Digital Bob Archive

18 January 1980 issue

SEPTEMBER 7, 1915-Because of a plan to have Juneau clubwomen affiliate with the Federated Women?s Clubs of America, the Juneau Draper Club has voted to disband. The Draper Club was instrumental in establishing the Juneau Public Library last year.

JANUARY 1, 1918-All of Alaska became ?Bone Dry? at midnight last night, but in Juneau the Alaskan, Gastineau, Grotto, Tuck?s Place, Montana, Circle City and New York Exchange were dishing it out over the bar until the stroke of 12.

JANUARY 2, 1919-To replace the trout previously planted but which were washed out by the Gold Creek flood last September, A. G. Sprague of the Alaska Fish & Game Club and other members of the club yesterday planted 20,000 Colorado Brook trout in the Boston Basin of Gold Creek. The trout were hatched and developed in the club?s experimental hatchery on Lower Front Street.

MARCH 1, 1921-John Dotson, Eagle River farmer, plans to place about 20,000 boxes of strawberries on the Juneau market during the coming summer. Last year he sold more than 17,000 boxes and he will have greater production this year. There are now 12 ranchers in the Eagle River Valley, according to Dotson, and seven of them are actively farming their land. Dotson has 160 acres, 75 of them under cultivation.

JULY 1, 1926-The new MacKinnon Apartments with 17 apartments, owned by Mr. and Mrs. Lockie MacKinnon, opened yesterday and every apartment has been taken. The building was constructed by C. O. Lindsay, local contractor, and the heating plant was installed by George B. Rice.

APRIL 14, 1927-A. Lagergren, proprietor of the Handy Andy Carpenter Shop, has moved to a new location in the rear of the Forrest Building on Front Street, adjoining the Snow White Laundry. Mr. Lagergren established his shop more than 10 years ago. (Note: The site is now part of the parking lot north of the Juneau Cold Storage.)

JUNE 23, 1933-In the presence of a few friends, Edward W. Griffin yesterday afternoon took the oath of office as Secretary of Alaska. He succeeds Karl Thiele who has held the office for the past 12 years. Griffin has been a resident of Alaska for a third of a century.

JANUARY 7, 1929-Seven lots suitable for summer cabins have been leased by the Forest Service to local residents. Dr. H. C. DeVighne, G. E. Cleveland, J. D. Helps, R. J. Sommers, Dr. G. E. Freeburger, Z. N. Bradford and J. S. MacKinnon have obtained the leases.

JULY 25, 1933-The steamer Northwestern, Captain John Livingstone, struck a reef at Sentinel Island during a dense fog at 3 a.m. today. She was backed off the rock and was safely beached near the mouth of Eagle River. There was no panic among the 86 passengers, who were brought to Juneau by the U. S. destroyer Trever. They will be transferred to the steamer Aleutian, also of the Alaska Steamship Company. The Northwestern will be patched for the trip south.

JANUARY 15, 1934-H. J. Yurman, the furrier, has taken a lease on the space in the old First National Bank Building, at Front and Seward, which is being vacated by Allen Shattuck, Inc. The space will be used as show rooms for the fur garments Yurman manufactures.

JULY 5, 1935-Work resumed at the Alaska Juneau Mine this morning for the first time since a strike was called on May 22. More than enough men for a full shift reported for work at 7 a.m. While some strikers watched as the ?back-to-work? men entered the mine, they offered no opposition.

JULY 18, 1936-One hour parking on downtown Juneau streets will go into effect next week, it was announced today by Police Chief Roy Hoffman. The City Council had previously approved the regulation.

JULY 19, 1937-Paul Johnson, driver for Royal Blue Taxicab Company, won the semi-annual salmon derby of the Juneau Sports Fishing Club with a 21 pound king salmon. The prize was a strip fishing pole. Mrs. R. H. Williams captured the women?s division prize with a 16 pound king.

DECEMBER 28, 1939-To aid a man who, since he gave away a Klondike fortune, has continued to give although he had few assets remaining, a number of Juneauites are now raising a ?pot? for Charles Switzer, the Lemon Creek dairyman who lost a leg in an auto accident a year ago. Switzer is now going south to secure a mechanical leg, an expensive thing. Switzer came out of the Klondike with $40,000 but gave most of it away to friends and strangers and the story of his generosity has become a local legend.

AUGUST 26, 1940-The Moose baseball club defeated the Elks in three straight games to win the Juneau ?Little World Series? for 1940 and so retain the championship of Gastineau Channel. Score of the final game was 2-1. Playing for the Moose were Lawson, F. Schmitz, Collins, Johnson, Sharek, Shaw, J. Schmitz, Blake and Sogaard. For the Elks the players were Taguchi, MacSpadden, Kumsaka, Addleman, Willey, Lewis, Nielsen, Maloney and Staack.