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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.'-
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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
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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) '
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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
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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
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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
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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-
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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,
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flOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.
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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. -
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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.
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