The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-02-05
E. q. M GRIFF
ORG ANIzES
COMP ANY
MEANS THE BEGINNING OF FRUIT
CULTURE ON LARGER SCALE.
Capitalized at s15o.ooo, Divided Into
10000 Shares of Par Value
Of S1.00 Share.

Articles. OF Incorporation have been
filed with the county clerk by Joseph
Chez, attorney for the incorporators,
which means much to the fruit indus
try Of Weber county In order to more
fully cover the field and more eff
ficiently handle a large and growing
business, E. G. McGriff, of North Og-
den. has organized company to be
known as the McGriff Orchard & Com
mission company. with capital stock
of S15O,OO0. The purpose is to absorb
and take over the fruit and orchard IN
dustry heretofore established by him
at North Ogden, and to continue the
same on larger and more compre-
hensiye scale.
The scope and purpose of the cor
poration, as set out in the articles of
Incorporation, are broad and compre-
hensive. The articles authorize the
corporation to engage In the growing
of fruit of all kinds; to bug and sell
the same; to own, establish and main
tain canneries. picking works, vine
gar plants, and to manufacture the by
products from fruits and vegetables:
to buy and sell the same; to farm, cul-
tlvate and manage orchards vineyards
and nurseries for itself. or for others,
to grow, cultivate. buy and sell trees,
plans, vines and shrubbery; to buy
and sell farm and orchard implements,
tools, utensils and all machinery per-
tanning thereto; to buy and sell wood.
coal and fuel; TO engage in the pack
ing of fruit. vegetables, cereals and
farm and nursery products, for itself
or for others; to own. buy and sell ma
chinery for drilling wells; to build,
construct and maintain reservoirs and
dams for irrigation, farm and domes-
tic purposes; to establish a system OF
irrigation on It's land, or the land of
others, and to enable the corporation
to carry out the separate purposes
herein enumerated, or any one of
them.
The corporation may establish ware
houses, agencies, sales depots,
branches and shipping points In any
part of the State of Utah, or any
state in the United States, and bug
and sell. Wholesale and retail; to act
as commission agents and brokers': to
do jobbing and commission business
and to exercise all the rights and priv
ileges incidental to the whole scope OF
the business.
The life OF the corporation is to be
100 years, unless sooner dissolved by
operation of law The corporation IS
capitalized for S150.000 Of the par
value of 81 each. fully paid and non
assessable. OF which $4,000 Is set
aside as treasury stock.
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rectors: E. G, McGriff. president;
Olive A McGriff. vice president; d.
H. Adams. secretary, and Joseph b
Wallace, treasurer
The corporation takes over all the
holdings of E G. McGrlff at North
Ogden, consisting Of nearly 300 acres
Of orchards. vineyards and fruit lands,
with all the water rights belonging
thereto. also his interest In the vari.
Gus warehouses
In conversation with Mr.. McGriff, he
stated 10 a representative of this pa
per that the main object of the incor-
porntlon was to establish the business
on commensurate scale and divide 1t
into departments. and put each de-
partment under the charge Of COM
petent and energetic man. as It has
outgrown the capacity of one man.
MI McGriff stated further that the
fruit industry of Weber county was
just In Its infancy. and that each year
Will see wonderful advancement and
progress until Utah fruit Will main
tain the highest place and best prices
In all markets
When asked if any of the stock was
to be sold. ne stated that he has had
a number of offers from parties In
Denver and Salt Lake City to take up
the entire treasurer stock, but that
he declined to sell IL to one or two cap
italists for the reason that he would
rather have it distributed and held by
the local people In smaller quantities,