Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1918-09-07
LEGAL ADVERTISING
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION OF THE
INTERNATIONAL FIBER AND CORDAGE
 COMPANY

INTERNATIONAL FIBER AND CORDAGE COMPANY
 KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS i; That we, the undersigned subscribers. to-wit
 NEWTON EVANS
 WILLIAM H. HEADY (.
 both of whom 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 it's principal place of busi- ness in Arizona shall be Yucca. The prnci- 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
 
 ARTICLE 9.
 | The object and purposes and general nature l of the business to be transacted and carried on, and for which this Corporation is created and organized, are 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 in which they found or if they have been transplanted from foreign countries; and to provide means and methods whether mechan- Il. ..l .1- from such plants and to have the right to manufacture all and every kind of such tibers as produced, into merchantabe articles of commerce such as cordage, rope, binding twine, bags and baggng. rugs and mating, hats and wearing apparel of all kinds. Also 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 l 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 all those plants, trees or shrubs as may be l found in Arizona elsewhere that can be utilized in the production of alcohol, gum, saponin, rubber, potash, etc.
 To do 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 all necessary buildings, machlnery ana 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 an 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 CT. water for live stock, domestic and agricul- tural use, for mining and all other purposes. ance 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 or construct telegraph or telephone lines, and any and all appliances and methods useful or needed in connection herewith for hire or toll.
 To erect maintain and operate power plants of steam. water or other description 1 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 in any wise incumbering the corporation prop erty. within the limits hereinafter named as security for the payment thereof. To make, 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 general building, contracting. ware housing and saughtering business. To own, handle and control letters patent and inventions, and to vote any shares of stock in other Corporations owned by it, tie same as natural person might do. And in general, to do and perform such acts and transactions, and all business in connection with the foregoing objects, not inconsistent 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 itsl Stock of the Corporation is One Hundred Thousand (s100, ,000.00) Dollars; the number of shares into which the same is divided is One Hundred Thousand (100.000), and the par value of each share is One ($100) Dollar.
 All or any portion of the Capital Stock may be issued in payment for real or personal property services or any other right or thing of value necessary for, or incidental to the advancement of this Corporation, and when so issued shall become fully paid the same as though paid for in cash at par, and the Di- rectors shall be the sole judges of the value of any property, interest, franchise, right or thing acquired or transferred to this Corpora ton in exchange for, or in purchase of its Capital Stock. No shares of Capital Stock shall be issued until fully paid for in the manner and forms and at the price prescribed by the Board of Directors, and thereafter shall be non-assessable.
 ARTICLE 4.
 The commencement of this Corporation shall be on the day these articles are filed in accordance with the law, and which shall endure for the term of twenty-five years thereafter, with the privilege of perpetual succession as provided by statute.
 ARTICLE 5.
 The affairs of this Corporation shall be conducted by a Board of Directors and sucf Officers, and executive and auditing or other Committees, as the said Directors may elect or appoint.
 The number of Directors shall be fixed by the Bylaws and they shall be elected iron among the stockholders of record, at theil annual meeting to be held on the third Wed nesday of January of each year, at two o'clock in the afternoon. Until the first an nual meeting of the stockholders, anl unti their successors have been elected and qual flied, the following named persons shall bt Directors: Newton Evans and William H Heady.
 ARTICLE 6.
 } The Directors shall have the power to adopt amend and rescind the Bylaws, to fill tn, vacancies occurring in the Board from any cause, and to appoint from their mum Der an Executive Committee, and vest sucf committee with all the powers expressed ol implied granted to the Directors by thes,