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Show Oregon Mine Owner on Trial for Fraud. The trial of Nelson Balliett, mine owner and largely interested in the properties at Baker City, Ore., was begun be-gun Monday morning in the United States federal court at Des Moines, la. Balliett was indicted by the federal grand jury two years ago charged with using the United States mails to further fur-ther a scheme to defraud by sending out copies of a Baker City paper and circulars advertising the White Swan gold mine of that place; advertising the mine as a lucrative piece of property prop-erty and offering to sell stock. |