Good Old Days: April 18, 2019

8 years ago

The Commoner, April 13, 1894

The Commoner is gratified today to make the formal announcement that the Bank of Colfax resumed business on Monday morning last. The institution closed when the great financial panic struck the country. Hon. James A Perkins, owner of the bank, stated today that the business would have been resumed a short while after the closing last fall, if there had not been a general destruction of crops in the Palouse country, which render collections impossible.

When the Bank of Colfax closed its doors, the people in general had the utmost confidence that it wou...