The Arizona sentinel., 1899-07-08
THE VILLAGE OF YUMA.

l. E ' Li1lJANT E4 IjG ! O hiA.
 Although the town of Yuma Is the second l ,ldest community in the Territory of Ari- .ona, it is astonishing how little it's re soproes are known to the world atlarge, and i ,ow slightly developed is the natural wealth f the county. This is owing partly to ! Yuma's reputation for unhearabie heat, and partly to the fact that, lying next to Cali cornia, is has been assumed that the county has been thoroughly prospected fer mineral wealth, and prospectors 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 oi the settled communities of the east. owing to the dryness Of she Atmosphere, and there is nc healthier climate ou Gods 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 sunstroke. Our climate, taken in time, never fails TO cure pulmonary com4lai-55 of any description. Disease such as sinall..cx cholera, etc, rarely visit us. and then orly ! iii a very mild. form, and are never fatal eT- cept through the parTers;ry of patients, l Contrary to the belief of the uniniormed, the dry heat of the sumner months is es- peoialiy conducive to good health and ez- oeptioual vieor, acting naturally upon the human system with the same effect as the
 artificial result of Tur3ish batb-purefy-
 ing and rcuovating it. As further matter
 of fact, this county has never been oTcD
 supcrGcially suspected, and 1t is only now
 that people are beginning to search it's hills
 with any degree of systematic enthusiasm
 for tue mineral wealth hidden there. 0w-
 ing to the falling of in tie price oi silver,
 deposits Of gold only are being sou2ht for and the present result is little short cl mar
 velol.s. In au sections of the county from
 the Sonora line to Williams Fork discovor;e.
 are daily being made, and the greater the
 development the greater the wealth dis
 played. Wherever tie prospao5or plants his foot, I=i-es of gold confront him or arc J1ooaL to light by tha Investigating 5roke. Of his pick
 Portions Of the country tsarersed fol years by commonly travelled trails are deyei
 oping into rich storehousos of golden wealth New and rich placers are constantly bein.
 discovered and shipments Of placer coil . from this point through Wells Fargo S ? Co.,. s Express, are steadily increasing i, va're Frau. s mining standpoint Yum, , County IS rapidly leading the Territory, auC vet as fur as that industry is concerned
 this section has received but little recog = ultion.
 r Asricu,tprally the cooat-y is vastly i'm s proving. Enterprises that have lain dor mant 5nc last two years, owing to the gen s elal financial depression and conse4uen
 dcar,h of money for investment purposes g are waking up toLew lifaandy yigor. None. , is being attracted u this direction, and ol ? al sids, can be distinguished that indelin
 ale sir which is tAe precursor of an indus [ trial awakening. Even within these las S two years of financial stringency and de fl pgess;cn there has been 50 steady ii aiow in - crease iu agricultural development an, { wealth. X greater area of old farms la e been put under cultivation, aad new land
 have been inclosel aad uoH aalls started { A larea section of B!ai43ell llei elts has bee , planted to huit Lrccs; fed Of cereals an . alfalfa have been added to the cultivate . laa on the ColoaaGs river below town; tn
 lands lying under tho Moaar. k and Farmer l. canals nave been made to yield heavy cror
 f even variety Of agricultural products. q il other sections oi the Gila valley, and th
 gardens c5 G-una have J.en added to an 2 lcaut.tsI ,n fla,5., flowers and slu5bary {
 anole than aprree.able cx5ent A,toge h. .s We may feel proud oi onr progress durin e these iasta5utne e. h,sues- depr sion aa ,55z,ou....slaea 4 speaks vel, fol the il e dustry and pluck of our people, aud tl q showing made cons t.ta.cs tle ccs5 evidenc ... ol .l.e merits es our soil and climate and t '. richness oi cur m.leIal resources. Natm P. has done every taiag for our county, and a ! that is needed is touch oi the wand of cal v itaI t. have our I.1s and valleys spring i4, i an active life of framuneratiye industry u; D will las5and endure forever
 Some three years ago, through the euerg i of T. ". Dlaiado1. the Yuma Water an n Ligft Company was incorporated, and | e means If its large pumping plant, at u T foot of l1 .in street, the town is abundant
 supplied ul5h water at reasonable rates, al
 there have grown into existence new al
 lar.c carleas end orchards.