The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1918-02-28
GOVERNMENT WARNS
FARMERS OF SWINDLE
Says Faker Is Advertising To Form
Farm Loan Associations For $500;
Other Official News
By The Committee on Public
Information

Washington. Another scheme for
swindlfng the farmers Of the United
States has been discovered by the fed
eral farm loan board. A man adver-
tising himself as an authorized organ
izer of national farm-loan associations
is sending out advertising matter en-
blazoned with the national flag, stat
Ing that he will organize such associa-
tions at $500 each, and will teach 9TH
ers the trick for 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 a monetary considera-
tion.
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 a violation Of
a ruling of the federal farm loan
board, published more than year ago,
for a national farm-loan association
or a 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 a fee for his
proffered services in connection with
applying for a loan under the federal
farm-loan act.
Results Of the smileage campaign,
which put books of theater admis-
sion coupons on sale In nearly every
town and 6ty 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, a town Of 900 population.
took In 500 before the first smileage
book was received. Titouka, Iowa,
with 200 population. bought s02 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 five 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 a month for 240 months. In
surance that had been applied for Is
payable to q much larger class OF ben
eficiaries and can go as high as $l0,-
900. netting $3.50 a month for 2io
months.
The compensation in case OF death,
given by the government without
charge and regardless of rank or pay,
ranges from $40 to $75 month, based
on the number Of dependents. Pay
mepts under the compensation feature
of the military and naval insurance act
in case of death are payable to
widow, children, or dependent "id-
owed mother.
The automatic insurance ceased on
February u, but the compensation
feature of the act Is separate pro
vision. The scale of compensation 10
case of death follows:
(a) For a widow alone. so.
nj For widow and one child, $So.
(c) For a widow and two children.
s47.50. with IS for each additional
child up to two.
(d) If there be no widow, then Tor
one child, $50.
(e) For two children, S3O.
(D For three children. $40, with 80
for each additional child up to two.
fg) For a widowed mother, $50. The
amount payable under this subdivision
shall not be greater than q sum which
when added to the total amount pay
able to the widow and children, doeh
not exceed SIS.
To meet the shortage Of small silver
change in Norway a 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
70 % military camps. Complete seni-
tary organizations work to prevent
the spread Of disease from the CIVILIAN
population TO military forces and TO
nrotect civilians from communicate
diseases where they have occurred
among troops
The organizations include physi-
clans sanitary engineers. nurses, at
tendauts and laborers. Methods un-
dertaken include inspection OF aiiN es-
t.h,,shments handling food supplies.
The public information committee