The twice-a-week Twin Falls times. (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1916-1918, 1917-12-18
WAR SAVING STAMPSA
PROFITABLE INVESTMENT
All Questions Regarding Them Answered bv the
Government SO That You Know Just How to
Get Them and What to Do With Them


the country profitable, simple, and
secure Investment.
What They Are - War Savings
Stamps are the answer of a great de
mocracy to the demand for a demo-
cratic form of government security
They are little baby bonds" Like
Liberty bonds, they have behind them
the entire resources of the government
and the people of the United States.
They have the additional advantage
that they steadily increase in value
from the date of purchase until the
date of maturity, and this increase is
guaranteed by the government. These
stamps are issued in two denOmina-
tons, the 25-cent stamp and the IS
stamp.
For the convenience of investors a
Thrift Card is furnished to all Dur-
chasers of rs cent stamps This card
has spaces for 16 stamps. When all
the spaces have been filled the Thrift
Card may be exchanged for a $5 stamp
at post offices, banks, or other au-
thOrized agencies by adding u cents
in cash prior to February /, 1918 and
] cent additional each month there
after
Those who prefer may buy a So
stamp outright. These will be on
sale from December 3, 1917, until Jan
uary 81, 1918. for $412. They auto
matically increase in value a cent
January 1, 1928, when the United
States will pay SIS at any post office
or at the Treasury in Washington for
each stamp affixed to a War Savings
Certificate.
When you purchase a So stamp. you
must attach it to an engraved folder
known as "War Savings Certificate"
which bears the name of the purchaser
and can be cashed only by the person
whose name appears upon the certifi-
cate, except in case of death or dis
ability This certificate contains 20
spaces. If these are all filled with
War Savings Stamps between Deem
Der g. 1917, and January 81, 1918, the
cost of the purchaser will be $82. 40,
and on January 1, 1923, the govern
ment will pay the owner of the GER
tificate $100-a net profit to the hold
er of $3.50. This is based on an in
terest rate of per cent compounded
Quarterly from January 2, 1918. The
amount of War Savings Stamps sold
to any one person at any one time
shall not excel 500 maturity value) a.,
and no person may hold such stamps
of War Savings Certificates to an ag-
gregate amount exceeding $1,000 Una
turity value).
If the holder of a War Savings Ger
tificate finds it necessary to realize
cash on it before maturity, he may
at any time after January 2, 1918, up
on giving 10 days written notice to
Nany mOney-Order post office, receive
&r each stamp affixed to his certifi-
cate the amount paid therefor plus 1
cent for each calendar month after
the month of purchase Of each stamp.
A registered certificate may be re-
deemed, however only at the post Of
flee where registered.
In other words the plan is simple,
straightforward, and certain The
holder of the certificates can not lose
ic in 70 in a ic vi n g
the safest security in the world in the
most convenient form in which the Sc
curity of great government has ever
been offered to it's people
Why You Should Buy Them-The
main reason for the purchase of War
Savings Stamps is because your cOun-
try is at war. Your country needs
every penny which every man, woman
and child can save and lend, in order
to feed, clothe, arm and equip the sol
diers and sailors of America and to
win this righteous war in defense or
American honor and the cause of de-
mocracy throughout the world.
If we are to win the war; we must
win it as a united people. The saw
ings of every man, woman, and child
are necessary if we are TO hasten the
victorious ending of the war. War
Savers are Life Savers.
n A single strand in the cables which
uphold the great Brooklyn Suspension
Bridge is not very strong, but thOuS-
ands of these strands bound together
uphold one of the great thoroughfares
of the world.
When our fathers and sons and
brothers were called by our country
to take up arms in her defense, you
did not hear an individual soldier re
. fuse to serve because his service
Slone would not win the war Each
man was ready to do his part. The
great army thus formed is going for
ward to face the fire of battle and
to risk everything for the safety and
security of our homes and our fam
lilies, and for the very existence OF
our country.
These are the men for whom you
are asked to save and lend your dol
lars.
A country worth fighting for is a
country worth saving for.
To save money is to save life
Buy War Savings Stamps at post
offices, banks, trust companies. or
other authorized agencies, and strike
a blow for our country.
The War Savings Plan
Q. What is the War Savings Plan
A. It is a plan by which you car
lend small savings to your government
at 4 per cent interest, cOmpOundec
quarterly.
Q. How may this be done2
II A. BY purchasing War Savings
Stamps and Thrift Stamps
Q. What is a War Savings Stamp