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THE CHICAGO BANKER
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FOURTH STREET NATIONAL BANK
OF PHILADELPHIA, PA.
Capital -	-	-	$3,000,000.00
Surplus and Profits -	6,000,000.00
UNEXCELLED COLLECTION FACILITIES CORRESPONDENCE INVITED
R. H. RUSHTON, President	E. F. SHANBACKER, 1st Vice-President
B. M. FAIRES, 2nd Vice-President
R• J. CLARK, Cashier	W. A. BULKLEY, Assistant Cashier
W. K. HARDT, Assistant Cashier FRANK G. ROGERS, Manager Foreign Exchange Department
SHORT, STANTON & CO.
DEALERS IN D TVT O HIGH GRADE ID	I J O
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Suitable for Banks, Individuals, Trust Funds and Estates Principal Secured; Income Assured Circulars describing offerings furnished on request
CHICAGO	CINCINNATI
533 First National Bank Building	1005 Fourth National Bank Building
Telephone Central 6047	Telephone Main 1280
Visitors to Chicago
should not fail to visit our establishment and inspect the finest display in the Middle West of
Diamond and Gem Jewelry, Silverware, Watches, Leather Goods, Bronzes, Porcelains, Glassware, etc.
Visitors are assured of a cordial welcome and need feel under no obligation to make a purchase.
The exceptional facilities of our Correspondence Department enable non-resident buyers to deal with us direct from their homes with satisfaction. A booklet descriptive of this unusual service will be furnished upon application.
Spaulding & Co.
Goldsmiths, Silversmiths and Jewelers
Jackson Boulevard and State Street, Chicago
cashier, National German-American Bank, Wausau; Charles Hawks, cashier, Horicon State Bank, Horicon; W. C. Ribenack, vice-president. First National, Menominee; J. T. Joyce, vice-president, Union National, Eau Claire; W. K. Coffin, Eau Claire National, Eau Claire; E. C. Zimmerman, cashier, Marathon County Bank, Wausau; F. E. Woodard, cashier, Bank of Watertown, Watertown ; John J. Sherman, cashier. Citizen’s Bank, Appleton; George N. Fratt, cashier, First National, Racine; F. J. Carr, cashier, Bank of Hudson, Hudson; A. H. Wilkinson, cashier, First National, Bayfield; A. W. Barney, vice-president, Bank of Sparta, Sparta; W. J. Hobbins, assistant cashier, Capital City Bank, Madison; W. A. Blackburn, cashier, Lumberman’s Bank, Bruce; E. M. Wing, president, Wisconsin State Bankers Association and cashier, Batavian National, La Crosse.
Personal Mention
E. M. Wing, president of the Wisconsin Bankers Association, stopped over in Milwaukee while en route to his home in La Crosse, after a delightful outing spent in the western states.
W. M. Post, cashier, National Exchange Bank, Milwaukee, has been re-elected president of the Young Men’s Christian Association.
August Bogk, assistant cashier, First National, Milwaukee, spent the recent holidays at Waukesha.
A. Wall, credit clerk, First ■National, Milwaukee, is again at his desk after a three days’ outing spent at Delafield.
S. H. Smith, of the Milwaukee Trust Company, is regaling his friends with interesting ‘,fish stories” concerning the big catches he made recently in the famous bass and pickerel pools of the French River.
facility with which a common center may be obtained, and at the annual elections delegates from these districts or groups will place in nomination the names of candidates for office, thus doing away with any dissatisfaction or charges of favoritism which might prevail under the old method of permitting the president of the association to appoint a nominating committee of three or four members.
The annual meeting of the Bankers Club of Milwaukee will be held some time in October.
A. J. Frame, president of the Waukesha National Bank, Waukesha, and John J. Sherman, cashier of the Citizen’s Bank, Appleton, are slated to succeed Frederick Kasten as members of the executive council of the American Bankers Association.
Wisconsinites Who will Attend
The following members from Milwaukee, of the Wisconsin Bankers Association, will attend the convention at Chicago of the American Bankers Association, the majority of whom will register at the Auditorium Hotel:
Edgar J. Hughes, assistant cashier, First National; James K. Ilsley, president, and John H. Puelicher, cashier, Marshall & Ilsley Bank; A. H. Lindsay, cashier. Marine National; Frederick Kasten, vice-president, Wisconsin National; Martin A. Graettinger, cashier, Merchants and Manufacturers Bank; Alf. G. Schultz, cashier, Germania National; William M. Post, cashier, National Exchange Bank; E. A. Farmer, assistant cashier, German-American Bank; Oliver C. Fuller, president, Wisconsin Trust Company.
The following bankers will attend from various points throughout the state:
H. J. Brown, cashier, Stephenson National, Marinette; B. W. Davis, cashier. National Bank, Waupun; Lewis Larson, cashier, Island City State Bank, Cumberland; H. G. Flieth,
as a regular business by any person, co-partnership, association or corporation shall be deemed to be doing a banking business, etc.” It was erroneously reported that this was a test case brought by the trust companies of the state, but the fact remains that this is vigorously denied by them and that in the majority of cases they have complied with the new law.
At the State Capitol
The Wisconsin Trust Company and the Milwaukee Trust Company, both of Milwaukee, have filed with State Banking Commissioner M. C. Bergh verified copies of resolutions continuing their existence under chapter 186, laws of 1909.
The State Bank of Gays Mills has filed an amendment to its articles of incorporation, increasing its capital stock from $5,000 to $20,-000. The commissioner has approved the amendment.
Bonds in the sum of $26,000 will shortly be issued by the city of Mauston to defray the expense of paving and sewerage improvements now under way.
At Association Headquarters
Secretary George D. Bartlett, of the Wisconsin Bankers Association, will have charge of the association headquarters in Chicago during the convention.
Members of the state association are proud of the fact that the membership roll has grown to such proportions that they are now entitled to two members on the executive council of thé American Bankers Association.
The plan laid down by the American Bankers Association for the election of officers has been followed in part by the Wisconsin Bankers Association. The state has been divided into eight groups, taking into consideration population and