The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1909-08-10
A Gard to the Public OF Custer County

For quarter of century, or
more, the county seat of Custer
has had no banking in
stitutiOn. The many that have
had business dealings in this
country, have had to pay sub
stantial tribute to outside insti-
tutions. In the past, high rates
of exchange have been paid, and
your money, deposited outside of
Challis, has gone to develop the !
business interests of every place
but your own community. The
earnings of the money that you
have sent out of the county, here
tOfore, would have built you a
railroad in this county several
times. 1t is estimated that the
citizens of Custer county have
have from 5000, 900 to $500, 900
working for a number of other
towns and communities outside
of the county. This is making
developments for them, and leav-
ing your own county, with its
wonderful resources, prOstrated.
for the want of funds to open
them up. The vast mineral
wealth of Custer county, is so
great that the wealth of Stand
ard Oil company is mere baga
telle compared to it. The untold
wealth, to be produced from the
soil of Round valley and Pah
samaroi valley, with the floods
water always ready to turn on
and irrigate it, is hard to esti
mate, as the productiveness of
this soil is SO great. With all the
range for grazing, look at the
wealth producing that this item
brings to Custer county. There
is fabulous wealth yet to be pro-
duced from fruit growing in this
valley. Bee culture is another.
Why should some other comm un-
ity grow at the expense of Gus
ter county ? With a soil that
will grow to perfection all the
cereals, most all the fruits, all
the root crops, all the hay crops,
and l am told hops do we'll here,
with millions of tons of rich ore
to be smelted, it does not take
much of a statistician to figure
out Custer county to be one o1
the richest counties in the State
and, for that matter. in the Pac
itic Northwest. 1t is now up tC
the people of this vicinity ts
! change the situation. Keep your
money in your home institution:
where it can be used to develop
the resources at home, Custel
, county should now have the at
tentiOn you have neglected Il
= give her all these years. Th'
First National Bank of Challi
2 has been organized and has tn
-. authority of the National Gov
ernment to begin business il
! YOUR community. We have
: strong board of local busines
, men as directors, the majority
+ the stock is owned by Challi
citizens. 1t is a strictly hom
o institution. If you will come an
n open an account, and everybOd
will do the same it will create
fund here at home that will d
: wonders in the way of up-builo
S ing your town and developln
It the resources of your count!
r We will pay interest on time dc
O posits, and are prepared to max
n loans to all who have reasOnabl
e security to offer. We have 800
It 600 to loan and when that is gor
is we will increase the amount. "
It expect to take care of ever
e legitimate demand, and aim
: give Challis and Custer count
every possible inducement to g
busy that is consistent with sa
4 and conservative banking met
:, DDS. We advise every one, WI
u has bills of any kind to pay,
- - deposit your money in the ban
- : and give checks for it, as tn
~ check is always receipt Il
ie your payments. If you once g
= the habit, you will never do
Is any other way. You are all &C
u u daily invited to join the Chal
u and Custer County Booster Gu
" d. C. SMUTZ,
~ President First National Ban
he