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About La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 28, 1910)
POST AND CI Bi ON. NEWLY WEDS "4 A i '.UlJ Two sketch artists who are appearing at the Scenic this week. ' (M-.... i -..xi .' " . i -.i -"vf - r. V -; i ( "4 1 . ' I , I I ! r ? :' 1 t ' if H J oEPim T fa ! on-' i aKY urdE ha partunU of ht;ik hvoif circular La ("made paper. " . M Pure e cnier ingredient ff&wrPKL' fl the active princip!BM f WF$S! and healthfulne8,to h in every home yyr ! - Only recently La Grande people have received -communications v'- -porting to disclose vast estate; belong to the recipients of thesi lit ters, and theae same people may be Interested in the following circular from the Stale Department at Wash ington, cent to the Observer for publication.'- r. The Departmenl of SUte at "Wash ington, has received a report from the American Counsel-general at BarcelonaSpain, In regard to the band of swindlera operating Jn vari ou' a cities and towns of Spain who make a practice of writing to per sons in the United States respecting the Imprisonment of a relative and the guardlnanshlp of a child. The Counsel-general states that the alleged prisoner . generally describes himself as a political , prisoner, from Cuba; he la .at the point of death and has but one friend the prison . . v. ..... I is enabled to smuggle an occasions! letter out of the prison fort ' ' '. The prisoner Is rich. ' s He hiB p fortune on deposit In cash in the Unit ed States, but the certificate of de posit Is concealed in a secret recep tacle of. his valise; the valise Uself has been taken possession of by the court at Carthagena, which tried and condemned him, aud will be held un til the prisoner or his representar tlve has satlsfled : the costs of the trial- The prisoner has an only daughter; dying in prison, his sole thought is of this beloved offspring. He has no friend or relative In Spain to whose care he can commit her. In this emergecy his thoughts turn to the distant relative In the United States whom he has never seen and of whom he knows only by hearsay or the family tree. -Will the dis tant relative assume the guardianship of the beloved daughter, and the dar ling daughter's fortune of about $20, 00a?. If the distant relative accepts the trust, one-fourth of the prisoner's entire fortnue will be the material reward. The good priest will go at one to the United States and take the darling daughter with him. There is but one condition: the ready money which the prisoner brought with him to Spain has been exhausted; the dis tant relative is therefore requested to send enough to . liberate the valise containing the secret receptacle and the certificate of deposit. . This-money is to be sent to the good priest at an address Indicated, and, having received It, the good priest will at once secure the valise and start for America "the land of the free and the home of the brave" with the darling daughter. y (The above is generally the first ietter of the series. It is quickly followed by another In which the prisoner pathetically states that his strenght is rapidly failing and the end is near. He beseeches his dear distant relative to assume the trust and be a loving father to th darling, dauhtcr The third letter is from He good prkst h!m-ir, who in brief, touching ttrms and ho;; 1:1. balj Englls'i. announces V . c. .; cj tV J unhappy " prisoner; " ti.e &!:1 pr tc adds that the . i'rlin;' i".."'jvr U) ' :ts;r bis tare. lit is rf . V to i is 'promise., into execution and si for the I'nited States as soon rs'.hej ahull hive the necessary funds from j the distant relative. The good p. lest j frequently encloses' in his letter, a bogus newspaper clipping annou-ic-ing the. death in prison at Bra(",. r..i of the famous Cu'irm patriot (-.- :v tlrucs "called Auglutin Iaflente) ; tb" newspaper r.:f c : rlso speaks yn ningly of the confiscated valise' and the darling daughter. : It Is a simple scheme, but present ed in such a plausible way that al most any unsuspecting "distant rela tive" of European extraction would be more or lesB decieved by the glad prospect of falling heir to the cus tody of a darling daughter with a big fortune, and one-fourth interest therein as an additional recompense. Naturally the first Impulse of the distant relative is to ask a lawyer or a Judge with some authority what course he ought to take In the prem ises, but as he thinks of doing this his attention Is taken by a warning in the prisoner's letter beseaching him not to mention the matter to any living soul lest the secret of his valise and the hidden receptaclj be i.r LIT -i .'- B- a . I I '' ' ' Q Z ilia's fili al l , v ):L!ii a If 0 m , f, 1 ' ,rT If' . -l- m f C lgsten Lamps Make ! Light Much Cheaper . ' ' ' , ro Md a hdf time th efficiency of th or . a lamp hitherto In geneml ue Tha fd. . - . Jo of a tvn rectal called lursgrtcn, which yield an intent brilliancy at low cot In snap and ixe the bulb i juit like any other electric incandescent lamp. Why not try a Tnngsten lamp yourself? Get one of the 40-watU and ut it somewhere in your boose in place of one of your carbon lamps. Then ob-erve the great difference. Note the dear white light, exactly twice as brilliant and costing you one-fifth less for elec tricity. General Electric Tungsten lamps are destined to displace all others, for both store and bouse lighting. I I LICIT POM CO. . The valise after all with its crn, cealed certificate of deposit, h the key to the situation and poss?2s'on must be taken of It before anything can be said or done. This (so crn ningly set forth by the prisoner) is very evident to the distant relative, and so he frequently preserves the secret intact and Instead of cor milt ing a lawyer or writing to the Ameri can Counsel-general at Barcelor.i he quietly sends a draft for. the sun de mandea by the good prleBt end awaits results Of course he" waits t :::.::..",'." :::::: ":.;:..,"Lii.vinr,'r 1 I, N0T1CK FOU PUBLICATION. Department f the Interior. U. 8. Land Ofilce at La Grande, Ore god, January 24th, 1910. Notice is hereby given that Waltei E. Pratt, vhose poBtofflce address is Alicel, Oregon,, did on the 24th day of June, 1909, file la thl office iworn Statement and Application, No. mm.r tn nurrhmu tha S 1-2 Nffi 1.4. in vain, and the poor, dead prK-r 8ectlon 8 TownBhip 2 South, Range and the good priest and the da 1 n? 40 EMt Willamette Msridlan. and uaU6uvc. ... luo course or time H,, timber thereon, under the pro- uu Ul xm forever, leaving pq T,8lonB of tne act of June 8, 1878. only an uncomfortable memory of the actg amendatory, known as the money he so cheerfully contri1 utcd .Timher and Stona Law " at auch to the confidence game. For twenty years these k-ia'-es have been practicing their sw-nH?, and It is needlsss, to suggest thnt they are very carefully organized; they have confederates not onlv In the United States but In most ''other value as might be fixed hy appraise- mentand that, pursuant to such ap ollcation, the land and timber there' on have beerK appraised, $245.00, the timber estimated 205,000 board feet at $1.00 per M, and the land $40.00; that said applicant will 'offer final countries. The confederates In ques- pr00f n support of his application tion select a man and find out all an,i sworn Btate'ment on the 21s4 they can about him; they get hold are hereby required to present the same to me as admlnltsrator at my store on Adams Avenue, La Grande, Oregon, together with proper vouch ers, within six months from the datv of the first publication hereof. Dated this 2d day of February, 1910. JAMES O. SNODGRASS. Administrator o! the estate of Nick Armoas, deceased. Cc:traa & Cochran, Attorneys' for Administrator. 2-114-11.' Sana ens. of family names, family origin, and family characteristics This In for e - mation is transmitted to the rascals in Spain, and the letters are at once written to the prospective victim The scheme is presented and develop ed in a plausible way and many of our fellow countrymen have "bitten" promptly and acheerfully. Recently the letters written to the distant relative have varied somewhat from teh original; the political pris oner having become a noted Russian banker who absconded, leaving a defl cit of some millions of roubles, kll- i ' . . . . . "' ieu in a quarrel -, in England ano- day of April, 1910, before the Reg Ister and Receiver, United States Land Office, at La Grande. Oregon, test this purchase before entry, or initiate a contest before patent Is sues, by filing a corroborated ' affi davit in this office, Hinging facta which would defeat the entry. P. C. BR AM WELL, Register. In the Circuit Court of the State of Oregon tor Union County. Z, B,(.JUrvey, Plaintiff, , ' . W, J. Harvey, Defendant. - To W. J. Harvey, the above named defendant: In the name of the State of Ore gon you are hereby required to ap pear and answer the complaint filed . against you in the above entitled suit the first publication of this summons, and in case you fail to so appear and answer, the plaintiff will apply to the court for the relief prayed for In her complaint, towlt, for the dlsolution of the bonds of matrimo ny existing between the plaintiff and . defendant, and care and custody of the minor children of the plalntlffand defendant, Sherman Harvey, Elanor Harvey and Luclle Harvey, and for her costs and disbursements This summons is published by or-' der of the Hon. J. W. Knowles, Judger of the Circuit Court of the State of Oregon for Union County, which or- WILL CURE NOTICE FOB PUBLICATION Department of the Interior. C. 8. Land Office at La Grande, Ore gon, January 24th, 1910. Notice is hereby given that Irwin D. Smuts, whose postoffice address I der was made and entered In" said ther Russian, and" finally took refuge Is Alicel. Oregon,, did, on the 24th 1 court on the 20th day of January. in Spain, where he was apprehended day of June, 1909, file in this office 1910, requiring th's summons to be and charged with manslaughter. Sworn Statement ; and Application This change of character, however, 2 South, Range 40 East, ' Willamette .is immaterial, and in the future more I Meridian and the timber thereon, un new characters will probably be In- der the provisions of the act of June 3, 1878, and acts amendatory, known as the "Timber and Stone Law," at such value as might be fixed by appraisement, and that, pur suant to such application, the land and timber have been appra!aed at $380.00, the timber estimated at 320,' troduced by the gang. The scheme is the same, and the public is warned to place no credence In such or simi lar letters. Every effort has been made by the Department of State and its repre sentatives in Spain to unmask these published once each week for 'six successive weeks, In the La Grands Weekly Observer. The date, of the firBt publicatlei of this summons is the 21st day of January, 1910. EUGENE ASHWILL, Attorney for the Plaintiff, J 21-28 P 4-11-18-25 M 4. -. smsMBeBeasMMeaw flOTICE FOR PUBLICATION. The uniform success that has attended the use cf this remedy i;i ihe cyve cf ba-J? colds has made it one of the most popular medicines in use. It can ahvcya ho - depended upoii to effect a quick 'cure 'and is pleasant to lake. It contains no opium or oilier narcotic, and may be given'. as ' confidently to a child as to an adult Price 25 cents! Large size 50 cents. - -. - . .... ' m -v scoundrels and bring them to Justice, 000 board feet, at $1.00 per M., and p. g. Land Office at La Grande, Ore- and the Spanish authorities have also been active and several members of the gang have been apprehended and held for trial, but so far no convic tions have resulted, owing probably to the pecularlty of the Spanish law. United States Land Office Grande, Oregon. the land $60.00; that said applicant will offer final proof; in support oil his application and sworn state ment on the 21st day of April, 1910, before the Register and Receiver, at La I PIGMTARIES RETURN.' Apostle and Bishop of the L. I). S. clirncli return to Salt Lake. Apostle O. P. Whitney and Bishop Ct W. Nibley returned last evening to Salt Lake after having, attended a two-days conference of the L. D. S. stake at the tabernacle Saturday and Sunday. Apostle Whitney was one of the principal speakers yesterday, when a large number of church mem bers were present. Business trans- i action of a routine nature were at Any person Is at liberty ; to pro test this purchase before entry, or Initiate a contest at any time before patent Issues, by filing a corroborat ed affidavit In this office, allegta facts which would defeat the entry. Administrator's Notice BESS KM"WW-?WitSfe-1 tended t0 mst Saturday afternoon. Notice Is hereby' given that the uiv derslgned has been appointed admin istrator of the estate of Nick Ar moas, deceased,' by the County Court Oregon;" of Union County, Oregon, and all hav In claims tealnst the said estate I - r gon, January 21th, 1910. Notice is hereby given that Adolph Lauer, of La Grande, Oregon, who, " on January 3d, 1905, made Homestead Entry No. 14038, Serial . No. 04328, for SB 1-4 NB 1-4, S 1-2 SB 1-4, Sec. 17, NB 1-4 NB 1-4, Section 20, Township 4' South, Range 38 East, Willamette Meridian, has filed notice of intention to make final Five Year Proof, to establish claim to the land above described, before the Reeiater and Receiver, United States Land Office, at La Grande, Oregon, on ';he loth day of March, 1910. Claimant names si witnesses: 1 John Shilling, Jr. . - 1 Henry J. Rehen. " 4 James Shilling. Fred Pohrman, all of La Grande, F. C. BRAMWELL. ; " Register, f
