Arizona republican., 1912-03-15
NEW OCTOPUS
 GRIPS STATE
John Reaves, A. G. Dulmage and Leroy Civille Incor- porate "State Publishing Company" for Purpose of Scientific Investigation

Sound the tocsion. call out the fire | department, and assemble the trust | busters. for the horrii tentacles of an- l other octopus" are about to warp | themselves abou. the fair form of the 1 state of AriZOna.
 The blow fell yesterday when three local magnates fiIol articles of incor- pOratiou for the lates; corporation in restraint of trade" at the office of the county recorder.
 Just whose trade is to be restrained l or how extensively the said ;entacles will grip are matters which only the inscrutable future will divulge. but well may the state and the people thereof tremble in premonition of what lies before
 The culprits are John A Reaves, A c. Dulmage and Leroy II. Civille. pres idcnt nt-treasurer. vice president and secretary respectively. NOc danger ous sounding trio. but just look a. what they have went and did"
 The new octopus is caIad the State Puhlishin" Company. 1u; the articles give scant space to the curriculum of such business dismissing it with the curt announcement that the State Publishing Company Is authorizcl to do a general printing and publishing business
 Aside from carrying the usual claus- es which permit general mining. and ore smciting career. the development of oil wells. and the ilcubatinS of coal mines together with everything else q corporation is most unlikely to do. the articles leave the beaten track and ti.t octopusers cause il to be known that they are here for the purpose of deal ing in the natural and manufactured products of the state of Arizona" which will include everything from natural sila monsters to manufactured hair tonic.
 When the natural ana manufactur- ed" products run out the State Pub fishing Company may turn it's at tention 10 the operation of experi- mental fame, and the pursuit of sci cntifiC exploration. and to prosecute the same by excavation or otherwise"
 The sight of Reaves. Dulmage and Civille digging up buried cities must certainly be immOrtalized in moving picture, and Illustrated song A seem ly title for the song might he They were buried when We found them. but look at the darnel things now"
 If the excavating "or otherwise" is not good the State Publishing Com pany is by no means at the end of in- corpOrateI resources for it may then go to buying and selling real estate constructing hotels. lodging houses clubs. rOOming houses etc" In the light of the accomplishments of this new company that and so forth" may be fraught with meanings yet unsus- Iected.
 As a side issue :he charter provides for the putting on of lectures. oper- atic exhibitions; the conduct of pie ture shows, theaterS. operas and the general show business"
 The first time Leroy Civille appears as an opcra,ic impressario or Archi- bald Dulmage leads a 'movy' cross stage. or ReaveS corrals a lectureer the State Publishing Company is going to be justified if it never lays an em of type, or mclts q slug of metal
 In private life. the president of the new octopus destined to secure within its gaping cOffers ail of the available | funds not controlled by Andy Carne- | gie. edits the Arizona Magazine: Dul- | mage spends his time wondering why l advertisers prefer The Republican 10 | the Gazette. while Civille's corner | stone tO fame rests upon his presi 1 dcncy of the Young Mems Phoenix | Club.
 The corporation is capitalized at $30.OOO
 They're off.