Two men arrived here last week who had…
source date: 1891
availability: public-domain

ll Brown 15000 majority because Wallace voted the money which gave the world telegraphy. DOWN THE GILA Adventurous Trip of Two Men in a Boat Yuma Times. Two men arrived here last week who had accomplished the dangerous feat of navigating the Gila river from source to mouth. About a year ago they started from Los Angeles in a wagon and went on a prospecting trip through Southern Arizona into New Mexico. About six months ago they sold their horses and wagon and started down the Gila in a boat of their own making. Their starting point was in the Black Range, New Mexico, where the Gila has its source. They say the scenery in the canyons of the Gila is nearly as grand as the Colorado canyons. They met with no special incident until the high water of the February floods began to come down. Their boat was upset and lost, but they built another and started on. In some of the canyons the water rose to an enormous height owing to the naiTow chan- nel in which it was confined. The crookedness of the river makes its total length about 800 miles. The men hunted and trapped on the way but met only with very moderate success. They claim to be the first who ever made the trip in a boat the whole length of the river.