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* claimed the ‘:lrl. “when ; t At te your shoes, you're 80 m 'P % fllshg and. ibieaity! vened. non’ ! speak Wworks just as well right over itdoes on new work. Useitfor batbroom walls and/fixtures, for parlor and dining- room work, for iron beds, pl ute § B a3 ity you dln t flows so nicely you self and doa good, job wnputhout shn laps. Itdries pure whiteand stays whwe. Will not q—ack ch;p or 9&: We refund fon-iuln. z#”;hh,‘, GIVEN HARDWARE: €O, YOUR ‘MONEY BACK IF YOU WART 1T’ 316-318 Mianessta Ave. BEMIDJI, MINN. Phone 67 09000000 A. 0. . W. Bemidji Ledge Ne 377. Regular meeting nights—first and thiré Monday, at 8§ o'cleck —at Odd Fellows hall 403 Beltrami Ave. !".0.-. Bemidji Lodge No. 1063 Regular meeting nights— first and third: Thursdays 8 o’clock—at Elks hall. G 0. ¥. every second and fourth Sunday - evening, at @ o'clock in basement of Catholic church. ....;—' DEGRER OF: lfllo. Meeting nights - every second and fourth Monday evenings, at Odd Fellowa Hall. ———_—— . 0. R Regular meeting every 1st and 2nd day evening at Bagles hall. nights ‘Wednes- 8 o’clock TeAm . Regular meetings—First !\ and third Saturday after noons, at 1:30—at 0dd Fe) . 0.0.7 . Bemidji Lodge No. 110 -Regular meeting nights —every Friday, 8 o'cleck at Odd Fellows Hall 403 Beltrami. . Rebecca Lodge. Regular meeting nights -~ first ane third Wednesday at $o’cleck —I. O. O. F. Hall ENIGETS OF PYTHIAS Bemidj)i Lodge No. 163 Regular rmeeting nights—ex ery Tuesday evening at o'clock—at the Eagles’ Hall Third street. LADIES OF TEE MAC camzzs. MASONIC. : A. F. & A. M, Bemidjl 233. Regular meeting { nights — first and thiré Wednesdays, 8 o'clock—art Masonic Hall, Beltram: Ave., and Fifth St Bemidji Chapter No. 170 R. A. M. Stated convocatfoms —first and third Mondays, § o'clock, .p. m.—at Masonic Hall Zeltrami Ave., and Fiftk atreet. Blkanah Commandery No. 8¢ K. T. Stated conclave—secand and fourth Fridays, 8 o'cleck p. m.—at Masonic Temple, Bel- trami Ave., and Fifth St. O. B. 8. Chapter- No. 17. Regular meeting nighte— first .and - third Fridays. o'clock — at Masonic Hall Beltrami Ave., and Fifth 8t. y o B A Roosevelt, No. 15622. Regu- lar, meeunfi nights, second fand Thursdays of ‘each month at eight o'clock in Odd Fallows 11 + -. '. | £ Bemldjl cunp No. 801 Regular meeting nights first . third Tuesdays 8 o'clogk .at Odd Fell Hall,’ 463 “Beltrami Ave. © - 7 MODERN SAMARI‘ams. Regular meeting nights or the first and thiré Thursdays io the I 0.0 F. Hall at ¢ p. m. 5T SONS OF EERMAN. Meetings ' held thire Sunday afternoon of eack month at . Troppman’s Mectl.nn the Arst. evening of the montk af the home of Mrs. H. W\ Schmidt, 306 Third strest. * | coming around the bend a little proces- ! .| torty: years:and more, ‘dearie. | she wore a cap with large frills and a .girl, putting her head in at the:door, .1 8el and comfort. {|/do some sweet\thhzg for ‘the:like: o’ w..mill.be. a Ab, you knew it. 'dear heurt' And I'm ‘| going to the cemet s, to, decorate you A Story For Memorial Da;y wreaths an tell we st whats where to put theny.™ as you'd SIS only a wee bit view | ba'e, : I but it's a bonny one,” said wmy old ' Scotch - friend - cheertully. ~_.;She sat RQeside. her. window In her blg cushioned chair, her crutches within easy reach. :for she was very ./ lamé and bobbléd about ber. four little rooms with'great difficulty. 1 went to the window and looked out. T saw the corner of a street and saw md the girl door and rgt.urnlng ed.me to sing for you .-S!;ocks: Blué Barrels. st;mgthihg 5 Walnut St entlrely new.. I yif Fojoptta: $1.00 slon of children playing soldiers. They haR0g4 had fiags and a drum, and their voices ’lounded plensantly as they mnmhed by "Aunty.“ i inquired, “how long have you'. been lame and un:ble to go about?“ ' 'She replied cheerfully: _500»"Shot Rgpefifei bes eenes 1000 Shot Repeater AbL T an © 350 Shot Repeater “X atter of at... st 1 took cold svon after the wac, when my last laddie cam’ home to die. and 1 never got oyer it. But I don't suffer so very gucb, and | take great pleasure in my hoose and ‘miy fren’s and my bonny wee bit view.” Mrs MacGregor smlled. She was a highlnnder from Inverness, a large framed “stately - woman --with black eyes and coal black. hair, ‘and ‘always t sta‘ndln,g the aid her cri tqhgs vee bi vi er favorite, which'thie ‘window afforded: her: ain: troubles—a ‘Stepmither and & fause:-lover—but ' sbe’ll swin through. And;.aye;s L:tell:her:that;sheomauna i marry any;man she.canna luve with all her heart and that the right mu'll surely come.” “Is she in love, nunty"" 1 asked. . “f 'am not permmed to say.” replied aunty,’ with reserve, “‘but from what I've seen I' think she’li’ be pappy yet. | thecwinsome maiden that she is, Bless .her; she’ll notilet: my . brave: laddies miss the :flowers ;on . Memorial. day- It's..a joy to me, they lying there asleep, with their work all _done. that when.a May time comes the kind hand o tflendship strews the cover 1id above theém with the fairest owers. ‘They do ' rest from’ théir “labors.”” Lleft Aunty ‘MacGregor, feeling ‘that much’ of heaven was compressed into the. “wee bit; view” which was all she would in this life .bave from; her win- dow.. = After -all, it is, the splrit we bring to our daily experlences which ‘| makes” earthly lifeé-bléssed or baneful. | Memorial ‘day with-its flowers' may || come oftener than once'a year to those braye soldiers of either. sex of whom’ «it shall one day be-said, “They have fought the good fight: they .bave fin- ished their course; henceforth there. is laid up for them a crown of glory that fadeth not away.”—Margaret E. Sangster in Christian Berald VETERAN TELLS OF WAR’S GRANDEST SIGHT. “The grandest: sighe -of my war: éx-|| perience,” declares a- grizzled veteran. “was during Gordon’s sortie at Peters- burg. The Union. batteries on, the; flanks and rear of the breach made it s0 hot for Gordon that he sounded ‘retreat.’” But the getting out .of aii trap is the hardest part of it. It was at this crisis that I witnessed - that wonderful* slght—l Confederate officer on a whlte orse’ riding at the blaz(n;; cannon at full tilt. ‘I stood near ‘a gun {] in Fort Haskell which was doing more than its share.of slaughter when the commander of the battery called out to a_knot of us, part of a rifle. com pany, !Shoot the man on -the white] horse” One after another our best marksmen’ squeezed in between the gun and the~parapet wall and took aim through, the embrasure. After several-had ;put in their ‘shots: the ‘or: derly sergeant tried it-and.came back crestfallen. Handing me his rifle, .he exclaimed, with a laugh: ‘Here, you. Vet! Fetch down -the man on . the white horse! “With a reputation to sustain. I ac- cepted the challenge. -‘When I drew a bead on the gallant horseman: [ saw that he was leading a band of men back from the main- line direct upon our guns. Shells tore the ground in front of him or exploded overhead, and invisible case shot cut down his fol- lowers. but he held his seat like a statue of war. Flrlng at random, 1 crawled back, handed the sergeant his rifle and said: ‘He is too' brave. Let him go!" He was finally shot dead by a bullet through .the temple wifl.\in thirty yards ot our fort.” Watch our wmdow for the wonderful “Push Moblble" next week You 8 “will want one_. band of: black ribbon—the sort of cap 2 bus agi =gols 89fy Dus @ pvewhao 25-301.P, e ‘“THANK YOU, MY .DARLING.” her countrywomen ca_ll a mutch. On her neck was folded a white handker- chief, and her rusty black dress- hung in straight folds. She had very little to live on, but people helped her deli- cately, and she had only one fear in the world, that of living to be “a bur- den” and of dying without leaving enough to bury her deécently beside the laddies who lay—six stalwart sons they had been—asleep in the cemetery. Three of them had died in the war: one bhad survived it and ‘died when the peace summer spread its aureoles of beauty over the rejoicing land. - Two had since succumbed, to disease. The old mother. had seen them laid one by one in the plot. which was the only real estate to which she possessed a title deed. ' 'One would have’expected her to be gloomy. but no! - Aunty Mac- Gregor was as bright as a May morn- ing. Just then there came a tap at the door. A tall young inan stood there with a helpless look on his face and in his hand a shirt which had met with an accident in the wash.. *“The button is off the neckband. aunty.” he exclaimed piteously. mnot noticing me. *Glve it here, lad.” said aunty. “and hand me my basket from the burean. I'll put it right for you in a minute.” “l don’t know what I'd do-if it wasn’t for you. aunty.” said the youth. “All's well with you, Johnny, I hope.” said the old lady as she returned the quickly renovated garment. “Yes, aunty, thank you,” said the boy as he depallted with the’ shirt over his arm. “Aunty MacGregor " Model “K” Five Passénget Touring Car—Completely Equinped—Full Nickel Trimmings—$800.00 ‘' Equipment includes three oil lamps, two gas lamps, Prestolite Gas Tank, mohair top with side curtains and top cover, windshield, horn, de- mountable rims with spare rim, tool kit with -jack and tire repalr outfit " with pump. Model “K-B” Roadster—Same equipment. also trunk and rear tire holders . Model “K-D” Delivery Car, enclosed body—completely equivped ... .. 3 Model “M-C-C” Six Cylinder, 40 H. P. Touring cu—Comyletely eqmpped "Why Spend $1500 for an Automoblle When You Can Get Every K-R-I-T Feature for $900.00 .. You can accuse us of stretchmg a point when we compare a $900 car with a $l500 car. But wait untll you investigate. The K-R-I-T is a $900 car in price only. In real automobxle value it is somefhing quite different & from the average $900 car. Once you grasp the significance of ‘the K-R-I-T 1dea in buildlng a car complete in one plant, in- -stead of assembling it from parts bought from other manufacturers, just then you will understand why -a K-R-I-T can be compared with $1500 cars, just how it can be sold for $900. Following are the tacts—a partial analysis of K-R-I-T value. Study—compare—then draw your . own conclusions: P Mntenfls and Workmushm, % : ! A'The K-R-I-T Company- not only“design the motor -rthey make'it;: cast the:cylinders: in .one piece to give rigidity and. preserve:alignment; equip it with ball bearings anéil with ec;lmecunt rod, beuhlnlzs 50 per cent lar; an, u ;to promote smooth run- ! nfng, eilencegirnd the g;-.%:ter development of power. They make the clutch of multiple discs—a clutch {that holds, and holds, and holds in sand and mud . and on hills; and yet starts the car as'smoothly snd 3 easily.as an electric.giidesiaway:: = | siThey'make the tramsmission'and'real me, cut the’ gears. from, chromenickel steel—the hardest and i ostliest, motnl Jknown——rand: moun.t theni"on ‘ball bqn.r}ngs. 4555 J& % They. drop !orge i front lxle, thus assuring s rength and stability ln a most important member. They make the tr&nsm.lsflon drive shaft of chrome - vapadium steel, and’ specially heflt-trent it' for toughness and strensth i K-B-I-T Service The K- ‘has never, in two years lost a. hill climbing contest in ‘which it participated; and has iy been a prominent figure in-all the big endurance W runs, lncludlng the Glidden tour and others. ‘But'“overshadowing " these achievements is the K-R-IT ‘reputation for service and economy and ability to travel'any road under the most adverse conditions—the supreme utufactlon of K- R—I—T owners:in every section. i/ .. i Comfort and Easy Riding. Thé’ big elliptical springs—made of unalflum steel to Insure easy riding and prevent the possibil- ity of breakage—and the deep rich upholstering ful- fill the final requisite of riding comfort in an auto- mobile. ke ‘_ Are these stronx points of. the K Tenoush to convince you that it is at least worthy of your - most critical iupection——your closest investigation. e Then let us tell you more—Ilet us show you—1let us prove somé of the strong clalms mde !Wt]m said a. little GENERA GRANT HAD " 'MARVELOUS' MEMGBY ‘ ‘mamma, wants . to. .know , how much ipecac and squills shg must give Bub» by. He's threatened with' the croup.™ The. requisite dose was mentioned. and the child flew back ‘to her apart- ment’ ‘to tell her mother. Aunty’s Judgment. I found. was relied on im- plicitly by her neighbors in such emer- gencies, A¢ illness or burns or bruiSes: While 1 sat”'with her five different people came in on-as many errands .and not one was sent away. To each were given In turn aid, coun- a As I was ready. to take my leave up to the humble’door drove a fine equipage. a coachman in livery., two splendid thoroughbred horses—such a- carriage "as the ‘mil- lionaire’s’ daughter drives 'about’ in. Out sprang.the child of wealth and tluxury. a beautiful golden haired -girl. dressed in. the height of: fashion: her hands full of violets and lilies of .the valley. Aunty MacGregor introduced her ' young friend with pardonable pride: “Miss Ruth'‘MacLean=—ye’ll ken ‘her feythier, na’ doot. 'She’s ‘aye ready ‘to General u.nt's retentive’ memory. was simply marvelous, more especially to those most closely associated with him from day to day: In'the midst of absorbing- thought and with apparent- Iy unobservant manner his quick ear and eye seemed to hear and notice ev- erything, and- two weeks or months later the slightest details- had not es-- caped his attention or’ memory. This power was unmistakably demonstrat- ed in a game of whist: with®his guest.: Major General Doyle of the British' army, between Baltimore and Fortress Monroe. Two staff officers .completed the players. With General Doyle at his right it was simply amazing to. no- tice Grant’s ability to discover strate- gic points.” He never failed to remem- ber every card that had fallen, whence it came and who was to delives all remaining. whi e scooped 1n as ‘a’matter ol’ coul'se. ulthongh e aid & K-R- We are now placing agencies thi g'hou' tory‘. ‘Some of ;the best towns are ltm open. We have a most:liberal proposition on a Hne of cars. equnl to any cars up to $2, 000 hrprleo. '515 South Fourth Street me!” “The like o' you, dear old friend,” ex e s respects.—N lfional Magaiine.