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The Arizona sentinel., 1900-02-14

vLinct oceans. Tle great Colorado desert -as once an inland sec, cat of centuries and perhaps ages ago from the main ocean, Leiy- ing it's wa:oIs 10 evaporaie in this intense heat. Throughout all the country border ing the desert, including this section, ieh mines are heinz constantly discovered, and some of recent location are already produc- mcirmense profits. Tn the neghborhood of Yuma, claims exceedingly rich on the surface arc daily being located, and all signs portend a great mining boom for this county yhich will culmiuate as early as the coming .all in an irroad of much capital Experts are arriving every week and mines are being bonded at more than heavy prices. It seems wonderful to believe that all this min eral wealth has been lying at our very dootS for so many years without a taker, but the tendency of proapectors is to go loI.s dis tanee of into strange lands rather than to seek for mines in a county as cid as Yuma County and 50 accessible. The greater the distance, the hardship, and the danger, the greater the fascination for the prospector. Distance seems, indeed, to lend enchant- ment to the view.
 So it is that this county is almost virgin field for th9 mine hunter, and now with the few hundreds searching Ill its mountains its mineral secrets are still in effect secrets, fol thousands upon thousands mi ght be wander ing through the reck-ribbed fastnesses o our mountain ranges and their presence be almost unknown, so vast is the extent o country
 Recent rich discoveries of gold deposits particularly in lodges, have given grea impetus to mining throughout the county.
 New locations are being constantly made and all show well upon the surface The It Fortuna mine, recently pat in operation has 2)-stanip mill r,mnng night and day and the production of gold averages $75, ,00' per month This mine is situat2d about B miles southwest of the village of Yuma,
 Rich gold discoveries have also been mad in Castle Dome, Harqua Hala, Centennial Palomas, Pot Holes, and other .n:iring dis tricts, and, although the mining CT lc0k il the county was never better, still Lost 0 the silver and lead mines are idle, owin to the low value of these metals.
The Arizona sentinel., 1900-02-14

white nan first set foot on what Is ,ow Yun,a County in I'll. It IS the southwest division of the Territory and o,e of the four original counties Of the Ter ,itorv. Many great reclamation projects are bowever on foot, and in few years eX- meet to see Glma County rated as the ii hest in the Territory.
 ? The first glimpse the traveller from oah- forpia catches of Arizona is that Of the ,,;o+urosouc town of Yuma, which Is sAugiy s;+ro+ad in the embrace of gentle rolling h;ns uron whose crests and sides the o,odern homes of our superior civilization are crowding the adobe dwellings lh'o eternal oblivion. Yuma is the gateway U Ar;,ona the new empire of the West upon ,rboeo pnde~eloped riches the eyes o1 the cs,untrv gre at present turned, and as Su'n' ;+ is hound to grow and prosper with q
 ,id;+v that at present can hardly be re- .l;zed But coupled with her geograpf
 .o1 rosition We ind that she is the center ofa country wlose agrieelturai pos"io'l- lies are practically unlimited, being sur ro,n5ed by soil the fertility or "h'cn excoeds that of the delta Of the Me- ana wanting only water to become paradise ol b,oom. Billions of gallons of that precious 6uid have annually gone to waste al Yuma's very doors, but already a reael'oi is taking place aad many enterpnfeS ar, on foot so supply the ife-giving waters o' ,LorslIow Colorado to the thirsty earth
The Arizona sentinel., 1900-02-14
MINES.

There is no section of the United States, or prob2bly Of the earth, more rich in min eral wealth than the County of Yuma. Au the country north, cast and south of Yuma lies directly within the main gold belt that commences in Alasll;e and ends in Mexico. From the San EcrnarIino mountains in California f the Sonora boundary fine the monutains and hills are exceptionally rich in the precious metal, as though demonstrating the theory often advanced that the richest sold mines are found bordering tLe bs!s o5
The Arizona sentinel., 1900-02-14
VALLEYS OF THE COLORADO AND
 CHA,

In the valleys of the Col, rado and the Gila rivers there $ roem foi thousands. It is not too much to say that nowhere within the limits of this broad Onion can be found a more desirable region for the making of a home. No laboriops clearing of the land is reGd;red it lies almost ready for the blow. Trees and shrubb,ry have so rapid growth that within eighteen months the immig ant can surround his abode with attract;C IS which would require years to mature in less favored climates. Frlits ripen and are ready for market a ful month before the California products. The bright sunshine makes life luxury, and the pure dry atmos- phere brings health to all wbo inhale 1t. For the establishment of colcajes, such as are made in southern California, Arizona pre- sents unrivaled opportunities, Thousands of acres now pro6tless can be made prodnc- tive by the construction of rrigatiug ditches, and there is no investment which assures larger CT more permanent returns,
 The statement in this article on Yuma county are not exaggerated: in fact they fall short of doing justice in thls wonderful bit of country. Pineapplos, dates, almonds and waluuts will do wei. Strawberries, rasp- berries, blackberries, currauts, gocseberries, and all varieties of small fruits can be sue cessfllly cultivated. Indeed, Yuma County is not cnly the natural home of the citrus and semitropical fruits, as almost every fruit, nut, plant, grain, grass, or vegetable which ca: be produced in either tropic of temperate zones will thrive in the rich and fertile soils.
 With the bright prospects ahead of the town of Wanna and Yuma County there can be no better investment for capital seesline large and renulnerative returns than is af- fordcd here With a matchless climate, where ah forms of disease known to the damp and rigorous regions of the east and north are unknown, where the bright sun shine kisses into bloom and fragrance every form of vegetation, and where the clear days and cool and balmy nights are one long-con- tinued poem of happiness and delight, we can offer to capitalists an ideal field for in vestment ard to home seekers a veritable paradise in which to settle.
The Arizona sentinel., 1900-02-14
yEE CLIMATE OF YUMA.

The climate of ?uuaa tor nlne montis o1 she year has no equal, aa we believe. in the word. and during ih remaining three ssonths ol the year. comprising June, July and August. the heat is not oppressive Even though the thermometer in n'lG-sunl- IT CT may a times rise above l0O', and oc- casionally C, en reach llG', yet, owing to tbe absence cf moisture i.t the air, 1t is not gepressive. Tie atmosphere is pure, light and halnv. When t,e mercury marks thc highest ez5-e.7e of iost, person doo7 not :ocl ,ss oppression or deA..'ty hieh -s ,sfs .n f. e Kastsla States N Aea. tAe nAcr-
The Arizona sentinel., 1900-02-14
ARIZONA.

Erizona stands at the threshold of an era of wonderful social anl 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 a day of great pros perity and permanent upbuilding just be- fole her. The impulse of a 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 singly, is now commanding for her full share of atten- seekers and capitalists.
 4 lively competition has sprung up fol the possession of things which have hereto fore gone a-begging for ownership. There IS scramble f4r franchises. Nothing nor; surely indicates a great industrial awaken ing than this. The rates of interest arc falling to moderate figures. Nothing more | surely indicates confidence and competition among the mouey lend IS than this. : Arizona has reached that climactice period which every western state has ex peIieneed sometime in its history when after long and weary struggle and doubt with each side of the balance first up anC then down. tEe clouds of deSpondenc, have suddenly rolled away, and d sunhurs of cnergiziug hope has thrilled the droop ing spirits of the people to greater auC braver endeavor than before.
 For the last twelve years the subsidenc of the great Tombstone boom and the com pletion of two transcontinental lines 0 railroad across her territory-Arizona ha rather dropped out of public attention hut in that time she has been quietly ac cumulatino a fund Of substantial wealtI and a force of moral character whicI qualify her now to rise ur and take he destiny in her own hands.
 The population of Arizona is Mexican This is mistake of great importance fro,. the moral point of view. There Is but on considerable center of Mexican population in the territory, the city of Trcson, an: even there it is not by any means at pres cnt the predominating element. It thinl 1t is certain that arizona has not to da, nearly so large a Mexican population a Colorado and not above one-tenth as mucI IS New Mexico >"Fitz- Mac," in Dcnye | News.
The Arizona sentinel., 1900-02-14
RIVERS OF YUMA COUNTY.

I'm ,aoord 10 climate, healthlulheSs' IS' tility and productiveness of '2li' facilities 5 for cultivation, irrigation and ab"ndanoe oi water supply, variety Of resources anu -beap transportation by rail and by water ,o mart of Arizon can surpasS Yuma ,onutv. which is destined to become one or richest and most prosperous counties in Arizona. .,
 If lies between 32' 00' and S40 20 north t,t;tude and II3' 4O' and ll4' 4o> west longitude. It contains 6.488, ,32o acres It is about as large as the States ot Rhode ts,and Copnectlcut and Delaware com b;.ed. or as large as either New Hampshire Vermont or Massachusetts.
 Tho gcstern boundary of Yuma County i. r,cn,ed by the Colorado river, winch so,.or.rss Arizona from California. The .onntv k bounded on the north by Williams Fark and the santa Maria rrVer' whose waters flow into the Colorado; on the 'aSt hn the counties of Pima, Maricopa and .vorena; and on the south by Sonora Moxico. Its county seat is the town of Yuma.
 The Colorado river drains the eatire ter ,;+orv of Arizona, and every drop ct water which falls on it's mountains and PlalnS 6rds its way to this mighty river It Is formed by the union Of the Green ana Grand rivers. fed by the streams when rise in the Rocky Mountains, and the melt ;nr spows cause greater depth Of water ;r +i,is rix 1T m summer than h winter thus urD;sbino the most water at the season when it $ most required for the purposes of irrigation and agriculture.
 Ttwill be seen that for the entire distance alamo it's western boundary, Yuma C'"n'9 poss sess the great advantage of ene"p water transoortation.
 The Cila river rises III tne western Ps'' If New Mexico and is fed by numerous streams. among the most prominent oi ,.b;ch are the San Pedro, Agua Fria, haS- ,,yomna and Salt rivers. It flows west through Yuma County and empties into the Colorado at the to n of Yuma.
 Yuma county, t.averscd by these great rivers from its northern to its southern and from its eastern to its western bcuna' aries. possesses far greater wate supply tbap any other county in the territory and far more than can be found in all Gail fernia.
 This water is now being diverted from it. natural channels 5y means Of numerous Iarce inigating canals, and utilized for the nurnose of reclaiming and irrig" ting the jn,mepse tracts of laras which lie in this fsrorod country. and which are as fertile xsany in the world.
 ,nt oo,,hern Pacific Railroad crosses the CoIorado river at the town of Yuma and ,ons through the county, following the cenerol course. and at an average distance of abept four miles south, of the Giia river, rsnaer-np all the ands susceptible of irri- cation and cultisatioo. can lind an easy optIat in tLis way ard can be transported t5 .u the markets and centsrs Of population ia tic East or West. knosher competing railroad is projected from San Diego, California, to tfe town sfYrn,a. and thence along the north side ! of ths Gila river. Tkas Yuma County will l nave exceptional railroad advantages. {
The Arizona sentinel., 1900-02-14
WHICH TOWN IS Iue BEST?

Primarily that is a question for the phy-
 sician, if there is physician in the case
 if not, try them all If mountain region,
 considerable altitude and a comparatively
 low temperature is desired, Prescott is in
 a picturesque region, near great mining districts, and has the social advaAtags of
 an army post, whipple Barracks. az staff IS still higher, is in a region of 1se
 pine forests, and is within hard .y's | journey of one of the wonders of the Id,
 the Colorado Canyor Oracle is a P :tty
 mountain nook, powered in splendid
 live oaks, like J .se of California. and is
 also near an Aportant mining district If lower altitude and a distinctly semi l 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 a handsome building stone, found in the vicinity. The
 Ter itorial University is ere, and it was formerly the capital. It's 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 1t is everywhere shut in by low mount aims. It is the Territorial capital, has the Government Indian School the Territorial Lunatic Asylum, and other institutions, and is the general focus for the Territory. Like Tucson, it has it's occasional wind and sand storms-perhaps not quite so often. At either place visitors who know how to adapt themselves to circumstances can be entirely comfortable, and in each they will find an intelligent, orderly, enterprising and most hospitable community. They will fnd country full of mines, full of rich agricultural lands, abounding in cattle and hor es, in vineyards and orchards and the of very successful orange groves a country, in fact, as full of promise for hardy and adventurous men now as Califor- | nia was in the ffties. Above all, it ha beeE their lot to search for health in far countries, they will revel in the luxury of being iE their own land, among their owi oountrymen. within easy reach Of then friends by telegraph or ryil, and in a climate IS good of it's kind as any in the world.
The Arizona sentinel., 1900-02-14
EgEzZ OF
 YUMA G9G1HJ Ts \ s The Soil, Climate, Rivers, and Many
 and Varied Offerings Of aAlR7 ARIzONA's BANNER COUNTY.
sAlR7 ARIzoNA's BANNER COUNT
Brief Forth the Many Advantages an' Inducements offered by Place of Residence

cury is ranging from SO0 to 9Oo'. The air is so dry that precipitation is absorbed as soon as it reaches the surface of the hody, and at nc time in the summer does the heat produce any discomfort.
The Arizona sentinel., 1900-02-14
TE3IPERATURE.

I have sooa the thermometer mark 02 degrees ia the shade on my north piazz2 in March On the other hand, we had frosts which killed young orange trees, and there were several nights when thia ice formed. The government reports show a mean tenPocat;lso for fourteen years at the pres ent territorial capital of 573 degrees ii 5 degrees in December, 49 de grccs in January, 54 degrees in February, q degrees :n March and Ct degrees D
The Arizona sentinel., 1900-02-14

The atmosphere Is singularly clear, tonic and dry. 1 have never seen 1t clearer anyw here in the world. 1t seems to have about the same bracing and exhilarating qualities as the air of the Great Sahara in Northern Africa, or of the deserts about Mount Sinai. in Arabia Petraea. It is much dricr than Tn the parts of Morocco, Aigiers or Tunis usually visited, and drier than any part of the Valley of the Nile north Of the First Cataract. It seems tC me about the same in quality as the air or the Nile betw cen Assouan and Wady Halfa, but somewhat cooler.
 ARJZONA
The Arizona sentinel., 1900-02-14
ACTUAL HUMIDITY.

This is eXtren ely slight, everyw here in Arizona, as com Jared with any eastern climate in the United States. The air is driest on the high mesas, remote from snowclad mouztains or forests, and in the desert valleys, where no considerable irri- gatiou has been begun.
The Arizona sentinel., 1900-02-14
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 ind almost the sea level at Yuma, CT an altitude of only a thousand feet at Phoenix, or of only 2,4O0 at Tucson. Others, who find uo objection to greater elevations, can choose between Prescott or Fort Whipple. 5,4OO; Flag staff, 6. .S00,; the Sulphur Spring Valley, or Fort Grant, 4.20O; Fort Huachuca. 1, 500, or Oracle, about 1, 900.
The Arizona sentinel., 1900-02-14

April The same reports sbo~ -u8 Alele. and lowest npecatores, averaged f5r eight years, at the same place, as follows: For November 7S1I degrees and A degrees, December 7311I degrees and 36H degrees, January G5ls degrees and 92 degrees, Feb- ruary TIE degrees and S5H 1e rees. March Sl 1a degrees and fl degrees and April s61a degrees and 46 degrees. The nights throughout the winter are apt to b' cool enough for open wood fires, and fo' blankets Half the time an oyercoat i not needed during the day, but it is neve1 prudent for Q stranger to be without on' at hand
The Arizona sentinel., 1900-02-14
WEATHER.

During Q five months residence in Southern Arizona in winter there was but one day N hcn the eather made it actually unpleasant for ne to take exercise i'll the open air at some time UT other during the day. Of course there were good many days which weather observer would de- scribe as 'cloudy, and some that were "shoTery; but during these five months (from No' emDer. 1895, to May, l69j.l there were only four days when we did not have brilliant sunshine at some time dar- ing tho day. Even more than Egypt, any where north of Luxor, Arizona IS the laud If sunshine. As to details:
The Arizona sentinel., 1900-02-14

VIII CAPITAL sHouLu s1EE YUMA COUNTY
 Because it's mines are the richest.
 Because it's grazing lands are the best.
 Because it's farming lands are valuable and productive
 Because 1t 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 a 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 new country which cannot exist in older com
 munities.
 Because the opportunities for engaging il
 the successful cultivation of semi-trepi
 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 COA.FoRTABLY? That again depends on what you expect l You cannot have the luxuries of our New York houses out there, unless you builC Q one; or the variety of our New Yorl markets, unless you charater refrigerato
 car. But there are hotels with almost a much frontage as the Waldorf; and, .lik : everything else in the Territory excepting the mountains and deserts, they are new There are boarding houses of more kind c ten rooms can occasinally by rented. Bet l. ter than any of them, for the man with s energy and the pluck to take it, is to v on the desert; and he who knows how Q ''camp out" with comfort through Septem e Der Tn the Adirondacks can camp out i Il Aiizona through the winter. As to food, there is plenty, and it
 good-if you can get it well cooked. Tn l. alfalfa fields of the Salt River Valley ar e the fattening ground for the great cattl | ranges of the Territory. From there tn ' markets of Los Angeles and even of Denve o are largely supplied, Good beef, mutto It and poultry are plenty and cheap. Qua; l, ducks and venison from the vicinity ca $ also be had. Vegetables and fruits al
 abundant in their season, and sometime l. the season is long one. It is the on r. country have lived in where strawberrit le ripen in the open air ten months in th C year. have had them on my table, fires T. picked from the open garden at Christnla g ATTITUDES. It IS a striking advantage offered D - Arizona that, with the same general col t ditions as to temperature and dryness |. -. l.
The Arizona sentinel., 1900-02-14
ARIZONA.
Its Attractions and Advantages as q
 Place Of Residence in Winter.

Whitelaw Reid. owner '.a editor of the New York frib'tae, who has spent the last two winters in Alizona for the benefs of his health, writes cntertainingly and in. structively concerning that rart of the country. Mr. Reid says:
 So many questions are asked about Ari- zona as place for winter residence, and there appears to be such dcartb 3f pre- else information among many who are yitally interested, that 1t seems almost 6 public duty, to set down, in the simplest form, 6 few facts of personal observation.
The Republican., 1900-12-20
HORSES NEED HAIR REVIEWER
Uncle Reuben Thought There Wasn't
Much to Brag AbOUtin
the Show.

"City folks is easily pleased" remarked
Uncle Reuben, who has a farm down in
Egypt, relates the Chicago Chronicle. 81
went in to see that there horse show, and
there wasn't single critter there that had
more than a stump of a tail. What they need
is a hair renewer for those prize animals. A
stiff young man that kept looking at moth
ing and holding his arms out as if he das' t
let his coat sleeves touch his coat says to me
when l asked him about those poor tailless,
stuck-up looking animals that they were that
way on purpose because it's the fashion.
Queer what will come in for style. l looked
round and most of the big men they said was
millionaires didn't have any hair on their
heads. The bald spots was about as numer-
Gus as the bob-tailed hosses The young
dudes that l see promenading about with
big flowers in their buttonholes didn't one of
them have sign of mustache or even
prospect of any whiskers. 1t was queer,
horses without hardly any tails, men with
out any hair on their heads, and boys with
out any mustaches 1t do beat all"