Digital Bob Archive

27 April 1979 issue

JANUARY 21, 1917-Pete Gravrock, who secured the license relinquished recently by the Hunter Hotel, has opened the Home Bay on Ferry Way in Douglas, in the rear of the Owl Cafe. S. Wallstedt, employed at the Montana Bar in Juneau for the past two years, is manager.

JUNE 1, 1918-H. S. Worthen, manager and principal owner of the Worthen Sawmill on the Juneau waterfront, died at 3:30 p.m. today at the General Hospital as a result of injuries he received in an accident at the mill a half hour earlier. He was working with two other men, getting logs into the chute to be hoisted into the mill when he was struck by a rolling log. Mr. Worthen, who was 50 years of age, took over the sawmill five years ago from Henry Shattuck and associates.

JUNE 19, 1920-Many Juneau trout fishermen are planning to visit Auk Lake and the end of the government road this weekend. C. Davis has placed six rowboats on the lake and will rent them to fishermen. He reports the fishing is very good at present.

MARCH 3, 1924-Fifteen vessels of the Juneau halibut fleet were in port at noon today with fares aggregating 70,000 pounds for which local buyers are paying 14 and 8 cents. The fish will be shipped to Seattle on the Alameda tomorrow. All vessels report one of the stormiest trips of the year with continuous rough weather. The vessels are the Norland, Dixon, Fern B., Margaret, Olga, Ocean, June, Thelma, Dagny, Pilgrim, Ida II, Tygon, Calara, Wave and T-167.

FEBRUARY 20, 1930-The motorship Northland of the Northland Transportation Company arrived in Juneau this morning on her maiden voyage to Alaska. The 186-foot vessel will carry 56 first class passengers and 37, 000 cubic feet of freight. She is powered by two 560-horsepower Washington diesels and has a speed of 11 knots loaded. Captain Leonard Williams is in command, Grover Craham is chief engineer, Ed Winch is purser and Dan A. Noonan is chief steward. The vessel was built by the W. B. Foshay Company and named W. B. Foshay but the company went bankrupt before she could make a voyage under that name.

DECEMBER 1, 1930-By terms of a lease effective today, the Palace Theater goes under the management of Lawrence H. Kubley, well known Ketchikan theater operator. He has for some years operated the Dream Theater here. The Palace will be redecorated and will reopen about Christmas time. Mr. Kubley is also opening a new theater in Ketchikan. For the past 15 months the Palace has been operated by J. B. Dalton and Max Pitschmann.

JULY 10, 1931-At an outlay of approximately $20,000, Gunnar Blomgren just completed the addition of a second story to the Blomgren Building on Front Street. The original building was completed in 1924. The new portion is divided into three apartments and two office suites. The lower floor is occupied by the Sanitary Grocery and the Sanitary Meat Market. Kaser and Freeburger, dentists, have taken one office space the Dupont Power Company the other.

MAY 19, 1932-The German cruiser Karlsruhe, with a complement of 560 officers, cadets and enlisted men, dropped anchor in Juneau?s harbor this morning for a visit of 11 days. The vessel is in command of Captain Erich Wassner. The cruise started from Kiel on the Baltic Sea last November and when completed will have covered 39,640 miles. From here the Karlsruhe will go to Sitka for a three-day visit.

SEPTEMBER 19, 1932-Ten thousand eastern brook trout fry have arrived from the government hatchery at Yes Bay, near Ketchikan, and will be planted in local lakes. Included will be Auk Lake, where trout have been planted in past years, and several smaller lakes in the Mendenhall Valley which are now barren of fish life. Others will be planted in Dorothy Lake and Lake Hasselborg.

DECEMBER 21, 1932-Auto license fees in Juneau for 1933 have been reduced from $10 to $5, according to City Clerk H. R. Shepard. The city license is in addition to the territorial license fee which is $10 for cars and trucks except those carrying passengers for hire. The fee for them is $15.

JULY 31, 1934-The USS Wright arrived and anchored in the Juneau harbor at 4:30 yesterday afternoon, accompanied by six planes of VP Squadron Nine-F. This morning a second aircraft tender arrived at 8:30 and also anchored to receive the six planes of VP Squadron Seven-F, which flew here from Ketchikan. All 12 planes are part of the Aircraft Base Force of the Navy and are based at San Diego. All are of the PM-1 type and are making a routine cruise along the coast. Each plane carries a crew of five.

MAY 10, 1935-The first Public Works Administration loan project in Juneau, the Gold Creek bridge on Calhoun Avenue, is now complete and open for traffic. The bridge, a concrete structure, cost $5,700. Eikland and Kinney were the contractors. The bridge is 24 feet wide, twice as wide as the old wooden bridges it replaces.

MAY 23, 1938-The 1938 Halibut season is about to get started with a fleet of 22 boats out of Juneau. Going to Area 3, west of Cape Spencer, will be the Norland, Tom Sandvik, and the Explorer, Magnus Hanson. Clearing for Area 2, in Southeastern Alaska, will be the Fern, John Lowell; Lou Helen, Knute Hildre; Margaret T., Pete Hildre; Marie, Peter Oswald; Missouri, Ole Jackson; Oceanic, Ole Westby; Spencer, Russell Elliott; Thelma, Bernt Alstead; Vivian, Charles Larson; Little Emma, John Winther; Tern, Andrew Rosness; Avona, Olaf Larson; Dixon, Emil Samuelson; Elfin, Nels Bjerknes; Emma, Tom Ness; Ford, Ole Brensdal; Fremont, Olaf Winther; Hyperion, Oscar Oberg; Ida II, John Sonderland, and Ina J., Ole Hanson.