Digital Bob Archive

29 August 1980 issue

JULY 13, 1918- John L. Carlson, former owner of the Taku Canning and Cold Storage Company at Taku Harbor, has started work on a herring cannery at Auk Bay. He will have the building completed this year ready to start operations next spring. His sons, Ludwig and W. O. Carlson, are operating the Auk Bay Salmon Canning Company at Auk Bay. Their Cannery has been placed on the mail route and henceforth the mailboat Estebeth will call there on her weekly run between Juneau and Skagway.

AUGUST 24, 1918-Percy Pond?s new tunnel-stern river boat will make the first trip ever made by a power boat to the head of the Taku River, a distance of 60 miles. There she will be met by a number of Canadian officials who are coming overland from Atlin to look over the route of a proposed automobile highway from Atlin to the mouth of the river. The 40-foot boat was built at ?the canyon? by H. Shangle from plans drawn by Captain William Strong of the river steamer Cassiar. The new boat is powered by a 40-horsepower Scripps engine and draws six inches of water.

SEPTEMBER 3, 1921-Arthur G. Shoup, newly appointed United States District Attorney for Southeastern Alaska, has arrived to commence his duties. He is accompanied by his assistant, Lester O. Gore and Mrs. Gore. Mr. Shoup served first and second sessions of the Territorial Legislature and was the first superintendent of the Alaska Pioneers? Home at Sitka. His father, James S. Shoup, was for many years the United States Marshall for this district.

APRIL 25, 1922-E. C. Kilburn, shift boss at the Alaska Juneau mine, returned on the steamer Queen with 40 men from the mines at Hyder. The Alaska Juneau will go on three shifts on May 1 and needs more hard rock miners.

JANAURY 3, 1923-The Douglas Camp of the Alaska Native Brotherhood has elected its officers for 1923. Thomas J. Bowman was re-elected president; Henry Stevens is vice president; Sandy Stevens is recording secretary; Joseph Stevens is corresponding secretary; William Bradley is financial secretary and James Martin is treasurer.

JANUARY 27, 1923-The offices of Olson and Meherin, merchandise brokers, are being moved from Juneau to Seattle because of the changing market conditions. The firm was founded here three years ago by Oak Olson and Joseph Meherin and represents a number of lines of merchandise, including Winchester firearms. The firm in future will also represent Proctor and Gamble and Sussman and Wormser, packers of the popular S & W brand of canned goods. Meherin has been a resident of Alaska for 14 years and Olson for 13 years.

NOVEMBER 4, 1925-About November 10th Glacier Cafe will open on Front Street in the old Alaska Grill building adjoining the Juneau-Young Hardware Company. The business will be operated by J. H. Sawyer and H. D. Gamble.

SEPTEMBER 3, 1927-Warren Harding and T. L. Chidester, federal prohibition enforcement officials, were attacked by a brown bear while picking blueberries near the Eagle River Road early this morning. The men were just off the trail which leads to the Peterson mine at the time the bear leaped out of the bushes onto Harding?s back and severely chewed him about the neck and shoulders. Chidester was armed with a revolver and drove the bear off with several shots. It was believed to be a mother bear with cubs near by, although Chidester said he did not see them. Harding is at St. Ann?s Hospital and will recover.
AUGUST 8, 1929-Miss Christine Halvorsen, who has been manager of the ladies? ready-to-wear department of Goldstein?s Emporium, will open her own ladies? specialty shop on October 1 in the building being put up by N. G. Nelson on the Triangle Corner at Front and Franklin Streets.

DECEMBER 15, 1933-Operating on ore that averages but 71.22 cents per ton in gold, lead and silver, the Alaska Juneau mine showed a net operating profit for November of $65,900, according to General Superintendent L. H. Metzgar. This value is based on gold at $20.97 per fine ounce. 357,300 tons of ore were mined and trammed to the mill during the month.

SEPTEMBER 14, 1936-Thirty-nine women from Juneau, Douglas and Thane yesterday afternoon became charter members of the Court of the Little Flower, No. 1243, of the Catholic Daughters of America during a ceremony at the Parish Hall. Mrs. Margaret Sheridan of Seattle was presiding officer. Mrs. Catherine Hellan was elected Grand Regent. Other officers include Mrs. Ruth Wenzel, Mrs. Doris Keaton, Mrs. Frances Smith, Isabel Cashen, Mrs. Flossie Doolin, Mrs. Alexander van der Leest, Mrs. Katherine Shaw, Mrs. Katherine Franks, Mrs. Isobel Goodman, Mrs. Mary McNaughton, Mrs. Anne Simpkins, Mrs. Marie Turner, Mrs. Margaret Walmsley, Mrs. Ruth Geyer and Mrs. Noreen Monagle.

APRIL 6, 1945-Minard Mill was elected Juneau?s new Fire Chief at a meeting of the firemen last night. Arnot Hendrickson is assistant chief and John Morrison is secretary-treasurer. Mill has been acting chief of the department for the past year.

JULY 1, 1946-The Channel Apparel Shop has been sold by Mrs. H. C. Bracken and Jean Graham to Mrs. G. G. Brown and Mrs. E. O. Davis. Mrs. Brown, Mrs. Carl Lind, and Mrs. Maude Hamlin will run the store.

JULY 10, 1946-By a margin of 63-3 voters of Douglas yesterday gave Channel Bus Lines a 20-year franchise. William Dore recently purchased the bus company from Lloyd Reid but he has been driving for the company since his return from the Service early in the spring.

JULY 31, 1946-John G. Young today announced his retirement from the firm of Young, McLean and Werner, public accounting and insurance company. Mr. and Mrs. Young will leave soon to make their home in Los Angeles. He has been a Juneau resident for nine years and served one term on the City Council. Joseph R. Werner and Joseph A. McLean will continue the business. Mr. Werner has purchased the Young home on Twelfth Street.