The daily Nome industrial worker., 1916-02-29

IL was taken up Dy the reading or ! the minutes of the preceding meet ing, Councilmen Blake, Lehman and Thompson together with Mayor Diamond were on hand when the meeting was called to order, Coun- cilman Lomen arriving later in the evening.
 There were no reports from city officers, committees, regular or spe- cial, and no new business. l Under the head of unfinished business telegrams which had been dispatched to Delegate Wickersham, Senator Pittman and Houston were read. These protested against cur tailing the right of tho Territory to tax fisheries thereby throwing burden on local industries in favor of foreign corporations.
 The Mayor asked if anything had been done in the matter of the Darling and Dean taxation protest, but there was no report.
 The labor bills were ordered l paid.
 Councilman Thompson when the | Mayor said motion to adjourn was in order rose equal to the oc- casion and made his usual motion. From a letter written to a friend | by Jens Madsen of Dime creek, we quote the following excerpts. Now in regard to Dime creek, will say that we have just passed through two periods of the three which seems to be the fate of every new camp. During the first period everyone is hopeful and optimistic and sees nothing but good in the new camp. But look out for the next period, for that is one of fear full depression. As rule, things don't come up to the expectations of all the newcomers right away, so the easily discouraged ones get the blues after making few efforts and give up, stsrting to condemn and knock the camp and it's future. They see no chance of making any thing and have large proof to back up their contentious with.
 But I think that now we have passed through that period. The discouraged ones have left and prospecting commences to give re- suits.
 The paystreaks here are irregular and hard to deal with until we get on to the hang of it. But at present where actual pay is being hoisted. Nearly all are using windlasses, but before spring there will be at least four self Jumpers running. We are at present located on No. 2 above and have found pretty fair pay, and are now busy rigging up our self Jumper. Most of our ma chinery had to be hauled by dog team from the Mission, 60 miles away. We have not got it all here yet, so it will take some time to get things in running order.
 A few prospectors have moved to other creeks, but no results have been heard of yet, with the exccp- tion of the stampede to Willow creek where they have found little but not anything like what it was reported to be at first. However, some forty claims were stakod. | The grub shortage is gradually being overcome with supplies from | Golovin, so we are not in want of anything particular, but we have to pay five cents per pound extra for | freight.
 The fuel question also seems to solve itself. At first the supply seemed scant, but now I think there is enough to carry the camp through next summer. At present it is be- Ing ldnueQ OH tHe CldliuS IOT 9o.VV per cord, and the natives are cutting most of it. They are a good deal more advanced than the natives around Nome in the way of living. But they also have the same trouble as the white man, having to work all the time to make both ends meet.
 Lumber for mining purposes can be landed here for $65.0O per thou sand from Browns sawmill at Peace river, and steam saw is also here to saw up the wood. Winckel has just arrived from Candle with four horses and feed enough to last them all winter, so we have everything that it takes to make camp except a post office and a recording office But in the full measure of time per