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THE LINES IRE
(By Associated Press)
BEHIND BRITISH LINES IN
FRANCE. Dec. 31.—There is a broad
road which runs like a spinal colum
ecross the north of France, which the
British private has nicknamed the
“Road to Victory.” His fondness for
this road is perhaps due to the fact
that it is broader, better paved, and
more direct than most other roads,
being one of those highways which
Napoleon laid out many generations
ago.
Over this "Road to Victory” there
moves a never-ending procession of
transport of the most varied charac
ter. Standing at a cross road, one
sees first a group of four wagons;
theirs is a pleasant load, for they car
ry rations—clean wholesome yellow
cheeses, sides of prime bacon, fresh
white bread in sacks, chests of tea,
sugar, jam, tinned butter and bully
beef, sacks of potatoes and onions,
sides of frozen beef and mutton.
Behind the ration carts follow a
string of twenty great hooded motor
lorries laden with lumber of various
kinds. Eacy lorry in this group car
ries its name proudly on its side, the
names taken from Dickens’ charact
ers—Betsy Prig, Martin Chulzzlewit,
Micawber, Oliver Twist, Mr. Bumble,
Sairey Gamp, and others. Some are
carrying “duckboards,” which are lit
tie sections of skeleton sidewalk for
foot traffic over the mud. Others are
laden with "trukey trots," little wood
en bridges for shell holes. Still oth
ers have long bundles of brushwood
"fascines" for filling in hollow places
in the roads. Yet others have lengths
of beech planking for corduroy roads.
Next in line behind the lorries is a
battery of field guns painted in a
strange motley of*-greens, browns and
yellows. The horses are in the pink
of condition, their coats agleam, their
drivers tanned brick-red by exposure.
After the guns come long strings of
pack mules wearing brown canvas
“carriers,” from the pockets of which
peep the gleaming cases of eighteen
pounder shells, or the squat yellow
bodies of field howitzer ammunition.
The mule 1» certainly doing his bi*
in this war. Plodding and patient,'
he works his ten or twelve hours a
day back and forth between dump
and gun position, mostly under shell
fire, always through roads muddy and
wet and shell-torn.
So the long column moves onward
under the beckoning hand of the mili
tary policeman at the cross roads.
More lorries pass, filled with men all
singing lustily. Then come two strange
looking tractors hauling big howitz
ers; a labor batallion marching for
ward to work and carrying shovels
instead of rifles; more mules; more
lorries—an endless procession always
going forward along this great road.
And the road itself, on which the
traffic never ceases day or night,
moves always, pushing further and
further forward to the east.
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If you want printing of any kind
call up the Times office.
JOHN N. WILLYS
John N. Willys o' Tolodo, O., chair
man of the national committee charged
by the secretaries of war and the navy
with the raising of a fund of $3,750,000
to provide for the welfare of soldiers
*nd sailors In all training camps and
posts during their hours of freedom
from duty.
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A Song For the Now Year.
A song for the New Year! Exultant tt»
hours.
The dust of defeat hath riot sullied it*
flowers.
But fancy hath dipped them In rnseal dew.
And brought them, all blooming In beau
ty. to you!
A nong for the New Year! A clarion
strong;
Achievement through service, refreshment
through song!
No mountain too mighty for faith to re
move;
No labor too lowly, transfigured by love'
A song for the New Year! A message of
joy;
May never a discord its music alloy!
But, crow-ng in sweelness and melody
clear.
May it ever Inspirit and strengthen and
cheer! »
—Ernest Neal Lyon in Reader.
notice.
Sealed proposals will be received
until 11 a. m. Jan. 7, 1917 at the of
fice of the Divisional Road Commis
sion for the Third Division of Alas
ka. for the construction of a bridge
across the Nizina River near Youngs
Creek as provided for in the Session
Laws of Alaska, Capter 50, H. B. No.
17. Said Bridge to be a pile bridge of
416 bents. 6225 feet to be the total
length. Proposals must be made out
in triplicate and accompanied by a
bond signed by two sureties for the
full amount of the bid. said bond to
be of full force only in case ihe con
tract Is awarded to the bidder. Bid
ders will bid for the whole of the
bridge and will also make a separate
old per lineal foot for the bridge be
ginning at station 0-5, up to the
amount of 124,000.
The above work must be performed
according to the specifications and
conditions on file at the office of the
Divisional Road Commission at Val
dez, Alaska, and at the office of the
Alaska Transfer Co., Cordova, the
Chltina Hotel, Chltina; and the post
office at McCarthy, Alaska, where a
copy of the same with form of con
tract may be seen, and proposal Jorms
obtained.
bidder, enclosed in a plain, sealed
Pioposals must be signed by the
envelope and addressed to the Divis
ional Road Commission, Valdez, Al
aska, and be plainly marked “Pro
posals for the Construction of the
Nizina Bridge.”
The right is hereby reserved to re
ject any and all bids.
JAMES E. WILSON,
Chairman Divisional Road Com.
Third District, Territory of Alaska
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