Digital Bob Archive

19 October 1979 issue

JUNE 17, 1913-Several new residences are under construction this spring, including a 7-room house for Dr. H. C. DeVighne at Fifth and Franklin and a handsome home for J. B. Marshall on Main Street above Sixth. An apartment house is also being built for George Dull on Basin Road at the summit of Chicken Ridge.

JUNE 4, 1915-In what may be the first local case of automobile theft, Cash Cole?s car was stolen from in front of his house yesterday morning. The thief got as far as Gold Belt Avenue at the top of the hill where it was abandoned after it hit an obstruction, resulting in a damaged front axle.

JUNE 20, 1925-The 1925 Juneau tax levy has been set by the City Council at 19 mills, the same as last year. The automobile tax for out of town residents was reduced by the council from $10 to $5.

MARCH 10, 1927-The first meeting of the Juneau Garden Club will be held at the High School auditorium tomorrow night to elect officers and perfect the organization. Charles H. Flory, Regional Forester, has been instrumental in founding the club.

DECEMBER 14, 1919-Michael Monagle, well known Juneau young man, a recent graduate of the law school of Marquette College in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, has returned to Juneau and entered the law offices of R. E. Robertson where he will have charge of the Alaska Personal Service Corporation.

APRIL 25, 1933-The Alaska Brewing & Malting Company has been incorporated here with an authorized capitalization of $170,000. The firm is looking for a site for a brewer to fill the local beer demand and is reported to be negotiating for a building near the foot of Main Street. Horace O. Adams of Juneau is one of the incorporators.

MAY 4, 1934-James S. Stapleton, who has managed Race?s Drug Store since it opened two years ago, has resigned to accept a position in Seattle. Harry Race, owner, is here from Ketchikan to operate the store for the present.

JUNE 4, 1934-Pilot Charles A. Gropstis brought the new Treadwell-Yukon Company Ltd., seaplane into Juneau last evening with passengers P. R. Bradley and Livingston Wernecke. Only eight flying hours were required for the trip from Seattle with stops at Alert Bay, B. C. and Ketchikan.

APRIL 27, 1935-After conducting a wholesale business with headquarters at Juneau for the past 35 years, the firm of J. B. Caro & Company was today sold to the West Coast Grocery Company of Tacoma. That firm is now opening a Juneau branch. The Caro firm was organized by Charles E. Hooker and the late J. B. Caro in 1900.

FEBRUARY 26, 1936-Fire of unknown origin reduced to ruins the main tank of the Douglas water works this morning. Flames were first noticed coming from the south end of the tank at 7:30 a.m. Cold weather and high winds made fire fighting difficult. The loss is not as serious as it might have been because a new reservoir had already been planned when the weather warms.

MAY 5, 1937-Channel residents are invited to attend an open house at the new home of the Alaska Electric Light & Power Company Saturday afternoon from 2 until 6. The company has completed its move from Front Street into the new $100,000 building at the corner of Second and Franklin. The building was designed by N. Lester Troast and constructed by the R. J. Sommers Construction Company.

JULY 3, 1937-Bearing banners reading ?Bound for Douglas, Alaska,? the new fire truck of the Douglas Fire Department arrived last evening on the steamer Dorothy Alexander. It comes from the W. S. Darley factory in Chicago and was driven from Chicago to Seattle. The truck is on a Ford V8 chassis.

SEPTEMBER 10, 1937-The Territorial Board of Administration has called for bids for remodeling and repairing the Territorial Building at Third and Seward Streets. The building has been vacant since the 1931 opening of the Federal and Territorial Building on Fourth Street, when the Territorial Museum and other territorial offices moved to the new structure. The Territorial Building served as Alaska?s capitol during at least one session of the legislature. It is now planned to move the Welfare Department and the Department of Health to it. (Note: The building was torn down at the time of construction of the present Courts Building.)

APRIL 28, 1939-Fred Axford of the Top Notch Cafe, an ardent ski fan, is inviting all skiers to hot dogs and coffee at the second meadow on the Douglas ski course Sunday afternoon according to Norman Banfield, president of the Juneau Ski Club.

NOVEMBER 20, 1939-Tons of earth and debris roared down the mountainside above the City Wharf late yesterday afternoon and resulted in the closing of Alaska-Juneau operations because it cut the main haulage line from the mine to the mill. About 75 feet of the double line was buried to a depth of 15 feet. There was no loss of life and minimal damage to residential buildings.

MAY 30, 1940-A bronze plaque in memory of Richard Harris and Joseph Juneau, the two men who discovered gold here in 1880, was dedicated today by Miss Genevieve Juneau, a grandniece of Joe Juneau. The plaque will stand near the mouth of Gold Creek where the two men first landed in this area in the summer of 1880. The plaque was presented to the city by Charles W. Carter on behalf of Igloo No. 6, Pioneers of Alaska, and was accepted by Mayor H. I. Lucas.