The daily Nome industrial worker., 1916-04-13
ALASKA NEWS ITEMS
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10. Candle.
 The mail arrived yesterday after noon. A considerable quantity of the. batch was outside first class matter.
 At the Pioneers Card Social last night the following were tho prize winners. Among the ladies Mrs, Lee first, Mrs. Nelson second and Mrs. Stoinmark third prize. Among the mcn Tom M'Gann first, MT. Jones second cnd Dan Halpin third 32 tables were set.
 The funeral of Dan Linehan was held yesterday from St. Joseph $ Church. A firing squad attended the | funeral which was held under the auspices of the Pioneers of Alaska. The deceased was a member of the G. A. R.
 Messrs Le Clerq and Middaugn arrived yesterday from Seattle, eA- actly thirty-one days from the Spirit City Fine weather and dandy trails all the way made travelling so easy that they have established g record It would take the mail service a long time to establish similar con- ditions of connections along the route to Nome. They left Seattle March II.
 It is stated that another caucus will be held tomorrow or tho day after by the councilmen-elect. In fact this will be the first real caucus, as owing to the inability of some of the men to attend, the other caucus adjourned without doing any busi- ness. The Industrial Worker was informed by one of the councilmen- elect that some changes were pend ing in the city employees staff Nothing was given out which would indicate what was tho nature Of those changes.
 Some anxiety concerning Charlie M'Intosh who has been confounde6 with a namesake who was operated upon in the Candle hospital led in- quiries to be made as to the fate Of the coal man who set out for Cape Lisburne some weeks ago It is g fact that M'Intosh had the mis- fortune to lose his dogs at a place called Kchamaloor, some distance from but close enough to this side of Cape Thomas and in consequence he was all day and a night in a blizzard before he could find the animals again. During that time he froze his face and hands but not severely and will not lose any mem Der and is all right, safe and we'll. Another man of the same name had hands and feet amputated by Dr. Welch in the Candle hospital and this led to the report that Charlie M'Intosh also was similarly treated for frost bite.
 A letter dated March 12 from Marshal City now known as Forum aledge says that the following claims will be worked this season:
 Frank Waskey on 1 below will employ fifteen men including natives The lower half of Discovery is leaseu to Webster, Hickman and Bradley They will employ about ten men. The upper half of Discovery and lower half of one above will be worked by Gay and Mack with a Bagley scraper outfit coming from the Iditarod on the first boats. They have five hundred cords of wood landed and will employ about thirty men. The upper half of one above is leased to Banker and Patton. Patton sold out his interest to M'Grath and M'Donald, considera- tion $8,OO0. They will employ about 20 men. above is leased to Smith and Jerichico. They will employ about 20 men.
 8, and above espcctively are leased, but no pay found as yet. All of these claims arc on the west fork of Willow creek. There is enough resident men to do all the work there, and there is no reason to cause any stampede as thore is no- thing to warrant 1t" At the Dream tonight the Periis 1 Of Pauline, Grand Climax closing and last chapter of the great serial. Intense dramatic action, breath talk ling thrills, adventure end Romance, these are the elements that dominate