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Show FARMERS WARNED OF IIEMIOLE MAN IS ADVERTISING THAT HE WILL ORGANIZE FARM LOAN. ASSOCIATIONS FOR $500. SMALL TOWNS MAKE RECORD Ahead of Citiea In Buying the Smile-age Smile-age Books American Soldiera Lost n Tuecanla Protected by Government Govern-ment Insurance. Washington. Another achwne fof swindling the farmers of the United State has been discovered by the federal fed-eral farm loan board. A man advertising adver-tising himself as an authorized organizer organ-izer of national farm-loan associations la sending out advertising matter emblazoned em-blazoned with the national flag, stating stat-ing that he will organize such association associa-tion at S500 each, and will teach oth- er the trick for a certain sum of money. His advertisements have reached farmers and business men over a large part of the United States. He claims to be so busy organizing national farm-loan associations that I he needs help, but will take time to tench others for a monetary consideration. considera-tion. All such representations sre fraudulent. fraudu-lent. In order to borrow under the farm-loHn act, It Is necessary for fariner to organize co-operative vna-tlonnl vna-tlonnl farni-lonn associations In their tocnl communities. It Is a violation of a ruling of the federal farm loan board, published more than a year ago, ! for a national farm-loan association or a joint-stock land bank to spend sny money for promotion purposes. Associations thus organized will not he chartered by the federal farm loan board. Farmers are warned therefore against anyone asking a fee for his proffered srvice in' connection with applying for s loan under the federal (arm-loan act. RokuIIs of the smllesge esmpslgn. which put books of theater admission admis-sion couions on sale In nearly every town stid city In the country, show the small towns snd villages far ahead of the cltlen In overselling their proportionate propor-tionate quotas of books. Pilot Rock, Ore., was the first town la the country to snd la s check. Lauren, Lau-ren, Iowh. s town of WKI population, took In $100 before the first stnileuge honk wos received. Tltoiikn, Iowa, with 2iX populiitlon, bought $V1 worth of hooks, the larsest snle In proportion to population yet returned. Tin coupons in smllenge hooks are exi'lisnufl by the soldiers for admission admis-sion to enterlnlnmeuts In theaters built in th rampt by the commission on trnlnlng rump arllvltles. Admission Admis-sion clmrg range from 10 cents to cents, or from two to Ave stnileage coupons. Merely Water. flwltzerlarvi utilizes a greater proportion pro-portion of her avjitliihle witer power than any other nation, having 'liar-iieised 'liar-iieised about 700,ViO of toe 1,2M,0()Q Iwrse power provided by her streams |