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The Holbrook news., 1916-02-18
Big Cattle Deal Closed

Dr. R. N. Looney of this city yesterday purchased all the range rights and cattle of Charles Puntenney in the southern part of Coconino county, in which the consid- eration was about $30, Included in this deal was a large tract of patented land, with all improvements there on. This property is situat- ed close to the Yavapai line and with the grazing facili- ties and water advantages thereon, the buyer had a de- sirable proposition. The seller is a brother of Nelson Puntenney, and recently To- cated in that section of Co., conino county. = Journal Miner.
The Holbrook news., 1916-02-18
The Best Recommendation

The strongest recommendation any article may receive is favorable word from the user. It is the recommendations of those who have used it that makes Chamberlain's Cough Re medy so popular. Mrs. Amanda Gierhart. Waynesfield. Ohio. writes, ''Chamberlain's Cough Remedy has been used in my family off and on for twenty years and it has never failed to cure a cough or cold" Obtain able everywhere.
The Holbrook news., 1916-02-18
No. 4318.

No. 4318.
 c. F. CURRY, J. HoESCH Secretary of State. Deputy.
 STATE OF CALIFORNIA,
 DEPARTMENT OF STATE.
 I, c. F. Curry, Secretary of State of the State of California, do hereby certify that 1 have carefully compared the annexed copy of certificate of removal of principal place of business of Pacific Coast Oil Co.,, with the ......... original now on file in my office, and that the same is a cor rect transcript therefrom, and of the whole thereof. Also that this standardization is Tn due form and by the proper officer. Witness my hand and the Great Seal of State, at office in Sacramento, California, the 18th day of November, A. D., 1906.
 c. F. CURRY,
 Secretary of State. (SeaD By J. HOEsCH.
 Deputy.
The Holbrook news., 1916-02-18
STATE OF CALIFORNIA,
 CITY AND COUNTY
 OF SAN FRANCISCO.

The undersigned, Vice Presi- dent and Secretary of the Pacific Coast Oil Co.,, do hereby certify that on January 9th, 1903, the holders of more than two-thirds of all the capital stock of said Pacific Coast Oil Co.,, a corpora tion, organized and existing un- der the laws of the State of Cali fornia, and heretofore having It's principal place of business in the city and county of San Fran cisco, in said State, signed a written consent that the princi- pal place of business of said cor poration be changed from said city and county of San Francisco, to the office building of the cor poration at it's refinery works on the Potrero of San Pablo, in the county of Contra Costa, in the State of California, and request ed the Board of Directors of said corporation to order, direct and make such change upon the filing of said written consent, and the same was, on that day, filed in the office of said corporation;
 That upon the fling of said consent in the office of said cor poration as aforesaid, a resolu- ton was duly passed by it's Board of Directors for the removal of the principal place of business of said corporation pursuant to said request, which resolution is in the words and figures following:
 On motion of Director w. s. Miller, seconded by Director w. M. Hall, the following resolution was unanimously adopted:
 Whereas, it is the intention of this corporation to remove and change it's principal place of busl- ness from and after the first day of February, 1903. from the city and county of San Francisco, State of California, to that cer- tain building known as the office building of the corporation at it's refinery works on the Potrero of San Pablo, in the county of Con- tra Costa, State of California; and,
 Whereas. the consent in writ ing of the holders of more than two-thirds of the capital stock of this corporation to such proposed removal and change has been ob- tained and filed in the office of this corporation;
 Resolved, that the secretary of this corporation be and he is hereby directed to cause to be published notice of said intended removal and change at least once
The Holbrook news., 1916-02-18
Hopi Indian Dies at 90

F. c. Spencer, superinten- dent of the Curio and News Stand at the Grand Canyon, brought the body of an old Indian to Williams for inter ment, Monday. The Indian was one that used to be on exhibition at the Hopi House at the Canyon. He had just returned from San Francisco. He died at the age of ninety. News.
The Holbrook news., 1916-02-18

tary of State. the 4th day of Aug. A. D. 1906.
 c. F. CURRY,
 Secretary of State,
 By J. HOESCH.
 Deputy. Record book ........page.. .......... Filed Tn the office of the Terri torial Auditor of the Territory of Arizona. this l day of December, A. D. 1906, at 10:45 a. m., at re- quest of L. Cassidy, whose post office address is Phoenix. Ari- zona.
 JOHN H PAGE.
 Territorial Auditor.
The Holbrook news., 1916-02-18

On this ninth day of Septem- Der, in the year One Thousand Eight Hundred and Seventy nine, before me, Holland Smith, a Notary Public in and for said city and county, residing there in, duly commissioned and sworn, personally appeared C. N. Eel ton. George Loomis, Geo. M. Hedges, James Lawler, L. D. Fisk, known to me to be the per sons whose names are subscribed to the foregoing instrument, and they duly acknowledged to me that they executed the same.
 In Witness Whereof, 1 have hereunto set my hand and affix- ed my official seal, at my office. in said city and county the day and year last above written.
 (SeaD HOLLAND SMITH.
 Notary Public.
The Holbrook news., 1916-02-18

a week for three successive weeks in the San Francisco Journal of Commerce." a news paper published in the city and county of San Francisco. State of California, in which city and county the principal place of business of said corporation is now situated, said notice to be in the words and figures following, 1 to- wit:
 NOTICE OF INTENDED REMOVAL
 AND CHANGE OF PRINCIPAL
 PLACE OF BUSINESS OF THE
 PACIFIC coast OIL co.
 Notice is hereby given that on and after the first day of Feb ruary, 1903. the principal place of business of the Pacific Coast Oil Co.,. a corporation. created under the general laws of the State of California, will be re- moved and changed from the city and county of San Francisco. State of California, where said principal place of business is now situated, to that certain building known as the office building of the corporation at it's refinery works on the Potrero of San Pablo. in the county of Contra Costa, State of California, the consent thereto in writing of the holders of more than tWo-thlrds of the capital stock of said Paci- fic Coast Oil Co.,, having been obtained and filed in the office of said corporation.
 Dated San Francisco, January 9th, 1903.
 PACIFIC COAST OIL Co.,,
 By H. c. BREEDEN, Secretary.
 That pursuant to said resolu- tion a notice of the intended re- moval and change of the princi- pal place of business of said Pacific Coast Oil Co.,, to Contra Costa County, California. and the same designated in said re- solution, was published at least once a week for three successive weeks in the San Francisco Journal of Commerce." a news paper published Tn the said city and county of San Francisco. State of California: that the first publication thereof in said news paper was on January 9th, 1903, and the last or Januarv Roth. A D. 1903.
 That pursuant to said proceed ings, on, to-wit: February 10. 1903, the office and principal place of business of said corporation was formally moved to said office building of the company at it's re- finery on the Potrero of San Pablo, in Contra Costa County in said State. and a meeting of it's Board of Directors was held at said office Tn Contra Costa Coun- ty aforesaid on that day, and the principal place of business of said corporation. has, since said 10th day of February. 1903, been and still is in Contra Costa County as aforesaid:
 In Witness Whereof, and to the end that a proper record of said proceedings may be preserved, the Vice President and Secretary of said corporation have execut- ed this certificate, under the seal of said corporation, and as such Vicepresldent and Secretary this 20th day of February, A. D. 1903. (Seal of Corporation)
 D. G. SCOFIELD.
 Vice President.
 (SeaD H. c. BREEDEN.
 Secretary
The Holbrook news., 1916-02-18

How about electric fixtures for your home? Call on w. H. Clark; he has catalogs from which you can select. and will make delivered prices, cash with order. If.
The Holbrook news., 1916-02-18
Go. Clerk F.. No. 16 A. STATE OF CALIFORNIA, CITY AND COUNTY

" WI IA ANOs AO Az STATE OF CALIFORNIA, CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO. I, Albert B. Mahony. County Clerk of the city and county of San Francisco, State of Califor- mia. hereby certify the foregoing to be a full, true and correct copy of the original Certificate of Re moval of Principal Place of Busi- ness of Pacific Coast Oil Co.,, fil- ed in my office on the 18th day of February, A. D. 1903. Attest my hand and my official seal this 18th day of February, A. D. 1903.
 ALBERT B. MAHoNY, (Sea) County Clerk.
 By VIM. A. DIANE.
 Deputy County Clerk.
 (Endorsed.) Filed in the office of the Coun- ty Clerk of the city and county of San Francisco, State of Cali fornia, this 18th day of Febry, A. D. 1903.
 ALBERT B. MAHONY,
 County Clerk.
 By VIM. A. DIANE,
 Deputy Clerk.
 Endorsed.
 Certified Copy.
 13820.
 PACIFIC COAST OIL co. CERTIFICATE OF REMOVAL OF PRINCIPAL PLACE OF BUSINESS. Filed in the office Of the Secre- tarv of State the 18th day of Mar. A. D. 1905.
 C. F. CURRY,
 Secretary of State.
 By J. HOEsCH, Deputy. Record book. .. page. Filed in the office of the Terri torial Auditor of the Territory of Arizona, this 1 day of December,
The Holbrook news., 1916-02-18
c. F. CURRY. J. HOESCH, Secretary of State. Deputy.
 STATE OF CALIFORNIA

V. T. OURR1, J. 11OESCH, Secretary of State. Deputy. STATE OF CALIFORNIA,
 DEPARTMENT OF STATE,
 1, c. F. Curry, Secretary of State of the State of California, do hereby certify that I have carefully compared the annexed copy of Decree changing name of Pacific Coast Oil Go. to Stand ard Oil Co.,, with the original now on file in my office, and that the same is a correct transcript therefrom, and of the whole thereof. Also, that this authen- tication is in due form and by the proper officer.
 Witness my hand and the Great Seal of State, at office in Sacramento, California, the 18th day of November, A. D. 1906.
 c. F. CURRY,
 Secretary of State. (Seal) By J. HOESCH,
 Deputy.
The Holbrook news., 1916-02-18
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
 OF THE


 PACIFIC COAST OIL Co. Know all Men by These Presents: That we, the undersigned, have this day voluntarily asso- ciated ourselves together for the purpose of forming a corpora ton. under the laws of the State of California.
 And we hereby certify,
 First-That the name of said corporation is Pacific Coast Oil Go.
 Second That the purposes for which it is formed, are to ac- quire, sell, lease, develop and deal in oiI> lands and interests therein. to buy. sell, transport, produce, refine and deal in oils and petroleum and their products and other merchandise; to ac- quire. own and sell capital stock of other corporations, or inter ests therein, and to erect, lease and operate oil refineries and warehouses, and lay and main tain pipe lines, and to acquire all lands necessary for such refiner- ies, warehouses and pipe lines and other business of the com- pany.
 That the place where its principal business is to be transacted shall be the city and county of San Francisco, Callfor- mia.
 Fourth-That the term for which it is to exist is fifty years. from and after the date of it's in- corporation.
 Fifth-That the number of it's directors shall be five and that the names and residences of those who are appointed for the first year are:
 Names. Residences.
 City and County of
 San Francisco, CHARLES N. FELTON,, California L. D. FISK. Do. GEORGE LOOMS; Do. GEORGE M. HEDGES, Do. JAMES LAWLER, Do.
 SiXth-That the amount of the capital stock of this corporation shall be One Million Dollars. di- vided into One Hundred Thou sand Shares of the par value of Ten ($10.00) Dollars each.
 Seventh-That the amount of said capital stock which has been actually subscribed is One Mil lion Dollars, and the following are the names of the persons by whom the same has been sub- scriEed, to-wit:
The Holbrook news., 1916-02-18
State of California,

SS.: County of Contra Costa. I, J. E. Rodgers, County clerk of said county and ex-oficio clerk of the Superior Court therein, do hereby certify that the above and foregoing IS a full, true and correct copy of Order and decree in the Matter of the Petition of the Pacific Coast Oil Co. for a change of it's corporate name, filed in my office on the 23rd day of July, 1906, and now remain ing on file therein. Witness my hand and the seal of sad Court. this 23rd day of July, 1906.
 J. E. RODGERS. (SeaD Clerk.
 (Endorsed.)
 certified Copy.
 1925
 (No. 3,872.)
 Superior Court, State of California, County of Contra Costa. ) In the Matter of the Petition of the Pacific Coast Oil Go. for a change of it's corporate name. ORDER AND DEGREE.
 Department of State,
 California, Filed in the office of the Secre-
The Holbrook news., 1916-02-18

I. Thos. H. Reynolds. County Clerk of the city and county of San Francisco, State of Calfor- mia, and clerk of the County Court thereof, do hereby certify the foregoing to be full. true and correct copy of the original Certificate of Incorporation of the Pacific Coast Oil Company, filed in my office, on the 9th day of Sept. A. D. 1879.
 Witness my hand and the seal of said Court, this 9th day of Sept. A. D. 1879.
 THOS. H. REYNOLDS, (SeaD Clerk.
 By J. WHALEN.
 Deputy Clerk.
 Endorsed ]
 1925 ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
 OF THE
 PACIFIC COAST OIL Co.
 Certified Copy. Filed in the office of the Secre- tary of State, the 10th day of September. A. D. 1879.
 THOMAS BECK.
 Secretary of State.
 By VIM. A. BECK,
 Deputy. Recorded Book 34. Page 448. DEPARTMENT OF STATE,
 CALIFORNIA. Filed in the office of the Terri torial Auditor of the Territory of Arizona. this 1 day of December, A. D. 1906, at 10:45 a. m at re- quest of L. Cassidy. whose post office address is Phoenix, Ari- zona.
 JOHN H. PAGE,
 Territorial Auditor.
The Holbrook news., 1916-02-18

IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF
 THE STATE OF CALIFOR-
 MIA. IN AND FOR THE
 COUNTY OF CONTRA
 COSTA.
 In the Matter of the
 Petition of the Pa No. 3,872- cific Coast Oil Co. }Order and
 for a change of Its Decree.
 Corporate Name.
 This matter came on for hear ing at ten o'clock a. m. this day pursuant to the order therein for such hearing made June 18th. A. D. 1906:
 MT. E. s. PiIlsbury appeared for the petitioner; no one appear ing in opposition to the applica- tion, and no objections were made or filed thereto.
 Testimony oral and documen- tary was presented by petitioner in support of said application and from said testimony the Court finds that all and singular the aYerments contained in the peti- tion and application filed hereln by the petitioner, Pacific Coast Oil Co.,, are true and supported by competent evidence; that all 1 provisions of Sections 1276, 1277 and 1278 of the code of civil Pro- cedure of this State, required of an applicant, which is a corpora i tion. for a change of name, have been fully and strictly complied with by petitioner in this pro- ceeding; that notice of the hear ing of this application has been duly published for four success sive weeks next prior to this day, in the Contra Costa Ga zette" and as required by order of this Court for such publica- tion made and entered on June 18th. 1906; and the applicant at the time of the hearing of said | application, has filed in this Court the certificate of the Se- cretary of State of the State of | California, that the name desired to be used by applicant, to-wit: i Standard Oil Company. is not the corporate name of any cor poratlon existing at said time, and that said name does not so closely resemble the name of any such existing corporation as will tend to deceive.
 Upon the foregoing facts it is ordered and decreed that the name of the petitioner be and the same is changed from and after the making of this order and de- cree from Pacific Coast Oil Go. to Standard Oil Company.
 Done in open Court this 23rd day of July, A. D. 1906.
 VIM. s. WELLS.
 (SeaD Judge.
 Endorsed.
 Filed July 23, 1906.
 J. E. RODGERS, Clerk.
The Holbrook news., 1916-02-18

A. D. 1906. at 10 45 a. m. at re- quest of L. Cassidy, whose post office address is Phoenix, Ari- Zona.
 JOHN H. PAGE.
 Territorial Auditor.
The Holbrook news., 1916-02-18
No. 6341. c. F. CURRY, J. HOESCH, Secretary of State. Deputy. STATE OF CALIFORNIA,
No. 6341.
DEPARTMENT OF STATE.

O n 11 OI OE1AlG O4NAN1G11
 DEPARTMENT OF STATE. 1, c. F. Curry, Secretary of State of the State of California, do hereby certify that have carefully compared the annexed copy of Articles of Incorporation of Pacific Coast Oil Co. with the certified copy of the original now on file in my office, and that the same is a correct transcript therefrom, and of the whole thereof. Also that thls authenti- cation is in due form and by the proper officer.
 Witness my hand and the Great Seal of State, at office in Sacramento. California. the 18th day of November, A. D. 1906.
 c. F. CURRY,
 Secretary of State. (SEAL) J. HOESCH,
 Deputy.
The Holbrook news., 1916-02-18

We Honestly Believe
 that every legitimate prospect in the Oatman District will make a mine
 WE
 HONESTLY
 BELIEVE that of all these OATMAN SECRET will be among the leaders. OATMAN SECRET at 13c share is a good buy The property is there. The property is owned out right by the Oatman Secret Gold Min ing Go.
 They mean business because they are going right after the ore. The values are the there for the property Shows on the surface one of the finest if not the finest Assure in the Oatman District. You can buy this stock at I3c TODAY.
 This low price was made on a Limited number of shares for a Limited time to start develop ment.
 The limited number of shares are being snapped up. Have you got Yours?
 WE
 HONESTLY
 BELIEVE that you are mak- ing a mistake is not investing in Oatman Secret at 13c. Send in Your Order TO- DAY or write for prospectus of property. Oatman Sales Company
 P. O. Box 578 'hoenix, Arizona
The Holbrook news., 1916-02-18

In Witness Whereof. we have hereunto set our hands and seals. this ninth day of Septem- Der, A. D. 1879.
 Signed in the presence of:
 C. N. HILTON, (SeaD
 GEO. LOOMS, (SeaD
 GEO. M. HEDGES. (SeaD
 JAMES LAWLER, (SeaD
 L. D. FISK. (SeaD STATE OFCALIFORNIA,
 CITY AND COUNTY ss. OF SAN FRANCISCO.
The Holbrook news., 1916-02-18
(Endorsed.) Certified Copy.
 OOOn

ny O' IOESOI1, DtpUIy. Record book. ...... page.
 Filed in the office of the Terri torial Auditor of the Territory of Arizona, this 1 day of December,
Norwich bulletin., 1916-07-03

exception of a few years spent on the Pacific coast. He was one of the best known builders and contractors in this section of the state.
 For years he managed the prOpertv known as the Sturtevant estate at Eastern Point. His work as a con- tractor and builder enabled him to furnish employment to a large mum bev of men.
 MT. Stttson was Q prominent mem- Der of Sedgwick post, No. 1, c. A. R., being @ past commander. He was a member of Somerset lodge, No. 34, F. and A. M., and belonged to other Ma sonic orders, being a 32nd degree Ma son. He became a, Mason in 1865. At one time MT. Stetson was a mem Der of the Court of Common Council, taking an. active part in the city gov ernment. In 1894 he served on the street committee.
 MI Stetson is survived by his wife ana one daughter, Miss Grace Stetson of this city. Through his pleasing personality and sterling traits of character, MT. Stetson won his way into the hearts of all with whom he came in contact and he was especially popular with his post comrades. His death removes smother of Norwich's best citizens and adds another name to the necrOIOgy of .Sedgwfck post.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-07-03
REV. BENJAMIN W. WILLIAMS

spirit and with a fine career of ser vice behind him.
 The higher education of the Rev. Mir. Williams began with his studies in the Payne Institute at Augusta Georgia, and it was continued at the Newton Theological Seminary, in Newton, Mass. His work began with the charge of the Sharon Baptist church at Augusta, Ga, and after this pastorate was successfully terminated he served in Waynesboro, Ga. He comes to his new and greater field in this city from the First Baptist church in Milford, Conn.
 The Prodigal Son was the subject for Rev. Mir. Williams first sermon the text St. Luke 15:18. In part he said:
 We learn that there were two sons God has two classes of people: a class that has always been with Him and a class that has always been leaving the true fold. The beauty of this young man was that though He made a sad mistake He acted wisely and corrected it in due time.
 Where we fail to obey Christ or to be led by the Holy Spirit we begin at once to play the part of a prodigaI
 In the evening the preacher spoke from the 24th and part of the 18th chapters of St. Luke to an apprecia- tive audience, on the text, And he made as though he would have gone further.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-07-03
OBITUARY.
Vine & Stetsnr-

Following an illness of some dura- tion, Vine s. Stetson, contractor and builder and a resident of Norwich for over a half century, died at his home at No l25 West Thames street Sun day night about 10 o'clock. MT. Stet- son was a native of HaIIviIIe, Preston. where he was born 77 years ago. While a young man he lived for sometime in -he south, but when the Civil war broke out he came north and enlisted in the first company that left this city for the front. He served the allotted three months and reenIisted, serving a year and nine months.
 Mir. StetsOn became a contractor and builder in 1870 and had been en- gagged in that business since with the
Norwich bulletin., 1916-07-03
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 Place the numbers of the fire depart ment telephones on your instrument so as to be ready. These should always be there, ready for any emergency.
 Connect your garden hose and have it ready. Also bring your ladder from the barn and have it ready to get to the roof of your house. where most of the trouble will be, as Norwich is a city of shing7Ied roofs.
 HOWARD L. STANTON, Chief of Fire Department and Fire
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