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We Lead,
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Others Follow-
That old, reliable and house, the
ZeusCo-Opgrative Institution
Is in ths lead a-s baigain-givers. Gpod goods and low
prices is o«r motto.
In Dry Gqods, Furnishing Goods, Dress Goods, Shoes,
Hats, of best quality and up to date styles, we lead in
bargains fa t the people!
ODE GROCERY PEP iUTMENT is complete, and is
stocked with a full ling of tresh goods.
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Oo to tia.© Co-Op. foas 33a,xg , a,ins
All Sizes and Shapes.
Cooksand Heaters at the Lowest Prices ever heuj*4 of in Arizona.
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pip* and Elbow* and Taper Joints, Etc. .
aflTPatting op Stoves a Specialty.
Gome and aee ns before buying elsenrbere,
IU SIAPLEY’S HIRDfAI STORE.
A SPECIAL
SALE.
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W« are going to sell Ladies Oxlord Shoes for the
juiTt Mdajs regardless of cost.
Also Men’s Hats at Actual Cost.
make rooiq for our Fall Stock.
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PASSEY & METS
Fn nature Store
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on Exhibition Select. Useful Christmas Presents for
and Children to suit small aqd big purses
Ca 11 and See Them
DQf f FORGET 10 GO TO
when you coih* to town; We are the boys who always
give yqu the worth of your money,
fVe Are Headquarters
in. Mesa for Dry Goods, Ladies and Gents Furnishings
Hate, Boots and Shoos, Vtillinery, Silks and all fancy
notions included in the Dry Goods line.
*W* i)Q a Strictly
. cash busipess. Our Prices arq beyond competition.
Don’t Forget the name.
K. HUNSHKER.
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We ar@ Headquarters for
hardware
W** 00 * Buggies and Material. Iron and Stqel
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Mesa Free Press.
MESA CITY, ARIZONA, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 28, 1900.
J. H. KIBBEY. A. J. EDWARDS
Kibbey & Edwards
LAWYERS
J 9-21 S. Copter St. Phoenix, A. T.
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
OF THE GRAND ISLAND MINING AND
TUNNEL COMPANY.
Know all men by these presents: That we, the
undersigned William N. Brigham. Hiram G.
Wheelor, and •<'harjes E.' Hayes of Harlbo
rotigh, in the'county of Middlesex, htassachar
setts, have this day associated ouriielves to
gether foi* the purpose of forming a corpora
tion under : tho laws of the Territory of Ari
zona, and we do hereby certify:
First, That the name of the corporation
shalf be The Grand Island Mining and Tunnel
Company.
Second. That the general nature of the
business proposed to be transacted is the ac
quisition by porchase, lease, or otherwise of
mineral and agricultural lands, deposits of
ore, minerals, metals*, clays, stones, and other
-substances, and to own, operate, dispose of,
lease, or pell to others such lands, deoos ts of
ores, minerals, metals, clays, and other sub
stances. To mine copper, lead, zhjp, coal,
iron, and other micerals, metals, stones, clays,
a„d other substances, and to erect and to
operate mining, milling, reducing, smelting,
and refining plants or works for mining mill
ing, reducing, smelting, refining, and treating
of said ore., minerals, metals, clays, stones,
and other substances, and to sell and dispose
of the same and the products tnsreof, and to
conduct and tVgnsact all and every necessary
operation or business connected with ur ap
pertaining to mines and mining of every
name and nature and kind whatever. To pur
chas , construct, erect, lease, own, and '‘oper
ate pumping plants and stations, reservoirs,
canals, ditches, water ways or pipe lines for
the transmission, storage, and conveyance of
water for its own use in mining and treating
ores, clays;'atones, metals, or minepals. aftd
in mining or manufacturing for its own use
and for the sale and delivery of said water to
others. To construct, build, purchase, rent,
own, and operate electric and other plants for
the production of power and ligti) and the nec
essary wire lines or other means for the trans
mission of light and power generated for its
own use, or for the sale of said power and light
to others. To construct, build, purchase,
lease, ova, and operate wire and other tran
ways or railways te be operated by steam or
otherwise, and also steamboats and other-ves
sels. for the transportation : and conveyance of
its oyrij minerals, metals, stones, marl, clays,
or other property and freight for its own use
and operation. To purchase, rent, lease, or
acquire' tfsal estate, and own the same, and
ael) such portions of it as it majmot require
to others. To lay out towns, and sell and dis
pose of lotb therein, and improve the same.
To mortgage its real and personal property,
and issue bonds thereunder, and to do all
things permissible bj the laws under ‘which
this company it incorporated.
Third, That the principal place of business
of * said corporation shall be at Phoenix, Ari
zona, and the places ortpide of said Territory
where it may keep and transact its
business is at Denver and elsCwhere ln tho
state of Colorado; and-in other statds-and terri
tories, and klstVdn the cities of* NW York,
e.ate of New York, Boston, state of Massa
chusetts, Philadelphia, state of Pennsylvania,
Chicago, state «-f Illinois, and in other places
in the United ctaSes and Europe the same Ss if
specifically set forth in this certificate.
Fourth. That the amount of the capital
stock authorized is one million dollars and tho
number of shares into whiohit is divided is one
millioUi of the par value of one dollar each,
which amount is to be paid in, in real and per
sonal pioperty contracts, agreements, machin
ery, labor, mere).an iis , materials, and cash
upon the issue and delivery of said stock from
time to time, or Otherwise in thfe discretion of
tee Board pf Directors.
Fifth. That the time of the commenoemeTt
of said corporation is the seventeenth day of
October, Nineteen Hundred and Twenty-Five,
Sixth. That the officers of said corporation
to conduct its affairs shall consist of a Boat d
of Directors, composed of seven members to
b-* elected at a general meeting of the stock
holders upon the filing of this certificate of in
corporation. They shall hold office one year or
until their successors are elected. Tho Direct
ors shall elect from among their members a
President and vieotPresident. They shall also
leect a Secretary and Treasurer, General Man
ager, and such other officers and agents as they
may require, who need not be Directors.
Seventh. That the highest amount of in
debtedness to which tbs corporation is at any
t ime to subject itself is five hundred thousand
dollars.
Eighth. That the private property of each
officer and stockholder of said corporation ip
to be exempt :from all corporate debts.
I witness whereof we have hereunto set our
hands and seals this seventeenth day of Octo
ber, A. D. Nineteen Hun. red.
WILLIAM M. BiiIGHAM (Seal)
HIBAM <’ WHEELEII iStal)
CHARLES F. HAYES (Seal)
Signed and sealed in the presence of Alfred
H. Goughian for all three. ,
Commonwealth of Massachusetts, County of
Middlesex. " SS. •
City of Marlborough.
Personally appeared before me, a Notary
Public duly authorized to administer the oath
and take acknowledgements, IVilliam N. Brig
ham, H. Gilbert Wheelor, Charles # Hayes, of
Marlborough, in the county of Middlesex,
known to me to be the persons whose names
are hereunto subscribed and acknowledged the
foregoing instrument tq he tneir free act and
deed. ' " '* ' .
In testimony whereof I hereputo pet my band
and seal of office this twenty-seebnd day of Oc
tober, A. D. Nineteen Hundred.
. WILLIAM BARNES,
(Seal) ‘ Notary Publi?
Territory of Arizona. Connty of Maricopa.
SS.
I, F. W. Sheridan, county recorder in and for
the county and territory aforesaid, hereby cer
tify that I have compared the f oregoing c«py
with the original Articles of lricorporation
filed and recorder in my office ou the fifth day
of November A. D. Nineteen Hundred; in book
number four of Articles- of Incorporation at
page . and that the same • is : ‘a full, true and
correct copy of such original of the wh le
thereof ■ i‘
Witness my hand and seal of office this fifth
day of November, Nineteen. Hundred
' (Seal) F. W SHERIDAN,
Couuty Recorder.
By C. W. BKBNETT, Deputy.
Filed in the office of the Secretary of the
Territory of Arizona f ie fifth day 1 of Novem
ber, A, D, Nineteen Hondad, at 3p. m.' i
: C. HI .VEERS,
Secretary of Arizona.
MESA FREE PRESS
A. P. SHEW WAN, Publisurr.
No person is authorized to contract bills
on account of this paper except on written
order of the Pnbleher.
Advertising rate s made known on application
{3T* Subscription, $2.60 per year.
SHOULD MOVE SLOWLY.
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Tt is lo bn hoped the legislature will
not adopt the new Code without read
ing and discussing every sretion in it.
The legislature which passed the re
vised statu <s did not know wlmt
they contained. Each chapter was
read by title and passed ar.d in .his
way laws crept mtp the revised
statutes that should have b"on rele
gate! to il)e waste basket The error
should not be repeated.—Blade.
/ The above comment, coil ing from
so able a source as Thus. Weeden,
editoi of the Blade, should cause the
members el ct to the twenty-first
legislature to pause and reflect before
going to further expense in codifying
and revising the laws of Arizona. Our
laws are now in fairly good condition.
StateiioO'J is near at hand i*nci» jt
he attained during the coming year
unless all signs fail. An expense of
from SB,OOO to <slo,ooo <vill be en
tailed by publication of the new code.
Is it not wisdom to exercise a liitje
care ar.d discretion when to coims to
making a wholesale chango in the
laws 1 During the shut session of
sixty days, with much urgent business
that will demand attention, there will
be little time to the new code. The
r- port of'the commission has not been
publish'd and it will not. be previous
to the assenihlying of the legislature.
With due d f *f f ‘ ret )P e an d respect for
the individual opinions of the gentle
men who compose the Code conuuis—
sior, it is not safe to pass the measure
as a job lot. If any changes are made
in the laws it snould be done with due
4eiiberation and in the open light of
day —Enterprise.
We heartily concur in the above.
FORE iT PROIEUTION.
Many si qtions of the West arp be
ginning to reap the bitter fruits of
forpst destruction. A few years ago
the snow wonld drift, rnd pile up in
the mountain gulches, thickly studded
with pine and other tree 3 forming an
almost impenetrable forest protection,
and ihere gradually melt away, sup
plying water for the 'streams until
late in the season. This, now, has
too often ohaiigi-d* The timber has
gradually bpt suiely been cut aid
burnt away; until some of the lijitst
forests of the mountains have disap
peared. and when* 8"°"’ banks
oace remained un il late in the seasan,
they now disappear months earlier,
and instead of melting gradually, the
flood waters coum with a rush, anti
then cease when most needed.
There is scarcely anything more im
portant than forest protection ai d
preservation, which means a guarding
of the water supply, and ev-rv state
and every section should rouse to ac
tive local organization and national
co-opera* ion.
Ew.iy dollar expended by the Na
tional Government for the building of
storage reservoirs and great irrigation
works to reclaim the millions of acres
of western aridity wiil return to the
Federal treasurx six-fold in the form
of increased taxes on increased land
values and population. Every Con
gressman knows this, now that his
attention is being railed to the subject
by eastern manufacturers who want a
larger market in the West for their
goods, and all that is required for his
favorable actian is a strong and ag»
gressive demand from every western
state and territory and congression*}
district —National Irrigation.
The Territoiial Teachers’ Associa
tion closed last Friday after a yery
instructive and interesting sesS’on.
Prof. J. D. Lop>*r, of this place, w’as
unanimously elected to thq oftjee of
President of the A sociudon.
THE BOOK OF MORMON.
A dispatch from Oarbondaje, Il
linois gives the following particulars
of a great discovery recently m»<| e
near that place:
Interest has been created over a
discovery made by Marshal Penrod,
who lives on a farm near Dengola.
Recently Penrod grubbed a black oak
stump out of a potato field close to his
residence, and found a stone about, a
foot long and eight inches in diameter.
The peculiar shape of the stone, which
resembled a pccket book, attracted his
attention and upon close examination
he found carved on its face in the
English language the following words.
“This stone conta.ns the original
manuscript of Moroni (Mormon)
Joseph Smith/’ Ihe ravaged of time
had apparently made hut little head-*
on the stoqe and upon clo-ier ex
amination he fiund the stone was
hollow and a hole drilled entirely
through, and at both ends red cedar
plugs had been dr ven in. Upon ra
moving one of the plugs several sheets
of parchment were found containing
writing in hieroglyphics that cculd
not be deciphered.—Ex.
The report of the director of the
mint on the production of gold and
silver in the United States during the
calendar year 1899, shows only slight
variation from the approximate figures
given out early in the present year.
The fiiml figures are $71,053,400 for
gold and $32,858,700 for silver. Tho
gold product waif the greatest in the
history of the country. The silver
product of the United States in 1899
was slightly greater than in 1898,
being 54,764,000 ounces, against 54,-
438,000 ounces. The world's pro
duction of silver in 1899 was 167,224,
243 fine ounces, against 156,295,572
fine ounces in 1898. Mexico leads in
silver production and Mexico and the
United States produce two thirds of
the silver yield of the world. The
world’s industrial consumption of gold
is estimated at $72,658,500 and of
silver $24,595,600.
Dr. Hughes, a Pk >enix physician,
witnessed the coocfcee-coochee dance
given daily on midway at the Garni
val, and concluded that it was alto
gether too sugg»'Bt ; .v*>, and had the
fair performer arrested. The doctor
was no doubt correct in his views. It
is really too bad that a carnival can
not be gotten up with mt having a lot
of indecent perform Alices connected
therewith, which are calculated to
shock the sensibilities of the moral
men and women of the community.
There is enough vice in every-day
life without parading .such filthy ex
hibits as tho epo-ehee-coochee before
the pnblic Copper J£n
List Monday morning there passed
away to his long rest VV. B. Barbour,
of the Alhambra Hotel. Deceased
lud been in poor health for some time
and in fact he came here for his
health. He was a good and enter
prising citizen, and was well* thought
of by nil who kne>y him. He hud
been an Odd Fallow for many years’,
and the local lodge toqk charge of his
remains and he was internd in the
iNfesa cemetery with the c *reuioniea of
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the Order. IJe will be greatly rained
from tho community, and the j}ereaved
relatives have the sympathy of all.
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The Phoenix Carnival Committee is
behind about SI,OOO We are sorry
for the committee; it would seem
that the vyhole carnival was not an
unmixed blessing for the county or
territory, as we gained much un
pleasant nqfftfjety' thereoy. It will
not assist us in inducing hotueseekers
to come to the hut will have a
contrary effect. No doubt this wilt
! be the last'carnival for Fome time.
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The boundary line between Utah
and Arizona will soon be definitely
settled. A government contradw' has
lertii let4or the survey and surveyors
are now running tho preliminary line,
j Tfie permanent line wiT be market!
| iron monuments. The country is
j rough and in the heart of a desert,
making the task' n difficult one,
A NEEDED IMPROVEMENT
The late dry season, among other
things, has amply
pressing need of a system of water
works for the town. Almost every
well went dry, not only once but
many times daring the season, al
though they were often sunk defcpef.
The cost of this wor^ k was quite largfc
in the aggregate, and the results very
unsatisfactory. Then owing to lack
of irrigating water in the summer fc
very small amount of flowers are
grown; and as * consequence oqc
country does not present that hand
some appearance it ahould if we bad
plenty of water to use for gardens
and lawns. We should ha water
system that would supply botli l <f<?~
mestic water in abundance and also
sufficient to use for ordinary garden
and home purposes. ' *
A system of water works would
ho of the greatest value" to the
town as a protection from Ire. Every*
one who has given the matter a mo
ment's consideration knows t|u| fn
caso a fire breaks out in the main
business portion of the corporation
that it would be almost impossible to
check the flames, as we have ' scarcely
any water. With hydrants and gdqd
water pressure this be re
medied, and would at the Mine , time
dispense with the purchasing of any
more fire or chemical engines for a
long time. This in itself is a first
class reason why we should have
water-works, as it is apparent to a|l
that if preßen r conditions continue our
citizens will yake up some fins morn*
ing and fiud hiey have scariefy any
town at all—only what the flames
have left them. ii* • . *•
The first impression made on the'new
comer When he visits be a
favorable one if we expect him to tarry
with us* and grow up Wffch Us. ' The
eastern man and the western man, too;
has usually been accustomed to asysteni <
of water-works for yggrs, and he hardly*
knows how to get al6ng‘ without it. Ha
wants to grow a i*t»le garden and ksW
some nice |} iwers. but finds the
irrigat n£ System insufficient to cultivate
such small stuff, which requires frequent
watering, and soon gives it up and is
dissatisfied. He yisits California, a<D
mires their system, atf&aa a result, often
stays, there.
• A system of water-works which would
supply sufficient water for domestic add
irrigation purposes, and which would
permit the citizen* to irrigate, to some
extent every four or five days is what is
needed. It should be conveyed in pipes,
and as a resnlt tfie old ftn<| unsightly
ditches could be filled up and the towtf
greatly profit in appearance thereby. “
We understand that considerable in :
terest is being taken in this matter, an<|
we hope to see it in working shape
shortly. • s
ACKER’S ENOLISR REMEDY Will stop
a cough at auy time, aod will cure tbi
worst cold in twelve w money
refunded! 25 cttfl and 50 pts. For sale
by J. W. Bally, Druggist. n ‘
TIMBER CULTURE j EINAL FjftOOg. —EO-
TICE VOR PUBLICATION.
United States Land Office,)
Tucson, Arizona, Nov. 24, 1900. }
Notice is hereby given tbaf Theodore
Banta of Mesa, A'rizoda, has filed
notice of intention to make final proof
before the Clerk of the District CotyTt,*?
' his office in- Phoenix, Arizona, hn Mon*
| day, the 7th day of Japqqry, 1901, p*
t mber culture applic4tidh’ No 921, fol
the Northeast quarter of station No 2£
in Towfisbip No 18, Range No. SE. '•
He name* 4s witnesses- D&piel Dror
baugh. John L Anderson, Arthur \V.
Johnson and Abraham L. Smith, all of
Mesa, Arizona. »■**'**> •* ■
Miltow R Moore.
First pnb Nov 30. Register
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PASTURAGE NQTIQS.
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Notice is he eby given that the fol
lowing described animals were put in
my pastufage, on my home place about
milea*hotthwest ! of Mesa, Arizona, by
B. p. DeNitrej vil- ' * *
Ofoe gjhfJinK,' kbout {J years old. no
brands, put in June, 1898.' *
One marc, aged abbot f years no
grands, ptrt 1n Mijr, 1899. * '1 V ‘
The* oivaerl) requested to
r-1 ward at once and’’ pay charge*, §f the
above mentioned animals will bf getA
fur said as provfded by layt. *
j *. L. POOT.
f Dated Dec. 13,1900. :
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