| Show Ir INSURANCE MEN ME BUY CLEVER DEVICE Now Express Belief They Were by bythe bythe bythe the Inventor Believing Belle that they were duped dupe by bT a 0 smooth swindler who obtained i from them un under false pretenses c officers of or ortho tho Al Agency ncY comp company n h have v be begun Un an in investigation In- In to learn whether or not a Q aman aman man who sold them a sliding scale parcel post rate rata device olce had ever I his scheme Tho The matter has hag been taken tJ up with Noble oble po postmaster who furni furnished hed most of oC the Information upon which th the supposed patented device devico was made According to Mr Ir Warrum a young joung oun man came Ame to him some time ago itco t. t o with what appeared to bo ho a clever sliding scale calo dovice dovice do- do vice for parcel arcel poet sates Mr 11 Warrum arrum examined tho contrivance and found that it was wan reaU really original and that it would probably bo be of or Immense to firms doing doln an extensive parcel post business s as it would l enable thorn thom to fI see nee e at Rt a glance what the rales rates on any particular package would bo be In any zone zono Given Information Tim The young oung man declared that he hc had patented the tho scheme and asked for va various various va- va arious rious Information concerning parcel post rates which ho intended to havo have printed on nn an accompanying card As tho department department de de- is 18 glad to disseminate as much parcel post information as possible the postmaster save 0 nil all tho the Information that the local office afforded According to officers of the Agency company th the roan man then called upon thorn them and after alter convincing them that his dovice dovice do- do lovice vice was waa a 0 good one for practical advertising adver er titlIng purposes told them that the information mation matlon contained on the card was vet very secret ecret and arid had been obtained at t groat trouble and expense ITo IIo said Id that the statistics from the local omen office had hall cost about and ond that tho futures figures on parcel post busl business from other sources had cost about the Fame amount He lie asked 1600 for the exclusive o rl rights to tho the device The thing appealed to the In insurance company officials and after r dl discussing the price the they paid the stranger BOO outright ht for or his and arid exclusive rights They say pay that be he seemed disappointed over oer the 1110 l small sum um but Jat later r bra ge- ge J to toan an employee employee em eni- of or the company that he had put one ono over and that tho the were easy cosy marks Discover Source Alter After the tho company obtained tie Uio device and had decided to u use rise o it a aa as nn an advertisement er ads the they thought of ot having sonic some printed that would bo be useful tl I to business businessmen men In III other oilier states Robert flobert Sloan of ot the company any asked d Postmaster Wi Warrum Tr rr m whether information on Montana po postal tal V rates would cost as much as had hall L the c cUtah Utah Information I t suppose It will Mr Warrum said aId Tile The loc local 1 Information did not coat cost a cent ceet When rhen they learned 1 that th part of the Invent In- In vent r's rs story was false tho the Agency A company com corn pany party officials official h began gan an Investigation In This morning Postmaster Warrum was 38 told that it Is 13 tho ht the man had 11 never or obtaIned obtained ob ob- ob- ob tamed a 0 patent or copyright The They also aso stated that they had located him in m ce cuo o and that pr proceedings proceeding ma may bo ho starter alleging obtainment of ot money under false al e pretenses n es While hUe they consider cr the device deIce device de de- de- de vice Ice a good goal on ono one rAt yAt the they believe that tha t the Inventor In was paid about three times Umes more than It Jt was worth |
