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Show to be untrue by Stanton and I Q Skelton. state superintendent of banks, who Is here today to Investigate In-vestigate the bank's affairs. Stanton wss one of- the prominent promi-nent Great Tall menwho aeeisted in raining the second 10.0o0 thst wss paid Dempeay on his guarantee guar-antee of tlM.SOv to meet Gibbon for th title. . - "Ay money raised In Greet Fslls or Shelby for the Pern peer payment waa not drawn from th resources f th Stanton bank or from my personal funds." Stsnton said In a statsmsnt last night. "I fave suck personal asalstsnee as could to ths promoters to meet ths crisis on Juns li (when the eeeond tlOt.M wss dus), but my connection with the bout eheuld not In any way be associated with the closing this morning ot ths Stsnton bank." ' Th bank's flnsnelsl status at this tlm. Mr. Btaaton aald. waa due to conditions prevailing following fol-lowing the World war. together with a lack of confidence on the part of depositors after the failure of two other banks hers.- HI Institution, In-stitution, hs aeearted, la solvent, entered Into liquidation voluntarily and decided to oloae Its doors because be-cause of Inability to meet obligations obliga-tions at ths local clearing heuss. Every depositor will receive his money, hs said. ".'."'. Ths bank had a capital of 1:0,M and depoelta of MM.OO. 'BANKER DEIS FIGHT FORCED BAIJOSIIJG Great ' Falls Man Insists! " " Part In Raising Demp-J tsey's 2d $100,000 Did Not Bring Money Crisis OB CAT FALLS, Mont. July ! ' . . George H. Stanton, president of th Stanton Trust and Sayings bank of this elty, which failed to open, for busine yesterday, mad emphatic denial late last night that there was any connection between be-tween closing the .Institution and ths financing of . th ' psmpssy-Olbbons psmpssy-Olbbons championship ' fight at , Shelby, Mont. July 4. , Reports ts that sffsct were In clrrulstlon. but they wsrs declared |