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G.F.M. COLE. MANAGER
M. M.COLE. EDITOR
McCarthy, Alaska,
Saturday, January 19th, 191$ *
THE LONG SUFFERING
BRIDGE
The fate of the Nizina Bridge
.again hangs in the balance; and
not until we hear the result of
our representative’s journey to
June iu shall we know if we get
the Bridge this year or in the
dim distant future.
We might h ive 'crv.vn some
thing would happ m, everything
went too serenely in the last
thirty days: the Road Commiss
ioner hid the finest plans, in;
bids were ctiled for. B i;.
iil is, t ie appro >ri itio 1 is $25.00 -
and the construccion will cost
$4U.0Jj.._r
There is another $3000. whici
can probably be secured and
thten^pnly )J3 more is need ‘ i
It is to appeil to the R > id
Commission potoers that Mr.
M u rray has go ne..
At a meeting of the business
men last Suuday, it was decid
ed that to send a delegate was
the surest way of securing re
suits, audin making their choice
felt the mission was in the
hands of the best rustler.
The Territorial Treasury has
$500,000 in its coffers, yet when
we need a grant to finish a work
of which the ultimate advantage
is incalculable, it takes a world
of plotting to obtain. Even
now, we need another grant for
a- trail to the bridge. .
Meantime, here’s hoping that
Colonel Waugh is not adamant.
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W. R. Hillery Vice-President
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]>. R. Colketfc Asst. Oashier
THE DAY TO REMEMBER
The exact moment of t . • ur
in^ of the lu'.>t sh.>. in hranee
oi actual w irf ire for tiie Aiuei -
ican^was 6:30a.m., and the datt
October SS, lviii. (Jut tuis ot.«.
and paste it in your hat. Both
annals are well worth remembei
ing. Our soldiers had comt
far and gone thrpugh much in 1
order to place that answer to
German arrogance in the breech
of the gun.
t
There was the red stab o
fl me moment at the mouth oi
the cannon,' nnd the initial me.*- -
sage of American defiance was
°n its way to tiie Kaiser.
Not a Yank within sour,
range of that premier,shor, wl-i
lid not heave a long sigh of sai
sf action.
Sentimental values often out
weigh practical appraisals.
The shot to the Germans hud
dled in their tranches acre.-.*
“No Man’s L md” was probably
but a single bark in a series oJ
barks, no louder, no fiercer than
the others, but had they known
its full significance, that day’s
issue of beer would certainly
have tasted bitter.
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SOMEWHERE IN FEAN/”’'
Uncle Sam needs men to go
Under the Top“ ;
Mining men. skilled in rapid
tunneling in soft and hard
ground. — preparing under
ground shelters for the fighting
troops,and placing explosive un
derground mines near enemy
trenches,
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>n the regular draft ana are c
/er 1» and ureter 41 years, vol^
unteer now for this actual ser
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Your country needs you now
md you can enlist In the 27th
engineers with any recruiting
Officer, or wrrite at once to thej
0 unmanding Officer of this
regiment at Washington, Room
!95, Aripy . apd,.Navy . Building
for full particulars.
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