The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-08-05
Committees Named.

Committees Named.
Mr.. Coman's address ended the pro
gram and the announcement Of the
various committees and their MEM
beers was made by the president. The
committees and their members are as
follows. and they are tn report at this
mornings session: %
Resolutions-A. J., Stone, James r.
Wood and Roy T. Covert.
Nominations-Genrge l.. Ramsey. =.
w. Powell and J. H. r. Ryman.
Auditing-A j. Bennett, T.. A Han
nah and A. l.. \. Noble,
The report Of the committee on leg
islation was presented by n. ]. Gould.
This included list of all the laws
passed at the last session Of the Mon
tana Legislature relating to finances.
A motion made by George l.. Ram
sey that the executive committee he
instructed to push the passage of
bill through the next session OF the
legislature which shall provid. for the
adequate punishment of persons cir
culating malicious and derogatory re-
ports concerning all banks. private
and state, was passed. There is at
the present time bill before congress.
presented by Representative DalZell
which provides for the punishment OF
persons who circulate such reports of
national banks. and the Montana
Bankers association went on record
as supporting that measure besides
the one 10 be pushed in the state leg
isiature.
There were other resolutions intro
duced. but they were laid on the table
to be acted upon today. The report
of the secretary treasurer. Frank Bo-
CART of Helena. was also read to the
delegates. and it showed the finances
of the association to be in excellent
condition. The membership of the
organization was given as 1873 out of
q possible 100. The increase in the
plumber of banks in the state was also
noted. ii being shown that % new
financial institutions had been started
in the state within the last year,
with others being organized. Secre-
/ tary Bogart advocated the appoint
ment of an active and aggressive sec
retary- treasurer. one to whom the as
sociation would be willing to pay the
sum of $500 for his service each year.
/ This concluded the session, and an
adjournment was taken until 10
o'clock this morning. after which the
delegates and their ladies took lunch
and then went to the special train for
the trip up the Bitter Root valley. A
feature of yesterdays entertainment
was the open house established by
the Missoula Trust 4 Security bank.
ta1
with flowers. a gigantic horseshoe OF
flowers being especially noticeable.
Punch was served i'm the directors
room
The following gives the makeup "t
i the convention:
/ s. 4. Anderson. Cashier Seandinas-
! ian American bank. Spokane: &. \.
/ Banker. cashier Exchange bank, Glen
/ dive: A. j. Bennett. president Madi-
son State bank, Virginia City: Frank
] Rogart. cashier Union Bank K Trust
/ company, Helena: T. ]. Bowman. vice
president DAILY Bank & Trust com~
pany. Anaconda. Gary z. Burke. as
sistant cashier State Bank of Com
merce. Wallace: Frank Cannon. presl-
dent Missoula Trust Il Security bank
MissouIa: l.. ID. Compton, The Finan~
eier. New York city: Edwin T. Co
] man. president Exchange National
bank Spokane: W. G.. Conrad. presi-
dent Conrad Banking company, Great
Falls; Geo. Il. Conway. Dillon. II. ].
! Covert. cashier Merchants bank; Bill
! ings; o. 7 Eastman. First National
bank. Omaha, Charles F.. Farnsworth.
] cashier Yegen Brothers bank. Ana
! conda: l.. \. Goodwin, vice president
First National bank. Billings; \. j.
/ GG.rld. cnsh1or American National
bank. Helena: G, A. GrigGs
cashier Yegan Brothers bank.
Butte: Z \. Hannah. cashier Vein
stein Il Company. Philipsbnrg; ]. ".
Hicklin. cashier Aissoula Trust 4 Sc
eurity bank. MisSoula: F. +, Hofton,
cashier Northwes tern National bank.
Minneapolis. {. b. Harris, president
kalisren National bank. kalispeli:
George A. jackson. Continental Ma
tianal hank. Chicago: John \. keat-
ing. vice president Lumbermen's Ma
tional bank. Portland: j. NJ. Keith.
vice president First National bank.
.dlssoula, J. =. kinney. pref
dent First NJ lionai bank. Wi
beanx: L. u. Lewis. cashier
Bitter Root VALLEY bank, SteNensNIliei
Alex Livingston. cashier First STATE
bank. Livingston: F. Fl. Luce, national
bank examiner. Seattle: w N, Me
crackin. president RavaN County
bank. Hamilton. Charles \. Mclean.
cashier Traders National bank, Sp0~
kane: c. Fl. Maynard. president State
bank. Portland, Mich: c. ". Merrilies.
Northern Pacific railway. Helena !.
Ezra Militia Il. assistant c-tsh!er 9nlat.a
National bank. Omaha: \. 7. Morgan.
vice president State Savings hank.
Butte: Frank Newhali. First National
bank. Chicago. T. \. Newton. cashier
First National bank. Aissoula: F {.
Sarbeck. cashier Wallace National