Digital Bob Archive

15 September 1978 issue

MAY 6, 1893-B. M. Behrends has added greatly to the appearance of his store, the post office building and the photograph gallery by having them all repainted.

DECEMBER 17, 1894-The Juneau Fire Association has been accomplishing good work. It has ordered 600 feet of standard fire hose and two hose reels through C. W. Young and has put in eight hydrants on the high pressure water main. They are located on Front Street at Seward and below Jorgenson?s shop, on Second Street at Main, Seward and Gold; on Third Street at Seward and on Fifth Street at Seward and Gold. Two hose companies will soon be organized and it is planned to put up two small buildings, one on Front Street and one on Third, to house the hose and reels.

AUGUST 30, 1913-The handsome new Bergman House is nearing completion at Third and Harris Streets, John Steva is doing the building. The structure has four floors and the cost is $20,000. Mrs. Mary Bergman, who has been managing the Circle City Hotel on Third Street next to Behrends Store is the owner of the new enterprise. For the time being, at least, there will be no dining room in connection with the establishment.

APRIL 2, 1914-At an enthusiastic meeting of the Draper Club yesterday afternoon it was decided to establish and maintain a free public library for Juneau. It was felt deplorable that the capital of Alaska should be without a public library.

DECEMBER 1, 1914-The Juneau Library Board, a division of the Draper Club, announced this morning that the Juneau Public Library will be equipped and open for use by the public on Saturday night, December 5. There will be 1,000 volumes on the shelves at that time, including 400 that have been donated and 600 recently purchased. The reading room of the library, with newspapers and other periodicals, opened on August 13.

The library is located at 222 Third Street. Mrs. D. Z. McClelland is the librarian and the library will be open from 2 p.m. until 10 p.m. daily and in the afternoons on Sundays and holidays. Mrs. P. J. Malone is chairman of the library board and other members include Mrs. H. J. Fisher, Mrs. Charles Goldstein, Mrs. W. E. Nowell, Mrs. A. P. Kashevaroff, Mrs. E. W. Pettit and Mrs. H. C. Daniels.

NOVEMBER 4, 1916-A Dramatic Society has been organized at the Douglas High School. Alice Bollinger is president; Virginia Laughlin, vice president; Ula Beck, secretary-treasurer, with Onnie Markanen, Alec Sey and Jla Beck members of a special committee to draft a constitution.

FEBRUARY 20, 1920-A landing place for aeroplanes near Juneau is wanted by Army aviators who plan to fly from New York to Nome next summer with many stops along the way. A committee consisting of Allen Shattuck, Postmaster Z. M. Bradford, Charles Goldstein, B. D. Stewart and W. S. Pullen is inspecting possible sites along the road beyond Salmon Creek.

NOVEMBER 25, 1922-The Alaska Electric Light & Power Company is installing a 20-watt radio broadcasting set at the company building on Front Street. The first test of the equipment was made last night and the program was received at Douglas by a number of amateur receivers. The program consisted of phonograph records and short talks by the operators. When the installation is complete, the company will publish a regular schedule of broadcasts.
DECEMBER 7, 1922-The A. E. L. & P. Co. is now broadcasting programs by radio every evening from 4 until 5 and again from 7:30 until 9. There are no broadcasts on Sundays. The programs consist of vocal and instrumental music and short talks and the entire operation is in the nature of an experiment, according to W. S. Pullen, manager of the company.

MAY 13, 1926-Eight apartments are being built by Dr. Robert Simpson above his Nugget Shop on Front Street. The entire exterior of the building is being painted and a new street clock has been installed on the curb in front of the store. The clock formerly stood on Second Avenue in Seattle. (Note: The building is now occupied by the Miner Publishing Company.)

MAY 17, 1926-The new bridge across the Mendenhall River and the road work necessary to complete the Mendenhall-Auke Lake Loop Road will be constructed by day labor of the U. S> Bureau of Public Roads. The announcement was made today by M. D. Williams, assistant district engineer. He said that work will be started in the near future.

MAY 28, 1928-Approximately 15,000 Eastern brook trout fingerlings were planted in Auke Lake yesterday by A. J. Sprague, special territorial Fish Commissioner. They were furnished to the Alaska Fish & Game Club of Juneau by the U. S. Bureau of Fisheries and were brought to Juneau from the Yes Bay hatchery by the patrol boat Widgeon.

JULY 1, 1932-Harry Race, Druggist holds its grand opening tomorrow at 118 Seward Street, in the quarters formerly occupied by the Britt Drug Store. Mr. Harry Race, Ketchikan druggist, recently purchased the business of the late William E. Britt. James E. Stapleton, formerly of Portland, Oregon, will manage the Juneau store and will be assisted by Mrs. Gladys Comstock who was formerly with Mr. Britt.

AUGUST 17, 1938-J. A. Jaderholm, 27, an aircraft mechanic, and Bert C. Hopkins, 29, building tradesman, arrived by canoe today from Seattle after a journey of 66 days. They used both paddles and sail to propel the 18-foot canoe and had 88 square feet of sail. They reported a close call in Seymore Narrows where they got caught in a whirlpool and lost their keel and broke the rudder. ?It has been a great trip,? said Jaderholm, ?But I don?t think we?ll do it again.?