The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1918-02-28

washington. - Another scheme for
s"indling the farmers Of the United
states has been discovered BY the fed
erai Iarm loan board. A man adver-
using himself as an authorized organ
iIer OF national farm-loan associations
~ sending out advertising matter en-
oiazohed with the national flag, stat
Ing that he will organize such associa-
uons at $500 each and will teach 9th
CTS the trick for certain sum Of
money. His Advertisements have
reached farmers and business men
over large part of the United States.
ne claims to be so busy organizing
national farm-loan associations that
Ne needs help, but will take time 10
teach others for monetary eonsidsra-
ton.
All such representations are fraudu-
lent In order to borrow under the
iarm-ioAA act 1t 10 necessary for
farmers to organize cooperative ma
uonal farm-loan associations In their
local communities. II is a violation OF
ruling Of the federal farm loan
board, published more than q year age,
for a national farm-loan sssociatioo
o. q joint-stock land bank 70 spend
any money for promotion purposes
Associations thus organized viii not
be chartered by the federal farm loan
board. Farmers are warned therefore
against anyone asking q fee for his
pronered services In connectioa with
applying for q loan under tho federal
farm-loaA act.
Results Of the smileage 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 q check Lau-
rena, Iowa. town Of 300 population
took In 800 before the first smileags
book was received. Titouke, Iowa,
with 200 population, bought SEQ worth
Of books, the largest sale In proportion
TO population yet returned.
The coupons In smileage 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 ave smileage
coupons.
Any American soldiers lost on the
torpedoed transport were 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 a wife, child or
widowed mother. The automatic in
surance aggregates about $4,000, net
ting sos month for $40 months. In
surance that had been applied for Is
payable to a much larger class Of ben
eficiaries and can 90 as high as $10,-
600. netting $3.50 a month for 24O
months.
The compensation In case Of death,
given by the government without
charge and regardless of rank or pay,
ranges from $40 to S76 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
widow. children, or dependent Wild
owed mother.
The automatic insurance ceased on
February IL. but the compensation
feature of the act Is a separate pro-
vision. The scale Of compensation N
case of death follows:
(a) For widow alone, $25.
(b) For widow and one child, $50.
(c) For a widow and two children,
s47.5O. with SIS for each additional
child up to two.
I'D If there be no widow, then for
one child. 500
(e) For two children, $50.
(f) For three children. $40, with -
for each additional child up to two.
(g) For a widowed mother, $40. The
amount payable under this subdivision
shall not be greater than a sum which
when added to the total AMOUNT pay
able TO the widow and children, does
not exceed $75.
To meet the shortage OF small silver
change In Norway large issue Of one
crown notes (at 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 SAM
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-