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The Arizona sentinel., 1899-12-16

\ white man first set foot on what IS now Yuma County in TIT. It IS the southwest division of the Territory, and one of the four original counties of the Ter ritory. Many great reclamation projects are however on foot, and in a few years ex- rect to see Ylma County rated as the richest in the Territory.
 The first glimpse the traveller from Gall forpia catches Of Arizona is that of the picturesque town of Yuma, which is snug'y sitpated in the embrace of gentle rolling hills. upon whose crests and sides the modern homes of our superior civilization ore crowdinc the adobe dwellings into eternal oblivion. Yuma is the gateway o hriuona. the new empire of the West, upon whose undereloped riches the eyes of the o,,7nt,.v are at present turned, and as such, it is bound to grow and prosper with a rapidity that at present can hardly be re- aIized. But coupled with her geographi- cal nosition we find that she is the center ofa country whose agricultural possibliI- Lies are practically unlimited, being sur rounaed by soil the fertility of which exceeds that of the delta of the Nile, and wanting o4ly water to become a paradise ot bloom. Billions of gallons Of that precious fnid have annually gone to waste at Yuma's very doors, but already reaction is taking place and many enterprises are on foot to supply the life-giving waters Of the yellow Colorado to the thirsty earth
The Arizona sentinel., 1899-12-16
WHICH TOWN IS THe BEST?

Primarily that is a question for the phy- sician, if there is a physician in the case if not, try them all. If a mountain region, considerable altitude and comparatively low temperature is desired, Prescott is in picturesque region, near a great mining districts, and has the social advantage Of an army post, whipple Barracks. az staff IS still higher, is in region of lse pine forests, and is within 2 hard y's journey of one of the wonders of the V Id, the Colorado Canyor Oracle is a .tty mountain nook, powered in splendid live oaks, like .se of California. and is also near an Aportant mining district. If lower altitude and distinctly semi tropical climate are desired, the three places most likely to be considered are Yuma. Tucson and Phoenix. The first is near the sea level; is the warmest and probably the driest of the three, has the least population, and the smallest provision for visitors. Tucson Is the oldest town in the Territory, and, after Santa Fe, perhaps the oldest in the Southwest. Its adobe houses give it 3 Mexican look, and are thoroughly comfort able. It's newer houses are of a handsome building stone, found in the vicinity. The Territorial University is ere, and it was formerly the capital Its elevation being more than double that of Phoenix, it is somewhat cooler, and as there is next to no irrigation near it. the air is a little drier Phoenix is the centre of the greatest irriga- tion in the Territory. The country for miles around smiles with green fields, cover ed with almost countless herds of cattle, and 1t is everywhere shut in by low mount ains It is the Territorial capital, has the Government Indian School, the Territorial Lunatic Asylum, and other institutions, and is the general focus for the Territory. Like Tucson, it has its occasional wind and sand storms-perhaps not quite so often. At either place visitors who know how to adapt themselves to circumstances can be entirely comfortable, and in each they will find an intelligent, orderly, entorprising and most hospitabIe community. They will find a country full of mines, full of rich agricultural lands, abounding in cattle and hor-es, in vineyards and orchards and the beginnings of very successful orange groves a country, in fact, as full of promise for hardy and adventurous men now as CaGfor nia was in the fifties. Above all, it has been their lot to search for health in lar countries, they will reveI in the luxury of being in their own land, among their own countrymen, within easy reach Of their friends by telegraph or rail, and in a climate as good of its kind as any in the world.
 ACTUAL HUMIDITY.
 Fms is extlen ely slight, everywhere in Arizona, as com pared with any eastern climate in the United States. The air Is driest on the high mesas, remote from suowclad mountains or forests, and in the desert valleys, where no considerable irri- gaton has been begun.
The Arizona sentinel., 1899-12-16

cury is ranging from 800 to 9O'. The air is SC dry that precipitation is absorbed as soon as it reaches the surface of the body, and at ne tune in the summer does the heat produce any discomfort.
The Arizona sentinel., 1899-12-16

Showers, and indeed heavy rains are liable to occur in every month of the year; but the actual number of rains seems to an eastern visitor strangely small. The average rainfall in Southern Arizona, as shown by the Government observations, is but 1a inches per year.
The Arizona sentinel., 1899-12-16
RIVERS OF YUMA COUNTY.

RIVERS OF YUMA COUNTY.
 Tn regard to climate, healthfulness, fer tility and productiveness of soil, facilities for cultivation, irrigation and abundance of rater supply. variety of resources and obeap transportation by rail and by water, DO rart Of Arizon can surpass Yuma county. which is destined to become one of richest and most prosperous counties In Arizona.
 It lies between 929 OO' and S4o 2O' north I.titude and ll30 2O' and ll40 40> west ionc:bdo. It contains 6,48S, ,32O acres. It isaholt as large as the States of Rhode island. Connecticut and Delaware com li.od oras large as either New Hampshire, Vermont or Massachusetts.
 The western boundary of Yuma County is formed by the Colorado river, which so,,ar,tes Arizona from California. The conp4v is bounded on the north by Williams Ferl, and the Santa Maria rlyer, whose waters flow into the Colorado; on the ,ast bv the counties of Pima, Maricopa and yavsrai. and on the south by sonora Maxico. It's county seat is the town oi Yuma.
 The Colorado river drains the entire ter ritorv of Arizona, and every drop ot water which falls on its mountains and pialns 6nds its way to this mighty river 1t l. formed by the union of the Green and Grand rivers, fed by the streams winch rise in the Rocky Mountains, and the melt inp snows cause a greater depth of water in this river in summer than Tn winter thus urnishipg the most water at the season when # is most required for the purposes of irrigation and agriculture.
 Ii will be seen that for the entire distance along its western boundary, Yuma County poss, sesg the great advantage Of cheap water transportation.
 The Gila river rises Ill the western par of New Mexico and is fed by numerous streams. among the most prominent oi which are the San Pedro, Agua Fria, Has sayampa and Salt rivers. It flows west through Yuma County and empties into the Colorado at the town of Yuma.
 Yuma county, traversed by these great rivers from it's northern to its southern and from it's eastern to it's western bound aries. possesses far greater wate: supply than any other county in the territory nnd far more than can be found in all Call fernia.
 This water is now being diverted from It. natural channels by means of numerous large irrigating canals, and utilized for tho rnrnose of retaining and irrigating thu immense tracts of lands which lie in thi favored country, and which are as IeftIi' as any in the world.
 The Southern Pacific Railroad crosses thu Colorado river at the town of Yuma an' runs through the county, following tn eeperol course, and at an average distance of about four miles south, of the Gila river rendering all the lands susceptible ot lrri qation and cultivation, can dnd an easy ontlet in this way and can be transported osu the markets and centers of population in the East or West.
 Another competing railroad is projected from San Diego. California. to tie tow ofYuma, ard thence along the north sid' Of the Gila river. Tkus Yuma County WI nave exceptional railroad advantages.
The Arizona sentinel., 1899-12-16
ATTITUDES.

It IS striking advantage offered by Arizona that, with the same general con- ditions as to temperature and dryness of air, the physician is able to select nearly any altitude he may desire. Thus, asth- matic sufferers can find almost the sea level at Yuma, or an altitude of only a thousand feet at Phoenix, or of only 2,4O0 at Tucson Others, who find no objection to greater elevations, can choose betweer Prescott or Fort Whipple, 5,40O; Flag staff. 6, ,6OO,; the Sulphur Spring Valley, or Fort Grant, 4.2OO; Fort Huaehuca. 1, 800, or Oracle, about 1, coo.
The Arizona sentinel., 1899-12-16
TEMPERATURE.

I have seen the thermometer mark 92 degrees in the shade on my north piazza in March. On the other hand, we had frosts which killed young orange trees, and there were several nights when thin ice formed. The government reports show mean tempcratuce for fourteen years at the pres snt territorial capital of 573 degrees in November, 53 degrees in December, 49 de -raes in January. 54 degrees in February, 6l degrees in March and G6 degrees Il
The Arizona sentinel., 1899-12-16
ARIZONA.

the Nile between ASSoUan and VI auy- Halfa, but somewhat cooler.
 ARIZONA.
 triaona stands at the threshold of an era of wonderful social anl industrial de veiopment. There can't be doubt about She fact. The dawn fer which she has waited So long is breaking at last. There is every promise of day of great pros perity and permanent npbuildipg just be- fo.e her. The impulse of a new and eneI qi2ing hope is visible everywhere among her people. while the cumulative effect of many things, which made but snail i'm pression as they transpired singly, is now commanding for her full share of atten- ton and interest abroad among home seekers and capitali.ts.
 4 lively competition has sprung up for the possession of things which have hereto fore gone a-bcgging for ownership. There is scramble for franchises. Nothing more surely indicates great industrial awaken ing than this. The rates of interest are falling to moderate figures. Nothing more surely indicates confidence and competition among the money lend IS than this. Arizona has reachei that climacticer period which every western state has ex- pelienced sometime in it's history when, after long and weary struggle and doubt, with each side of the halance first up and then down. the clouds of despondency have suddenly rolled away, and a sunburst of cnergiziug hope has thrilled the droop- ing spirits of the people to greater and braver endeavor than before.
 For the last twelve years the subsistence of the great Tombstone boom and the com pletion of two transcontinental lines ot railroad across her territory has ratler dropped out of public attention. but in that time she has been quietly ac- cumulatiDg fund of substantial wealth and a force of moral character which qualify her now to rise up and take hel destiny in her own hands.
 The population of Arizona is Mexican. This is mistake of great importance fro1- the moral point of view. There is but one considerable center of Mexican population in ths territory, the city of Tucson, and even there it is not by any means at pres ent the pradomiuating element. It think l it is certain that arizona has not to-day nearly so large @ Mexican population as ! Colorado and not above one-tenth as muci as New Mexico. >"Fits- Mae, in Denver ] News
The Arizona sentinel., 1899-12-16
@5 l9
 YUMA. SJ L1 A = The Soil, Climate, Rivers, and Hs5any
 and Varied Offerings Of FAIR ARgZCNA'S BANNER COUNTY.

Brief Statement Forth the Many Advantages a"d Inducements offered by Coun Place Of Residence
The Arizona sentinel., 1899-12-16
WEATHER,

Daring five months residence in Southern Arizona in winter there was but one day hen the weather made it actually unpleasant for ne to take exercise i'll the open air at some time or other during the day. Of course there were q good many days which weather observer would de scribe as ''cloudy, and some that were "showery; but during these five months (from No' ember, 1895, to May, l8961 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:
The Arizona sentinel., 1899-12-16

Ars.I Glasame reports sHo 'aa i'eae aad lowest temperatures, averasad for eight years. at the same place, a- follows; For November T815 degrees and 42 degrees December T311z degrees and 333a degrees, January 0515 degrees and 32 degrees, Feb ruary 7IH degrees and S57a do reea, March 8I15 degrees and 4 degrees and April sG15 degrees and 46 degrees. Ths nights throughout the winter are apt to be cool onougr for open wood fires. and for blankets. Half the time an ovorcoat is not needed during the day, but it is never prudent for stranger to be without one at hand
The Arizona sentinel., 1899-12-16

The atmosphere Is singul4rly clear, tonic and dry. 1 have never seen it clearer anyw here in the world. It seems to have about the same bracing and exhilarating qualities as the air of the Great Sahara in Northern Africa. or of the deserts about Mount Sinai, in Arabia Petraca. It is much drier than in the parts of Morocco, Algiers or Tunis usually visited, and drier than any part of the Valley of the Nile north of the First Cataract. It seems to me about the same in quality as the air on the Nile between Assouan and Wady- Halfa, but somewhat cooler.
 ARTZONA
The Arizona sentinel., 1899-12-16
a E1E EEEEa -ALGL EIC A7 -ko
lis Attractions and Advantages as 8
 Place oG Residence in Winter.

Whitclaw Reid. owner and editor of the New York Tribune, who has spent the last two winters in A1izona for the benefi5 of his health, writes entertainingly and in structivoIy concerning that rart of the country. Mr. Reid says:
 So many questions are asked about Ari zona as place for winter residence, and there appears to be such a deartb of pre- else information among many who are vitally interested, that it seems almost a public duty, to set down, in the simplest form, few facts Of personal observation,
The Arizona sentinel., 1899-12-16

u z YUMA COUNTY
 ta e-est
 3ecau,. t- .raz.ag lands are the best.
 Because it's farming lands are valuable and productive
 Because it gives assurance of the largest returns on money invested.
 Because it's grand resources are yet to be developed
 Because it is Q young, growing county with an assured future.
 Because the opportunities for engaging in manufacturing enterprises are better than ill any other region of the West Becauso good mining properties can bo had at reasonable figures.
 Because there IS a demand for additional facilities for ore reduction.
 Because there are vast stretches of rich soil to be reclaimed by the construction of irrigating canals.
 Because there are large tracts of grass lands that can be utilized by the sinking ot artesian wells.
 Because there are many openings in new country which cannot exist in older com munities
 Because the opportunities for engaging ir the successful cultivation of semi-tropi fruits are better than in any ether part the United States. Because property values are rapidly ad vanoing.
 Because Arizona's boom is yet to come. CAN ONE HIVE COMFORTABLY? That again depends on what you expect You cannot have the luxuries of our New
 York houses out there, unless you builG one; or the variety of our New York markets, unless you charater refrigerator car. But there are hotels with almost a much frontage as the Waldorf; and, like ; everything else in the Terpitory excepting the mountains and deserts, they are new
 There are boarding houses of more kind:
 than one; and brlck cottages of eight ol c ten rooms can occasinally by rented. Bet . ter than any of them, for the man with energy and the pluck to take 1t, is to on the desert; and he who knows how e ''camp out" with comfort through Septem e Der Tn the Adirondacks can camp out il AIizona through the winter.
 As to food, there is plenty, and it i
 good-if you can get it well cooked. I'm = alfalfa fields of the Salt River Valley ar e the fattening ground for the great cattl
 ranges of the Territory. From there thu d markets of Los Angeles and even of Denve 0 are largely supplied, Good beef, mutton t and poultry are plenty and cheap. Quail > ducks and venison from the vicinity cal 5 also be had. Vegetables and fruits ar 70 abundant in their season, and sometime - the season is long one. It is the OF r. country have lived in where strawberrie e ripen in the open air ten months in tn
 year. l have had them on my table, fresl . picked from the open garden at Christina; T. ATTITUDES.
The Arizona sentinel., 1899-12-16
ACTUAL HUMIDITY.

Fms is extIen ely slight, everywhere in Arizona, as com Jared with any eastern climate in the United States. The air is driest on the high mesas, remote from suowclad mountains or forests, and in the desert valleys, where no considerable irri- gation has been begun.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1899-01-05
They Married Four Sisters.

Canal Dover, O., Jan. AT a
wedding at Trail, a small village
ten miles north of here, four broth
ers were married to four sisters.
The four ceremonies were perform
ed at the home of the four sister
brides, who are the daughters of a
farmer, James Hochstettler. Their
ages range from Is to 2S. The
grooms are the four sons of John
Sumers. The ceremony Of mar
riage of the four couples occupied
almost an hour, the same clergy
man performing all. The four
brothers and their wives will live
within a stones throw of each
other.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1899-01-05
United States Geological Survey.

The United States geological sur
vey has completed its work in the
Indian Territory and forwarded
to the surveyor general at Wash
ington the notes and plats for form
al approval.
Five members of the surveying
corps have been transferred to the
Dawes commission and will work
under that commission and assist
them in laying out town sites and
the preparatory work for final al
lotment of lands in the Indian Ter
ritory to the Indians. 1t is con-
ceded that the geological survey
has done this work better and at
less expense to the government
than if it had been let out to con-
tractors.
The United States geological
survey has compiled under the di-
rection of Charles Fl. Fitch, topo-
grapher of the Indian Territory
surveys, an exceptionally fine topo-
graphical map, and in fact the first
of its kind ever issued of the In
dian Territory, showing the exact
location of all streams, post routes,
towns, railroads, farmhouses and
all prominent landmarks. This
map will be the official map used by
the Dawes commission in execut-
ing the work of allotment.
This survey has cost the govern
ment, in round numbers, about
$3.50, 900, and cannot be charged
to the Indians, as it is expressly
stipulated in all their treaties that
such surveying is to be done at the
governments expense.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1899-01-05
The Confederate Dead.

Gen. Clement A. Evans, chair
man of the committee appointed in
response to a resolution adopted
by the Georgia legislature requir-
ing the members to secure infor-
nation as to locations offhe graves
of Confederate soldiers who died
in Northern military prisons, has
sent a copy of their report to Gen.
Marcus j. Wright. the agent of
the war department, whose letter
to the Adjntant General of Georgia
has already been made public.
The report is by no means COM
plete, and it is lacking in essential
details, because the work of the
commission was hampered by the
lack of a suitable appropriation of
funds to meet necessary expenses,
but it shows that nearly p, 900
Confederate dead are buried in
Northern states.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1899-01-05
Ballard's Horehound Syrup is the
sOaIn's Greatest Need.

Mr.. r. P. Olivia, of Barcelona,
Spain, spends his winters at Aiken,
s. G. Weak nerves had caused severe
pains in the back of his head. On
using Electric Bitters, Americas
greatest Blood and nerve remedy, all
pain soon left him. He says this
grand medicine is what his country
needs. ALI America knows that Il
cures liver and kidney troubles. pur-
ifies the blood, tonesuP the stom8Gh.
strengthens the nerves, puts the vim.
viRor and new life into every musciG
nerve and organ OF the body. a
weak, tired or Riling you reed II
Every bottle guaranteed, only no
cents. Sold by CitY Drug Store:
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1899-01-05
How to Prevent Pneumonia.

You are perhaps aware that pneu-
monia always results from a cold or
from an attack of la grippe. During
the epidemic of la grippe few years
ago when so many cases resulted in
pneumonia, it was observed that the
attack was never followed by that
disease when Chamberlain's Cough
Remedy was used. 1t counteracts
any tendency of cold or la grippe
to result in that dangerous disease.
1t is the best remedy in the world
for bad colds and la grippe. Every
bottle warranted. For sale by City
Drug Store and T. N. Coleman.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1899-01-05
MEMBERS OF noB ARRESTED.
Five Men In JAN at Maskoeee for Semi
mole Indian Burning.

Nelson NJ. Jones, ex-deputy
marshal, and his son David; Geo.
Moppin, a negro; T. w, Martin
and Stoke Martin were brought in
by Deputy United States Marshal
William Buckner and lodged in
Jail. These men were indicted by
the federal grand jury for kidnap-
ping AID arson, in connection with
burning at the stake Of Palmer
Sampson and Lincoln McGeisey,
Seminole Indian boys, near Maud,
Okla, last January. Other ar
rests will follow.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1899-01-05
Presiding Elders $ Dates.

Rev. c. +. Roberts, presiding
elder for the Ardmore district OF
the NJ. E. Church South, an
nounees the following dates for
holding quarterly meetings on his
first round for the present confer
ence year;
Leon-At Simon, Jan. rs.
Lone Grove-At Lone Grove. Jan.
SO.
Springer-At Springer. Jan. 14-15.
Ardmore-At Carter Ave. Jan.
1916.
Willis-At Willis, Jan. 21-22.
Lebanon and Overbrook-At Lebi
anon, Jan. 1928.
Washita-At Big Springs, Jan. ~.
Cumberland-At Cumberland, Jan.
2s-29.
overbrook-At Overbrook, Feb.
As.
Terral-At Terral, Feb. 11-12.
Ryan-At Ryan, Feb. 1919.
District stewards will please
meet in Broadway Methodist
church, Ardmore. Dec. 5th, at /
n m
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1899-01-05
charIIe,s Authority.

. 9'I've called you three times, Char
lie, said a mother to her little son,
land I'm very much annoyed because
of your failure to answer me.
"Well, mamma" replied Charlie,
who was very fond Of reading Bible
stories, "you amt any better than the
Lord. are your
"No, of course not" answered the
mother in surprise. 'Why did you ask
that?''
because, replied the little fellow.
"the Lord called Samuel three times,
and be didn't get mad about is Chi.
cago News.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1899-01-05
Call for Statehood Convention.

Guthrie. Okla, Jan. a The
statehood executive committee to-
day issued the official call for a
statehood convention in Guthrie
Jan. %, to be composed of one del
egate for each 1000 people in the
Territory or 325 in all. The del
egates are to be elected by mass
meetings held in the various eoun-
ties on Jan. 81.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1899-01-05
ARDMoRE. |. T.


A woman whose claim to being
the oldest woman in the world Ia
undisputed in Mrs. Mary Mcdonald
who is now an inmate of the home
for aged and infirm colored people
in Philadelphia, she has celebrated
her 10th New Years day, and from
present indications it will not be
her last. Mrs. Mcdonald was
born on November IA, ITO, and
remembers the skirmishes with the
British that were fought across
the farm at Valley Forge, where
she was raised. Mary was not q
slave, but was bound out until she
was Is years Of age to a wealthy
farmer named Reese Howell. She
has smoked tobacco as long as she
can remember. She married when
she reached Is, and was blessed
with a family of eight children.
All of her sons and daughters, as
well as her husband, have long
since died, and Mary is now the
only one left.