Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1918-08-31
LEGAL ADVERTISING
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
 OF THE
INTERNATIONAL FIBER AND CoRDAGE
 COMPANY

OF THE
 INTERNATIONAL FIBER AND CORDAGE COMPANY
 KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS That we, the undersigned subscribers. to-wit
 NEWTON EVANS
 WILLIAM H. HEADY
 both of whom are citizens of the United States of America; having associated ourselves for the purpose of forming a corporation un- der the laws of Arizona, hereby execute, sign and acknowledge these Articles of Incorpora ton.
 ARTICLE l.
 The name of the Corporation shall be the INTERNATIONAL FIBER AND CORDAGE COMPANY, and its principal place of busi- ness in Arizona shall be Yucca. The princi- pal place of business outside of Arizona shall be Los Angeles. California, but other offices may be established and maintained within or outside of Arizona, at such places as the Board of Directors may designate in the Unit ed States where meetings of the Stockholders and Directors may be held and any and all corporate business transacted. The business of this Corporation may be carried on in all parts of said State of Ari- zona, and in any and all parts of the United States, in any and all foreign countries as may be deemed best by the members of this corporation, for the purpose of carrying out the objects and purposes for which this Cor poration is created.
 | ARTICLE 2.
 The object and purposes and general nature of the business to be transacted and carried on, and for which this Corporation is created and organized, follows, to-wit:
 To plant, propagate, raise, cultivate and grow all kinds of fiber bearing plants, wheth- CT they be indigenous to the several localities ltranspantsd from foreign countries and to provide means and methods whether mechan- ical or chemical for producing these fibers manufacture all and every kind of such iibers as produced, into merchantabe articles of commerce such as cordage. rope, binding twine. bags and bagging, rugs and mating, to make all kinds of tree protectors. surgeons splints, paper pulp and paper. in fact all ar- ticles of commerce possible to be manufactured from trees and plants now found in the State of Arizona or elsewhere
 To provide the proper machinery for util- izing the by-products to be made from the pulp of the fiber plants and to convert the same into articles of commerce. and in fact all those plants trees or shrubs as may be found in Arizona or elsewhere that can be utilized in the production of alcohol, gum, saponin, rubber potash, etc.
 To do a general land, farming, townsite, cattle raising, mining, horticulture, dairying, mercantile, and manufacturing business, and to deal in the products of the earth.
 To purchase, deal in, erect. install and op- crate dH necessary DullQlHSS, NdCnlHery anu appliances in connection herewith, for pro- ducing, storing, preparing, conveying and marketing, any and all food products. Build and operate slaughter houses, canneries for canning meats, vegetables, fruits dberries.
 To acquire lands by purchase, bond, lease or otherwise, to own, hold, improve, cultivate, mortgage or otherwise cucumber, to sell, bond lease or otherwise dispose of the same.
 To acquire by lease. purchase or otherwise, and to operate, develop. conserve, distribute for irrigation water and water rights for pow ar, water for live stock, domestic and agricul- tural use. for mining and all other purposes. Easements of way. appliances foH the convey anee of, storing, using. raising, buying, sell ing and dealing in lands, cattle, and domes- ! tic animals, horticulture and dairying prod ucts of the earth of all kinds. To build stor age reservoirs, pipe lines for conserving and distributing water.
 To acquire lease construct telegraph or telephone lines, and any and all appliances and methods useful or needed in connection herewith for hire toll.
 | To erect, maintain and operate power plants of steam. water or other description for the generation, use and transmission of electrical or other power for hire or toll and distribution, for any and all useful purposes
 To borrow money by hypothecating or in any wise incumbering the corporation prop. erty, within the limits hereinafter named as security for the payment thereof. To make execute and deliver bonds. debentures, prom. issory notes, mortgages and other evidences of indebtedness for and on behalf of this Corporation, for the purpose of acquiring and borrowing money to carry out the objects and purposes for which this Corporation is formed To buy and sell the Capital stock of this and other corporations. To act as Agent. Trus- tee and Broker, or in any other fiduciary capacity.
 To do a general building, contracting, ware.
 housing and slaughtering business.
 To own handle and control letters patent and inventions, and to vote any shares oi stock in other Corporations owned by it. tht
 same as n natural person might do. And 1T general, to do and perform such acts and . transactions, and all business in connection with the law, in any part of the world. as , the Board of Directors may deem of advan . tage to this Corporation.
 ARTICLE 8. , The amount of the total authorized Cap l ital Stock of the Corporation is One Hundred Thousand tsloo,ooo.oo) Dollars; the nymbe, , One Hundred Thousand 100000, and thu par value of each share is One ($l.00) Dollar , All or any portion of the Capital Stock ma,
 be issued in payment for real persona
 property services or anN other right or thinf
 of value necessary for, or incidental to thu
 advancement of this Corporation, and when sc
 issued shall become fully paid the same a. , rectors shall be the sole judges of the valu' of any property. interest, franchise, right ol 3 thing acquired or transferred to this Corpora
 tion in exchange for, or in purchase of 1t! .
 shall be issued until fully paid for in tn, . manner and forms and at the price prescribed by the Board of Directors, and thereafter 8 shall be non-assessable
 ARTICLE 4.
 !, The commencement of this Corporation 5 shall be on the day these articles filed in accordance with the law, and which shal 2 endure for the term of twenty-five year , :, thereafter, with the privilege of perpetua succession as provided by statute. ' ARTICLE 5. The affairs of this Corporation shall b. 5 conducted by Board of Directors and sucl J Officers. and executive and auditing othe ' Committees, as the said Directors may cleo < or appoint.
 The number of Directors shall be fixed b. f the Bylaws and they shall be elected iron 4 among the stockholders of record, at thei !, annual meeting to be held on the third Wed . nesday of January of each year, at tw 8 o'clock in the afternoon. Until the first an 5 nual meeting of the stockholders, anl unti !. their successors have been elected and qual \. ified the following named persons shall b 8 Directors: Newton Evans and William H