The Arizona sentinel., 1909-07-15
The CitY of Yuma.

3lUnd Oh lO-udgy Win us O,VVU IOPu-
lation, macadamiBed streets, cement
sidewalks, modern lighting and other
conveniences, creditable business es-
Establishments, beautiful homes as we'll
as schools, churches and excellent So
ciety, is long stride in advance Of
the Yuma of yesterday. But il nat
ural advantages argue for aught, if
there is potency in 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 navigable Colorado
river, at the transcontinental South
ern Pacifics crossing of that water
way; southern gateway to California;
objective point Of a railroad building
from San Diego, which will open a
direct route to the illimitable 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 Klondike in extent
and eXcelling it in richness; blessed
with a health-giving atmosphere and
skies such as Italy cannot boast. Yu-
ma has in her own right the making
of city of hundred thousand and
that IN few years
There have becu drawbacks and dc
Lays, disappon&meEts and failures,
such as all towns are heir to, but by
and all, through good report and III,
the prosperity Of Yuma HIS 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
vigor 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 a manufacturing character. With
the growth in population that has al
ready set in, these opportunities will
CORRESPONDENCE increase.
A goodly number Of cultured and
well-to-do families, attracted by Yu
mas balmy winters and the Ife-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 Rheumatic" OF
North and East; but when the beau
ties of our climate and the health il
our air shall become matters of more
common Information, the tide oi
travel Will be regular and an fmpor
tant social, commercial and indus
trial condition.
Yuma has five churches-Baptist
Methodist, Episcopal, Christian ant
Catholic. The Valley has four--twC
Methodist and two Baptist.
A splendid educational system af
fords the youth Of the town with higf
school and grammar school advan
tages, while seven grammar schools
in the Valley give the rural children
an equal show.
There are active and flourishinI
lodges of all the principal secret so
cieties, such as Masons, Efks, Ode
Fellows, Knights of Pythias, Work
men, Woodmen, Foresters, Eagles
Spanish-American Alliance, Easter
Star, Pythian Sisters, Rebekahs ant
others.
Two womcn's clubs-the Yum;
Women's Club and the Ocotillo Clu1
are well organized and importan
features of local social and civic life
! An Incorporated Specimens Asso
citation furnishes Athletic amuse
ments, especially baseball, for thos
> who enjoy that sort OF diversion.
And last, but not least in the shap
= Of permanent organizations of put
lie or semipublic nature, the CONNER
< cial Club is an enthusiastic body o
business men who sincerely beIicv
r. that Yuma is destined to become
really great city. Every possible G.
fort of this body is being unselfishl
= eXeFted toward that end.
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