Digital Bob Archive

1 December 1978 issue

AUGUST 16, 1894-A jury on Monday found James Winn and Chas Moore not guilty of a misdemeanor in keeping their saloons open on Sunday. This, it is thought, will be the end of the Sunday closing Act in Alaska.

APRIL 8, 1914-In the city election yesterday the Citizen?s ticket won five of the seven seats on the new City Council, electing John Reck, J. R. Willis, C. W. Fries, William Britt and William Geddes. F. Wolland and George F. Miller were elected from the People?s ticket. The Socialist ticket, with a full list of seven made a poor showing. W. W. Casey was elected to the School Board.

NOVEMBER 5, 1914-The New Cain Hotel opened this evening in the new five-story concrete Zynda Building at Third and Main Streets. Harry F. Cain is the proprietor, having leased the building from S. Zynda. He formerly operated the Cain Hotel, now known as the Gastineau, and the Arctic Hotel. The New Cain has 40 guest rooms, most of them with private baths, and is equipped with an elevator.

DECEMBER 26, 1914-Nearly five thousand men, employees of the Treadwell and Alaska Gastineau Mining Companies, yesterday celebrated Christmas with a 24-hour holiday which prevailed at the mines from 7 o?clock Christmas morning until 7 o?clock this morning. Christmas dinners were served at all of the mine boarding houses. It was a green Christmas on the channel-no snow on the ground but not raining.

In Juneau, some 300 men were given free Christmas dinners at the Louvre through the kindness of William L. Schribner, proprietor. Turkey, chicken, cranberry sauce and all the trimmings were served, including steins of lager. There were 12 sittings with nearly 30 men to the sitting.

OCTOBER 24, 1916-Next Sunday the congregation of the Douglas Lutheran Church will hold special services to commemorate the start of the Lutheran Reformation in 1517. The Rev. Martin L. Larsen will have charge of the services. In Juneau, members of the Lutheran Church will hold services at the Northern Light Presbyterian Church.

JANUARY 11, 1917-Despite a loss of its first basketball game in Juneau, the Wrangell Athletic Club bounced back to win the next two games of its series here. On the 8th the Alaska-Juneau Miners beat Wrangell by a score of 38 to 16. On the 9th, Wrangell beat the Juneau High School 35 to 17 and last night took the measure of the Arctic Brotherhood team by a 35-25 score.

MARCH 28, 1917-The Citizens Gas Company, the new concern that is to supply gas to consumers in the city, has secured a location near the Capital Dye Works on the Willoughby Avenue tideflats opposite the Home Grocery. The site has a frontage of 500 feet and is 1,00 feet in depth, running out to deep water in the channel. Construction work will begin as soon as the manufacturers can deliver material.

DECEMBER 22, 1922-An option has been given by the Alaska Gastineau Mining Company on its Thane property, including all hydro-electric resources and plants, for the erection and operation of a pulp and paper mill. The three chief officials of the company, President Hayden, Col. Jackling and B. L. Thane, have also reached an agreement for disposing of the remaining gold mining and milling equipment on the property.

JANUARY 21, 1925-Construction of a government dock at Juneau at a cost of $22,500 has been recommended to Congress by the Chief of Engineers. The proposed dock will utilize the present approach to the Femmer Dock and part of that dock as an approach. D. B. Femmer, owner of the property, has agreed to donate the approach to the city which will in turn give it to the federal government. It will also continue to serve the Femmer dock which serves several transportation companies.

JUNE 2, 1928-The Gastineau Channel plant of the Union Oil Company of California is now under construction on the Thane road about 1000 feet south of the Standard Oil plant and is expected to be ready for service by July 15. The property was leased by the company from the Alaska-Juneau Mine. At least five storage tanks will be built and the wharf is now under construction. E. M. Basse is in charge of the plant.

AUGUST 20, 1932-The 1932 Little World Series of the Gastineau Channel Baseball League has ended with the Elks team the winner but with the American Legion in possession of the best statistics. The Elks won 4, lost 3, made 39 runs on 53 hits and made 25 errors. The Legion lost 3, won 4, made 55 runs on 77 hits and made only 20 errors. But the Elks made their runs when they were needed and took the trophy. There were only three teams in the league this year: Elks, Legion and Moose, with the Legion in front place in the first half of the season and the Elks winning in the second half. Three .500 hitters developed during the seven game series: Haines, Grummett and Smith.

Playing on the Legion team were Haines, Grummett, Smith, Worth, J. Schmitz, Erskine, B. Schmitz, Cooper, S. Baker, Mathisen and Blake. Elks players were MacSpadden, Boyd, Roller, Andrews, Manning, Rodenberg, McCloskey, Junge, Coughlin, Orme, D. Baker, Koski and Brodie.

AUGUST 23, 1938-The War Department has earmarked the money for building Juneau?s small boat harbor and the plans are ready so that work can start immediately. The harbor will be just north of the Douglas Island Bridge, on the mainland side. Estimated cost to the federal government is $232,000, while the cost to the city for floats, approaches, guard rails, gridirons and so forth is estimated at $88,000. Construction of the boat harbor has been under construction since 1934.