Daily Arizona silver belt., 1908-04-19
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
THE WESTERN COMPANY.

r KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS: That ]. F. Heehtman, of Globe, Gila County, Arizona, and s. NJ. Hill, of Cleburne, Johnson County, Texas, have this day associated them selves together for the purpose of form ing corporation under the laws of the Territory of Arizona, and for that purpose do adopt the following charter:
 ARTICLE I.
 The name of this corporation shall be THE WESTERN COMPANY.
 ARTICLE 1T.
 The principal place of business of this Company in Arizona shall be in the City of Globe, in the County of Gila, and it may occupy other prinei- pal offices and places of business in the City of Moline, in the State of Illinois, and at such other place or places as tho Board of Directors may designate, at which place or places all incorporators' stockholders and di- reetors meetings may be held, and all corporate business may be transacted.
 ARTICLE III.
 The amount of the capital stock of this corporation shall be Fifty Thousand (S50,0 0,000.00) Dollars, divided into five hundred shares of the par value of One Hundred ($lO0.OO) Dollars each, and said capital stock shall be paid up as the Board of Directors may designate, in money, property, labor or any other valuable right or thing, and the judg- mont of the Board of Directors, or man. aging officers, as to the value thereof shall be conclusive.
 ARTICLE ".
 The general nature of the business in which this corporation shall engage is as follows, to-wit:
 To manufacture, import, export, buy, sell, distribute. store, warehouse and generally deal in goods, wares and mer- ehandse, meats and provisions, drugs and chemicals, heavy and shelf hard ware and property of every class and descriptions:
 To hold, purchase or otherwise ae- quire, to sell, assign, transfer, mortgage, pledge or otherwise dispose of shares If the capital stock. and bonds, de bentures or other evidences of indebt- edness created by other corporation or corporations, and while the holder there of to exercise all the rights and priv ileges of ownership, including the right to vote thereon:
 The Corporation may use such DOT ton of any moneys that it may have on hand in the purchase of its own cap- ital stock from time to time as its Board of Directors shall determine, and such capital stock so purchased may, if the Directors so determine, be deposited in the treasury of the Company as treasury stock, to be thereafter disposed of as such treasury stock for the pur- rose of procuring working capital for the Company.
 To undertake and carry on any busi- ness, transaction or operation common ly undertaken or carried on by contract ors, capitalists, fnanciers, and generally to institute, enter into and carry on, assist promote or participate in fnan- eial, commercial, mercantile, industrial and other business, works, contracts, undertakings and operations:
 To acquire, own, enter, or lease mines and mineral lands of every kind, nature and description; also to acquire, own, enter or lease mill sites, water rights and terminal facilities; to work, pros pect or develop mines and mineral lands of every nature or description, either for itself or other companies, cor