Bisbee daily review., 1909-05-16
CITY OF YUMA lS
 BOOMING Has 5000 Population, Ma cademized Streets and
 Cement Walks Splendid Educational Facih- ties, Churches, Secret
 Societies, Etc.

YUMA. May 15.-Yuma today. with it 5000 population, macadamized streets, cement sidewalks, modern lighting and other conveniences, cred itable business establishments, beau tiful homes as well as school, church es' and excellent society is a stride in advance of the Yuma of yesterday. But if natural 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 tomorrow must needs be the metrop- oils of the great southwest.
 Situate on the navagable Colorado river, at the transcontinental South ern Pacific crossing of that water way; southern gateway to California; objective point of railroad building from San Diego, which will open direct outlet to the Gulf of California | and the Pacific; center of an agricul- tural and horticultural region beyond | compare; headquarters for a mining ! district rivaling the Klondike in ex- | tent and excelling in richness; 1 blessed with a health-giving atmos- | phere and skies such as Italy cannot boast. Yuma has in her own right
 the making of a city of a hundred
 thousand and that. too. in few years. | There have been drawbacks and deiaya disappointments and failures, such as all towns are heir to, but by l and all. through good report and I'll. the prosperity of Yuma has been more | faithful and the effect of financial stringencies less apparent than most ! towns can boast With the comple- ton of the Yuma project. life and wig
 or are noticeable in every walk and
 every quarter. Yuma's future is as sured
 Today there are openings flor mum
 erous business enterprises. particular ly of a manufacturing character. With
 the growth in population that has al
 ready set in these opportunities vii
 correspondingly increase.
 A goodly number of cultured and
 well-to-do families, attracted by Yu
 mas balIny winters and the life-givins
 properties of her ozone. annually com,
 as to a haven of refuge from the ice
 and snow and chilling blast. the pneu , monia and the 'reumatiz' of nortf and east; but when the beauties O , our climate and the health in oul , air shall become matters of more com
 mon information, the tide of trave | vii be regular and an important so
 cial. commercial and industrial con ! dition.
 Yuma has five churches-Baptist | Oiist, Episcopal. Christian ant ! Catholic. The valley has four-tw' , Methodist and two Baptist.
 r A splendid educational system af ? lords the youth of the town with . high school and grammar school ad
 ytntages. while seven gramma a schools in the valley give the rura : children an equal show.
 : There are active and flourishine f lodges of all the principal secret so |. cities. such as Masons. Elks, Od' f Fellows. Knights of Pythias, Work D men, Woodmen, Foresters, Eagles
 Spanish-American Alliance. Easter |. Star, Pythian Sisters. Rebekahs ant r others.
 f Two women's clubs-the Yum h Women's club and the Octillo club | are well organized and importan l. features of local social and civic life ]. An incorporated Sportsmen's asso
 ciation furnishes athletic amuse ments. especially baseball, for thos l. who enjoy that sort of diversion. , And. last, Lut not least. in th' n shape of permanent organizations o
 public or semi-public nature. tn
 Commercial club is an enthusiast
 body of business men who sincerel Il believe that Yuma Is destined to b
 come really great city. Every pos
 sible effort of this body is being UT
 selfishly exerted toward that end,