The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-02-04
INJUNCTION
OVER NEW BANK
Bonaparte State Bank Ready to Ask
for Charter When Objec-
tion to Same is
Filled

BONAPARTE, Feb. "A rev days
ago Judge Thomas Guthrie issued a
temporary injunction restraining Geo.
H Messenger, state banking superin-
tendent from granting certificate OF
operation to a Bonaparte bank. The
bank is the Bonaparte State bank,
which has just had it's articles Of in
corporation published and were ready
Ito ask for charter for their banking
house The litigation came as a sur
prise in banking circles and is said to
be without parallel in the history OF
Iowa financial institutions. Bruce r.
Vale of Bonaparte filed the petition
for injunction against the banking SUI
pervisor. He declared in his petition
that the Bonaparte State bank. with
a capital stock of $4,000 was e5out to
be organized and given permit with
out due consideration on the part OF
the state official Mr.. Vale declares
he has ample proof which would jus
tify Mr.. Messenger in refusing to Is
sue a permit to the institution in ques-
ton. He declares that the establish
ment of the bank at this time would
be contrary to public interest Ac-
cording to Mr.. Wales statement, Mr..
Messenger refuses to receive or hear
such proof. He even, AYERS the plain
tiff. declines to Investigate condi-
lions at Bonaparte and refuses to
make a decision in the matter. Wales
reasons for opposcing the establish
ment Of the bank appear to be that
the volume of business and the popu-
ilation of Boneparte do not justify a
new financial institution in the town.
Attorneys Sargent, Sloan and Salig-
er, the latter son of Judge Salinger,
are representing the plaintiff in the
action. The case will be watched
with a great deal of interest by Bona
parte and Van Buren, county people
in general.
Superintendent McGrew OF the Bona
rarte schools, resigned his position
last week and has enlisted in the avia-
ton department of the government
service He expects to be called
shortly. A lady from Dakota has been
selected to take his former position.
Robert Mcdonald of Burlington
came Saturday for short visit at the
+. l. Easling home here. He will al
so visit with old friends in Harris
burg township north of here, before
returning home. He lived in Harris
burg township for many years, but
sold his farm few years ago and
moved to Burlington where he is en-
gagged in the hardware business.
Miss Bertha Meredith has moved
her houshold goods, which she had
stored here, into tie old Meredith
property last week, where she will
make her home The property has
been occupied for some time by
George Meredith and family who
have moved into the Steinmeyer resi-
dence which they purchased a few
weeks ago.
Max Bates OF Trenton, Iowa, visited
here a few days last week with his
sister. Mrs. J. I. Safer and family
This is the young man VINO on being
sent his QUESTIONABLE to fill ont sim
ply wrote across it and said: Send
me to Berlin at once and signed his
name to it.
f. n. vanhoose and family are pack
ing their farm machinery and house
hold goods preparing to moving to
CoIdwater, Mich, where they will
make their future home. Their many
friends here reeret to see this good
family leave. They have lived on the
Phoebe Moore farm two miles north
of Ponaparte. for three years. Mrs.
VaInhoose will visit with relatives in
Indiana until spring and the rest Of
the, family will go direct to their farm
in the north.
II. ]. Easter will have a pubic sale