The Arizona sentinel., 1899-05-27

at no time in the summer does the heat produce any discomfort.
 THE VILLAGE OF YUMA. Although the town of Yuma is the second 1 oldest community in the Territory of Ari
 zona, it is astonishing how little it's re
 sources are known to the world at large, and
 how sli shtly developed is the natural wealth of the county. This is owing partly to
 Yuma 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 p~ospected for mineral wealth, and prospectors have, in the main, kept the travelled highways in crossing it's ! Territory. As 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 Innate on Gods footstool
 People labor out of door from the rising to the setting of the sui, and suffer no in convenience. There has never been known, in this section of country, an authentic case of sunstroke. Our climate, taken ir time, never tails TO cure pulmonary complaii Y of any description. Disease such as small, x, cholera, etc rarely visit us, and then O. ly in very mild form, and are never fatt.l ex- cept through the perversity of patients. Contrary to the belief of the uuinformed, the dry heat of the summer months i> es- pecial'y conducive to good health and ex- 'eptional vigor, acting naturally upon the human system with the same effect a. the artificial result of Turkish bath-purefy- ing and renovating it. As further matter of fact, this county has never been even superhcially suspected, and it is only now that people are beginning to search its hills with any degree of systematic enthusiasm for the mineral wealth hidden there Ow. i 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 the 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 for | years by commonly travelled trails are deyel- opirg into rich storehouses Of golden wealth. New and rich placers are constantly heinc discovered, and shipments of placer gold from this point through Wells Fargo lE Co.'S Express, are steadily increasing in value. From a mining standpoint Yuma County is rapidly leading the Territory, and yet as far as that industry is concerned. this section has received but little recor- nltion.
 Agriculturally the country is vastly i'm 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 mp to new life and visor. Money IS being attracted in this direction. and on all sides can be distinguished that indcfn- able stir which is the precursor of an indus trial awakening. Even within these last two years of financial stringency and de pression there has been 6 steady if slow in l crease in agricultural development and wealth. 4 greater area of old farms has 1 been put under cultivation, and new lands l have been inclosed and new fields started | A large section of Baisdell Heights has beer, planted to fruit trees; field of cereals and alfalfa have been added to the cultivated area on the Colorado river below town: the lands lying under the Mohawk and Farmer's canals have been made to yield heavy crops ot every variety of agricultural products. as in other sections of the Gila valley, and the gardens of Yuma have been added to and beautitled in fruits, flowers and shubberv to more than appreciable extent. Altocetbe, we may feel proud of our progress durin, these last months of business depression anC Encouragement. It speaks well for the in
 OAJ "4'o PIuCh oI our people, and tn l showing made constitutes the best ev,denc, of the merits of our soil and climate and tb, richness of our mineral resources Nature las done everything for our county, and all ! that Is needed is a touch of the wand of can. tai to have our hills and valleys spring into ( m active life of remunerative industry tina, will last and endure forever.
 Some three years ago, through the energy 'f H. ". Blaisdell, the Yuma Water ana light Company was incorporated, and by means "f its large pumping plant, at tn. oot of h4. in street, the town is abundant. upplied wlth water at reasonable rutes. an, here have grown into existence new an, lrge gardens and orchards, |
 MINES.
 There is no section of the United States r probably of the earth, more rich in min ral wealth than the County of Yuma. AI he country north, east and south of Yum ' es directly within the main gold belt tha \ ommepoeS in Alaska and ends in Mexico j,