Digital Bob Archive

16 February 1979 issue

FEBRUARY 9, 1917-The Crescent Manufacturing Company of Seattle, whose products are sold throughout Alaska, will soon open a sales branch in Juneau. It will be in charge of C. L. Knauss and will carry tea, baking powder, spices, extracts, Mapeline and baker?s supplies.

AUGUST 9, 1917-The Juneau Fish & Game Club will soon establish a hatchery on Front Street in space formerly occupied by the White Lunch. It is expected that the hatchery will handle 200,000 trout eggs. It is reported that the small trout planted in Salmon Creek dam and in the two lakes at Annex Creek are doing much better than was expected.

JUNE 6, 1918-A second call for volunteers to shovel snow on the Juneau-Perseverance road was made at the Perseverance Mine last night and 40 men responded today. A deep cut was made through the snow at ?Suicide Cabin,? and several large boulders, which had come down with the snowslides, were blasted away. The road is now in good condition for traffic.

MARCH 11, 1920-Shipping men report an unusual amount of ice coming from Taku Glacier. Gastineau Channel is full of bergs, some of them quite large, and small boats are having difficulty navigating across the mouth of Taku Inlet where the ice is thickest.

JUNE 12, 1929-The demand for home made ice cream, now being supplied to the local market by John B. Marshall and made by him at the Mendenhall Ranch, is rapidly increasing. Known as Glacier Ice Cream and made of goats and cows milk, it is on sale at several local outlets. Mr. Marshall reports that there is also an increased demand for goats milk for feeding infants. He also raises foxes on his ranch.

JANUARY 1, 1930-The Alaska Juneau Gold Mining Company in 1929 had the best year so far recorded. Production was $3.5 million, with an operating profit of $1.1 million. Production was up more than $300,000 over the previous year. The mine?s output for the year was approximately equal to that of all other gold mines in the Territory, including lode, placer and dredge operation. A total of 3,840,000 tons of ore was trammed out of the mine. The payroll amounted to $1,350,000 and total local expenditures amounted to $1,900,000.

APRIL 21, 1931-E. G. Dean, who has conducted the Alaska Book Company here for several months, is closing the business and is disposing of the entire retail stock at discount prices. Henceforth he will represent John W. Graham & Company of Spokane and Seattle, school, office and book supply company, for the entire Territory of Alaska. His headquarters will be at the J. B. Burford Company store in the Valentine Building.

MAY 27, 1931-Commencement exercises will be held at Saint Ann?s High School on June 1. The graduates are Leonard E. Forrest, Lucille C. Norton and Mabel B. Ritter, all of whom have attended the Catholic parish schools since kindergarten.

APRIL 8, 1932-The Juneau Volunteer Fire Department, at a meeting last night, elected officers for the coming year as follows: J. L. Gray, chief; O. E. Schombel, assistant chief; J. A. Davis, secretary; Minard Mill, captain of Company I; J. Simpson MacKinnon, captain of Company II. The election must be ratified by the City Council.

JULY 5, 1934-A daily increase of 35 cents for every employee and a six day work week instead of the present seven day week has been voluntarily established by the Alaska Juneau Gold Mining Company. The announcement was made today by L. H. Metzgar, general superintendent. The proposal was made to employees through the Miners Union and was accepted. This is in addition to the 50 cents per day increase made on June 1.

JULY 27, 1938-A. B. ?Cot? Hayes is a Juneau-bound passenger of the Baranof to take over the management of Marine Airways. He previously lived here as manager first of Alaska-Washington Airways, then of Alaska Southern Airways. He then became southern division manager for Pacific Alaska Airways until transferred to Seattle by the parent company, Pan American Airways. Mrs. Haynes, the former Irene Nelson of Juneau, is with her husband.