East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-06-27
Money Men End Two Days OF
Business With Enjoyable
Banquet.
OFFICERS ARE ELECTED
FOR ENSUING YEAR
Alex Martin, Jr., of klamath Falls
Heads Organization With II. ID.
Durham as Vice President-MOst
Successful Convention Since Forma-
ton of AssociatiOn-VisitOr Loud
I'm Their Praise of Treatment Ac-
corded Them.

The most enjoyable and in every
way, most successful convention of
bankers ever held in Oregon was
brought to a close in this city Satur-
day night. The concluding feature of
the meeting and one of the most i'm
portant, was the banquet given by the
local bankers in honor of their guests
at the Quelle cafe. Toasts were given,
healths were drunk and the bankers
local and visiting-made merry un-
til late hour. Then, tired and worn,
but happy, as a result or their two
strenuous days of pleasure and busi-
ness, with the former feeling pre-
dominating, they took their departure
for their various homes. All were
loud in their praises of the treatment
they had received at the hands of the
Convention City of Oregon"
Saturday had been given up almost
entirely to the entertainment side of
the convention and the banquet Sat
urday night was a fitting close to a
day which started out with a Won
derful automobile ride through miles
of waving wheat. up the gorge of the
Umatilla river to Wenaha springs one
of the most beautiful spots in the
northwest. Even the visiting bank
ers from the Palouse country who
had been led to believe that they
lived in the greatest wheat country
on earth were forced to admit that
they had never seen anything like
the Umatilla county wheat belt.
At the brief business session held
at Wenaha Springs hotel, officers were
elected for the ensuing year and Fred
C. Mock of Portland delivered his in
teresting address on THE Reason OF
Things" which he was scheduled to
deliver Friday afternoon. He was de-
layed at the Idaho state Bankers
convention in Twin Falls and for that
reason did not arrive in time for the
first days session.
The officers chosen We're as fol-
lows
President, Alex Martin, jr,, cashier
OF the klamath County bank of Kla-
math Falls.
Vice president, r. d. Durham. vice
president of the Merchants National
bank of Portland.
Secretary j. l.. Hartman of Hart
man & Thompson, bankers, Portland
Treasurer, j l.. Thornburg of the
Forest Grove National Forest Grove
Executive committee, Lester Butler
Hood River; Il. c. Apperson, McMinn-
vile: c. Il. Higgins, Astoria; william
MacRae, Portland, and G. NJ. Rice,
Pendleton. The question of the next
place OF meeting was left to the ex-
ecutive committee.
A total of $500 100000 was repre-
sented by the convention Delegates
That is the amount of deposits in the
banks represented at the Pendleton
meeting. The capital stock of the
banks represented is more than $780,
100000.
The retiring president of the or
ganization. r. w. Schmeer of the
United States Bank of Portland, act
ed as toastmaster at the closing BAN
quet. Among those caiied upon by
him to respond to toasts were George
N. O'Brien. cashier of the American
National Bank of San Francisco; j
K Moffitt of the Fla st National Bank
of San Francisco, l.. II. Grimme OF
the National City Bank of Chicago, j
w. Shutc of Hillsboro, w d. Vincent
cashier of the Old National bank OF
Spokane, w. l.. Thompson of the
American National bank of Pendle-
ton, G. NJ. Rice of the First National
Bank of Pendleton, Alex Martin, the
incoming president of the organiza-
ton and r. L. Durham, the incom'