| Show Increase in Pension Pen Pen- sinn sion For Indian War Veterans One Ono of the last acts of the president president president dent before of congre congress con- con gress gre s was was vas the affixing of his signature signa- signa signa-I signa signa-h signa ture to the Leatherwood Indian War Var pension bill which increases the the rate of pension of all Indian war J i fighters to the rates heretofore allowed al- al t al-t J al-J lowed veterans of the Spanish Spanish- Spanish Spanish-Am- I Am war and which it is believed will give statue to hun hundreds hunI of veterans who heretofore I have been beep barred by reason of the strict requirements of bf the old law The Leatherwood bill Is effective as of this date and under its provisions provisions provisions pro pro- visions claims allowed allowed- will be pay par payable able from Crom the date on which application application tion for pension or increase o of pension pension pension pen- pen sion is made While bile failure of the thel deficiency bill cuts off money fort for paying these increased pensions 1 this will entail no loss to the Indian War Var Veterans in the long run for it it i will take several months to get I these Uese claims through the pension bureau and when the funds become available next session the claimants veterans and widows alike will be paid such amounts as have havo I I between the tho date on which their applications applications applications ap ap- are arc filed and the date of payment just as though thought the money had been available I Few claims could have been adjusted adjusted adjusted ad ad- I before the next session or of congress opens Regulations for fori I carrying out the terms of this new ne' law will be prepared Immediately 1 1 J by by the interior department and md as soon as procedure is established the theof filing of claims will be in in order I II I I New Applications Needed I Every ery Indian war pensioner now I t on the time pension roll entitled to a an increase under the Lea Leatherwood herWood act will be required to file formal application application ap ap- for increase and those Indian Indian In In- In-I In dian war veterans not now on the pen sion slon rolls will have havo to file new applications Old applications which have been heen rejected will not meet the requirements of the law and applications applications applications must be superseded by bj new made under the terms of tho the law signed today 1 MERCHANT TALKS STRAIGHT A retail merchant who does a e business of in a town of l 1300 OO population must be classified as a success Heres Here's some straight I I talk from such a merch merchant ant Fred W W. Anderson of f Cozard Nebraska 1 I have no sympathy for the tho merchant who sleeps between advertised ad ad- I ad-I 1 blankets on bed springs that faro arc nationally advertised sleep In advertised pajamas who puts on advertised underwear shirts garters garters gar gar- tors shoes and clothing when he gets up in th time the morning who eats advertised cereals and foods for I II breakfast who rides to to work in an advertised I advertised car cat and and who when lie he i gets gets to work refuses to advertise He lIe ought to go o and broke and he ho h probably probably I ably will will If I were ere to start In I business again today I would invest I five per cent of my gross sales In I advertising IT PAYS J |
