jResources
of
Yuma County,
YTJMA COUNTY.
A white man first- set foot on what is
now Yrcma County in J 77 1 . It is the
eonthwest division of the Territory, and
one of the four original counties of the Ter-
ritsrj. Many great reclamation projects are
however on foot, and in a few years ex
pect to see Yuma County rated as the
richest in the Territory.
The (irst glimpse the traveler from Cali
fornia catches of Arizona is that of the
picturesque town of Yuma, which is snugly
situated in the embrace of gentle rolling
hills, upon whose crests and sides the
modern homes of our superior civilization
are crowding the adobe dwellings into
eternal oblivion. Yuma is the gateway to
Arizona, the new empire of the West, upon
whose undeveloped riches the eyes of the
ountry are at present turned, and as such,
she is bound to grow and prosper with a
rapidity that at present can hardly be re
alized. But coupled with her geographi
cal position we find that she is the center
of a country whose 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 only water to become a paradise of
bloom. Billions of gallons of that precious
fluid have annually gone to waste at
Yuma's very doors, but already a reaction
is taking place and many enterprises are
on foot to supply the life-giving waters of
ihe yellow Colorado to the thirsty earth.
RIVERS OF YUMA COUNTY.
In regard to climate, healthfulncss, 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,
-tno part of Arizona can surpass Yuma
county, which is destined to become one of
ichest 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 G,4SS,320 acres. It
is about as large as the States of Rhode
Island, Connecticut and Delaware com
bined, or as largo as either New Hampshire,
Vermont or Massachusetts.
The western boundary of Yuma County
is formed by the Colorado river, which
Bcparates Arizona from California. The
county is bounded on the 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 the town of
Yuma.
The Colorado river drains the entire ter
ritory of Arizona, and eYcry drop oi water
which falls on its mountains and plains
finds its way to this mighty river. It is
formed bv the union of the Green and
Grand 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 the 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 rises in the western part
of New Mexico and is fed by numerous
streams, among the most prominent of
which arc the San Pedro, Agua Pria,"Has
sayampa 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
purpoEe 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 the town of Yuma and
runs through the county, following the
generol 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 transposed
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
have exceptional railroad advantages.
THE CLIMATE OF YUMA.
The climate- of Yuma for nine months of
the year has no equal, as we believe, in the
world, and during the remaining three
mouths of the year, comprising June, July
and August, the heat is not oppressive.
Even though the thermometer in mid-summer
may a times rise abore 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 S0 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 docs the heat
produce any discomfort.
LANDS AND SOILS.
The lands of Yuma County comprise the river
bottoms and valleys and tlie uplands or mesas. The
' bottom snds are nioister and slightly mere fertile,
.-if.' indeed, it is iossllle to make comparisons
-where mil are so wonderfully productive and prolific.
The uplands or mesas are warmer anti, pernaps,
lightly for tetter Us cultivation of the eltms fruits
liMiB eentaW.a vt.rtetyof sail. Tli valley lanl
of the Gila and Colorado rivers have for the most j
part a deep sedimentary soil of brownish, gray
sanlylo'.m, luting, in most places, upon a gray
clay subsoil at a Oej-th of from ton to twenty feet
below the surface, The clay Mifosoil forms a hard
pan which is impervious to water. These soils have
been slowly formed by the decomposition of shales,
sandstones, marls, limestones, ciw., mixed with or
gmic and vegetable matter, washed down by the
mighty rivers and have been gradually deposited
during- tho course of centuries. The fertilizing
brownish mud held in the wat i Jof the Colorado
and Cila rivers resembles that from the Nile, and
its quantity varies from 0.1 to 0.5 percent.,
though the water when oven 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 Nile
exhibits a wonderful similarity iu the constituent
parte of each. That of the Colorado exhibiting a
trifle less potdfcsa, most phosphoric acid and ear
bonade of limcstome beds through which the Colo
rado pass's. In other respects 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 tho
richost fertilising elements. The soil of the valleys
is extremely rich in dedomposed vegetable matter
and uncombined carbon, readily absorbing the
aerial gases, Bueh especially, as oxygen, which en
tering the soil, decomposes the organic matters so
that they can be taken up and nourish tho plants
which may be considered a leading featurj 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. In its mechanical composition its
particles are in a state of very fine division, which
renders it more productive than coarser soils It
aequiries heat readily ia the daytime, and the loss
of the heat 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 ?.?"! and potash enter into
composition in tli3 proportions best adapted to
add to its fertility, though, of course, as is alwajs
tho case in soil analysis, its composition varies in
different localities and is not always constant.
The soil of the uplands, or mesas, s lighter and
more gravelly and in some place3 of a free, loamy,
calcareous character. The mesa lands are warm and
generous. They seem especially adapted for the
grapo, olive and citrus fruits generally. Their 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 win that will keep good for fifty or
a hundred years, and improve annually, not being
liable to sour, or on exposure to the air, after one
year old, to become turbid and change color in the
bottle or glass.
We can safely say that the soil of Yuma County
can nowhero be surpassed, containing as it does all
the essential olemcnts of richness and fertility.
FRUIT CULTURE.
Fruit production throughout Arizona is a sub
ject o great interest at present, and will no
doubt, be the 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 ontorpns-j. The development of these
resources is of the utmost importance and is at
tracting careful attention. Experiments have been
made, with care, and facts in regard to the culture
of different kinds of fruits have been collected
which cannot fail to convince, even the most skept
ical, of the wonderful superiority of Yuma County
over Southern California in fruit growing, and
which must lead to a large and varied production,
of the most remunerative character.
The Commissioner of Immigration in his report,
published in 1S80, writes as follows of the rich
valleys of the Gila. Colorado and Calt rivers.
"The soil of these valleys is among 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 journer to the
sea. By constant overflows and change of channel!
the deposit of this rich vegetable matter has form
ed a soil of tXtrome fertility, Near the streams it
is a dark alluvial mold, well adapted to small
grains and grasses. Farther back there is a rich
sandy loam, mellow and porou3, and especially
favorable for fruit culture. It has been already
demonstrated that the productive capacity of these
valleys is not surpassed by lands 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
nunimum. In nearly all of them two crops a year
can be growth, and vegetation is one month ahead
of California. The farmers plants a cotton wood
sapling before his door, and within the year he has
a shade tree twenty-five feet hfc'li! Alfalfa. ca.ii lie
cut six times during the season, and it is an actual
fact the grape-cuttings have produced witMn eigh
teen months! What State or Territory can make
such a showing? The climate, it must he rcincm
bored, 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 arc in bloom, fruit
trees are blossoming, and the grain fields arc a sea
of green, when tho fields of tho Eastern farmers
arc" covered with snow and ice.
Every variety of grains, grasses, fruits and vege
tables grown in the temperate and bcmi-tropic
zones can be prodnced in the valleys of Arizona.
Wheat, corn barley, oats and all the small grains
give a yield of from twenty-live to fifty bushels to
the acre. Alfalfa, clover, timothy, Bermuda and
all the cultivated grasses grow luxuriantly, the
former giving from eight to ten tons to the acre
each year, Every variety of vegetable raised in
the United States can be grown in Arizona, and
nowhere are they found of lettc-r quality.
"Resides the products mentioned, these si mi
tropical valleys produce cotto.i, sugar-cane, to
bacco, hemp and rice. With the exception of the
sugar-cane, but little attenticu 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 Indians wearing fabrics
made of cotton grown in the Gila valley.
"But it is their adaptability for fruit culture
that assures to these valley lands a dense popula
tion and a prosperous future. Almost every var
iety known can be raised in their fruitful soils. The
apple, pear, plum, peach, apricot, quince and nec
tarine, are of delicious flavor, and givo a gen
erous yield. The grape of all varieties i? at home
In these sunny 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 tho wine, although its manufacture is yet ex
perimental, is of a fine llavor, delicious bouquet,
and unsurpassed by any native product as a tabic
beverage. Experiments with the raisin-grape
have hhown that this climate and soil possess
every advantage for tho production and curing of
this staple article of commerce.
"Besides the fruits already mentioned, the or
ange, lemon, lime, olive, fig, pomegranate, and
othsrs 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 compare 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 nf
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 tomatura in less favored
climates. Fruits ripen and are ready for market
a full month brforo the California product. The
bright sunshine makes life a luxury, and tho pure,
diy atmosphere brings health to all who inhale it.
For the establishment of colonies, such as we liave
made of Southern California a arden, Arizona
presents im rivaled opportunities Thousand of
awes, -now profitless, can lie made productive
by the construction of irrigating: ditches, and there
it no investment which assures larger or mom
permanent returns."
The foregoing statements .are not exaggerated;
in fact, they fall short of doing justice to tills won
derful land. Pineapples, dates, almonds and wal
nuts will do well. Strawberries, raspberries, black
berries, currants, gooseberries, and all varieties ef
mall 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, nut, plant, grain, grass or vegetable 'which
can be produced in either tropic or temperate zone,
will thrive in its rich and fertile soils.
WHY EMAUGRANTS SHOULD COME TO YU3TA
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
cau be grown.
Because the yield is large and tire price!
always remunerative.
Because life is a luxury in a land where
tho sun shines every day.
Because there are chauce3 for a poor man
which he can never hope to find in older
countries.
Because the country is advancing and
pi'operty values are increasing.
Because, unlike Southern California it
does not require a small fortune to secure a
piece of land.
Because capital docs not block all the av
enues to wealth, nor crowd the poor t 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 f moral
and material elements of the Territory .
Because good land is becoming scarce, and
if you dont catch on now, your last chance
will soon be gone .
Because the country is one of the few
regions of the Uuited States that yields the
products of the temperate, and semi-tropic
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
tornadoes, earthquakes nor inundations,
snow-storms nor cyclones.
Because the vast and varied resources of
the country are yet to be developed .
Because the wealth of its mines, its farm
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 homo is surrounded by a growth
of tiees and shrubs which would require
live years to develop m a colder clime.
Because fortunes here await the venture
some, and health welcomes the afflicted.
Because the countrv has a brilliant future
and you want to be in the "swim."
Because in its pure, dry invigorating air,
epidemic diseases caunot 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 farming lands are valuable and
productive.
Because it gives assurance of the largest
returns on money invested.
Because it3 grand resources ai-e yet to be
developed .
I'-ecause it is a young, growing county
with an assmd future .
;'-ecauie th opportunities for effagir;g '
manufacturing enterprises are better than "i
.viv other region of the "West .
Hecause ood mining properties can be ha.
at leasonable figures.
Because there is a demand for additio -a-facilities
for ore reduction.
I'iecause there are vast stretches of rich
soil to be reclaimed by the construction oi
irrigating canals. ,
Because there are largo tracts of grit -lands
that c:in bo utilized by the sinking ..
artesian wells.
Because there are many openings in a new
country which cannot exist in older com
munities. Because the opportunities far engaging h
the successful cultivation of semi-tropV
fmits are better than in any other part f
tho United States.
Because property values are rapidly ad
vancing. Because Arizona's boom is yet to come .
ISecause it is u virgin field, ready for t.
seed which will produce . Idefi harvest
ARIZ"!
Aiiz.'U.. s i. . i
era of u outlet mi diK'l&l utm ii.u.. . .
veloprnent. There can't be a doubt about
the fact. Tlie dawn for which she lias
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 of a new and ener
gising hope is vitihle everywhere among
Iter X'fople, while the cumulative effect of
many thingH, which made bub small imprest-ion
as they transpired singly, is' now
commanding for her .a full share of atten
tion and interest abroad among home
seekers and capitalists.
-.-1 lively competition has sprung up for
the possession of tilings which have hereto
fore gone a-begging for ownership. '1 hen.
is a scramble for franchises. Nothing more
surely indicates a great industrial awaken
ing than 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 ciimactioer
period which every western state has ex
perienced sometime in its hi-.rory when,
after long and weary struggle and doubt,
with each side of the bal an ce first up and
then down, the clouds of despondency
have suddenly rolled away, and a siinhurst
of energising hope has thrilled the droop
ing spirits of the people to greater and
braver eiideavor than before.
"or the last twelve years the subsidence
of the gieat Tombstone boom and the com
pletion of two transcontinental lines of
railroad across her territory Arizona has
rather dropped out of public attention,
but in that time she has been quietly ac
cumulating a fund of substantial wealth
and a force of moral character which
qualify her now to rise up and take her
destiny in her own hands.
The population of Arizona is Mexican.
This is a miatake of great importance from
the moral point of view. There is but one
considerable center of Mexican population
in 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-d&v
(nearly so large a Mexican population as
I Colorado and not above one-tenth as much
j as New Mexico.--"Fitj;-iiac," in Denver
1 News.
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Itf THE PROBATE COURT OF YUMA
County, Territory of Arizona.
In the matter of the estate of John John-
sou, deceased.
Notice is hereby given by the undersigned
Juan Zavala, administrator of the estate of
John Johnson, deceased, to the creditors of,
and all persons having claim3 against said
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OP THE
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TTTNOW ALL MEN BV THESE PRESENTS
. That wfi the undersigned have associated
ourselves together for the purpose of forming' a
corporation under the laws of the Territory of
Arizona.
And we do hereby certify as follows:
First, The names of the incorporators are: A
G. Adams, H. Harrison, J. L. Curtis and E. M
Browder. And the name of the corporation is and
shall be Franco-American Mining and Milling
Company and iti principal place of transacting
I huine.-is shall be at it office In the village of Yuma
. unrv of iwi-.: and Teqtory of Arizona
iirt.ioa cilices i aueh other places as the
. ' i " directors shall from time to time agree
'f-uxii.-The general nature of business pro
- 1 "j oe transacted by this corporation is min
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. id, silver, copper, lead and otiier metals and
n serais, buying, bonding, leasing and in any
other manner acquiring title to mines and mineral
1 .nds in said Territory of Arizona and in any State
or Territory of the United States of North America,
developing, working, holding or selling same and
acquiricg title to any other real or personal prop
erty by purchase, lease bond or otherwise, a3 the
Board of Directors may elect and holding or dis
posing of same as said Board of Directors sec fit and
rder.
Timid. The amount of capital stock authorized
by this corporation is ten million (310,000,000.)
dollars, divided into one million shares of tho par
value of ten ($10) dollars per share, and is to bo
issued and paid up is called for from time to time
by the Board of Directors of this corporation or by
being issued and delivered from time to time by the
aid Board of Directors in pavmeut of property
purchased by this corporatisn, or for debts con-
i '"a.ted bv this corporation.
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corporation shall be the dale of tho day of the
filing of these articles of Incorporation in the office
ui me uuiitj laouucr oi saiu iuma bounty,
Territory of Arizona, and its corporate existence
shall continue for the term of twenty years from
and after said date unless sooner dissolved by a
two-thirds majority vote of the stock-holders.
Fifth. The affairs of this corporation ara to be
conducted by a Board of Directors lo be elected
annually upon the first Tuesdaj in January of each
and every j car and tho election of said Directors
shall be in acco. dance with tho by-laws of said
corporation . All officers and directors of said
corporation shall be stockholders of said corpor
ation. Sixth. The highest amount of indebtedness or
liability to which this corporation may at any time
be subject shall be tnn thousand dollars.
Seventh. The private property of the stock
holders and directors of this corporation shall be
exempt from corporate debts.
Eighth. The officers of this corporation shall be
a President, a Vice-President, Secretary, and
Treasurer and such other officers as the Board of
iiiicwuia uj ace proper 10 name anu elect Dy '
resolution, and as may be necessary and essential
in conducting the affairs of this corporation. I
Ninth. The Directors elected for the first year 1
ami uuui me iirss annual meeting or tne stock
holders on tho First Tuesday in January, 1S00 are
II. Harrison, J. L. Curtis, E. M. Browder, Murat
Mastersou, and Thomas J. Hurley. Who shall act
as such until tlieir successors are duly elected at
said first annual meeting of the stockholders.
Texth. That a majority of tho Directors shall
constitute a quorum and that a quorum shall
have power to adopt by-laws and transact all other
corporate business.
Eleventh. These articles of incorporation may
be amended by a majority vote of the Board of
Directors when authorized by a vote or written
assent of the stockholders representing two-thirds
of the capital stock of this corporation.
In witness whereof we have hereunto subscribed
our names and affixed our seals, this July 13th.
1S05. '
A. G. ADAMS, (Seal.)
H. HAKK1SOX, (Seal.)
J. L. CURTIS, (Seal.)
E. M. BROWOEIi,(Seal.)
TEURiTonr of Anizox.v
(.'ounty oi luma.. )
Countv and Territory on tliU iW mKr..ii. .,
pearetl A. G. Adams, II Harrison, J. L. Curtis and
K. M . Browder, known to mo to be tho persons
whose names arc subicribed to the foregoin" in
strument and aeknou-nlnilfTP.I tr. , t,o t..
cutcd the same for the purposes and considerations
ISKAL.J SAMUEL PURDY.
' Notary Public.
Received for Record. Aromst i 1SSJS it fln
minutes uast !) nVloU- .i tn nfc tl thihm t
Masterson, Recorded in Book No. 1, of Bonds and
agreements, page 404 ot seq., Records of Yuma
county, Arizona Territory.
seal. M. L. POOL, Recorder.
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rainfall and weather at Yuma.
The fallowing dafa from the records
" 'he U. S. weather Bureau are from
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published by request of the Hon,
Mayor of Yuma:
Mean actual barometer. Yuma, 29.76
inches; Denver, Col., 21.73 inches.
Mean annual temperature. Yuma, 73
Jupiter, Fla., 73. '
Mean maximum temperature during
month of July. Yuma, 106.6: iPhoenir
107.3.
Mean minimum temperature daring
month of July. Yuma, 77; Galveston
Tex., 79.
Mean minimum temneratiin 7r,r,.
month of January. Yuma, 42; Tucson
35": Phoenix. 32.
Highest temperature recorded. Yuma
J 1S; Phoenix, 119; Port Lapwai, Idahoj
Lowest temperature recorded. Yuma
22; Riverside, Cal. (Voluntary observer's
record.), 21; Jacksonville, Fla., 15: Gal
veston, Tex., 11. '
Mean relative humidity. Yuma, 414
San Diego, Cal., 75$; Chicago, 74; Pen
sacola, Fla., 76; Port Angeles, Wash.,
SS$.
Mean annual rainfall. Yuma, 3 niches;
Tucson, 13 inches; Jacksonville, Fla.j 55
inches; New Orleans, La., 62 inches; Neah
Cay, Wash., 102 inches.
Average annual number of rainy day
Yuma, 14; Tucson 49; St. Louis, lis
Washington, D. C, 126; KW York, 126;
Baltimore, 133; Chicago, 136; Cincinnati
141; Atlanta, Ga., 141; Rochester! N Y
171; Tatoosh Island, Wash., 1S6. r"'
Average annual number of cloudy days.
Yuma, 17; Sacramento, Cal., 45; Oswego
N. Y., 173. 5 '
Average annual number of partly cloudy
days. Yuma, 69; Sacramento, Cal 76
Oswego, N. Y., 124. '
Average annual number of clear days
Yuma, 279; Portland, Ore., 92; Oswego, N.
Average hourly wind velocity. Yuma 6
miles; Dodge City, Kan., 12 milea; San
dusky, O., 13 miles.
Highest wind velocity recorded. Yxma,
54 miles; Pan Francfsco, Cal.-, 60 miles.
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