The Arizona sentinel., 1909-06-24
The City of Yuma.

l ! una ot today with It's 3,000 popil-
 lation, macadamized streets, cement
 sidewalks, modern lighting and other
 conveniences, creditable business cs-
 tablishments, beautiful homes as well
 as schools, churches and excellent so-
 ciety, is Q 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
 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 nayigable 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 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 of city of a hundred thousand and that iD 8 few years
 There hare been drawbacks and de- lays, disappointment and failures, such as ali towns are heir to, but by and all, through good report and Fl, the prosperity of Yuma has been more faithful and the effect of finan- cial Strin9encies 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 correspondingly increase
 A gOodly number of cultured and well-tO-do families, attracted by Yu- mas balmy winters and the life -giv- iyo rr-,,,,crtfoc of bo,. o1oro ..,,,,.,.11. come as to a haven of refuge from the ice and SHOW 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 impcr- tant social, commercial and indus trial condition.
 Yuma has five churches-Baptist. Methodist, Episcopal, Christian and Catholic. The Valley has four-two | Methodist and two Baptist
 A splendid educational system aE 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 flourishfng lodges of all the principal secret so- cfeties, such as Masons, EHls, Odd Fellows, Knights of Pythias, Work men, Woodmen, Foresters, Eagles, Spanish-American Alliance, Eastern Star, Pythian Sisters, Rebekahs and others
 Two women's clubs-the Yuma | Women's Club and the Ocotillo Club are well organized and important features of local social and civic life.
 An Incorporated Sportmen's Asso- eiatian furnishes Athletic amuse- ments, especially baseball, for those who enjoy that sort of diversion.
 And last, but not least in the shape 1f permanent organizations of a pub lie or semi-public nature, the Commer- cial Club is an enthusiastic body of business men who sincerely believe that Yuma IS destined to become a really great city. Every possible ef- ,or of this body is being unselfishly 9Xerted toward that end.