H. P. Gutz Biography


	This biography appears on page 837 in "History of Dakota 
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				H. P. GUTZ. 

	H. P. Gutz, the efficient and popular cashier of the First 
National Bank at Selby and one of the large landowners of Walworth 
county, was born at Pomeroy, Iowa, April 3, 1879, a son of Fred and 
Anna (Brandt) Gutz, both natives of Germany, who emigrated to America 
many years ago and entered land in Iowa, where they are still living. 

	H. P. Gutz received an excellent education and remained at home 
until he attained his majority. In 1900 he came to South Dakota and 
located at Selby, becoming cashier of the Walworth State Bank, which 
was later converted into the First National Bank, of which Mr. Gutz has 
served as cashier since its establishment. The excellent condition of 
the bank and the confidence which is placed in it by the public are due 
in no small measure to the cashier's thorough knowledge of banking, 
business acumen and unquestioned integrity. Mr. Gutz owns the building 
in which the bank is located and also holds title to two thousand acres 
of land in this state, being one of the men of affluence of his 
community. 

	Mr. Gutz was married in June, 1904, to Miss Louise Trainor, who 
was born at Lagrace, South Dakota, and they are the parents of four 
children, Max Urban, Raymond P., Carl Henry and Josephine. Mr. Gutz is 
a republican and has served acceptably on the school board and on the 
city council. His religious faith is that of the Lutheran church. He is 
recognized as a man of much force of character and of undoubted probity 
and honor and he is also acknowledged as one of the leading forces in 
the agricultural and financial development of his locality.