Digital Bob Archive

OCTOBER 18, 1894-The Alaska Electric Light & Power Company flume was damaged when a large tree fell across it during the windstorm this week and the town was without electric lights until it was repaired.

Harry Ash has added a shooting gallery to his Hub Saloon.

OCTOBER 25, 1894-A. Hayward of the mining firm of Hobart and Hayward of San Francisco, and C. D. Lane, also a California mining man, have purchased 21 of the richest quartz lode claims in Silver Bow Basin. Sixteen of the claims had been held by the Juneau Mining Co. Others were purchased from Captain James Carroll, Charles Wells, and Archie Campbell. Many of these claims were located in the autumn of 1880 at the time of the original discovery.

B. M. Behrends is having a sale of men?s furnishings and clothing in observance of the third anniversary of his opening his own business. It was on October 21, 1891, that he opened his doors across Seward Street from his present location.

New street lights have been placed at Second and Franklin.

Local hunters have organized the Rim Fire Gun Club of Alaska and the members held their first outing at the Mendenhall Bar.

Harrison Bros. have renovated the interior of their bank building and installed new desks, counter and wicket wire-work screens.

Ellengen and Rudolph, contractors and builders, are building a two-story carpenter shop at the corner of Third and Gold streets.

Frank Bach and William Collins have gone to Berners Bay on the Rustler to look after their mining property.

NOVEMBER 1, 1894-There will be considerable winter mining activity on the Juneau side of the channel this year. William Ebner will continue driving a tunnel on the Dora lode on the north side of Gold Creek. F. C. Hammond plans to operate the Silver Queen mill on Sheep Creek through the winter. Work at the Bennett mine will continue until at least the first of January.

NOVEMBER 15, 1894-The territorial convention convened at Winn?s Opera House last Monday evening and elected T. S. Nowell as unofficial delegate to Congress. Among the measures he is to seek from Congress are: A fully accredited delegate, an amended code of laws more suited to the needs of Alaska, a high license and local option system for liquor control, the right of Alaskans to homestead land, and better mail service to the Yukon.