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Vol. 9.
We Lead,
Others Follow-
That old, reliable ponulajr house, the
Z«C®'flDrte Institution
Is in the lead as baigaiu-giverp. Good goods and lop
prices is our motto
fu Dry Goods, Furnishing Goodp, Dress Goods, Shoes,
Hats, of best quality and up to date styles, ire lead iu
bargains for the people. : £
QUR GROCERY PEP *KTN|ENT is complete, and is
/always Stocked with a full line of iresb goods.
O-© to tli© (Jo-Op. fox Baigalns
, s* "
All Size@ a.n4 Stapes.
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Cooks and Heaters at the Lowest Prices ever of jn Arizona,
P»ps sod Elbows snd Taper Joints, Etc
ISTfilftf “R up Stoves a Speedy.
Come and see as befote buying elsewher#.
0, S. STAPLKY S mm STORK.
SALE.
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W* rp going to sell La-jjfjs Oxtopd Shoes for the
Also M«u’s Ilufs at Actual Cost.
mpst m&kq jroom for opr Fall Stock.
IHE PEOPLE'S STORE
PASSEY & METS
Fi rniture Store
We haye a f*rfl st ><?k of mujp to order Furniture,
direct from factories, and a full line of Bailing,
Blankets v etc, Lamps, Circkqry. Prices and
competition with til. Courtmps treatment, pq
trouble to show goods.
Call and See Them
DON’T FOIWtET JO GO TO
A.Hunsaker’s
when you com© to town; yfe ar« the who always
give you the worth of y.ojjr money.
We Are Headquarters
in for Dry Goods, Ladies and Genfs Furnish jpgs
Hats, Boots apd Shojs, Uillinpry, Silks and all fancy
notions included in the Dry Goods line.
I/Ve Do a Strictly
cask business. Our Prices are beyond competition.
Pon’t forget fbe name.
H. HUNSRKER,
tf'uu iii im - , —IU-.. - ■ ■ -t
We are Headquarters for
General Hardware
Wagon- 8 * Buggies and Wagon Material. Iron and Steel.
WII.OUR-MULLEN HOW- CO
Mesa Free Press.
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MESA CITY, ARIZONA, FRIDAY, JANUARY 25, I9of.
■J. H. £IDBKY. 4. J. EDWARDS
| Fibbey & Edwards
LAVVYERS- ~r
SRooifis 1,2, 4, 6. Stkinsjckjkr Bujj.d’o.
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■l9-21 S. Center St. Phoenix, A. T,
|aRTICLES OF INCORPORATION
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OF GRAND ISLAND MINING AH^
?'** TUNNKL COMPANY.
Know AH men bjr these presents: That we, the!
undersigned William 6f. Brigham, Hiram q.
: Wheeler, and Charles E. Hayes of Herlbo
rongh, <n Jthe county of Middles* z,
fet«e, have this day associated ourselves to
gether for the pnrpo e of forming a corpora
tion nnder the taws nf the I erritorjFSgf Ari
' tons, and We do hereby certifj:
j| Fifst. That the opine of the corporation
a, shall bo Tb£ Grand Inland Mining and Tnnnal
■Com any v v
B Hecond. That the general nature of the
■hue .ne*e p i oposed to be transacted is the *o-
hr purchase, lease, or otherwise of
©mineral agricultural lands, deooeite of
wore, minerals, metals, clays, stones, and other
©substances, and to pwn, operate, dispute qf,
■lease, or sell to others sneb lairds, deposits of
■ores, minerals, metal*, clays, and other enb
.atanees. To mine popper, lead, zine, eoajf,
sir -n, and other mi. erals, metajf, stones, clays,
a. d other substances, and to erect and to
operate mining, milling, reducing, smelting,
'and refining plants or works fpr mining mill
ing. reducing, ►m ltin , refining, and treating
of said ore . minerals, metals, clays, ptones,
and otper substances, aad to sell and dispose
of the same and the products thereof, and to
conduct and transact all and every necessary
operation or bnsiness connected with or
pertaining to mines and zqiuinc of every,-
name and natuye and kind whatever. To pur
chaa , construct, erect, leasp, own, and oper
ate pqmping plants and stations, reg.rvoirs,
eanala, ditches, water ways or pipe lines for
the transmission, storage, and conveyance of
water for its own qse in twining and treating
ores, clays, stones, petals, pr minerals, and
in mining or msnafactnrin? for its ojvn nse
and fqr the sale and delivery of said water to
others. To construct, build, purchase, rent,
own, ?nd operate electric and other plants for
the production of power and and the tyec-j
ess«ry .wire lines pr other means for the
missi qp of light at)d power generated for fls]
own nye, or for the of said ppwer and light]
to others. To conduct, bnild, purchase,!
lease, own, and operate wire and other t.ran-1
ways or railways to be operated by steam or 3
otherwise, and also steamboats and other vcs-l
-els for the transportation and conveyance of 1
its own minerals, metals, stones, marl, clays,|
or otaer property and lreight for ita oyrn use]
and >n. To purch .se, rent, lease, or]
acquire r>-al estate, and own the same, aad!
se«J snch pofti -ne of it as it pay not require j
to othep. To lay out towns, and sell and dis
pose of lots therein, and impr> ve the samej
T< mortgage ite real and personal
and isMie bonds thereunder, snd to do all
things permissible iji the laws under which
this company it inoor grated.
Third. That the principal piece of bnsiness
of said corporation shall be at Phoenix, Ari
zona, and the places ontyjde of said Territory
where Jt may keep its offices and tran|aot its
business is at Denver and elsewhere in the
rpte of Colorado, and in other s ates and terri
tories. pud also in the cities of New York,
state of New York. Boston, state of M a Bea
ch sett , Philadelphia, slap of Pennyylvaoia.
Chicago, «tat» f Illinois, jnd in oitfer places
in the United ftj>tat£» and Eprope the same as if
specifically set forth in this certificatf.
Fourth. That t)ie amount of the capital
stock authorized if one ijii'lUm d<dlap and the
number of shares iujt o which it ie divided is one
million, of tb<> par value of one dollar each,
which amount is to be p lid in, in real and per
sonal p operty contracts, machin
ery, labor, merchandise, materials, and cash
upon the issue and delivery of said stock from
time to time, or otherwise in the discretion of
tpe Boas q of pirectore.
fifth. That the time of the commencement
of said corporation is the seventeenth day of
October, Nineteen Hundred and Twenty-Five,
Sixth. That the of Syid corporation
to contact ite affairs shall consist of a float d
of Directors, compost d of seven menders to
be elected at a general meeting of the aitook
holdeys upon the filing of this certificate of in
corporation. They shall hold office one year or
nntil their successors are elected. The Direct
ors shall elect frqm among their members a
President and vice President. They shall also
leect a Secretarv and Treasurer, General Man
ager, and such other officers and agents as they
Jf/M require, who need not be Directors.
fieyenth. That the amount of in
debtedness to the corporation is at any
to subject itself ie five hundred thousand
Eighth. That the private property of each
officer a-.d stock hold r of said corporation ia
to fie exempt from all corporate debts.
I | witness whereof we have hereunto fpt oar
hands and seals this seventeenth day of Octo
ber, A. D. Nineteen Han. red.
F WILLIAM M. BHIGHAM (Seal)
HIBAM « WHEKLEK <g al)
GHAHLEB F. H4YES (Seal)
Signed and seiiitd in the presence of Alfred
H.lT>pnghlnn for all three.
Commouwealth of Massachusetts, County of
Midmeeex. BS.
C.fy of Marlborongh.
Personally appeared before me, a Notary
Public duly authorized to y/1 minister the oath
and take acknowledgements, William N. Brig
ha'm.H. Gilbert Wheeler, Uh* E Have/, of
I Marlborough, fp the comity of Middlesex,
known to me to be the persons whose names
gre hereunto subscribed and acknowledged the
fojr- going instrpment to bp tneir free act and
deed. 1
In testimony l hereunto set ray hand
and seal of nffiep this twenty-second day qf Oc
tober, A. D. Nineteen Hundred.
’ ** WILLIAM BARNES.
(Seal) Notary Pnbli?
Territory of Arizona. Connty of Maripopa.
88.
I, F. If. Sheridpn. connty recorder in and for
the coupty and territory aforesaid, here)}* cer
tify thaf I have compared the foregoing copy
with the original Articles of Incorporation
filed and recorded in my office on the fifth day
of November A. D. Nineteen Hundred; in book
number fonr of Articles of Incorporation at
page . and that the same is a full, trpe and
correct oCpy of suoh original and of the whole
thereof
I Witness my hand asd segl of offipp this fifth
day of November, Nineteen Hundred.
1 (Seal) F, W. SHERIPAN,
County Beoordpr.
By C. W. BKUNKTT, Deputy.
I Filed in the offleo of the Secretary of the
Territory of Arizona t* is fifth day of Novem
ber, A. D, Nineteen Hundred, at 3 p.m.
i 0. H. AKERS,
Secretary of Arizona.
MESA FREE PRESS
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- A. P. ilfkjyMAN, Publisurr.
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|gr No peyypA is authorized to contract billy
on aocotmt' of ‘this papar exeapt on wr*tt* n
order of tbs Ppblsher.
Advertising rates made known on application
pr Httbecrintion. >2.50 per year.
IK Itt IS DONE. I
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THE OF THE FEJJE
Passes away.
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Albert P. Sh°wman, New-’cnper ;
City A' tortify and
' tizeu, Di*sSunday Even
ing at Hie Home.
The fnd caige at last. Mr. A. P.
Shew man died Sut day night at 9:15
attyiis home in M< hm, surrounded by
his l,ovi«jg family, wile and two
drep. hie* mother*, brother and sister,
his near relatives the physician.
I The f*;«d came peaceftjPy. file fpet
wpidrt and thoughts being for the wel
fare of his oyed ones yhom he was
leaving •‘liehiiid. As hag |>e«-n stated
in thpse columns, Mr. Shewrpan, two
we< ks ago Tuesjgy, was talcen with
an spate attack of quinsy. Though
everything po si)/}e wa> done by Dr*.
Sabin and Hawley of M sa, and Wylie
fund Dufljeld of HJioenix, who attend*
led him, it continued to grow more
[acute, affecting Ilia heart, ai|d finally
[despite all thq ski!) of nursex and
[physician* and loving hands, he pans
ed to the great beyond. His funeral
'took place at the Baptis’. church, being
conc|ucted by Rev. Banks, though the
wyoerAl waß under 4.be dtarge of th>
Knights of Pythias of Mesa. Mr.
Shewm#n was 4 m* teller of the ]£. of
P. lodge No. 19, of Mesa, the 1. O. O.
F. and the A. O. l\ W. of Tempe, K.
of O. T. M. of Los Angeles, and was
P. G. G. T. cf the Good Templars of
Arizona, all of which lodges took part
in the beiiutiful funeral service, as
yell as did many members of the Ter*
rit.ofial Pr* h» which had
ariyqprn. d its sessil n in Phoeniy in
respppt,to jiieir deceased [pemhep and
secretary. After the service the body
whs in thp hearse and the lon
gest pi qqession of carriages ever seen
in Mesa trended its way to the cpme
lery, wh* re Mr. Decker read the bp&u
tifpl K. of P. service, compiittiug h> B
body *0 mother earth.
d.; >yr .
[ftjS LIFE AND WORK J
The foperal of A P. Shewman op
curred at ihe Baptist church, Tuesday
pt 11 a. m. A quartette choir sang
sweetly “Abide wiih me” pud I My
Jesus as Thou Wilt.” Ihe funeral
discourse was delive*ed by Rev. 0. J.
and was in par*, as follow’B.
Mr. A. f*. 3liewmap, in whppe me
mory this' service is held was born
Sept. 24th; 1865, at Petrolia, panada.
IJpre he *p»-r*t the days of his ,child
hood and fearly manhood and )earnetj
the printers trade which he followed
[mofe or less all his life.
At the age of 23 he left his Ganada
hoipe going to Chicago where be re
mained but oue year and where he
contracted a throat trouble which
never fully left him and which was one
of the chief factors iu his eatly death.
Fepling the need of a mild climate he
cspie first to California where he re
mained for four years, and thence to
iVr>z°B4 pnd Mesa where be hqs had
a continuous residence for nearly eight
years, ;l
1 • Soon after coming to Arizqna he
was adiujtted to the bar, being licen
sed to law, Nov. 27th, 1893.
He was married to M' BB Ada Gibbons
July 4tb, 1895—two sweet girls—
Ada and Pear) agej respectively 5
and 2 years are the frpit of t|)is rqar
riagg, After an illness of two wpek 8 >
in spite of medical skill and every ef
fort of love to save him, he died Bun
day evening, Jan. 20th at 9:15 p. m.
Mr. Shewman’s last hours were cheer-
ed by the presence at his bedside of
his mother and ypqngest brother from
California.
Thi story of a human life—even
the longest is a tale soon told. The
Psalmist expressed the thought when
he said “The days of our years are
three score yea r s fnd ten, and if by
reason of strength they be four score,
yet is thejr strength labor and sorrow,
for it is spon cut off and we fly away ”
Mr. Sbewuian though bat 3$ ye4is
old was one of hfesa's most prominent
and public spirited citizens. He was
identified with most of our community
interests. He was our city attorney
[and a director of the M~sa City Bank.
IHis knowledge p£ values, clear judg*
[men*, his pains-laking and extiemely
[careful legal wprk fitted him admir
ably fpr such positions. He was
[prominent in most of tl)e fraternal in
stitutions of the place. He was editor
and proprietor of our paper the
Frick Prkss In h : s editorial
work he ever gave to the people of
Mesa a clean paper. This was trpe
both of its editorial and news depart?
ment as well as of its adverti*iug
column?. Thepe never appeared any
thing in his paper that made one hes
itate to receive it into the home or
put. it in the hands of wife and chil
dren. To my certain kfi° w Mge he
frequently refused advertising matter
at great financial loss because he could
not coiiscieuciously gduiit jt tq his
paper.
So thoroughly was Mr. Shewman
identified with all pur home interests
l)At his going will be greatly felt and
!||s place hard to fill. But Mr. Shcw
•qan’s influence was fe|t beyond his
|)ome. His abilities and capacity for
|iard work, which he possessed in a
very large measure, tro large for his
physicial strength, led him to be iden -
titled with the largrr interests of the
territory. For two years under Gov.
McOord he served as territorial supt.
of Fubl.c Instruption. At the time
of his death he was secretary of the
Arizona Press Association which is
now holding it? annual mee ing in
Phoenix. He was especially promi
nent in Arizpna Good Templary.
Early in his life he became interested
in this form of temperance wotk and
this interest grew with the passing
yt-ars. Both in California and in Ari-
ZOll4 he held most of the positions of
hoppr and trust which the order has
to bestow. At tlje time of hjs dea h
he )i“ld One of the most prominent of
these positions. Two years ago the
order honored him and itself by send
ing him as its delegate to its inter
national gathering in Toronto.
Among all the orders in which be
was interested the 1. O. G. T. easily
lielfi first place in hi* heart. He loved
this prder because it emliodied hi*
couviptions along the line of temper
ance work These conviction? were
very strong. Np liquor advertisement
ever appeared in his paper. He
(sought political preferment but never
the expense of temperance convic
tion. Hi? flear old mother present
jiejre today may well be proud of hav
ing reared a son who could be a law
yer, an editor, a politician, using t|iat
word in its best sense, attaining a good
measure of success in all, without ever
liowing the knee to that iniquitous
business which feeds upon innocent
boys, young men and mother b eartß >
Would to God we had more lawyers,
editors, politicians And men in all
walks of life like A. P. Shewman in
his temperance convictions.
Mr. Shewman was reared in the
Episcopal faith, according to its rites
he was early iu life inducted into that
church. Here jn Mesa fre made no
public profession of religion and was
identified with neither of our churches.
His family in its desire towards and
efforts for the church of its choice re
ceived ever his sympathy, never his
opposition. Vhether at any time ip his
lisp there came into it that spiritual
crisis we call conversion, which is the
surrender of the scul to its God, which
the grept Dr. Northup, of Chicago
cplls “the human response to the
Divine touch, which the equally great
Joseph Cook calls the recumbancy of
of soul upon God” which the no less
great D. L. Moody calls “the taking of
God at bis word” and which the Sa
viour called the New birth mtiirrhge
this crisiß came into his life I am üb
ible to say. His friends oearcvt "Mid.
dearest to him believe hr* gave dWK
reason so to p#pa« it* this hope we ail
devoutly join. Long ago £ ceased to
dogmatize beside the grave. We lit?
tje know what passes between the soul
and its God in the last solemn hours
of life. Where sickness is sometrbal
extended, where deaths' approach if
so evidently foreseen, where faculties
are retained clear and blight aim OS'. tq
me end, and where thoughtful pre
paration of buaioess is made, all of
which was true in Mr. Shewmans ca#e,
I can imagine that, id the stress of
these last solemn hours, one might do
the thinking gl a life time. Reckless
indeed would he be who could dogr
matijjiH beside sqch a grqye. But
while all this is true let me sound a
note of warning, let no one in an over
confident expectation #f ft fqvorabja
opportunity of repentance in the clos
tng hours of life, presume upon the
mercy of God. To put off to the fu
ture that decision for Christ which the
Bible ever makes a present duty is at
the souls peril.
In Mr. Showman’s last hours song
wap frequently on his lips, now
a lodge ode, now some sweet old hymn.
Among others he sang “Home Sweet
Home" which is so dear tft ft# our
hearts. “There is np place like hojqa*
is true of the earthly home of love,
how much more true of the home of
the soul. We hare the authority of
scripture to furnjfb our conception of
that home with everything grand,
noble, beatifgl but qre reminded at the
same time that the reality is intinate
!y beyond anything which we pan con
ceive or think. Such a home awaits
the Christian, and is one of his inspira
tions in life.
Mr. Shejvmaf)s last hours s|jow also
how love, “the greatest thing in the
world 1 ’ can triumph over bodily pain
and sickness He was ever a dutiful
son, and a lovipg father ant} husband,
never was this more apparent than iq
the last week of bis life. His thought
seemed more upon his loved oues thaq
upon himself. In so tar as he could
ha used his last hours in providing for
the care and comfort pf #is family,
aftep his departure.
Mr. Shewmans kindness of heart
reached beyond his immediate friends.
Since bis death many have born loving
testimony to kindness and encourage r
meat at t)js hands during his life
Cpn we do better in closing this
service, than to join in that earnest
player of Mosps the man of God when
he said; “So teach us to number Our
days that we may apply our hearts
unto wisdom.'’ He is thinking of
eternity of Qod. Older than the ever
lasting fiilb is he, for he made thjem,
back of nil tb** ff'o'Tjjtiojijy of is
he for he is mans creator, back ut thq
universe is he for he spoke it into ex
istence. In comp irigon with the
Ht**rnity of God how brief if a human
life. We# may wp pray fp fcjjqy its
brevity so as to use well its passing
days. Life whether long or short if ft
sacred trust from God. to bft used
wisely and well, for “it ia measured
by deeds not years.?’ Oup lives are
opt wisely used unless »we brooms
“wife onto salvation.” Created, as we
are wiih the ability to know God and
render tq him acceptable service, nqt
to do so, is to act upon the stage of
life, ip the d* area of life the part of
the fool. To snch and one Qo<f will
say as he said to owe of old “The*
Fool.
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.
flomesfead Applies tipa fifo. 2208,
I
Department es the Interior, I
Land Office at Tucson, Arisons, Jaa.19.1901 >
th}t|oe is hereby (Iren that the fells wine
named settler hpe filed notice es hie iqteatiem
to make flan) proof in support qf his olaia.
and that said avoof will be made kef ora the
Clerk of the District Coart at Phoenix. Ari
sons, on Mondsj. Msreh 4.1901, eta, Abraham
L. Smith, of Meet, Arizona, fop the S B. 14,
5e0.33.T 1.N..8.6.E., O. AS. B. £. A M
He names the follow lap witnesses to prove
his ooatinooae reeidenee open |od ealtixatioq
of said land, vis. Kimball Pomeroy, William
\. Treat, Daniel Drorb nfb, and Daniel
Xahonsy, an of Mesa, Arisons.
MILTON K. MOOBt.
First pub .Tan. ». lisflstpr
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