Arizona sentinel., 1917-12-27
DELIBERATE INSULT THROWN AT YUMA BY IM- PERIAL VALLEY PROGRESS IN PUBLISHED AR TICLE WRITTEN 21 YEARS AGO BY "ENI-
 NEWT ENGINEER" G. c. ANDERSON.

hashing the old worn-out story of the man who died and went to hell and after spending two or three days asked permission to go back to Yuma to get his overcoat and blankets to keep from freezing to death. That expres- sion of itself plainly stamps his entire story as a pure fabrication for every
 body who knows anything about it i
 well aware of the fact that that par ticular man who died and went direct to the lower regious was from Ell Cen tro, California, and NOT from Yuma, Arizona.
 He refers to Yuma as "the jumping off place of civilization and then says that "the main portion of the town lies in gut between two heights; the town is fair sample of such frontier settlements-semi- Mexican, semi-American, wholly pio- neer. There is no distinctive separa- ting line. American enterprise as pires with modern brick buildings two or three stories high, i'll adapted to the place or it's climate; the 'Greas- CT element is content with it's squat, flat roofed adobe, cool and comfor-
 "The population, about 2000 in all, is largely Mexican. The white men are evidently mostly Jew traders. The many Indians seen within the limits are non-residents; they dwell on their reservation across the river in Cali fornia. THE MORALITY OF THE PEOPLE IS NOT ABOVE SUSPI TON; the heat is great, the days are long and business not overwhelmins THE ONLY EXCUSE FOR THE TOWNS EXISTANCE IS AS AN O1TTFITTING HEADQUARTERS FOR NUMEROUS MINING CAMPS SCATTERED ALONG THE RIVER AND AS A RAILROAD DIVISION. It's unique features are it's climate and it's river. !. Yet the great heat there are records of 12S in the shade is not so appalling upon reflection At any rate there is no sunstroke and no suspension of outdoor laDor- The United States Weather Bureau is NOW PUBLISHING RECORDS OF THE WET BULB THERMOMETER TO SHOW THE COMPARATIVE .sENsIBLE' TEMPERATURE THRU OUT THE COUNTRY, AND THIS SENSIBLE TEMPERATURE IS SHOWN TO BE ABOUT 30 OR 40 DEGREES LESS THAN THE AC- TUAL TEMPERATURE IN THE SHADE AT THIS TERRESTIAL HA- DIES. THE WET BULb THERMOMETER be 1t known, indl cates the sensible temperature, ana this temperature is found by covering the bulb of an Ordinary thermometer with muslin, from which piece or cot ton wicking leads into a cup of water and so keeps the muslin constantly moist Yuma is not yet a health resort; otherwise might De accused of endeavoring to boom it cy quoting these dry-as-dust statistics. They are simply evidences of the ex- traordinary climatic conditions of this OUTLANDISH SPOT," &c. &c.
 All during this year this same "emi- nent engineer" has been spending much time in and around Yuma, yet he never had the manhood to write that his first impressions" Of thls splendid community were a congloIn- crate mass of ill-advised mouthlngs or a conceited ass, who was here Zl years ago, probably still wearing "kilts" and even at that early date trying to break in so he could sep arate the Imperial suckers from thelr hard earned cash. Instead of that he draws his fifty bucks" per day as long as the good people of Imperial Valley would stand the gaff and then when he gets kicked out he resurrects his infamous articles of 21 hears ago and slips them to his friend "Scotty' and has them reproduced in the Pro- gress-for what good purpose? Mere ly to again cast odium on Yuma and Yuma Project, to the evident delight of the grafters of Imperial Valley. But neither he nor his satellites over in Imperial Valley can "get away with it" as long as the present editor of the ARIZONA SENTINEL is on the look out for the best interests of the city of Yuma, the county of Yuma and Yu- ma Project.