Digital Bob Archive

2 February 1979 issue

Correction: Item of January 21, 1932: I am told that the original location of the Capital Laundry and Panatorium Cleaners was not at Second and Franklin but on Second and Main close to the present site of the A. F. and L. Hall. And the Adsit Building is, of course, at Third and Main, not Second and Main.

MARCH 30, 1889-It is said that the first clean-up at the Takou Consolidated Mine in the valley was most satisfactory. Ten stamps are now dropping constantly and to keep them running a gang of men is packing ore from the upper workings to the head of the tramway. The ore is packed for ten cents a sack. (Note: The Takou Consolidated Mine was at Ebner Falls on Gold Creek.)

DECEMBER 13, 1913-The Douglas skating rink has scheduled a race between two two-man teams for a total of 150 laps. The men are Anderson and Van der Wyer vs. Stanworth and Mackey and all four are said to be some of the fastest men on skates ever seen in the North. There will be a purse of $200 for the winners plus one half of the gate receipts.

FEBRUARY 20, 1914-A swimming carnival will be held at Douglas on Thursday night of this week. There will be short dashes for men and boys, a greased pole, plunge for distance, and other events with prizes for each event.

MARCH 25, 1914-It has been decided that the baseball grounds will be in Last Chance Basin. Bart L. Thane, on behalf of the Alaska-Gastineau Mining Company, owners of the tract, has offered to donate to the City of Juneau enough land in the basin to make a good athletic park. Also under construction had been a tract of 24 lots in the Casey-Shattuck Addition. The owners had offered to sell the tract to the city for a ball park for $12,000, and to take $7,000 of that amount in stock in a non-profit corporation which would operate the park. This offer was rejected upon receipt of Mr. Thane?s offer.

FEBRUARY 9, 1917-The Black Sheep of Thane, a now famous channel social organization, last night gave the first of its parties for 1917. Special ferries were run for the dance which was held in the company?s large mess hall. The music was excellent and refreshments were dainty and well served.

FEBRUARY 13, 1917-The eleventh Annual Ball of the Juneau Fire Department was held Saturday night at the Arctic Brotherhood Hall. Music was by Dyer?s Orchestra and it is estimated that 1,200 people visited the hall during the evening. ?Before the Fire? and ?After the Fire? punch were served from tables on opposite sides of the hall, one of them spiked, the other not. Delegations of firemen from Douglas, Treadwell, Thane and Perseverance attended with their ladies and special ferries ran to Douglas, Treadwell and Thane until late hours.

JULY 5, 1917-With Captain Locke and all the officers of the ssip working freight, the Princess Sophia discharged 60 tons of cargo here yesterday in two hours, which is said to be faster than the normal rate. On account of a strike by deck hands and waiters, the Canadian Pacific Company nearly cancelled the sailing of the vessel from Vancouver, but licensed officers offered to handle all work during the voyage.

AUGUST 13, 1917-The first Pontifical Mass ever celebrated in Juneau or anywhere else in Alaska was enjoyed by an overflow crowd at the local Catholic Church yesterday. The mass was celebrated by the Rt. Rev. Joseph Raphael Crimont, recently consecrated Bishop of Alaska.

JUNE 4, 1918-E. J. White, editor proprietor of the Douglas Island News, pioneer northern newspaperman, creator of ?The Stroller,? and a prominent Democrat, has been appointed Publicity Agent for Alaska by Governor Thomas Riggs, Jr. The Publicity Bureau was created by the last legislature with an appropriation of $15,000. The first appointee to the position, J. J. McGrath, a widely known newsman, resigned after three months because of poor health. Since then several people have worked for short periods under the direction of the governor. Mr. White will devote his full time to the position.

MARCH 27, 1920-The Boyles Anchor Works of Juneau has let a contract to another local firm, the Enterprise Foundry, for 100 tons of iron trap anchors ranging in size from two to ten tons each. The Enterprise Company is enlarging its plant to take care of the order, according to the manage, A. J. Wicklander. The foundry presently employees 12 men but expects to double this number in the future. In addition to the iron anchors, the anchor works, headed by Charles H. Boyles, is producing concrete trap anchors for Southeast Alaska canneries and trap owners.

JUNE 12, 1929-The Canadian Pacific steamer Princess Adelaide, Captain C. C. Sainty, docked here yesterday afternoon on her maiden voyage to Alaska. She is a sister ship of the Princess Alice and has been on the Vancouver-Victoria run. She will be on the Alaska run until late July while the Princess Charlotte undergoes overhaul and repairs.

FEBRUARY 28, 1931-Sale of the Juneau Motors Co. by Harry I. Lucas to Frank McCafferty was closed today and becomes effective tomorrow. The company is local agents for Ford, Studebaker, Packard, and Willys Knight cars. Lucas has been the owner of the company since 1924. McCafferty came to Alaska in 1920 and for seven years was a master mechanic with the Alaska Road Commission. Later he was with the Fairbanks Exploration Company and most recently he has been operating his own Service Garage in Fairbanks.

APRIL 6, 1932-The Citizen?s Ticket, headed by Mayor Thomas B. Judson who was running for re-election, easily won in yesterday?s city election. Elected to the City Council were Wallis S. George, H. Messerschmidt and R. H. Beistline. The losing People?s Ticket was headed by Alfred Dishaw for mayor, J. B. Burford, O. Bodding and Henry Meier for the council. M. L. Merritt was elected to the School Board.