Digital Bob Archive

31 August 1979 issue

JUNE 22, 1936-A Fokker Universal seaplane owned by United Air Transport of Edmonton, Alberta, arrived here this afternoon with two passengers from Two Brothers, B. C., some distance east of Telegraph Creek. The pilot is Ernie Kubicek. A similar plane, chartered by Captain William Strong for the summer, arrived at Tulsequah, up the Taku River, today. E. R. Field is pilot of that plane.

JUNE 22, 1936-Effective today, new taxi fares have been announced for the area within the Juneau city limits. The basic fare is 25 cents plus 10 cents for each additional passenger. The announcement was made jointly by Royal Blue Cabs, Capitol Cab Company, Your Cab Company, Yellow Cab Company, White Line Cabs and Cardinal Cabs.

APRIL 7, 1939-All officers of the Juneau Volunteer Fire Department were reelected last night. They are V. W. Milvihill, chief; William Neiderhauser, assistant chief; Ed Sweeney, secretary; Minard Mill, foreman of company No. 1; J. S. MacKinnon, foreman of company No. 2; Arnot Hendrickson, foreman of company No. 3; Minard Mill, trustee. Jack Kearney resigned after 15 years with the department but the vacancy was not filled. There were six candidates for the opening but none got the required two-thirds vote in the election.

APRIL 11, 1939-The prayers of Juneau skiers are being answered. A ?ski tow,? to be installed at the Second Meadow in the Douglas ski area arrived this morning. The purchase has been promoted by Fred Axford and Carl Danielson. The equipment is manufactured by the New Sweden Ice Machine Company. The rig is completely portable, mounted on its own toboggan. On a drum mounted on the machine is 1,000 feet of manila line forming an endless loop 500 feet in length. Skiers can grab the rope for a 500 foot uphill ride in one minute and as many as five can ride at one time.

JUNE 14, 1939-G. E. Krause, Juneau contractor, has announced that his new apartment building, the Hillcrest, is now open and apartments are available for rent. Unfurnished apartments will rent for $52.50 and $68.50 a month, furnished apartments for $57.50 and $75 a month.

JUNE 26, 1939-There will be a baseball game at Douglas tonight between a town team organized under the banner of Warner?s Grocery and a team from the Treadwell foundry. George Stragier, clerk at Warner?s will pitch for that team with Jake Mesojedic catching. Battery for Treadwell will be Orville Gulhaugen and Eddie Roller.

JUNE 30, 1939-Authority was received today to advertise for bids for the construction of a warehouse and automotive shop for the Bureau of Public Roads. The site for the building was purchased from Charles Waynor last year and is on Glacier Avenue at the city limits. The building will be of concrete, one story and measuring 85 by 160 feet. (Note: The building, at 1590 Glacier Avenue, now houses some of the offices of the Department of Transportation and Public Facilities.

JULY 8, 1939-Plans for the construction of Juneau?s first mausoleum were revealed at the City Council meeting last night when W. D. Gross applied for the purchase of six cemetery lots to give him a 12 by 16 foot plot for the erection of a family burial place. The mausoleum will stand directly behind the Pioneer plot in Evergreen Cemetery. H. B. Foss, architect, designed the building.

SEPTEMBER 2, 1939-Calvin Poole, new superintendent of the Douglas Public Schools, and Mrs. Poole arrived on the steamer Alaska last evening and are getting settled. Mr. Poole taught at Nome for the past three years. The Douglas schools will have an enrollment of 69 for the opening day, including 19 in the high school.

SEPTEMBER 9, 1939-Eustace P. Ziegler, one of Alaska?s leading artists, seven times a major prize winner at Northwest Artist hangings, arrived last night on the steamer Yukon to do a series of murals for the Baranof Hotel. He will do murals in the Gold Room, the Bubble Room and the Iris Room. The themes will all be Alaskan but detailed sketches have not yet been worked out.

JANUARY 16, 1909-The Hogan marble works has worked up a large quantity of Alaska marble since the beginning of this new Juneau industry. All of it was made into tombstones and pillars. The proprietor expects to hire more men when the weather warms. Marble for the quarry at Calder, near Shakan, is used in the operation.

DECEMBER 24, 1917-The first ?floating library? in Alaska has been given to the Mendenhall School by the Juneau Public Library. At the school?s Christmas exercises, a letter was read from Miss Green, Juneau librarian, explaining that the supply of books will be rotated regularly and may be used by both children and adults. Mrs. Louise Milnes is teacher at the Mendenhall School.

MAY 9, 1930-A regular freight and passenger business up the Taku River to the newly discovered mineral belt will start next week, the Taku Transportation and Trading Company announced today. Captain L. H. Fraser heads the company and will use the 45-foot river boat Taku River. The company is incorporated in Canada. A local boat will carry passengers and freight to Taku Inlet where they will be picked up for the river trip.

MAY 25, 1936-Work on the new Alaska Electric Light & Power Company building at Second and Franklin Streets has commenced. R. J. Sommers Construction Company moved in a big steam shovel to begin excavation work. The building design is by N. Lester Troast, local architect. As soon as it is completed the company will move its headquarters from the Decker Building on Front Street.