The Arizona sentinel., 1900-01-24
THE VILLAGE OF YUMA.

produce any discomfort.
 THE VILLAGE OF YUMA.
 Although the town of Yuma Is the second
 oldest community in the Territory of Ari
 zona, it is astonishing how little its re-
 sources are known to the world at large, and
 how slightly developed is the natural wealth
 of the county. This is owing partly to
 Yumas 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 prospected for mineral
 wealth, and prospectors have, in the main, kept the travelled highways in crossing it, Territory. As a matter of fact one suffers less from the heat here than in almost all of the settled communities of the east. owing to the dryness of the atmosphere, and there is no healthier climate on Gods footstool.
 People labor out of door from the rising to the setting of the sun, and suffer no in- convenience. There has never been known, in this section of country, an authentic case of sunstroke. Our climate, taken in time,
 never fails to cure pulmonary complaints of
 my description. Disease such as smallpox, \,
 ;holera, etc., rarely visit us, and then orly
 in Q very mild form, and arc never fatal ex. cept through the peIversity of patients Contrary to the belief of the uninformed,
 the dry heat of the summer months is es-
 pecially conducive to good health and ex-
 eptional vigor, acting naturally upon the
 human system with the same effect as the artificial result of Turkish bath-psrefy- ing and renovsting it. As a further matter of fact, this county has never been even superfcially suspected, and it is only now that people are beginning to search it's hills with any degree of systematic enthusiasm for the mineral wealth hidden thero, Ow. ing to the falling of in the price of silver, deposits of gold only are being sought for; and the present result is little short of mar Velous. In all sections of the county from the Sonora liae to Williams Fork discoveries are daily being made, and the greater the development the greater the wealth dis played. Wherever the prospector plants his fOst, lodges 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 devei- oping into rich storehouses of golden wealth. New and rich placers are constantly being discovered, and shipments of placer gold from 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 recoc- 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 to new life and vigor. Money is being attracted in this direction, and on all sid's can be distinguished that inde6n- 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 a steady if slow in- | crease in agricultural development and wealth. A greater area of old farms has | been put under cultivation, and new lands nave been inclosed and new fields started. A large section of BIaisdell 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 n other sections of the Gila valley, and the gardens of Yuma have been added to and oeautihed in fruits, flowers and shubbery to more than appreciabls extent. Altogether Te may feel proud of our progress during hese last months of business depression and It speaks we'll for the in- iustry and pluck of our people, and the moving made constitutes the best evidence # the merits of our soil and climate and the ichncss of our mineral resources. Nature las done everything for our county, and all hat Is needed is touch of the wand of cap. tal to have our hills and valleys spring intc D active life of remunerative industry thai yill last and endure forever. Some three yearu ago, through the energy [ H. w. BlAisdell, the Yuma Water and q fight Company was incorporated, and b, ! | leans of its large pumping plant, at tn. , 'ot of Mttu street, the town is abundantl1 lpplied with water at reasonable rates, anc lere have grown into existence new and | rge gardens and orchards. n