THE ALLIANCE HERALD. AUOOST 1, 1918
WOMEN AND THE WAR RISK INSURANCE
LIVE
A boy scarcely ont of his 'teens Jtft a small
Pennsylvania tnwn not vevy long I
the navy. He left behind BOB a WiotflMd nothci
and two little sisters.
Within a few months he was out on the Atlan
tic, on one of the many American craft beating
-back the Hun.
Th l nrroU refisimrif nl often- to Ins
mother to one tetter m said:
Mother, I am not tfrtid toSp into btttle or
face run, If I have ot up mjf jrotUUj
life for my county I will l it. gladly, but I
otnnol sleep nighti thinking wlij;t will become
of my swort littli' sisters and yen.
hater the hoy WTOti l
"Today I am tfcfl happklt bo) in the At
lantic, for tlu- insurance hill has paaaed, and
l mo taking the full mount. Now I oan tacc
nything with n smile, knowing my loved ones
WW hr Bin 1 for."
The nothor, proud of bor hoy and thankful to
her government, wrote n letter to Secretary Me
Adoo aboul it. In his reply, the secretary of ttu
treasury said :
"Not your hoy alone, hut. you and your I p
daughter! as well have joined the colors In
colors in the battle to save demori i'cy. It h in
genuine gratitude, therefore, that bur great i
tion provide! the liberal and far-sighted bene
(its of the military and naval insuranec law
will lw writ-enodt-makins
Epoch-Making Law
Much has been written, and mor
ten aboul America's generous and
protection for her fighting men and their lost tl ones
at home, hut when all is Mid and done, the whole
story is 1 old, not by long columns of figure! or de
tailed explanations of the law, but hy the plain hu
man episode of the Pennsylvania hoy who joined
the navy.
All the factors are there : the patriot going to
the colors to fight for his country; the family left
behind the problem that they face nnd the fear and
anguish of the lad; the new idea, the new law, and
the new program of protection; the tighter confi
dent and happy: the family provided for; and the
future secure. That is the whole thing in a nut
shell. Multiply the story of the Pennsylvania hoy and
his mother and his sisters several million times ami
you have a vivid picture of the amazing achieve
ment, of the hurcau of war risk insurance of tin
treasury department.
Estahlished by an act of congress, approved Oc
tober 6 1917, the hurcau is now the largest insur
ance company in the world - an insurance company
tin which every woman who has a hushand, son or
brother with the stars ami stripes is a stockholder.
But the hurcau is much more than that. Gov
ernment insurance, in which the United States is a
pioneer among the nations of the world, is only part
of the story.
Someone has likened the hurcau to a vast mu
nitions factory which is making an indespeusahle
in!w of war, the unshakahle morale necessary for
victory. Again, the bureau may he likened to a
military organization a bureau embattled detail
ed to the all-important work of keeping the home
fiies bunting,
Three Big Thing!.
The hurcau docs three things and each one of
liiem comes squarely (ami literally) home to the
wives, mothers, and sisters of America's fighting
men.
Pint, the hurcau administers the all-emhracing
yatfgO of allotments and allowances. Every enlist -od
man in the army and navy who has a wife, or
;i wife and children, must make an allotment out of
h is monthly pay for their support. To this allot -ment
the government adds a family allowance
ranging from $5 per month for one motherless
child or $15 per month for a wife without children
Up to a maximum of $50 per month. The amount
if tic compulaory allotment is at least $15 per
I'M. and as much more, not exceeding one half
tinted man's pay, as is necessary to MfWfl the
;ovcminejl1 family allowance.
in addition, the enlisted man may make allot
ita to other relative! ami, under certain oondi
. is, the government will add allowance!, for them.
Tin allotment is the man's contributloni the al-
lowJm the government's, anil the aggregate is the
family'! gain and the nation's benefit. The bleak
pecteT of poverty, the humiliation of charity; the
lent " 'Icing of penniless pride. these are all
h d by government protection while the man
is nil the high seas OT on the hattlcliclds of France
)? in (raining, After his lighting is over-, govern
icnt compniaatlon iiid government insurance are
tlx ,i calh tl into play to keep up the far-aighted and
A pioeratlc work of justice and protection.
The second tvork of the hurcau comes under the
heading of compensation- which means indemnity
for disability and death caused in the line of duty.
'ihis compensation is paid without regard to
rank or pay to officers and enlisted men alike; and
there ii no charge t the BMwfloiariea, it is aut
matic, in ease of disability, the compensation,
hi eh ranges from $'20 to $100 month, is paid to
fighter himself; in rase of death it is pgyable to
1 a wife, Child, or WldoWcd mother.
Officers and Men Alike.
the government les not stop with compen
sation, wind) is the twentieth century MihstniMe lor
the discredited and outworn patchwork of pensions
"he i iutod States uoes a M p a long step tur-
thcr.
To neve the irreatosi army ami navy in its his
tory the strongest ami broadest possible protection
in the world, the United states government throws
precedent and prejudice aside ami embarki in the
insurance business;. It gives all it! defenders and
their loved ones' at homo the mighty hacking of
the Strongest and the cheapest insurance on the face
of the earth, and charter membership in the United
States insurance company, unlimited.
This insurance is protection against death ant
lilal, i't rmaneiil tlisalulit v, ami mav he nought in
amount! as high as $10,000 at a net peace rate aver
aging about $8 a thousand a year. The government
pays all overhead expenses and standi the cost of
the war hazard.
All officers and enlisted nw.n may avail them-
sseelves of this insurance protection for themselves
and their families, hut they must apply within the
120 day! after joining the service. Most men an
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uuying uie inn ijiiu.iiuu 01 government insurance.
In case the man is killed, his hencficiarics then re
ceivc $:!.)() a month lor 240 months, or twenty
years. In case he is permanently and totally dis
abled, lie himself receives the monthly payments of
$57,60- tor the rest ot his life, even if the period
exceeds twenty years.
This, in brief, is the government protection. The
i a a .
response nas iteen inspiring. Almost two ad a
quarter million men have already applied for gov
ernment insurance aggregating about eighteen bil
lion dollars, and new inuranee is still coming in at
an approximate rate of about one hundred million
dollars a day.
Millions Paid Out.
America's manhood is marching off to war with
full backing of ihe United States government, thru
the bureau of w ar risk insuraneeof the treasury de
partment, is sending them out by the million. Each
one of them is a proof of the gratitude, the solfnin
and fervent gratitude, of a republic of freemen.
ror these checks do not represent gifts or gratui
ties. They are not. In any sense charity. They are
payments based on plaui American justice and is
sued as ctpiitable compensation for services render
ed and sacrifices made.
Up to May 28 the bureau of war risk insurance I
had sent out a total of approximately three million
checks, aggregating more than 8:1,000,000.
Cheeks arc now going out at the rate of about
eight hundred thousand a month. Before long this
figure will be a million a million messengers of
good cheer and gratitude, taking the terror out of
war.
STOCK
WATER WORK-HORSES OFTEN
Quite Profitable and Humane to Pro
vide Means of Giving Water
Throughout the Day.
Some farmers find It quite profitable.
and certainly quite humane, to Rive
tiv ir horses a hvcksi of water several
times during the long mornings and
afternoons of the summer. For this
purpo.-e tin y arrange a barrel on a
small Ried. ami each morning take it
with them to tlm field.
During the long mornings and after
noons it w ill be fountl to ho profitable
to give the teams a bucket of water
The horses do not drink much at a
time, but they do relish it, and it
stimulates them and in no small man
ner averts the danger of overheating.
Users of horses In cities know the
value of watering them often, and they
do not pass a drinking place without
offering their horses water. These
teams are generally worked under
high pressure ant! under distressing
conditions, yet with fair treatment the
horses stand up well and do a great
volume of work. In tho dirt and heat
of the gMai cities it is sale to assume
that it the practice of watering only
three times a day were observed,
mach less work could be done and
many hoi- ftroub fall victims to heat
and overwork.
Professional Cards
0. E. SLAGLE, M. D.
Physician and Surgeon
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Farm Sales a Specialty
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RIGHT MANAGEMENT OF HOGS
GEORGE J. HAND, M. D.
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Aslhma and Hay Fever
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Including the famous
. Loosbrock Stacker
and the celebrated
Bain Wagons
De Laval Cream Separators Farm Trucks
Gas Engines Dayton Airless Tires
Lubricating Auto Oils and Greases
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Protection From Sun, Pure Water and
Succulent Grazing, Are Three
Important Factors.
Sun shades, pure water and succu
lent grazing are three very important
factors in the summer management
of awlne. Hogs suffer more from heat
than any other class of animals When
they were removed from their native
shaded haunts, and confined in pens
and open yards, exposed to the hot
rays of the sun, and by the change
transformed from lank, targe-lunged
animals into modern fat-backs, they
were made peculiarly susceptible to
the sizzling rays of the summer sun.
Hogs tliat are confined in open
yards, where they are exposed to the
hot sun do well to keep alive, even
though they are consuming sufficient
feed to make two pounds of pork a
day. Sunshades mean comfort, and
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CHIROPRACTORS
10 a. m. to 8 p. m.
New Wilson Block
Harness Hand Made
From irt Material outlast Any
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AI.I.IAM i:. KKHIIASKA
Purebred Poland-China Sow.
comfort brings economy in the use ol
feed, rapid gains in flesh, and In
creased profits at the season's end.
Hogs do not perspire. Other ani
mals are provided with pores to carry
off excretions and remove heat from
the body, but not so with the hog. A
few large pores on the legs provide the
only means of carrying off excretions,
while the thick layers of fat check the
radiation of the beat from the body.
Not only Is this so, but hogs are fed
more heat-producing food than other
farm animals, and in the operation
of converting this feed into meat there
is a great amount of heat which can
not readily escape.
ALLIANCE CANDY STORE
PURE HOME MADE CANDIES
Home Made Ice Cream 45c quart Pint Ice Cream 25c
Completely Equipped Sanitary Service. Come in and
let us serve you with cooling drinks or delicious candies.
FRUIT SUNDAES 1A
Any Flavor 1UC
FREE CITY DELIVERY
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COW'S MILK FOR THE LAMBS
Ordinary Baby Bottle and Nipple Will '
Be Found Satisfactory in
Raiting Orphans.
If properly handled, the orphan
lamb or tho lamb which its mother
refuses' to own can be raised success
fully on cow's milk. Sheop milk is
nearly twice as rich In fat as cow's :
milk, which for the lamb should there
fen be enriched by the addition of
pure cream. Since the lamb usually
nurses its mother at least once each
hour it should be fed on cow's milk'
at tho same intervals, especially for
the first ten days or two weeks, after
which the intervals may bo gradually
lengthened.
While the lamb is very young It
should not be given more than two
ounces of milk at a feeding, as this is
all he would take from his mother.
Use an ordinary baby bottle and nip
ple. When the lamb is ten days or
two weeks of age it will commence
to eat a little, and from this time on
should gradually be encouraged to
procure most of Its sourislrBaent from
grain, roots, etc.
TREATMENT FOR MALE LAMBS
They Should Be Castrated When Very
Young, as the Danger Then
Is Not Very Great.
When male lambs are not sold
promptly, It is important" that they be
castrr.led. They will sell better, make
better grovyth, and give less trouble.
They should bo castrated early, as the
danger Is then very slight. The mala
point in castration Is to avoid contum
(nation. Hands and instruments should
be kept rka:ieil with a good antisep
tic, the wound should be washed, and
then the flock should be put in a cluaa.
grassy lot or ueld
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When travel
ing, attending
a Theatre or
some Social
Function, nr
if Shopping,
don't forget to have
DR. MILES'
-Anti -
PAIN PILLS
with you. They are in
valuable for Headache
and all other Pains.
25 Doses, 25 Cents.
IF FIR3T OX 13 NOT SATIS
FACTORY, YOUR MONEY WILL
BE REFUNDED.
BRING DESIRED RELIEF.
"I have used Dr. MiU-.V Antl-PBJn
fills for some time anii nnd them
an Invaluable remedy fur headache.
I have always taken groat pleasur
in recommending them to my
friends, being confident that they
will bring- the desired relief. I am
never without them and use them
for all attack of BeJa. knowing
that they wfli not disanmint me."
lOW. W. II. iiSNgOM,
West Haven. Conn.
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PASTURE
WANTED 400 Head of Cattle to
Pasture in the Sand Hills.
Inquire Herald Office, Bex No. 9826
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