Digital Bob Archive

22 September 1978 issue

DECEMBER 31, 1894-The Decker Bros. foundation on the waterfront at the foot of Seward Street is now completed and the brothers will soon erect a building 76 by 80 on it. Their merchandise store will occupy the lower floor and there will be office spaces and a hall upstairs. (Note: This building long stood facing Front Street on what is now part of the Sealaska Building parking lot.)

NOVEMBER 29, 1912-The Alaska Pacific navigation Company liner Yukon called here last night on her maiden voyage under this name. She carried 56 first class passengers and is fitted up especially for the Southwest Alaska run via the Inside Passage. Captain M. M. Jensen is in command and she will call at Katalla, Cordova, Valdez, Seward, Seldovia and Kodiak on the present voyage.

The ship has had a lengthy career. In early days she was under the Spanish flag and was named first Cuba, then Argonauta, then Cocoa. When she was brought to the Pacific Coast some years ago she was named M. F. Plant and operated between Portland and San Francisco. Built in Philadelphia in 1879, she is 205 feet in length.

JANUARY 28, 1913-W. H. Case has purchased the Delaney Building at the northeast corner of Front and Main, from Mrs. Katherine D. Abrahams, daughter of the late A. K. Delaney. Mr. Case will remodel the two-story building for his curio store and photographic studio. For some time the lower floor has been in use by L. B. Adsit, merchandise broker, and the upper floor was an annex to the Occidental Hotel, next door. The building was erected in 1897 by Judge Delaney and his law partner, Robert H. Mellen, and their offices were on the upper floor.

MAY 1, 1914-The building Charles Goldstein has had erected on Front Street for J. K. Leaming will soon be completed and is expected to open about May 20 as the Brunswick Bowling Alleys. In addition to the alleys, there will be a billiard parlor with six tables. (Note: The building, on South Franklin, is now occupied by El Capitan after being known for many years first as Dreamland and then as The Whaler.)

AUGUST 8, 1914-For the purpose of forming the first Council of Knights of Columbus to be inaugurated in Alaska, a large number of Juneau and Douglas Catholics met last night in the hall of the Alaska Catholic Club in Douglas. Officers were elected and will be installed on the 16th when officials of the organization arrive from Seattle. The Council will be named for Bishop Seghers, the first Catholic bishop to visit Alaska, who was murdered on the Yukon River many years ago. Officers include Robert C. Hurley, Grand Knight; Emmett J. McKenna, Deputy Grand Knight; Oren F. Hill, recording secretary; F. A. Boyle, treasurer; Ed McIntyre, financial secretary, and Joseph Patton, lecturer.

OCTOBER 14, 1916-Eighteen of the 22 members of the new Juneau City Band last night gave a concert in various parts of the downtown area. The band marched down Main Street and up Seward Street and a good crowd was collected along the way. The band is directed by Prof. Fred Wasterlain.

NOVEMBER 16, 1917-The building at Front Street and Ferry Way, sometimes known as the Flatiron Building, a three story structure, has been sold by Mr. and Mrs. James Hogan to Steve Loizos, proprietor of the California Fruit Company which occupies the lower floor.

FEBRUARY 10, 1920-Albert Peterson, the dairyman and rancher, accompanied by Mrs. Peterson, made the first trip of the season over the road from his place to Auke Bay. He broke trail with a horse and took some supplies to the cannery at the bay. Horses can now use the road and as soon as the snow is gone it should be passable for automobiles.

MAY 24, 1921-The Alaska Pacific Fisheries cannery at Tee Harbor will definitely operate this season, according to Superintendent Louis Williams who has arrived from Seattle on the company tender Frances E. They plan to pack about 30,000 cases, most of which will be red salmon caught in company traps on Lynn Canal.

MAY 1, 1926-The City Baseball League opens its season tomorrow, according to League President Karl Thiele. George Parks will throw the first baseball to Mayor J. J. Connors. Officials, players and fans will congregate on Franklin Street at 1 p.m. for a parade to the ball park. The parade will be headed by the Juneau City Band and at least 100 automobiles are expected to take part. The opening game of the season will be between the Moose and the American Legion. Other teams in the league are the Alaska-Juneau and the Elks.

JUNE 7, 1926-Dan A. Noonan, former chief steward on Admiral Line ships, is the new manager of Twin Glacier Camp on the Taku River, it was announced today by Dr. H. C. DeVighne, president of the Taku River Company. Mrs. Noonan and their three daughters will accompany him here and will spend the summer at the camp. Prior to joining the Admiral Line, Mr. Noonan was in the service of the Northern Commercial Company on their Yukon River steamboats Susie and Schwatka.

AUGUST 25, 1932-Juneau will be the only town in Alaska which will hold its annual fair this year, the Juneau Chamber of Commerce has been informed by W. S. Pullen, secretary to the Southeast Alaska Fair Association. Nome, Fairbanks and Anchorage have all cancelled the scheduled fairs due to a suspension of the territorial subsidy. In Juneau, the fair will open in the Fair Building on Glacier Avenue on September 14 and will run for four days. All booths have already been engaged, Mr. Pullen stated.