The Arizona sentinel., 1899-04-15
RIVERS OF YUMA COUNTY.

RIVERS OF YUMA COUNTY.
 Tn regard to climate, healthfulness, fer sility and prcductiveness 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 Ynma county, which is destined to become one oi richest and most prosperous counties in Arizona.
 It lies between 320 Oe' and 340 20> north attitude and ll30 2n' ana ll40 40' west longitude. It contains 6.48S, 320 acres. It IS about as large as the States of Rhode Island, Connecticut and Delaware com bised. CT as large as either New Hampshire, Vermont or Massachusetts.
 The Testsrn boundary of Yuma County is formed by the Colorado river, which separates Arizona from California. The county is bounded on the north by Williams Fork and the Santa Maria rlver. whose waters flow into the Colorado; on the east hv the counties of Pima, Maricopa and Yavsrai, and on the south by Sonora, Mexico. It's county seat is the town of Yuma.
 The Colorado river drains the entire ter Yitory of Arizona, and every drop ct Water which falls on its mountains and plains ands its way to this mighty nver. It IS sormed by the union of the Green and Grand rivers, fed by the streams which ,lse in the Rocky Mountains, and the melt ipg sncws cause a greater depth of water iu this v-r in summer than in winter thus furnishing the most water at the season when it Is most required for the purposes Irrigation and agriculture.
 ltwiIl be seen that for the entire distance ,eng it's western boundary, Yuma County posst ses the great advantage ot cheap water transportation.
 The Gila river rises III the western part of New Mexico and is fed by numerous streams, among the most prominent oi ~hich are the San Pedro, Agua Fria, Has, savanna and Salt rivers. It flows west through Yuma County and empties into the s.olorado at the town of Yuma.
 Yuma county, traversed by these great rivers from its northern to its southern, and from it's eastern to its western bound aries, possesses far greater water supply than anv ethec county in the Territory, and far mere than can bc found in all Cali felpia
 This water is now being diverted from its .otural channels by means of numerous large irrigating canals, and utilized for the yurpose of retaining and irrig"tlng the immense tracts of lanos which lie m thls favored country, and which are as fertile az any in the world.
 The Southern Pacific Railroad crosses the Colorado river at tho town of Yuma and runs through the county, following the yenerol course. and at an average distance of about four miles south, of the Giia river, rendering all the lands susceptible of irri- qation and cultivation, can dnd an easy outlet in tkis way and can be transpol ted 0 .ll the markets and centers Of population m the East or West.
 Another competing railroad is projected froln San Diego, California. to tfe town sf Yuma, ard thence along the north side of the Gila river. Thus Yuma County will asve exec ptioHal railroad advantages.
 VHECLAMATE OF YUMA.
 The climate of Yuma for nipe months of she year has no equal, as we believe, in the world, and during the remaining three months of the year, comprising June, July snd August, the heat is not oppressive. Sven though the thermometer in mld-sum- a,or may a. times rise above l00', and oc- -asionully even reach ll9', yet, owing to She absence of moisture in the air, it is not .,,,,,.eSiVe The a+,uOer here Is pure light |