Rocky Ford enterprise., 1908-01-17
TIE STATE BANK
IN sqAfU QUO
None of the Rumors Of Relief
for the Depositors
Il Realized
REPORTED REQUIS!.
y Tl0N FOR ARRESTS
Rses,vsr t1an Vim Rsqsars THE,
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Ths heal hank situation does not dsh-
aits,y present any nsw phases h he week
that has elapsed since our last report
Ths most ssnsational news Of ysstsrday
vas that rsauisitsoa bad bssa made 70
ths district sssornsy for papsrs Of arrest
for he bank ofbesss. Enquiry At ths
Offices Of the attorney and The sheriff
failed 70 esnhEm the rumos. District At
tornsy MeDanisls declined TO answer any
questions. ~ did also those dspositors
who attended . meeting held Wednesday
night. That meeting eft any deposition
present 70 act In the matter on his own
Initiative. and the popular assumption Is
that somebody acted Thursday morning.
At meeting Of a number Of dsposi,ors
Of the State Bank. hold on the night Of
Jan. is. tho following resolution was
adopted:
"whereas. The committee appointed by
these depesi,ors to confer with tho bank
officials reporting that the said officials
have refused to assign any Of their prop
erty to Trustee or tho Receiver OF the
said bank for tho beneti. Of all deposi,ors.
and the said doposiiors assembled. belicv-
ing nothing further can DO done. believe Il
advisable TO discharge sale committee.
Nov we. the deposi,ors assembled.
having discharged said committee. wish
TO repor, To all OF the deposi,ors that We
do not believe tha. we can 10 anything
further along this line."
An interview with Receiver Hall brings
only the statement that ii will require
several days yet to complete tho state
mon. Of tho banks affairs. and as soon as
this is done |, will DO given to tho public.
While the Beet Growing farmers
were in meeting assembled at Odd
Fellows hall Saturday afternoon.
Judge Minor appeared on the scene
and asked the presiding officer IL he
would be permitted to give the gath
cring a message that did not pertain
to bcets. lac was accompanied by
Miss Mccoy, the stcnographcr from
the State Bank.
The Judge was given the privilege
of the floor and said that he came
with message from Mr.. John L.
Godding. He wished it to be under
stood that he did not como. to the
meeting as the attorney of Mr.. God
ding. nor yet as the attorney Of Mr..
Hall. the receiver of the State Bank;
he came simply to deliver message
as it had been given him. and what
he said would be taken down by a
stcnographcr that what he did say
might be verified il necessary after
wards. Mr.. Godding had called him
up by phone and asked him II he
would take message to this meet
ing. and with Mr.. Halls consent he
had promised to do so. The mess
age was this:
Mr.. Godding wished to say that
three plans were on foot with view
to rc-opcning the State Bank, one or
other OF which he had reason to be-
licvc would be successful. That each
of those plans included the purpose
to pay every dcpositor of the bank
dollar for dollar of his deposit: that
ncither of the plans would be adopt
ed except with that condition. He
wished this gathering to know tina.
he was working hard to effect this
result and was hopeful of success.