The Arizona sentinel., 1899-03-11
RIVERS OF YUMA COUNTY.

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 In regard to climate, healthiulness, fer Siitv and produetiveuess of soil, facilities for cultivation, irrigation and abundance or water supply, variety Of resources and ehesp transportation by rail and by water no part of Ari1on can surpass Yuma oounty. which is destined to become one Of richest and most prosperors counties ID Arizona.
 Tt lies between 32' OO' and 34o 20 north at;tnde and ll30 20' and ll40 40' west Isneit,dc. It conta1ps 6.48S, ,320 acres. It Is about as large as the States of Rhode ysInnd. Connecticut and Delaware com biyed, CT as large as either New Hampshire Vermont CT Massachusetts.
 The western boundary of Yuma County k formed by the Colorado river, which sc,.ss4tes Arizona from California. The sofntv is bounded on the north by Williams Eerk and tue Santa Maria rver, whose waters fow .nto the Colorado; on the east bv the counties of Pima, Maricopa aud yavspai, and on the south by sonora Mexico. Its county seat is the town of Kama.
 The Colorado rjver drains the entire ter yitory of Arizona, and every drop ct water which falls on its mountains and plains 6nds its way to this mighty nver. It IS formed by the union of the Green and Grand rivers, fed by the streams which rise in the Rocky Mountains, and the melt ipg snows cause a greater depth of water fo this riy 1T Tn summer than Tn winter. thus fnrpiehipg tue most water at the season when 1t IS most required for the purposes ficrigation and agriculture.
 will be seen that for the entire distance .,.up it's western boundary, Yuma County eoss. ses the great advantage ct cheap water transportation.
 The Gna river 1lses in the western part of New Mexico and is fed by numerous streams. among the most prominent of which are the San Pedro, Agua Fria, Has ssyanpa and Salt rivers. It flows west shrough Yuma County and empties into the Colorado at the town of Yuma.
 Yuma county, traversad by these great riyere from its northern to its southern ard from its eastern to it's western bound' aries. possesses far greater water supply chan any other county in the Territory, and far more than can be found in all Cali Seruia-
 This water is now being diverted from its natural channels by means of numerous farce irri~7.ing canals, aI.i utilized for the ,mrDoee of retaining and irrige ting th1 immense tracts of lanes which lie in this favored country, ana which are as fertile ss any in the world
 The Southern Pacific Railroad crosses the Colorado riverat the toga Of Yuma and runs through the county, following the generol course, and at an average distance ot about four miles south, of the Gila river, rendering oIl the lands susceptible of i'ri- ration and cultivation, can Gud an easy outlat in this way and can be transPol ted otll the markets and csnters Of population sn tbo East or West.
 Aaesber competing railroad is projected f:o.n San Diego, California, to tFo town of Yume, ard thence along the north side 5f the Gi!a river. Thus Yuma County will save exceptional railroad Advantages.
 TEE CLIMATE Og YUMA.
 Thec!iulate of Yuma fer nlne months of t4lc year has no equal, as VIC believe. in the world, and daring the remaining three months of the year, comprising June, July and August, the heat is not oppressive. Even though She tharnonctcr in nlld-snm- a,er may aa times rise a5ove i000, and oc- ,asionaily e, en reach ll0', yet, owing to ei,c absence of moisture in tho air. it IS not oppressive. gbo atmosphere is pure, light a-d talny. When tie mercury u'arEa ohe