The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1925-01-07

3 MISCELLANEOUS ......-. 75.ooo.DSo
am giving cold figures. not to star
tie any one unless it be toward more
extreme care in handling and safe
E guarding funds and valuables. Right
here let me quote rules 10 help foil
/ criminals known as check passers"
or "scratchers": they viii help you 10
avoid serious loss:
/ Never write checks with pencil
Use pen and ink or. II possible. a cnecz
protector.
FIJI in all blank spaces
Don't erase Errors should be cor
rected by writing q new check and &C.
stroying those incorrectly ~rittsn =.
stranger and never cash = strangers
check without an Endorsement which you
have positively verified
3. Make checks payable 70 cash OF
bearer only when you personally pre-
sent them al your bank Otherwise use
the name Of the person you intend SHAH
receive payment
an Endorsement on checks you intend 70
deposit Write above or below your sig
nature the words For deposit only
Z Never sign blank checks II you ex-
pect 20 be absent any length Of tine open
4 separate account subject 10 check Of
your employee or agent
you " I'D z valid check. leaving none
where hey may be =asily taken
9 Keep your CHECK books securely
locked Up and be careful how and where
you sign or exhibit your signature
10 Beware Of the magic Of The word
certified Ordinary certiHcation stamps
can De duplicated almost as easily as any
i, watch checks which apparently
Of approval They are more easily
torged than the full signature
Sz<z~-rz-I yor1- erer-z . VIM would
your money. for they repres = money
DergS-r Slip r-or-1- ss-r= tur To4f
name. usually upon the upper lines
stroyed as otherwise your signature viii
be available for fraudulent use. You can
nrevent loss by first writing the detail 81
amounts deposited and then printing
YOUR account name
The bankers campaign for every
body to pay by check" has borne
fruit II has been estimated that -
day more than IS per cent Of the
business OF the Z S is transacted By
The use OF checks or other credit IN
Struments. That nesns ssoEt SIX and
one-half billion checks viii be written
by bank depositors IN this country
during 1924 and they will total about
s5o0. 600 900 900 in amount, or one hun
QreC l1meS the money N clrculauOn-
Banks War on Crooks
The average bank depositor when
Queried as to what mis- bank does 10
protect his deposits. will probably tell
you they are kept in great vault and
that armed watchmen are employed,
as well as an elaborate and efficient
burglary and robbery alarm system
He may not know that the $4,000
banks comprising the American Bank
ers Association have constantly and
conveniently available an army OF
highly trained specialists who wage a
continuous and relentless warfare
against the bank criminal These
operatives are within easy reach OF
any member bank Criminals know
that If they attack a member bank
they are attacking one of the most
powerful and elective protective or.
eanizations in existence
Another medium by which bankers
prevent many financial crimes or
losses is the warnings continually
broadcast from the American Bankers
Association and forty-eight state
bankers associations. These warnings
keep the trap constantly set and carry
out the Associations plan OF crime
prevention as contrasted with detsc- ,
ton