Digital Bob Archive

MARCH 1918 - PART 3:

The staff of the TOTEM, the High School yearbook, was hard at work preparing the 1918 edition. Roy Torvinen was editor-in-chief with Helen Smith as assistant editor. Other staff members were W.K. Burford, manager; Roberta Coryelle, literary editor; Clement Hodges, boys' athletics editor; Marie Dewey, girls' athletics editor; Belle Hood, society editor; Jack Oswell, feature editor; John Meir, exchange editor; Olive LaBounty, art editor; and Edward Dolan, cartoonist.

Features at Juneau and Douglas movie houses were; \"The Pearl of the Army\" at the Palace; \"The Last Wow,\" with Marie Dore at the Dream; Marc McDermott and Mildred Fanning in \"Mary Jane's Pa\" at the Orpheum; and at the Douglas Orpheum,
Robert Edson in Kipling's \"The Light That Failed.\" Word was received from Washington on March 8 that President Woodrow Wilson had sent the name of Thomas C. Riggs, Jr. to the Senate. If confirmed, Riggs was to succeed John F.A. Strong as Governor of Alaska. Riggs was a member of the Alaska Engineering Commission which was building the Alaska Railroad.

A total of 57 salmon canneries operated in Southeastern Alaska during the 1917 season, according to Clerk of the District Court J.W. Bell, collector of the federal tax on canned salmon. The total pack was 3,261,206 cases, on which taxes of $126,172.16 were paid. That was in addition to the taxes levied by the territory. A total of 33 plants packed salt herring and mild cured salmon according to Bell's report. The federal revenue from those packs was $1,822.31.

S. Zynda, who had operated the Eagle Brewery in Juneau for 20 years, announced that he was retiring from business and had leased the plant to the Valdez Beverage Company, a soft drink producer.

The halibut vessels Venus and Baltic arrived from Icy Strait with 15,000 pounds of fish each and sold to Oliver Drange of the Juneau Cold Storage. Other local buyers were the Narional Independent Fish Company, represented by S. Antonsen, on the Shattuck Dock, and the Alaska Coast Fisheries at Douglas.

Bartlett L. Thane on March 13 succeeded Col. D.C. Jackling as managing director of the Alaska Gold Mines Company which was operating the Perseverance property with a mill at the mouth of Sheep Creek. George T. Jackson took Thane's place as general manager of the company.

The brand new halibut boat Norland arrived from Seattle in charge of Magnus Hanson, owner and skipper and will join the Juneau fleet. The vessel, 55 feet in over all length, was powered by a 45-horsepower Acme gas engine and cost $9,000.

At Douglas, Sante Degan purchased from Harry Coster the Hunter Hotel and Rooming House. Degan announced that he would continue to run the pool parlor and soft drink business and that he would employ Emil Uberti to manage the hotel.

As of the middle of March more than 18 feet of snow had fallen this winter and several more roofs collapsed under the weight.