Digital Bob Archive

4 August 1978 issue

JANUARY 17, 1920-The Juneau High School girls defeated the Douglas High girls team 16 to 3 in a basketball game at the Public School gymnasium last night. Paying for Juneau were Nadja Kashevaroff, Marion Summers, Lulu Koskey, Helmi Janeksela, Sybil Campbell and Leila Ptack. On the Douglas team were Leina Aalto, Sadie Palbom, Elizabeth Feusi, Agnes Livie, Selma Aalto and Una Crowe.

JUNE 21, 1926-The Dorothy Alexander of the Admiral Line arrived in port today on her maiden voyage to Alaska. She was formerly the President and has operated between Seattle and California ports for many years. She is in command of Capt. Fred Nystrom and has 270 passengers, most of them making the round trip. The 5,492-ton ship has a capacity of 326 first class passengers and is reportedly sold out for the rest of the tourist season.

JUNE 2, 1928-Two stubborn fires kept the Juneau Volunteer Fire Department busy today. The first, at 2 a.m., badly damaged the Cliff Apartments of Calhoun Avenue and the occupants of the 24 apartments saved only a few personal possessions. The fire was in a coal and wood room on the second floor in the center of the building and had a good start before it was discovered by Miss Henrietta Sully. Six hose lines were strung and 25 firemen turned out. The building is owned by Mr. and Mrs. H. G. Welch and managed by Mrs. Letty Fry.

The second fire, at 11:30 a.m., was in the Juneau Billiard Parlors on Front Street between Seward and Franklin, and it kept the firemen busy for two and a half hours. The building is owned by the McGrath estate and the upper floor is divided into rooms and apartments, all of which were said to have been occupied.

The furniture and fixtures of the billiard parlor were moved out with some damage, and there was some loss of personal property in the rooms. The billiard parlor is operated by Bert Keifer, Fred Cameron and Casey Roff.

JUNE 2, 1928-The Old Witch totem pole from Sukkwan, now owned by Dr. and Mrs. Robert Simpson, was set up in front of the Nugget Shop on Front Street yesterday. The pole is said to be about 100 years old.

JANUARY 3, 1935-The work of installing ski and tobaggan slides in Evergreen Bowl has been completed and the city will soon have lights installed. The work was done by a crew of the Alaska Emergency Relief Administration. Both slides are for the use of small children.

MARCH 12, 1887-A cabin on Chicken Ridge was destroyed by fire last Monday. The city fire bell pealed forth its warning and the Juneau Fire Company rushed with all speed to the scene, but the constant explosion of cartridges in the cabin somewhat put a damper on their actions. Notwithstanding, they worked heroically; although the cabin was consumed, they saved the lot.

MAY 6, 1893-The regular monthly meeting of the Juneau City Fire Department, held at the Opera House on Monday evening, heard a report from the committee in charge of the Firemans? Ball. Total receipts were $147.50 and expenses were $51.45, leaving a balance of $96.05 to go into the treasure. The members present also discussed the advisability of the department taking steps toward obtaining a water works of its own for fire fighting purposes so as to be independent of the local water company.

NOVEMBER 2, 1912-Juneau?s new paper, The Alaska Daily Empire, made its appearance on this Saturday afternoon with a four-page issue. John F. A. Strong, who has owned newspapers at Dawson, Nome, Katalla and Iditarod, is the editor and publisher.

?Politically we are strictly independent,? the editor wrote, ?but reserve the right to honestly commend or fairly criticize any political party that may be in control of the federal or territorial administrations.?

DECEMBER 10, 1912-With the Alaska-Juneau and Alaska Gastineau mines moving ahead with development plans, the old Ebner Mine on Gold Creek is also coming to life. The property was operated for nearly 20 years in a small way with a 15-stamp mill. It is now planned to build a 200-stamp mill near the upper end of Last Chance Basin. The main tunnel, 8 by 8 feet, has been driven 1,185 feet toward the old workings. It will be 3,000 feet long when completed. A 3 by 4 foot flume has also been built to pick up water from Gold Creek to power the mill and compressors. The original property consisted of 8 patented claims. In the fall of 1910 the Ebner people bought the Humboldt property which consisted of 3 patented claims adjoining the Ebner claims. The company has been reorganized as the Alaska-Ebner Gold Mines Company.

JANUARY 6, 1914-There was an exciting basketball game at Treadwell last night between the teams of the Cyanide Plant and the Treadwell Store. The game was divided into two 20-minute periods and the Cyanide Plant won by a score of 26-23.

OCTOBER 5, 1916-With approximately 2,200 books on the shelves, the Treadwell Club Library has been re-catalogued and is again open to the public. The catalog has both author and title cards. New additions are made to the library regularly.

NOVEMBER 4, 1916-After January 1 the National Cash Register Company will open offices and sample rooms in Juneau to serve customers throughout Southeast Alaska. The headquarters will be located in the Goldstein Building.