The Arizona sentinel. [volume] (Arizona City [Yuma], Yuma County, A.T. [Ariz.]) 1872-1911, 1909-07-22
The City of Yuma.

The City of Yuma.
Tums Of to-day, With its 5000 popu-
Sstion, nlacadamizcd streets, cement
sidewalks, modern lighting and other
SesGvepienees, ere1itabIe business Gs-
tablisLIn epts, beautiful homes as well
as schools churches and excellent se-
ciety, is a long stride in advance of
the Yuma Of yesterday But if nat
ural advantages argue for aught, if
there is potency in perfect location,
if surroundings such as have builded
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 Pacific's 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
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outlet to the Gulf of California and
the Pacific; center of an agricultural
and horticultural region beyond COM
pare; headquarters for a mining dis
tBict rivaling the Klondike in extent
and eXcelling. it in richness; blessed
with a health-giving atmosphere and
skies such as Italy cannot boast. Yu-
nlH has III her own right the making
Cd d city OF a. hundred thousand and
tRat En Il Sex yeaUS-
There have 3seeE Iz2v bScks and de-
E$ys, Gsfsap9esTstm snts an5 failures,
such as all towEs axe heir to, but by
and ALL through good rrpozt and ILL.,
the prosperity of Yuma has been
more faithful and the effect of finan-
cfal 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 manufacturing character. With
the growth in population that has al
ready set in, these opportunities will
CORRESPONDENCE increase.
A goodly number of cultured and
welEto-do families, attracted by Yu-
mas balmy winters and the Hfe-gfv-
ing properties of her ozone, annually
come as to haven of refuge from the
ice and s1B9w and chilling blasts, the.
pneumonia and the rheumatic of
North and East; but when tfe 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 fmpor-
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
fords 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 furnishing
lodges of all the principal secret so
cieties, such as Masons, Elks, Odd
Fellows, Knights of Pythias, Work
men, Woodmen, Foresters, Eagles.
Spanish-American Alliance, Eastern
Star, Pythian Sisters, Rebekahs and
athers
Two women's clubs-the Yuma
Wamen's Club and the Ocotillo Club
are well organized and important
features of local social and civic life.
An Incorporated Specimens Asso-
citation furnishes Athletic amuse-
.ments, especially baseball, fer those.
who enjoy that sort of diversion.
And last, but not least in the shape
of permanent organizations of pub
lie or semipublic nature, the CONNER
:cial Club is an enthusiastic body of
business men who sincerely believe
that Yuma is destined to become Il
really great cfty. Every possible eff
fort of this body is being unselfishly