The daily Nome industrial worker., 1916-02-07
NEWS ITEMS
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Considerable travel is taking place down the coast these days. The cable is still down and some dispatches are taking 72 hours to leone from the outside. ts There is considerable activity ro- ticeable in democratic circles now that the primaries are approach ling.
 Everybody assisting in breaking the trail to Pioneer Hall February If. Dancing and Cards will be the programme of the evening. Tickets $1.OO. 25, in an article not without irony, says that it's generally understood that Geo B. Grigsby will be the mo- mince of the democratic convention
 
 The capitalist politicians in AL aska are doping it out these days with their eyes fixed to the paper. The Valdez Prospector says that Heron favors the elimination of both Wick and Shackelford and that he will oppose Shak in his attempts to foist Wick on the party.
 Chas D. Jones received letter from his brother Dan who is Road Commissioner of this district. Daa was at that time back home in Ohio enjoying the effeminate de. lights and luxuries of the outside civilization.
 A. L. Louttit of Council who has been confined in tht Holy Cross Hospital since the close of naviga- tion finally succumbed to his sick ness yesterday afternoon. From the first, it is said. there was little hope of recovery. MT. Loutitt had been prominently identified with mining operations in Council where he resided for many years and where he was highly esteemed. He leaves behind a wife and family.
 
 A fair sized crowd attended the Annual Ball of the F. o. ' last Saturday night in the Eagle Hall, a delightful program prefacing tho dancing which began shortly after nine o'clock. The music was fine and the floor in good shape, so that everyone had fine time.
 The mail arrived yesterday after noon with the usual consignment of papers and way first class matter. There was no outside first class mail This second class is cold storage stuff kept foc such emergencies as when there Is no first class mail to forward under the ingenious system of none ot the mail some of the time that the department most successfully ope- rates.
 John Nestor received a letter from Geo James wherein the latter sayg that he has been seriously i'll but about recovered. He reports that conditions outside are rapidly i'm proving; in fact in the east and mid dle west they are booming and will reach the coast by spring. The de- mand for cars is enormous ana everyone is optimistic. He thought Hughes would receive the republi can nomination and would be elect ed.
 The Lid is off, but you will not be gambling If you take advantage of that fact. Bring real money with you as chips don't go. From now on till the time of stock taking you can get two for one at Darling & Deans. You can buy pick for fifty cents-do you get it? Bargains along all Nlines.-Adv.
 The following synopsis io con tained in the same paper of the DO, litical situation: Among tho many candidates mentioned who ere sain to be aspirants for the delegate to Congress are Judge Wickersham of Fairbanks, Col. Willard of Valdez, Dan Sutherland of Ruby, Geo. B. Grigsby of Nome, John Rustgard of Juneau, c. A. sulzer of Kctchikan. Frank Aldrich of Ruby (sic) ana some socialist yet to be named.