Broodshaw, dentist. Harry Bulch, blacksmith. Commercial Hotel and Cafe. Davidson and Hochstettler. L. A. Fricke, real estate office. Great Western Sugar Beet Factory. Grand Hotel and Cafe. Hapgood and Co. Art Store. Hotel Bayard. Hughes Bros. Light and Railway Power Company. L. G. Lundy, second hand store. L. Lathrop and Mr. Bassett, real estate. W. P. DeVault, real estate. Platte Valley Telephone Company. Star and Ideal Theatres. Bank of Bayard. First National Bank and Farmers Bank.

Bank Deposits

Perhaps there is no better way to judge the general standing of a community than by the statements of its banks, and we wish to call special attention to the report of the First National and the Bank of Bayard which appear in this issue. The Bank of Bayard is one of the oldest in the valley and was organized with

E. M. Stearns, president ; W. H. Cook, cashier; and Thos. Winter, assistant cashier. Through all the years of adversity the bank was the support and mainstay of the community and many a man owes his present prosperity to the assistance he received at that time. Now that the hard times are past the bank, under the present management, is rapidly forging ahead and is considered one of the solid institutions of the valley. Its deposits are now $263,960.51 and the combined deposits of the two banks are $644,077.11.

The First National Bank is now among the

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largest and strongest banks in the valley, with deposits of over $313,000, loans of about $222,000, cash and exchange on hand of over $118,000, surplus and undivided profits of over $17,00 and total resources of over $380,000. The bank stands in an almost impregnable position to be of the greatest assistance to the community in the building up of its resources and in its ability to properly take care of all business instructed to its care.