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MUSKOGEE PHOENIX & TIMES-DEMOCRAT
DEC. 15, 1998 PAGE 8 SEC. A TUESDAY
CREATIVE BIOLOGY MAY END FIRE ANT PROBLEM
GRAND JUNCTION, TENNESSEE, southern fire ants kill, maim and blind. Their
depredations of crops, electrical equipment and suburban lawns carry a price
tag of $2 billion each year.
The long-held wisdom that they are a southern problem is being challenged by
a new, hybrid strain that seems able to withstand harsh winters. Now fire ants
have turned up in California, where the state is struggling to control them.
That
task has eluded others as the ants spread at a rate of four (4) miles to five
(5)
miles a year since early in the century.
Scientists here hope a few last-ditch tricks will halt the spread.
They have killed dozens of people over the years, most recently in September
when they covered a patient in her nursing home bed near JACKSON, MISSISSIPPI.
They also attack farm animals and are in potent menace to kids on the
playgrounds and ball-fields of suburbia.
The prolific fire ants are moving indoors in search of food and nesting sites.
If researches at THE AMES PLANTATION---an 18,500-acre agricultural experiment
station near here---are unsuccessful, the rest of the nation will eventually
feel their sting.
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COMERCIAL BANK AND TRUST COMPANY
Shanties forming early down-town MUSKOGEE in the 1890s included a one-room frame
structure on the EAST SIDE of MAIN STREET where JOHN H. DILLARD opened the door to
banking customers under the name "THE COMMERCIAL BANK." DILL began with $700 and
a strong belief in the future of INDIAN TERRITORY. With steady growth and the
need for expansion, the bank moved sereral times, once to the NORTHWEST CORNER
of BROADWAY and MAIN STREETS.
D.N. FINK was named PRESIDENT OF COMMERCIAL in 1911 and served as a leading
contributor to the CITY'S growth and stability. In 1912 COMMERCIAL moved into
the new MUSKOGEE skyscraper, THE BARNES BUILDING, with its spacious lobby.
Following a merger with THE EXCHANGE NATIONAL BANK, COMMERCIAL moved into THE
FLYNN---AMES BUILDING, (DENNIS T. FLYNN AND CHARLES BISMARK AMES), which became
the COMMERICAL NATIONAL BUILDING AT THIRD AND BROADWAY. A change of ownership
occurred in 1926 when C. F. LYNDE and J. F. DARBY purchased a controlling
interest in the institution. The reorganization brought in a gentleman as
president who became the bedrock of COMMERICAL.
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OKLAHOMA NATURAL GAS COMPANY
C. B. AMES / D. T. FLYNN
OKLAHOMA NATURAL GAS COMPANY MAKES APPLICATION FOR STATE CHARTER. $3,000,000
CAPITAL. THE INCORPORATORS ARE: H. M. BYLLESBY, ARTHUR S. HURL AND HENRY M.
BLACKMER OF CHICAGO AND D. T. FLYNN AND C. B. AMES OF OKLAHOMA CITY.
MUSKOGEE TIMES DEMOCRAT
1906, OCTOBER 13, P. 1, COL. 3
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OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLAHOMA CITY DIRECTORY 1909
FLYNN & AMES (DENNIS T. FLYNN, C. B. AMES, R. A. KLEINSCHMIDT, R. M. CAMPBELL,
T. G. CHAMBERS, W. C. MITCHELL, F. E. SMITH), LAWYERS, 1ST FLOOR AMES BUILDING.
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MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA
PRESERVATIONISTS ARE ORGANIZING A CAMPAIGN TO SAVE THE FLYNN---AMES BUILDING.
NATIONS BANK PLANS TO DEMOLISH THE SEVEN-STORY STRUCTURE AND REPLACE IT WITH A
PARKING PLAZA.
AN ARCHITECTURAL DETAIL ADORNS THE FLYNN---AMES BUILDING, WHICH WILL BE
DEMOLISHED AS PART OF A NATIONS BANK RENOVATION PROJECT.
GROUP FORMS PLAN TO SAVE FLYNN---AMES
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CHARLES BISMARK AMES
C. B. AMES has exercised a strong influence upon the life of OKLAHOMA, in the
creation, organization, and development of which he has played an active part.
He helped to secure the passage in CONGRESS on the ENABLING ACT that made
OKLAHOMA A STATE, and later served as a member of its first SUPREME COURT
COMMISSION. He has developed a legal practice that has made him one of the
foremost lawyers in the state, has helped to organize and has become interested
in a number of commercial and financial enterprises which today are large and
successful, and has accumulated wealth and developed prestige. He has served as
the ASSISTANT TO THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES, and as the CHIEF
COUNSEL for the TEXAS COMPANY, of which he now is a VICE PRESIDENT and a member
of the BOARD OF DIRECTORS. Only OKLAHOMA CITY, he aided in effecting an
agreement between the railroads and the city, wherein plans for station
facilities and track removal were agreed upon and the city voted a
four-million-dollar-bond issue to meet the cost of putting this plan into
effect. Largely because of this service, he was voted OKLAHOMA CITY'S most
useful citizen in 1927.
His is a distinguished ancestral heritage. His father's people, who came to
AMERICA in 1642, included some noted figures in AMERICAN HISTORY. A
great-great-grandfather, a CHAPLAIN in WASHINGTON'S ARMY, lost his life at
VALLEY FORGE. FISHER AMES, an uncle, leader of the FEDERALIST PARTY in the FIRST
CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES, was a strong figure during the REVOLUTIONARY
PERIOD. The family has included many MINISTERS, ONE A METHODIST BISHOP.
Through his mother, he is connected with an equally distinguished SOUTHERN
FAMILY---THE LONGSTREETS, who also came to AMERICA in the early days, only a few
years after the AMESES. JUDGE AMES'S mother was a sister of GENERAL LONGSTREET,
and her uncle was AUGUSTUS B. LONGSTREET, a leading educator of the SOUTH,
author of "GEORGIA SCENES," for some years PRESIDENT OF THE UNIVERSITY OF
MISSISSIPPI, and one of the members of the famous METHODIST CONFERENCE of 1844
at which the METHODIST CHURCH separated into the NORTH AND SOUTH GROUPS OVER THE
QUESTION OF SLAVERY.
JUDGE AMES was born August 1, 1870, in MACON, MISSISSIPPI. His parents, Charles
Bingle, and Sarah Jane (Longstreet), Ames, lived in a comfortable home in Macon.
From among his boyhood playmates several able men have developed---a great
lawyer in the SOUTH, an ADMIRAL IN THE UNITED STATES NAVY, and a President of
the Mississippi Women's College. The boy Charles, the youngest member of a
family of two boys and a girl, spurred by the achievements of his ancestors,
also hoped to achieve distinction in his own life.
He entered OKLAHOMA CITY as a man of means, representing large interests, and in
a short time developed a thriving legal business. Called upon to help in the
organization of THE OKLAHOMA GAS AND ELECTRIC COMPANY and several other
substantial business enterprises, he was soon identified with a number of
important business institutions and BANKS, and became a well-known figure in the
STATE.
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UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT
STANDARD OIL CO. (INDIANA) V. UNITED STATES, 283 U.S. 163 (1931)
283 U.S. 163
STANDARD OIL CO. (INDIANA) ET AL.
V.
UNITED STATES.
NO. 378
ARGUED JAN. 13-15, 1931.
DECIDED APRIL 13, 1931. [ STANDARD OIL CO. (INDIANA) V. UNITED STATES
283 U.S. 163 (1931) ]
[283 U.S. 163, 165] MESSRS. C. B. AMES, OF OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLAHOMA, CHARLES
NEAVE, OF NEW YORK CITY, AND LOUIS L. STEPHENS, OF CHICAGO, ILL. FOR PRIMARY
APPEALLANTS
MR. G.H. DORR. OF NEW YORK CITY, FOR SECONDARY APPELLANTS.
THE ATTORNEY GENERAL AND MR. THOMAS D. THACHER, SOL. GEN., WASHINGTON, D. C.,
FOR THE UNITED STATES.
MR. JUSTICE BRANDEIS DELIVERED THE OPINION OF THE COURT.
THIS SUIT WAS BROUGHT BY THE UNITED STATES IN JUNE, 1924, IN THE FEDERAL COURT
FOR NORTHERN ILLINOIS, TO ENJOIN FUTHER VIOLATION OF SECTION 1 AND SECTION 2 OF
THE SHERMAN ANTI--TRUST ACT JULY 2, 1890, C. 647, 26 STAT. 209 (15 USCA 1, 2).
THE VIOLATION CHARGED IS AN ILLEGAL COMBINATION TO CREATE A MONOPOLY AND TO
RESTRAIN INTERSTATE COMMERCE BY CONTROLLING THAT PART OF THE SUPPLY OF GASOLINE
WHICH IS PRODUCED BY THE PROCESS OF CRACKING.
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TITLE: ( THE HISTORY OF STANDARD OIL COMPANY )
SUMMARY: EXXON CORP'S PROPOSED PURCHASED OF MOBIL CORP.
WOULD REUNITE TWO (2) CORNERSTONES OF JOHN D.
ROCKEFELLER'S OIL TITAN, THE STANDARD OIL COMPANY.
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(HARRISON THOMAS SR.)
COMMERCIAL BANK SOLD
BIG DEAL: WICHITA FIRM ALSO BUYS
TAHLEQUAH. FORT GIBSON. TULSA
BANKS: BANK IV WILL BE NEW NAME
The sale of Commercial Bank and Trust Company and banks at Talequah. Fort Gibson
and Tulsa to a Wichita firm was announced here Wednesday.
Fourth Financial Corp. officials said the firm will aquire Commercial Landmark
Inc. which has assets of $456.2 million and deposits of $418 million.
Ownership of the Commercial holdings will occur with Fourth Financial exchanging
shares of its stock for all the shares of Commercial Landmark Corp.
Those transactions involve.
* Commercial Bank and Trust Co. of Muskogee, $224.2 million.
*First Bank and Trust of Tahlequah. $139.6 million.
*Commercial Bank and Trust of Tulsa. $78 million.
*First Bank and Trust of Fort Gibson. $18.4 million.
The banks names will be changed to BANK IV OF OKLAHOMA as they become part of
FOURTH FINANCIALS chain of 27 OKLAHOMA banking locations.
Presidents at the Commercial Banks will remain the same. JERRY B. BAKER at
Commercial of Muskogee. JOHN A. BAKER at Commercial of Tulsa. BOYD COPELAND at
First Bank of Fort Gibson, and TONY STOCKTON at First of Talequah.
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BANK IV SOLD AGAIN
SAT. AUG. 26, 1995
BANK IV OF MUSKOGEE was sold for the second time in two years Friday to
BOATMEN'S BANCSHARES INC. a ST. LOUIS-BASED BANK.
Boatmen's announced plans Friday to buy FOURTH FINANCIAL CORP. for $1.2 billion.
Fourth Financial Corp., which is based in Wichita, Kan., bought Commercial
Landmark Inc. in 1993 and changed the MUSKOGEE BANK'S name from COMMERCIAL BANK
TO BANK IV.
According to the Associated Press BOATMEN'S, which operates 500 offices in nine
(9) states. including SUPERIOR FEDERAL OF MUSKOGEE, will swap one share of its
common stock for each of FOURTH FINANCIAL'S shares. BOATMEN'S said buying FOURTH
FINANCIAL would place it in a region where it can build its business.
" I'm very sketchy at this point. I really don't have any details as of now,"
said BANK IV OF MUSKOGEE President Lyndon Wells Friday night. "All I was told
was that an agreement was signed today."
JIM BUSHNELL, BANK IV'S vice president, is excited about the new ownership.
"The bottom line is we've got a major player coming into the market." BUSHNELL
said. "The captial they are going to bring to the table is extraordinary for
MUSKOGEE."
BOATMEN'S lists assets of $33.4 billion and is among the nation's largest
providers of trust services, with about $45 billion in assets under management.
FOURTH FINANCIAL has assets of about $7.5 billion and 87 officies in KANSAS, 56
in OKLAHOMA and three (3) in MISSOURI.
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BOATMEN'S BANK, ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI
THE OLDEST BANK IN ST. LOUIS in the BOATMEN'S NATIONAL BANK. When it was
chartered of February 16, 1847, it had the name of the BOATMEN'S SAVINGS
INSTITUTION, and it was what its name implied---a SAVING'S BANK; it had no
capital stock and could not issue notes. Its depositors were its stockholders,
and profits were to be divided pro rata among those who deposited within six
months at least $100 and left their deposits undisturbed until the charter
expired after twenty years. It opened for business on October 18, 1847. ADAM L.
MILLS was its first president. When, on November 30, 1855, the State Legislature
passed an act reincorporating the institution with a captial stock of from
$100,000 to $500,000, the bank and the distinction of being the only bank other
than the BANK OF THE STATE OF MISSOURI to have a charter. Note-issuing
privileges were not provided, however. The ultimate paid-up capital was
$400,000. In 1873 the bank was again rechartered under the name of the BOATMEN'S
SAVINGS BANK with a capital stock of $2,000,000, and in 1890 the name was
changed to the BOATMEN'S NATIONAL BANK.
The state banking legislation of 1857 provided for an ample and sound currency
in MISSOURI. The bank notes of the chartered banks were payable in specie on
demand and circulated within the STATE AT PAR. Such a CURRENCY was sorely need,
for the limited circulation of the OLD STATE BANK was insufficient to meet the
demands of increased buisness and commercial developement which encouraged
irresponsible " WILDCAT" banks in ILLINOIS, NEBRASKA, WISCONSIN, and other
STATES to flood MISSOURI with their BANK NOTES. Although these bank notes were
accepted at from five to twenty per cent discount, they nevertheless had managed
to circulate in the STATE simply because there were not enough STATE BANK NOTES
TO BE HAD.
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BRAINERD W. LA TOURETTE
BRAINERD W. LA TOURETTE is a St. Louis attorney with offices in the BOATMEN'S
BANK BUILDING. He has largely specialized in transportation cases, and has
frequently appeared before the Interstate Commerce Commission and in the
handling of the legal interests of the motor truck organizations.
MR. LA TOURETTE was born at ST. LOUIS, November 21, 1897, son of HARRY B. and
EMMA (HOFFMEISTER) LA TOURETTE. Both parents are deceased. They were born at
North St. Louis. THE LA TOURETTES were a FRENCH HUGUENOT FAMILY, and MR. LA
TOURETTE represents the fourth (4) generation born in AMERICA. The first (1)
generation became prominent in NEW YORK STATE, where his grandfather, CAPTIAN
HENRY LA TOURETTE, was born. He had four(4) brothers, one of whom became a JUDGE
and others were successful in buisness and the professions. CAPTAIN LA TOURETTE,
who died in early manhood, was a STEAMBOAT CAPTAIN on the MISSISSIPPI RIVER.
HARRY B. LA TOURETTE, father of the attorney, was a railroad man, and for some
time was connected with the ROCK ISLAND-FRISCO TERMINAL at ST. LOUIS.
LA TOURETTE, SCHLUETER, EBLING & BYRNE
SUITE 1400
11 SOUTH MERAMEC AVENUE
ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI 63105
314-727-0777
314-727-9071
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FED APPROVES NATIONS BANK'S $9.6 BILLION
MERGER WITH BOATMEN'S BANCSHARES
OKLAHOMA BRANCHES INCLUDED
WASHINGTON (AP)---The Federal Reserve Board gave final approval Monday, to
NATIONS BANK's $9.6 billion acquisition of BOATMEN'S BANCSHARES, a deal that
creates a bank with 2,600 branches stretching from NORTH CAROLINA to NEW MEXICO.
The merger of NATIONS BANK, based in CHARLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA, with the ST.
LOUIS, MISSOURI based BOATMEN'S, forges a $228 billion giant in 16 STATES,
including OKLAHOMA. The merger was annouced AUGUST 29, and is expected to
conclude in JANUARY.
The combination will dramatically expand NATIONS BANK'S presence in the MIDWEST
and make it the NATIONS FOURTH (4) LARGEST BANKING COMPANY over all. With the
deal, Nations Bank's retail banking operations will expand into ARKANSAS,
OKLAHOMA, KANSAS, IOWA, ILLINOIS, and NEW MEXICO. The bank already has a major
presence in SOUTHEAST.
In addition, the deal will combine the FINANCE COMPANY subsudiaries of the two
(2) banks, giving the new NATIONS BANK a presence in 38 STATES. NATIONS CREDIT,
THE FINANCE COMPANY ARM OF NATIONS BANK, by itself has $9 billion in assests and
nearly 300 branches 34 STATES.
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THE C.E.O. OF NATIONS BANK, HUGH McCOLL, IS RESPONSIBLE FOR BRING THE
PROFESSIONAL FOOTBALL TEAM (PANTHERS) TO NORTH CAROLINA
(CBS EVENING NEWS STORY, AIRED AT 5:53, ON 1-11-97.
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NATIONS BANK CONSIDERS SELLING BUILDING
MUSKOGEE DAILY PHOENIX
FRIDAY, NOV. 7, 1997 3A
MUSKOGEE BRANCHES TO
CONTINUE OPERATIONS
A historic piece of Muskogee's skyline may go on sale soon. NationsBank
officials are making a decision whether to put the FLYNN--AMES BUILDING at Third
Street and Broadway up for sale, a representative of the BANK'S property
management firm said Thursday. But the BANK will continue to operate its
MUSKOGEE BRANCH. "The operation is staying in Muskogee, with all of its
current services, "said JIM SMALLEY, who is in charge of the MUSKOGEE BRANCH.
"We intend to grow in MUSKOGEE."
The BANK has 25 employees at its central location and its two (2) drive-ins at
Fourth and Denison and York and Hancock Streets.
Asked whether the BANK'S BUILDING is on the market, SMALLEY said, "That I don't
know. I had a gentleman today ask me that question."
The area NATIONS BANK PROPERTIES are managed by LINCOLN PROPERTIES of TULSA, OK.
Denise Piland of LINCOLN PROPERTIES said she was uncertain
about the BUILDING'S future.
NATIONS BANK was the third BANKING organization to purchase the BUILDING in
three (3) years. In August 1996 NATIONS BANK announced it was purchasing
BOATMEN'S BANCSHARES INC. BOATMEN'S had acquired FOURTH FINANCIAL CORP. in 1995.
FOURTH had bought COMMERCIAL LANDMARK INC. in 1993, operating it as BANK IV.
COMMERCIAL began in 1889 in MUSKOGEE when JOHN HENRY DILL stated lending MONEY
out of an 11-foot-wide storeroom on MAIN STREET. He advertised his operation as
"THE COMMERCIAL BANK." Over the years the BANK
grew and was owned locally until 1993.
COMMERCIAL BANK moved into the FLYNN--AMES BUILDING in the mid-1920s.
Earlier this year, the BANK removed a metal facade that had covered the BANK
since 1967 and had served as a roost for pigeons. The work revealed details
crafted shortly after the turn of the century, including columns and intricate
stonework. However, renovation of the BUILDING exterior has yet to be completed.
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NATIONS BANK, BANK AMERICA AGREE TO MERGE
The aptly named NATIONS BANK CORP. and BANK AMERICA CORP. took a giant leap for
the banking industry Monday in a $62.8 billion merger creating the COUNTRY'S
FIRST (1) COAST-TO-COAST BANK.
The combined corporation would have $570 billion in assets, surpassing CHASE
MANHATTAN CORP. as the biggest U.S. BANK.
The new company, which will take the BANK AMERICA NAME, will operate in 22
STATES, with 4,800 branches and 15,000 automated teller machines.
Another bank giant also was born Monday as BANC ONE CORP. and FIRST CHICAGO NBD
CORP. annouced a $28.8 billion merger to create the MIDWEST'S most dominant
bank.
The two (2) deals come just a week after CITICORP and TRAVELERS GROUP said they
would combine sprawling banking, insurance and brokerage businesses into the
NATION'S BIGGEST FINANCIAL COMPANY.
The Nations Bank----Bank America merger "is the first (1) giant stride to bring
both coasts together under one banking franchise," said MICHAEL ANCELL, a
banking analyst at EDWARD JONES.
The Bank America----Nations Bank merger would be the second (2)---largest
corporate marriage ever behind the planned $74.4 billion CITICORP---TRAVELERS
combination.
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WENT TO CITY COUNCIL MEETING TODAY JUNE 28, 1999, CONFRONTED THE CITY COUNCIL,
THE MUSKOGEE POLICE SHOWS UP AT MY DOOR, WHAT EVER IS GOING ON HERE, THEY ARE
TRING TO COVER IT UP. THE MUSKOGEE POLICE IS INVOLVED HERE, WITH THIER SKEEM OF
COVER-UP AND NEGELATE TO DO THIER JOB ACCORDING TO THE LAWS OF OUR LAND.
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