000, with cash and undivided profits of upward from $28 000. H. A. Copsey was president; Chas. E. Brittan, of Alliance, vice president; and James P. Thomas, cashier.

Potash State Bank had $20,000 capital and $1,000 surplus; its deposits were $60,000 and loans and discounts $48,000 with cash and undivided profits of over $18,000. The officers were: W. H. Ostenberg, president; W. G. Wilson, vice president; and F. E. Vlasek, cashier. This bank later reduced its capital to $10,000 and increased its surplus to $2,000.

In the spring of 1921, these two banks consolidated, as the Potash State Bank, so that Antioch has but one bank at the present time, officered by Copsey, Brittan and Thomas.

Much of southern Sheridan county does its banking business in Alliance, so that the statements of the banks at Antioch and Lakeside

vears. About the same time Samuel II. Ladd took up practice at Gordon, being in active practice about one-third of a century. C. C. Akin was also an early day attorney.

The pioneer attorney of Rushville was W. W. Wood. He homesteaded near the town and moved in soon, forming a partnership with Attorney Weeters.

The bar of the county is pretty well represented in the roster of the prosecuting attorneys through the years. R. J. Graham, Thos. M. Redlau and Geo. Spend were present in the late eighties. Robert M. McGee and Charles E. Woods joined in the legal services of the community during the nineties. C. Patterson was in the profession about twenty years ago, and Roscoe L. Wilhite who has been for a dozen years the county prosecutor, is at present an active resident member of the bar.