The daily Nome industrial worker., 1916-02-28
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The cable was still on tho bum yesterday.
 The Kegoayah Kozga held very pleasant barn dance in the A. B. Hall on, Saturday night.
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 Walter Shields is probably at the Hot Springs still
 The funeral of Ole Hoem who died on the Koyuk was held yester- day under the auspices of the Moose @ Al and Carl Lomen, Miss Amphir and Miss Cameron were on Saturday stormbound at Iron creek roadhouse where they had been then two days. Dr. Neuman returned on Saturday to Nome. Leo Wittenberg also re- turned on that day.
 
 Jere Sullivan is still laid up at l the Iron creek roadhouse with his feet in somewhat bad shape from frost bite. His toes had started bleeding and he was suffering con- siderable pain. Dr. Neuman attend ed to him while at the roadhouse but no one could induce him to mako the trip to Nome for hospital treatment.
 Leo Wittenberg whose wrists are badly scared from. frost bite gave the Industrial Worker the story or his experiences with the native Pipsuk and Rice. He met Rice at the U. s. Roadhouse. Rice was en route to Salmon lake where he is holding down a power or water site for Moore tn ditch man. They travelled together from the U. $. Roadhouse. Rice had four dogs. Wittenberg had eight Rice's sled was heavily laden and repeatedly he had trouble with it, upsetting on the bad trail. They found that the dogs baked at pulling so they doubled up on Wittenberg's sled leaving Rice's behind, his sleeping bag on it Finally Rice proposed they stop to take rest when it was blowing but after some discussion they made snow dug out with snow shoes and covered it with tarpaulin. The native took off his mackinaw shirt from under his parka and wrapped it round Rice's feet who complained they were cold Afterwards under the snow house, Rice complained of heat and discarded his covering and mittens. Later on the native saw telephone poles and suggested start ing with Rice for the roadhousc Rice could not be persuaded to do so. Then when it cleared up again for a spell and the native saw the phone poles, he started off himself There were three lines crossing one another. He firGt followed one line, this brought him to a ditch camp; then he came back to where this crossed another line and for- lowed that only to find that this was an abandoned railroad phone line, Next he followed this back until he came to where the present phone crossed the other and following this reached the roadhouse.
 He endeavored to get Peterson t. return after the others, but Peter son said then that it was too stormy That was about nine o'clock. Later at noon Peterson started off with a shovel but did not locate them. He again started out and finally locate1 them all covered over with drift at about three o'clock.
 The native Ungruk's team arrived with Miller the stenographer anu Miss Amphir. Wittenberg sought to get the native to take Rice to Nome. But Miller suggested that Jordan or Judge Tucker would be coming up with a fast team which could take them back the next day Anyway, the lines went down to Nome and next day the Iron creek roadhouse line was also down. Later in the day Wittenberg called up Marshal Jordan and told him of the condition in which was Rice. The Marshal did not see where the gov ernment could do anything, but Wit tenberg asked him to get either Chris Jensen or Percy Blatchford to come up after Rice, and he would pay for it which he did. Blatch.