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H-H A Great Offering in LADIES' FURS We are now showing the largest line of ladies' Purs ever shown in Whitefish. We Are Going to Sell Them Right now at REDUCED Prices. ft RUSSIAN PONY COATS SABLE CONEY COATS NEAR-SEAL COATS ASTRICAN COATS NEAR-SEAL MARTIN TRIM COATS ISABELLA FOX, SABLE POX AMERICAN MARTIN RUSSIA LYNX ISABELLA 'OPOSSUM And all styles of extra muffs tjo match your furs—will be sold At Cut Prices Star Clothing and Shoe Co. IKE L. FREUDENTHAL, Prop. • H - I - H ' H - H - * - H - H - I - I - 1 I - H - I - I ' I I - I I - 1 - I - * - H - l-H - H - H - GUARANTEED ABSOLUTELY PURE. 1REWDHMH - pAWjSWtiTOIN barley mho 0OHWIAH Hop* V) ^ K ft ff^pgf-T.Mm^G^BREVflNG Co. KALIS PELL. MONT. :: WHITEFISH STEAM LAUNDRY :: «'EVERYTHINQ RETURNED BUT THE DIRT." WE MAKE A SPECIALTY OF FAMILY WASHINGS, AND ROUGH DRY. SILKS AND WOOLS ALL WASHED BY HAND. PROMPT ATTENTION GIVEN TO ALL RUSH ORDERS. WE WASH EVERY THING. C. H. RATCHYE, Prop. baker ave. j A Medicinal Dinner. Bailie, a darky cook to Virginia, has Un taught by her mistress to cook chickens en casserole—an accomplish ment In which ehe takes great pride. St la always done on occasions of state, and Bailie bunts up company to dhow her prowess. Snuday morning recently she came In gleefully, with -Yonder come Mr. Clifford up de lead to see Miss Judith. Hadn't 1 hotter cook do chicken In castor oil?" — Lippincott 's. A Deed of Daring. Asked what was the bravest deed ho had over seen. Lord Koporth sattho — — b e n d that. White he was sa its way to Lucknow his force ?rm stopped hy a walled Ihelooure. Altttle soldier, n PauJahl Mohammedan. toetog the dltocnky. endeavored to open thwdéër nrhleh harctdiM way. Whea hi mail drat to draw the boK one off hla heads area cm off hy one ef-tos enemy; then he managed to anfaaton the bolt iwtth Mo ot h er hand, which wee sub aaqnantly nearly severed from the «toi •*««*. ivy dm the enma the left log. One man. d his right leg. and. per the effeir exclaimed, has calaed both his »r-i Brides Who Pereh In Trass. Among the Lolos of western China It le customary for the bride on the wed ding morning to perch herself on the highest branch of a large tree while the elder female members of her fam ily cluster on the lower limbs armed with sticks When all are duly station ed the bridegroom clambers up the tree, assailed on all aides by blows, poshes and pinches from tbe dowagers, and it is not nnttl he has broken through their fence and captured the bride that he la allowed to carry her off. , Dis •Time. Englishmen In Queen Elisabeth's Bine dined it It a. m.. and ghake afrare rang dp the curtain at the ©She theater at 1 p. m.. the perform ance ending between 6 and g é*dock. «y tbe time of Charles 11. dinner had advanced tel o'clock, and the play hgu d l P- SL es Fefiys records. A eentuiy , later. Hence Walpole <*om PUlned of dinner being « lato as 4 o'clock aad evening apt beginning un til 8 o'clock. Up te the Middle of the lest century tomtom opened at 6ÜL dinner being proportions tefy earlier. "X u eB ce. '* said thé young mad's em- ployer. -that yen are always about the •rat ta the edice la toe morulnge " -Thank yen. air." -Why do you thank met- J. Ter «kb« It" Errhesge S' Humor and Philosophy ■r 91/MCA.M M. SMITH THE LATEST. TTETGHO! Eut weren't we a slow, Poky race tVhen out oti the chase After pleasure Once upon a time? No longer ilo we care For the county fair With Its prize porkers. Premium ducks And the plethoric garden truck's Boul stirring appeal. The guaranteed patent meal And. in short. The whole array of that sort. Those simple joys Are ours no more. And. tell tlie truth. They make us sore. Vve have expanded, Gor.e up. one might say. For now we while the time away With a spectacular and neat Aviation meet. No town is too small To hear the call— The call of the skies— And to offer a grand prize For the first one to fly In its own private sky. And the aviator, haughty and proud. Takes a look and thinks out loud. And what does he say? "Call that enough pay For the chance of a broken neck And the wreck Of a HO.OtiO machine?" He doesn't want to be mean. Eut if they'll double the prize He flics. And if not There's a lot Of towns that will. And they double it or he pane* them by. The man bird comes high. But we must have him. Extreme View. "They are engaged." "Are they?" "That is what is said." "I didn't suppose he was rich enough to ask a girl to marry him." 'He isn't" 'Then how does it happent Has the girl money?" *'01i. no. But they are both so poor that they don't know unytblng about money." *t at Natural Infer- ence. "I want you to meet my friend Mrs. Fetching." "A widow?" "Yes. of the grass variety." "Why do you particularly waut me to meet her?" "Why. you are a vegetarian, you know." * at Provided For. You don't seem worried about tbe results." I am not" Don't you think there is any doubt about the outcome?" "Plenty of doubt." "You dou't seem to haTe taken any precautions." "Oh, I'm married. My wife will take precautions and do all the wor- rying." The Angler. "He is a record breaker." "That lazy fellow?" "Yes." * "At fishing?" "Naw." "Wbat record does be break?" "Ananias*.' Mix«d Fruit# "His daughter is tbe apple of hla eye." "1 can hardly understand that." * "Why not?" "Any one can aee that she is a peach." PERT PARAGRAPHS. If we bad to take the advice we give probably tbere would be a great re- vision in tbe matter banded out Be suspicious of tbe man who sees everything as you see it. It muy l>e that he Is getting close enough to make • touch. Tbe milk of hnman kindness should yield a rich cream of goodfellowsblp. People who bave castles in tbe air may soon be called upon to pay an air tax. Many a gown fits the wife a great deal more satisfactorily than tbe bill for it fits ber husband. There may be quite a difference to a man between having a draft in his pocket and a draft ou bis pocket A tall man la often abort after mar- riage. The man who doesn't Invest money la bin own enterprises may have more charity for himself than faith in hla One reason why some people change their minds readily Is undoubtedly be- cause It la ae little trouble. Trouble ta a tiresome thing, bat some teople seem greatly to enjoy taking It a in a a Belinda's; Orphan : She Brought Happiness to a Lone- ly Home By CLARISSA MACKIE Copyright by American Press Asso- ciation, 1911. "No. I don't want no orphan." said Miss Belinda, with a decisive shake of her head. "I've got my hands full now with chickens and young turkeys coming on and bees and currant bushes without bothering with a high flying youngster that'll scare the chicks and get stung by the bees, although they're warranted stingless, mind you. and to trample on my berry bushes. No. ma'am—no orphans for me!" This time Miss Belinda's lips clicked together with a little sound of finality. "I'm sorry. Belinda, because the home is jest about running over with 'em. 1 was telling the matron this morning that I knew there were plenty of folks in Little River who could give a good home to some of those young sters if they wasn't so mean and stingy. Of course I don't mean you." added tbe local member of the visiting committee of the Riverview Orphans' home. "But sometimes when 1 think of all the spare beds, all made up clean and white, in tbe empty homes around here it makes my blood bile to look upon them poor orphans so crowded for room that Mrs. Hill says they'll have to sleep in rows crosswise of tbe beds pretty soon." "1 want to know!" ejaculated Be linda. witb a startled glance at Erne line Brown. "1 think you better stick to tbe truth. Emetine, and not exag gerate. Now. honest and true, bow many orphans too many have they got up there?" "Ten." replied Mrs. Brown flatly. "Humph!" snorted Belinda. In and out of the scarlet wool went her big wooden knitting needles as she rapidly constructed a shawl to comfort some sbiveriug shoulders when the summer was over. Mrs. Brown watch ed her neighbor expectantly. With a family of seven sons and daughters under her own rooftree she was safe in tbe condemnation of tbe uncrowded homes of Little River. Here was Be linda Downs, now a handsome, well preserved spinster of forty-two, of in dependent menus, possessing a snug home, a tiny income sufficient for her modest wants, n little shaggy pony and a rusty phaeton to carry her about tbe countryside. Tbere was neither man, woman nor child to call upon Belinda for service, for she was without rela tives, having outlived them all. "1 should think this was just tbe place for an orphan to be happy in," suggested Mrs. Brown, throwing an admiring glance around tbe small do main where orchard and garden were green aud thrifty in spring bloom. "I've got orphans enough as It la," snapped Belinda shortly. Mrs. Brown smiled as she saw tbe fatherless and motherless strays which tbe lonely woman bad gathered about ber. There was a lame duck which Belinda bad rescued after a hunter had brought it down witb a glancing shot; a carrier pigeon which had dropped exhausted on her doorstep; a mongrel dog of many colors which bad been faithfully scrubbed by Miss Belinda and wua now mucb cleaner if not bap pier than in bis soiled state; tbere was also a fine collection of homeless cats. Indeed. Miss Belinda's place might have been another orphanage, so thick ly-was It populated with waifs. "Would you rather, have a boy or a girl?" asked Mrs. Brown craftily. Bnt Miss Belinda was not to be caught that way. "I'd rather bave a cat," she said. "Yon ought to be ashamed. Belinda Downs, tbe way you do talk! If you could see them poor young ones look ing so wistful every time a visitor cornea, hoping It's somebody to offer a home, you'd harness up Dolly this very instant and go and fetch one *way." "Might as well bring two while I was about it," remarked Misa Belinda ironically. "I've beard it said that it's cheaper for two to live than one. Ain't you beard tbat?" "No. indeed, if that's tbe case, nine people ought to live for nothing, and I know we don't do tbat" Mrs. Brown Jerked on her eunbonnet shrugged ber fat shoulders and without another word waddled down tbe path tbat led to tbe gate between tbe two pieces. "Take an orphan, indeed!" sniffed Belinda tor the hundredth time since tbe Riverview home bad been erected. "Humph!" she ejaculated, aim tor the hundredth time. Nevertheless, as soon aa dinner was over Belinda did harness op shaggy Httle Dolly, and. climbing into the phaghnn and boldlar the lioee very high in her mltted banda ehe drove tferengh the pine woods down to the R iverview home. -rd like to look at aame orphans." «ft* Belinda to tbe matron wlwn aha w«f «eted in the darkened part« .of the homo. "Wbat kind baye jpufT aha added, just as if orphan were vegetables or Croit In the market Mra. Hill smiled In spite of the___ mer beet that nearly ov erpowere d her •état eff flesh. "We have an If wè haven't get nil colora." An «IL Thereupon them •d a purled of trying ordeals tor tend « hearted I Hnda Downs Black hair and brown, red hair and tow. flans and pare geM all ponad review, and when it was all over there remained in tbe parlor a soft, round faced damsel of five years, with a soft mop of golden brown hair and a pair of eyes like browu velvet pansies lash ed thickly with black. Belinda's heart was thumping rapidly while she inter viewed the little girl for ilie lust mo ment before giving her decision. The child was shy and gave timid, breath less little whispering answers, aud Be linda loved her the more. "Her name Is Bessie Carson. Her mother died iu the city hospital Iasi March, and their records say that the child's father is dead. You can keep her for awhile, and if you are satisfied you can take out full papers of adop tion if you wish to. Miss Browu." "I guess I'll want to do that." said Miss Belinda ns she urose to go. "When will Bessie be ready?" she ask ed. with a delightful sense of owner ship In the dainty morsel of babyhood j before ber. "This afternoon." said Mrs. Hill. "You won't lind her much trouble. She's a quiet little thing and speaks of her mother and the little baby that died, and. strangely enough, she asks for her father. Where's your father Bessie, dear?" asked the mutrou, bend ing down. "He'll be back in a little while." said Bessie, running to the window, "i guess i better look for him. badu't I?" "Quaint, isn't she?" whispered Mrs. Hill us she let Miss Belinda out. "Very nice little girl." said Miss Be linda. trying to keep the happy spar kies out of her eyes, for it did not seem right to grasp so much happiness as was promised in the possession of little Bessie Carson. "I'll drive down after Bessie just before supper." All tbe rest of tbe day she was very busy preparing for her orphan visitor. There was a small bed to drag down from the attic and place beside ber own. and it bad to be made up with all the miniature bedclothing which she had used as a child. There were old fashioned dolls and other toys to be resurrected from hair trunks and brushed and reburuisbed. and tbere was a batch of delicious ginger cookies to be made so that she might fashion a dozen gingerbread men and elepuauts with curraut eyes for the delectation of little Bessie. At last when all was in readiness and tbe little girl bad been happily transferred to the phaeton and allowed to drive the gentle pony home there was never such unalloyed bliss ns shone in tbe faces of Miss Belinda and ber little orphan. The child loved Miss Belinda and clung to ber witb affec tion when she bud a chance, and Miss Belinda was almost ashamed of tbe op portuuities she afforded Bessie for showing ber affection. "It certainly can't harm anybody to enjoy l>eing loved." protested Miss Be linda to ber sterner self as she brush ed away a tear. "Is you crying. Miss Linda?" asked Bessie wistfully. "Just a teenty bit. dear, because you love me so much." smiled Belinda, bending to kiss her charge. "1 smile when you love me." con fided Bessie. "It makes me feel so good here." She placed n tiny baud ou her heart. Misa Belinda kissed ner again. That happened after Bessie bad been there three months. Tbe adoption papers bad all been made out and filed and Bessie Carson had become Bessie Downs when one afternoou tbe gate latch clicked sharply, and a tall man strode up tbe path aud looked strangely down at little Bessie playing with ber dolls at Miss Belinda's feet. From ber chair on the verunda Miss Belinda arose witb a sinking feeling at her heart. This man was not from the home, although there was a strange familiarity In hla tall, lean figure, his tunned cheeks, with tbe firm, beardless Ups and t-biu. He did not look at Miss B e l i nda , but be posh ed- back blSc hat and. held out bis hands to little Bessie. "Bess! Darling little Bess! Don't yon know daddy?" he asked boaraely. With a startled cry the child looked at him earnestly and then ran straight to his arms with toe unfailing instinct of tbe child for its parent. Then tbe man looked up and saw MlsiT ' Belinda ' standing." white and abaking. before him. "I'm sorry, ma'am, but It's my little girl, and— Mercy! Linda Downs, what are you doing here with my Bessie?" Iu toe long, cool twilight there was time to relate bow James Stearns oad married tbe girl be bad been engaged to when Belinda Dowus met him in the west so many years ago and they bad both fallen In love In apite of hla previous engagement, but be bad been true to bis promise and married tbe girl who bad been Bessie's moth er; bow one of the devastating floods of tbe west bad separated tbe little family for mouths, and at last the wife and child bad gone east in the hope of finding some of Mrs. Stearns' relatives. She bad been taken III In New York, registered by mistake nn der tbe name of Canon, bad died and left tbe homeless little Bessie to too care of stranger bands. In too meantime tbe distracted fe ther bad been buntings high end low tor bin family. He bad traced them to New York, bad proof of bis wife's deatb and now bad come to Little River to find tbat an aU wise Provi dence bad brought bis little daughter Into tbe empty, toagtag arms of tbe ana woman Iu the world who could be hla wife now. , . r When Emelins Brown beard of it she chuckled audibly, "pou t never »iff at orphans again. Belinda Downs." she admonished the bride. "YAd're ander a debt off gra tirade to tor pressing of yon to take one." Bnt Belinda and bar orpha n « phaned no lon g e r s m iled contentedly nt the man they both loved beat to tbe RESOLUTION NO. 13. A Resolution Designating the Num ber of Special Improvement Dis trict Describing the Boundaries. Thereof, Stating the Character of the Improvements Which Are to Be Made and the Approximate Estimate of the Costs Thereof* and the Time When the CounciL Will Hear Objections to Its Pi nal Adoption. Be it Resolved by the City Council of the City of Whitefish: Section l.That it is deemed neces sary to create and there is here by created a Special Improvement District within the said city of Whitefish, the boundaries of which are hereinafter set forth. Section 2. That the number of said Special Improvement District is hereby designated as Number 8. Section 3. That the boundaries of said Special Improvement District are hereby declared to be as fol lows: Commencing at the intersec tion of the alley running east and west in block 35 of the recorded plat of Whitefish with the center line of Spokane Avenue; thence running due south along the center line of Spokane Avenue to the in tersection of Spokane Avenue with the center line of the alley running east and west in block 45; thence along said alley line to its intersec tion with the center line of the al ley running north and south in said block 45; thence due north along said alley line to Its intersection with the alley running east and west of block 35, thence due east to the place of beginning, containing therein lots 8 to 12 Inclusive of block 35 and lots 1 to 5 inclusive of block 45 and the streets; avenues: and alleys therein. Section 4. That the character of improvements to be made in said Special Improvement District is hereby declared to be as follows: The building of cement walks, curbs: and crossings upon the streets and alleys within said district, of the standard width, specifications and sizes and in the manner set forth in the standard plans and specifications on file in the office of the City Clerk to which plans and specifications ref erence is hereby made for further details of such Improvements. The cement walks to be built along both sides of Second street within said district. Section 5. That the approximate cost of constructing said improve provement is $800. That the approximate costs of the engineering, inspection and all oth er expenses incurred in creating and completing said improvements is, $100.00. Section 6. That the entire cost and expense of said improvements shall be paid the said Im provement district. Each lot or parcel of land within said district to be assessed for that part of the whole cost which its area bears to the area of the entire district, exclusive of streets, alleys and public places. Section 7. That said assessments shall be paid for in five annual in stallments, and are hereby extended, over a period of five years. Said assessments shall constitute a fund: to be known as "Special Improve ment District Fund No. 8.'' Section ft. That on Wednesday* the 11th day of October, 1911,. at the City Hall in the City of White fish, Montana, at 8 o'clock p. m.,the said Council will hear objections to the official adoption of this resolu tion, at which time any person or persons who are owners or agents of any lot or parcel of land within such Improvement District,, shall! have the right to appear at said meeting, in person or by counsel,and show cause, if any there be, why the Improvements mentioned herein shall not be made. Section 9. This resolution shall be published in the Whitefish Pilot* a newspaper published In said City of Whitefish, on the 5th day of Oct ober, 1911, the »me being in a weekly paper and in one issue thereof. The forego n% resolution is here by adopted, provisional to statutory objection this 2nd day of October, 1911. H. T. MAYFIELD, Attest: Mayor* MERLE C. 6ROŒNE* City Clerk. GIVES AID TO STRIKERS* Sometlmw Uv«, kidneys end bow els «em to go on a strike and refuse to work right. Then you need these pleasant little strike-breaker» —Dr. King'» New Life Pill* —to give then natural aid end gently compel: p r epee action. Excellent health soon follows. Try them. 25 «to nt Dodds A Sharar, the Rexall Stère. Don't get into the habit oE giving advice because you went to get rid « It. --+ Being in love is n delightful tor» tare.