The Arizona sentinel., 1909-07-01
The City of Yuma.

Yuma of to-day, with it's 5000 popu Kation, macadamized streets, cement
 sidewalks, modern lighting and Cthol eoRVeniences, creditable business Gs i tablisIlments, beautiful homes as wei
 as schools, churches and excellent SO
 ciety, is a long stride in advance oi the Yuma of yesterday. But if nat ural advantages argue for aught, if there is potency in a perfect location if surroundings such as have builded the best cities of the country are of worth, then surely the Yuma of to- morrow must needs be the metropolis of the Great Southwest.
 Situate on the navigablc Colorado river, at the transcontinental South crn Pacific's crossing of that water way; southern gateway to California; i; objective point of a railroad building from San Diego, which will open a direct route to the ilIimitable markets of the Orient; possessed of a water outlet to the Gulf of California and the Pacific; center of an agricultural and horticultural region beyond com pare; headquarters for a mining dis trict rivaling the KlonGike in extent and eXcelling it in richness; blessed with a health giving atmosphere and skies such as Italy cannot beast. Yu- ma has in her own right the making of g. city of hundred thousand and tbat iH 8 feE years
 There have Beea dyzwbacks and de lays, disappointmeHts and failures, such Gs all towns are heir to, bRt by and alL through good report and HI, the prosperity of Yuma has been more faithful and the effect of finan- cial stringencies less apparent, than most towns can boast With the com pletion of the Yuma project, life and yigor are noticeable in every walk and every quarter. Yuma's future is assured.
 To-day there are openings for num- erous business enterprises, particular ly of manufacturing character. With the growth in population that has al ready set in, these opportunities wiz correspondingly increase.
 4 gcodly number of cultured and well-to-do families, attracted by Yu- mas balmy winters and the lffe-giy- ing properties of her ozone, annually come as to haven of refuge from the ice and snow and chilling blasts, the pneumonia and the "rheumatiz" of North and East; but when the beau ties Of our climate and the health in our air shall become matters of more common information, the tide of travel will be regular and an impor- tant social, commercial and indus trial condition.
 Yuma has five churches-Baptist, Methodist, Episcopal, Christian and Catholic. The Valley has four-twe Methodist and two Baptist.
 A splendid educational system af. lords the youth of the town with high school and grammar school advan- tages, while seven grammar schools in the Valley give the rural children an equal show.
 There are active and flourishing lodges of all the principal secret so- cieties, such as Masons, EIlIs, Odd Fellows, Knights of Pythias, Work men, Woodmen, Foresters, Eagles, Spanish-American Alliance, Eastern Star, Pythian Sisters, Rebekahs and others.
 Two womcn's clubs-the Yuma Womens Club and the Ocotillo Club are well organized and important features of local social and civic life.
 An incorporated Sportmen's Asso- ciation furnishes Athletic amuse- ments, especially. baseball for those who enjoy that sort of diversion.
 And last, but not least in the shape of permanent organizations of a pub lie or semi-public nature, the Conner cial Club is an enthusiastic body of business men who sincerely believe that Yuma is destined to become a really great city. Every possible eff fort of this body is being unselfishly eXeFted toward that end.
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