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W. W. Bowman, Secretary of the Kansas Bankers Association, reveals the fact that a threatening communication came through the mails a few days since, addressed to a bank, member of the Kansas Bankers Association, in language substantially as follows: "Place $1,200 in a tin can, and place the can containing the money at (here designating the exact spot) not one minute later than (here specifying the time). Failing to do so you will be killed." The letter was printed in common type, was undated, and of course unsigned. It is too daring and serious to be a practical joke, and it is conjectural whether it be the venture of a local amateur or the beginning of an organized plot to be carried out on a large scale in a similar way by professional or semi-professional bandits operating over an extended territory. If the latter, the black-hand method may be coming to supplement or in some cases substitute for the daylight hold-up. In any case the banks should be informed of this particular instance. The Pawnee News, in commenting on the combined statement of the banks of Pawnee County ,said: "Pawnee County is fortunate in having the safe and solid financial institutions she has. The bank balances as set out by the various statements are the best evidence of the soundness and of the prosperous condition of the people of this part of Oklahoma. Crops were not as good as they have been, yet much cotton, plenty of sorghum feed including kafir well headed, a fair crop of hay with an average crop of corn and some wheat and oats were grown." The First National Bank of Holdenville believes in preparedness. They constructed a vault of such a character that it could not be successfully drilled by a bunch of criminal moles who burrowed down through the roof of the building. hoping to gain entrance through an excavation in the top of the vault, but were prevented from doing so when they struck a covering on the top of the vault that would not yield to their most persuasive efforts. heir identity has not been obtained. Every bank should have a vault like that. The Oklahoma Cotton Growers Association seems to be forging ahead as indicated by the amount of cotton handled each year since its organization. Total receipts in 1921 were 91,311 bales: in 1922, 65,868; in 1923, 118,743; in 1924, 141,440 bales. The total handled by the Association in four and one-half years to October 23 this year is more than 469,000 bales. O. L. Bane was elected Cashier of the First National Bank of Waynoka, at a recent meeting of the board. At the same meeting R. W. Naidley was advanced to the position of Acting Vice President. R. B. Mellon, President of the Mellon National Bank of Pittsburgh, was on November 4th elected by the stockholders of the Guaranty Trust Co as a director of that institution. The First National Bank of Los Angeles, The Pacific Southwest Trust and Savings Bank and the First Securities Company joined on Oct. 20 in doing honor to John M. Elliott, Chairman of the Board of the First National, who just rounded his 44 years of service with that institution. On Oct. 6 Mr. Elliott celebrated his eighty-first birthday. The Financial Advertisers Association held an interesting convention recently at Columbus, Ohio. The next annual convention is to be held at Detroit. The dates have not been set. Elizabeth Weitzenhoffer inspires us with the thought that you should know she arrived on Armistice Day. that she is very peaceful and that her lungs have been tested and are working fine. Oh, yes, she is anxious for you to know that her daddy is the G. S. Weitzenhoffer who helps to run the Security National Bank at Oklahoma City and that her mother is very proud of her. Prentice Price, liquidator for the Wilkin-Hale Bank, Oklahoma" City, says another small dividend will be paid in connection with the failure of that institution, though he says more than $600,000 in worthless notes is on hand, with no hope of collection. The First Bank & Trust Company of Waggoner, Okla., have completed arrangements to add to their farm loan department an abstract plant, so that there will be nothing in connection with making a farm loan they cannot handle in every detail through their own office. Mr. and Mrs. Robert B. Atkisson have accepted positions with the Seaboard National Bank of Los Angeles, Calif., an institution of which George L. Browning, formerly an Oklahoma City banker, is President. Mr. Atkisson was chief clerk of the Board of Affairs and Mrs. Atkisson has been in charge of departmental work in the Liberty National Bank of Oklahoma City. Earl Cochran has accepted a position as bookkeeper in the Producers National Bank of Wilson, Okla. O. A. Nation, former Vive President of the Wanette State Bank, Wanette, Okla., was sentenced to serve nine months in the penitentiary and to pay a fine of $100 on his plea of guilty of the eighteen charges growing out of the failure of the bank. O. B. Mothersead, State Bank Commissioner, has filed suit to collect the double liability amounting to $76,000 from the stockholders of the Planters & Mechanics Bank, Tulsa, which failed some time ago,