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Show STOCK COMMISSION MEN FEAR THE WORST Caldwell, Ida., Aug. 20. What appears ap-pears to be thoimost clever swindle perpetrated In the northwest in recent re-cent years was discovered in Nampa, a few miles east of here, todav E. F. Marks, who had lived near there for the last year and who suddenly disappeared about a week ago, it Is declared,., profited to the extent of $30,000. Portland, Ore., commission houses are said to have advanced $21,000 on 1800 head ot cattle bearing a certain brand which ho claimed were on the range near Nampa. Representatives Rep-resentatives of tho Portland firms who have been quietly Investigating declare that no cattlo bearing the brand described in the mortgages are |