Show APPARENT TIBE E L DONE TO SALT LAKERS Arizona Parties Pile File Charges Against Two Well Known Citizens of Utah A gross Injustice has been done E S Kimball and R A Shipp two well known Salt Lake business men by parties in Arizona who made charges of false pre pretense pretense pretense tense against the Salt Lake men In con connection conne ne Uon with the development of a ba ha banana banana hanana nana and orange plantation In Vera Cruz Mexico The Salt Lake men declare that the action taken by certain c Arizona par parties par parties parties ties Indebted to them was a piece of spite work and that there is no foundation foundation tion for the charges that have been made against them themA A technical omission In the articles of Incorporation of the company compan when they were filed flied two or three years ears ago was the basis for the charges being made As a result of an oversight the articles s did not bear the names of the officers of the Corporation although they had been duly elected by the stockholders In Inthe Inthe Inthe the proper manner As quickly as the omission was waa discovered the names of the officers were included In an amendment to the articles of incorporation and for forwarded forwarded forwarded warded at once to Phoenix At the meeting which was called c led to amend the articles of incorporation the previous acts of the company were rati ratified ratified fied fled Including the issue of stock which the Arizona people alleged was spurious being signed only by the de do facto fa prOs pres president s ident and secretary of the company Some of these persons who had Invested re refused refused refused fused to pay and some of them were sued to recover the money One of the disgruntled ones found an attorney who discovered the omission In the articles of Incorporation and this Is the after aftermath aftermath aftermath math mathAs mathAs mathAs As to the defect detect the men mn referred to maintain they were not in the slightest degree responsible They say sa there was wasat wasat wasat at the time and now are substantial holders of the same sam stock Issue and are areas areas as patiently waiting for dividends as any stockholder I The company has hM a valuable plantation located near Tampico on the Tames river and has gone ahead with the work of developing the plantation In good faith The property has been developed and thousands of a dollars have been spent in Improvements and cultivation |