Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1907-09-27
Where Do You Keep Tour Valu,blss.

about the house do you consider
the safest for jewels. or those
keep sakes and family heirlooms
which you prize so highlyl Un
a rough guess. we venture to say
they are in a pigeon hole of the
secretary" in a bureau drawer.
or in a tin box on the upper shelf
of the closet. OF course, down
at the Office" is another place
where things of this sort are often
put away" )" If sneak thieves.
porch climbers, and midnight
burglars became honest men, if
fire were only a faithful servant,
instead of a ravishing monster as
we'll, and if poor human minds
never failed to remember where
they put things, then we would
say. keep your treasures out on
the front porch. put your valuable
papers in the kitchen cupboard -
anywhere is a safe depository for
them
But-like the poor. the thief is
with us always. and no matter
how cautious and clever you be-
lieve yourself to be in hiding
things away, there is no place of
concealment that is beyond his
ken. You know that to be true,
from losses other people have sus-
tained, who imagined they were
using a secure hiding place. Fire
breaks out and the dwelling house
or office building and all that is
in them, are swept away. What
good reason have you to believe
that your house NAV not meet
such an unfortunate AFFAIR." Mans
memory is but frail thing at
best. Nun erous and varied are
the places wherein be sticks
things away" and on the day that
he would lay his hands upon them.
they are not. Frantically he
searches nigh and low. and in be-
tween, but so securely has he
put away" that which be would
find, that not for great riches can
here call its whereabouts.
Even to the least informed it is
a matter of common knowledge
that bank vault are built with two
great precautions in mind Sc
curity against theft and proof
against fire. The record of the
Baltimore and San Francisco dis
asters prove what a God.send to
the public these places were.
1t must n eeds be that security
is the banks first law, else it is
no more a safe depository than a
c loset shelf in a frame dwelling
house. Our bank has made ar
rangements to share the absolute
security of it vault with its pat.
rons and friends-just as many of
them as it can accommodate, in
the space at its disposal. We have
safe deposit buxes for rent-small
steel encased boxes. right in .our
vault. provided with two keys
l each. which open none but The
box to which they belong. For {
! very small annual rental we will
| provide place for your valuable,
that is absolutely secure against
: fire and theft, and that gives you
: one place for all your valuable
papers. jewelry. etc. instead o
D slowing them aay in a dozer
: different, insecure places. w
want you to come in and inspec
our Safe Deposit Box Department
We want you to see what conven
lent, SAFE, arrangements we have
9 made to accommodate you, and tc
protect you against loss. You
o safe in our vault, to which absolu
: tly no one has access except your
It self or a person duly authorized b
= you. is security which we believ
y you will appreciate and desire +
e take advantage of. Any of th
!. officials or clerks of our bank wi
a be pleased to show you thes