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Show DUPED THE FARMER COMMISSION SWINDLE EXPOSED j AFTER SHARPER GETS A WAV i WITH GOOD SUM. j I Offered High Pricea for Produce and Then Sold to Conaumera Before Paying Farmera. Pocketing Money Without Paying Bllla. Rait Lake city. After swindling fat-mors fat-mors of I'lah mid southern Idaho out if more ituin II, .'.on worth of pioduee, i-ggs nnd poultry, by fraudulent use if the malls, a man who has posed la a loiumlssloti hot, limit under the name of "II. H lllswan," with head-tiiarters head-tiiarters In this city, baa dlstippeatod. Hla npetatlnna began a month ago anil wore of audi an Ingenious nature that for a lime they butT'ed Ihe furiners. Offering higher prlrea tor produce to the farmers, and then selling In consumers before paying the farmera. Illsman collected a grout iloul of motley and disappeared when ho hud strained hla credit to the point of sua plclun It Is believed he baa headed fni Nevada or Oregon, mid the nfflcerf are searching for him. Ulsman leaves a number of victims who will be more than pleaaed to take Ihe witness stand nnd contribute testimony that will mean a long term In the stall prison fur hi in, providing be la cup lured. |