ÒFailing
to secure the Salem treasure,
and no demand for city
lots, with their debts pressing
heavily upon them, it evidently
seemed necessary that
some ways and means should
be devised to extricate themselves
from their present embarassments. To this end, a
Banking Institution was organized,
called the ÔKirtland Safety
Society.Õ – The
Return (July,
1889).