The Dickinson press., 1917-01-20
COUNTY BANKS
ELECT OFFICERS

All Of the banking institutions of
Stark county held their annual meet
ing of stockholders last week and
elected officers for the ensuing year.
The Dakota National Bank Of this
city held their postponed meeting on
Tuesday and all Of the old officers
and directors we're reelected with
one exception, J. G. Sanders taking
the position Of one Of the assistant
cashiers; The officers Of the bank
f FERRIS. A' lire n whit t Rresb{d d S;' s %. M.
cashier; Y. W. Maser and ]. G. Sand
ers, assistant cashiers. Directors,
Alfred White, S. M. Ferris, H. G..
Christensen, Rasmus Jensen, Geo. A.
Senour, B. H. Crawford and G.. A..
Perkins. All of the directors were
present at the meeting but Rasmus
Jensen, who lives fifty miles north of
the city.
First National Bank, Belfeld-All
of the old officers of this institution
were again elected for the ensuing
year. The officers are: R. C. Davis,
president; Anton Anderson, vice pres
ident; J. O. Milsten, cashier; c. M.
Barton, cashier; H. J. Westlund, as
sistant cashier. Directors, R. C.
Davis, Anton Anderson, J. O. Milsten,
J. E. McCabe and B. J.. Determan.
Owing to the recent fire which
destroyed the Farmers State Bank at
Belfeld, the annual meeting of the
stockholders of that institution has
been postponed indefinitely. The Off
GERS of this bank are: W. L. Richards,
president; W. T. Hendren, vice presi-
dent; J. F. Gardner, cashier; C. J.
Parker, assistant cashier. Directors,
W. L. Richards, W. T. Hendren, A. f.
McAdams, David Coutts and J. F.
Gardner.
The Citizens State Bank at Belfeld
elected the following officers: S. G.
More, president; E. E. More, vice
president; Walter S. Morris, cashier;
r. L. Sproul, assistant cashier. Di-
r~ectors, S. G. More, E. E. More and
Walter S. Morris.
First National Bank of Taylor elect
ed the following officers: A. J. Peter
son, president; F. L. Hutchinson, vice
president; J. M. Noes, cashier. Direc-
tors, Cornelius Williams, A. B. Doran,
J. M. Noes, Mat Ovran and A. j..
Peterson.
Taylor State Bank-Ferdinand
Leutz, president; Herman Leutz, vice
president; H. E. Skauge, cashier. The
board of directors is composed of
Ferdinand Leutz, Herman Leutz, Sam
Brand, Fred Deeken, H. E. Skauge
and H. w. Brademeyer.
Richardton State Bank-L. A.
Tavis, president; Albert Koesel, vice
president; Geo. A. Kern, cashier; J..
G. DeFrance, assistant cashier. Di-
r~ectors, H. R. Lyon, L. A.. Tavis, Jos.
P. Hess, Albert Koesel and Geo. A..
Kern.
Merchants State Bank, Richard
ton-Anton Muggli, president; Jos.
Killer, vice president; John Muggli,
cashier; P. W. Barthel, assistant
cashier.
The Lefor State Bank held it's an
nual stockholders meeting on Janu-
airy 18th. The new directors who
were elected are: Adam A. Lefor,
L. A. Simpson, Frank F. Lefor,
Thomas Lefor end Nick Martin. These
are the same directors as last year.
Adam A. Lefor was elected chairman
Of the board. The directors meeting
was held Immediately after the stock
holders meeting and the following Of
ficers were elected to serve for the
coming year: Adam A. Lefor, presi-
dent; L. A.. Simpson, vice president;
Nick A. Lefor, cashier. These same
men held their respective offices dur
ing the past year also. The bank is
one of the youngest in the state
but has made great progress since it
opened on July 18th, 1915.
The institution finds that the hard
est thing in its business is the COM
mercial deposit. This is due to the
fact that it is located in an inland
town and because there are so few
business houses in the little town.
Cashier Nick Lefor has ever made
it his aim to help the farmers of the
community; he stands ever ready to
help them solve their money problems
as best he can. A great deal of credit
is due Mr.. Lefor for the growth of
the community and he is termed by
many of his friends as "The man with
the money bag always ready to help"