The solid foundation on which the banks were started is still reflected in their gradual growth, and also speaks well for their continued management ; they have been practically owned by home capital. During all the hard times of the past they both have enjoyed the entire confidence of their customers and the community at large, and this in a great measure may be attributed to the fact that they have always done a strictly banking business and have never used any of the bank funds for outside schemes and promotion of outside business. They have always taken care of the financial needs of their customers at all times and at satisfactory rates. The gradual increase of their business is a good indication of the condition of the country. The various interests are such that the farmer always has something to turn into money ; if the grain crops are light he has some stock to sell, and also the increasing growth of alfalfa in this section is giving to it a business that is a winner and will be a growing industry in the future. The alfalfa seed grown in Dawes county is second to none grown in the United States and very few sections can compete with it as to quality in every way and as it always makes good in planting, any one who comes here for it once will come whenever they need alfalfa for seeding.

The editor is indebted to B. L. Scovil for parts of the above information.