Pioneers of Polk County, Iowa, and reminiscences of early days . work being from seven to sixoclock—ten hours. In 1893, he organized the German Savings Bank, was a heavystockholder, one of the Directors, and its President until 1897,when financial reverses to some of its patrons, overdrafts, and hispersonal securities given to aid in developing infant industries inthe town, necessitated the closure of the bank, with a total loss ofseventy-two thousand, four hundred dollars, and which he had tomake good to the bank, thus sweeping away the emoluments of hismany years of toil. As a business man,
Pioneers of Polk County, Iowa, and reminiscences of early days . work being from seven to sixoclock—ten hours. In 1893, he organized the German Savings Bank, was a heavystockholder, one of the Directors, and its President until 1897,when financial reverses to some of its patrons, overdrafts, and hispersonal securities given to aid in developing infant industries inthe town, necessitated the closure of the bank, with a total loss ofseventy-two thousand, four hundred dollars, and which he had tomake good to the bank, thus sweeping away the emoluments of hismany years of toil. As a business man, he was noted for his integrity, honesty andfidelity. A contract made with him required no bonds or collaterals. Socially, he is plain, quiet, unostentatious, benevolent, has anunbounded faith in humanity, is a good neighbor and an exemplarycitizen. Is not a member of any clubs or societies. Politically, he is a Democrat, but takes no part in the game ofpolitics. Religouisly, he is a member of Saint Marys Catholic Church. July Fourteenth, 1907. Vol. II—(23). LAMPSON P. SHERMAN LAMPSON P. SHERMAN OXE of the pioneers of Des Moines was Lampson P. Sherman,or Lamp., as everybody called him, who came hei*e in 1849—the pioneers dont admit any person to their class whocame here after 1849—a Buckeye by birth, a printer by trade, hav-ing served an apprenticeship in the office of the Cincinnati was a brother of General William Tecumseh Sherman, JohnSherman, Secretary of the Treasury under President Hayes, andHoyt Sherman, well known to residents of the city for the pastiifty years. Soon after his arrival, the Whigs stated a movement to securea newspaper of their own faith. Judge Curtis Bates and BarlowGranger were publishing the Star, as the organ of the proposition was made to Lamp, to give him a certain bonus incash, and secure him a good list of subscribers, if he would start anewspaper. He accepted the proposition, went to Cincinnati, pur-chased presses,
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