and then oLly in very mild form, and are never fatti ex- cept through tine peryersity of patients. Contrary to the belief ot the unintcrmed.
 the dry beat of the summer mouths is es- pecially conducive to good health and ex. ceptional vigor, acting naturally upon the human system with the same effect as ths artificial result of Turkish batk-- purely ! ing and repovat:Hg |. Is tsr4Ler matter 1 of fact, this county las never been even l supegGc;ally sH4p4cyed, and 1t is only nov that people are beginning to search It's h;lis i with any degree of systematic enthusiasm : for the mineral wealth hidden tbe74 Ow- l ing to the falling of in the price oi silver, deposits ot gold only are being sovght for; and the present result is little short Of mar velous In III sections of the county fror. the Sonora line to Williams Fork discoveries are daily being made. and the greater 5hs develonmsnt the greater the wealth dis played. Wherever the prospector plants his foot, lodges of gold confront him or are brought tc light by the investigating strokes ] of his pick.
 Portions of the country traversed for 1 years by commonly travelled traiis ars devcl- oping into rich storehouses of golden wealth
 New and rich placers &ra constantly being discovered, and shipments ot placer gold from this point through Wells Fargo & Co.'s Express, are steadily increasing in vaiHa From 8 mining standpoint Yuma County is rapidly leading the Territory, and yet as far as that industry is concerned, this section has received but Httls rscog- nltion.
 Agriculturally the country is vastly i'm proving. Enterprises that have lain dor nlant tue last two years, owing to the gen eral financial depression and consequent dearth of money fer investment purposes. are waking up to new lie and vigor. Money is being attracted in this direction, and on all sides can be distinguished that indefin- able stir which is the precursor of an indus trial awakening. Even within these las; two years of financial stringency and de- pression there has been 6 steady if slow in crease in agricultural development and wealth. 4 greater area of cid farms ha, ! been put under cultivation, and nsw land, have been inclosad and new fields started A large section Of Biaisden Heights has bee. planted to frui. trees; field Of cereals anC alfalfa have been added to the cultivate, area on the Colorado river belew town; tn lands lying under the Mohawk and Farmer, canals have been made b yield heavy crop of every variety of agricultural products, e. in other sections of the Gil2 valley, and th gardsEs of Yuma have been added to an, beaUtiied in fruits, flowers and shubbsry {. a Inors than oppreciable extent. Altogethe
 we may feel broad oi our progress dur;a sAese last month5 Of buslrcss depression an. Encouragement. It speaks well fof the in dustry and pluck Of our people, and th. showing made constitutes the best eviIef. of the merits of our soil and climate and th. richness of cur mineral resources. Natur. has done everything for our county, and al that is needed is A touch of the wand of cap ital to have our hills and valleys spring int, an active life Of remunerativo industry tba will last and endure forever.
 Some three years ago, through the energ, ef II. ". Blaiadell, the Yuma Water all, Light Company was incorporated, and b, means nt its large pumping plant, ct th: foot of AG& iu street, the town Is abundant, supplied with water at reasonable rates, an, thele have grown into existence new an, large gardens and orchards,