Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1888-03-01
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He was the organizer and for q number
of years president of the First National
Bank of Dodge City, and is largely in
terested in real estate in the county,
owning about 5000 acres farm lands, be-
sides property in this city valued at not
less than $40, 900. He was one of the
early settlers of Ford county, and his
handsome fortune is the accumulation of
an active business life.
Mr.. W. H. Smith, of Windsor, Mo-,
one of the largest stock holders is a man
of large MEANS and was, until very re-
Gently, cashier of the Citizens Bank of
Windsor, Mo-
Mr.. r. J. Hardesty is also an old resi-
dent of Dodge City, worth probably
$4,000 With Messrs Hoover and Evans
he was one of the incorporators of the
Bank of Dodge City, now the First Ma
| tiOnal Bank, of which he was the vice
president. Mr.. r. w. Evans has been
cOnnoc ted with the First National Bank
since it was organized as a state bank,
and is now its cashier He filed in a
highly satisfactory manner for four
years the responsible position of county
treasurer and is worth at least $50, 600
Mr. Fred Gardner is at present passenger
and freight agent of the Atchison, TOpe
ka & Santa Fe railroad and president of
4 o at nd &c Low ~
in the lumber business.
DIR. C. A. Milton is physician of fine
standing and a man possessing COM
Portable fortune. He is at present cOun-
ty and city physician, and surgeon for
the Santa Fe and Rock Island railroads.
Mr. F. T. NJ Wenie is special agent
for the Niagara Fire Insurance Company
with headquarters and local office at
Dodge City. Worth from $4,000 to
$50, 600, and owning large interests in
number of growing western towns.
Mr.. j. H. Finlay is a lawyer of fine at
tainments, man of large personal means
and largely interested in farming lands
In THIS part OF the STATE.
Mr. B. F. Milton is ex-county attorney,
and holds several responsible positions of
trust in connection with educational
matters.
This personal mention of the officers of
the company is not made for the purpose
of lauding Individuals but to give
our readers the character and standing of
the men who compose the company and =
are managing its affairs. We feel safe in
asserting. and are confident our readers
will admit, that such an array of personal
wealth and business standing is the high
est possible guarantee that their business
will be honestly, cOmpetently and profit.
ably conducted, and furnishes an assur-
ance to those who are seeking safe and
profitable investments in western secur-
ities Stockholders are liable for the full
amount of their stock, and the personal
responsibility of those interested IN the
company is such as to make this no empty
statement The stock is now a good pay
ing investment. and regular dividends are
declared The First National Bank of
New York is the eastern agency of the
company, where the interest and princi-
pal of loans negotiated by it are payable.
An investigation of the business con-
Quoted by the company shows that their
loans have been made with great care,
and on most conservative basis, Their
records show not single foreclosure and
hardly default in interest, and of the
latter, not one but will be paid in full.
The remittances for interest alone for the
last month were 81 300 This is record
of which the company may well be proud
and is one of the best evidences of its re-
sponsibility.
<SDnDS nLH 1897