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The Benson signal., 1917-08-11
Amendment to the Articles of
Incorporation of the Bank of
Benson

incorporation Oh Ine BANK or
Benson
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRES.
ENTS: That at a special meeting of the
stockholders of the Bank Of Benson. cor
poration organized and existing under the
laws of the Stale of Arizona. pursuant to
due and legal notice to each stockholder
Of said Bank of Benson. held at the Office
Of the said Bank of Benson. in Benson.
Arizona. on the 23rd day Of June. 1917.
and at which meeting more than three
fourths of the then issued capital stock of
said bank of Benson was represented by
stockholders in person. the following
ton were adopted by an Affirmative vote
OF the stockholders of said Bank of Ben
son:
Resolved: That the Articles of lncorpo.
ration Of the Bank of Benson be and the
same are hereby amended and changed
to read as follows:
AK LILLE OTNE.
The name of thi. corporation shall be
changed from the Bank Of Benson to
COCHlSE COUNTY STATE BANK and
it's principal place Of business shall in the
future be at Tombstone. in the County of
Cochise. state Of Arizona. with branch
Office at Benson. Arizona. and in such
other places as two-thirds majority of
directors present Mt any meeting shall
elect.
ARTICLE TWO
The general nature OF the business pro-
posed to be transacted is that of buying
and selling and issuing drafts and bills Of
exchange. buying and selling gold dust.
gold. silver. matte. lead, and copper bul-
lion. gold and silver coin. United States.
State. County and other bonds or war
rants, real estate and personal property.
Indebtedness and evidences of indebted
ness. both public and private. also ad-
vancins money on gold. silver. matte. lead
0n0 COPpCT ouAaOn Mkx0 OsA &OsS1s SAV~As
copper and other ores. and on real estate
and other securities. both real and PER-
sonal making collections. discounting COM
mercial paper and other evidences of in
debtedness. both public and private. re-
ceiving deposits payable on demand or
otherwise. and transacting general bank
ing business. and also acting az agent for
insurance companies or any other COM
pany. individual or corporation.
To accept and execute trusts Of any and
every nature. kind and description that
may be committed to it: to attend in legal
manner to the management and settle
ment OF estates. guardianships. assign
ments. receiverships. and other trusts.
whether under appointment Of courts or
otherwise. to act AZ executor. administra-
tor and guardian of estates; to act as
pledge-holder. attorney-in-fact agent. as
signec. receiver. depository or trustee. to
do safe deposit business. to receive and
keep in safe deposit vaults. or in other
places of safe keeping. bonds. stocks,
notes. papers and valuables Of every kind.
and to collect and receive compensation
for such keeping. to purchase. own. hold.
sell. assign. and hypothecate personal prop
The Benson signal., 1917-08-11
Subscription Two Dollars per 7eas

It's a downright shame
says the Phoenix Gazette,
that so many otherwise hap
py vacations are ruined by
poor Arizona roads.
The Benson signal., 1917-08-11

The Government needs Farmers
as we'll as Fighters. Two million
three hundred thousand acres of
Oregon & California Railroad Co.
Grant Lands. Title revested in
United States. To be opened for
homesteads and sale. Containing
some of best land left i'll United
States. Large Copyrighted Map,
showing land by sections and de-
scription of soil, climate, rainfall.
elevations, temperature, etc. Post
paid One Dollar. Grant Lands
Locating Co., Portland, Oregon.
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For Sale

Radishes, lettuce, beets, turnips,
new potatoes and peas, fresh ranch
eggs, and frying chickens SOC per
pound, live weight,
J. A. GUMM,
At the 9. G. Woods place.
The Benson signal., 1917-08-11
DEVELOPMENT of An Eastern Ken.
tucky Oilfield

The Irvine old field. in Ken
tucky, has developed from nothing
three years ago into the richest oil
territory in the state, and dead
and-alive town of 800 people has
expanded into city of 5000 in
llabitants.
Three years ago there was a
sleepy little village on the bank of
Kentucky River near the place
where it rushes forth from the
mountains of eastern Kentucky
and becomes a quiet. navigable
stream in the great, peaceful blue
grass region. A railroad with one
local passenger train day each
day meandered from the lowlands
on the west up along the bank of
the river through the village to
some other settlements upstream,
thirty or forty miles away by water
or railroad, or half the distance as
the crow flies. Rugged mountain
GERS brought small loads of country
produce over long and winding
trails to the village and traded it
! for what they could get, but they
didn't get much, for the rocky
mountain sides do not produce
much. The lands near the village
could be bought for two or three
dollars an acre.
Now, after three years, pro-
found change has affected the peo-
pie of the region and their activi-
ties. Tho little used mountain
trails are widened and deeply worn
into rocky roads, over which Six
mule teams struggle to pull or hold
back small loads of steam pipe and
machinery. The mountain stiffness
is broken by the staccato pup,
pup, pup" of scores of gas engines,
most of Them hidden from view in
the shrubbery. The poverty
stricken> >mountaineers, who cared
little for titles. precise acreage po-
sition of boundary lines. or court
proceedings, are now hiring law
yers and surveyors to solve intri-
cate questions of ownership. Some
are now wealthy and are growing
weather. through their tithe-or
rather their eighth-of the oil
found on their farms; some are
hopeful of the results of tests about
to be made; and some are surly be-
cause they sold at too low a figure
or feel that they have been cheated
by unjust laws or lawyears.
Some farms that were worth
few hundred or thousand dollars
three years ago would now bring
a million or more, The village,
which is now the city of Irvine,
has an estimated population of six
thousand. The railroad and the
few wagon roads have been greatly
improved. The picturesque moon
sinner has gone and, curiously, al
though the spirit of the place is
much like that of mushroom min
ing camp, the puritanic stringency
that prevails is SO strict that even
a newspaper cannot be bought on
Sunday.
Most of the oil produced in the
United States comes from beds or
sands" that lie one, two or three
thousand feet below the surface
and many miles from an outcrop
of the bed at the surface. The
west side of the Irvine field is with
in mile of outcrops of the oil
bearing bed. Some of the wells
are less than 100 feet deep and yet
furnish good yields, even the old
est showing a relatively low rate of
decline S. Geological Survey
Bulletin.
The Government needs Farmers
as we'll as Fighters. Two million
three hundred thousand acres of
The Benson signal., 1917-08-11

Notary Public. Houses for rent.
Ere Insurance.
Mrs. Mary F. Titus.
The Benson signal., 1917-08-11

Filed in the Office Of the Arizona Cor
poration Commission thia 10Th day Of June.
A. D. 1917. at 1000 A. NJ. at Request Of
A. c. Smith. whose poet Office address 10
Benson, Arizona.
ARIZONA CORPORATION COMM.
ByF. A. JONES. Chairman.
The Benson signal., 1917-08-11

Bank Of Benson. corporation3
My commission 40 notary public expires
Aug. t9. 1920 J. B. CASTLEMAN.
Notary Public in and for Cochise County.
(Notasial SeaD State Of Arizona.
The Benson signal., 1917-08-11
Chronic Constipation

It is bv no means an easy matter
to cure this disease, but it can be
done in most instances by taking
Chamberlain Tablets andlcomply-
ing with the plain printed direc-
tons that accompany each pack
age. Sold at Moss Pharmacy,
Oil and gasoline stoves and hard
ware. Gem Second Hand Store.
Weekly journal-miner., 1917-11-14
COUNTY EXHIBITS ARE
 FORWARDED TO PHOENIX
(From Thursdays Daily.)

\ carload of exhibits from various parts of Yavapai county, to be shown at the coming State fair at Phoenix, left this city last night, after a whole day had been spent in loading the articles in the big car which had been furnished free by the Santa Fe Rail road Company.
 In the shipment were s boxes of fruit, ten baics of hay, 30 crates of vegetables, 100 sacks of minerals and ore, crates of pictures, much dccorat- ing material and many other misccl- laneous displays.
 The couuty's agricultural and horti- cultural display at the fair will be in charge of John Bianconi. while Miss Grace M. SparkcS, secretary of the chamber of commerce, will have per sonal supervision over the mineral cX- hibits. The displays which were for wardcd yesterday are said to be among the finest ever sent from this county to the State fair. as great strides have been made in the way of agricultural and horticultural produc- ton in lhe county since the last scs- sion of :hc Phoenix fair The mining exhibit is also said 10 be perhaps the best ever sent from this county, and the exhibits of former years were nc small things, either.
Weekly journal-miner., 1917-11-14
CITY SPRINGS UP ON
 SHORES OF FRISCO BAY

SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. /. - The United States government has taken over the site of California City, "the city that was to be- on the East Marin county shore near here.
 It is now buzzing with enterprise, centering around big coaling sta ton. It was recently mentioned as the site for naval base and the 'city that was to be" is gradually being shaped into the city that is, "a war time, Federal city.
 Thirty or so years ago band of capitalists planned city which was to rival San Francisco. Ringed by hills on three sides, with a perennial calm sub harbor" on San Pablo bay connecting with San Francisco bay and the Golden Gate, the place was thought to offer an ideal site. To the northeast loomed Point San Quentin like a fortress. Nearby was a cove where condemned boats were burned. Many a bark which had sailed all oceans was brought there and stripped of her copper and all metal fittings. Then the torch was applied, usually at night, and half of the great bay was illuminated as the vessel burned to the waters edge The flames would bring out the drowning pillars of the prison on San Quentin point. black and monolitic against the fire crimsoned sky.
 For various reasons the city ven turc collapsed. Money was lacking and colonization efforts failed. A large powder mill and brick works which were started closed down and the place was left to much of its clc- mental loneliness until recently.
Weekly journal-miner., 1917-11-14
COLORED BOYS IN CAMP FUNSTON ARE HAPPY
(From Thursdays Daiiy.I

Charles (. McClendon, one of the well known Prescott colored boys, who was a member of the special con- tingcnt which left this city last week for Camp Funston, writes back to the home folks to say that the lads in the party arc feeling pretty good over their lot, as all of them have been made Scrgeants or corporals. MT. McClcndon's letter says, in part:
 We arc all we'll and feeling fine at the present time. We have a nice place to stay and get plenty of good things to cat All of the Prescott boys have made good and arc non. commissioned officers. Clarence Gray is corporal We are not wanting tor anything and are contcntcd. am first sergeant and have 250 men in my command.
 Write to Us soon and send Us some copies oi the JournalMiner. Will write at length later.
 Respectfully,
 CHARLES (. McCLENDON,
 "5o5th Infantry, Company D. Camp Funston, Kansas.
Weekly journal-miner., 1917-11-14
USE WINDOW BOXES
 FOR RAISING FOOD

SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. S.-Food conservationists here are preparing to conserve with a vengeance.
 Certain residents believe that win dow boxes can produce something be- side flowers. and i'll places where there arc no backyards these boxes can be put out" in potatoes, carrots, bcets and other vegetables.
 There is no reason why every oc' cupant of an apartment or other habi- tation where there is no back yards should not do his or her bit toward helping along the food saving cam. paign," these conscrvationists state. Special window boxes. bigger and deeper than the average, and capable of producing a good supply oi vege. tables, are scheduled to make their appearance soon.
Weekly journal-miner., 1917-11-14
COPPER BASIN IS ID HAVE FIRST
 MILL PLANT
GARFORD SYNDICATE DE- CIDES TO EQUIP COP PER HILL WITH RE- DUCTION WORKS IN I'M MEDIATE FUTURE.
(From Fridays Daily.)

The Garford syndicate is to install on its Copper Hill mines in Copper Basin a reduction plant, and at pres ent a force is employed in dismant- ling a mill on Cherry creek, purchased a short time ago.
 This action results from the large ore tonnage developed and is also for the purpose of reducing the cost of transportation, the raw product now being shipped to Wickenburg, where 1t IS reduced into concentrate yield.
 It is reported that the mill is to be equipped with Notation, and after the product IS shipped to the East will be submitted to a special process by which recoveries in a separate state will be given the molybdenum, cop per and gold contents.
 A new hoisting plant also is to be installed immediately, while several buildings at the camp are nearing completion, all of which are to be steam heated.
Weekly journal-miner., 1917-11-14
THANKSGIVING PROCLAMATION

revealed in Us. We should especially thank God that in such circumstances, in the midst of the greatest enter prise the spirits of men have ever en- tered upon, we have, ii we but ob- serve a reasonable and practicable economy, abundance with which to supply the needs of those associated with Us as well as our own. A new light shines about Us. The great duties of day awaken new and greater national spirit in us. We shall never again be divided or wonder what stuff we arc made of.
 And while we render thanks for these things let us pray Almighty God tlfat in all humblencss of spirit we may look always to Him for guidance; that we may be kept constant in the spirit and purpose of service; that by His grace our minds may be directed and our hands strengthened; and that in His good time liberty and security and peace and the comradcShip of d common justice may be vouchsafed all the nations of the earth.
 Wherefore, l, Woodrow Wilson, president of the United States of America, do hereby designate Thurs day, the 29th day of November, next, as d day of thanksgiving and prayer and invite the people throughout the land to cease upon that day from their ordinary occupations and in their scv- eral homes and places of worship to render thanks to God, the great Ruler | of nations.
 In Witness Whereof, have here. | onto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed.
 Done in the District of Columbia this 7th day of November in the Year of Our Lord. One Thousand Nine : Hundred Seventeen, and of the lndc- pendcncc of the United States the One Hundred and Forty-sccond. WOODROW WILSON,
 By the president:
 ROBERT LANSING.
 Secretary of State
Weekly journal-miner., 1917-11-14
BREAD INDUSTRY SOON
 UNDER U. s. CONTROL

WASHINGTON, Nov. S.-A nat tempt to reduce bread prices will be the next move of the food administra- ton in assuming control of the prin- cipal food commodities. At the re- quest of Administrator Hoover, Presi- dent Wilson will issue within a few days an order directing that every baker in the country be required to do business under Federal license Regulations governing the baking in- dustry have been drawn up and will be put into operation as soon as the executive order is issued. They will provide a standard sized loaf of prob ably two sizes and standardization of the bread content. A bread formula has been selected and bakers will be permitted to use no other.
 The new war bread will contain d reduced amount of fats, as both the lard and milk content will be cut down considerably. It probably will be pro iduced in 20-ounce and lO-ounce loaves. No price will be fixed outright, but the regulations will prescribe that only reasonable prices may be charg- cd. Consumer committees have re- ported to the administration that iii most places loaves of this size can be sold at ten and five cents respectively.
 It is believed likely that before many months, bakers may be required to add certain amount of corn flour in baking bread. Dictctic experts now are working out formulas containing wheat flour substitutes.
Weekly journal-miner., 1917-11-14
MANY PROFITING BY
 NEW MINING REGULATION
By Associated Press.

bN ASSOCldNtd ACSo-
 A great many mine owners and prospcctors. have already taken ad- vantage of the Federal law, recently enacted, which cxempts all mining property from annual assessment work during the years 1917 and 1918, and according to County Recorder McSwiggin, great many ot the re- uuircd notices of intention have al ready been filed in his office. and the indications are that more than 2,OO of the notices will be on file by the first of the coming year.
 The notices must be on file by the 3lst day of December next, and arc merely the expression of the intention of the owner Of the claims to continue holding them without doing the usual work. The afiidavits do not. how ever, exempt a locator from doing the original location work, this to be per formed as usual within period of 9O days from the time the location mo- ticcs arc filed.
 The exemption from assessment work was the result of an agitation started in congress some months ago, it having been represented to that body that on account of being drafted into the army, many proSpcctors and mining men would be unable to ar range for work to be done on their ground, and that in fairness to the men who were serving their country in the army, the usual work should be waived
Weekly journal-miner., 1917-11-14
SIDNEY CRAIG IS NOW
 STATIONED IN ENGLAND
(From Saturdays Daily)

The Journal Miner is in receipt ot letter written by Sidney \. Craig, now stationed at Reading, England, the young man being a member ot the 3lst Aero Squadron of the Tech nical Training School of the Ameri- can Expcditionary Forces. In part, Mir. Craig says:
 "I wish to thank you for your kind ness in sending me the copies of the Journal Miner, and to let you know how much I appreciated getting the news from home again. Although the latest copy received was dated Au- gust 10th, l enjoyed reading 1t be- cause it gave me the old-homc news and especially the news regarding the drafting in lavapai county.
 No doubt you wonder why l am not writing from France. We are sta toned in England for a short time, undergoing a course of instruction m the details of aeroplanc assembling. We arc being taught, first, how 10 rig the machine so as to get all the speed possible out of it for the size oi the engine she carries; second, how 10 give the machine an angle of in cidencc, thereby making it climb quickly with the least possible resist ancc.
 Again thanking you for your kind ness. and hoping 10 receive other copies of the good old Journal-Miner from my Yavapai county friends, l nm, sincerely yours,
 CORPORAL :. \. CRAIG, 3lst Aero Squadron, Technical Training School-England, care Chief Signal Offices, Washing
 ton, D. (.
Weekly journal-miner., 1917-11-14

have no guns, nor equipment of any kind. A few days ago, we received F old cavalry horses, and yesterday we received 60 more. and we are getting about 20 mules today-all of them with nothing but halters, so we might just as we'll not have them. However, we are glad to get them. Any day a whole trainload of supplies is liable to arrive: we never know from one day to the next what we will have, so we just keep busy with what we have to work with.
 6. I am very much pleased at the conduct of the Arizona men. There have been no infractions of discipline, which says a whole lot in itself, con- sidering that the men have suffered quite a little hardship here on account of the variable weather.
 /. The regiment did wonderfully well on the second Liberty Loan cam paign, subscribing Sl35,l0O, which is SS3.40 per capita. Most of the time during the campaign we led all of the regiments of the division. but at last the Missouri troops beat us out The officer I had in charge was requested to figure the per capita amount to sec if VIC had pulled up into the lead, after a little quiet canvassing that we did; he informed me that our per capita was sufficiently ahead of the other regiments-but it turned out that he was mistaken in his figures and we lost out. We all confidently expected to win in the campaign. About S4,OOO more would have put us in tho lead. I have S1,000 more up my sleeve and could easily have raised the other (with a little coercion). 1 am very much disappointed over it-and l guess the entire regiment is. How ever, you can assure the State of Ari- zona the regiment came across nobly just as I am sure it will always do.
 (Signed) F. H. YULE,
 Colonel, 340th F. A., N. A.,
 Commanding.
Weekly journal-miner., 1917-11-14

The full text of President Wilson 5 1917 Thanksgiving proclamation call ing upon the nation, even in the midst of. the sorrow and great peril of world shaken by war, to thank God for blessings that are better than mere peace of mind and prosperity of enterprise, and fixing Thursday, No vember 29th, as Thanksgiving Day, follows:
 Thanksgiving, 1917.
 By the President of the United States of America.
 "A proclamation.
 ''lt has long been the honored GUS tom of our people tc turn in the fruit ful Autumn of the year in praise and thanksgiving to Almighty God for His many blessings and mcrcies to uS as nation. That custom we can follow now even in the midst of the tragedy of world shaken by war and immcasurablc disaster, in the midst of sorrow and great peril, because even amidst the darkness that has gathered about us, we can see the great bless ings God has bestowed upon us, blessings that are better than mere peace of mind and prosperity of en- tcrprise.
 We have been given the opportun- ity to serve mankind as we once scrv- ed ourselves in the great day of our Declaration of Independence by talk ing up arms against d tyranny that threatened 10 master and debaSc men everywhere and joining with other free peoples in demanding for all the nations of the world what we then dc. manded and obtained for ourselves In this day of the revelation of our duty, not only to defend our owr rights as nation, but to defend alSc the rights of free men throughout th' world there has been VouchSafcd Us 1T full and inspiring measure the rcsolu ton and spirit of united action. We have been brought 10 one mind ana purpose. 4 new yisor of common counsel and common action has beer