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FLAGrSTAEF, ARIZONA, THURSDAY, MARCH 34, 18.95. NUMBER J17. JiT dUBHRHejjif' s. IP i A.xe You Saving And Still Living In a Rented House? Metises Your Hbnne And Own. It Yourself.

We Can Furnish the Lumber. ttkce: prices afe; Arizona Lumber and Timber Co. ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION of The Durango, Flagstaff San Diego Railroad Company. KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS: That kc. I).

M. Hlordan, David Babbitt. John V. Francis Wilson Hamilton and J. H.

Kilpatrlck. all residents of tlio Town of FlaRataff, Coconino County, Arizona, havu this day voluntarily associated ourselves together for the purpose of forming a corporation under the laws of the Territory of Arizona, now existing and In force, and we do horeby make, Eubllsh. adopt and ueclaro the following to the Articles of Incorporation of tho company above Lamed. -X- The name of said corporation shall bo "The Hurtmgo, KlKjrstafT San Diego llallroad Company." Tho names of the Incorporators of tho said company are: 1). M.

Klordan. David John W. Krancls, Wilson Humllt ii and J. It Kilpatrlck. all residents of the Town of riagstaff.

The principal place of transacting tho business of the said company, and the place where its principal offices are to be located. Is Klugstutf, Coconino County, Arizona. The general nature of the buslrcss proposed to be transacted by the said company is the construction of a railroad from, the City of Durango, Mate of Colorado, by the most practical route to tho Town of Flagstaff, In the Territory of Arizona; thence by the way of l'hocnlx. In Maricopa County, Arizona Territory, and Yuma, in Yuma County. Arizona Territory, to tho terminal point of such railroad, which Is and shall be the City of San Diego, State of California, and to lualnta n.

Improve, operate and marage the same, together with all Its branches, spurs, Itches. sidetracks, buildings, rlglits-of way, and all telegraph lines thereunto appertaining or In any manner belonging, during the period for which this company Is Incorporated to mako contracts of whatever nature, acquire real and personal property, and dispose of the same, to purchase or otherwise iicqulro any and all real or personal propei ty whatever! or any property necessary for the construction, completion and maintenance of such railroad, and to hold and convey such property at pleasure; to erect all necessary buildings, depots, stations, section houses, tool houses, storehouses, warehouses, and any and all other necessary buildings; to layoff and establish yards, and to equip them with all necessary appurtenances; and to do and perform any and all other acts, and to have and to exercise any and all other privileges relating to the construction operation and maintenance of tliu railroad line above mentioned; to build, operate, construct and maintain a nrnnch line from said railroad to the Oraud Canyon of thu Colorado river; said branch to be built from such point on tnemaln line as may bo dotcimlned by the proper officers of the company; to bo capable of suing and of being sued, to have a corporate heal, and to alter tho same at pleasure; to acquire. In any lawful manner, franchises, charters, rlghts-of-vrcy, giants, privileges and concessions, as wellficm Iho United States and tho Territory of Arizona, as from any person, ilrnr or corporation therein, and from any of the states and territories throu.h which tho said railroad shall pass, or In which the said company shall transact any business, to establish and maintain such branch offices aud at such places us may bu determined upon; and generally to possess Und'exercUe nil the powers and privileges that private Individuals aud natural persons uow enloy, Tho period for which the said company shall continue In exUtonco 'shall bo fifty years from the date of flllng these Articles of incorporation In the office of tliu becrutary of thoTerrlloiyof Arizona. -IV- Tho capital stock of this company shall be the amount which It is contemplated tho building of the road herein specified will actually cost. lz: Thirty Million Dollars, divided tntoThteo Hundred Thousand (WO.OOOi shaics.

of the par value of One Hunurid (flCO.OO; Dollars each. Tho cost so estimated Includes, together with tho cx-p-iisoof construction, tho cost of the right-of-way. motive power, and every other appurtenance and thing for tho completion and iiinulngof tho said road, as nearly as can bo determined, by competent, engineers. Tho number of (he Directors of the said road shall be Hvc (5). and the names of such Directors, who shall managu the affairs uf the company, and hold their offices until their offices until their successors are elected and qualified, as provided by the by-laws of tho said company, are D.

M. Rlorditn. David llali-bltt'Joliu W. Kr.tncW, Wilson Hamilton and J. it.

Kilpatrlck. Tho Initial point of thu'rnllrpad proposed to be constructed by this company Is aud shall bu Durango. La f'jata County, State of Coin-vadOrand the terminus thereof Is and shall be S.ut Diego, In San Diego County, State of Cat fornla. The counties through which said proposed road will pass are La i'lata and Montezuma Counties, Colorado; San Juan County, In New Mexico, SanJuau County, In Utah, Apache, Coconino, Yaapal, Murlcopa and Yuma Counties, In Arizona, and San Diego County, State of California. The length of the road, from its Initial to Its terminal point, as nearly as maybe, is Seven II ml nil iiOOi'mlles, and additional mileage for such branch lines as may bo constructed In connection therewith.

-VII- The of the company, in addition to tho Hoard of Directors, hereinbefore provided for. shall be a President, VIce-Piesldcnt, Htsiretary and Treasurer, each of which said officers shall be members of tho Board of Directors. Suchofflccrsslinll bo elected by the Directors upon the organization of such Hoard, iiridsuch organization must bo effected within five (Si days after such Directors are chosen, notlco of tho election of which Directors shall bo sorved by a committee choson by the subscribers' til. tho ranltitl stno.k of tho corporation, bald committee shall be chosen. Sorrie Money? 1 by the subscribers as soon as stock to tho amount of One Thousand Dollurs for each andovery mile of the proposed railroad shall have been subscribed.

Tho Board of Directors may also appoint such other officers, whether members of tho Board of Directors or not. as they may deem expedient. -VIII- Tho Board of Directors shall open books of subscription to the capital stock at such times and In such places, and upon such termsas they may direct, and duo notice of such action shall bo given, but no subscription of stock, except tho original, shall be binding upon the company, or the parties so subser blng, until tho same shall have been accepted and approved by resolution of the Board of Directors. -IX Them shall be, after the first election of Directors, ns hereinbefore provided, annual meetings of the stockholders, held at the offlcti of the company at thu principal place of business of said company, fort ho election of Directors to serve for the ensuing year; notice of which shall be given as provided In the by-laws, but In no case shall such notice be published for less than twenty days previous thereto In a newspaper published In each county through or Into which such road shall pass, or ho Intended to run. provided there uo stockholders rcsldcnttiiereln; and if no newspaper Is published In either or any of thosald counties, then notlco shall be given by posting six written or printed notices of such meeting in the most public places-of such county or counties.

At least twoof tho Directors shall, at the tlmo of their election, be residents of tho Territory of Arizona, but In all cases where a majority of thu capital stock Is held or owned In any other state or territory, then the principal offices of sucli corporation may be In such statoor territory, and the meetings of thu company may bu hold therein, provided, that In such caso tho said company shall appoint an agent In this territory, on whom all notices and processes may be served, with theame effect as If the offices and officers of the company resided herein, and such processes were sorved upon them. It shall be lawful for the Directors of said company to call In and demand from the stockholders tho sums by them subscribed. In equal Installments of not more than 10 per cent per month, unless otherwise stipulated In the articles of subscription, at such time or times as they may deem proper. Notice of each such assessment shall be given to tho stockholder personally, or shall be published foratleastoncoa week for four successlto weeks In a newspaper published In tho place designated as thu principal place of business Of the couip my, or If none be published therein. In some newspaper published nearest thereto, thu form of which notice shall bo substantially In conformance to that prescribed in suction 13, paragraph 303, Revised Statutes of Arizona, 1KH7.

-XI- Tho powers of this company shall bo to do and transact all of thu acts prescribed In suction 312 to section 331, Inclushu, of tho Re-vls-'d Statutes of Arizona, 1887, and said company shall be subject to all the limitations, duties and restrictions therein sot forth. It shall have power to makesucli prudential by laws, for thu management of Its affairs aud the din ctlori of lis officers, not Inconsistent with the constitution and laws of the United Statos, and tho laws of thoTeriitory of Arizona, as tliu Board of Directors may adopt. It shall havo tho power to borrow, front tlmo to time, on tho credit of tho corporation, such sums, of money as they may deem necessary for the construction, completion and operating tho railroad proposed to bo built, and to Issuu aud dispose of, for such purpose, bonds, mortgages, or promissory notes. In denomination of not less than ilvo liundnd dollars, and at a rate of Interest not exceeding 10 per cent, por annum, provided, that tho amount of such notes. Iionds or mortgages, or other evidences of indebtedness, shall not exceed the amount of tho capital stock.

-XII- The private property of tiiottockholdors of this corporation shall be exempt from all liability or obligation on account of thu corporate debts of this corporation. In witness whereof, we. tho undersigned, subscribers to tho capital stock of tho above ua-ned company. In tho amounts set opposite our respective natifes. have hereunto set our hands this Mil day of March, A.

1893, at Flagstaff, Arizona. a a a MAMS I). M. David Babbitt .1. W.

Francis Wilson Hamilton J. It. WOO 000 6000 fiOO.OOO Flagstaff Flagstaff Flagstaff Flagstaff Flagstaff 600,000 500.000 600,000 600,000 MOO 6000 TEHRITORY OF ARIZONA, County or Coconixo. fss. On this fifth day of March.

A. Ono Thousand Eight Hundred and Ninety. Five, before mo, Oscar Gibson, Clerk of tho District rnlirt nt IliM Ifatlftli niil, fn for said County and Territory, duly com missioned uuu swum personally appeared U. M. -Klordan.

David Babbitt, J. W. Francis, Wilson Hamilton and J. It. Kilpatrlck, personally known to me to bo tho Individuals described in.

ahd who executed the fYirnentnir Instrument; who acknowledged to mo that they executed the same freely and voluntarily, and for tho uses, consideration and purposes therein mentioned. In witness whereof, I havo hereunto set my nnnuanaamxeu my nmciai seal tho day and year In this certllicato therein mentioned, OSCAR UIHSON, Clerk. Recorded at request of W. Hamilton, March 8, A. 1895, at 8:50 o'clock p.

In Book of Incorporations, pages 08 et sen, Records of Coconino County, Arizona. SlEALl RUSH. County Recorder, IS So Says Senator Teller -in an Interesting Letter to Citizen D. M. Riordan.

The Distinguished Senator Confesses Alarm at the Continuance of the Present 'Financial 1'ollcy of the -Administration Groyer I. Is the Tool of the Money Illpr-dan Thinks Certain Evils of Legislation Should He Corrected, and That Shingles Are Cheaper Than Men. Through the courtesy of D. M. Riordan The Sun is enabled this week ti give its readers the views of Senator Teller upon this financial policy of tin national Tho following correspondence between Messrs.

Teller and Riordan will be of absorb ing interest to all. Flagstaff, A. Feb. 7, 1895. Hon.

H. M. Teller, Senate Chamber, Washington, D. C. Mr Dear and Valued Friend I want to thank you for the manly and able speech delivered 03' you on the 12th of last month, a copy of which you sent mo here.

May I ask you to send me a dozen or more copies foi distribution amongst thinking men. I have not seen anywhere a more thorough and able presentation of tliu case. I have given this matter some serious thought, and tho other day in writing to Mr Lyman J. Gage in Chicago about an entirely different matter, 1 used this language; "You know as well as 1 do (but I don't believe tho conviction is any stronger in your mind than it is in mine) that things are going to go pretty steadily from bad to worse in this country until the fools in our legislative halls untie our hands and the conspirators tako their clutches off our throats." I jig not know whether to 4 consider the president one of tho conspirators or an honest man. In either case tho effect is equally bad upon the people of this country; and probably if the latter and more charitable impression prevailed it- would only mako the case worse by making it more difficult to detect and to deal with radically.

In writing to-day to another business man in New York City in regard to some other matters I took occasion to say in relation to a prospective investment here, that, "it means an additional investment here, and in my humble judgment the fate of all business in this country is full of peril and will continue to be until tle mistakes aud chicanery that are now an essential part of our iinancial system are eliminated." I don't know whether you will agree with mo or not, my friend, hut I tell yon that I greatly fear that unless wisdom and patriotism prevail more than thuy have been doing in our national councils the wrong courses that have been followed since tho monumental crime of this century the demonetization of silver was perpetrated, tho evil will be corrected by a process compared to which tho French revolution was a mild and peaceful reform. Keep up your good work; do not grow faint-hearted; call to your aid tho nearest Joshua and let hini hold up your hands until tho victory is achieved. God hless you anil sustain you, and inspire you; inspire your lips and your heart and make you, as I believe you tiro destined to be, a true leader and blessing to this people. Sincerely yonr friend, D. M.

Riordan. United States Senate. Washington, D. C. Fob.

13, 1895. D. M. Riordan, Flagstaff, Arizona. Dear Sir I havo your kind letter of tho 7th instant- I will send you the speeches you mention.

I notice what you say about tho present financial condition of the country. I confess I am greatly concerned about our present and future. The president is so completely under tho control of the money power of tho country that ho sees tho coudition as that power presents it to him. and I am convinced that ho thinks it is tho aim and object of tho government to protect properly, nnd not to protect men. In a word, looks as if we are to havo in the future a government, for the few poiiphi who are fnrtunato pnoivzli to bo rich, anil tho producers of wealth aro to bo ignored riches to bo thopassport to power, position and influence, ns it is in the monarchical countries of Europe.

The wages of America)) workmen havo fallen in the last, two years about 22 per and must 3 1 ill fall; jou and I know what lhat means. It means tho loss of opportunities for improvement ami ad. vaucemrwit, the change of manner of living, tlie necessity for economy and Sicrillcit not before existing, the bitterness of 'the laboring people towards Iho capitalist classes that must follow this changed condition a feeling that the government is not for them and that the' hare no interest in it, and no concern to maintain law and order. All this follows from tho degradation of the1 American laborer that comes from insufficient wages to maintain himself and his family in comfort ns he has heretofore bcon able to do. I am not a( pessimist and not easily discouraged, but I do get frightened when think tho danger to American in-stitutioiis by the adherence to tho gold standard and uhat awaits us if wo continue in that line fur a considerable time.

I hope the people who aro to bo affected by a ich an unwise liiitucial policy may awako to tho danger while they have tho power to protect themselves, but I get somewhat discouraged when I see (ho representatives of tho laboring' people ignoring the interests of their constituents and then see tho people, in ignorance of their danger, re-elect their unfaithful reprosantalire. simply because he is a democrat or republican, aud iho rotor thinks ho is bound to vote for rmo of his political faith. Thero is danger ahead, and it will require a great deal of hard work to keep the government in the hands of the people and out of the control of the great' Iinancial concerns that are at tliis.momeut dominating the executive tlt)ftnim-nt of this government. It would afford mo great pleas tiro, to accept your kind invitation to make you a visit, but I fear I cannot do it this year. Yours very truly, II.

M. Teller. Flagstaff, A. Feb. 23.

1895. Hon. N. O. Muuniv, Phoenix.

Dear Sir Ever since I havo been old enough to discuss, nnt especially in this part of tho country, I have heard tho expression, "Look at Mexico, Look at Mexico," always accompanied with derision so far as Mexico is concerned, and always intended to convoy the idea of our immenso superiority to that benighted republic in everything. Well, I have been looking at Mexico lately, aud any man that takes a gootl, square look at her will tind that even as late as Washington's birthday, 1895, wo cm got some points on some things, ovon from Mexico. Wo can certainly get some points on the solution to our Iinancial difficulties, when it is a fact that thero is said to bo not an idle spiudlo or loom in this sister republic of ours; when they havo managed to convert (lie very eauso that is bringing depres sion to every walk of life this side of tho line, whioh has already brought distress and actual starvation into somo of our homes, ami has caused greater desolation all over this broad land than any armed body of men in the world could cttiso in when, I say, in the f.tco of nil these things has managed to turn that very cause which lias brought us gloom into tho foundation for the highest pros perity slio has ever known, 'iind has made it oveu act as a high protective tariff is said to act, I think it behooves us to tako a good look at hor and find 'wherein wo aro wanting. I enclose you a carbon copy of a letter written this day to Senator Teller. Tho remark quoted by the Rev.

Mr. Goodchild was taken from an tuv ticlo in the January number of the Arena" on tho sweating systom in Philadelphia. The author says: "Ono man was asked to repair tho roof over his workmen. It was giving them rheumatism; asthma and consumption. He said, 'Men aro cheaper than shingles; no sooner does one drop out than a dozen aro ready to tako his Now it is unneceasary to dwoll upon tho brutality of this expression.

Let each- of us ask ourselves if it is true. Sbiugle8. cost money. know that LEVI STRAUSS CO? TRABC MAIM COPPER RIVETED CLOTHING EVERY GARMENT GUARANTEED. rftAMClSCO-CAUrOftNIA.

men dou't. At least not to replace. Aud we also know that (his manufacturer was only a little more frank than many who net on that theory, even though they do not put it in ao many words'. Senator Teller will know my views when my letter reaches him, aud so will you. Yours very truly, O.

M. Riordan. FLAGSTArF, A. Feb. 23, 1896.

Hon. Henrt M. Teller, Senate Chamber. Washington, D. C.

Mr Dear Sib If th-j remark quoted by Rev. Mr. Goodchild in the enclosed clipping is true, I do not see for tho life of me how any man, or community of men, can sow such seeds and expect to reap anything but a bountiful crop of anarchists and bombs. If I read the signs aright wo are going to have to devise some system which will dispense with both landlords and lemllords. We will have to strike at the lendlords first and insist on their giving back to tho people their rightful money of redemption.

If the ex- pressions, both verbal and that come to me cau be taken as any indication, we are confronted for the first time with Iho deeply-rooted belief on tho part of intelligent and patriotic people that we have a president who is capable of bartering away the bodies of this people for money. It is a pretty sad state of affairs, whether this belief is true or not, and I consider it a dangerous state when a free people arrive at any such conviction. Your Anglo-Saxon beast will endure a gi eat deal if lie is kept well fed and com fortable; he may growl and grumble a good deal, but he won't snap your head off or rentl your vitals; but be-waro of the lurking devil within him, and be very careful, if you intend to "shykeeu," not to let him get huugry or cold. This is apropos of the second and third paragraphs on page four of your speech, of tho 29th ultimo, on Senator Manderson's resolution. There are somo good points in that resolution, and they ought to bo embodied in whntevcr is done; but they do not go to tho roots of tho matter.

Speaking to tho text of this clipping, it may bo that "men are cheaper than shingles," but I have not yet got to that way of thinking, and I believe it will be a sorry day for this dear country of ours when that opinion becomes universal. I own two honorable discharges from the United States service, earned in timo of battle and before I'was old enough to vote; I also possess as much of this goods as the one matchless man in forty millions (Abraham Lincoln) owned when he laid down his life work. I value tho first named of these a good deal higher than I do tho latter as an heritage for my children and I believe they entitle, me to speak my thoughts, I havo noticed of late that a man, if ho is a republican, can unhesitatingly damn Cleveland, and if he is a democrat can do likewise witli Harrison, or sny other president, without question being raised as to his loyalty, or his peaceable intentions, but that if a citizen undertakes to damu the president of a streetcar company, or a Jay Gould, he is immediately denounced as an anarchist, aud tho sacred, inviolate property represented by the head of tho corporation denounced becomes at once an object for deep solicitude on tho part of tho authorities, both civil and military. The poor devil that was doing the damning inay have a hungry wolf gnawing with him; but that doesn't matter. Property rights are of more value than manhood rights.

I hope that no one will over undertake t- cram down the throats of tho people of the west the idea that "men at 0 cheaper than shingles," for if it is ever trlotl jour wild Anglo-Saxon beitst is liablo not to tako it kindly. Yours very truly, D. M. Riordan. United States Senate.

Washington, D. Fob. 24. D. M.

Riordan, Esq, Dear Sir I havo your kind letter of tho 19th'. You may publish my letter if you wish. I did not write it with a thought It would bo published, but I will stand by all I said. Yours, H. M.

Teueb. Profi Percival Lowell Haa Made Startling Discoveries From Flagstaff Observatory. The Telescope Itereals Strange Facts NeTer Before Known to Astronomy and There Are Strong Evidences That tha Planet Is Inhabited by a Illfhly CIvlllied Race of Man. Prof. Percival Lowell has made some startling astronomical discoveries since the establishment of the observatory on the heights overlooking Flagstaff, and students of the heavens are now looking forward with eagerness to the more detailed report of bis work last summer in the observation of Mars, to which he and his assistants copfined themselves exclusively during the whole period of its apposition.

Tho facts collected by ProC Lowell bear directly upon tho question whether or not Mars is inhabited by a highly civilized race of men. Tho evidence, instead of showing that Mai's is an uninhabited planet, almost destroys such a theory. Engineering schemes of colossal magnitude have been plainly seen at Flagstaff. A series of canals more elaborate than was ever dreamed of by Schiaparelli has been discovered. Mr.

Lowell is convinced that theso canals, whose number and character have astonished him, are artificial. He says that they cannot be accounted for by any sort of natural phenomena known to science. There is no phase of world-building, no phase of planet making that would produce such appearances. Mars has been found to be unlike the It that itr bjis-nrr big mountain It is almost completely round like an orange. The irregularities in its surface are very slight.

At the same time there is a singular rise and tall of tides upon Mar, and water seems to flow all over its surface in shallow seas, somewhere only a few feet deep. Seas have been observed from Flag staff to appear and disappear on Mars. The ground under the sea has been seen, showing that the water was but a few feet deep. Too melting of the polar caps has been observed with the advance of the summer, and what looked like fields havo changed color. as if with rotating crops.

In short. Mars, it has been found, is like Holland. Its' inhabitants appear to have drained nearly the whole of its surface as a measure of protection against encroaching waters, whicli threaten an invasion w.en na i.e.s heat melts the polar ice and snow. Mr. Lowell, moreover, has dis.

covered extraordinary alterations in the planet's surface. He tells in do-tail the strange things he has seen, using 'the names of Martian seas and continents nccepted by astronomers, and he includes in the summary of his work many of tho observations made by Mr. M. A. Douglass.

A noteworthy feature of Mr. Lowell's report is the large area occupied by tho dark regions on Mars, while those singular, tilted peninsulas that are so generally represented connecting the continents witli tho islands of the south are conspicuous by their absence. One' continuous belt' of bluish green stretches unbroken front the Hour-glass sea to the Columns of Hercules. Hesperia has reappeared, and it has done this, in just the way, to show it as laud drying off by a sinking of the general water level. Simultaneously Iho region formerly occupied by tho Polar sea and the region to the north of it, from having been blue, has now become for the most part reddish yellow.

There have also been observed on Mars strange irregularities or projections, 'or small notches. Many people, thought them signals to earth. These are now.supposed to be to mountains, which arc of no great height." Plateaus on Mars were' observed on two- occasions by Prof. One of these lies not far from columns of Hercules. Both plateaus rise abruptly, and they stand n't a height of about 2,600 feet.

Certain strange whitish patches have been observed on the planet. These were first seen by Prof. Pickering on Aug; ust 16. Prof. Pickering called them clouds.

Mr. Lowell says that theso appear- ances were of two kinds. Certain whitish, flocular patches not far from the polo might, he thought, be clouds, as they presented a peculiar aspec tnot like snow nor.like the earth. If they were clouds they prove that Mars has an atmosphere. i t- gj- Jiv8si vH IV m1.