The Arizona sentinel., 1899-11-18
THE VILLAGE OF YUMA.

Although the town of Yuma is the secon,
 'ldest community in the Territory of Ari
 ,ona, it is astonishing how little its re
 Ources are known to the world at large, ant
 LOW slightly developed is the natural wealtl
 # the county. This is owing partly t.
 Yuma's reputation for unbearable heat, anC
 partly to the fact that, lying next to Cali
 ;ornia, is has been assumed that the count,
 has been thoroughly lrospectcd for minera
 wealth, and prospectors have, in the main
 kept the travelled highways in crossing it
 Territory. As a matter of fact one suffer-
 less from the heat here than in almost all O
 the settled communities of the east. owin.
 to the dryness of the atmosphere, and thert
 is no healthier climate on Gcd's footstool.
 People labor out of door from the risin.
 to the setting of the sun, and suffer no in
 convenience. There las never been known
 in this section of country, an authentic case
 of sunstroke. Our climate, taken in time
 never fails to cure pulmonary complains ot
 any description. Disease such as smaliy-x,
 cholera, etc., rarely visit US, and then or-ly
 in very mild form, and are never fatal ex.
 cept through the pelversity of patients.
 Contrary to the belief of the uninformed. 1 the dry heat of the summer months is es- pecially conducive to good health and ex- ceptional vigor, acting naturally upon the human system with the same effect as the artificial result of Turkish bath-purefv- ing and renOvating it. As further matter of fact, this county has never been even superfcially 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- 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, ledges 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 devel- oping into rich storehouses of golden wealth. New and rich placers are constantly being discovered, and shipments of placer gold fropl this point through Wells Fargo & Co.'S Express, are steadily increasing in value. From mining standpoint Yuma County is rapidly leading the Territory, and yet as far as that industry is concerned. this section has received but little recoe milton.
 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 up to new life and vigor. Money is being attracted in this direction, and on all sid"s can be distinguished that indelin- lble stir which is the precursor of an indus rial awakening. Even within these last 5wo years of financial stringency and de- 'ression there has been steady if slow in ,rease in agricultural development and wealth. A greater area of old farms has 'een put under cultivation, and new lands lave been inclosed and new fields started. \ large section of Blaisdell Heights has been 'lantcd to fruit trees; field of cereals and lfalfa have been added t the cultivated req on the Colorado river below town; the lnds lying under the Mohawk and Farmers anals have been made to yield heavy crops f every variety of agricultural products, as . other sections of the Gila valley, and tbe , ardens of Yuma have been added to and eautified in fruits, flowers and shubberv to more than appreciablc extent Altogether e may feel proud of our progress during lcse last months of business depression and It speaks well for the in ustry and pluck of our people, and the lowing made constitutes the best evidence the merits of our soil and climate and the [ chness of our mineral resources. Nature as done everything for our county, and all lat is needed is a touch of the wand of cap- al to have our hills and valleys spring into : l active life of remunerative industry that Q i'll last and endure forever u Some three years ago, through the energy O
 H. W. BlaisdelI, the Yuma Water and d ght Company was incorporated, and by d cans of its large jumping plant, at the $ Ot of M. in street, the town is abundantly ' pplied with water at reasonable rates, and C ere have grown into existence new and u 'ge gardens and orchards. h