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The Arizona sentinel., 1900-01-13
RIVERS OF YUMA COUNTY.

In regard to climate, health{ulness, fer tility and productiveness of soil, taclilties fer cultivation, irrigation and abundance ol
 water supply, variety of resources and cheap transportation by rail and by water DO part of Arizon can surpass Yuma county. which is destined to become one of richest and most prosperous ceuutles in Arizona.
 It lies between 32o C0' and 34' 20' north latitude and llSo 2O' and ll4' 4O> west lonc;fude. It contains 6.4S8, 320 acres. It is abort as large as the States of Rhode Island. Connecticut and Delaware con- biyed, or as large as either New Hampshire Vermont or Massachusetts.
 The western boundary of Yuma County is rarp,ed by the Colorado river, which seuarares Arizona from California The ,orn+v is bounded on the north by Williams Fsrk and the Santa Maria rver, whose waters flow into the Colorado; on the iast bv the counties of Pima, Maricopa and Yavspai. and on the south by Sonora, Mexico. Its county seat is the town of Yuma.
 The Colorado river drains the entire ter ritory of Arizona, and every drop ct water which falls on its mountains and plains dnds its way to this mighty river. It IS formed by the union of the Green and Grand rivers, fed by the streams which rise in the Rocky Mountains, and the melt ing snows cause a greater depth of water in this river Tn summer than in winter. thus
 urnishipg the most water at the season when it is most required for the purposes of irrigation and agriculture.
 It will be seen that for the entire distance aleng it's western boundary, Yuma County poss, sess the great advantage of cheap water transportation.
 The Gila river rises in the western part of New Mexico and is fed by numerous streams, among the most prominent of which are the San Pedro, Agua Fria, Has sayampa and Salt rivers. It flows west through Yuma County and empties into the Colorado at the town of Yuma.
 Yuma county, traversed by these great rivers from its northern to its southern, and from its eastern to its western bound. aries, possesses a far greater watec supply than any other county in the Territory, and far more than can be found in all Cali fernia.
 This water is now being diverted from it's natural channels by means of numerous large irrigating canals, and utilized for the purpose of retaining and irrigoting the immense tracts of lands which lie in this favored country, and which are as fertile as any in the world.
 The Southern Pacific Railroad crosses the Colorado river at the town of Yuma and runs through the county, following the eenerol course, and at an average distance of about four miles south, of the Gila river, . rendering all the lands susceptible of irri- gation and cultivation. can find an easy outlet in this way and can be transpol ted to all the markets and centers of population n the East or West. Another competing railroad is projected I from San Diego. California, to tfe town IT of Yuma, and thence along the north side f, ,f the Gila river Tkus Yuma County will Q, rave exceptional railroad advantages. Il
The Arizona sentinel., 1900-01-13
WHICH TOWN IS THe BEST?

Primarily that is question for the phy-
 sician, if there is a physician in the case
 if not, try them all. If mountain region,
 considerable altitude and comparatively
 low temperature is desired, Prescott is in
 picturesque region, near a great mining districts. and has the social advaAtags of
 an army post, whipple Barracks. Tag
 staff IS still higher, is in a region of ase
 pine forests, and is within C. hard : sy's
 journey of one of the wonders of the wt Id,
 the Colorado Canyor Oracle is a pi ,tty
 mountain nook, powered in splendid
 live oaks, like .se of California. and is also near an Aportant mining district
 If lower altitude and a distinctly semi
 tropical'climate are desired, the three places most likely to be considered are Yuma, Tucson and Phoenix. The first is near the sea level; is the warmest and probably the driest of the three, has the least population, and the smallest provision for visitors Tucson Is the oldest town in the Territory, and, after Santa Fe, perhaps the oldest in the Southwest. Its adobe houses give it a Mexican look, and are thoroughly comfort able. Its newer houses are of handsome building stone, found in the vicinity. The Territorial University is ere, and it was formerly the capital. Its elevation being more than double that of Phoenix, it is somewhat cooler, and as there is next to no irrigation near it, the air is a little drier. Phoenix is the centre of the greatest irriga- tion in the Territory. The country for miles around smiles with green fields, cover | ed with almost countless herds of cattle, | and it is everywhere shut in by low mount sins. It is the Territorial capital, has the ! Government Indian School, the Territorial Lunatie Asylum, and other institutions, md is the general focus for the Territory. Like Tucson, it has it's occasional wind and and storms-perhaps not quite so often. 1t either place visitors who know how to dapt themselves to circumstances can be ntirely comfortable, and in each they will ind an intelligent, orderly, enterprising and nost hospitable community. They will nd country full of mines, full of rich gricultural lands, abounding in cattle and orses, in vineyards and orchards and the eginnings of very successful orange groves a country, in fact, as full of promise for ardy and adventurous men now as Califor- l ia was in the .ifties. Above all, it has cen their lot to search for health in far [ 'nntries, they will revel in the luxury of eing in their own land, among their own t within easy reach of their [ tends by telegraph or rail, and in a climate e good of its kind as any in the world. r
 ACTUAL HUMIDITY.
 This is extren ely slight, everywhere in r rizona, as compared with any eastern n mate in the United States. The air is te jest on the high mesas, remote from :. owclad mOuntains or forests, and in the :" sert valleys, " here no considerable irri- II tion has been begun A
The Arizona sentinel., 1900-01-13

cnry is ranging from So0 to 9Oo. The air is so dry that precipitation is absorbed as soon as it reaches the surface of the body, and at ne time in the summer does the heat produce any discomfort.
The Arizona sentinel., 1900-01-13

north of the First Cataract. It seems to me about the same in quality as the air on the Nile between Assouan and Wady- Halfa, but hat cooler.
 ARIZONA.
 Arizona stands at the threshold of an era of wonderful social ani industrial de- veiopment. There can't be doubt about the fact. The dawn for which she has waited so long is breaking at last. There is every promise of day of great pros perity and permanent upbuilding just be- fore her. The impulse of d new and enel gizing hope is visible everywhere among her people. while the cumulative effect of many things, which made but small inn pression as they transpired siugly, is now commanding for her full share of atten- tion and interest abroad among home seekers and capitalists.
 4 lively competition has sprung up for the possession of things which have hereto fore gone a-begging for ownership. There is a scramble fer franchises. Nothing more surely indicates great industrial awaken ing than this. The rates of interest are falling to moderate figures. Nothing more surely indicates confidence and competition among the money lend rs than this.
 Arizona has reached that climacticer period which every western state has ex- perienced sometime in its history when, after long and weary struggle and doubt, with each side of the balance first up and then down, the clouds of despondency have suddenly rolled away, and sunhurst of energiziug hope has thrilled the droop- ing spirits of the people to greater and braver endeavor than before.
 For the last twelve years the subsistence of the great Tombstone boom and the com pletion of two transcontinental lines of railroad across her territory-Arizona has rather dropped out of public attention, but in that time she has been quietly ac- eumulating a fund of substantial wealth and a force of moral character which qualify her now to rise ur and take her destiny in her own hands.
 The population of Arizona is Mexican. This is a mistake of great importance frorl the moral point of view. There is but one considerable center of Mexican population in the territory, the city of Tucson, and even there it is not by any means at pres ent the predominating element. It think it is certain that Arizona has not to-day nearly so large 8 Mexican population as Colorado and not above one-tenth as much as New Mexico. >"Fitz- Mac," in Denver News.
The Arizona sentinel., 1900-01-13
ARIZONA.
It's Attractions and Advantages as i
 Place of Residence in Winter.

Whitelaw Reid. owner an editor of the New York Tribune, who has spent the last two winters in Arizona for the benefit of his health, writes entertainingly and in-- structively concerning that part of the country. Mir. Reid says:
 So many questions are asked about Ari- zona as place for winter residence, and there appears to be such a dearth of pre- else information among many who are vitally interested, that it seems almost q public duty, to set down, in the simplest form, few facts of personal observation.
 WEATHER.
 During a five months residence in Southern Arizona in winter there was but one day VI hen the weather made it actually unpleasant for ne to take exercise ill the open air at some time or other during the day. Of course there were a good many days which a weather observer would de- scribe as ''cloudy, and some that were 'showery; but during these five months ttrom No' ember, 1895, to May, lS96,) l there were only four days when we did not have brilliant sunshine at some time dur ing the day. Even more than Egypt, any, where north of Luxor, Arizona IS the laud of sunshine. As to details:
 TEMPERATURE.
 l have seea the thermometer mark 02 degrees in the shade op my nerth piazza in March, On the other hand, we had frosts which killed young orange trees, and there were several nights when thin ice formed. The government reports show a mean for fourteen years at the pres nt territorial capital of 571 degrees in november, 53 degrees in December, 49 de- ( reea in January, 54 degrees in February, l degrees h March and 66 degrees l
The Arizona sentinel., 1900-01-13
ATTITUDES,

It IS striking advantage offered by Arizona that, with the same general con- ditions as to temperature and dryness of air, the physician is able to select nearly any altitude, he may desire. Thus, asth- matic sufferers can find almost the sea level at Yuma, or an altitude of only a thousand feet at Phoenix, Or of only 2,40O at Tucson. Others, who find no objection to greater elevations, can choose between Prescott or Fort Whipple. 5,4OO; Flag staff, 6.S0O,; the Sulphur Spring Valley, or Fort Grant, 4,200; Fort Huachuca. 4,SOO, or Oracle, about 4,O00.
The Arizona sentinel., 1900-01-13
RESOTJR GEES OF
 XUTIA COUNTY X The Soil, Climate, Rivers, and Ts1any
 and Varied Offerings Of LAIR ARIzONA's BANNER COUNTY.

of Facts Setting Forth the Many Advantages and Inducements by Place of Residence.
The Arizona sentinel., 1900-01-13

April. The same reports show the highest and lowest temperatures, averaged for eight years, at the same place, as follows: For November 7S1a degrees and 42 degrees, December 73H degrees and 36H degrees, January 65H degrees and 32 degrees, Feb ruary 7l1a degrees and 35H de rees. March Sl H degrees and Al degrees and April S6H degrees and 46 degrees. The nights throughout the winter are apt to be cool enough for open wood fires, and for blankets. Half the time an overcOat is not needed during the day, but it is never prudent for a stranger to be without one at hand
 The atmosphere IS singularly clear, tonic and dry. 1 have never seen it clearer anyw here in the world. It seems to have about the same bracing and exhilaratipg qualities as the air of the Great Sahara in Northern Africa, or of the deserts about Mount Sinai. in Arabia Petraea. It is much drier than in the parts of Morocco, Algiers or Tunis usually visited, and drier than any part of the Valley of the Nile north of the First Cataract. It seems to me about the same in quality as the air on the Nile between Assouan and Wady- Halfa, but somewhat cooler.
The Arizona sentinel., 1900-01-13
WHY CAPITAL SHOULD SEEK YUMA COUNTY

WHY CAPITAL SHOULD SEEK YUMA cOyNTY
 Because it's mines are the richest.
 Because its grazing lands are the best.
 Because its farming lands are valuable and productive.
 Because it gives assurance of the largest returns on money invested.
 Because it's grand resources are yet to be developed.
 Because it is young, growing county with an assured future.
 Because the opportunities for engaging in manufacturing enterprises are better than in any other region of the West.
 Because good mining properties can be had at reasonable figures.
 Because there IS demand for additional facilities for ore reduction.
 Because there are vast stretches of rich soil to be reclaimed by the construction of irrigating canals.
 Because there are large tracts of grass lands that can be utilized by the sinking ot artesian wells.
 Because there are many openings in a new country which cannot exist in older con- munities.
 Because the opportunities for engaging ir the successful cultivation of semi-tropi fruits are better than in any other part the United States.
 Because property values are rapidly ad vancing.
 Because Arizona's boom is yet to come. CAN ONE LIVE COMFORTABLY?
 That again depends on what you expect. ! You cannot have the luxuries of our New York houses out there, unless you build one; or the variety of our New York markets, unless you charater refrigerator car. But there are hotels with almost much frontage as the Waldorf and, like 1 everything else in the Territory excepting the mountains and deserts, they are new. There are boarding houses of more kinds than one; and brick cottages of eight or ten rooms can occasinally by rented. Bet | OSA GAAoAA OA SuSulS lOL IuO IlcIu VII energy and the pluck to take it, is to on the desert; and he who knows how ''camp out with comfort through Septem- ber Tn the Adirondacks can camp out in Arizona through the winter.
 As to food, there is plenty. and it is good-if you can get it we'll cooked. The alfalfa fields of the Salt River Valley are the fattening ground for the great cattle ranges of the Territory. From there the markets of Los Angeles and even of Denver are largely supplied, Good beef, mutton and poultry are plenty and cheap. Quail, ] ducks and venison from the vicinity can also be had. Vegetables and fruits are abundant in their season, and sometimes the season is a long one. It is the one country have lived in where straw berries ripen in the open air ten months in the year. I have had them on my table, fresh | picked from the open garden at Christmas
The Arizona sentinel., 1900-01-13

This is extren ely slight, everywhere in driest on the high mesas, remote from snowclad mOuHtains or forests, and in the desert valleys, where no considerable irri- gation has been begun
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-06-16

Der Of his church and foreign missionary
To some he said that he needed funds to
go TO New York. where he was scheduled
to deliver a lecture, and 10 others he
claimed his destination was Baltimore for
the same purpose. He succeeded in OBJ
tanning various sums of money, until fra
ly he reached the Rev DIR. Fiske. To him
he showed his credentials which seemed
to be correct, and Furthermore, he claim
ed 20 be professor in Princeton UniV6r-
sity. He showed a clipping from Rich
mond paper. which stated that a Rev.
Charles Mohammed had been mistaken for
a negro who was wanted there for some
crime. and he was almost nnobbed before
he could establish his identity. In addi-
ton to this. he had his clearical orders
from the Baltimore and Ohio and he
Pennsylvania Railroads. However. these
orders had expired in 1899 and the Rev.
Mohammed could not wait TO have them
renewed, as he was due in New York ear
ly the next morning and in Princeton the
following evening. He wished TO borrow
$40 from DR.. Fiske, and promised TO return
it two days later.
DIR. Fiske suggested that he telegraph to
Princeton. To this the Rev. Mohammed
agreed at once and thanked the doctor for
his thoughtfulness. DIR. Fiske sent a tele-
gram Immediately. In the meantime the
Rev. Mohamfned went out into town an1
Cdlted later IN the evening 10 ascertain II
an answer to the telegram had come. The
time was approaching for the leaving of
the train, and as the Rev. MoAa mined
seemed very anxious for reply 10 the
telegram DIR. Fiske was impressed with
the werthiness of his case and Willingly
loaned him the money The next morning
a message from Princeton stated that
there was no such gentleman at Princeton,
but, like many kilograms the message
came too late.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-06-16
A New Fad for MiIIionaires.


Yachting Is unlike horse-racing and
some other pastimes in that the sport OF
1t does not increase in proportion to Its
expense; and the truth of this remark
is about TO be tested by several million
aires. When you get two Vanderbilts,
Belmont and a Whitney thinking how
they can get the most fun out of yacht
racing, it Is comprehensive that they will
not confine themselves to knockabouts,
and fleet of four cutters is now being
finished at the Herreshoff yards which
will supply sport of the high-priced
brands. Cornelius Vanderbilt. W. K.
Vanderbilt, Jr., August Belmont, and
Harry Payne Whitney are each taking a
boat from the Herreshoffs which will be
10S feet long over all. and seventy feet
long on the water-line, with twenty feet
of beam, fifteen feet draught of water.
and carrying forty tons of lead in the
casting belted TO the keel-plate.
In addition to the outlay for the yachts
themselves. they Will be supplied with
steam tender to tow them rapidly from
port to port. and to carry their spare
and extra spars; also 20 be of general
use to the owners. Two of these are nl-
ready in commission, and are eighty feet
long, shaped like a torpedo-boat, and fitted
up inside like a steam yacht. One of them,
the Scout, for Mr.. Belmonts Mineola. has
already been tested, and found to travel
at the rate of twenty knots an hour. The
other, for Cornelius Vanderbilts Rainbow,
has logged et twenty-five knots in her first
trials Thus when these owners come 90
New York for a days business they can
travel on their torpedo-boat steam yachts
about as If they went on an accommoda-
ton train, and good deal more comfor-
tably.
The Introduction of such vessels as The
tenders of racing-yschts is a new fashion
that had its beginning in the demands If
cup defenders and challengers-t1eman
that have so greatly increased of recent
years that at the last cup races, Sir
Thomas Upton had about seven vessels In
his employ at Sandy Hook. Until now
such steam tenders seemed to share the
professional air of the big national
representatives, and not until this New
port fleet was started was the idea con-
tinued into private yachting. It's uses,
when large yachts are to be raced in
many different waters, will not be ques-
toned by any one who knows the huge
amount of material such boats have 10
cart around.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-06-16
TRYING FOR A HYBRID SERPENT.
Strange Attempt to Graft n Rattle
snakes Tail ON n Boa Constructor.

From the Chicago Chronicle.
Andy ,Connors, whose roadhouse is at
Harlem avenue and Madison street, is
making a strange experiment. This is no
more nor less then an effort to graft the
resounding tail of a rattIesnake upon the
body of black serpent of the constructor
family.
The amputatlon and adjustment were
made a week ago. The head of his as
sorted suakeship is alive. There can be
no doubt about that. for his vicious and
spiteful tongue is ever on the move.
But there Is some doubt about the vitality
of the tail Connors. who made the ex-
pertinent more out of curiosity than for
any other reason, maintains that he has
been successful and that his discovery
gives him a standing in the iHustrious cir
Giles of scientists. this Is what he says:
"A kid out here had the tip of his little
finger cut off by an electric car. 1t was
replaced by doctor and within a month
the stump and the severed tip knitted
themselves together. The finger is now as
good as anybody'S. That set me to think
ing. l had a pet rattlesnake which used
to pass out to men when they felt bad.
Then Steve Barrett caught a blacksnake
a Riverside and the thought &C me to me
that even IL the snake were as blood
ed as a Chicago avenue street car con-
ductor I could splice them and have some
thing out of the ordinary. A blacksnake
with ratties would be like a horse with
claws, and so / started in to cut them up
so that the two bodies would fit. The
blacksnake, of course, had all the best of
it. He simply lost his tail. The rattle
snake sacrificed his head to make noisy
rudder for his distant relative. Within a
week or so 1. expect to have a snake that
will upset Harlem and give the town
board a fright. 1t is the biggest piece of
grating anybody ever saw out here"
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Continued from Sixth Pasel
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-06-16
OFFICIAL.
CITY GOvER RIM EMIT.
OFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS of coUN-
GIL,

Savannah, Ga. June 10. l9oo-The regu-
lar meeting of Council was held this af-
ternoon at o'clock. Present, the Hon
Herman Myers, Mayor presiding; Alder
man George w. Tiedeman, chairman of
Council; Alderman David Wells. vice
chairman of Council, and Aldermen Haas,
Dixon, Schwarz, Bacon, Doyle. Mills.
Thomas, Jarrell. Horrigan and Graham,
Alderman FARRELL retiring during the pro-
ceedings Of the meeting.
Minutes of meetings of May 10, % and
80 were, upon motion, confirmed as pub
Iished.
REPORTS OF COMMITTEES.
City of Savannah, June 10, f9oo.--The
Committee on Accounts report that they
have examined and found correct bills
against the city amounting to thirty-hve
thousand, three hundred and seventy dol
lars and seventy-three cents, as per ac-
companying schedule, and recommend
that the same be passed for payment
s35,3707S. George j. Mills,
Chairman Committee on Accounts.
Report received and accounts passed for
payment. Herman Myers, Mayor.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-06-16


The COMMITTEES of the Whole. 60 which
was referred the petition OF H. Sanders,
to retail uauor, at 900 Congress street,
from July l. 1900; beg to report favora-
Wy - HERMAN MYERS,
Chairman, Committee of the Whole.
Adopted.
was referred the petition Of p. Rosenhoof,
for permission to transfer his millinery
license from No. 419 Broughton street.
west. to No 40 Brougf1ton street, west;
beg to report favorably 10 same.
HERMAN MYERS.
Chairman. Committee Of the Whole.
Adopted.
The COMMITTEES OF the Whole. 10 which
was referred the petition OF Scott g. Davis,
for permission to transfer his green gro
GERS license, 20 Mrs. 8. Martin ut the
same place of business, 2le Henry street,
east beg TO report favorably 10 same.
HERMAN MYERS.
Chairman, Committee OF the Whole.
Adopted.
The Committee of the Whole. 20 which
was referred the petition Of d. v. Thornp-
con. for permission TO transfer his green
grocery license at Gwfnnett and Bur-
ro,ighs streets. TO r. G.. Newton. al the
same place OF business; beg to report
fsvorably to same.
HERMAN MYERS.
Chairman, Committee Of the Whole.
Adopted.
The Committee OF the Whole, 90 which
was referred the petition Of W. VI. Jones.
for permission To transfer his cook shop
license. from Farm and Bryan streets. 10
East Broad and New Houston streets; beg
to report favorabiy TO same.
HERMAN MYERS,
Chairman, Committee OF the Whole.
Adopted
The Committee of the Whole, 20 which
was referred the petition Of the Savannah
Port Society, asking to be relieved from
the paymsnt Of an execution for city taxes
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-06-16

.Pimples and FreckIes ON Face.
Your druggist will refund your money II
PaEo Ointment falls to cure you. 5Oc.
-ad.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-06-16
OFFICIAL.
HERMAN MYERS.

against the property of the said society,
in the amount of 1885,. %; beg to report by
resolution.