The Arizona sentinel. [volume], October 20, 1894, Image 4

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YUMA COUNTY.
A white tniu first sot foot on what is
now Ynma County in 1771. It is the
FonthwcBt division of the Territory, and
one of the four original counties of the Ter
ritory. Many great reclamation projects are
however on foot, and iu a few years ex
pect to Fee Yuma County rated as the
richest in the Territory.
The first glimpse the traveler from Cali
fornia catches cf Arizona is that of the
picturesque town of Yuma, which is snugly
situated in the embrade Of gentle rolling
hills, upon whose crests and sides the
modern homes of our superior civilization
ore crowding the adobe dwellings into
eternal oblivion. Yuma is the gateway to
Arizona, the naw empire of the "West, upon
whose undeveloped riches the cye3 of the
onntry are at present turned, and as such,
she is bcund to grow and prosper with a
rapidity that at present can hardly be re
alized. Bat coupled with her geographi
cal position we find that she is the center
of a country who3 agricultural possibili
ties are practically unlimited, being sur
rounded by a soil the fertility of which
exceeds that of the delta of the Nile, and
wanting oaly water to become a paradise of
blooin. Billions of gallons of that precious
fluid have annually gone to waste at
Yuma's very doors, but already a reaction
is talcing place and many enterprises are
on foot to supply the life-giving waters of
theyellow Colorado to the thirsty earth.
RIVERS OF YUMA COUNTY.
In regard to climate, healthfulness, fer
tility and productiveness of soil, facilities
for cultivation, irrigation and abundance of
water supply, variety of resources and
cheap transportation by rail and by water,
no part of Arizona can surpass Yuma
county, which is destined to become one of
richest and most prosperous counties in
Arizona.
It lies between 32 00' and 34 20' north
latitude and 113 20' and 114 40' west
longitude. It contains 6.488,320 acres. It
is about as large a.3 the States of Rhode
Island, Connecticut and Delaware com
bixed, or as large as either New Hampshire,
Vermont or Massachusetts.
The western boundary of Yuma County
is formed by the Colorado river, which
separates Arizona from California. The
county is bounded on tbe north by Williams
Fork and the Santa Maria river; whose
waters flow into the Colorado; on the east
by the counties of Pima, Maricopa and
Yavapai, and on the south by Sonora,
Mexico. Its county seat is tho town of
Yuma.
The Colorado river drains the entire ter
ritory of Arizona, and every drop ol water
which falls on its mountains and plains
finds its way to this mighty river. It is
formed by the union of the Green and
Graud rivers, fed by the streams which
rise in the Rocky Mountains, and the melt
ing snows cause a greater depth of water
in this river in summer than in winter, thus
furnishing the most water at the season
when it is most required for tho purposes
of irrigation and agriculture.
It will be seen that for the entire distance
along its western boundary, Yuma County
possesses the great advantage of cheap
.water transportation.
The Gila river rise3 in the western part
of New Mexico and is fed by numerous
streams, among the most prominent of
which are the San Pedro, A?ua Fria, Has
sayainpa and Salt rivers. It flows west
through Yuma County and empties into the
Colorado at the town of Yuma.
Yuma county, traversed by these great
rivers from its northern to its southern,
and from its eastern to its western bound
aries, possesses a far greater water supply
than any other county in the Territory,
and far more than can be found in all Cali
fornia. This water is now being diverted from its
natural channels by means of numerous
large irrigating canals, and utilized for the
purpose of reclaiming and irrigating the
immense tracts of lands which lie in this
favored country, and which are as fertile
as any in the world.
The Southern Pacific Railroad crosses the
Colorado river at tho town of Yuma and
runs through the county, following the
gcnerol course, and at an average distance
of about four miles south, of the Gila river,
rendering all the lands susceptible of irri
gation and cultivation, can find an easy
outlet in this way and can be trauspoited
to all the markets and centers of population
in the East or West.
Another competing railroad is projected
from San Diego, California, to the town
of Yuma, and thence along the north side
of the Gila river. Thus Yuma County will
hk.ve exceptional railroad advantages.
THE CLIMATE OF YUMA.
The climate of Yuma for nine months of
the j'ear has no equal, as we believe, in the
world, and during the remainiug three
mouths of the year, comprising June, July
and August, the heat is not oppressive.
Even though the thermometer in mid-sum
mer may a; times rise above 100, and oc
casionally even reach 110, yet, owing to
the absence of moisture in the air, it is not
oppressive. The atmosphere is pure, light
and balmy. When the mercury marks the
highest extreme of heat, a person does not
feel that oppression or debility which is
felt in the Eastern States when the mer
cury is ranging from 80 to 90. The air is
so dry that perspiration is absorbed as soon
as it reaches the surface of the body, and
at no time in the summer does the heat
produce any discomfort.
LANDS AND SOILS.
The lands or Yuma County comprise the river
bottoms and valleys aiid the uplands or mesas. The
"bottom lands are moister and slightly more fertile,
if, indeed, it is possible to m kc comparisons
where all are so wonderfully productive and prolific
The uplands or mesas are warmer and, perhaps,
slightly Lett r for the cultivation of the citrus fruits.
V'nina-conf?insfl vorlycf foil The valley land
o tho Gila and Colorado livers have foi the most
part a deep sedimentary soil of brownish, gray
sandy lo in, resting, in most places, upon a gray
clay subsoil at a depth of from fen to twenty feet
below the surface, The clay bubsoil forms a hard
pan which is impervious to water. These soils have
been slowly formed by the decomposition of shales,
sandstones, marls, limestones, et:., mixed with or
ganic and vegetable matter, washed down by the
mighty rivers and have been gradually deposited
during the course of centuries. The fertilizing
brownish mud held in the water of the Colorado
and Gila rivers resembles that from the Kile, and
its quantity varies from 0.1 to 0.5 percent.,
though the water when even considerably discolor
ed by mud is good to drink, resembling in this res
pect the Missouri river water. A chemical analysis
of the sediments of the Colorado and of the Kilo
exhibits a wonderful similarity in the constituent
parts of each. That of the Colorado exhibiting a
trifle less potassa, most phosphoric acid arid car
bonade of limestome beds through which the Colo
rado passes. In other respacts the sediment of the
Colorado is almost identical with that of the Nile.
It will be noticed, therefore, that when this water is
used for irrigation it is superior to artesian waters
since it is constantly supplying the land with the
richest fertilizing elements. Tlie soil of the valleys
is extremely rich in dedomposed vegetable matter
Mid unco.ubined carbon, readily absorbing the
aerial gases, such especially, as oxygen, which en
tering the soil, decomposes the organic matter so
that they can be taken up anl nourish tho plants
which may be considered a leading featurs in its
fertility. It also readily takes up and retains
moisture, while the firmness of its particles affords
every facility for percolation and the activity of
capillary action. Ill its mechanical composition its
particles are in a state of very fine division, which
renders it more productive than coarser soils It
aequirics heat readily in the daytime, and the loss
of tHe hb'at at night is very gradual, so that it re
mains always warm and Is not subject to sudden
changes of heat and cold. Besides its essential con
stituents of water, organic or vegetable matter,
sand and clay, a chemical analysis shows that lime,
soda, magnesia, iron, ammonia and available forms
of nitrogen, phosphoric acid and potash enter into
composition in th proportions best adapted to
add to its fertility, though, of course, as is alwajs
the case in soil analysis, its composition varies in
different localities arid is not always constant.
The soil of the Uplands, or mesas, is lighter and
more gravelly and in" some places of a free, loamy,
calcareous character The niesa lands are warm and
generous. They seem especially adapted for the
grape, olive and citrus fruits generally. Thir soil
contains more magnesia, lime or chalk than the
bottom lands. It never cracks and retains moisture
admirably in summer. It is of that character which
will produce a wine that will keep good for fifty or
a hundred years, and improve annually, nbt being
liable to sour, or on exposure to the air, after one
year old, to become turbid and change color in the
bottlo or glass.
We can safely say that the soil of Yuma County
can nowhere be surpassed, containing as it docs all
the essential elements of richness and fertility.
FRUIT CULTURE.
Fruit production throughout Arizona is a sub
ject of great interest at present, and will no
doubt, be tho principal industry in Yuma County.
The remarkable results that have sprung from
very superficial and imperfect culture has de
monstrated that the soil and climate of Yuma
County are peculiarly adapted for this branch of
agricultural entcrp'is.-. The development of these
tesources is of the utmost importance and is at
tracting carefnl attention. Experiments have been
made, with care, and facts in regard to the culture
of different kinds of fruits have been collected
which cannot fall td convince, even the mostskept
ical, of the wonderful superiority of Yuma County
over Southern California in fruit crowing, aud
which must load to a large and varied production,
of the most remunerative character.
The Commissioner of Immigration In his report,
published in "836, writes as follows of tho rich
valleys of the Gila, Colorado and Calt rivers.
"The soil of these valleys is anions: the richest
on the continent. It is formed of the detritus
which the streams for ages have brought down
from their mountain homes in their journey to the
sea. By constant overflows and change of channel,
th'c deposit of this rich vegetable matter has form
ed a soil of .xtreme fertility, Near the streams it
is a dark alluvial mold, well adapted to small
grains aud grasses. Farther back there isari-h
sandy loam, mellow and porouj, and especially
favorable for fruit culture. It has been already
demonstrated that the produitive c.ipacity of these
valleys is not surpassed by lanJs of equal area in
any part of the United States. So rapid and prolific
is the growth of the fruits, cereals and vegetables
that the labor of the cultivator is reduced to the
minimum. In nearly all of them two crops a year
can be growth, and vegetation is one month ahead
of Califomi . The fanners plants a cotton wood
sapling before his door, and within the year he has
a shade tree twenty-five feet hivh! Alfalfa can be
cut six times during the season, and it is an actual
fact the grape-cuttings have produced within eigh
teen morths! What State or Territory can make
such a showing? The climate, it must be remem
bered, is nearly perpetual summer. Snow never
falls in these southern valleys. The farmer begins
to plant in November, and by the middle of May
his harvest is ready. Roses are in bloom, fruit
trees are blossoming, and the grair fields are a sea
of green, when the fields of the Eastern farmers
are covered with snow and ice.
Every variety of grains, grasses, fruits and vege
tables grown in the temperate and semi-tropic
zones can bo prodnced in the valleys of Arizoifa.
Wheat, corn barley, oats and all the small grains
give a yield of from tweny-fivc to fifty bushels to
the acre. Alfalfa, clover, timothy, Bermuda and
all the cultivated grasses grow luxuriantty, the
former giving from eight to ten tons to the acre
each year, Every variety of vegetable raised iu
the United States can be grown in Arizona, and
nowhere are they found of better quality.
"Besides the products mentioned, these semi
tropical valleys produce cotton, sugar-cane, to
bacco, hemp and rice. With the exception of the
sugar-cane, but little attcnticu is paid to the culti
vation of other staples; but it has been demonstrat
ed that the soil and climate are specially adapted
to their successful growth. Cotton-growing is no
experiment in Arizona, for it is on record that
when the Europeans first penetrated this region,
they found the Pima Indian wearing fabrics
made of cotton grown in the Gila valley.
"But it is their adaptability for fruit culture
that assures to these valley land3 a dense popula
tion and aprosperous future. Almost every var
iety known can be raised in their fruitful soils. The
apple, pear, plum, peach, apricot, quint'e and nec
tarine, are el delicious flavor, and givo a" gen
erous yield. The grape of all varieties i- at home
in these suh'ny vales. No place in the grape-growing
belt of the Pacific Coast can show so prolific a
yield. The quality is all that could be desired;
and the wine, although its manufacture is vet ex
perimental, is of a fine flavor, diicious bouquet,
and unsurpassed by any native product as a table
beverage. Experiments with the raisin-grape
have shown that this climate and soil possess
every advantage for the production and curing of
this staple article of commerce.
"Besides the fruits already mentioned, the or
ange, lemon, lime, olive, fig. pomegranate, and
others of the citrus family, can be grown success
fully in the valleys of Southern Arizona. Orange
trees are now in bearing in the Salt River valley
and at Yuma; while the bananas is also being cul
tivated at the latter place. Ihe Arizona orange in
quality and flavor will comparo favorably with the
best California.
"In the valleys of the Colorado, the Salt and the
Gila livers, there is room for thousands. It is not
too much to say that nowhere within the limits of
this broad Union can be found a more desirable
region for the making of a home. No laborious
clearing of the land is required: it lies almost
ready for the plow. Trees and shrubbery have so
rapid a growth that within eighteen months the
immigrant can surround his abode with attractions
which would require years tomatur; in less favored
climates. Fruits ripen and are ready for market
a full month b fore the California product. The
bright sunshine makes life a luxury, and the pure,
dry atmosphere brings health to all who inhale it.
For the establishment of colonics, such as we have
made of Southern California a arden, Arizona
present unrivaled opportunities Thousands of
acres, now profitles , made productive
by the construction of irrigating ditches, and there
is no investment which assures larger or more
permanent returns ."
The foregoing statements are not exaggerated;
in fact, they fall short of doing justice to this won
derful land. Pineapples, dates, almoids and wal
nuts will do well. Strawberries, raspberries, black
berries, currants, gooseberries and all varieties of
small fruits can be successfully cultivated. Indeed,
Yuma County is not only the natural home of the
citrus and .semi-tropical fruits, as almost every
fruit, hut, plant, grain, grass or vegetable which
cau be produced in either tropic or temperate zone,
will thrive in its rich and fertile soils.
WHY EV1MIG RANTS SHOULD COME TO YUMA
COUNTY.
Because the climate is perfect.
Because the soil is fertile and prolific:
Because land is abundant and cheap.
Because a home can be made with little
labor.
Because so great a variety of products
can be grown .
Because the yield is large and the priced
alwaj's remunerative.
Because life is a luxury in a land where
the sun shines every day.
Because there are chances for a poor man
which he can never hope to find in older
countries;
Because the country is advancing and
property values are increasing.
Because, unlike Southern California it
does not require a small fortune to secure a
piece of land.
Because capital does not block all the av
enues to wcdlthj nor crowd the poor man
to the wall.
Because Uncle Sam has yet many farms
in Yuma county waiting for occupants.
Bscause churches, schools, newspapers
and railroads are fast developing the moral
and material elements of the Territory .
Because good land is becoming scarce, and
if you don't catch on now, your last chance
will soon he gone .
Because the country is one of the few
regions of the Uuited States that yields the
products of the temperate and sc'mi:trbpic
zones.
Because the worker receives a fair com
pensation for his labor, and the 'rustler' has
a field for the display of his energy and en
terprise .
Because there are neither blizzards or
tornitdoes; earthquakes nor inundations,
snow-'siorms nor cyclcmes.
Because the vast and varied resources of
the country iire yet to be developed .
Because the wealth of its mines, its 'fann
ing valleys, and grazing lands, will yet build
up a great and prosperous county.
Because a man can make a livelihood her,
with less labor than in any other part of the
United States.
Because there is health in every breeze,
and strength and vigor under its cloudless
skies.
Because the settler need not spend a life
time in felling trees and grubbing out
stumps.
Because vegetation is so rapid that in two
years the home is BtlrroiJnclpd by a growth
of trees and shrubs which would require
five years to develop in a colder clime .
Because fortunes here await the venture
some, and health welcomes the afflicted.
Because the country has a brilliant future
and j'ou want to be in the "swim."
Because in its pure, dry invigorating air,
epidemic diseases cannot live or germinate.
Because its people are generous, liberal,
hospitable and progressive .
WHY CAPITAL SHOULD SEEK YUMA COUNTY.
Because its mines are the richest.
Because its grazing lands are the best.
Because its fanning lands are valuable and
productive .
Because it gives assurance of the largest
returns on money invested.
Because its grand resources are yet to be
developed. .
Because it is a young, growing county
with an assured future .
Because the opportunities for engaging in
manufacturing enterprises are better than in
anv other region of the West.
Because good mining properties can be had
at reasonable' figures.
Because there is a demand for additional
facilities for ore reduction . , ..
Because there are Vast stretches of rich
soil to be reclaimed by ihe construction of
irrigating canals.
Because there are large tracts of grass
lands that cun be utilized by the sinking ot
artesian wells.
Because there are many openings in a new
country which cannot exist in older com
munities. Because the opportunities for engaging in
the successful cultivation of semi-tropic
fruits are better than in any other part of
the United States.
Because property values arc rapidly ad
vancing. Because Arizona's boom is yet to come .
Because it is a virgin field, ready for the
seed which will produce a golden harvest.
AKIZONA.
Arizona stands at the threshold of an
era of wonderful social and industrial de
velopment. There can't be a doubt about
the fact. The dawn for whjch she has
waited so long is breaking at last. There
is every promise of a day of great pros
perity and permanent upbuilding just be
fore her. The impulse ol a new and ener
gizing hope is visible everywhere among
her people, while the cumulative effect of
many things, which made but small im
pression as they tr.aisjiired singly, is now
commanding for her a full share of ntten
tion and interest abroad among hjmc-seek-rs
and capitalists.
A lively competition has sprung up for
the possession of things which haeheieto
fore gone a-begging for ownership. There
is a scramble for franchises. Nothing more
surely indicates a great industrial awaken
iugthan this. The rates of interest are
falling to moderate figures. Nothing more
surely indicates confidence and competition
among the money lenders than this.
Arizona has reached that climacticer
period which every western state has ex
perienced sometime in its history when,
after long and weary struggle and doubt,
w ith each side of the balance first up and
then down, the clouds of despondency
have suddenly rolled aua',- and a stin'.urst
of energizing hope' has thrilled the droop
ing spirits of the people to greater and
braver endeavor than before".
For the last twelve years the subsidence
of the great Tombstone boom and the com
pletion of two transcontinental lines of
railroad across her territor; Arizona has
rather dropped out of public attention,
but in that time she has been quietly ac
cumulating a fuud of substantial wealth
aud a force of moral character which
qualify her now to rise up and take her
destiny iu her own hands.
The population of Arizona is Mexican.
This is a mistake of great importance from
the moral point of view. There is but one
considerable center of Mexican population
i i the territory, the city of Tucson, and
even there it is not by any means at pres
ent the predominating element. It think
it is certain that Arizona has not to-day
nearly so large a Mexican population as
Colorado mid not above one tenth as much
as Now Mexico. "Fitz-Mac," in Denver
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By virtue of an execution issued out of .Justice'
Ira Mabbctt's Court, of First Precinct, County of
Yuma, Territory of Arizona, dated the 29th day of
August, A. D. 1S94, in a certain action, wherein
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get mine, and duly recorded in book. F. at page
454, in mining Reeordsof Yuma County, Territory
of Arizona,
Notice is hereby given that on Thursday, the 20th
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that day, in front of the Court House in the Counjy
of Yuma, Territory of Arizona, I will sell all the
riirht title and interest of said I.. C. Moreland,
defendant, in and to the above described property
at Public auction for cash in U. S. gold coin to the
highest and best bidder, to batisfy said execution
and all costs.
MEL. GREENLEAF, Sheriff,
Yuma County A. T.
2?" The above sale is postp'oned to Octob
er 1st 1891. MEL GREENLEAE,
Sheriff.
The r.bove sale is postponed to Octob
er loth, A. D., 1894 at 12 o'clock, M.
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Per W. L. Hopkins, Deputy.
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TN THE PROBATE COURT, COUNTY OF YUMA
1 Territory of Arizona.
In the Matter of the estate of John II. Dall
deceased.
Elbridge Durbrow having filed in this court a
copy of the will of John H. Dall, deceased, and the
eronate ther ol in tnouityana county otsan t ran
cisco, State of California, dulj authenticated, to
gether with a petition that said will be admitted
to Probate in this Court, and that letters testamcn
tary thereon be granted to him as executor as
named in said will;
It is ordered that Saturday, the 25th day of
August, A D. 1394, at 10 o'clock a. m. of said day,
at the Courtroom of the Probate Court, in the
County of Yuma, be and hereby U set for the hear
ing of aid petition, at which time and place all
persons interested may appear and contest the
same.
It is further ordered that a copy of this order be
published in the Arizona Sentinel, a newsp'Sper
published in the County of Yuma, for three sue
cesive weeks prior to said hearing.
Dated this 30th day of July, A. D. 1894.
li'. Ewino, Judge of Probate.
JAMES DOTEN,
Blacksmith
and
Wagon Maker.
Shop on Main street
OPPOSITE PUBLIC SCHOOL.
Horse Shoeing a Specially.
Mr. Doten has in connection with
his shop a fine Feed Yard
for stock.
To the Voters of Yuma County
Notice is hereby given that a re-
registration of all the voters of Yunm
Cnuury is hereby required as in ac
cordance with Paragraph 1602 of
Section 2, of Chapter 5, Title 21, as
amended hy the General Session Acts
of 1889.
J. L. Redondo,
Clerk of Board of Supervisors, Yuuia
County, A. T.
Yuma, A. T., May 4th, 1894.
0, K. RESTAURANT,
MAIN STREET, Under OToole's Hall.
MEALS ANY HOUR OF THE DAY.
Private'-Rooms for Ladies.
PAPERS L&tMe
SOUTHERN PACIFIC COMPAhr.
COMMENCING
Sunday, Aug: 12, 1894.
TRAINS WILL LEAVE YUMA
AS FOLLOWS:
r7.Af&. M. (DAILY) Mixed
0 rtZ J Train for Gila Bend, Tucson.
Deming, El Paso, and all way stations.
9. 1 A.,. M (DAILY) "SUNSET
. JL J EXPRESS" for Colton, Los
Angeles, Santa Barbara, San Francisco,
Sacramento, Portland and North, Ogden
and East. Connects at Colton for River
side, Redlands.and San Bernardino at Los
Angeles for Santa Monica, Santa Ana, San
Pedro and Long Beach.
6,1 AP. M. (DAILY) ".NEW OR
. JLWLEANS EXPRESS'?, for Gila
Bend, Maricopa, Tucson, Benson, Lords
burg, Deming, El Paso, New Orleans and
East via the "Sunset .Route."
Overland Tickets Sold,
Sleeping Car Berths Secured
AND
Full Information Regarding Transcontinental
Routes Furnished on Application
Parties can arrange to join the
WEEKLY FAMILY EXCURSIONS over
the Sunset Route by corresponding with
W. H. DRESSERAgent.
Depot. .... Yuha.
T. H. GOODMAN, Gen. Pass. Agt.
RICHARD GRAY, Gen. Traff. Mgr.
SAN FRANCISCO. CAL.
Restaurant
AND
Family Bakery !
Tables are supplied with
Best the Market
Affords
Charley Young,
PROPRIETOR.
MAIN STREET, YUMA. A. T.
$5-00 REWARD.
I will pay the above reward to
any one who will furnish me with '
the name and proof of the person
found mutilating or defacing my
ience DUiiaings or trees.
J. W. DORRINGTON.
yuiaa's Climate.
Weather Observer A. AsUenbergcr
furnishes us with the following im
portant facts relative to the climate,
rainfall and weather at Yuma.
The following data from the records
of the U. S. weather Bureau are from
observations taken for periods rang
ing from five to twenty yeara and are
published by request of thi'Hen.
Mtyor of Yuma:
Mean actual barometer. Yuma, 29.74
inches; Denver, Col., 24.73 inches.
Mean annual temperature. Yuma, 73;
Jupiter, Fla., 73.
Mean maximum temperature during
month oi July. Yuma, 106.6j iPhoenir,
107.3".
Mean minimum temperature during
month of July. Yuma, 77'; Galveston,
Tex., 79.
Mean minimum temperature during
month., of January. Yuma, 42; Tucson;
35; Phoenix; 32.
Highest temperature recorded. Yumj
118; Phoenix, 119; Fort Lapwai, Idaho,
115.
Lowest temperature recorded. Yumaj
22; Riverside, Cal. (Voluntary observer
record.), 21; Jacksonville, Fla., 15; Gal
veston, Tex., 11.
Mean relative humidity. Yuma, 44t
San Diego, Cal., 75$; Chicago, 74$; Pen
sacola, Fla., 76; Port Angeles, Wash.,
Mean annual rainfall. Yuma, 3 inches;
Tucson, 13 inches; Jacksonville Fla., 55
inches; New Orleans; La., 62 inches; Neah
Bay, Washy 102 inches!
Average annual number of rainy days.
Yuma, 14; Tucson .49; St. I.ouia, 115;
Washington, D, C, 126; New York, 126;
Baltimore! 133 Chicago, 136; Cincinnati,
141; Atlanta, Ga., 141; Rochester, N. Y?t
171; Tatoosh Island, Wash., 186.
Average, annual number of cloudy days.
Yuma, 17; Sacramento, Cal., 45; Oawego,
N. Y.; .173.
Average annual number of partly cloudy
davs. Yuma, 6,9; Sacramento," Cal., 7oj
Oswego, N. Y., 124.
Average annual number of clear days.
Yuma, 279; Portland, Ore., 92; Oswego, N.
Y., 68. .,, m
Average hourly wind velocity. Yuma, 6
miles; Dodge City, Kan., 12 miles; San
dusky, O., 13 miles.
Highest wind velocity recorded. Yuma,
54 miles; San Francisco, Cal., 60 miles.
NORTON'S
Automatic Water Gate
TO PREVENT OVERFLOW IN
O) "I
Irrigating
caiiafef
Ditches
and
Reservoirs?-
The above cut illustrates an AUTOMATIC
WATER &ATE,.to regulate and keep in subjection
the rise of water in canal, due to an over-abund
ant flow, or to suddenriaes in the canal owiny to
severe rains or storms.
It-is particularly valuable to have such Water
Gate placed in lower bank of canal, at such points -along
its line Where there are Ravines. Gullies,
Arroyo8,.Foot Hills, Buttes, or Tableland, as any
rains or storms bring down at such points a surplus
of water that is very dangerous to the banks of
cantl. The Waste Gate, however, will prevent
such damage, as it is
SELF-ACTING AND A PERFECT SAFETY VALVE
Relieving the canal, at short intci iTs. ."f . its sur
plus water, thus preventing the v. sliiit away of
banks, and causing great da&i.gL' generally, no
alone to cai.al, but property owners all along the
line, who may suffer more or tless damages there
after for the want of water owinjr ta, tho damaged
condi ion of canal, and while such repair- are being:
made. Not only is it valuable to relieve canal of
its surplus wat;r, to prevent damage and ex
pense, but by Its, use the first cost of canal con
struction will be materially lessened, as the banks
need not be made so high or wide.
The device is extremely simple, and compara
tively inexpensive Its plan of operation is this:
There is a pipe fastened to an opening in the
vertical gate, 1., When the body of water rises to
the level of the tipper end of pipe, 2, water runs
freely into the tank, 3, which is immediately filled,'
thus overbalancing the weight, 4. which is on the
other end of lever, 5, thus forcing open the gate,
which suddenly relieves the canal of a large sur
plus of water. When bwiy of water recedes below
a certain level, no more water is admitted to the
tank; therefore empties itself by a small faucet
opening, 6, at the bottom; this being done, th
weight overbalances tank, and brings down the
lever, which, being rigid to the swinging gate,
closes it. This operation continues at short in
tervals, so long as the body of water keeps rising
over a certain level The lever, gate, pipe and
tank are all rigid, and hinge, or pivot, on a hori
zontal shaft. The gate, flume or box cau be xaada
any height width, or length desired. The gate can
be hinged between any bulkhead without box.
The Water Gate is a Perfect Safety Valve, and is
to a body of water what a safety valve is to steam.
Thoy ca-i be made any size, corresponding with
body of water and size of canal. It is secured by
letters patent, and for sale only by
C. Wr BARNHART,
No. 4 Suttsr Street,
Sas Frascisco, Cu.
Please write for price list and furthsr information
giving length, top and bottom dimensions of canaL
All plans and specifications fursUhed with ewy
order".