Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-09-28
LOCAL |. [: BANKERS
ENTERTAINED.
California Delegation 10 Denver
Convention Shown Good Time
In Salt Lake.
DINE y. T. AT COMMERCIAL CLUB
Delegates Attend Organ Recital at the
Ia bernac.e Before Continuing
Eastward tourney

rho California delegation to the an
4 nuat convention Of the American Bank
f ers' association, held In Denver this
week, arrived in this city early yes
E sterday afternoon; they We're taken in
4 land by members of the Salt Lake
4 Tearing House association, and shown
y oyer the town in automobiles. After
me principal points of interest in the
4 city mad been seem the visitors were
4 .ahen 70 the Commercial club, where
q me luncheon was given by the Salt
Lake bankers. Then, as there was
LIME lime the guests We're favored with a
z special organ recital i'll the tabernacle,
+ AFTER which they Were escorted to the
Z NO Grande depot to resume their east
ware. Journey. Among the delegation
the Commercial National bank in this
CITY and now vice president of the
american National bank Of San Fran
CISCO. He was warmly welcomed by
old Salt Lake friends.
OPPOSED TO SYSTEM.
& One Of the delegates said that the ma
g9oritys OF California bankers We're OPP
posed to the system adopted in OKLA.
homa, where the state guaranteed bank.
deposits. as they believed In curing ex-
Slstlng evils in banking from the inside
rather than from the outside. In CAL
ltornia, the clearing house system gives
absolute protection to the depositor
without affecting the Individual banks.
IN California, the clearing house sys-
tenn is being extended by the establish
.ments of district clearing houses, which
brings in all Of the banking institu-
5tions. a7
VI PERSONNEL, OF DELEGATION.
3 i /, L ( u - r. 81 Z & I
Following is a list Of members of The
Sallfornia delegation: George w. Nc
Near, Bank Of Sonoma, Petaluma, and
y. rs McNear; Clarence NJ. Smith, Ma
1 1,o Bank OF Visalia; c. w. Weaver,
va flners & Merchants bank, of HeaIds
Dnrg;J p. Radford. German American
savings bank. Of Los Angeles, who is
president OF the California Bankers
association; George p, Peletier Calf
iornIa National bank, Sacramento; !.
=. Hart, Commercial bank, of Nero ed.
and Mrs. Hart; p. Il. Hatch, National
pank, OF. Long Beach, Mrs. Hatch and
MISS Hatch; #. H. Nichols, California,
Savings bank, and Mrs. Nichols; o. M.
souden, United States National bank.
Of Los Angeles; Il. r. Bostwick, Bank
OF Mill Valley, and Mrs. Bostwick a.
~ Giannini, Bank of Italy, san Fran
cisco, and Mrs. Giannini; James X.
Lynch. First National bank, Of san
!. :. hiiSisoSo, gtIlu MIS-. Lynch II, S.
" angenheim, Bank of Newman. and
Mrs Wangenheim; j. A. Park, Farm
rs q Merchants bank, of Haywartis;
q. s. Fletcher. Bank OF Watsonville::
a. a. Aforey, Peoples bank. Santa
fruzi u. r. Behrens, First National
,ank, Redwood City. and Mrs. Beirens;
a I. :. Lewis. First National bank. of vi
'alia, and Mrs, Lewis; A. Mitchell, First
National bank, of vsalia, and Mrs.
&. Wilson, San Francisco
National bank, and Miss Wilson's; the
hree Misses HUFF. Bank Of san Pean-
lro; r. 4. Rodgers, National Bank or |
.alifornia, Of Los Angeles: II. p. Bel
her First National bank of San Di-
go; w. r. Pents, Bank OF California.
san Francisco: r. w. Wilson, Ameri-
an National bank, of San Francisco, |
Ind Mrs. Wilson; "A. Kalns, San Fran
,fsco clearing house: George N.O 'Brien.
National bank, San Francis
q: II. B. Stoddard. Commercial Ma
ional hank, MERGED; John A, Beckwith.
security Banking & Trust company,
Oakland.