The Arizona sentinel., 1900-06-13

! new fields started. E1eIdS or cereals
 and alfalfa have been added to the cul-
 tivated area on the Colorado river be-
 low tOwh; 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 Gila Valley, and
 the gardens of Yuma have been added
 to and beautifed in fruits flowers, and
 shrubbery. Altogether, we may feel
 proud of our progress.
 It speaks we'll for the industry and
 pluck of our. people, and the showing
 made constitutes the best evidence of I the merit of cur soil and climate and the richness of our mineral resources.
 The territorial penitentiary is situ-
 ated st Yuma.
 THE CLIMATE.-It is not the inten- ton to dwell in detail upon the sanitary advantages offered by our most perfect climate, and yet few words upon this subject may net be inappropriate.
 Nine cut of every twelve months the climate is simply superb. Three months are warm, but not excessively so, al 1 though the thermometer ranges far higher than would be conducive to I health or comfort in any section of the i east. The conditions, however, are most dissimilar, as may be seen by the fol 1 lowing, taken from an official communi, cation of Lieut. w A. Glassford, of the | United States signal corps, to the gov ernor of the territory of Arizona in | 1897: s-
 "A few words upon the heat. It is re- corded as extreme, yet no one suffers and sunstr0k5s are unknown. NThis is usually accounted for from the purity and dryness of the air, Both are true, but the dryness is, perhaps, the correct reason. I have calculated between the shade and sensible temperatures at Yuma during the heated hour of the day, and it is about 30 degrees. At New York CT Washington it is only few de- grees less and often identical. The highest shade temperature ever record ed at Yuma is 11S degrees. When the heat is at this point the sensible tenn perature is about SS degrees. The shade temperature at New York being 105 de- grees, the sensible temperature is cer- tainly nearly 100 degrees. The differ 1 ence between the mean temperature | July is over F degrees at Yuma. These considerations of the sensible and shade 1 temperatures will account for the ab- sence of any detrimental effect from the | extreme heat of Arizona.
 The air is dry; the moisture in the l atmosphere is from 9 to 90 per cent as against 75 to S5 per cent in other locali- ties. Every afternoon in summer there i is a refreshing breeze from the Gulf of California that relieves the day of un- desirable heat. It passes over the des- l ert, much of which is below sea level, | that acts as d6siccant, so that when the plains of central Arizona are reach
 ed the air is dry to the last possible degree.
 There are neither sunstrOkes in sum- mer nor pneumonia in winter; neither fever nor malaria live nor generate in this section. The air is absolutely free from those compounds that poison the system and bring disease. In no couu-
 try is there a greater number of bright nights and sunny days. Hundreds at- f1icted with lung trouble, after visiting Florida and Southern California, have found relief in this invigorating eli
 mate, where the pure air is tonic to
 shattered constitutions. healing bal
 sam to the cOnsumptive."
 The meteorological conditions are in- deed admirable for the cure of all rheu-
 matic, bronchial and pulmonary
 troubles. as has been proven time and
 again. In summer the rapid evaporation
 lowers the temperature and promotes
 comfort, while in winter the mild,
 euuabIe, and pleasant weather is de-
 lightful and health-giving to the inva-
 id.
 Concerning the effect in regard to
 early fruit, the late commissioner of
 immigration, Hon. Cameron H. King,
 has this to say:
 The average spring, summer, and
 autumn temperatures of Yuma are
 nearly degrees more than at River
 side. Cal This is sufficient to explain
 the fact that the citrus and oth r fruits : of Yuma ripen from a mo tn to six weeks earlier than at Riverside or other , points in southern California. ; Yuma has an earlier and warmer spring The trees have an earlier start ? and the higher temperature mature: the fruit sooner. It is evident. since oranges ripen in Yuma by the 18th O. f November instead of about the middle = of January, a. in southern California 0 that the fruit in Arizona can never b'
 injured by any low temperature in tn = winter season. And since the labor o j the tree is for the season practical! i over at Yuma before the winter seasol s begins, i is better prepared to stand ; t Flow temperature in winter than it coult Q in California, even were the atm0spher s as dry in the latter state as in AriZona - Ut is known that Riverside raise t better oranges than the country aroun n Los Angeles, and the reason is tha n Riverside escapes the fogs which han 5, over Los Angeles.
 Dt Tt is proper to observe the maximum s and minimums of temperature, a r. shown by the signal service records, aT l. of little practical utility, since such eH 'f tremes may not last more than sec le ond and may be the effect of one sma ar wave or ripple of air.
 The warm sunshine of the spring le summer, and autur0n days causes tf f. fruit in Yuma to mature early an 9r gives a delicious sweetness, flavor, an T. color to the orange, lime, lemon, an 1T other citrus fruits which they can nt to attain on the coast of the Pacific, Whe1 e. fogs dampen the fruit, mildew is pr' X, duced. and dust coats the fruit ar 7n duced, and uste coats both fruit ar CT leaf"
 of It is undenfable that nowhere on u of face of the globe can a spot be four he more favorable than this for the grow We If the citrus fruits.
 )r, The statements of the commission S can be thoroughly substantiated, ti- ,,,a,- ba soon hN- the following ShOWil