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Ft mm 8 M THURSDAY, JUNE 5, 1902. The Fair New Goods New Methods Fair Dealing Our Motto is: "Money Back if Goods Are Not Satisfactory." "Watch for our SPECIAL SALE AD . in Friday's iBsue of this paper We cut the dtlier fellows' prices all the week, and cut our own on certain lines on Saturday. The Fait Where Whole Families Can Trade THE BILUET CASE HISTORY OF THE FAMOUS FRAUDULENT MINING CASE tit Exactly Right... are the new styles in Wall paper shown by us. To fully appreciate their beauty our new patterns should be seen. We save you money on your wall paper and have an exper ienced force of workmen to do your paper hang ing and painting. C. C. SHARP Opera House Block Court St. Balllct Is Charged With Having Used Uncle Sam's Mails to Perpetrate One of the Greatest Swindles of History Balllet's Typewriter Tell of Money Paid to Fast Women. Tho trial, of Lctson BalHet, the al legeu mining king, who is now on trial charged with fraudulent use of the United States malls In connec tlon with the sale of stock of the White Swan Mining Company, bup posed to be operating a rich prop erty near Baker City, Is developing many Interesting revelations regard Ing the manner in which the affairs of that company were handled. BalHet, who wns extensively ad vortlsed in the newspapers and some of tho magazines as the Cecil Rhodes and Barney Barnato of America, al ways managed to have mentioned In these laudatory write-ups the fact that for the mere asking ho would explain to anyone who desired to know, how they couK make them selves as wealthy as he had become, "He had no property to sell, or stock Investments to boost for," so he ad vertised, but would steer those who asked his advice onto mining and other investments wherein they -could be assured of making enormous for tunes or comfortable competencies, according to the amount of money .which they Invested in accordance with his instructions. How the Stock Was Sold. Despite Balllet's disinterestedness, it always developed that the very best mining investment in the "West, in the entire world, in fact, was the stock of the White Swan Mining Com pany, operating a bonanza property which would eventually make all its stockholders wealthy. Immense quan tities of this stock were disposed of to credulous investors, and finally It came to the attention of the govern ment that there was something rot ten in Denmark in connection with the White Swan. Hence the trial. The first case brought against BalHet was laid over on account- of the death of one of the jurors, and the second is now in full swing. Some of the testimony introduced of a decidedly racy character. There's Consolation In Knowlnjj that you can get your carriage repaired In a thoroughly efficient and durable manner t Meade Itros. Their skill in rcnenlnc all vguionan jmria, panning anil yarnuning is too : v well known to need special mention, whllo their ' f prices are remarkably moderate for the paias- ,h taking care disp'ayeu in all their work. ' jSee Us About Gasoline Engines Water Bt, near Main, Pendleton, Or HARPER KENTUCKY WHISKEY for Gentlemen who cherish Quality. Bold by JOHN 80HMIDT The Louvre Saloon JMJCTON i iVmong the witnesses brought In by the government was S. H. Rowland, who had been advertised all over the country as having made ?25,000 bj following the advice of Balliet. Row land did not look like a man who had made $25,000 In mining or any other' nusiness; neither did he produce any of the money In court and his test! mohy was somewhat at variance with the manner in which he had been ad vertised. One Man Who Didn't Get Rich. He testified that he had not made any money whatsoever out of White Swan stock, and that his entire con nection with Balliet consisted in be ing employed as the latter's chief clerk. His compensation while em ployed in this capacity was but the bare expenses of himself and wife Five stenographers were employed regularly and sometimes as high as 20 on day and 12 on night shift had been at work. Each of these people was paid from ?20 to $30 per month out of money received from the sale of White Swan stock. There were also heavy expenditures for advertis ing circulars and newspaper advor tlslng, as high as 250,000 circulars and 200,000 editions of the Baker City Herald and tho Western Mining News, having 1 een received at the office at one time and from there mailed out all over the country at Balllet's direction. So far as he knew no funds received by the com pany had ever been used for develop ment work. Among paid advertising write-ups of the company and Balliet, paid for out of tho funds, Rowland cited the cases of C. P. King, representing a newspaper syndicate, whom he had paid ?3900 for one article; a write up In Ainslee's magazine which had cost ?750, and a laudatory article In the Chicago Intor-Ocean at the time of Balllet's first trial, which had also cost $750. Balliet Incriminated Himself. Postoffico Inspector C. E. Stewart was also on the stand and testified to having interviewed Balliet at the time the government first began col lecting evidence. He told Balliet he was a postal Inspector and wanted to know what authority he had for selling the stock. The accused said the books were open for Inspection but that he could not show title to the property that day. Pressed for further information, ho acknowledg ed that he had no title, Jiut said the property had been sold at sheriff s sale and he could get title by buying! in the certificate. He did not know how the people would take to the plan. Balliet acknowledged to hav ing taken in from $20,000 to $30,000 from the sale of the stock, and said that if the plan to get title to the property failed he would refund the money he had received from stock sales. At the same time he did not know how he was going, to replace what money had been expended for office and advertising expenses, as he had nothing to start on. He declar ed, however, thathe would get the money somewhere. The Typewriter's Testimony. Mrs. Young, who had been Balllet's private secretary and bookkeeper, tes tified to having paid out various sums of money to sporting women upon re ceipt of telegrams from Balliet, but signed with fictitious names. She had discussed these disbursements with Balliet afterwards. Mrs. Young also testified to paying money for the support of fast women and for medi cal attendance for Gertie Henderson, one of Balllet's demi-monde pets. The Baker City Herald was also sent $300 weekly for its share in the cold blooded operations. This money all came from sales of White Swan stock. ..USE PURE.. Artificial Ice OKEQOH OLINION MADE CIQARS AT THE PENDLETON CIGAR FACTORY NEWSPAPERS TO miT nunnn Hlrpetn, on shelves, walls, or .lor wrap- ? 51. f K! t ?P cenu at bundle id nm uunuumart omce, rendle- Oregon. f If ilil 1 pi mm I felephone Main 105. No Sediment to Fou! Your Refrigerator No Disease Germs to Endanger Your Health VAN ORSDALL & ROSS Paid Fake Dividends. T. H. Newby, a farm hand, testified to having invested $112.50 in C25 shares of White Swan stock, and that he received thereon one dividend of $2.50. The government will endeavor prove that this dividend as well as others was paid from the funds of the company and not from the .earn ings of the mine. In addition, sensational testimony Is being Introduced to show that a large portion of the revenues of: the company from the sale of its stock was exponded by Balliet in the pur chase of diamonds, sealskins, and other extravagances for notorious women. Howthe Case Stands. Briefly summed up, the case as it now stands is that the government inspectors claim that they will show that by liberal use of the malls Bal liet has operated successfully one of the greatest mining swindles in re cent years, while Balliet contends that ho will prove that his company has secured and is actually operating the White Swan mine and that the investment therein will eventually de velop as lucrative as he advertised. NEW SCIENTIFIC TROCESS. Preparation Discovered that Will Destroy the Dandrurf Germ. For some time It has been known that dandruff was caused by a germ that digs up the scalp into little white flakes, and by sayping the vl tality of the hair at the roots, caus es falling hah, and, of course, finally baldness. For years there have been all kinds of stlmulantH and scalp tonics on tho market, but there has been no permanent cure for dandruff until the discovery of the preparation called Nowbro's Herplclde, which destroys the dandruff gevm. 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