The daily Nome industrial worker., 1916-04-19

Arrivals from down the coast say that trails were never better. Bud Walsh left yesterday morn ing for Candle with Fred vincent's dog team and a passenger The Moose will give May Day dance one week from next Monday evening.
 This time last year they were working getting the drains cleared up, now except at Barrack Square the overflow are not in evidence. A small mail arrived yesterday I afternoon. It was all second class except some local way matter. It is reported that Conrad Freed ing is through local agents endea. voring to secure the Taylor creek store and roadhouse in Kougarok. There quite war on among the various storekeepers over rubber boots which have been slashed tc meet competitive demand.
 Members of the Miners Home Club still talk of Monday nights feast which the ladies provided for the club as a thing of beauty and real gastronomic joy for ever.
 Those miners who have the Cash are taking advantage of Peterson's special price of $500 on Hipress White Boots.
 c. O. Christofferson and Pete Anderson left yesterday morning early for Gold Bottom where they will drive tunnel on some anti mony ground with the intention ot getting out quantity for early ship ment this spring
 The Iditarod delegates for the re- publican convention were instructed structing the delegates 70 the Ma tional Convention in Chicago for Roosevelt.
 The Miners Home Club has ap- pointed a committee to arrange for benefit for the man Rice who had the misfortune to be caught in the storm on his way to Salmon Lake losing a foot and the fingers on his hand. The benefit will take the form of an entertainment and dance ac- cording to present understanding.
 The drains from the Court house building suffered from it's usual April blockade this year and men were engaged in thawing it out. The water is backing up in the boiler room
 
 The case of the United States vs | Johnson ct al. was again postponed, the prosecuting attorney getting the case put over until the efforts made to discover the whereabouts of the missing witnesses be rewarded with success The Court issued bench warrants for the missing mon.
 Natives arriving from Cape Prince of Wales say that Boring strait is completely frozen over still ana from the Cape to the Diomedes and from the Diomedes to the Siberian mainland, it is solid as a rock. Therefore they declare the ice will go out very late indeed this year. It is set solid in the strait Moreover they also bring word that Diomede natives have had hard winter and kow kow ran short. The same is true about Siberia.
 The Ladies Aid Society of the Federated church held it's monthly social meeting yesterday afternoon, a large number of ladies being pre- sent. Flowers were made for deco rating the church Easter Sunday. Mrs. O.. D. Cochran reported for a special committee recommending an entertainment and social to be given Tuesday, May 2. The report wps adopted, and the committee con- tinued with power to arrange for 1t. The function will be known as "The Feast of Seven Tables" and 1t is to be quite unique. A delicious lunch was served by the entertaining com mittee, which consisted of Mrs Hewett, Mrs. Horn and Mrs, Koch