The Arizona sentinel., 1899-01-28

Vuma's very doors, but already reaction is taking place and many enterprises are en foot 70 supply the life-giving waters O. Enc yellow Colorado to the thirsty earth.
 RIVERS OF YUMA COUNTY.
 yn regard to climate, healthfulness, fer tility and produetiveness Of soil, facilities for cultivation, irrigation and abundance oI water supply, variety of resources and cboap transportation by rail and by water, no part of Arizon can surpass Yuma sapnty. which IS destined to become one ot richest and most prosperous counties Tn Arizona.
 4 lies between S2' 00' and 3i' 20' north .i;tnde and ll3o 2O' and ll4' 40' west ienritudc. It contaIus 6,+SS, 320 acres It & ahout as large as the States of Rhode Island. Connecticut and Delaware com hised. .or as large as either New Hampshire Vermont or Massachusetts.
 The xestorn boundary of Yuma County ;s formed by the Colorado river, which xe,,arates Arizona from California. ihe c.n,n,,y is bounded on the north by W lIIiamS FmE and the Santa Maria nver, whose waters flow into the Colorado; on the cast bv the counties of Pima, MaT1copa and yavanai. and on the south by Sonora, Mexico. It's copnty seat is the town oi Ealna.
 The Colorado river drains the entire ter ,ito,.v of Arizona, and every drop ot water which falls on its mountains and plains 6uds its way to this mighty river. IL IS .1,,ne,s hy the union of the Green and 9,rp5, rivers, fed bY the streams which ,;se in the Rocky Mountains, and the meIS ing SHOWS oause a greater depth 0f "atei in .b,s riz .r m summer than in winter. thus fnru;shing the most water at the season ,cbc,, if Is most required for the purposes firri gation and agriculture.
 # will be seen that for the entire distance .,.a its ..estern boondary, Yuma County BOSS, ses the great advantage ot cheal water transportation.
 The C,jIa river rises III the western par of New Mexico and Is fed by numerous ..t,cams. among the most prominent O xbich are the San Pedro, Agaa Fria, Has xsva,nra and Salt rivers. It flows wes thropcb Yama County and cmpties into th' t,oioratlo at the town of Yuma.
 Yuma county. traverSed by these grea xiv,rs from it's northern to its southern and from its eastern to its western bound a,rics. nogscsses a far greater water suppl, shan any other county in the Territory ana far nore than can be found in all Call Gernia.
 This water is now being diverted from it patural channels by means of numerous f7,-,c iaigeting canals, and utilized for th' ,orrose of reciaiming and irrig" ting th :,omoggc tracts of lanes which lie in thI lavo,.d country. and which are as ferSii ss ary in the world.
 Ebe Southern Pacific Railroad crosses tn folar4,3o ,iverat tbc tU~n Of Yuma aE' ,nns through the county, following in .,.n,rol course, and at an average distanc' ,J about four nsiI.s south, of the Gila river rcudcring all the lands susceptible of lrrl cation and cultivation, can find an eas aetip, in this way and can be transpolte' osu the markets anG centers Of poPulatlo n tue Elet or West.
 Auother competing railroad is projccto' 5to,n San Diego, California, to tie tow .fYuu,s. ard thence along the north sid ef tie Giia river. Thus Yuma County vii nave exceptional railroad advantages.
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