Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1907-11-14
The Country Banker,

The Country Banker.
Treat them we'll for he is your
friend. The gray hairs in his
head and the wrinkles on his
face are not placed there by a
sordid slavery to business NEAR
ly to increase his hoard, as some
suppose, but in nearly every
case, are made by the worry and
study and careful attention to
details which makes him a sue
cessful business man and ena-
BILE him to "take care Of you"
intelligently and conservatively
when you need a loan. Long
association with other peoples
money has made him careful,
conservative, safe. He may not
be the impulsive, explosive man
that you are, but, down deep in
his heart, is the same honest,
bubbling, natural love of his
fellow man which permeates
the nature of all honest men.
He may be your best friend, but
your interests may demand that
he keep you aloof by an outward
coldness that, to you, seems un-
necessary, yet to HIM it is indis-
pensable business asset.
When you are unoccupied and
care-free and out having a good
time, the country banker, the
custodian of your little hoard,
is poring over books, papers, f.
nancial reports and kindred
things, studying, planning, and
working to insure the safety of
your deposit and make it bring
you the returns he has promised
you. His word is his pride and
he would consider it a disgrac
if he could not make it good.
When you ask his advice he
tells you to the best of his abil-
lity and gives you the benefit of
ripe, trained, educated expert
ence. While his words may not
always sound pleasant in your
ears, nine times out of ten they
are the truth and that's a very
good average. He is always one
of the bulwarks of the commu-
nifty, one of it's solid men, one Of
its best builders and boosters.
With very few exceptions he is
the clean, model man of the
community, whom all respect
and admire. He seldom allows
his politics or religious preiu-
dice to warp his good judgment
and that is one of his very best
features.
True, occasionally one of him
CANDLES on the board of trade
or otherwise dissipates his own
funds and those entrusted to
him. He is seldom punished by
law, for his disgrace is such that
he takes the law into his own
hands and Furnishes himself by
suicide. But how ever, very
few of him betray the trust
placed in him.
The country banker is an hon.
est man, a man with a heart,
man with brains and a whole
lot of splendid brotherly love
and human interest and sympa-
thy in his makeup. He is wor-
thy of your trust and confidence
and your interests are his.
Treat him we'll for he is your
friend. Manson Democrat.
The indiscriminate selling of
cocaine by Chicago druggists
has been working such havoc
as to cause the Illinois legisla-
ture to turn aside a moment
from the chief purposes of an
extra session and enact a law
imposing fines as high as $1,000
and Imprisonment, as a punish
ment for druggists who sell the
drug without a physicians pre-
scripticn and the name of the
buyer. Sales to persons ad-
dicted to the use of the drug
are prohibited under any condi-
tions.
The morning papers chronicle
the death of H. D. Harle, secre-
tary and general manager of
the Harle-H Haas Drug Company.
MIR. Harle was stricken with
apoplexy about six o'clock last
evening at his office and died