The Benson signal., 1918-03-09
FARMERS WARNED
! OF NEW SW|NDLE
MAN is ADVERTISING THAT HE
WILL ORGANIZE FARM LOAN
ASSOCIATIONS FOR $500.
SMALL TOWNS MAKE RECORD
Ahead Of Cities in Buying the Smile
age Eooks-American Soldiers Lost
on Tuscania Protected by Govern
ment Insurance.

Washington. - Another scheme for
swindling 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 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. It is a violation Of
a 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 fee for his
proffered services in connection with
applying for loan under the federal
farm-loan act.
Results of the smileage campaign
which put books of theater admis-l
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 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 $63 worth
to population yet returned.
The coupons in smileage books are!
exchanged by the soldiers for admis4
sion to entertainments in theaters
built in the camps by the commission
on training camp activities. Admis7
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 wife, child or
widowed mother. The automatic in
surance aggregates about $4,30O nett
ting $25 a month for 240 months. In,
payable to q much larger class Of BEN
eficiaries and can go as high as $1O,-
900, netting $3.50 a month for 240
months.
The compensation in case Of death,
given by the government without
charge and regardless Of rank or pay,
ranges from 500 to $75 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 12, but the compensation
feature of the act is separate pro-
vision. The scale of compensation in
case of death follows:
(a) For a widow alone, $50.
(b) For a widow and one child, $35.
(c) For a widow and two children,
child up to two.
Cd If there be no widow, then for
one child, 500.
(e) For two children, $50.
(f) For three children, $40, with $5
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 $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 26.8 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