Digital Bob Archive

JULY 6, 1898-The Juneau Rowing Club held a banquet Tuesday evening at the residence of W. A. Rochardson.

A total of $1,072 was raised by popular subscription for the Fourth of July fund. Most of the money was expended in prizes for the sports events.

The American Gold Mining Company has its 30-stamp mill running on Sheep Creek. Up in Silver Bow Basin the placer mines are in full swing with two hydraulic giants attacking a gravel bank 100 feet high. The Alaska Juneau mill is also running at full capacity on the opposite side of the Basin.

JULY 13, 1898-A bill has been introduced in Congress to appropriate $40,000 to rebuild the court house here.

S. O. Wheelock is building another addition to the Hotel Franklin at Front and Main Streets.

JULY 20, 1898-Frank Bach has secured a grant of land at Fort Selkirk from the Canadian government and will put in vegetable gardens on a large scale.

The mammoth store building being erected by B. M. Behrends at Third and Seward is nearing completion. The building that Behrends store has temporarily occupied on Seward Street has been purchased by J. G. Heid and will be moved to the lot in the rear of his law office.

JULY 27, 1898-Lockie MacKinnon of the Circle City Hotel and James McClusky of the Arctic Hotel left Friday morning on a business trip to Dawson.

Our local banks have been busy weighing gold dust brought down from Dawson.

Many of the men and women who formerly performed at the Louvre, Alhambra and Opera House in Juneau are now entertaining the miners at Dawson.

AUGUST 3, 1898-Within the next few days construction work will start on the Presbyterian church at Fourth and Franklin Streets. Mr. Matlock, the brewer, has purchased the old Log Cabin Church and is undecided whether to tear it down or use it in connection with his brewer business.

AUGUST 10, 1898-R. F. Lewis, owner of the Juneau Water Company, has begun construction of a large two-story business building on Front Street, corner of Seward. The ground floor will be divided into three stores facing Front Street and there will be offices upstairs.