Digital Bob Archive

23 November 1979 issue

JULY 24, 1915-Sixteen feet of shark got entangled in a fish net last night near the Dupont powder works and was landed alive on the sands there by C. R. Rhodes. This morning a tent was erected on Ferry Way, a tank was installed in the tent and the shark was hoisted into the tank. There has been a crowd of very respectful viewers ever since. The shark is estimated to weigh in excess of 1000 pounds.

APRIL 7, 1926-In yesterday?s municipal election the Citizen?s Ticket, headed by Mayor J. J. Conners won over the People?s Ticket headed by Cash Cole. Elected to the City Council were Dr. G. F. Freeburger, Gunnar Ingman and A. F. McKinnon. Losing council candidates were W. L. Leivers, Frank Garnick and Douglas Mead. M. A. Merritt was unopposed for the School Board seat. A total of 983 votes were cast out of 1,089 registered voters.

At Douglas the seven councilmen elected were Nels Anderson, J. O. Kirkham, F. A. J. Gallwas, Joe Riedi, J. R. Guerin, Arne Shudshift and John Feusi. Charles Sey was unopposed for the School Board. Unsuccessful council candidates were Glen Kirkham, Axel Kronquist, A. E. Goetz, William Ott, A. E. Johnson and Kusta Wahto.

NOVEMBER 16, 1929-Mr. and Mrs. Stan Price have arrived from Aberdeen, Washington, in their 38-foot sailboat, the Edna May. They made a leisurely cruise of five months up the coast and plan to spend the winter here and sail on along the Alaska coast in the spring. Price spent the winter of 1925 in Juneau when he was attached to the Naval Reserve.

JANUARY 31, 1933-O. E. Schombel, whose Schombel Electric Company has been located in the B. M. Behrends Bank building for the past year, is moving his inventory to Haines. He recently purchased the Haines Power and Light Company from W. D. Gross and will operate it as well as retail electrical business in that city. Mr. Schombel came here as a chief radioman in the Navy in 1918 and was later employed by the Alaska Electric Light & Power Company.

MARCH 2, 1934-The Lola Mae Alexander Studio for Voice Culture has opened on the fifth floor of the Goldstein Building. Mrs. Alexander, wife of Judge George Alexander, was formerly the head of the voice department at the Portland College of Music.

APRIL 5, 1935-J. L. ?Dolly? Gray?s 14 years of service as Juneau Fire Chief came to an end last night, but William Niederhauser, his announced opponent for the position was not voted in. Instead, the firemen elected V. W. Mulvihill, former secretary of the Juneau Volunteer Fire Department, to the post. Niederhauser was elected assistant chief. Minard Mill and J. S. MacKinnon were re-elected foremen of the two fire companies. Ed. C. Sweeney was named secretary and A. F. McKinnon was picked as trustee. H. M. Porter was named caretaker of the alarm system.

SEPTEMBER 20, 1935-The new Channel Bus Depot on the west side of Main Street just below Front is now open for business. It is owned by Channel Bus Lines, Walter Bacon, proprietor, and includes a lunch room-confectionary operated by Percy Reynolds with Velma Keaton as manager. The bus company has secured a five year franchise from the City of Douglas and will operate regular service to that city over the new bridge as well as continuing services to Auke Bay. The company has also purchased two taxi cabs which it will operate in connection with the bus service.

JUNE 3, 1937-Parteurized milk makes its debut in Juneau the first of next week with Juneau Dairies, Inc. offering a choice of raw or heat-treated milk to its customers. The new Juneau Dairies plant handles milk from five local dairies-Juneau, Mendenhall, Glacier, Alaska and Peterson?s.

DECEMBER 24, 1937-Robert Cowling has been appointed Employment Manager at the Alaska Juneau Gold Mining Company office, succeeding Hector McLean. The latter resigned, effective the first of the year, to take over a recently acquired insurance business.

NOVEMBER 8, 1938-Construction is expected to begin tomorrow or the next day on the breakwater for Juneau?s long awaited small boat harbor. Four two-yard Army trucks arrived on the Alaska yesterday and will be used on the project with local drivers. Of the 70,000 cubic yards of rock required for the breakwater, about 30,000 yards will be hauled by truck, the rest by barges. Supervising the work is M. J. Rogers of the Corps of Engineers. (Note: This was the beginning of construction for what is now Harris Harbor.)

JUNE 20, 1939-The 228-foot yacht Fantome, owned by I. E. Guinness of the famous brewing family is visiting Gastineau Channel while on tour of the Pacific Northwest. Built at Genoa, Italy in 1927 for the Duke of Westminister, the Fantome registers 1,200 tons. She carries a crew of 36.

APRIL 17, 1940-Dr. Robert Simpson has been elected president of Juneau Gray Line, Inc., as a special meeting yesterday. Dr. Simpson has purchased the stock of George Lingo, former president. James Carlson is vice president and J. C. Cooper is secretary-treasurer. Juneau Gray Line is part of a national chain and operates buses to Mendenhall Glacier, Auke Bay and the Shrine of Saint Terese.

APRIL 1, 1941-Carrying out an expressed desire of the late Judge James Wickersham, the oil painting of Secretary William H. Seward which long adorned the Wickersham home was presented to the Territory of Alaska on Seward Day, March 30, by Mrs. Grace Wickersham. It was painted by H. Kauffman in the latter years of Seward?s life. The picture will be hung in the Governor?s House.