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Show I; I WARP AND WOOF OF OUR INDUSTRIAL, FABRIC: THE INDEX TO THE COMMERCIAL WORLD, : FIGURES SHOW STABILITY AND ADVANCED PROSPERITY. I ! I Ogden Holds the Enviable Position of Being the First City of the United States, Population Considered, in Bank Clearances. The Gains in 1917 Were More Than $30,000,000, an Increase Clearance Over If I - 1916 of Achievement and Its Future Possibilities. H . I . . . . - - . . . m l NAME OF BANK CAPITAL SURPLUS TrOfItS0 DEPOSITS CIRCULATION WSCOUmi INVESTMENTS rs0URCES I C ! First National ...$150,000 $700000 $ 84,644.18 $ 3,307,724.84 $149,997.50 $ 1,942,240.10 $ 703,972.60 $1,367,27207 J ' i Pineree National .. , 175,000 75,000 2,468.38 3,188,914.75 177,695.00 2,405,840.47 669,671.16 675,129.80 : Utah National 150,000 30,000 22,516.87 1,597,612.95 150,000.00 1,067,434.13 563,228.44 466,467.25 i.'fc Ogden State 100,000 150,000 74,753.82 3,108,580.67' 1,970,433.63 122,903.56 1,296,094.99 : f I S Commercial National 100,000 150,000 34,311.55 1,626,759.67 100,000.00 1,354,191.04 346,207,42 425,043.20 l I Ogden Savings 150,000 150,000 32,510.08 1,218,593.72 969,851.61 272,688.41 210,539.78 ; Security State 150,000 30,000 25,732.23 735,449.31 :.. 747,392.07 79,248.50 200,531.97 I Totals $975,000 $535,000 $276,937.11 $1 4,783,63591 $577,692.50 $10,477,385.05 $2,757,920.09 $4,641,07976 P 1 . . I I! - - ' . ' . ; j ssoJ I FIRST NATIONAL I BANK OF OGDEN i H; One of the Great Financial In-H' In-H' stitutions of the State H of Utah! H; PRESIDENT IS H M. S. BROWNING Has Deposits of Over $3,300,-Hi $3,300,-Hi 000 and Is a Community Hj Upbuilder. With deposits well over the $3,000,-000 $3,000,-000 mark and cnpltal and surplus of $250,000, the First National bank of Ogden easily holds its place among the Hjl most substantial banking institutions of the west. It is also one of the oldest banking institutions of tho west and handles business for a vast numbor of companies and individuals scattered over the intcrmountain country. Do-posits Do-posits amounting to $3,307,725.84 are Hl fhown in Its most recont statement. Bj M. S. Browning is president of the banking company, tho vice prosidents '( being John Watson, L. It. IJccles and ft. B. Porter. Each of those officials j take an actlvo Interest in the manngo- ment of tho bank's affairs along with James F. Burton, cashier of tho bank, H, find Sumner P. Nelson, assistant cash-i cash-i lcr. Tho directors who served during 1917 have been re-elected for tho com-j com-j ing year. There has so far boon no change from the organization as per-j per-j looted a year ago. The directors are M. S, Browning, John Watson, L. It, Eccles. It. B. Porter, W. W. Rlter, A. T. Wright, John Spiers, C. A. Day, W. P. Burton, Ezra Richardson and James F. Burton. Located in a substantial block, tho building being owned by tho banking corporation, the First National bank is H In tho very center of the business dls-B dls-B trlct. at Twenty-fourth street and H Washington avenue. H its deposits during the last year H have been maintained at over $3,000,000 H mark, showing a steady business. The H banking Institution has always been of H progressive typo, yet conservative, be- H Sieving that the banking business Is H tho foundation for all financial affairs H of the community. With this in view, H tho officers have used thoir utmost H powers to nsnlst. tho men and tho H women who have carried accounts at H bo banks, having glvon them advice H tnd information such as to lead to the H further financial succoss for the In- H dlviduals. j Tho First National bank has built Hi up through long years of constant pro- flj gross in Ogden; Its growth has boor i with the community. It numbers among i is depositors and customers many ol H the oldest established business house; 1 of tho city and many families who hav B led in Ogden for many years, togcth- H t with now -com ore in tho business H and civic fields as well. Not only doc: i it handle business for tho people of the j city but Its Influence Is felt in the en- i tire Ogden district and thoro aro do- l positors from 'Idaho, Wyoming, Ne l Ada and other states at this lnstltu H Hon. PINOREE BANK'S GRLVTOROWTH Resources of $3,750,000 With Deposit Totals Running Into the Millions. IS CONSERVATIVE BUT PROGRESSIVE Extends Courtesy and Accommodation Accom-modation Commensurate . With Good Banking. Every customer is a booster for the Plngree National bank 'and even competitors com-petitors agree that it is one of the soundest financial institutions in the country. The Pingreo National is located at 2453 Washington avenue, in a strictly modern and attractive treasury building. build-ing. Tho building from tho outside looks strong and healthy, just liko one expects a bank to look, and on the inside in-side it is exactly what it looks to be from without strong, substantial, conservative. con-servative. ' It has resources of approximately $3,750,000; has a paid-up capital stock of 1175,000; and ono of the most numerous nu-merous and heaviest deposit-totals in tho state. Its annual dividends always al-ways are gratifying to tho stockholders and suggestive of tho business ability of those in charge. James Pingree, pioneer, millionaire, indentifled for years with the best interests in-terests of Ogden, Weber county and Utah, Is .president of tho Pingreo National; Na-tional; J. W. Abbott, E. P. Ellison and B. G. Blackburn, aro vice-presidents; J. II. Riley is cashlor; and W. D. Ellis, Is nsslstant cashier. They are men of responsibility, public spirit, civic pride and national patriotism all of which Is tangibly exemplified by reason of thoir personal worth, thoir loyalty to ; Ogden and tho big part they, as in-( in-( dlviduals and as bankers, havo played in making tho Liberty loans and other national movements a success. The Pingroo National is an Institution Institu-tion where every courtosy and accom- modation commensurate with good f banking business is extended. It is a money house that Ogdenltes boast of when they are in other cities, for thoy $ know that ovory successful bankor In i my part of the country knows of the ! Pingroo National and knows that Its ' Btrands for consorvaUsm but progress , It is a bank that is a monument to . Jta founders and a matter of gonulne , pride to tho citizenship. UTAH NATIONAL'S GREAOTG1 Bank Is Under Control of the Men Who Are Making Ogden. QUICK RESPONSE HAS BEEN OBTAINED Within a Few Months This Banking House Has Gained an Envious Position. The Utah National bank has shown a remarkable record of advancement since it was re-organized and today takes a place among the strongest financial institutions of the state. Thoro has been a continuous growth of business for this bank during tho year, officials announcing tha.t Its records show almost 40 per cent Increase. In-crease. In tho last official report published, pub-lished, the total deposits of the bank aro shown at $1,597,612.95. Directing the bank affairs are some of tho loading mon of Ogden. The officers are David C. Eccles, president; presi-dent; W. L. Wattis, active vice president; presi-dent; C. E. Kaisier, vice president, and A. V. Mcintosh, cashier. On tho directorate of this bank are David C. Eccles, John M. Browning, W. H. Wattis, Charles E. Kaiser, W. J. Parker, Joseph Scowcroft and Warren L. Wattis. This list of names shows tho won-dorful won-dorful diversity of interest represented by this one bank, for its directors are men who are interested In sugar manufacture, man-ufacture, coal mining, lumbering, railroads rail-roads and railroad construction, electric elec-tric railroad systems, manufacture of clothing, irrigation, copper mining, land and livestock investments, farming farm-ing and nearly all others of tho principal prin-cipal Industries of tho stato and tho west. Ono. of the directors Is John Browning, whose recent achievements in tho invention o new machine guns havo mado him tho "man back of the army." Anothor, D. C. Eccles, Is not only Interested In many Utah corporations, corpora-tions, but Is the head of two of the greatest lumbering concerns of tho west. Payments of dividends have boen ordered resumed by the bonk, a payment pay-ment of 6 per cent having been provided pro-vided at the last meeting of the board of directors. ' Anticipation that thoro will bo heavy business for this company and that its growth will be continuous Is expressed by tho stockholders and tho directors of the hank. The further success of the bank seoms in absolutely abso-lutely safo hands In the Btrong membership mem-bership of the directorate and the 1 selection of officers. OfflfMATElSA Past Performance of This Bank Is a Guarantee for the Future. HAS CONFIDENCE OF ALL THE PEOPLE Officers and Directors Are Among the Best Known Financiers of the West. Ogden State bank, Twenty-fifth street and Washington avenue. Capital, $100,000; surplus, $200,000; total deposits. $3,000,000. Four por cont Interest paid on time deposits and more than 25 per cent paid stockholders last year. The officers are H. C. Bigelow, president; J. M. Browning, vice president; presi-dent; A. P. Bigolow, cashier, and E. L. VanMeter, assistant cashier. If one wore looking for a real Institution, In-stitution, officered by monof known ability and commercial acumen, ho would instantly stop tho search when reaching tho Ogden State bank. That Institution Is worth moro than a railroad rail-road to the community and, comparatively com-paratively and figuratively speaking, Ib "as strong as Gibraltar." An abstract of the features of the Ogden Stato bank Is sufficient to indicate indi-cate and assure Its responsibility. It Is located at the busiest corner in the state of Utah, Twenty-fifth and Washington; Wash-ington; It has a capital of $100,000, a surplus of $200,0000, deposits of moro than $3,0000.000, and its officers are H. C. Bigelow, president; J. M. Browning, vice president; A. P. Bigelow, Bige-low, cashier, and E. L. VanMeter, assistant as-sistant cashier. Tho names of J. P. Morgan & Co., Henry P. Davison and others of tho Gotham banking circles mean no more In New York than the combination of men who are In chargo of the Ogden Stato means In Ogden. Whatovor tho men, who are governing the Ogden Stato, says that means they can and will do. Tho Ogden Statos Js a permanent per-manent institution It will bo doing business, probably at Its present location, loca-tion, when Ogdon has developed Into Its destined Importance. Tho fact that the bank has n sum In excess of $3,000,000 in deposits suggests sug-gests Its popularity and tho confl-donco confl-donco in which it Is held by tho public pub-lic Merely as a further proof of this popularity for a bank, like a big de- partmont store, or a newspaper must have popularity to bo a success and to have popularity it must bo pollto, , but cautious, courteous, but conservative conserva-tive at tho closo of 1917, tho safety deposits totaled more than $1,000,000. The bank has resourcoft amounting to approximately $3,500,0000. Tho total i cash roaourcos exceeds $1,000,000. It Is regarded as one of tho prime factors fac-tors in Ogdon's up-bulldlng and in a ; genuino pillar of tho city's progress. k MMEIIALIS One of the Oldest Banks, With -Influential Men in Command. Com-mand. BANK ESTABLISHED THIRTY-FOUR YEARS Customers Include Big Business Busi-ness Men All Over the In-termountain In-termountain Region. The total resources of tho Commercial Commer-cial National bank, ono of tho financial bulwarks of the stnte, aro $2,060,671.22. That includes cash on hand, amounts due from other banks, United States bonds, first and second Liberty loan bonds and other Items. But tho resources, re-sources, total $2,060,671.22, which, in fact, Is some money. The Commercial National is located at 389 Twenty-fourth street, in its own building and in the center of the business busi-ness district of tho city. It is ono of the livest and strongest and most substantial and conservative, but progressive pro-gressive money houses In tho wost and is piloted by men of wealth and proved commorclnl ability. The bank was founded in 1884 almost al-most a third of a century ago and its development has been consistent. It originally employed two men Ogden was not the big, Influential city then that It Is today. But Ogden grow and expanded and the Commorclal National Na-tional did likewise. It has boon, In fact, ono of the strong elements which has made tho city grow. From an institution of two employes, it has devoloped into a great Institution Institu-tion employing thirteen export accountants ac-countants and a large list of other employes. Its customers Include business bus-iness men who have interests In Montana, Mon-tana, Idaho, Wyoming, Nevada and Utah. It has expanded and become greater with each year and within another an-other half decade it will havo pushed Its resources to oven a higher total than the present $2,060,671.22. Tho present capital stock of tho bank is $100,000. Its surplus ropro-eonts ropro-eonts tho same amount and its undivided undi-vided profits totals $75,000. Tho stockholders stock-holders wore paid a dividend of 6 por ; cent during tho year just ending. Dur- i lng the last flvo years Its business has Increased 300 per cont over tho same previous period. Its record Indicates tho class of mon who aro at the Com- ' morclal National's helm, j To Indicate tho worth of a bank, it is nocossary to individualize or per- . sonalLze. An analysis of tho mon In j chargo of tho Commorclal National shows It to bo exceptionally favored. At the annual election, held during tho first weok In January, Patrick Hcaiy 1 was ro-electcd president as woro all his associates ro-cloctod. Thoy In- ( elude A. G. Fell, J. S. Houtz, Adam I Patterson, vlco prosidents: R. A. t Moyes, cashlor; W. G. Emloy, assl-tanat assl-tanat cashier; and D. W. Stanrod. D. ? A. Smythe, Loroy Buchmlller, F. W. 1 Horrlngton; and tho above ofTlcors, ox-cept ox-cept Mr. Emloy, constituto the board t of directors. t Small wondor that tho Commercial t NatlonaUIs taking already baa tnkon Kb place among the bis nionty nous- f oa of tho woat. ia jOGDEN SAVINGS IAS BJGRECORD Is the Only Distinctive Savings Bank in the City of Ogden. PROMOTES THRIFT AND PROSPERITY Habit of Saving Has Been Cultivated Through This Bank's Campaigns. Evidonco of tho Increase of business of business of the Ogden Savings bank, tho only distinctive savings bank in Ogden, was recently shown by tho decision de-cision of tho directors to increase tho bank's capitalization from $75,000 to $150,0000. This has been mado necessary, nec-essary, according to Cashier Charles H. Barton, by tho development of the institution Into ono of tho most important impor-tant financial houses of tho northorn part of the stato and by the constantly constant-ly Increasing patronage. Much of tho money doposited at this band represents tho funds of northorn Utah residents who aro "laying away for a rainy day" or who aro seeking to accumulato enough money to buy a home or business. Other money deposited depos-ited Is tho sum safely invostcd for tho later yearsof life, whilo there aro many small accounts which show tho chil' dron's savings so they will havo enough for school needs, vacation times and other affairs of equal importance im-portance to them. Tho foundation of tho Ogdon Sav- : ings bank, liko that of all othor savings sav-ings banks, Is tho habit of thrift among tho people. It is thought such ' an Institution that tho peoplo secure 1 the saving bnbltn habit which brings 1 tho depositor's prosperity and happi- ness and which, at tho samo time, gen- i orally betters tho field of financial af- fairs. I i The president of the Ogdon Savings bank Is M. S. Browning. L. R. Eccles tind John Watson aro tho vice presidents, presi-dents, with Charles H. Barton as cash- , lcr, nnd S. T. Joppesen as assistant r cashier. Tho directors aro Angus T. ( Wright, W. W. Bitter, John Watson. B. M. Conroy, M. S. Browning, II. B. c Porter, L. It. Eccles, T. C. Mercor and J John K. Spiers. These offioers nnd di- octora woro all re-elected at the an- j aual mooting of tho bank. j Not only la the Ogdon Savings bank :ho only financial Institution of the h :Ity dovotod entiroly to flavlngB ac- . xunts, but it is also one of tho oldest anks of tho city. JJko othor long m- abllshed Institutions, It ha grown vlth tho community and tho purpose md policy of Its officer and directors jas boen to awUt in ovary practical f vay in that growth. Through the cul- D. ivation of thrift, the habit of saving, " his ha boon ontirely practicablo and oday there aro many depositor who coloome tho thought that thoy woro lrst induced by the bank, through the tc .dvortlsing, to start a savings account. m SECURITY STATE i bank's mm i I Established in 1910, This In- ,j stitution Has Advanced at j 9 s a Rapid Rate. ' ' ' g hi PROMINENT MEN ARE IN COMMAND 7J Fred J. Kiesel and Other Finan f ll ciers Have Been Factors in t; su J. Bank's Upward Course. j i Hid Tho Security Stato bank was cs- V tabiished In September, 1910-onlr JjJ eight years ago with a capital stock J ti of $50,000. tkf In 1911 only four years later tt j; tf-tt Security State reorganized and to- , &U creased tho capital to $15O,OO0-J100, n 000 groater than originally. ' SI5 During 1917 It paid 3 per cent qtwr- torly dlvidond; had resources toUlm? i $1,029,577.33. on January 1, this year, j . a surplus fund of $30,000: a pald-m t capital of $150,000; and undivided prof- 1 Its amounting to approximately i ,i w ooo. That Is showing progrew In fining i ; that ought to make thoso In chars" i i o? feol oxceedlngly proud and tho lucky j i, t stockholders Jubilant. Although only j . "sefc sovon years old the "baby bank" oj the city Its growth and derelopnent .? :j k has attained a maturity that suggc - ; JJm tho Importance and conewjucne1 " , H Ogdon as a livo, wideawake, bualntw j ! sa$ city. Jfc It Is not surprising, however, thai . . Qt tho Security SUto has reentered ; , phenomenal progrea. Tho officers ana t i dlreotors aro mon who hare acquired ; , a succo8 and aro jocognizod as aniocs tire tho most substantial of a great w '-ta, t For Instance, Fred J. Kiesel ja pr' j dont; W. II. Shearman. Frank J Ster- j b, 3ns, Joseph Williams, Charles II Go ling and J. C. Nye. vice prealdMik; J. Vicks, cashier, and Samuel C Pr'- I ssalstant caahlor. The above of fl f e sxcopt tho assistant caahicr and tfc S, following gontlomon, all thorough 1 j jj. less mon, conatltuto tho board of oi- j&j. rectors. Sj D. JL Wheelwright, .D C. Merer. I fef , 3oitman, J. T. Ruehmor, LotJl BW r. M. Wilbur, C. P. Itoberlaon and , g Z. Huntor. I W. H. Shoarman, flrut vice prtJ : lont, ontorod the bank laat April. Uj,, ng the placo of Geonjo JfcOonnKj j tr7 vho roaignod a vice prealdnt aco ,- 7j4 aanagor. Mr. Shearman formerly 3 j( n tho coraralaaion bualneaa at S- : " JJi ti .ako City and also waa connected yJ r 5 Q. ho Merchant' bank of that pl iVo his other saaoclataa. haTr pirn ; coheir co-heir tirao to building tho SKuri't ; gs tato along safe and conn3"' ; nos, hav prnellcod a eoortaay trf ; Ct tiolr cuatomora. protected tl"; ,r . - 4 ats of thoir dapoaltora d Hf (; , houldor to ahoulder with tho r. , . ulldera. Bocauso thr hTe,A !: ieae thlnga, they Tire accompl k fa dogreo of auccew that M latlnctivo chapter In UUh bankint , Jjaj They aro mon h r,irorJhl i ?t!S -thoyareinoii5th4e lakingOgdenagreatboalflewv ? |