The Tucson citizen., 1902-07-01
AIMING ACTIVITy
Id Railroad Rum0rS C0nsDlre TO
Make Things Look Good for
i the Citu on the Muddy
Colorado.
Yuma. Ariz.. June 90. 1909.

@ Yuma. Ariz.. June 80, 1909.
"A comfortable rainfall was greatly
asoyed BY the belated passengers
Mst-bound last night between casa
Tande and Mohawk Summit. but the
anporary satisfaction OF cool, damp
eeze and laying of the dust was ALI,
Sf few moments after IL ceased al
Iags OF water on the surface had dis
f1Deared. This,was the firs tshower in
IAt section for many moons, and
dfsging from all signs that usually
Gid good no more viii be had until
Nout the latter part Of Angust-theu
6bk out for washouts, tie-ups and gen
Val disnay In peEishahle freight and
Asssnger traffic.
Yuma today III cool and pleasant;
bt the least discomfort ii. felt any
there. Isn't that stranger Now.
Rom what old rasidenters say the heat
B not SO unbearnbla AZ 10 traditlonaliy
eported. Ri
So the story goes: Away back In
Sos company of soldiers were seat
ire to the tort In the spring, and 40
lmuaer advanced homesiekness be-
me prevalent from the highest on
,er 10 the private. and consequently a
ktys and means cnmnittee Was formed
And the restlst was m offer by the ofl-
Sers highest In rank 70 send In . report
hat the temperature reached lAo dHr
krees. which they did, and the report
kausad their removal. and the stAte1
Insnt ia fiied In Washington which 70
degree besmirched the fair name M
kuEna. and gentleman Who was
standing near by when this story was
toid continued. the woman who wants
10 go away for the summer. and must
have an awful good excuse, gets advice
from the family physician TO get out OF
the heat. we'll knowing that he only
does so to please her and thus win her
Raernal gratitude.
n "yes, that's so. that's So" echoed
&he crowd. Women and soldiers are
abe prime cause for Yuma having such
b hot name"
The reason that Yuma Is attractive
now especially comes from the fact
that watermelons. canteloupes. as well
sas apricots. peaches, grapes and figs.
are plentiful. fresh, and don't cost
much.
TIE melon crop Is large as well as
the vegetable. and are abundantly
shipped by many ranchers from here
The scarcity of ranch hands to geth-
Ar both have somewhat retarded and
Damaged the large producers. Here
4s good chance for those fellows who
complain OF not being able to fnd
work.
The bee ranch owned by Herr q
Kester. Just below here. shipped fifteen
tons OF honey in one shipment lately
The honey is the finest, sweetest and
best favored eve raised In the
country.
Hogs are not behind In the market.
and are reported to be good Invest
maut by the largest hog raisers Dun
lap q Balance. and b. r. Hopkins.
Disease is unknown among them, ami
they are. ready for the market much
earlier than where they have to en-
dure the rigors OF hard winter. Los
Angeles is number one market for
them, andt holds out big inducements
for Yuma pork.
Rain and snow In the Rocky noun
tains supply to the vast acreage under
cultivation all and far more water for
every purpose than they can, possibly
consume. We'll. but does the supply
never lessen?" was asked. and 1t was
soon explained how impossible tsat
was, owing to the great volume Of the
muddy Colorado at any and all times,
especially in the summer and fall