The Arizona sentinel., 1900-01-31
THE VILLAGE OF YUMA.

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 THE VILLAGE OF YUMA.
 Although the town of Yuma is the second 1 ,ldest community in the Territory of Ari- .ona, it is astonishing how little its re .ources arc known to the world at large, and | ,ow slightly developed is the natural wealth ,f the county. This is owing partly to Yuma's 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 lrOspected for mineral wealth, and prospectors have, in the main, kept the travelled highways in crossing its Territory. As matter of fact one suffers | less from the heat here than in almost all of i the settled communities of the east. owing to the dryness of the atmosphere, and there Is no healthier climate on Gcds footstool.
 People labor cut 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 l of sunstrohe. Oar climate, taken in time. never fails to cure pulmonary complain; ; oi any description. Disease such as smallrcx, cholera, etc, rarely visit us, and then or-ly in very mild form, and are never fatGr ex- cept through the peiversity of patients Contrary to the belief of the uninformel
 the dry heat of the summer months k es- pecialIy conducive to good health and e1 ceptional vigOr, acting naturally upon t., human system with the same efept as tho artificial result of Turkish bath-parcfy. ing and renovating it. As further matter of fact, this county has never been ever superfcially suspected, and it is only now that people are beginning to search it's hill:
 witE 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 iron the Sonora lime to Williams Fork discoverie. arc daily being made, and the greater the development the greater the wealth dis played. Wherever the prospector plant; his fos5, lodges of gold confront him or are brought to light by the investigating stroke: of his pick.
 Portions of the country traverscd foi years by commonly travelled trails are devel Orinr i,,+o T., o S+C,o c,,soc f cco ,, ,,,oo +l, New and rich placers are constantly being discovered, and shipments of placer gold froDl this point through Wells Fargo & Co.'S Express, are steadily increasing il valu3. From a mining standpoint Yuma County is rapidly leading the Territory, and yet as far as that industry is concerned, this section has received tut little recoe- nition.
 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 10 new life and vigor. Money is being attracted in this direction, and CD all sid"o can be distinguished that indefn- abe 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 @ steady if slow in crease i'll agricultural development and wealth. greater area of old farms has Teen put under cultivation, and new lands nave been inclosed and new fields started. 4 large section of BlaisdeI Heights has been planted to fruit trees; field of cereals and alfalfa have been added the cultivated area on the Colorado river below town; the lands lying under the Mohawk and Farmers canals have been made to yield heavy crops of every variety of agricultural products, as in other sections of the Gila valley, and the gardens of Yuma have been added to and beautified in fruits, flowers and shabberv to 6 more than appreciable extent. Altogether we may feel proud Of our progress during these last months of business depression and discouragement. It speaks well fol the in- dustry and pluck of our people, and the showing made constitates the best evidence of the merits of our soil and climate and the richness of our mineral resources. Nature has done everything for our county, and all that is needed is a touch of the wand of cap- ital to have our hills and valleys spring into an active life of remuneratiye industry that will last and endure forever.
 Some three years ago, through the energy cf H. W. Blaisdell, the Yuma Water and Light Company was incorporated, and by means of its large pumping plant, at the foot of M in street, the town is abundantly supplied wi5h water at reasonable rates, and there have grown into existence new and i large gardens and orchards.