Digital Bob Archive

25 August 1978 issue

JUNE 12, 1929-After 44 years of merchandising, largely in the city of Juneau, Charles Goldstein, owner of the Goldstein Emporium, today announced his retirement from the mercantile business. This involves closing out of the Goldstein Emporium as rapidly as the stock can be disposed of. Mr. Goldstein will henceforth center his activities on the fur business. He first came to Juneau in 1885 and was associated with his father, R. Goldstein. In 1890 he returned to San Francisco and engaged in the grocery business until 1898 when he came back to Juneau and opened the store that eventually became the Goldstein Building which in addition to housing the store holds Alaska?s executive offices and, during sessions of the legislature, has served as the territorial capitol.

DECEMBER 31, 1894-The Juneau Ferry & Navigation Company has been incorporated and is owned by John Tibbits, James Blaine and Oliver Fountain. The company owns the steamboats Julia, Seolin, Lone Fisherman and Marion and will carry passengers between Juneau, Douglas and Treadwell and also to Chilkat, Dyea and other points, and will do towing and any other suitable work offered. The incorporators are all well known locally and Mr. Tibbits and others have been carrying on a cross-channel ferry business for several years. (Note: The Juneau Ferry & Navigation Company continued to operate ferries to Douglas until the building of the bridge in 1935.)

DECEMBER 24, 1912-Mount Juneau Lodge No. 147 F. & A. M. will give its first annual ball at the Elks Hall on the evening preceding Saint John?s Day, which occurs on Thursday, December 27. The arrangements committee consists of I. Goldstein, J. R. Willis and W. Williams.

JANUARY 6, 1913-There has been much home construction in Juneau during the year 1912. New dwellings include the following:

J. F. Malony, a 7-room house on Sixth between Kennedy and Scott.
George F. Forrest, a 6-room cottage at Fifth and Scott.
W. L. Bayless, a 6-room cottage on Court House Hill.
J. W. Rummel, a 6-room house on Eighth near Indian.
Allan Shattuck, a 7-room house at Eighth and Indian.
E. R. Jeager, a two-story house on Fourth near Gold.
R. W. Semple, a house on Gold between Sixth and Seventh.
H. T. Tripp, a cottage on Main between Sixth and Seventh.
J. H. Cobb, a two-story on Gastineau Heights, the lower part of which is of concrete block.

In addition, James Hogan has put up a three-story apartment building containing 12 apartments on Calhoun Avenue. There are four apartments on each floor and total cost was $20,000.

JANUARY 24, 1914-It is a busy social week in Douglas. Last night the Caledonian Club had a big celebration with a banquet and dance. At the same time, the Scandinavian Club was holding a dance in the Odd Fellows Hall. There is a special movie on at the Treadwell Club and the Douglas Fire Department is meeting tonight with a four-reel movie after the meeting. The Serbian Club is planning a dance for tomorrow night at the Eagles Hall.

OCTOBER 18, 1916-An Alaska Day football game between the Juneau High School and the Kamer Club of Douglas, played at the ball grounds in Last Chance Basin, was won by Juneau 31-0.

Members of the Juneau team were G. Hodge, Burford (captain), Johnson, Anderson, Taschek, Williams, Dolan, Vestal, Morgan, McMullen and MacKinnon with Sabin, C. Hodges, Tucker and Brandon as subs.

Douglas regulars were Joe Garn, E. Jackson, Markkanen, Hodgekins (captain), D. Oliver, Liljestrand, Perrovich, Art Olson, B. Sabin, R. McCormick and P. Martini, with Ed Olsen, W. Wallace, F. Pierce, V. Nelson and A. Sey as subs.

MAY 5, 1917-Lester D. Henderson, Juneau superintendent of schools, was today appointed the first Commissioner of Education for the Territory of Alaska under the recently enacted law to provide for a uniform school system. The appointed was made, as provided by law, by Governor John F. A. Strong, and the senior senators from each of the four judicial divisions: Senators Heckman, Aldrich, Hubbard and Gaustad. Mr. Henderson will take office on May 10.

FEBRUARY 4, 1920-Only a half hour after a 500-pound safe was stolen from the American Cigar Store on lower Front Street it was recovered in a small cabin near the end of Willoughby Avenue. A Yukon sled had been used to haul the safe and Patrolman Al Forsythe followed the tracks and arrested the two men found in the cabin. There was about $200 in the safe but it had not been opened.

MAY 25, 1921-The Alaska Gastineau Mining Company announced today that is has postponed for one month the closing down of its mining and milling operations, which were to have ended at the end of this month. At the end of the period, the Perseverance Mine will be closed and such machinery and equipment as cannot be used in the proposed pulp and paper manufacturing industry at Thane will be sold or shipped out. At present the company has about 400 employees and 100 have been let go during the past month.

During the year 1912 the Alaska Gold Mines Company was organized as a holding company to finance development started about the middle of 1912 and consisted of fully developing the mine for a production of 6,000 tons of ore a day, building of the mill, and development of water power plants equal to 10,000 horsepower. The mill started up on March 1, 1915 and has operated continuously to the present, with 11,711,134 tons of ore mined and milled and a gross recovery of $9,508,168. Good profits were made in 1915 to 1917 but the World War raised all costs by as much as 50 percent and since 1918 the property has not been profitable.