Arizona republican., 1908-08-23
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
 O. The GREAT BEND EXTENSION LEAS ING COMPANY

'i Know All Men By These Presents
 That we, the undersigned, all being
 of full age, and residents of the State of California and being desirOus of forming a Corporation pursuant to and
 in conformity with the laws of the | Territory of Arizona, do hereby volun- tarily associate ourselves together for
 that purpose and do hereby certify and set forth:
 II FIRST: That the name of said Cor operation shall be the GREAT BEND
 EXTENSION LEASING COMPANY. ' II SECOND: That the purposes for which it is formed are:
 CA) To acquire, purchase, buy, own
 sell, lease and deal in mines, mining
 claims and mineral deposits, to carry
 on business of mining in all its forms
 and to own, establish and maintain
 plants of all kinds for the extraction
 reduction and amalgamatiOn or ores
 and minerals.
 CB) To purchase, lease or in any way acquire real and personal prop erty. to own, hold, use, improve and to
 sell, lease, let or otherwise dispose of
 same.
 l co To appropriate, acquire, pur-
 chase, buy, own, sell, lease and deal in water and water rights. to acquire, purchase, buy, own, sell. lease, con-
 struct, maintain and operate dams, canals, ditches, levees, fumes and pipe l lines for the production of power, for agriculture, mining or transportation
 purposes and to impound, store, con duct, use and sell water.
 ] lDl horrovr y,,,pa.- icc,,o de promissory notes or other evidence of Indebtedness and to secure the pay 1 lment thereof by mortgage or Deed of | Trust, or in any other lawful manner tE) To loan money; with OF without l security and to take mortgages, pIed- ] ges and securities of real or personal property or other security to secure loans made by it
 (FO To subscribe for, acquire, buy, sell, hold, use, assign, transfer, mort gage, pledge or otherwise dispose of shares of the Capital Stock of other | Corporations, or any bonds, securities, indebtedness or evidence of indebted ness created by any other Corporation or corporations or individuals. GO To guarantee, assume, protect or otherwise become obligated in re- spect to shares of the Capital Stock of other corporations, or any bonds, se- curities, indebtedness or evidences of indebtedness created by any other Cor poration or Corporations or individuals. GID To engage in and carry on the business of numbering in all its forms, general wholesale and retail merchan- disc business, storage and warehouse business.
 O To acquire, purchase. buy own. sell, lease, deal in, develop. and operate oil claims, lands and wells and te treat refine, transport and dispose of the same and to acquire, maintain and operate pipe lines, refineries and all properties, plants, works and materials that may be necessary or convenient thereto.
 CD To acquire, buy, own, sell, lease, construct, manage and operate roads and lines for the transmission of cleo trical energy and all other public and private improvements.
 (K) To do any act or thing neces- sary or appertaining to the transaction of any or all of the said business and to carry on and transact any and all oAitI hlAAuS OL DuolllGSS lO llle same tA- tent, purpose and effect as the same or any part thereof could be done by a natural person.
 THIRD. The time of the commence ment of this Corporation shall be the date of the filing of a certified copy of these Articles of Incorporation in the office of the Auditor, and the term ination thereof shall be twenty-five years thereafter, with the privilege of renewal as provided by law.
 FOURTH: That the principal place of business of said Corporation shall be the City of Phoenix, Maricopa County, Territory of Arizona, and the principal place or places of transacting business outside of Arizona shall be at Goldfield, State of Neva- da, and at Oakland, County of Alameda, State of California, where meetings of Stockholders and Directors may be held and all business transacted.
 FIFTH: Private -propertycof Stock holders shall be exempt from the Cor porate debts and the Stockholders shall not be liable for the debts of the1 Corporation.
 SIXTH: The shares of the Capital Stock shall be forever non-assessaIe.
 SEVENTH. That thu .,,,,s,,,.t- ,,..f n, e