Bisbee daily review., 1906-04-01
ARTICLE OF INCORPORATION OF THE ELLEN DEVELOPMENT
 COMPANY

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENT: That we the undersigned d have associated, and do hereby as- sociate ourselves together, for the purpose of forming a corporation. and becoming incorporated under the laws of the Territory of Arizona, and in pur- suance of said purpose do hereby make, adopt, sign and acknolwedge these Articles of Incorporation.
 ARTICLE L.
 ss The name of the incorporators or this company are, D. Holland, John Dunn, J. k. Terrell and r. ]. Tenancy.
 ARTICLE II.
 The name of this corporation is, and shall be, the Ellen Developme Ut Company. and its principal place of transacting business shall be at the City of Bisbee. in the County of Co., chise, Territory of Arizona, but may have branch offices at any other place or places, and may have its works and property, and do and transact busi- ness at such place, as it may deem convenient, or profitable, and it's di- rectors may meet, and transact busi- ness at such places, as they may from time to time designate, either within or without the Territory of Arizona.
 ARTICLE III.
 The general nature of the business proposed to be transacted by this cor poratien is:
 l. The acquiring of mines, mill sites. smeiter sites. water locations and privileges, oil and gas wells, stone, timber and agricultural and other lands, and renting, selling, operating and dealing in the same, and the prod ucts thereof;
 2. The mining and reduction of minerals and metals, and the acQuisi- ton of all necessary property thereto;
 3 The manufacturing, purchasing CT otherwise acquiring of goods, wares and merchandise, and personal prop erty of every description, and buying and selling, dealing in and disposing of same.
 4. The acquiring, "by purchase or otherwise" of telegraph and telephone lines, railways and tramways of every description, canals and ditches, cleo tric power plants, and to make use of these in any manner that may be deemed advisable by the board of di- rectors;
 5. This corporation may also issue warrants. bonds. deoentures and other negotiable instruments, or otherwise secure the same, may pledge or hy- pothicate the property, or earnings of the company, whenever in the judgment of the board of directors, 1t may seem proper, or necessary for the good of the company;
 6. This corporation shall have ex- press power 10 hold, purchase, or otherwise acquire, and to sell, assign, transfer, mortgage, pledge or other wise dispose of bonds, debentures, or ether evidences of indebtedness, and the shares of capital stock of other corporations, and vote such ehares;
 [. This corporation shall have pow CT to make contracts, and to acquire and transfer property, possessing the same powers in respect thereto. as private individuals now enjoy.
 ARTICLE w.
 The corporation shall commence, at the time of filing for record, it's Ar ticies of Incorporation, in the office of the County Recorder. of Cochise County. Territory of Arizona, aud the filing of a certified copy thereof, with inc Secretary of the Territory of Ari- zona, and it shall endure for twenty five (25) years thereafter.
 ARTIClE-N
 Section l. The capital stock of this corporation shall be Five Hundred