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Show Real Estate exchange, which, through F. S. Aldridge, sold to Jarvis on partial par-tial payments. He said .that the company, com-pany, or Jarvis, had no engineer employed, em-ployed, as stated in the contracts; to guide prospectors in making their selections selec-tions of land. , Concerning the alleged misleading advertisement ad-vertisement published in Salt Lake, ami which is the basis of the charge of using the mails for .the purposes of fraud, Fields said that he had been directed by Jarvis to place the advertisement adver-tisement in the local papers. "1 took the copy for the advertisement advertise-ment to the office of the Salt Lake, Tribune," said Fields, "hut they wanted money for it, and then I took it to the office of the Herald-Repub-lican-Telegram and they accepted it." The display advertisemenet which appeared ap-peared in the Herald-Kepublicau-Tcle-gram was refused by The Tribune, not only because Fields hail no rhoncy with which to pay for it, but because in te opinion of) the management of the papqr, it was not legitimate. vlt was maintained by VV. V. Ray, United States district ' attorney, that the overt act was committed bvv Jarvis Jar-vis when he placed the, advertisement iu the ncwsKiper which was circulated through the mail. T. 1). Lewis, counsel for the defendant, took exception to lliis, 'declaring that the Herald-lvepub-lican-Telegram has no mail circulation. JARVIS 15 HELD FOR y. 5. grahi - Land Agent's Salesman the Only Witness Examined i by Government. On the testimony of one of his own salesmen, the only witness examined by the government, II. V. Jarvis was held for the action of the federal grand jury yesterday by United States Commis-. Commis-. sioner Henry V. Van Pelt, on the eharge of having conspired to use the United States mails for purposes of fraud. His bond was lixed at $10U0, which he furnished fur-nished later in the day, and was released. re-leased. It was brought out during the testimony testi-mony of Stanley C. Field, a salesman working under Jarvis, president of the International Exhibition & Sales corn-pan-, that the company was offering for sale Indian lands in eastern Oklahoma, in face of the fact that there was no definite information that there are anv unallotted lands for sale. He also admitted ad-mitted that no maps or plats had been provided, from which prospective purchasers pur-chasers could make selections of land; and that, contrary to the advertisi'inents of fhe company, no assurance could be niven patrons that oil or other minerals existed in the lands offered for sale. Fields admitted that there were no olats or maps on the exhibition car, which was sent out from St. Louis by Jarvis, and proceeded west as far as Salt Lake, except a few "holdovers" which had remained in the car from operations conducted bv the McAlestcr |