Jasper County Democrat, Volume 8, Number 48, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 March 1906 — HOME BANK AFFAIRS. [ARTICLE]

HOME BANK AFFAIRS.

Goodland Herald; Trustee Wiles is paying to the creditors of the defunct Home bank another dividend of 5 cents on the dollar. This makes the third dividend that has been declared, making in all 18 per cent, that has been paid over to the creditors. It will soon be two years since the Home Bank failure. The creditors are getting fair interest on their money and now if Freddie will just come back (as some of them are foolish enough to think he will) and pay them the principal, they will be all right. Mr. Wiles hopes to have everything settled up by the first of July, at which time there will be another small dividend. This matter would have been settled up long ago had it not been for the indisposition on the part of referee, John O. Bowers, to do a little work. We are under the impression that he is a man whose motto is “never do to-day what you can put off until to-morrow.” And besides being as slow as the seven year itch, he has bitten off more than he can masticate. He is trying to teach a law class at Valparaiso and transact the bank referee business besides carrying on his regular law practice and the Lord knows what all. Is it any wonder he never gets anything done?