The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1922-02-09
THE WALTON TRUST CON-
PANY TO LOCATE HOME
OFFICE IN KANSAS CITY
No Change in Conduct of Local Bus
mess But Increasing Volume
Demands More Central
Location.

sadq,iarters of The Walton Trust
Company are to be removed to Kan
sas City, according to an announce
ment made by officers of the COM
pany following meeting OF the
board of directors Friday.
The move, it is said at the offices
of the company has been under con-
sideration for long time and is me-
cessttated by the rapidly growing
volume of business.
Mr.. J. 3. Walton, president of The
Walton Trust company in announc-
ing the aclion OF the Board OF Di-
rectors said:
line ueclsion to move to Kansas
City comes amer long aeliDeratiOn OF
the company needs i'll handling Its
great yoiume OF business.
FIFTY years ago MI. Wnl l.. Wal
ton commenced iending money OH
Bates Lounty farms and IN later
years extended the field to counties
south. and east of Bates. During the
last ten years the Volume OF business
has increased rapidly and today the
loaning field covers practically all OF
Missouri--a portion OF Kansas and
large number OF selected counties III
Oklahoma.
The Walton Trust Company has
Lon its books SI5,ooo,ooo.oo iii current
loans. 1t has branch offices under
i,,ra+aI M
vile, Chilllcothe. Harrlsonvllie,
Clinton, Springfield and Neosho III
Missouri aud iii Ninta and Musko
gee. Oklahoma.
There will be no change in the
company's business at Butler and all
farm loan and abstract business Will
be carried on as usual A manager
with able assistants will be in charge.
{. 4. McComb, Olaf Chambers and
W. d. kersey, land appraisers, Will
remain, for the present, in Butler.
"NiHsta,,t;ve per cent oi the cora
pany 5 Business is transacted by mani
and exprcss. Butler is served by
only one train. carrying registered
mail and sealed express packages
every twcntv-four hours. All pack |
ages prepared Icl Hiiiphlthf CIV.
1900 a. m. Saturday must be held
until Monday 1000 a. M, causng |
forty eight hour delay. This also ao-
plies to incoming mail and express OF
like nature.
"kansas City is located in the very
heart o. the greatest agricultural tleld
in America and with its superior rail
road facilities offers TO large corpor~
ations a location unsurpassed I
"A central location is most essen
tial to the success OF a corporation
a large volume OF bust
ness and enables it to give its clients
the very best OF service.
"The location desired for the home
office in Kansas City Will not De
available before late spring or early
summer"
Mr.. Walton. although young man,
has met with remarkable success IN
the financial world. and it is largely
through his energy and ability that
The Walton Trust Company has
grown from comparatively local
institution into one OF the better
known farm loan companies in the
middle west with loans i'll force on
the company's books of over SI5,-
200, 900 at the present time.
In addition to its large volume o!
business handled in Kansas and Ok
lahoma the company is financial cor
for the western half OF
Missouri for the Metropolitan Life
Insurance Co., of New York, the
largest life insurance company in the
world.
The company's local business will
be carried on here as in the past.