Digital Bob Archive

16 November 1979 issue

JULY 8, 1915-General Manager B. L. Thane of the Alaska-Gastineau Mining Company announced today that he will close to general traffic the planked road between Juneau and Sheep Creek unless autos and motorcycles observe the prescribed regulations, including the six miles per hour speed limit. There have been several accidents recently on the road.

APRIL 5, 1926-Mabry?s Cafe opened today on Front Street across from the Coliseum Theater in space formerly occupied by the American Bakery. The interior of the premises has been extensively refinished by local carpenters Sandy and Andy. Harry Mabry, the proprietor, will have a staff of five.

JANUARY 1, 1927-In 1926 for the third successive year the Alaska Juneau Mine set new records for mining and milling, with a daily average of 12,200 tons trammed out of the mine. A total of 3,800,000 tons of ore were trammed out and of this 1,600,000 tons were fine milled. The remaining 2,200,000 tons were discarded as waste rock. The value of production for the year was $2 million, slightly below that of 1925 due to a reduction in the value of the ore mined. (Note: The waste rock plus the residue from the milling process make up the present Rock Dump, south of town.)

MAY 3, 1927-The largest boat ever built in Juneau was launched this morning at the yards of Woodman and Berntsen. Christened the Yakobi, the boat was built for Captain Tom Smith and is 50 feet long, 11 1/2 feet beam and has a 50 horsepower Atlas Imperial diesel engine.

APRIL 10, 1928-Miss Anne Coleman has been appointed librarian at the Juneau Public Library, succeeding Mrs. Miriam Delzell, who has held the position for the past five years. She succeeded Mrs. Mayburns who served for only six months. Miss Coleman worked under both Mrs. Mayburns and Mrs. Delzell.

NOVEMBER 14, 1929-W. H. Fukuyama of the Juneau Laundry has announced plans to build a $10,000 concrete building on the present site of the Jensen Plumbing Shop on Front Street. The building is to be completed about March. (Note: The building has been occupied at various times by the Juneau Laundry, the Triangle Cleaners, and presently the Honeycomb.)

JULY 5, 1930-Replacement of the present bridge near the Switzer ranch on the Glacier Highway by an earth fill has been authorized by the Department of Agriculture. The water in the creek will be carried by two large culverts.

JANUARY 13, 1933-Remodeling of the large store space on the ground floor of the Goldstein Building is now in progress. The space occupied by United Foods is being divided in two and the Capital Electric Company will move there from its location across the street in the Winn Building, sometimes known as the Old Opera House.

MARCH 2, 1934-Just after midnight last night a lone gunman held up the cashier at Bailey?s Cafe and escaped with about $120 from the cash register. Bert Keifer, in charge of the night shift at the cafe, opened the cash register at the point of a large caliber revolver. The bandit was masked.

MARCH 24, 1934-The Guy Smith Drug Store opened this morning in the Wright Building on Front Street, Juneau. Mr. Smith, well known Douglas druggist, plans to continue his store there in conjunction with the new one. The Juneau store has one of the largest neon signs in town.

APRIL 3, 1935-In the city election yesterday Mayor I. Goldstein was re-elected by 42 votes over his nearest rival, C. H. MacSpadden. Others in the race for mayor were Charles L. Crozier and Garland Boggan. W. J. Reck and Arthur McKinnon were elected to the council on the mayor?s Economy Ticket and G. E. Krause won a set from the Citizen?s Ticket. Walter P. Scott was unopposed for the School Board seat. Out of 1,998 registered voters, 1,822 went to the polls.

At Douglas, A. E. Goetz was re-elected mayor over A. E. Johnson. Joe Riedi, A. J. Balog and Mark Jensen were elected to the City Council and A. R. Edwards and Mrs. A. J. Balog to the School Board.

MAY 10, 1937-Everything is in readiness for the formal opening tomorrow night of three Douglas business establishments: Feusi & Jensen, Hardware; Goetz Grocery, and Riedi?s Parlor.

JUNE 4, 1937-The parsonage of the Resurrection Lutheran Church on the second floor of the old Adsit Building at Third and Main Streets suffered heavy damage by fire this morning. The alarm sounded at 7:10 a.m. The fire started from a defective living room fireplace and damaged both walls and floor. The Rev. and Mrs. John L. Cauble and son John Robert, nine months old, had moved in only last week when he arrived to take over the church from the Rev. Erling K. Olafson. The Caubles have moved into one of the Knutsen apartments on Willoughby Avenue.

DECEMBER 8, 1938-In a basketball game at the Natatorium last night the Douglas Firemen won over the Douglas Foundrymen by a score of 42-38. For the Foundrymen the players were G. Mills, L. Guerin, Gulhaugen, A. Stragier and Riedi. Playing for the Firemen were Alex Gair, Jr., Manning, G. Gray, J. Mills and Bonner.

APRIL 13, 1940-Alaska Juneau mine employees met in a mass meeting 400 strong last night and voted to work ?on 135th meridian sun time? as they do now instead of changing to Seattle time as the city voted to do in the recent municipal election. The time change for the city will be effective May 1.