Digital Bob Archive

1 June 1979 issue

JANUARY 7, 1909-Alvin Goldstein and Tom Cole returned on the Humboldt last night from Seattle and reported that they had excellent success in selling advertising for ?The Totem,? the high school annual. Nearly $600 worth of advertising was contracted for by Seattle businessmen.

FEBRUARY 13, 1909-Farmer Louis Lund has been trying for several days to reach his farm at Lemon Creek. Ice is piled on the beach to as much as 10 feet deep, making driving a team impossible, and even the foot path is covered with ice in many places.

NOVEMBER 22, 1912-Street Commissioner W. J. Harris yesterday commenced the task of removing some 4000 cubic feet of rock, sand and gravel from Calhoun Avenue between Fourth and Fifth Streets to make the street conform to the established grade. The material removed will be used for fill on other streets that are below grade.

FEBRUARY 1, 1913-The sidewalk alongside Barrager?s Store and the post office on Front Street carried away last evening and 10 women and several men fell about 14 feet to the beach below. That none was killed or seriously injured seems a miracle, but several were badly bruised and all were shaken up. Fortunately, the tide was out or some might have drowned. The walkway is the only route to the post office after Barrager?s Store closes. Mail from the Jefferson had just been distributed and the show at the Orpheum had just let out, accounting for the crowd. The walk is about 10 feet wide and some 30 feet of it carried away due to rotten piling.

FEBRUARY 24, 1913-Legislators now in Juneau for the First Alaska Legislature were given two choices for a meeting place when the session opens on March 3. They were the Elks Hall and the Opera House. After a long discussion at a joint caucus held at the City Council Chambers at 8:30 o?clock Saturday night, the Elks Hall was chosen. It has been recommended to the caucus by a special, unofficial committee of legislators.

APRIL 17, 1913-Dr. Robert Simpson, specialist in fitting glasses to the eyes, is locating in Juneau. He first came north to Fairbanks from San Francisco in 1909 and later was at Iditarod during the boon days of that camp. He has just returned north from a post graduate course at the Los Angeles College of Ophthalmology and Optometry.

JANUARY 7, 1915-Through an agreement made by the C. W. Young Company, Juneau Hardware Company, Alaska Supply Company and Gastineau Hardware Company, the four stores hereafter will open at 8 a.m. and close at 6 p.m. except on Saturdays when they will stay open until 8. The working day will thus be one hour shorter on week days and three hours longer on Saturdays. There is some talk that other stores will follow suit.

MARCH 10, 1915-Yesterday morning the Alaska Juneau Gold Mining Company began operating its new electric haulage system which has been under construction for some months past. The hauling is being done by a 9-ton electric locomotive which can be handled much more easily than the gas engines formerly used. In addition, the later caused fumes in the haulage tunnels which created a problem. The haulage tunnels at present have a length of approximately 3,395 feet.

FEBRUARY 13, 1917-That the road from the Mendenhall River bridge to Auk Bay will be built this year is a fact that has been made certain by a letter from Colonel Wilds P. Richardson of the Alaska Road Commission to Territorial Senator Frank Aldrich. The letter is in answer to a petition signed by many local residents.

OCTOBER 8, 1920-The J. H. Long Packing Company at Douglas is about to renew its canning activities after having been shut down since the end of the salmon season. First it will can herring and continue as long as they are available. After that it will put up a pack of clams. The herring will be put up by the Uhlin process of kippering which was installed in the plant during the summer.

OCTOBER 8, 1924-Twin Glacier Camp, popular resort for tourists, fishermen and big game hunters, closed its second successful season on October 1, according to Dr. H. C. Devighne, president of the Taku River Company which owns and operates the resort. Plans for next season include installation of a two-way radio station and increasing the power in the river boats owned by the camp.

OCTOBER 31, 1931-N. G. Nelson has sold his jewelry store, the Wright Shop, to Paul Bloedhorn. The latter returned to Juneau recently after spending some years in Cordova and opened a jewelry store in the Grand Building at Front and Franklin. He will combine the two businesses at the Wright Shop location. Mr. Nelson has purchased the Bergman Hotel from John Green who has operated it for the past six years, having purchased it from the estate of Mrs. Bergman, the founder.

AUGUST 11, 1934-HMS Danae, a light cruiser of the West Indies Fleet, is due here today for a six day visit. The 4800 ton vessel was commissioned last year and has 40,000 shaft horsepower. She is in command of Captain C. H. Knox-Little, RN, with 30 officers and 400 men.

APRIL 6, 1938-Yesterday?s city election in Douglas saw L. W. Kilburn re-elected mayor by beating Joe Reide 85 to 77. Thomas Cashen, Carl Lindstrom and Robert Bonner, Jr., were elected to the council. Losers in the council race were Glen Rice, Sante Degan and George Peterson.