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Graham guardian., 1895-06-08
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
OF THE
Stafford
Milling
and Merchandise
COMPANY.
OF THE

We, the undersigned, N. P. Beebe, John W.
Morris, C. Madison, A. Perkins, and A. t. West,
Directors and Incorporators of the Stafford Mill
ing and Merchandise Company, are authorized
by the shareholders to incorporate said COM
pany.
The principal place Of business shall be in
the town of Stafford, County of Graham, Terri
tory of Arizona.
The time of commencement Of this corpora
ton shall be the day of filing these articles of
incorporation in the Office of the County Re-
corder of said Graham County, and shall con-
tinue fifty years thereafter.
The business of this incorporation shall be
the grinding of Wheat, Barley and Corn, and
the buying and selling of Wheat, Flour, Barley
Corn, Hay and Merchandise, and shall be
known as the Stafford Milling and Merchandise
Company.
The Capital Stock shall be S1OOOO.OO, divided
into 1000 shares of the par value of $500 each.
The highest amount of indebtedness that this
company shall contract at any one time shall be
limited to S5,OOO00
The private property of the stockholders Of
this Incorporation shall be exempt from corpor-
ate debts.
A Board of five Directors, who shall be stock
holders of this incorporation, shall conduct its
affairs; and they shall be elected at the annual
meeting of the stockholders, to be held on the
first Saturday of June in each year. by a major
ity vote of the stock present.
These articles of incorporation may be amend
ed at any time by two-thirds majority vote of
the stock represented at any called meeting.
The following share holders shall constitute
the Board of Oirectors for the nresent vaar viz.
N. P. BEEBE.
J. W. MORRIS,
c. MADISON,
A. PERKINS.
A. r. WEST.
Graham guardian., 1895-06-08

THE New York Post says that
Utah has shown commendable en-
terprise and courage in breaking
away from the traditions which
bind the east. 1t says further that
"the Utah Constitutional Conven-
ton has put in the fundamental
law framed for that incoming state
a radical change in the jury sys-
tenn, by which eight is substituted
for twelve as the number to be en-
panelled, and the agreement OF
three-fourths of the eight will be
sufficient to constitute verdict in
civil cases. The trial of this ex'
pertinent will be watched with in
terest.
Graham guardian., 1895-06-08
ECONOMIC THEORISTS.

OtdueSlneu, anu uoU eColloHii0
should shape the fin
ancial policy of our Government"
says the advocates of gold mono
metallism and the friends of a bank
currency. Who are the statesmen
and what do they say? Daniel
Webster was regarded in his day
as an able statesman and pro-
found constitutional lawyer. He
said: "Gold and silver at rates
fixed by Congress constitute the
legal standard of value in this
country, and neither Congress nor
any state has authority to establish
any other standard or to displace
that standard" OF banks Of issue
+'lis same Webster declared that
"they were the most cunning device
ever invented to fertilize the rich
mans fields with the sweat of the
poor mans brow" Was Webster
a "demagogue progagandist?'
John G. Calhoun had some reputa-
ton in his day as statesman and
strict constructionist of the con-
stitution. He was firm believer
in an exclusive Government money,
to consist Of gold and silver and
Treasury notes. He declared that
Treasury notes of the Government
bottomed on taxes would perform
all the functions of gold and silver
and do it as well. AS the power
to tax was unlimited, Treasury
notes could never be discredited or
at discount.
Not intending to be tedious and
coming down to our own tines, we
would reproduce the utterances of
some of our contemporaries.
Whatever opinion any one may en-
tertain of james G. Blaine none
will question Nhe fact that he was
an illustrious statesman.
Mr.. Blaine said: 81 believe gold
and silver coin to be the money of
the constitution; indeed, the money
of the American people anterior to
the constitution, which the great
organ recognizes as quite indepen-
dent Of its own existence. No
power was conferred on Congress
to declare either metal should not
be money"
He not only gave his opinion as
a statesman, but ventured to enroll
himself as prophet. He said: 81
believe the struggle now going on
in this country and in other
countries for single gold stand
ard would, if successful, produce
widespread disaster IN and through
out the commercial world. The
destruction of silver as money and
establishing gold as the sole unit
of value must have q ruinous effect
on all forms of property except
those investments which require a
fixed return in money. These
would be enormously enhanced in
value, and would gain a dispropor-
tionate and unfair advantage over
every other species of property
1t is impossible to strike silver out
of existence as money without re
suits which will prove distressing
to millions and utterly disastrous
to tens of thousands"
Is that prophecy of one of oul
greatest men in process of fulfill
ment? There is no necessity in
attempting to ascribe to other cause
the deplorable condition of the peo
pie. Hard times, and worse com
ing, is the present and prospective
outlook for all engaged in produc
tive industry and the employed
millions. We would say to those
who have such defenders they car
afford to be call the economic
theorists" lunatics, fools, dema
gogues, wanting in intelligence and
in moral principle.-Cin. Enquirer
ENGLAND STANDS BY GOLD.
Graham guardian., 1895-06-08

THE Rocky Mountain Ne,os says:
Roswell G.. Horr must be man of
infinite audacity if he intends to
contend in public debate that the
crime of 1878 was not perpetrated
in stealthy secrecy. There are
pages of speeches in the Congress
ional Record in which leading
members of both houses at that
time assert that they knew nothing
of the infamous change.
Graham guardian., 1895-06-08

Hon. G. M. SHANNON, collector
of internal revenue, has returned
to his post of duty at Santa Fe, af-
ter weeks visit to Phenix. OF
all the Democrats in Arizona none
are more popular than Mr.. Shan
non and none are more welcome
to the capital city. With the ad-
vent Of Statehood he will be one
of the foremost men in the ranks
Of his party Gazette.
Graham guardian., 1895-06-08
TERRITORY OF ARrzoNA,l ,

COUNTY OF GRAHAM.
Before me, W. B. Fonda, Justice of the
Peace in and fer Precinct No. l, in said
Graham County, on this 26th day of April, A. D.
1895, personally appeared N. P. Beebe, j. w.
Morris, c. Madison, A. Perkins and A. t. West,
known to me to be the persons whose names are
subscribed to the foregoing instrument and ae-
knowledged to me that they executed the same
for the purpose and consideration therein ex-
pressed.
In witness whereof l have hereunto set my
hand on this Goth day of April, A. D. 1896
w B. FONDA,
Justice of the Peace. Precinct No.
Graham guardian., 1895-06-08
THE THOMAS CELEBRATION.

The Celebration at Fort Thomas
on July 4th, promises to eclipse
all other celebrations of Ike ma
ture ever given in the valley. The
committee of arrangements in
cludes all the merchants of the
town, and no pains will be spared
to make it most enjoyable time
for all those who attend.
A kite-shaped track for horse
racing, a foot and bicycle track
and base ball diamond are being
prepared. In addition to the ex-
tensive programme for the day, a
grand ball will be given in the
evening on monster open-air pa
vilion, constructed especially for
that purpose. Visitors from sur
rounding counties have signified
their intention to be present. Ar
rangements have been completed
with the G. ", G. & N. Ry. Co. to
run two special trains, one leaving
Bowie at a. m. and the other at
I'm. The charges will be one
fare for the round trip.
Graham guardian., 1895-06-08
THE SILVER HISTORY.

Inc SllVcr question Is one III
which the people of the West and
South are greatly interested. And
as the financial policy of our gov
ernment will be the all important
issue in the next campaign it will
stand the people in need to known
something of the white metal and
its history as money basis of the
world.
Silver was money current with
the merchant" In the time of Abra-
ham. The exact date when it was
first used as medium of exchange
is not known. Gold, silver and
copper were used by the Greeks in
Homer's time, but it seems that
oxen constituted the basis by which
other values were fixed. The
precious metals were first used as
money by weight, very much as
gold was used in the pioneer days
of California.
Coined money was first used by
the Lydians according to Herodo-
tus and while the silver is known
to have been coined in the early
days of Greece it was not until the
dime of Phillip that gold was made
.siRto coin for the purpose of ex-
change. Some authorities claim
that both gold and silver were
coined in India long before the
coins of Greece or Lydia were
struck. In Rome silver coin was
used two centuries before the
Christian era.
But of one thing we are certain
and that is that for centuries be-
fore the coming Of money, gold
and silver were recognized as
precious metals and in definite pro-
portions had become the common
medium of exchange in every place
where commerce was carried on.
Finally gold and silver became
money metalsforming the standard
by which the value Of all other
things were guaged.
Their use as money was unre-
stricted for centuries and their rel
atlve value was governed by the
natural laws of production, the on
ly law which should regulate their
value as money. A government
may make money Of any metal, it
may declare iron more valuable as
a medium OF exchange than gold,
but when a government passes
laws that conflict with the natural
laws of supply, then the chief ad-
vantage of metallic money over
other kinds of money disappears.
The ratio at which gold and sill
yer were first coined was the ratio
at which they had previously gone
into use by weight. This, in Ly-
dia, in the Greek cities of the ASIA
Minor and in Greece, was about
1918 Of silver to ! of gold, but
the ratio fell to 10 to | after the
conquest Of Alexander.
In India and the far East the
two metals were early used as
money in the proportion in which
they we've found in the mines
which was 4 or to l.
In Phillips time, and perhaps
eaflier, gold seems to to have beer
the more abundant metal in Persia
Macedonia and Asia Minor; but il
most parts Of the world silver wa:
the measuring metal.
BoeclSh, in his economy of Ath
ems, says: "rhe value of gold is
mcre variable than that Of silver
which, therefore, may be consider
ed as the standard ofprice for gol'
as for other commodities"
In like manner the gold of Dav
Id end Solomon was valued in sill
ver, which was the standard mon
ey Of Palestine and the Ph@nicial
CITIES Of the Mediterranean. Ever
Graham guardian., 1895-06-08
THERE is no use IN DENYING /

THERE is no use In denying the
fact that the operation of the hu-
man mind can, in great measure,
be detected in the expression of the
face. 1t is also true that a vicious
heart or mind always finds express
sion in the face; likewise pure
heart and mind, without exception,
pictures the, virtue in the face as
we'll as in the actions of its pos
SCISSOR.
J. T. Owens Keeps the finest line
of shoes town. 4-20 tt
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1895-11-02
eu slNEss CONDITIONS.
The Reasons For tho Improved CondI-
tion of the Country.

The Reasons For the Improved CondI-
tion of the Country.
The improved condition of the country
is due to the fact, first, that the terrible
menace, Democratic congress, was
powerless for any further harm. 1t is
dead, and everybody, without distinction
of party, is glad of it. Whatever i'm
provement came afterward is due to the
fact that the people last November de-
creed that they had no further use for
the Democratic party, and that tho
party, tried, capable and true, one that
had safely guided the country through
all the perils of the last 30 years, was
again to be in control of the house of
representatives, and with absolute Ger
tainty that rs the time limit was re-
moved it will he restored to complete
control in all branches of the govern.
ment
This is the inspiring hope to the coun.
try. TO take away this hope is to plunge
the country into the depth of utter de-
spair.
business Campaigns.
In tho highest sense all campaigns
nre of a business nature; this one is
more SO than usual We aim to vote
for improved business affairs. Not
withstanding the feeble Improvement
in business now visible, is there man
in the state that believes a Democratic
victory i'll Ohio would improve these
conditions? Such an event would GER
tainly work infinite harm. On the con-
trary, the success of the Republican
party will inspire hope, and with in
creasing confidence that the party is to
succeed in '96, will perceptibly add to
the present Improvement, There can
be no doubt of the soundness of this
position. .-Ex- Governor Foster.
A Pirate.
Mr.. Brice's gubernatorial candidate
says that he is making picturesque
campaign. The people who have heard
his speeches can Judge as to the correct
ness of the adjective. The Hon. Frank
H. Southland of GAINESVILLE, who, by ap-
pointment of Governor Mckinley. holds
state Office of honor if not of profit, in
an enthusiastic speech introducing
Governor Campbell at GAINESVILLE, de-
clared that Campbell has hoisted the
black flag and asks no quarter and
grants none" The black flag ia the
emblem of piracy and indicates that
tho man who fights under. it is willing
to fight without regard to tho laws OF
nations or the customs and proprieties
bf civilization. In some respects Mr.
Southard very aptly described the char
acter Of Mr.. Campbell's campaign war
fare.
The Republican party and press de
not propose to fight in this irresponsible
manner. Otherwise Mr.. Campbell
would have been blown out of wate
long ago, for more vulnerable privatee
never sailed the political main. sas
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1895-11-02
DO You Want Lower Taxese

The working people of the state and
those who own small amounts of prop
erty and who are unable to escape tax
alton, want the expenses of tho state
government kept down and desire
tbove all other things an orderly, eco
uolnical administration. The business
men and tho bankers, desire the same
thing. General Bushnell is business
man, He IS large employer of labor
and he is Il banker. He is on good terms
with laboring men and has their respect
and confidence. He wants his men to
prosper. He wants them to receive good
wages and always to have work. He
thinks the American working man
should live well. own his own home and
have money in the bank.
This is one reason why General Bush
nell favors a protective tariff, and it is
also q reason why he wants the business
of the state of Ohio conducted with the
same ability that man would give to
his private affairs.
If General Bushnell is elected he
promises to give earnest and intelligent
attention to the question of taxation.
He will do all in his power to correct
the evils that exist i'll our present sys-
tenn and to try to tighten the burdens
and secure economic expenditure to the
fullest extern consistent with proper
support of tae charitable institutions of
the state and the proper conduct Of af-
fairs
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1895-11-02
A Practical View of II.

When business firm wants an agent
to take charge of its financial affairs it
rejects business man, not magnetic
.nan. 1t chooses the man who has con-
,lucted his own business successfully
rather than the man who has failed
therein. Why" asks the Times
Star, should the great state Of
Ohio i'll choosing Il chief executive for
It's vast business interests show less dis
crinination than an ordinary business
firm where the interests at stake are in
comparably smaller: Personal magnet
ism is all very we'll in campaigner,
and Ex-Governor Campbell abounds in
=, l!:t ,,,.:,.gl, practical common seGse and
-, c..G b,,sii.,5.; tact and judgment are
requisite of q first-class governor, and
these are found in General Bushnell,
combined in as high Il degree as among
the most successful business men of the
1ra ~
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1895-11-02
A NEW FORCE IN poLl11Us
she Political Cartoon rostcr md ITS
Great Work.

Great Work.
About the value Of highly artistic
cartoon posters as feature of campaign
work, ar innovation made by Mr.. Il. B.
l.oomis, with the hearty approval OF
Chairman Eurtz, the Columbus Dis
patvh s4yS cuitoriSsly:
The Ohio campaign has seen the in
ayEuration ot that winch we believe
VIII ~ lavoriye power of the CAM
paigu Conuuittee herea'tcr We refer
to tha use OF the cartoGps which the
Republican committee is sersing broad.
east throughout the state This idea ia
an adaptation of the English method
of campaigning, but, as far as we know,
it is almost entirely an innovation i'll
Ohio at least, and perhaps in the other
states. 1t must be apparent to all that
the political cartoons are not only more
effective in their special mission, but
also more harmless than the great mass
of literature which has formed nucleus
of the work of the literary bureaus of
the past. The cartoon puts before the
people comprehensive argument and it
expresses it so plainly that all who run
may read. Before cartoon at least u
thousand per cent more people will
pause than those who will read u cam
paign document. The cartoon points
u moral and adorns tale" if we may
use that time honored expression ad-
visedly and justly, and it requires no
diagram or explanation for even the
most illiterate of voters. The argument
of the orthodox campaign document is
usually concealed under n mass of
words and perhaps behind bulwark Of
alleged, supposed or real historical fact.
The cartoon may excite more vivid
anger and may stir up greater partisan
ship, but it is better than the majority
of campaign literature. Therefore we
think that the day of the cartoon in
Ohio has just dawned and that it will
expand into great force in the future
elections. Without cartoons English
elections would be almost barren ideal
itles. Who will say that the same
thing can not be said about elections in
Ohio in the future. The day Of the
campaign document is almost gone.
The newspaper is now the source from
which the voters draw the bulk of their
political education and information.
With the newspaper for the fireside and
the cartoon for the street, there will be
furnished a dual force which must
surely have q great effect upon the
voters in any community.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1895-11-02
!. THE HISTORIC ROUTE.

The Nashville, Chattanooga & st.
Eonis Railway, the model railroad of
the South in equipment, roadway and
Gervice. is also the greatest in histori-
cal interest, more than fifty famous bat
yieaelds and five national cemeteries
being located on the various lines OF
k4is system. This is the preferred
xnute to Atlanta for the Cotton States
aaa International Exposition, open
fnom September IS. to December 81,
1Ha5, for which very low excursion rates
pEEa been made. Through sleeping
Snrsefvice from st. Louis to Atlanta
nzz. Evansville, Nashville and Chatta-
1ooea- This is the route of the famous
StDixie Flyer" through sleeping car
Hne which runs the year round between
Nashville and Jacksonville, Fla. For
further information, address Briard
II Hill. 228 Marquette Building, Chi
ezgo, ILL.,, or r. G. Cowardin, Western
Eassenger Agent, Railway Exchange
kaiiding, ST. Louis, Missouri, or d. ].
Aullaney, Pass Agt., SO West Fourth
HE. Cincinnati, Ohio.
W. L. DANLEY, G. p. g. T. A.
Nashville, Tenn.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1895-11-02
TIMELY ann POINTED.
h5yica of Eon. George K. Nash
to [lhio Republicans.

muGY ES4uo;SE TaF 1JM6sT WsNaacE
ANA me wor" cnaa f,cr Eosrgouc yx.
Cafius w, Thrtt tcE l-,ttivo Cjn,Uaotes
a. atc SnA alss 'ogoph g. Turaao,
May Enter tho Unit.d st&trs senate On
Btasch 4, 1897.
The work Of fully restoring tho con-
troll of the national government to the
Republican party can only be completo-
ly accomplished by the election which
will occur in November, 1896. The best
interests Of our country demand that we
should have Republican house of rep.
resentatives, Republican senate and n
Republican president. If after March,
1897, the senate of the United States
should have majority of Democrats, or
if the balance of power should remain
in the hands of the Popullsts, it will not
be within the power of q Republican
president and q Republican house of rep
resentatives to do the things which the
good of the country requires, which the
people demand and which are necessary
to cure the evils from which we have
suffered and still continue to suffer.
1t seems to be an almost assured fact
that the next president of the United
States will be Republican. and that
the house of Representatives, to be elected
in November. 1896. will have majority
of Republicans 1t is not so certain,
however, that the senate of the United
States, as it will be constituted upon
March 4, 1897, will have Republican
majority. Even with the unprecedented
upheaval of last fall it did not have one,
and it will only be by the exercise of
the utmost vigilance upon the part of
all Republicans, that this desired end
can be accomplished by the elections
that are to occur between now and
March 4, 1897.
Our political enemies understand the
vast imp ortance of retaining control of
the senate of the United States as well,
and perhaps better then we do. There
fore. every energy of the Democratic
party, every sinew of war which it can
command, every prejudice which it can
excite, every enmity it can arouse, will
be used to defeat Republican candi-
dates for the general assembly and re-
elect Calvin 8. Brce. / beg of you, as
Republicans, to be more than vigilant,
to be more than ever energetic in caring
for your Legislative candidates, to the
end that Joseph b. Foraker may enter
the senate on the 4th of March, 1897, us
member thereof. No man desires
more heartily than do that General
Bushnell shall be the next governor Of
of Ohio. No one can wish more earn
estly than do for the complete and
triumphant success of the entire Re.
publican ticket, and Of every. man
thereon, but of such vast Importance is
the senate of the United States, that
would rather see my friend Bushnell and
every candidate for an executive Office
on the Republican ticket go down i'll de-
feat, than to see the next general assem-
F., bly, Of Ohio controlled by the Demo-
Cratic party.-6peech of George X. Nash
at Medina, Sept. 10, 1895.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1895-11-02
Com binati0n sleeper and II cell ming
Chair Car Between Cincinnati
and Jacksonville, BII., vim
C. H. & ID. and L. ID. & w.

The Cincinnati, Hamilton and Day
ton have added another new car for
the benefit of their Cincinnati and
Jacksonville travel. This car is one OF
the latest combination sleeping and
chair cars ever built by any company
in the world, and will prove welcome
addition To their already perfect SER
vice. This new car will leave Cincln-
natl at 7:30 y. m, arriving at Indian
apolis at 1885. and at Jacksonville, H.,
at 7:1O II. IN. This train is one of the
favorites out OF Cincinnati, and with
the new equipment will prove doublS
acceptable to The travelling public.