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The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-03-23

stock Of the corporation and body pol
tic, have voted in favor of the propose
increase or decrease OF stock, a certT
cate of rhe proceedings shall be mad
showing a compliance with the provis
ions of this article; the amount of tn
capital stock of the corporation at tn
time said vote was taken and the mum
Der of holders thereof, the. amount an
number of shares to which it was pro
posed and agreed to be increased or de
creased, the amount and number 0
shares whose holders have voted il
favor of said change, the amount ant
number of shares whose holders have
voted against said change, and tht
whole amount of the debts and liabili
ties of said corporation and body poll,
tic, the said certificate shall be signed by
the chairman and secretary of said
meeting of stockholders, and shall be
verified by their afidavits, and shall be
filed in the Office of the secretary OF
State, and when said certificates is so
filed, the capital stock of said corpora
ton and body polite shall be increased
or decreased as herein set forth. e..
ARTICLE VII.
No stakeholder of this corporation
and body polite shall Fever be held liza
bic or responsible for the contracts or
faults thereof in any further sum than
the unpaid BALANCE due the company on
the shares of stock subscribed for or
owned by him, nor shall any informally
in organization have the effect of rem
dering this charter null, or of exposing
a stakeholder to any liability, beyond
the unpaid balance, if any, of his stock.
This done and passed at my notarial
Office in the City of Shreveport, Par
ish of Caddo, State OF Louisiana, on
this 24th day of February in the year
1911, in the presence of Isadore Hol-
land and H. G. Shut, competent wit
nesses, of lawful age, and residents of
this city and parish, who hereunto sign
their names, together with said parties,
and me, notary, after due reading of the
whole
JAMES P. FINEGAN.
H. L. HEILPERIN.
L. E ETCHISON.
IKE MUSLOW.
tn
T. H. c. BREWSTER,
by Mrs. w Shropshire
NJ A. STANTON.
Attest
ISADORE HOLLAND
H.! G.. SHUT.
HUGH c. FISHER,
Notary Public in and for the Parish of
Caddo, State of Louisiana.
Endorsed: Filed and recorded Febru-
Try ID, 1911. S. o. WILLIAMS, |
Deputy Clerk and ex-Officio Deputy Re-
corder.
State of Louisiana, Parish of Caddo
hereby certify that the above and fore
soing is a true and correct copy of the
original act as the same now appears on
lie and of record in my office. Given
inder my hand and seal of office this
18th day Of February 1911.
S, O. WILLIAMS,
Deputy Clerk and ex-Offcio Deputy Re-
corder. 2-26-II.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-03-23
CHARTER
OF THE FINEGAN IRON WORKS
COMPANY.

United States of America, State of
louisiana, Parish Of Caddo, City Of
Shreveport: Be it known that on this
date before me, Hugh C. Fisher, no
tary public in and for the above named
Parish and State, duly commissioned
and qualified, personally came and ap-
peared the parties whose names are
hereto subscribed, all of full age, who
declared that, availing themselves of
the provisions of the laws Of this State
relative to corporations, they have cove
nanted and agreed, and by these pres
ents covenant and agree, and bind them
selves, as we'll as such other persons as
may hereafter become associated with
them, to form and constitute corpora
ton and body polite in law, for the
purposes and objects, and under the
stipulations, articles and. conditions fol-
lowing, to-Wit:
ARTICLE /.
The name and title of the said cor
poration and body polite shall be
"FINEGAN IRON WORKS COM
PANY," and its donicile is hereby es-
tablished in theyTown of Oil City, Par
ish of Caddo, State of Louisiana; and
by its said corporate name shall have
and enjoy succession, exist and con-
tinue, unless sooner dissolved in &C
cordance with its charter, as hereinafter
set forth, for the period of ninety-nine
hereof, and in its said corporate name
shall have power and authority to con-
tract, sue and be sued; to make and use
corporate seal, and the same to break
and alter at pleasure; to hold, receive,
have, purchase, improve, ALLEVIATE, con-
vey, sell, borrow, pledge, mortgage and
porate name, property, real, personal
and mixed, irnmovable and movable,
corporeal and incorporeal, tangible and
intangible to name and appoint such
managers, directors, officers, agents and
employees as the interest and conven-
fence of said corporation and body poll
tic may require; to make and establish
such bylaws, rules and regulations for
the proper management and regulation
of the affairs of said corporation and
body polite as may sbe deemed neces-
sary and proper, and the same to change
and alter at pleasure; and to do all
other acts and things permitted by law,
or as shall or may be necessary and
proper to carry out the objects and pur
poses of said corporation and body pol
tic
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-03-23
ARTICLE III.

The capital took of the said corpora
ton and body polite shall be ten thous-
and ($ro,ooooo) dollars, divided into
and represented by one hundred (Ioo)
shares of the sum Of one hundred dol
lars $4,000 each, which said stock
shall be paid for in cash at the time Of
subscription, or the same may be issued
at not less than par in payment or ex-
change for property or rights actually
received or purchased by said corpora
ton and body polite or the same may be
issued, fully paid, for money advanced
and for such other valuable considera-
tons or services as the board of direc-
tors Of said corporation and body polite
may determine, provided that no stock
shall be issued until consideration
therefor has been received by said cor
poration and body polite. Any stock
holder may sell, assign or transfer his
stock in this corporation and body poll
tic, provided thirty (3o) days previous
notice of such intention TO sell, assign
OF transfer the same be given the COM
pany, in writing, and the other stock
holders thereof shall have the first priv
ilege to purchase same after which tl1ir
ty (3o) days notice, the date of service
and the date of expiration not counted,
the said stock may be sold in the open
market. The stock of said corporation
may be transferred under the above con-
ditions, provided such transfer thereof
be made on the bookos Of said company
at its office in the Town of Oil City,
Parish of Caddo, State of Louisiana, its
domieile, and on surrender of the GER
tifcate thereof No transfer of any
fractional part of a share shall be made
This corporation shall commence doing
business as soon as ten thousand dol
lars ($roooooo) the capital stock there
of. shall have been subscribed for.
ARTICLE ".
The corporate powers of this company
shall be vested in and exercised by a
board OF FIVE (5J directors consisting
of the president, vice president, secre-
tary-treasurer and two stockholders.
Three Of said board shall constitute a
quorum for the transaction Of business
and their decisions shall be valid cor
porate acts. The following persons
shall constitute the first board of diree-
tors James P Finegan. Isaac Muslow,
Louis II. Heilperin, H. G. Brewster and
Wheeler Shropshire, and the first of
fcers Of said corporation and body poll
tic shall be as follows James P. Fin
egan. president Isaac Muslow, vice
president; and Louis e Heilperin, Sec
rstary treasurer, who shall hold their
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-03-23

respective offices ut1tIl Their successor
are duly chosen and elected as herein
after set forth No person shall b.
eligible as director or an officer who /
not stakeholder Of this company. Dur
ing the absence of the president the vic,
president shall act and preside. Salt
board shall continue in office until til,
Tst day of January in the year 1912, OF
which date and thereafter annually, tn,
board of directors shall be elected OF
the Ist day of January of each year, un
less the same should be a legal holi.
day, when the election shall be held or
the next legal day thereafter. Notice
of such election shall be given by a
least ten (Io) days continuous publica
ton Immediately preceding each cleo,
ton, in one of the daily English news
papers of said corporations domicile
ard the board of directors shall appoint
one or more stockholders to preside at
such election as commissioners. In the
event of the fai1ure of any commits
sioner or commissioners to attend, the
president shall, by appointment, fill the
vacancy. Any failure from any cause
whatever to elect directors the day
named for that purpose shall not dis
solve the corporation and body polite,
but the directors then in office, as we'll
as the officers of said company, shall
hold over until their successors are
chosen. In such event the president
shall cause another election to be held
within thirty (3o) days, and shall give
notice thereof as hereinbefore provided.
At every election and meeting each
stockholder shall be entitled to one vote
for each share Of stock registered in his
name, and may vote by proxy. The cleo
ton of directors shall be by ballot, and
the majority in amount of votes cast,
each share of stock voted upon to be
counted for one vote, shall elect the ner-
son or persons for whom they have been,
cast. After each election the board of
directors shall elect from their own
number the officers of said company.
The board of directors shall have full
power to fill vacancies in their number
caused by death, resignation or other
wise, from among the stockholders of
the corporation and body polite. The
said board shall have full control of the
property of this company, and shall so
conduct. manage and use the same as in
their discretion they deem fit, and that
is consistent with the objects of this
company, or the welfare of the same.
The said board is further authorized to
frame and adopt such by-lwas, rules and
as the affairs and business
of the corporation and body polite may
require, and as it may deem necessary
for the conducting and management
provided the same shall not
conflict with this charter, or with the
laws of the State, or of the United
States. The said board shall elect or
appoint such officers, agents, employees,
servants and clerks as it may deem
for the conducting of the
business of the corporation and body
polite; FIX their compensation, term of
service, with the right to dismiss them
at said boards pleasure; and said board
shall have the right to fix and determine
the salaries of the several officers here
in provided for.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-03-23
ARTICLE V.

This charter may be changed, modi-
fed or amended, the increase or de-
crease of the capital stock excepted, or
this corporation and body polite may BE-
dissolved, at a general meeting of the
stockholders convened for that purpose,
with the assent of three-fourths of the
entire capital stock, whether present or
represented at such meeting. Ten days
prior notice of such meeting shall be
given in any daily English newspaper
published at the domicile of said corpor-
alton and body polite In case of dis
solution or termination of this corpora
ton and body polite either by limitation
Of its charter or from any cause, the
liquidation of its affairs shall be con-
Quoted by three commissioners selected
from the stockholders, with like assent,
and at a meeting called for that pur
pose, as above set forth in this article.
Said commissioners shall remain in Of
fee until the affairs of said corporation
and body polite shall have been fully
liquidated. In case Of the death of one
or more of said commissioners, the sur
viyers or survivor shall continue to act.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-03-23
ARTICLE VI.

The capital stock of this corporation
and body polite shall be increased or
decreased to any amount deemed sufi-
cient in the following manner, to-wit;
The directors thereof shall publish no
tice for thirty (3o) days preceding the
time fixed for such meeting, in any
daily English newspaper published at
the domici1e of said corporation and
body polite that a meeting of the stock
holders win be held at the Office of the
corporation and body polite for the
purpose Of increasing Or decreasing the
capital stock and for the purpose of de-
Gliding upon such an increase or de-
crease, and shall also deposit written
or printed copy OF such notice in the
postof1ce, prepaid, addressed to each
stakeholder at his usual place of resi-
denee, at least forty days before the day
fixed for such meeting. That at the time
and place OF meeting, fixed and appoint
ed as aforesaid, the stockholders being
present either in person or by proxy,
holding large amount not less than
two-thirds value of the stock, the meet
ing shall be organized by the election
of one Of the stockholders as chairman
thereof and another stoekholder as sec
rotary. vote shall then be taken upon
The proposed increase or decrease of the
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stock 81 shs sorperation and body pol
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-03-23
ARTICLE II.

The domicile of this corporation shall
be IN Shreveport, Caddo Parish, Louis
lana, and all citations and other legal
process shall be served on the president
of the corporation, or, in his absence,
on the vice president.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-03-23
ARTICLE VII.

No stakeholder shall ever be liable
for the contracts or faults of this cor
poration in any further sum than the
unpaid balance due to the company on
shares of stock subscribed for, nor shall
any possible illegality or informally in
organization have the effect of render
ing this charter null or exposing a
stakeholder TO any liability beyond the
amount Of his stock due by him as
aforesaid All sales or transfers of stock
to be valid must first be made on the
books Of this company, and no sale OF
stock to an outsider shall be valid unless
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-03-23

JAMES P. FINEGAN.
H. L. HEILPERIN.
L. f. ETCHISON.
IKE MUSLOW.
WHEELER SHROPSHIRE.
H. c. BREWSTER,
by Mrs. w. Shropshire.
NJ, A. STANTON.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1911-03-22
Smell TER PLANT FOR
kITT|TAS COUNTY
Milwaukee Road Will Build q
Branch Line Into the Blewett
Section

MILWAUKEE,, March 2O.-The
Milwaukee railroad will build a
branch from it's main line in Kit
titas county into the iron deposits of
the Washington Steel & Iron COM
pany in the Blewett section, and as a
consequence it is definitely stated
that the company, which for the past
year has been expecting to build a
smelter either at Leavenworth or
Dryden, has given UP its plans along
that line and undoubtedly will build
the smelter some place on the line Of
the Milwaukee.
F. M. Scheble received letter this
morning from the officers of the COM
pany, stating that they did not care
to treat any further for land at Dry
den for a smelter site. A Milwaukee
man was in the city this week and
gave out the information as to the
tapping of the ore deposits by the
Milwaukee, It is stated that 1t is as
near to reach it from the Kittitas
county side as from the Chelan, and
the Milwaukee people have given the
company inducements to locate on
that side Of the mountains.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1911-03-22
Twentieth Century Club

Twentieth Century club women met
in bi-monthly literary session yester-
day afternoon at the home of Mrs.
J. D. Stoor of Summit View avenue,
Mob hill. Responses to roll call items
relating to "Noted Pictures" opened
the program Of excellent papers which
were heard with interest including
sketches of Madame Leonardo Da
Vince" "The Lords Supper" "Mona
Lisa" by Mrs. j. l.. Hughes; paper,
Raphael and His Masterpieces" Mrs.
]. d. Stoor; Michael Angelo" and "Sist-
inc Chapel" Mrs. A. E. Larson; "The
Greek People of Today" Mrs. Fl. j.
Rand; Homer and the Epics," Mrs.
F. c. Whitney. The club adjourned to
meet for the regular afternoon, Tues
day. April 4. with Mrs. w. H. Red
man, IL South Naches avenue. Tues
day afternoon, March rs, the club will
receive informally at the home of
Mrs. w. L. Jones. 100 South Naches
avenue, in honor of the Woman's,
Portia, Coterie and Musical club men,
bers. The affair will be in the ma
ture of progressive entertainment"
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1911-03-22

fused to discharge him and Burdette
continued as registry clerk.
Burdette was working to get money
to study for the ministry. A few years
after the money was missed he left
the postoffice and went to Brown uni
versity, then to Newton academy, and
when he was ordained as a minister
was assigned as missionary at Asam.
India. He now has pastorate at
Springfield, Mass. All this time he
prayed that in some way the mystery
of the missing money might be cleared
up for his own vindication.
Into the repair shop at San Fran
cisco a few days ago an old battered
sack was sent to be patched 1t was a
veteran, and to repair it meant prac
tically to make a new sack The first
man to inspect the sack decided It
needed new bottom and. WIFI ..
knife, he ripped the leather bottom off.
Then he saw above it a big manila
envelope, caught by a corner, which
served practically as a false bottom
He opened the envelope and found it
to contain the twelve Comstock let.
tiers and the missing $500, which had
been wandering about the country for
thirty years. When the finding of the
money was reported to the Peoria
postofffce friends telegraphed to MI !
Burdette that the cloud hanging over
him so long had been dispelled
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1911-03-22

Unclaimed 1sla msst,,a letters in the North
ass Nm Miss Lie MIX SON. MI.
Mrs. Fred; Borden, Renzo; Bringe.
Martin; Cain, Miss Mae; Cartmel, Mrs.
Chandler, Miss Stella; Chila, j.; Christ.
Richard; Cockrill. Miss Edith; Coburn,
Robert; Conlon, Charles E.; Cowan, ].
R.; Crater. Miss Eva; Crompton. Mrs.
b. e, L.; Daniels c. W; Ocean. omer B.;
mick, r.; Doughty, Miss Phoeba; Du-
rail-, Mrs. Clyde; Fear, Edgar; Fisher.
Goron; Fogelquist, Fridolf; Frater,
Mrs. Mrs; Emma ensael Fukiaye, T.; Gsngan.
Fred G.. Halcomb, Mrs. L. j.; Halcomb.
Miss M. B.; Hall, Miss Edna; Hall,
Miss Isabel; Hamberg, Chas. B.; Ham
ilton. p. L.; Hamilton, Miss Lenora;
Carrie: Hubbard, w. B.; Hutchinson,
Clifford; Jameson, Mrs. Brock; Jen-
son, Sam; Jennings, Fectore; Jennings,
son. Mrs: A.; Johnston, Bert; johnson.
Bert; Johnson L. Brennan; Kaufman,
NJ. c.; Kingsley, Miss Mary; Kirkpat-
rick, Mrs: Emma ;Lamdin. H. s.; Lau.
Lloyd, Arthur; Loudon, Mrs VIM;
Love. L. NJ; Lusk, Tom; McAlpin, DR..
X. NJ; Mcdonald, Ben; Mabry, c. W.;
Macloud, Mrs. ennie; Manager Union
Ditch Co.; Manningham, Frank; Man
thy, F. P; Mather, M. E.; Meker, c. R.;
Miller Mute j.: Morris, Mrs. Carrie;
Mullen. Miss Mary; Mullen, William;
Sigfried; Nicholson, J. E.; Noble, J.
u; oliver, ]. O.; Parker, Charles; Pat
terson, Mrs. F. f.; Patterson. Roy;
Paul.on. W. F.; Perry. Ed; Philbrook,
Julia; uigley, Mrs. Mary; Rensselaer,.
Nellie; Ricketts,. J. W.; Rodman, Dare;
Salisbury. Miss Winnie; Samuel j.; San
born. Jesse; Sewer. J. X. r.; schatfner.
Andrew R.; Sherman, Mrs. Minnie;
Shine. s. H.: Simpson,Leo; Smith, Mrs.
Carl: Stone, Mrs. Dagmar; Slower, I. B.;
Swean. Miss Leah: Tahara. T. T.; later,
Miss Gladys; Tellisch, Ethel; Teo. Fin.
W.; Thornton, o. G.; Tryon, Glen;
Tsebir Mrs. Louise: Vance, Mrs. Bes-
sic: warel A: o.; West Side Printery;
Wilcox. Mrs. Grace G.: Williamson, Mr.,
Real estate firm; Wilson, Mrs. Zoe;
Mrs Lyle; Wilson, Miss Mabel;
wiseman. Calvert; Wood Miss E. NJ;
Wvman, W. TT.
One cent due on each letter adver-
tsed. Kindly mention advertised list.
w. L. LEMON, P. M.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1911-03-22
IS CLEARED
AFTER THIRTY YEARS

WENATCHEE, March 21.-The
brother of a Wenatchee woman. Mrs.
Greenman, has been cleared of an
odium which has rested like a pail
over his life for nearly third of a
century. Rev. Charles Burdette.
brother of Mrs. Greenman and of the
famous humorist. Bob" Burdette. has
received vindication after suffering for
thirty years under an accusation of
stealing $500, which disappeared
from registered package while he
was registry clerk in the postoffice at
Peoria, Ill.
The disappearance of the money
has been a cloud on Burdette's life in
his home town and has turned many
of his friends against him all these
years.
The money had been put in twelve
registered letters by the late John
Comstock. The evidence was all
against young Burdette, and after the
first investigation Comstock demand
ed that General d. w. Magee, then
postmaster at Peoria, who died last
year. discharge the registry clerk.
Upheld by Postmaster.
Comstock carried the matter to
and an inspector came
down from Chicago to make a full re-
port. He recommended that Burdette
be discharged, but the postmaster re-
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1911-03-22
Webber-Alderson Wedding

A pretty wedding of interest was
quietly solemnized yesterday after
noon, at 8 o'clock, uniting Miss Adele
Weber and Mr.. Samuel e. Anderson
in marriage. The service was read
at the First Methodist church parson-
age, Dr. w. H. Selleck, pastor of the
church, officiating. The bride was
attractive in a tailored travelling suit
of dark blue with hat and gloves en-
suite. Mr.. and Mrs. Anderson left
the same afternoon for a wedding
trip on the Sound and will be at
home to friends after April 10, at their
suburban residence on Franklin ave-
nue.. Fruitvale. The bride is a grad
uate nurse from the N. P. hospital
at Brainard, Mimi, and during her
brief visit, with her parents, in Fruit
vale, she has made many friends.
The groom has resided in the Yakima
valley for the past 23 years and has
a host of friends who wish them hap
piness and unite in extending con-
gratulations.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1911-03-22
The Selling Agency

The newspapers all over the coast
are endorsing the general selling
agency for fruit, emphasizing the ne
cessity of the growers getting to-
gether. The Seattle Times thus COM
ments on the movement:
ITO handle the 100000 fruit
crop of the northwest through one
central selling agency looks like a
big proposition. but in this day Of or
ganization nothing seems too large
for modern business to attempt.
1.-The proposal is not without merit,
in view of the fact that the growers,
who are back Of the movement, de-
clare that their purpose is not to at
tempt to control the market imprOp-
erly or illegally by such combina-
ton.
This attempt to line up the pro-
ducers of Washington, Oregon, Ida
no and Montana is along the lines
recommended by James Wilson, Sec
rotary of the department of agricul-
ture.
"The fundamental idea back of it
is to establish a system of distribu-
ton that will eliminate unnatural ana
disastrous competition among the
various northwest fruit districts,
whose interests are identical.
Than agriculture there is no more
solid industry in the northwest. The
dainty But for the farmer or fruit
grower to be prosperous requires that
he get an adequate return for his
crop.
Under present conditions he is
never sure of this, because there are
certain speculative features in con-
nection with the machinery of dis
tribution now operative that always
make the money-getting end of soil
culture an uncertainty
ITO overcome these unstable and
huctuating conditions is the purpose
of the central selling agency. Prop
erly organized and managed, it can
become a great force for good, to the
dealer as well as to the consumer.
THUS far the pettiness of most
producers themselves has been the
chief obstacle to the success of any
such large cooperative endeavor. 1t
will require the sinking of minor diff
ferences to achieve the larger benefits.
What the fruit growers need most
at this time is some definite know
they must set out to adjust the con-
ditions to the market. 1t will simply
be a matter of making the supply
conform to the demand.
There have been some who fear