The Arizona sentinel., 1899-10-14
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 water supply, variety of resources and cheap transportation by rail and by water, no part of Arizon can surpass Yuma county, which is destined to become one oi richest and most prosperous counties ID Arizona.
 It lies between S20 OO' and 340 2O' north attitude and ll30 2O' and ll40 4O' west longitude. It contains SASS, ,32O acres. It is about as large as the States of Rhode Island. Connecticut and Delaware com bised. or as large as either New Hampshire Vermont or Massachusetts.
 The western boundary of Yuma County ;s formed by the Colorado river, which seuarates Arizona from California The eonntv is bounded on the north by Williams Ferk and the Santa Maria rlver. whose waters flow into the Colorado; on the east Inv the counties of Pima, Maricopa and vovsnai. and on the south by Sonora Mexico. Its county seat is the town oi Yuma.
 Tho Colorado river drains the entire ter r7tory of Arizona, and every drop Of water -,h;cb falls on its mountains and plains 6nds it's way to this mighty river. It Is ~ ar formed by the union of the Green ana Grand rivers, fed by the streams which ,;se in the Rocky Mountains, and the melt ;rc snows cause greater depth of water ;ntsis riy.r ID summer than in winter thus rrnishing the most water at the season .ben if is most required for the purposes
 irripation and agriculture.
 viII he seen that for the entire distance ~ ifs western boundary, Yuma County ,,os.s' ses the great advantage Of cheaT water transportation' The Gila river rises III the western par If New Mexico and is fed by numerous streams. among the most prominent oI -sL;ah are the San Pedro, Agua Fria, Has savampa and Salt rivers. It hO~S "eS' through Yuma County and empties into the f,olo,.ado at the town of Yuma.
 vrma county, traversed by these great :ors from its northern to its southern' ond from it's eastern to its western bound aries possesses a far greater water supply than any other county in the Territory
 ,s1,o,e than can be found ill all Cali ferpia.
 This water is now being diverted from Its o.+ural channels by means ot numerous Iarpe irrigating canals, and utilized for the nurpose of retaining and lrrlg"tlng tn i,aonse tracts of lands which lie in this favored country, and which are as fertile as any in the world.
 The Southern Pacific Railroad crosses the o,.,ouodo river at the town of Yuma and ,,,ns through the county, following the corerol course, and at an average distance efobont four miles south, of the Glla river uonderinp all the lands susceptible of lrrl- cation and cultivation, can hnd an easy outlet in this way and can be transported osu the markets and centers of popuiatior in the East or West.
 Another competing railroad is projected from San Diego, California. to tFe town ofYuma. ard thence along the north side side of the Cila river. Tkus Yuma County VIII nave exceptional railroad advantages
 THECLINlATE OF YUMA.
 The climate of Yuma tor nine months o1 .,,o orear has no equal, as we believe: in the world. and during the remaining three aaon+bs of the year, comprising June, July. o,d Aneust. the heat is not oppressive