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POSSIBILITIES OF YUMA REGION UHFATHQMEO The Soil Simply Marvelous in Its Productiveness And the Climate is Intoxicatfogly Salubrious BY GEORGE N. BURTON. In los Angeles Times. It Is very far from a fiemi-millenlum since three little open boats under the flat; of Spain first touched the waters of the western hem! sphere and revealed the new world to the eyes of Europeans. It Is only a little over century since the United States of America sprang, so to speak, like Pallas Athene from the brain of Jove, a completely armed ad dltion to the family of nations. It is but little ver half a century since California be came a part of these United States of America, and less than a generation since the settle ment of the Great South vest began. In all the 125 years since the Republic was founded, also in the half century since Call fomia became one of the States of the Union. and during every year of the last thirty, a re alization of the vast riches of the American continent, of the territory of the United States and of this Great Southwest hns been more and more astonishing to the minds of men. One would suppose that by today we knew pretty thoroughly what the undevelop ed resources of the Great Southwest might reasonably be expected to become. We have not reached the depths of this great ocean of wealth with our plummet line yet. In a residence of forty years on the Coast the writer thought be knew a little about what there is on the Coast, and as most of these years have been spenl In and around Los Angeles, be naturally had a little con ceit that he was pretty well acquainted with the Great .Southwest- Last week a trip to the Colorado River bottoms, below Yuma made him feel as a tenderfoot who had come In on the last train. New to him, this wonderful region and Its possibilities are pretty well known to a great many readers of The Times by the stories published, if not by the demon stration of their own eyes. Yuma lies on the map just twelve miles from when: the government is putting In the great Laguna dam, at the confluence of the Gila and Colorado Rivers. It is twelve miles from Yuma down the Tiver to the Mexican boundry line on the Arizona side of the river At one point, just below Yuma, the interna tional boundry line runs up along the river which there takes a westerly trend and from Yuma to Mexico Is only a few miles. ONCE A MIGHTY STREAM. Ages ago when the mountain ranges of Arizona and California towered toward the stars, at least twice as high as they do now, rains were very freduent and came down in torrential volumes all along these mountain ridges. The Colorado River in these past ages was a mighty stream, sweeping down debris in tons every second of its flow. The Colora do sink was at that time a grat inland sea, which spread over the country on both sides of whore the river now runs. As the erosion of winds and storms, landslides and glaciers wore down the mountain ridges year by year, the great river carried down vast amount of slit, erosion from the rocks full of phos phates, limes and disintegrated granites, as well as tbe vegetation along Its banks; and this was all deposited in what are, now tbe sink of tbe Colorado. As the mountain tops were worn down, tbe rains became less frequent and' less in volume bat the erosion of rocks and river banks, tbe trees- and veretable mould torn from the banks still came down and settled into tbe bottom of the great Inland lake. This geogical process went on from age to age to our time, leaving tbe Colorado at Yuma a stream about half a mile widf and being at the present I time about twenty feet deep la the deepest portion. It is not necessary to remind Cailfornlans that the Spanish missionaries and explorers called this river tbe Colorado because of tbe reddish color of Its waters. 1 1 Is the Colorado spin tbe Grand Canyon in Arizona and down past The Needles. Bat at this t ime of tbe year, after passing the month of the Gila, instead of the red river it becomes tiie brown river. It actually looks today as if ten per cent of its flow was silt and only ninety per nt water. RICHES OF SOIL WONDERFUL But tbe object of this story is to call atten tion once more, and for perhaps the thou sandth time, to the riches of tbe soil along the Colorado on both sides, Incident to the deposltidgof this mass of debris during all the past ages. Going through the country on tbe Arizona side of tbe river, for several miles below Yuma, one encounters the same type of country and soil that is found in the Imperial Valley country around Brawley, Calexico and other points west of the river Tbe fertility of the black prairie soils of Illi nois has astonished people engaged in agri culture for nearly one hundred years. The fertility of the valleys of the Nile has been a matter of history for at least 6000 years. Those who are familinr with Illinois prairie soil, and those who know what the valley of tbe Nile Is for agriculture, khow that this lower Colorado River region surpasses both of them. If you ask a farmer along this stretch of country If the soil is six feet, his" eyes will open with astonishment ai your Ignorance. He will tell you no one knows whether It is BO feet, 000 or 0,000 feet deep. It is practically without bottom. It is so thoroughly well mixed with sand, disintegrated granite and other rocks that it never breaks. It is as easily worked as a bean' of ashes, and re sponds to cultivation in a way that is mar velous. CUT SEVEN CROPS YEARLY. Arizona has established an experiment station in tbe heart of this big valley, which is some twenty-four miles long, and in spots ten to twelve miles wide, down on the lower level. The results are wouderful. Last week they were cutting a crop of alfalia on this ex perimental farm, and for seven consecutive months they will cut succeeding crops. The only months when the crop is not cut here are December and January. Cotton and tobacco grow with the greatest luxuriance, and this rich alluvial soil will be noted in a very few years as the ideal spot in the whole country fpr dairying, hog raising, the production of poultry and vegetables, which one hesitates to call early or late, as they will be perennial. New potatoes will be produced in the middle of January, tomatoes will be ripe by the first of March, ripe grapes will be gathered In the early days of May, and apri cots by the middle of the same month. Chic kens and turkeys flourish there in the winter time beyond all experience anywhere else. The rainfall is exceedingly light and comes only three or four times in a whole winter. With cn abundance of green alfalfa and veget able the dry and not overheated climate prevailing in the winter months, chickens are free from the disease that make their raising difficult elsewhere. There is no spot in South ern Illinois or Missouri so adapted to the pro duction of corn as this valley along the Colora do Klver. With alfalfa and corn, the butter, cheese, eggs, poultry and pork to be raised oa a twenty-acre farm will amaze those who have tbe experience in American agricultural affairs The winter climate around Yuma is a thing so intoxicatingly salubrious lhat no words can describe it. Those deserts of America, as we have regarded them heretofore, seem to defv the ills that human nature elsewhere is so prone to contract and suflcr from. The atmos phere Is as dry as punk, the skies cloudlessly clear, the air mild as possible, and every breath seems to be an Inspiration of new life. The United States has an experiment farm on the mesa just on the outskirts of Yuma. Here ults even more marvelous than in the valley are produced. Down on the lower levels there are little nips of frosty mornings occasionally during December and January, but on the mesa the breath of frost never touches the most del icate vegetatioa. Oranges grown at the Feder al experiment station arc unsurpassed in their delicious Quality. Yuma is a busy, up-to-date town. The more modern Improvements consist of several blocks of attractive brick buildings, a three-story post office building, also of brick, and many other nice structures. Among some of the greater improvements which arc being made, are 835,000 school building, a $75,000 ice plant, fine club-house for the railroad employes, larger passeuger depot, and the probability of a new court house to cost 575,000. There is con siderablc business done there, but the people have not begun to awaken to the vast possibili ties of the place. They should at once erect an up-to-date tourist hotel. It should have ample grounds around it and be planted with all kinds of tropical vegetation If atmosphere were only transportable like mineral waters and one could send consignments, of this Yuma winter air to the East, the inspiration of its health-giving qualities would bring 25.000 tourists .every winter to the banks of the Colo rado River. Yuma needs only to make known its climatic attractions in the parts of the East swept every year by blizzards and snowstorms to attract i citv full every winter. The fertility of the vul ley below will almost make itself known with out effort on tbe nart of the people. But with z valley full of intelligent and industrious rural Donu'lation. producing fruits and vegetables. poultry, eggs, rresn mil k. ana rragrant nutter, Yuma should be one of the most delightful winter resorts in all America. There is every thing there to furnish tourists with the most hcalthfnl and declicious food, and if the air in that region does not drive doctors to seek a living elsewhere. It will be because the people do not know now to live properly. The Laguna Dam will be completed In 1909, and in ten years from today the attractions of Yuma as a health resort and the fertility of these bottom lands will be so well known that it will require 91,000 in cash to buy a single acre of It. Serial 0907 Notice for Publication. Department of the Interior, U. S. Land Office at Phoenix, Arizona. l-ccember 13. 190P. Notice is hereby given that Mvron J. Kings bury, of Gila Bend, Arizona, who on Aug. 10. iws, made Homestead Entry No. 4674. Serial 0907, for the SE of SEJf .Section 20, Township 8 S. Range 23 W. G. and S. R.Meridian. has filed notice of intention to make final Five vear prooi to estamisn claim to tbe land above de scribed, before Charles H. Utting, Clerk of District Court.athis office in Yuma. Arizona, on tne zzna day oiManuary, HMO. claimant names as witnesses: James L. Lee, Donald Mclntyre Sr.. T. A White and W. D. Kuhn. all of Yuma. Arizona. FRANK H. PARKER, Register December, 16, 1009 Serial 03089 Notice for Publication Department of the Interior. U. S- Land Office at Phoenix, Arizona, Dec 13. 1 909. Notice is hereby given that Camlin Evans. of Yuma, Arizona, who.on August 2- 1904. made Homestead iantry No. suss, serial 030Ssi for the SwM- section 5, township 9, S. R. 22 W., G. & S. R. Meridian, has filed notice of intention to make final fire-year proof. to estab lish claim to the land above described, before Chnrles-H. Utting, Clerk of District Court.at his office In Yuma, Arizona, on the 2Uh day of January, 1910. Claimant names as witnesses. Bi-niamin t Carey, Charles J. Johnson. Saul A. Hagerty and Herbert G. Locke, all of Yuma, Arizona. FRANK H. PARKER Dec 16, 1909. Register. Serial 030b4 Notice for Publication Department of the Interior, U. S. Land Office at Phoenix, Arizona, Dec-mber IS, 1909. Notice is hereby given that Herbert G.LocUe. of Yuma, Arizona, who. on August 24. JDo4. madeHomestesd Entry No. 5027. Serial 03084 for tne iswii of section 4, Townshln 9. South.RanL-e 22 West, G. and S- R- Meridian, has filed notice of intention to make finnl fire-year proof to establish claim to the land above described, beforeCharles H.Utting.Clerkof District Court, at his office in Yuma, Arizona, on the 21th day of January, 1910. Claimant names as witnesses: Charles J. Johnson. Saul A. Hagcrtv. Benja min F. Carey and Camlin Evans, all of Yuma, Arizona. FRANK H. PARKER, Register. Dec 10, 1909 ' Serial 02742 Notice for Publication. Department of the Interior, U, S. Land Office at Phoenix. Arizona, December 14. 1909. Notice is hereby given that Jesus M. Leon, of Picacho, California, who, on Dec. 10. 1901, made Homestead Entry, No, 4074, Serial 02742, for lots 3 and 4, section 34; lot 1 and EH Sw, sec tion 35 township 4, south, range 23 west, G. and S. R. Meridian, has filed notice of intention to make final five-year proof to establish claim to the land above described, before Charles H. Utting, Clerk of District Court, at his office in Yuma, Arizona, on the 22nd day of January. 1910. Claimant names as witnessesr Emcllne Ferguson. Joseph M, Mendevll, William Swnim and Rnfiel Romo, all of Picacho, Calif. Frank H. Parker, Dec 16. 1909 Register. Serial 03080 Yuma Project. 1st Form Withdrawal. Notice for Publication Department of the Interior, U. S. Land Office at Phoenix. Arizona. September 11. 1909. Notice is hereby given that Angel Tonlni, of Yuma, Arizona, who. on August 24. 1904. made Homestead Entry No. 5023, Serial 03080, for the Wli of Nwtf and W of SwH, section 14. Township 9, south. Range 23 West, G. and S. R. Meridian, has filed notice of intention to make final five-year proof to establish claim to the land above described, before Charles H, Utting, U. S. Commissioner, at his office in Yuma, Arizona, on the 22nd day of October, 1909. Claimant names as witnesses; Moses S- Hibbard. Henry Wnpperman, Jo seph Kean and Wingate Lindsay, all of Yuma, Arizona. Frank H. Parker, Register. Sept 16 1909 Serial 03103 Notice for Publication 1st form withdrawal Yuma Project. Department of the Interior, U. S. Land Office at Phoenix, Arizona. December 28. 1909. Notice is hereby given that Mary Jordan, widow of Walter Evans, deci ased. who, on September 23. 1904. made Homestead Entry No. 5062, Serial 03103. for the Se! Section 5, Town ship 9. South, Rnnge 22 West, G. & S. R. Meridian, has filed notice of intention to make final five-year proof to establish claim to the land above described, before Charles H.Utting, Clerk of District Court, at his ofnee in Yuma, Arizona, on the 5th day of February, 1010. Claimant names as witnesses: Camlin Evans. Charles J. Johnson. Herbert G. Locke and Benjamin F. Carey, all of Yuma, Arizona. Frank H, Parker, Register. Dec. 3009 The confidence felt by fanners and I gardeners ia Ferry s Seeds to-day would have been impossible to feci m any seeds two score of years l aro. Ve have made a i science of seed crowing. Mffl o 0 always do exactly what you expect of them. For sale everywhere; FHSnvS 1010 SEED 1 ANNUAL Free on request D. M. FERRY C CO., Dotrolt, Mich, WANTED Success Magazixk requires the services of a man in Yuma to look after expir ing subscriptions and to secure new business by means of special methods unusually effective; position permanent: prefer one with experi ence, but would consider any applicant with good natural qualifications: salary S1.50 per day, with commission option. Address, with references. R. C. Peacock. Room 102, Success Magazine Bldg., New York. THE J. W. DORRINQTON, Proprietor. Is , the in Arizona and Has an Established Reputation as a Reliable Newspaper Unexcelled. mum 3 Ok mmvE Htfa OFFICIAL Independent . . doings of your neighbor, take the Sentinel Is read by everybody in this section, hence is the Best M Ac; . We have in connection Job Printing The Subscription Price of The Sentinef is $2.00 Per Year and $1.00 for Six Months. The Sentinef is the Pioneer Paper of Arizona and is a Good Advertising Medium, Subscribe Now. RDERS FOR JOB WORK, ADVERTISING OR SUBSCRIPTION, SHOULD BE ADDRESSED TO "THE SENTINEL' YUMA, ARIZONA. Cor. Hadison and Second Streets. Advertising Rates Made Known on Application. SAMPIE i COB-IBS m m Oldest Is One of the Oldest Papers .in 'Arizona, being in its Fortieth Xear, and it has always been Hi if While Not Varying in Its Loy alty to Republicanism, It has Always Striven for the Candi dacy of Good Men, and Sup ported Just ileasures. It is the Bind that feature alone makes it Desirable for any citizen to sub scribe for it. Besides it is a home paper, and if you would be posted on the Advertising TINEL PUBLISHED WEEKLY Yuma, Ariz. smmi J anup-tonow ; - e i FREEih .Weekly MORE FUN THAN A Basket Full of Monkeys VENTRILOQUISM The laugh producer. Learn to mystify your friends. Loads longer a secret; anybody can learn. By mail at your own home. Complete Course, sent on receipt of only $1.00 Ladies or Gentlemen. SCHOOL OF VENTRILOQUISn, only one In the world, 2828 Madison St., Apt. 1, Chicago, III. "My husband begged me to take Cardui," writes Mat tie L Bishop, of Waverly, Va., "and for his sake I a greed to try it. Before I had taken 1 bottle, I felt better.. "Before taking Cardui I suffered miserably every month and had to go to bed until it wore ofj but nowi am alt right E50 The Woman's Tonic You know Cardui will help you, because it has helped others who were in the same fix as you. It is not only a medi cine for sick women, but a tonic for weak women. Being made from mild, gentle, vegetable ingredi ents, it is perfectly harm less and has no bad after-effects. Cardui can be relied upon to help you. Try it today. At all druggists. Charter of the Yuma National Bank No, 9608. Treasury Department, Office of the Comptroller of the Cur rency, Washington, D. C, De cember 14th, 1909. Whereas, by satisfactory evidence presented to the undersigned, it has been made to appear that "The Yuma National Bank" in the town of Yuma, in the county of Yuma and Territory of Arizona, has complied with all the provisions of the Statutes of the United States required to be complied with before an association shall be authorized to commence the business of banking: Now, Therefore, I, L-iwrence O. Murray, Cjraptroller of the Currency, do hereby certify that "The Yuma National B mk" in the town of Yuma, in the county of Yuma and Territory of Ari zona, is authorized to commence the business of Banking, as pro vided in Section Fifty one hun dred and sixty-nine of the Ee vised Statutes of the Uuited States. In Testimony Whereof, wit ness my hand and seal of office this fourteenth day of December, 1909. . LAWRENCE O. MURRAY, Seal Comptroller of tbe Currency. Articles of Incorporation of the Interstate Gold Dredging Company. KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRES ENTS: That. we. tne undersigned, a ma jority of whom are citizens and residents or the State or California, have tins day voluntarily associated ourselves together for the purpose of torming a corporation under the laws of the State of California, and v.o HEREBY CERTIFY: FIR&T: That the name of said corpor ation is and shail be interstate Gold Dredging Company. SECOND: l'liat the purposes for which this corporation is formed are as roiiows: i 1. To engage In all ways and manner, both geneially and- specifically, in all kinds of dredging for any and all kinds of minerals and mineral substances, in- ; clud:mr hvdraunc and mechanical dredg ing, using any and all kinds of dredging devices tiiat mav be deemed wise and ad visable for the purpose of extracting or Ink-inn- in nnv Ten v np mnnnw nil minfmln and mineral substances oi any ana all kinds from the earth; to enter into con- rauts for dreuging or otherwise develop- ; ing any mining property wherever the same may ue icaieu. 2. To buy and otherwise acquire, own, hold, lease, rent. let. sell, ueal m and otherwise dispose of lands and water and water cuts, mm sites, ana mining ; claims, mining properties and all other kinds of real propeity wherever located; to mine. ievelop. dredge, operate and oth erwise deal in all kinds of minerals, met- i als. Diecious stones and mineral substan- 1 ces ot every kind and nature wherever io- 1 eated: to work an operate smelters, mills. and other works fuv reducing and treat- ing ores and minerals; to manage, im- i prove and develop mining claims and I mines of all character and kinds and wherever located: and generally to deal in all manner and kinds of real property ; within and without the State of Califor- I 1UAKUU m BB9SHBH 3. To bu", contract for. or otherwise , Becureu. auroaui companies navecut rau acquire, own, Improve, let, lease, hire sell, road wires Into Telegraphy Departments oj and otherwise leal in, either at wnolesale or retail, all kinds of dredging machinery and machinery supplies: to obtain, manu facture, purchase, sell, market, and other wise acquire and deal in all ways and manner patents of all kinds and patent rights, both within and without the Statu oi Califorlna. 4. To buy and otherwise acauire. hold. own, let, lease, sell, dispose of, and other- wise deal in. in all wavs and manner, all xsa sUr srnldsprgeisncluffe ! d!ui6T chiles and ali otr secu?ItSf inclSg SIX elsewhere. 75 of the U. S. COURT RE the stocit, securities and bonds of this I PORTERS write the Shorthand Draughoa ornoration. whether within nr wlthmit the State of California. To borrow and lend mnnev nnd tn give and take as security therefor prom issory notes, oonus, mortgages, pledges, trust deeds, certificates of indebtedness anu securities or every kind. G. To act as asrent. hrnlrpr tittnmni- n I fact, or other lawful representative nf'nn" person or corporation in the dnlpf of !n" i tne uusmcss oi carrying' out of any of throw the voice. Astoi of fun. Ventriloquism is no ' the powers or purposes In these articles provided. '7. To create bonded indebtedness and, in order to secure the same, to deed in trust, mortgage or pledge all or any of the coi poration's property. i- 8. To Kenerany do and perform any , and all other acts and things deemed necessary, convenient or proper or re lated to or connected wltn the carrying out and accomplishing any or all of the pur poses and objects herein specified. THIKDr-That the place where the principal business of said corporation is to be transacted is the city of Los Ange les. County of Los Angeles, State of . Ca.ifornia. 1 FOtTRTH: That the term for which this corporation is to exist is fifty years from and after the date of Its Incorpora tion. FIFTH: That the number of its dlrec I tors shall be five and that the names and residences of those who are appointed for the first year are: Names. Residences .Edward Maaj?, Los Anseles, California A. F. Randall LosAngeles California C. R. Harris. Los Angeles. California I H. E. Andrews, Pasadena, California E. Andrews, Pasadena .California &UA.XH: -mat tne amount or Capital Stock of said corporation shall be Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($500,000) di vided Into Five Thousand (5,000) shares of the par value of One Hvndred Dollars (?100) per share. SEVENTH: That the amount of Cap ital Stock which has actually been sub-; scribed is Five Hundrea Dollars ($500), and the following are the names of the persons by whom the same has been sub scribeu and the number of shares sub scribed bv each, and the amount sub scribed bv each: Names of Subscribers. No. Shares. Amt. Edward Maag, 1 $100 A. F. Randall, 1 S10O C. R. Harris, 1 $100 H. E. Andrews, 1 $100 E. Andrews. 1 $100 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, we have hereunto set our hands and seals this 14th day of May;. A. D. 1909. EDWARD MAAG, A. Y. RANDALL, C. R. HARRIS. H. E. ANDREWS, E. ANDREV d. State of California, County of Los Angeles, ss. On this 15th day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand, nine hundred and nine, before me, Mattison B. Jones, a Notary in and for said county of Los Angeles, State of California, residing therein duly commissioned and sworn, personally appeared Edward Maag", A. Randall, and C. R. Harris, known to me to be tne persons whose names are sub scribed to the within and annexed in strument, and acknowledged that they executed the same. IN WI'INESS WHEREOF, I have here unto set mv nand and affixed my official seal in said county, the day and year la this certificate urst above written. (seal) sig. MATTISON B. JONES. Notary Public, In and for Los Angeles County, State ot California. i State of California County of Los Angeles, ss. On uiis 14th day of May, In the year nineteen hundred and nine, before me, John D. Anderson,, a Notary Public, in and for the County of Los Angeles, State of California, residing therein, duly com misfioned anu sworn, personally appeared H. E. Andrews, B, Anarews, known to me to be the persons whose names are sub scribed to the within instrument, and ac knowledged to me that they executed the same. IN WITNESS WHEREOF. I have here unto se. my hand and affixed my official seal, the day and year In this certificate first above written. (seal) sig JOHN D. ANDERSON. Notary Public, In and for Los Angeles County, State of California. State of California, County oi Los Angeles, ss. No. 10403. I, C. G. Keyes, County Clerk and ex-offf-cio clerk of the Superior Court, do herehv certify the foregoing- to be a fun, true and correct copy of the original Articles of Incorporation of Interstate Gold Dredging; Company on file in my office, and that 1 have carefully compared the same with tne original. , IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I hare here- umir set my nana ana anixea ine seal oi the Superior Court, th.s 22d day of Oct., 1009. (seal) C. G. KETES, County Cleric By W. C. WATSON, Deputy Clerk. otric liters Succeed when everything else fails. 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