Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1918-02-21
MAN IS ADVERTISING THAT HE
WILL ORGANIZE FARM LOAN
ASSOCIATIONS FOR $500.
SMALL TOWNS MAKE RECORD
Ahead Of Cities in Buying the Smile.
age Books-American Soldiers Lost
on Tuscania Protected by Govern.
ment Insurance.


States has been discovered by the fed
eral farm loan board. A man adver-
tiSing himself as an authorized organ
tzer of national farm-lOln associations
is sending out advertising matter en-
blazoned with the national flag, stat
ing that he will organize such associa-
lions at $500 each, and will teach 9TH
ers the trick for a certain sum of
money. His advertisements have
reached farmers and business men
over large part of the United States.
He claims to be so busy organizing
national farm-loan associations that
he needs help, but will take time to
teach others for monetary considera-
ton.
All such representations are fraudu-
lent. In order to borrow under the
farm-loan act. it is necessary for
farmers to organize cooperative ma
tiOnal farm-lOan associations in their
local communities. 1t is violation of
ruling of the federal farm loan
board, published more than year ago,
for a national farm-loan association
or joint-stOck land bank to spend
any money for promotion purposes.
Associations thus organized will not
be chartered by the federal farm loan
board. Farmers are warned therefore
against anyone asking 4; fee for his
proffered services in connection with
applying for loan under the federal
farm-loan act.
Results of the smpeage campaign,
which put books Of theater admis-
sion coupons on sale In nearly every
town and city in the country. show the
small towns and villages far ahead of
the cities in overselling their proper
tionate quotas of books.
Pilot Rock, Ore, was the first town
in the country to send in a check. Lau-
rens, Iowa, town of 900 population,
took in 500 before the first smileage
book was received. Titouka, Iowa,
with 200 population, bought S63 worth
of books the largest sale in proportion
to population yet returned.
The coupons in smile,lge books are
exchanged by the soldiers for admis-
sion to entertainments in theaters
built in the camps by the commission
on training camp activities. Admis-
sion charges range from 10 cents to
25 cents. or from two to five smileage
coupons.
ANY American soldiers lost on the
torpedoed transport We're protected by
United States government insurance
and government compensation. Those
who had not applied for insurance
were covered by automatic insurance,
which is payable to wife, child or
widowed mother. The automatic in
surance aggregates about $4,000, net
ting $25 a month for 24O months. In
surance that had been applied for Is
payable to Il much larger class of ben
eficiaries and can go as high as $1O.-
900. netting $3.50 month for 30
months.
The compensation in case of death,
given by the government without
charge and regardless of rank or pay.
ranges from 500 to $75 n month, based
on the number of dependents. Pay
ments under the compensation feature
of the military and naval insurance act
in case of death are payable to a
widow, children, or dependent Wild
owed mother.
The automatic insurance ceased on
February u, but the compensation
feature of the act is a separate pro-
vision. The scale of compensation in
case of death follows:
(a) For widow alone, $25.
(b) For IL widow and one child, $35.
(c) For widow and two children,
$47.5O, with SIS for each additional
child up to two.
(N If there be no widow, then for
one child. 500.
(e) For two children. $50.
(f) For three children, $40, with SIS
for each additional child up to two.
(g) For widowed mother, $40. The
amount payable under this subdivision
shall not be greater than sum which
when added to the total amount pay
able to the widow and children, does
not exceed SIS.
To meet the shortage of small silver
change in Norway large issue of one
crown notes lat normal exchange the
Norwegian crown is worth 26.S cents
United States currency has been put
In circulation.
The United States publis health
service is carrying on campaign
along sanitary lines in areas adjacent
to % military camps. Complete sani-
tary organizations work to prevent
the spread of disease from the civilian
population to military forces, and to
protect civilians from communicable
diseases where they have occurred
among troops.
The organizations include physi-
clans, sanitary engineers, nurses, at
PENDANTS and laborers. Methods un-
dertaken include inspection of all e.
Establishments handling food supplies.