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The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-09-04

IageTS and agents, and 10 eSIaDHSl SUCH
rules, bylaws and regulations for the
management of its business and affairs
Jas may be deemed necessary, and the
same TO alter at pleasure.
ARTICLE II.
The domocile of this corporation is
hereby fixed in the City of Shreveport,
Caddo Parish, Louisiana, where all
legal process shall be served in the man
ner provided by law, upon the president,
or in his absence on the vice president,
or in the absence of both, at the Office
of the corporation as provided by the
laws of the State of Louisiana.
ARTICLE III.
/ The objects and purposes of this cor
poration are hereby declared to be to
buy and sell lands and to acquire by
lease or otherwise lands for mining and
producing oil, gas and other minerals,
and to suitcase or rent the same; to
sink, drill or develop oil and gas wells,
and to pipe, market or store the same;
to prospect for and produce oil, gas and
other minerals, and for that purpose to
make expenditures for materials, tools,
implements and apparatus, to make sur
veys and do all things necessary in and
about said business, and to supply and
furnish gas and oil and fixtures to con-
slmers and to customers in the State of
Louisiana or elsewhere as may be de-
Itermined by its board of directors; and
to this end this corporation shall have
and enjoy the right to own, acquire, pur-
chase, lease, suitcase, sell and other
wise acquire and ALLEVIATE property, real,
i personal and mixed, and to mortgage,
Rassign, pledge, pawn and otherwise by
ipothecate said property for the purpose
of borrowing money or for such other
purpose. as in the discretion of the board
of directors may be deemed necessary ;
and to have and acquire pipe and pipe
lines for the carrying, transportation
and furnishing of the said oil or gas to
consumers and customers, and to have
) and acquire franchises for piping and
/ furnishing gas. and to do generally any
and all things necessary to and inciden-
j tai to the purposes and objects herein
. set forth.
aNiioLL
ne capital stock OF thfs corporatlof
Is hereby hXed at two hundred ana MY
thousand (S25oooooo) aoiiaTs' 70 0s
divided INTO tNeiilyzl1Fe Iaiitlisa siiai s
of9tne par Fatae OF one hundred doiidi'
each' ana TINS stock saall De ISSUED q
PAD Tor ellher Tor easn OF lot property
labor or services pdrenaseo Dy OF ad
vanced 70 sald company ana me Jug
ment OF me poard OF directors % 70 'h'
Valte .ot tne property laDoI 81 sssisise'
50 taken sflali Dc eoliciasise' pioFiqe'
lilat Io stoek sllali DC 1ssueu d issS s'ai
ITS par value ana sflaH Degln Dusllss
and pc gong concern Wlien az % III
STOCK s saDscfloea. ana pau ioi. Fac
share OF stock sflalI De eIltltled g on
vote az az meetings. g DC edsl = PSI
son or on Wrl1ten proxy from inc .oWils
Thereon as SHOWN oy me STOCK BOOKS
Inc transfer q a. sloeA sllall De nl9u
-
: ARliCLE y
5 The corporate powers of this corpor
i alton shall be exercised by a board o
Il
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-09-04
ARTICLE !.

The name and style Of this corpora
ton shall be BRYAN NATURAL GAS
COMPANY, and under said name and
style it shall have and enjoy all the
rights granted to corporations under
the laws OF the State Of Louisiana, and
shall have and enjoy corporate existence
for a period Of ninety nine years, unless
sooner dissolved under the provisions ct
the laws of the State OF Louisiana, to-
gether with the power to have and to
use corporate seal, and the same to
make. alter or break at It's pleasure. It
shall have the power to Sue and be sued,
to name and appoint directors and man
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-09-04

vacancy in the board shall be filed by
the remaining directors. The board Of
directors shall have the power to con
tract debts, borrow money and do all
things necessary to carry out the objects
and purposes of this corporation.
ARTICLE VII.
No sale of stock shall be valid or
binding on the corporation until the
same has been transferred on the books
OF the company; no transfer or sale of
stock shall be made by any stakeholder
of this corporation without his giving
this company ten days notice of his in
tention to sell and giving the said cor
poration the preference of purchasing
the same. No stakeholder shall be habl9
on any obligation of this corporation il
any further sum than the amount of 1h-
paid balance of his stock. On failure
of stakeholder to pay for stock sub
scribed it shall be optional with the
board of directors either to declare the
delinquent shares forfeited to the cor
poration or to sue the subscriber for the
price due ON all stock to be sold for not
less than par.
ARTICLE VIII.
This corporation is authorized to in
crease its capital stock by two-thirds
vote of ali the stockholders at meeting
held according to law, said original
stockholders have a right to participate
in said increased issue of stock in pro-
portion to holdings OF original stock
holders, and in default thereof the other
stockholders shall first have a right tc
purchase said stock before it is offered
to third persons.
ARTICLE X.
This charter may be modified, changed
or dissolved or amended in any way
Except to increase or diminish its cap
ital stock which shall be done by vott
of tWo-t1ards of all stock present) with
the assent of three-fo urths Of the stool
represented at general meeting Of tn
stockholders convened for this purpos
after thirty days previous notice pub
lished in a Shreveport paper. Wheneve1
the. corporation is dissolved by limitation
or otherwise its affairs shall be liquidat
ed BY three commissioners elected at ];
stockholders meeting who shall have full
power to wind up its affairs, settle it
indebtedness and distribute among tn
stockholders.
Done and passed before me, notary
ar in The presence of ]. A. Selby an
= :. Peytons competent witnesses, tfi
/ AUGUST ~. .IaIo.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-09-04
4 II Gle VII.

o stoekholder shall be held liable f0r
contacts 81 faults Of this company
aasg seT1Ier sum than the unpala ga.
sce die sfe company On the shares
,Fsssa 81 him. nor shall any informal
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-09-04
article ".

Failure TO hold an election for direc-
tors on the day named shall not dissolve
the corporation. brit the incumbent diree-
tors shall hold over until their success
ors are duly qualified and elected Any
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-09-04
7. C.. MAYFIELD

I. Z. MA I 7 ILLIJa
H. B. SCOFIELD.
H. w. SCOFIELD,
by H. B. Scofeld.
Jewell C. BUTLER,
by H. B. Scoheld.
w. B. COSTLEY,
by H. B. Sco6eld.
WI. M. MELROSE,
by H. B. Scofeld,
w. D. JUDKINS,
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-09-04

Attest: by II. b. Scoheld.
L. E. WHITMIRE. ri
H. C. ALEXANDER.
Z ID & TJtNTTTvTrTH
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-09-04

This charter may be nlodlned =
amended, except as to the increase :.
lsersase of its capital stock, ana ln ,
polatien may Be dissolved with llls
assert Of The majority Of the stock q :
gal meeting Of the stockholders lol
sgnea purpose after sthirty days Ioelee
ished Ii any Of the newspapers =
de Cy 81 Shreveport Louisiana.
ARTICLE VII.
Whenever this corporation = as
solved, either by limitation Ct 81 cn ,,,
r s. any other cause, its AFFAIRS sfla1l
be liaaidated by two commissioners
elected by Tie stockholders at 2 meet-
convened foT such purposes artel
iifts days published notice IN any oias
he nes spapers published IN the Slss
IS ..ss.s<s,rt n case Of death Ct
sislseS commits Eoners, the oEns1
n,.,isss5iasr shah continue e liqnida'e
s aiFs until the same have Deen
nallS closed
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-09-04

ARTICLE VII
This charter may be amended or the
corporation dissolved by the consent OF
three-fourths of the stock thereof at a
meeting called for that purpose after
thirty days notice in writing and by
publication to the stockholders, or at a
shorter time when there is waiver Of
time. Whenever this corporation is dis
solved by limitation or otherwise, its
affairs shall be liquidated BY three COM
nissioners elected BY the stockholders at
meeting at which a resolution for the
dissolution of the corporation shall have
been adopted. In the event OF the death
Of such liquidators or any Of them, his
successor shall be appointed By a court
Of proper Jurisdiction.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1910-03-11
Higdon Not Dead.

We are glad to be able to cor
rect the report which was being
circulated here some time since,
and which was given publication
through these columns, to the
effect that d. A. Higdon had
been killed IN a stage mix-up in
British Columbia. The report
was a mistake and Mr.. Higdon
is now enjoying life as heartily
as in years gone by. Joseph
Howell is in receipt of a letter
from Mr.. Higdon in which the
latter states that he is located
near Quesnel, B. c., and is doing
fine. He has purchased 400
acres of land there and leased
1900 acres more and is highly
pleased with that country.
Mr.. Higdon's many friends
here will be glad to learn that he
is still among the Tive" ones.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1910-03-11
PAY 100000
FOR A MINE
Binnard Bros, Representing Big
Eastern Company, Purchase
the Center Star Group Near
Elk City.

A Lewiston dispatch dated
March A, says:
One of the biggest mining
deals consumated in north Idaho
in years was closed here tonight
by |. M. Diinnard, Of Lewiston,
representing G. B. Binnard and
company, Of New York, who
purchased the Center Star group
of mines near Elk City for $780,
900, from James Murphy, Chas.
Tiedeman and Herman Brown,
who located them about four
years ago. The group was in
spected about three months ago
by r. Elvin Weiss, a New York
mining engineer, and it was up
on his report that the purchase
was made. The mines are about
five miles up the south fork of
the Clearwater from the Hartman
and Morrow mine, in which the
rich strike was recently made,
and the ore body is similar.
A crosscut tunnel, which taps
the ledge on the so foot level
reveals a 81 foot ore vein carry
ing free gold running from SIS
to SIS to the ton. The hanging
wall has not yet been reached
and the extent Of the lead can
only be approximated, but ore
shoots several hundred feet in
length. =
Messrs. |. M. and G. B. Bin
nard are brothers of the Misses
Binnard and brothers-in-law of
Samuel Goldstone, of this city.
and the former is quite well
known here.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1910-03-11
FERDINAND FINDINGS.

The children Of w. E. Nolan
are suffering with a rheumatic
fever.
Mrs. H. Sprute, Of Fem, visit
ed with the H. Kuther family
this week.
Mrs. Will Hussman, Of Keuter-
vile, spent Sunday with Mrs, ].
A. Bushue.
Mr.. Piper has opened real
estate Office in the Bushue &
Herzog building.
Quite number Of people from
here attended the Pennecard sale
near Greencreek Tuesday,
Mrs. Ray Minis and sister.
Miss Rhea Fish, visited the ].
Meakin family here Tuesday.
Mrs. Schenkosky has bought
Mrs, Hanson's stock Of millinery
and is conducting the same in
the old place.
Mrs. Twillegar, Of GrangevilIe,
is visiting with her daughter,
Mrs. H. Smith, and her son,
Roy, and family.
Quite q number Of drummers
were interviewing our merchants
the past week. Also several
eastern land buyers were in
town.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1910-03-11
Has Made Farming Pay.


The public sale held at the
Pennecard place near Greencreek
Tuesday was quite we'll attended
and everything sold at very good
prices considering the number of
sales that have been held in this
section the past few weeks.
One Of the 2-year old colts sold
for $3.50 and others brought from
$1S5 up. The bluestem wheat
was purchased by w. /. Long, Of
Steunenberg, for ST. Oh a bushel
and the seed barley brought
$1.35 a hundred. The sale
brought Mr.. Pennecard about
$1,000. When it is considered
that he came here with practical
ly nothing a few years ago and
now owns 100 acres of land north
Of Ito, besides having consider
able money on hand previous to
the holding of his sale, and has
farmed Indian land all of the
time at a high rental, it must be
conceded that farming on Camas
Prairie certainly pays well. At
least Mr.. Pennecard thinks so,
and there are few who can dis
pute the question with him.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1910-03-11
VOTE tied
ON MARSHAL
Village Board May Also Pass
Occupation Tax Ordinance
to Raise Funds.

The village board met in regu-
lar session Monday evening and
allowed the usual number of cur
rent expense bills.
j. v. Baker, who has acted as
village marshal for the past sew
eral years, rendered his resigna-
ton, which was accepted and a
vote was then taken to determine
who should be his successor.
The vote tied, two to two, on Fet
Rhoades and James Barrett, and
a decision will probably not be
reached until trustee N. G. Bart
lett returns, from the east. In
the meantime Charlie Crawford
is acting as temporary marshal.
After some other matters were
considered the board adjourned
until next Tuesday evening, at
which time the passage Of a vii
.lage occupation tax ordinance
will be considered. This step
has become necessary because of
the loss of the saloon license
money owing to the local option
election held in this county last
summer, Heretofore this license
money has gone a long way in
defraying the general expenses
Of the village government and
its loss means that funds for this
purpose must be raised in an
other manner.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1910-03-11
Inspected Horses Here.

DIR. F. L. La Baw, government
stock inspector, came up from
Lewiston the first of the week
and inspected a number of horses
at this place prior to their being
shipped across the Canadian bor-
der into Alberta. The horses
were the property of Fred Mer-
tes, Frank Patterson, Roy East
man, Conrad Bosse and Henry
.Lueken. The horses will be
shipped to Canada early next
week, together with several car
loads of goods belonging to their
owners, who have all taken
claims in the kings domain.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1910-03-11
Big Steel Bridge Still Stands.

During the flood conditions
throughout the lower country
last week all kinds Of wild ru-
mors were set afioat and among
them was one to the effect that
the big steel bridge across Law
yer canyon north of this place
had been washed out by high
water. AS this bridge is known
all over the Northwest as being
the highest railroad bridge on
the Northern Pacific system, if
not in the world, the report
created widespread interest.
The report probably started from
the fact that a wooden bridge on
the Clearwater line across Law
yer canyon near Kamiah was
washed away.
AS to the big steel bridge it
still stands there, firm as the
hills around it, and will stand
for many years to come. In fact,
not a single bridge on the prairie
line was washed out by high
water, the only damage occur
ring from small rock slides on
the Culdesac hill. The prairie
road was the only one in central
Idaho or eastern Washington
that was not tied up on account
of flood conditions, for which
fact we are duly grateful.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1910-03-11
NEz PERCE co.
GOES DRY
R;o wet" Vote in Lewiston
Could not Overcome Outside
Maiorities---" "Drys'' Even Voted
Indians

AS had been freely predicted,
the local option forces won out in
Nez Perce county Wednesday by
majority Of 844 votes. The
city of Lewiston voted wet" by
majority of 597 but the dry"
vote in the county outside of that
city was 1241 and proved too
much for the ''wet" majority of
the county seat town. So
earnest were the local option
people in their endeavor to carry
the county into the dry column
that they even registered and
voted nearly a hundred Indians
at different points on the reser-
walton.
AS has been stated before, the
vote was the result mostly Of a
desire to place Lewiston on the
same level as the reservation
country, which has always been
dry. rather than for general
prohibition reasons.
That the election will be con-
tested is practically certain, ow-
ing to Irregularities in the ballots
used in the election. The ballots
were printed by the Lewiston
Printing & Binding Co. and were
numbered the same as the ballot
stubs, which makes it possible to
determine how each voter voted.
This is clearly against the intent
of the election law and it is
doubtful if the election would
stand a minute when taken into
court.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1910-03-11
Coyote Attacks A Child.

The first incident known in
this section wherein a coyote at
tackled a human occurred in the
Rimrock section yesterday. The
seven-year-old son Of John Trou-
man was playing near an old
barn where his father was load
ing hay when a coyote appeared
from the canyon and attacked
the lad. The animal evidently
attempted to cut his victims
throat as On the first attack the
boys lips and chin were pierced
by the animals sharp fangs. The
little fellow was knocked to the
ground and before he could rise
the coyote was upon him, biting
him through the ribs. The child
screamed at the first attack and
his father succeeded in driving
the coyote away before serious
injury was inflicted. The recent
storm has deprived the coyotes
of their usual food supply and
they have become very bold at
all points in the country, fire.
quentIy entering chicken yards
at the farms in the daylight
when men are working on the
premises. Genesee News.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1910-03-11
Record Price For Land.

The record price paid for farm
land on this side of the prairie
was reached last week when Jo-
Seph Schmidt purchased the Ed
mund Sonnen farm of 156 acres
at Greencreek for SIS an acre.
The farm is one Of the best in
that section and the price paid
for it is by no means exorbitant.
The land is quite level and lies
close to the postohice, church
and store. Mr.. Schmidt is one
OF the substantial farmers of the
Greencreek country and owned
about 300 acres of land before
this purchase, which now makes
him the possessor of nearly a
thousand acres of the richest
farm land on Camas Prairie.
Anton Tackle, who came to this
place recently from Iowa with
mis- uncle, B. Tacke, closed a deal
this week for the purchase Of
the Dehetre farm near Ferdi-
nand, paying $4,000 for it, or
$O7,5O an acre. The farm was
recently purchased by George
harman. and sold by him to his
brother, Ben, and by the latter
to Mr.. Tackle.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1910-03-11
GOOD MONEY
IN CREAM
Big Farmer Says Dairying Is
One of His Best Sources
of Farm Revenue.

August Won Bargen, one of
Idaho county's most prosperous
farmers, was trading in the city
Monday from his farm out on
the prairie and, when questioned
by a CHRONICLE reporter, stated
that dairying was undoubtedly
one of the best paying items on
the farm when properly handled.
During the past year Mr.. Won
Bargen has sold more than $1,000
worth of cream at the local sta
ton and has MIXED only from
ten to twelve cows most Of this
time. His highest check for d
single month was $135 and this
was received last October. Be-
sides the sale of cream other
items to be considered are the
calves raised each year, and the
skim milk, which is a large item
in the daily ration of the hogs
raised on the farm.
While dairying means no small
amount of work, it pays well
when properly handled and goes
a long way to swell the yearly
profits of the farm.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1910-03-11
Were Fine Cattle.


Frank Simon this week bought
TWO fine beef animals from Geo.
challenger, residing east of
0own, paying for them what was
probably the highest price ever
paid here for beef cattle. The
ANIMALS were a four-year old
steer and a two-year old heifer
and the former brought $1O5 and
sne latter $50. Such prices sure
y go to show that there is good
money in beef cattle when they
are properly handled.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1910-03-11

RAIDER & Westensee bought
four hogs Of John Krier this
week which weighed over a ton.
That weight for one lot Of four
hogs is an exceptional one for
this country, and possibly equals
any record which had been made
heretofore. Genesee News.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1910-03-11

Johnnie Baer, the local stock
buyer, shipped out three cars of
hogs from this point yesterday
and a car Of cattle this morning
and will ship another car Of cattle
and one of hogs from here to-
morrow. Ed. Knorr will also
ship several cars of hogs from
here tomorrow. The price of
hogs raised yesterday to 8 cents
a pound, which is the highest
price ever offered for hogs in this
county. Most of the farmers
who have any hogs fit to market
are disposing of them at this
figure.
Mrs. H. G. Matthiesen was
treated to a pleasant little sur
prise last Monday afternoon, it
beng her birthday anniversary,
when a number of her neighbors
came in on her Unexpectedly and
proceeded to spend the afternoon
with her, amusing themselves at
social games and visiting as
neighbors can. The affair was
planned by Miss Anna Matthie-
sen and at 4 o'clock they all went
over to the Jacob Matthiesen
residence. where dainty refresh
ments were served. Those pres
ent were, MesdAmes Riley Rice,
Ollie Rhett, A. j.. Barth, Fred
Moberg, Geo. M. Robertson, Ag-
mes Buettner and Jacob Matthie-
sen and Miss Anna Matthiesen.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1910-03-11

W. H. Beasley, residing on
tbe mountain northwest of town,
butchered a hog last week that
dressed 527 pounds. He could
n NOT weigh the animal on his 600
no,1nd non scales but judged it at
pbo,it ESQ pounds live weight.
At the present price of 8 cents
the r. HOG would have brought him
S5o. 20 had he sold it.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1910-03-11

A bouncing 8-pound daughter
" was born yesterday afternoon to
~ MI. and Mrs. E. ]. Terhaar at
.ne Klapprich home west of
SOwn. y All are doing nicely and
AO,' who is at Cotton, Wash, at
present will be the most surpris-
= papa in the land when he
'sarns of the new arrival.