The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, August 16, 1930, Page 8

g« JUNEAU OWES HER EXISTENCE TOGOLD STRIKE Discovery of Lode Deposit FO”()\\S Findi“g Of Placer Riches ‘ vels adjacent isburg, hard rock m at work de- veloping lodes that were to result the big Treadwell property on Island, the Perseverance, Alaska G neau and Alaska Ju- neau mines on Gastineau Channel. Silver Bow Basin, Sheep Creek and mon Creek as well as Douglas i shores were prospected and rted. Eagle River and Ber- had their developments, g from the Harris Min- 's activities as 1882 Treadwell had the g Bay Wit St ... 1240 stamps grinding out builion on g e "™ | Douglas Island. And within 10’ or 12 yea here were companies | a dwell, Sil- Queen, Mexican, Nowell Gold Company Humbolt and n Alaska Milling and Mining a total of 375 stamps. with Ppro pr Company mine all the 1cing Town Svon Built Up A comfortable town with fairly facilities was soon built up, ne of Harrisburg did not re- goia ! good ne E fore t 185 s famc amps of |main in usage long. There is some Dawson s born rence of opinion as to the wax great and decline, and the les of change. Bennett, one of “first citizens” said in 1893 rod, Liv: all mu: of Ruby, Idit and Mar ser cam good room maint velopment and no real depress m here spread the prospectors boat owed unknown streams of the fz in 1900, Dict 1 it not of in 1880, hat it was changed to Rockwell in February, 1881. Harris, however, in 1900, recalled it was still known s as HarrisBurg in 1882 and the postoffice was of the same name. Owing to confusion in mail des- patch, caused by the fact there was a Harrisburg in Oregon, it was de- cided to change it to Rockwell in nonor of a Lieutenant on the U. 8. Jamestown. This name didn't long and at a mass meeting na dis di made ing S. m the discoveri last several months later, Bennett fixes trict on the Yukon and the Klond E have r ained a sealed in November, 1881, it was chris- tar to this d as it was through tened Juneau, in honor of Joe Ju- the per ance of the Juneau neau. b kept pust their Harris Describes Town told of the community's development as follows: e town grew rapidly as far as log cabins were copcerned. And in 1881 good frame buildings took the place of log cabins and business of all kinds flourished; miners got to werk opening up their claims into in Silver Bow Basin, and also lode ar to of Harris y down the Yukon from y 1 the mining cam y have been nd that by Americans.” Carmack, discoverer scov- B tige of Geor the Klondike, was an American and an old resident of Juneau Development on Big Scalc While placer miners devied c e of mi two | claims | three | extracted quite a | Bverybod | were I | about ar dispute and the mi %o our loca have ber ime the the claims gold amount of aking money and we had no lawsuits of business. Every tled by arbitration conformed strictly would not them to do kind W as it for WS otherwise ly built. was built | was i on immediately | tablished after es- the was a Hotel block > Presbyterian Church was built as a mission for In- | dians by the same sect. The Catho- lic Churc established in the |same year by Father John Althoff, | and St Hospital was opened at the same time. The Sisters of | St. Ann 1 a boarding school | about t me year | First School In 1885 | | The fir school was built in| {1885 by Government for the | Indians a schy for whites | was erected in 1886 by it. The first | newspaper be established was the Juneau M Record, in 1888. John G. Heid opened a law of- fice here in 1885, to be followed in 1887 by C. S. Blackett. Judge S. Bugbee and F. D. Kelsey joined thé ranks of profession locally in 1893. Dr Simpson, who later achieved dist jfon in his profes- slon in the ¢ s, started the prac- tive of medicine here in 1886 and was the community’s best known physician r many years. J. E. Connett was the second of the medical fraternity here, coming in| 1891, and Dr. Willlam Hammond \located in 1893. H. J. Harrison, dental surgeon opened his office in 1889, Juneau's first dentist. GAJ-' side Bros, G. W. and C. W.,, min- | ing engineers came here in 1884. Early Business Houses | Olds and Orton opened the Occi- dental Hotel, predecessor of the present hostelry of the same name, | in 1881, and Reed House was started |in 1882 by W. F. Reed. There is no record available of |any other businesses opening in 1881, but in 1882, W. Mulcahy open- ed a drug store; W. F. Reed, a gen- i many lof Juneau Water Com- (Dick) Lewis, began ice in 1886 with Phillip Star as manager. In 1893, the Alaska Electric Light Company began the business operated today by thc Alaska Electric Light and Power Company. In the same year, Bach and Webster began the installation of the Juneau and Douglas Tele- phone Company's system that now covers ,Gastineau Channel. James Winn opened the Opera House in 1887 and there Juneau was amused and entertained’ for years. It stood where the Winn Hat Shop now is. ‘There George Snow and John T. Spickett staged good shows and between times, dance hall girls furnished entertainment. pany, R. F. of entertainment that wa$ noted throughout the length and breadth the land. To it came actors and actresses who in later years starred on Broadway. There were Marjorie Rambeau, Al Jolson, Mina Gleason, Billy Gleason and Jame: Gleason. The latter wedded a Doug- las girl. Importation of liquor was pro- hibited, but after it was landed there was no law against its sale Rum runners of the pioneer day: were as wily and, if half of the tales of the old days can be credit- ed, as successful as their modern prototypes. Thus the saloon was here and, as in older as well as later camps, the gathering places of the population which was mostly masculine. And even the family entrance was not unknown to early Juneau. { Local Governments Miners' government was the first form under which the pioneer gold camp operated. by Federal authority in 1885, when Henry States of Oregon was made | United States Commissioner for Ju- neau. Judge States made this his home for many years and died re- cently in Sitka. The “courthouse,” which stood | on the site of the present court- house, was on more than one oc- casion the scene of festivity, the It was succeeded t: Public utilities were not long in!F i |coming. The The Louvre was another house J. Margrie Fire Wardens, L. W. mes Poundmaster. W. H. Moore was elected City easurer but died within a few eks and R. P. Nelson was chosen succeed him. He resigned before king office and B. M. Behrends as elected in his stead. And for )5 years Mr. Behrends served Ju- au in that capacity. Becomes Center of Government Juneau became the center of Territorial government early in this ntury. Congress in 1900 enacted islation fixing the capital here, it it was not until September 8, 06, that Gov. W. B. Hoggatt, af- °r obtaining suitable headquarters, noved here. Before that Juneau had been des- iated by Congress as headquar- of the Alaska Customs Dis- and Capt. David H. Jarvis, ctor, moved his headquarters out July 1, 1904. Headquarters of the United States District Court were removed here bout 1902 by Judge Melville C. own. Juneau Fire Department The Juneau Volunteer Fire De- artment was already in existence rict, 1d had been rendering valient| nd timely protection to Juneau for veral years before the City Gov- rnment was organized. In those 1ys it was noted for the vigor and {ficiency it fought the fire demon. In 1890 the organization came 1to being and its first equipment vas a wagon equipped with buckets. ral years later E. Valentine or- zed two companies, a hose com- pany. He was one* of the first iefs. The late W, W. Casey was he first head of the department be formally approved by :the Council. A history could be itten about the department’s ac- ivities, and some stories, such as passage and enforcement of crdinances, have become almost legendary. Discoverers ‘Buried Here The discoverers of gold here, Dick Harris and Joe Juneau as they vere long known, sleep their last, ong sleep in Evergreen cemetery. The former died in Portland, Ore., October 11, 1907, and his body was brought here for interment. His o and a hook and ladder com- | eral merchandise store; Hi Chang Quee a bakery in 1882, but to Ju- neau then and long afterward he (was China Joe and his shop Joe's GEORGE BROTHERS- bon ton of the town turning the 'grave is located at the left entrance floor of the hall of justice into a to the cemetery. Juneau died in ballroom where young and old trod |Dawson and was buried there. Later | to stately measures. "he body was exhumed and brought SIXTH ANNIVERSARY PRICES and DEALS Continue Until Aug. 23 PROFIT BY TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THEM Largest Display of Fresh . Fruits and V egetables in Juneau GEORGE BROTHERS Five Fast Deliveries PHONES 92—9s Bakery. Each year saw new business en- terprises opened; the first jewelry store in 1884, by P. Hahn, to be| followed a few years later by E. Valentine; A. Goldstein, a general| merchandise store in 1885 which was the forerunner of Charles Gold- stein’s fur and merchandise busi- ness. Mrs. Fanny Levy opened a store in 1885, and in the same D, W. Walker put up a hardware store. C. W. Young established a hardware business in 1886 that last- ed until a few years ago to be succeeded by the Juneau-Young Company. J. W. (Candy) Rawn ap- peared on the scene in 1888 and Juneau today has a Rawn Way in his memory. First Dairy in 1885 Decker Bros, for many years prominent here, opened a general merchandisé business in 1887. B. M. Behrends, who represented Sitka interests here in the 80's, opened his own general merchandise store in 1891, and for many years it has been one of Alaska's largest mer- chandise enterprises. | The Juneau Meat Market, owned by Willis Thorp, was doing busi- ness in 1886. Fresh milk for juvenile Juneau was made available in 1885 when lif not the first, Dan Kennedy, one of the first, night watchman here, acted as a kind of marshal and ran his own jail in his own inimitable way. Many a prisoner has been turned out in the morn- { ing with the admonition: “If you're | not back by six o'clock, I'll lock you out.” Dan rang the curfew and chased kids with pretended fierce~ ness that fooled none of them. He is still remembered by many young men and women of today. He died; in Juneau a number of years ago. James, his second son, was the first white boy born in Juneau. He now has a shoe store in Anchorage and his daughter, Mrs. James G. Truitt, resides here. . First City Council As soon as such action was au- thorized by Congress, Juneau elected its first City Council in 1900. It took office June 30, 1900. On it were Lockie MacKinnon, member of the present City Council, B. M. Behrends, Judge A. K. Delaney, G. F. Forrest, J. F. Malony, C. W. Young, and Sam Blum. Judge De- laney was first mayor of Juneau. J. J. Beattie was first City As- sessor, Nathaniel Green first City Clerk, T. J. Donohoe, now of Dono- hoe and Dimond, of Cordova, was the first City Attorney, W. S. Staley City Marshal, Judge H. H. J. Calhoun started the Gold Creek Dairy that was to continue in op- eration for a long period First Showing OF New Fall COATS Lavishly furred in many ne Tailored in the new Silhouetes. Extremely moderately priced. $35.00 to $85. Folsom, City Police Judge, G. W. Garside, Street Commissioner, Charles Price, Henry Shattuck and W ways. 00 here and is buried at the right en- trance to Evergreen Cemetery. HARRIS WILL GUIDE RICH SPORTSMEN To guide wea iy sporismen on a hunting trip on the Kenai Penin- sula, W. John Harris of Junecau, Wwill leave here on the steamship Admiral Watson tomorrow for Seward. The host of the party is A. C. Barrow, rich manufacturer of Lynchburg, Va. For this voyage north, he has leased the yacht Westward, owned by Campbell Church of Seattle. Mr. Barrow and his friends are expected to sail di- rect from Seattle for Seward. r— The Coffee Shoppe | MRS. K. HOOKER Home cooked ineals as you like | them.” Featuring Chicken Din- | ners every Thursday. Rice & | Ahlers Bldg., Corner Third and | Franklin Streets. FOUNTAIN PENS AND PENCILS PEN AND PENCIL SETS FOR SCHOOL Large Range of Styles and Prices Juneau Drug Company Free Delivery Phone 33 Post Ofl‘ge Substation 0. 1 with an 3 Alligator Raincoat They Never Leak SABIN’S HENRY BERRY Information as to Former | Merchant s that He Died Recently Henry Berry is dead. His demise oceurred about five months age in a sanitarium in San Diego, accord- ing to word received here. Inquiry concerning the whereabouts of the former Juneau merchant from W.C. Cox and Company, International Probate Service, Federal Reserve Bank Building, Chicago, was brought to the attention of Mrs. Nels Sorby of this city. She gives the information that early last July she wrote to Mr. Berry at the New Southern Hotel in San Diego and that her letter was returned to her July 24 with the notation he was deceased. The notation was made by the manager of the hotel who was a friend of Mr. Berry. In addition to seeking informa- tion about Mr. Berry, the Chicago agency also desires to know the whereabouts of any of his relatives. No Juneau acquaintances of Mr. Berry have been found who know of his relatives. SPECIAL SERIES OF SERMONS SCHEDULED FOR PRESBYTERIANS The Rev. C. C. Saunder=, pastor of the Northern Light Presbyterian Church, announces a special series of sermons on development of the Christian Church to be given at the regular morning services. As the morning service is only a thirty minute service it is hoped that ELKAY’S FLY-KILL KILLS INSECTS ~— In 3 convenient sizes 50¢ T5¢ $1.25 BUTLER-MAURO DRUG CO. free Delivery WHEN WE BELL IT IT'8 RIGHT Express Money Ordery Phone 134 — We Suggest— - DILLARDS —the New CHOCOLATE CREATION - REPORTED DEAD ‘many will hear these sermons. ‘ The dates and topics are as fol- lows: Aug. Aug. salem. 17.—Solomon’s Temple. 24 —The Supremacy of Jeru- Aug. 31.—Jerusalem Forgotten. ! Sept. 7.—A House of Prayer. | Sept. 14—The Church Outgrown. - e {BETTENCOURT SHOOTS AT TEXAS LOOP HOMER MARK WICHITA FALLS, Tex., Aug. 16. -If the pitchers keep pitching to warry Bettencourt, Wichita Falls slugger, there is a chance that ]CIarence Kraft's Texas league rec- ’ord of 55 home runs may fall. | Bettencourt, who gained fame |by scoring seven touchdowns for |St. Mary’'s college from his center iposirion in a football game a few years ago, has been driving the ball with tarrific force this season. [ By the middle of July he had ibanged ,out 30 four-base wallops, land had a good opportunity to lead the loop in distanct blows. To beat Kraft's great mark, Bet- tencourt must average nearly a homer every two games the re- mainder of the season. ———— HIGH SCHOOL PITCHERS DIVIDE NO-HIT CONTEST UPTON, Mass,, Aug. 16.—Upton high school defeated Hopedale in a no-hit, no-run game, but one pitch- er didn’t get the credit for the hit- less game. Y Two did, however. Leonard Stan- ley started the game for Upton, and worked for three innings with- out allowing a hit or run. As Upton led 9 to 0 at the end of this period, Stanley was removed for use in an fmportant game the next day. Joe Kernan was sent in, and in the remaining six innings he held Hopedale hitless and runless. i e More than $1,000,000 annuaily 1s received from the sale of wild ani- mal pelts in North Carolina. —————— Ola papers rov sate at The Eni- pire. : ¥ 3 S C i | | i ALLIGATOR Style in every lino—soft, draping fabric—exquisite moire effect in gleaming, transparent colors—these are the quaslities Fashion is sponsoring in the new Alli- gator Silk Coats. Light enough to wear over your daintiest dress— preserving theslenderlinesofstyle over any ensemble— absolutely * waterproof. Our selection invites your choice of color SILK The new vogue in rainwear and assures a perfect fit. =4 A Big Line of Raincoats JUST RECEIVED Placed on Sale for “New. Low Prices PHONE 454 “The Style Center of Juneau” Quick Turnover— Leader Dep’t. Store T GEORGE BROS. FRONT NO TWO MEN ARE BUILT ALIKE } Our suits are made to fit you by the National Tailoring Co. | J. M. 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