Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-11-30
Northern Io,Ua Items

the judges of the high school oratori-
cal contest here Saturday evening. He
referred to Lawrence Gaedke who
spoke The Wandering Jew. This is
the third year for this speaker in pub
lie speaking activities, and all OF the
time he has easily been a leader in sucn
events. Marion Hittenmark was given
second place. with "A Cross of Gold,
and Charles Hudson third with Daniel
OConnell." #s5
Hopkinton.
While thousands of soldiers monu-
ments are scattered over the United
States Hopkinton has the proud dis
tnction of having erected the first one.
1t was built in 1885 and the old SOL
diers of this vicinity celebrated the an.
niversary OF its dedication the other
day 1t was erected in honor of the
forty one men from this place who
were either killed in battle or died of
disease Twenty seven of them were
students Of Lcrnox College and fourteen
soldiers were residents OF the city of
Hop&inton. The shaft was placed on
its pedestal early in 1865 but because
many OF the volunteers did not return
untl August of thar year lis dedca-
tior was delayed till November
vinton.
r. 4. White. known TO football fans
of the state as. Cresco White, who was
captain of the football team Of the
state university Of Iowa during the sea-
son OF 1907, ard was member of the
team from 1904 to 1907, left Yinton
Sunday night for Seattle. Wash. en-
route to. Picking, China. where he will
have charge of extensive engineering
construction work Mr., White has al
ready spen. three years in China since
his graduation from the engineering
college of the state university in 1907.
and vas in charge of the construction
of the first nlaca damized highway built
IN the orient He is returning now.
after having spent three months Wis
iting IN this country, to take charge OF
the building Of l,500 miles OF railroad
in the interior of China Mrs White.
who is also graduate cf the univer-
sity. will not join her husband in the
oriental country until next june but
will remaIn with her mother. Mrs. r.
NJ. Moore. at Traer 4intil' next sum.
mer -
Wateaco.
The total OF the overdrafts OF the 35l
national banks Of Iowa is greater than
that of any other state in the country
except New York, DIR. y. r. Whitney.
professor OF banking at the state uni
versity. declared al meeting of Wat
erloo bankers. AT the last published
report, the national banks Of this state
had a total overdraft of s6l4,G00," Pro-
lessor Whitney said New York state
which alone surpasses Iowa in the
amount of its overdrafts, has 100 more
national banks with ten times the cap.
ital. The national banks of Iowa have
one-tenth of the overdrafts in the
United States While the situation
with regard to the overdrafts Of tbs
national banks is still unsatisfactory, It
has greatly improved in the last few
years. In 1909 the; overdrafts were
s1.i17,49s.09 as compared with the
$4,000 Of this year The change for
tine better is due to the activities of the
comptroller Of the currency, who has
threatened to impose penalties on tho
offending banks. Nor are the national
banks the worst offenders in the state.
The 1.225 state supervised banks and
trust companies had total overdrafts
of $1;901, 717.SS at the time OF the last
report in September"