The Arizona sentinel., 1901-06-19
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' sources let US show the good sense to extend the encouraging hand of welcome to those who desire to come in and develop them for us. It will surely in crease values and be universally beneficial in it's results. Set aside personally selfish motives and narrowness. Come to the front and work for the interests of the whole community. Or ganize g push and development association for the purpose of advertising to the world the vast resources of Yuma county and the fine chances here for in vestment. Help to boost the town of Yuma into the proud position of chief city of Arizona.
 The great stride that has been made in putting on the new line of boats to connect with the ocean steamers at San Jorge Bay, has already developed a great demand for transportation from many sources.
 We suppose the public is aware that the fine little steamer San Jorge was not designed or in tended to run on the river. Her run is to be between San Jorge Bay and the mouth of the Colo rado river. The Mexican Colo rado Navigation Company is constructing stern wheel steam CTS and barges of the finest, lightest and strongest material to be had in the market, and it will be the best equipped line that has ever been put on the Colorado river. This line will be the means of bringing to life many undeveloped mines and oil lands that now lie dormant along the Colorado, awaiting transpor- tation facilities to give them great value.
 WHAT YUMA NEEDS.
 What the city of Yuma wants today are a few more public spirited merchants and business men generally. Our present merchants should encourage their coming. There is great need for several lines of business that are actually notrepresented here, and they should be encour- aged to come. There is really a demand for s9ch exclusive lines as are herewith stated:
 Hardware-There is fine op- portunity here for an exclusive store that will carry a full assortment of hardware, stoves and tinware. We know of many instances of large or derS for hardware being sent to Los Angeles and San Francisco. The reason for this is that the general merchandise stocks here do not include a complete line of hardware; articles of hardware needed in the mines, irrigation plants, pumping plants and var ious other enterprises being de- veloped in this section, are very often not to be had without veX- atious delay. Hardly a day passes that one or more orders for hardware of some kind are not sent to one of the coast cit ies because they cannot be filled here.
 A steam laundry is another institution that would most cer- tainly do a fine business in Yuma. To obtain the proper facilities in an economical way a lot could be purchased from the city on the river front, where a suitable building could be constructed and the water supply procured cheaply. To establish a first class laundry with modern facili- ties, including two good wagons, would require an outlay of about s, 800. The good work turned out by an up-tc-date laundry would soon bring the owners a lucrative business, and yield a handsome profit on the invest ment. At the present time the great portion of the laundry work is sent to Pomona and Los Angeles. We believe in home industry and believe that a laun- dry in Yuma would be literally patronized.
 A firSt-claSS SaddIeYy and har-