The Arizona sentinel., 1899-12-02
THE VILLAGE CT YUMA.


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 THE VILLAGE CT YUMA.
 Although the town of Yuma is the second ldest community in the Territory of Ari- .ona, it is astonishing how little it's re- .ources are known to the world at large, and .ow slightly developed i the natural wealth of the county. This is owing partly to Yuma's 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 Frospectcd for mineral wealth, and prospeotors have, in the main, kept the travelled highways in crossing it's Territory. As a matter of fact one suffers less from the heat here than in almost all of the settled communities of the east. owing to the dryness of the atmosphere, and there is no healthier climate on Gcd'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 sunstrolle. Our climate, taken in time, never fails to cure pulmonary complaii- 5 Of any description. Disease such as smallrcx, cholera, etc, rarely visit us, and then og-iy in a very mild form, and are never fatai ex- cept through the perversity of patients. Contrary to the belief of the uninforme3, the dry heat of the summer months i- es- pecially conducive to good health and ex- ceptional vigor, acting naturally upon tic human system with the same effect as the artificial result of a Turkish bath-purefy- ! ing and renovating it. As a 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 1 for the mineral wealth hidden there. Ow, ing to the falling off in the price of silver, deposits of gold only are being sought for and the present result is little short of mar vicious. In all sections of the county from the Sonora line to Williams Fork discoveries are daily being made, and the greater tho development the greater the wealth dis played Wherever the prospector plants his foot, lodges of gold confront him or are brought to light by the Investigating strokes of his pick.
 Portions of the country traversed fol years by commonly traveled trails are dcveE oping into rich storehouses of golden wealth New and rich placers are constantly being discovered, and shipments of placer gold from this point through Wells Fargo $ Co.'s Express, are steadily increasing il value From a mining standpoint Yuma County is rapidly leading the Territory, ana yet as far as that industry is concerned this section has received but little recog nltion.
 Agriculturally the country is vastly inn proving. Enterprises that have lain dor mant the last two years, owing to the gen eral financial depression and consequent dearth of money for investment purposes are waking up 10 new life and vigor. Money is being attracted in this direction, and on all sides can be distinguished tlat indefn. able stir which is the precursor of an indus, 1 trial awakening. Even within these last 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 old farms la. Teen put under cultivation, and new laGd- nave been inclosed and new fields started A large section of Bjaisdell Heights has been planted to fruit trees; field of cereals and alfalfa have been added the cultivated area on the Colorado river below town; the lands lying under tho Mohawk and Farmer: canals have been made to yield heavy crops of every variety of agricultural products, a: in other sections of the Gila valley, and the gardens of Yuma have been added to and beautifed in fruits, flowers and shUbbery tc a more than appreciable extent. Altogether we may feel proud of our progress during these last months of business depression and Encouragement. It speaks well fol the in dustry and pluck of our people, and thc showing made constitutes the best evidence of the merits of our soil and climate and the richness of our mineral resources. Nature has done everything for our county, and al that is needed is touch of the wand of cap itaI to have our hills anG valleys spring into an active life of romunerative industry thai will last and endure forever
 Some three years ago, through the energ! Of H. ". BlaiadelI, the Yuma Water and Light Company was incorporated, and by means ot its large jumping plant, at the 1 foot of l n street, the town is abundantly supplied w4th water at reasonable rates, anl there have grown into existence new ano ] laroe rardens and orchards,