Digital Bob Archive

22 June 1979 issue

JANUARY 14, 1909-The long continued cold spell has sealed up the water courses on Douglas Island and the supply is low. There is enough for household use but the waterwheels at the Treadwell mills have been shut down and the mills are running on steam power or not at all. The ?300? mill has been shut down entirely and water is being pumped from the bay for the batteries of the other mills.

DECEMBER 9, 1912-The Occidental Cafe will open today in the Occidental Hotel Annex at Front and Main Streets. The cafe has a floor space of 2,000 square feet and includes a private dining room and six private boxes. Ernest Warren is proprietor.

MARCH 6, 1913-The new quarters of the Heidelberg Liquor Company are now ready for occupancy and are up-to-the-minute in every detail. The woodwork is all mahogany. There are private boxes and private telephone booths, and new bar fixtures have been installed. It will open for business on Saturday, March 8, at 65 Front Street.

APRIL 24, 1913-The new ferry Amy has arrived from Seattle in charge of Captain Waldo States and is ready to enter service to Treadwell and Douglas. The ferry has a seating capacity of 95 persons but can carry many more safely. She has a speed of 9 knots and carries enough fuel to take her 1,200 miles.

MAY 3, 1913-Last year the Merchants? Fair and Mayflower Carnival at Douglas was a great success and this year it promises to be even better. It will open May 15 and continue through the 22nd. The Treadwell Club Band will give several concerts during the week and there will be special sales, athletic events and other attractions. The ferries will make extra trips during each evening to accommodate people from Juneau.

MAY 7, 1913-Another Juneau landmark is disappearing. The warehouse of B. M. Behrends on the upper side of Calhoun Avenue is being torn down. It was built in 1897 at the start of the Klondike Rush when many goldseekers were outfitting in Juneau and large stocks of goods were kept on hand. The building has not been used in the past 10 years.

MARCH 11, 1915-A new telephone central building is now under construction for the Juneau and Douglas Telephone Company. Pete Johnson has been awarded the contract by Ed Webster, owner and manager of the phone system, and work is going forward at the corner of Second and Dixon Streets. The building will be 16 x 32 feet, one story, and equipment will be moved to it from the present Main Street location as soon as it is completed.

APRIL 19, 1915-The United States Smelting, Refining and Mine Exploration Company has secured control of the Ebner Mine in Gold Creek valley back of Juneau it was learned here today. The property was formerly owned by the Alaska Ebner Gold Mines Company. The change of ownership comes through foreclosure proceedings and the amount involved was about half a million dollars.

JULY 15, 1924-Three Douglas men, J. O. Kirkham, Glen Kirkham and Martin Gallwas left last night in their river boat for the Taku River, where they will do the annual assessment work on the mining claims owned by the Kirkhams. They will be gone for 10 days to two weeks.

NOVEMBER 12, 1924-Fire early this morning destroyed the greenhouse and a large part of the stock of the Juneau Florist. The greenhouse was located on the Glacier Highway and the loss is estimated at $8,000. The business was owned by J. P. Anderson and Mrs. Alice Case. Lost in the fire was a plant and fungi collection made throughout Alaska by Anderson.

NOVEMBER 10, 1931-The Juneau City Council has extended the franchise of the Nelson Water Company for another 20 years. The company?s source of supply is a spring above Starr Hill and it serves an area extending down to Harris Street. The company is owned by Mrs. R. P. Nelson, George E. Nelson, and Eugene Nelson.

OCTOBER 19, 1932-The Pioneer Cafe has opened at 114 Front Street, just south of the Alaskan Hotel. It is owned and operated by J. K. Paull and Nick Koak, both of whom have lived in Alaska for some time and have had long experience in the business. The restaurant will be open 24 hours a day.

JUNE 10, 1938-Fire believed to have started during welding operations broke out in the upper Alaska Air Transport hanger at the foot of Main Street at 3:10 this afternoon and resulted in an estimated $25,000 loss. The building was owned by T. A. Morgan. The AAT Bellanca plane valued at $10,000 was burned, but the Aeronica, Lockheed and Stinson planes, which were in the lower hangers on the water, were saved. Lumber and building supplies of Columbia Lumber Company in the building were saved but a canoe owned by Robert Henning of the Empire staff was lost.

JANUARY 26, 1939-A collection of 395 pieces of fossil ivory, beautifully polished and marked, has been received by the Territorial Museum from Otto William Geist, formerly Archaeologist in Charge for the Office of Indian Affairs. The collection represents about one third of the pieces excavated from the great Kukulik mound on Saint Lawrence Island in 1934 and 1935. Father A. P. Kashevaroff, curator of the museum, said that there are not presently the facilities for displaying the collection and he will requisition additional cases.