Digital Bob Archive

4 June 1980

OCTOBER 24, 1889-John F. Gray & Co., local brewers, have installed a large water tank to assure a constant supply. Surplus water will overflow to a smaller tank where it will be available to neighbors.

OCTOBER 31, 1889-Since the first discovery of gold in Silver Bow Basin in 1880 it is estimated that three million dollars worth of the metal has been taken out of the placers and lodes along Gold Creek.

Channel Republicans gathered at the court house on Monday evening to elect seven delegates to the Territorial convention to be held in Juneau on November 5. Frank F. Myers, John Olds, C. F. Depue, John G. Heid, D. Flannery, Frank Nowell and Al Low were elected. Low later declared himself a Democrat and withdrew, the office going to C. S. Blackett.

NOVEMBER 7, 1889-On the last trip of the Corona, Mr. B. M. Behrends went to Sitka where he was married to Miss Jennie M. Pakle. They returned to Juneau on the same boat and have taken up residence of Fifth Street. She has been a resident of Sitka for three years and taught in the schools there.

The Republican Convention was called to order on November 5 but adjourned until November 12 to permit representatives from Sitka and elsewhere to attend. Governor Lyman E. Knapp will attend the convention.

The U. S. S. Thetis arrived last Sunday morning with Governor Knapp aboard. He has been making a tour of Southeastern Alaska and visiting Killisnoo, Hoonah and Chilkat before coming to Juneau.

NOVEMBER 14, 1889-The Republican Convention was called to order on the 12th with C. F. Depue in the chair and C. S. Blackett as secretary. Miner W. Burch was nominated to be a member of the Republican National Committee from Alaska. G. W. Morgan of Juneau was elected chairman of the Republican Central Committee, with D. Flannery of Juneau as secretary. Other members are J. G. Heid and C. S. Blackett of Juneau, M. P. Berry and Ed de Groff of Sitka, Thomas W. Wilson of Wrangell and Messrs. Boyd and Martin of Douglas.

NOVEMBER 21, 1889-Many people, particularly miners from Silver Bow Basin, are heading south for the winter. Work still goes forward on the Silver Bow Basin Mining Company tunnel and it is now in 375 feet.

Dennis Foley has purchased a waterfront lot next door to C. W. Young?s carpenter shop and has erected a blacksmith shop on it.