The Arizona sentinel., 1909-08-05
The CITY OF Yuma.

The City OF Yuma.
Yuma Of to-day, with rs 5000 popu'
Esfion, m8cadamized Streets cement
s&4lew aJks,, modern lighting. and other
eeIry enjeReesy ereditable business es-
adjustments, beautiful homes as well
as schools, cITurches and excellent so.
ciety, Is a long stride in advance of
the Yuma Of yesterday. But ii 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 navigable Colorado
river, at the transcontinental South
orn 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
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 health giving atmosphere and
skies such as Italy cannot boast. Yu-
ma has in her own right the making
81 a csty CT q Hundred thousand and
Stat in few ye2rss
TAsrs hmHS aeaw drawbacks. and de
lays, 6isapp oIRments ANA failures,
such as all towns are heir to, but by
and all, through good report and ill.,
che prosperity of Yuna kss 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 manufacturing character. With
the growth in population that has al
ready set in, these opportunities viii
correspOndingly increase.
A goodly number of cultured ana
well-tO-do families, attracted by Yu~
mas balmy winters and the lfe-giF-
ing properties Of her ozone, annually
come as to a 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 in
our air shall become matters of more
common. information, the tide of
travel will be regular and an impou.
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
i'll 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, Ellks, 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
Moments Club and the Ocotillo Club
arc well organized and important
features of local social and civic life
An Incorporated Specimens Assoc.
citation furnishes Athletic amuse-
rnents,, 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 se1lipublic nature, the CONNER
ciaI 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
eyertPd toward that end