Digital Bob Archive

30 March 1979 issue

OCTOBER 26, 1893-Considerable improvement work is being done at the Juneau Mining and Milling Company by W. M. Ebner, the manager, John S. Olin, superintendent, and H. Smith, foreman. Ten stamps were run at full capacity during the past season and it is intended to enlarge the mill next year. The electrical plant at the mill is giving good satisfaction.

JANUARY 23, 1917-The old Louvre Bar, which was closed by its proprietor soon after the first of the year because he could not make it pay, is to be reopened. T. Flaherty, a former Skagway businessman, has taken over the place in partnership with E. Coffee. It will be known as Tuck?s Bar. (Note: This is now the Imperial Bar.)

DECEMBER 21, 1914-The B. M. Behrends Bank moved across the street and into its new home over the weekend and this morning opened for business in the concrete building at the corner of Third and Seward. A reception was held in the new building Saturday evening and was well attended. B. M. Behrends is president of the bank, John R. Willis is vice president and Guy McNaughton is cashier.

AUGUST 21, 1917-The Alaska Electric Light & Power Company is moving its offices to the ground floor of the Decker Building at Front and Seward Streets. The space was formerly used by the H. J. Raymond Company, groceries and men?s clothing, which is retiring from business. The power company has occupied space in a building on the southwest corner of Third and Franklin Streets.

MAY 7, 1918-The Distribution Committee of the Juneau Public Library, of which Mrs. A. P. Kashevaroff is chairman, has made its annual report to the library board. An average of eight parcels a week of books, magazines and pamphlets has been sent to outlying towns and camps. Most the material has been donated by Juneau residents. Points to which reading material has been sent include Fanshaw, Taku Harbor, Five Fingers Light, Killisnoo, Hoonah, Gypsum, Snettisham, Tenakee Springs, Funter, Suloia Bay, Windham Bay, Bell?s Cannery, Gambier Bay, Freshwater Bay, Eagle River, Jualin, Port Walter, Sentinel Island, William Henry Bay, Eldred Rock, Comet, Washington Bay, Excursion Inlet, Mendenhall, Chicagof, Chatham, Cape Edward, Red Bluff Bay, Vogel?s Pile Camp, Kake and Port Althorp. Many letters of appreciation have been received by the library from readers at those points.

MAY 1, 1920-Plans and specifications for the apartment house to be erected near the radio station at the head of 12th Street have been received at the wireless office where they may be examined by prospective bidders. The building will contain four apartments of four rooms each.

JULY 21, 1920-W. P. Barney, who raises strawberries at his place south of Bear Creek on Admiralty Island, was in the city yesterday with a load of berries. He expects to sell about a thousand dollars worth of strawberries from his ranch this season.

OCTOBER 13, 1920-Miss Josephine Scott of Hydaburg is the first nurse to graduate from a training course in Alaska, having recently completed the three year course in the United States Native Hospital in Juneau. She is a graduate of the Sheldon Jackson College at Sitka. Three other nurses, one from Metlakatla and two from Hydaburg, are presently training at the hospital.

DECEMBER 11, 1920-It was a busy afternoon at the old Sharick house above Gastineau Avenue, first for the firemen, then for police officers and the U. S. Marshal. First, a small gasoline fire broke out, but the occupant of the house did not turn in an alarm. The fire caused an explosion in a large still which was operating in the building, and as a result, burning alcohol was scattered widely, setting the outside of the house and roof afire. City firemen finally doused the blaze and by that time, officers arrived and arrested a man whose name is said to be John Edwards, although he is better known locally as ?Frozen Foot Johnson.? It is reported to have been one of the largest stills yet discovered in this area.

JUNE 26, 1931-John Barrymore, his wife Dolores Costello, and their 14-month-old daughter are visiting Juneau on their yacht, the Infanta. They have cruised most of Southeastern Alaska, including a visit to Lituya Bay, and spent three weeks at Lisianski Inlet visiting Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Cann at the Apex el Nido Mine. From here they will go to Sitka and then south. The 110-foot Infanta carries a crew of eight. Pilot for Southeastern Alaska waters is Darby Choquette of Wrangell.

AUGUST 9, 1934-Retail Clerks Local No. 1 met last night to elect officers for the coming year. John Hermle is president, Arthur Judson is vice president and Gardner Leighton is secretary-treasurer. Delegates to the Central Labor Council are Arthur Burke, Thomas L. Allen and M. L. MacSpadden.

MARCH 15, 1939-Irene Stewart, wife of Dr. A. W. Stewart, is placing books on the shelves of her new shop in the Baranof Hotel building. She will have about 500 varied volumes, for rent and for sale. It will be the only book rental shop in Juneau. (Note: This was the start of the Baranof Book Shop, which is now under its fifth owner. The best known of the owners, Mrs. Inez Gregg, had the shop for 27 years and 7 months. It has also moved six times: from the Baranof to the Kline Building where the Chamber of Commerce is now; to the Seward Street location of the present Sportsman?s Barbershop; up Seward to the Anderson Building; around to Fourth and Franklin; into the new Behrends store building, and finally to its present location in the Palace Theater building, almost across the street from where it started.)