The daily Nome industrial worker., 1916-01-11

Because they reduced the staff,
 or amount allowed for clerk hire in
 their respective Post Offices, the
 postmasters in Cordova and in Skag-
 way jumped their job. The man at
 Skagway said the reduction was
 an insult and fortunately he did
 not have to put up with it'. That's
 the style.
 It is stated that wolverines killed
 ten reindeer in one day at the Mis- sion herd. Wolves attacked the
 Bonanza and Unalakleet herds.
 Stefan Ivanoff the herder at Shato-
 lik shot at couple of wolves, but did not kill them. The ptarmigan
 which have been very scarce are now putting in an appearance again and Jones says that he encountered over hundred in one flock at several different points although saw none when starting out on his expedition.
 Charlie Jones says that he doesn't expect to be believed when he says that there is lots of open water at Safety and any number of ducks: that Chas Dahlquist shot several of them but lost them in the ice. They are of white and gray variety Maybe they are lame ducks.
 Fresh salted Peanut and Almonds at the Rose Candy Store.
 Chas D. Jones who arrived with Louis Erickson, his pilot, on yester~ day morning about nine o'clock from St. Michaels and the Yukon brings a story of blowing winter wind, unkind as mans ingratitude and just as tough to face. A record of over flows, over-blows and over snows in brief is the story that he unfolded to an attentive newspaper man (intentique ora tencbat as Hogan says). They reached ka- tolik on December 22. They couldn't leave the next day on account of storm and the next day the wind had blown the water up and they had to travel through two miles of water over the icc or go around forty miles near no villages, road houses or way stations of any kind. After they both had held an earn est council of war, they decided to mush through the water and for time they looked to be sailing on the surface of the ocean, with Louis walking on the water. The deepest water they encountered was about eight inches but the most of the time six or five prevailed. They travelled all day and reached the end of their sixty five mile trip. St. Michaels, at half past ten the night of the same day they had started out.
 Next day there followed Gn awful, storm in St. Michacls, and it con- fined the travellers to tho Yukon citadel for four days. It was De- cember 29 when they again set out only to be held up again at Golso- via and Unalaklcet. By this time they were getting used to the blizz- ards, and didn't mind it at all, SO that they mushed along as If mo- thing happened when the wind would take and lift dogs and sleds and run them about forty rods in- land off the trail. At Bonanza IT blew the roof off the house they were staying in, and they didn't as much as turn over end ask what was the matter, while when the water came up two and three feet on Bonanza they just expected it. They came through from Walla Walla to the Mission only to dis cover that the ice in going out across the bay carried with it trail has been staked and paid for by the And here is where they met matter that puzzled them The ice is piled high as house along the shore by tho same wind that drove the rest out to sea.
 The wind blow trees down and smashed some like kindling wood, but though it may havc scared the spruce hens, no storm could bother them.
 They met Jordan and Lucky" | Peterson at Isaac's Point, and Gan- ney at Bluff. When at lsaac's point they found the Marshal standing Tn oua,omant at the huge hummock9