The copper era and Morenci leader., 1912-10-11

and Edw. B. Field, Jr., Philip Hamlin and J. E. Macdonald as the three F stockholders of The Tri-State Tele- phone and Telegraph Company to sign | and acknowledge the certificate of in. corporation for said consolidated com pany, prepared and approved by said directors; and
 WHEREAS, by the terms of said | written proposition and agreement of consolidation approved as aforesaid by the stockholders of said compan- ies, the consolidated company is to be known as The Mountain, States Tele- phone and Telegraph Company, NOW THEREFORE,;
 We, E. B. Field, E. M. Burgess, Rod erick Reid, Edw. B. Field, IT,, Philip Hamlin and J. E. Macdonald, all of the city and county of Denver and state of Colorado, do, pursuant to the statutes in such cases made and pro- vided, and in accordance with the ac- tion taken by the directors and stock holders of The Colorado Telephone Company and The TrtState Tele- phone and Telegraph Company, and the action of the directors at the joint meeting as aforesaid, do hereby make
 and execute in CENTUPLICATE this
 certificate in writing of our intention
 to become and to organize body cor
 porate, as by said laws provided; and
 F we do further certify:
 The corporate name and style ot
 our. said. corporation shall be, THE
 MOUNTAIN STATES TELEPHONE l AND. TELEGRAPH COMPANY. The. objects and. purposes for, which j said. company is incorporated are: l. CD To carry on a general -tele-
 phone business, general telegraph EbusineSs, a general: messenger Dnsl- sl ness, and any business involving the
 transmission of intelligence by eiec- Il tricity, in the, state of Colorado, and; In any. other state or territory or colony
 of the United States, or of any foregn country and particularly in the states
 of Utah, Wyoming, Idaho. and Mon tana, and in; the. territories of Arizona and. New Mexico.
 CD To construct, lease, purchase . by. deed, conveyance, assignment or ll otherwise acquire, and to establish, hold, own, maintain, operate, improve and extend, telephone and telegraph ' lines and, systems, and telephone. ex- :. changes, in the different cities and counties of the state of Colorado, and 1 in any other state or territory or col ony of the United States or of any } foreign country, and particularly in : the different cities and counties of the , states of; Utah, Wyoming,, Idaho; and - Montana, and in the territories of; Ari- !, zona, and New Mexico and to con ! struct, lease, purchase or: otherwise
 acquire, and to. establish. hold, own
 maintain and; operate, improve and ex
 tend, telephone and telegraph lines
 and systems between the different
 towns and cities. in. the state. or Col
 orado, and in any other state, or ter
 ritory or colony. of the United. States
 od TQr IT .1
 larly. in the. states. of Utah, Wyoming !, Idaho and; Montana. and the terr1tor
 ies of Arizona; and. New; Mexico, an.
 to collect, tolls and charges for ths s transmission of messages or conver
 sations along, on or oyer said lines o' s- systems.
 tl (3) To contract for, acquire. bA
 lease, purchase deed, conyeyances as
 signment or otherwise :. aud. to holl |, own. maintain operate, improve. ani , extend, the physical property, ex < changes, wires, poles, conduits, appar - atuss of, every kind or character, Dus' i, ness franchises and all other rlsnts
 whether accrued or. acquired under O
 granted by constitutional, leg1slatlv'
 or municipal enactment, or by gen
 eral; laws or otherwise, of telephon' = and teleeraph companies, wherever O
 hoWsoeyer organized, dom1clfed
 operated, now or hereafter. operatea
 located or domiciled in the state O Colorado, or, in any other state or itei l. ritory or colony of the United States IS or of any foreign country, and pal a. ticularly i'm the states of Utah, Wyon 't ing, Idaho and Montana and in tn O territories of. Arizona and New Mex co.
 r. (4) To acquire by lease, purchase 'l condemnation, grant, license, asslgI ',e ment or otherwise, rights Of way upoi - '. under, over, above, through or l 7. which to erect, construct, malntaiI - operate or hold, poles, wires, appars .ts tus and conduits for telephone an " telegraph wires, buildings and stru' , lures, located or to be located Ill tn " different cities and counties or th = state of Colorado, and in any otne is state or territory or colony Of tn S Ss limited States, or of any foreign coul si try. and particularly in the dine se ent cities and counties of the state SSss of Utah, Wyoming, Idaho and MO - tana, and in the territories or Al m .a zcna and New Mexico.
 nd (5) To apply for, obtain, hay he granted to it, hold, own, possess al ,r- enjoy, franchises and rights or eVel
 kind or description, of or from mun' ts. naIities. towns, cities or counties m the state of Colorado, and in any oth s,t state or territory or colony Of u rn United States, or of any foreign cou w. try, and particularly in the states " Utah, Wyoming, Idaho and Montar ct- and in the territories of Arizona al )n- New Mexlco 'aho Io aooep.'
 acquire, hold, own, possess and ri. joy all rights of whatsoever kl m- given, granted or confirmed to te A graph or telephone companies und lin the constitution, statutes or genel it's laws or the state oI ~ Noioi auo' a,o lGe any other SIdIo or IefTlIoiy oi NOA