. Omaha illustrated : a history of the pioneer period and the Omaha of today embracing reliable statistics and information, with over two hundred illustrations, including prominent buildings, portraits, and sketches of leading citizens . deposits stood at $719,434, loans and discounts at $756,53S, the surplus being $20,000, and undivided profits, $11,117. Thus(luinig two years from May, 1S85, to May, 1887, the bank depositshnd iiicicased $367,343, and its loans and discounts $230,054,notwithstanding two other national banks had in themeantime been established. Upon the death of , Mr.


. Omaha illustrated : a history of the pioneer period and the Omaha of today embracing reliable statistics and information, with over two hundred illustrations, including prominent buildings, portraits, and sketches of leading citizens . deposits stood at $719,434, loans and discounts at $756,53S, the surplus being $20,000, and undivided profits, $11,117. Thus(luinig two years from May, 1S85, to May, 1887, the bank depositshnd iiicicased $367,343, and its loans and discounts $230,054,notwithstanding two other national banks had in themeantime been established. Upon the death of , Mr. A. P. Hopkins (who, on coming to Omahain 1866, was for a time connected with the Omaha Na-tional Bank, while Mr. Millard was its president, andlater engaged for thirteen years in banking at Fremont)was elected president, Mr. Alfred Millard, son of the latepresident, was made cashier, and F. B. Bryant, assistantcashier. The members of its board of directors are: Maul, Clark Woodman, Andrew Henry, S. R. John-son, L. B. Williams, E. M. Morsman and Joseph Gar-neau, Jr., men of acknowledged financial soundness andability, giving to the public every assurance of maintainingthe safe and prudent course which has so far brought the. bank into general esteem. Of the late Ezra Millard it can be said thathe was one of the best of our great citizens and one of the greatest 1 four good citizens. He came as near being an idealand a model for imitation as any man whom Omahahas known. As a banker he was broad, level-headedand sagacious; as a business man in any department,far-seeing, methodical and progressive; as a citizen hewas generous, public-spirited and wonderfully wellinformed. He was a pioneer. Under his eye this cityhas grown from a hamlet. He was foremost in itsinterests, and his foresight and counsel aided its devel-opment. For nearly thirty years his prominence andinfluence have been recognized throughout the Stateand far beyond its boundaries. He was also the found-er of the


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