The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, March 31, 1940, Page 34

PROGRESS AND DEVELOPMENT EDITION BARANOF HOTEL ALREADY ALASKA SUCCESS STORY | IN YEAR OVF OPERATION A question which has been in the minds of all Juneauites and many who have visited the City in the past year has been answered. The question: “Can the Baranof Hotel, with its beautiful and ex- pensive structure and furnishings, with its excellent service and sur- prisingly reasonable prices, pos financial sibly prove a successful venture? The answer, given by Manager Robert J. Schoettler, with a smile of catisfaction on the Hotel's fir: birthday, is “The Baranof is a going concern,” On the evening of March 10, 1939, the Hoetel which had cost $600,000 to construct was opened with a gay first night invitational dinner, dance and party. In the 12 months since that time, the social and business life of Juneau has been something different than what is was before. for this change. Communitly Hoetel The Baranof has proved to be, as its builders intended, a commun- ity Hotel, and success of the hotel has meant the success of the entire community. The Baranof is directly responslble’ In addition, there are 33 apart-| ments occupied by permanent| | guests. The Baranof has had a| waiting list for its apartments ever | since it opened. This largest hotel north of Van- couver, British Columbia, has a staff | of 50 employees in the summer travel | | season and only a few less all year around. Something is going on all the | time at the Baganof. Clubs meet | for luncheon in its Gold Room. Teas ‘and banquets are held either there |or in the smaller Tris Room. Every | night there is dancing in the Bub- | | ble Room, Alaska’s finest night club. Its spacious lobby is the scene every | |day of innumerable meetings be- | | tween Juneauites or visitors to the ) | ity who have said to one another‘ “T'll meet you at the Baranof.” ‘ Progress in Year [ During the past year the Hotel | has added a cocktail bar costing 12.000. | For two and a half months last | fall, the widely known Alaskan ar- | tist, Eustace P. Zeigler, remained | at the Hotel to paint three large | murals for the Gold Room, nine | paintings for the Iris Room, two mu- ; rals for the Bubble Room and five | - THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, SUNDAY, MARCH 31, 1940, Center for Community Activities JUNEAU LIFE (Continued from Page 8ix) Phyllis Poulin, Com'cl.—Nev. Harold Rotfi, Seventh--Minn, Merlé Schroedet, Music, Art—N.D. Iva Tildén, First—Penn. Marjorte Tillotson, Math.—Ore. Harriet Tust, Second—Minn, Helen Webster, Pifth—Mont. Prancés Wheeler, Third—Mont. Robert White, Inst. Music—~Wash. In total experience, teachers who have taught ten yedrs or more nums ber 18; nihe years, three; eight, one; seven, two; six, two; five, three; | four, néne; three, three; two, two. | Pive have taught in Jureau teén years or longer; two, seven years; three, Hix years; four, five yewrs; three, folir years; three, three years; five, twb years and nine ate téadhi~ ing here this year for the first time. the yedrs is as follows: Number of teachers here through |4 minimum ‘the fess etficient that | teacher becomes, Juneau has always tried to kéep | the “teaching load" between 25 and 130 puplls per teacher, The average | for the whole schobl should not | éxceed 22 or 25 puplls per teacher | i‘m allow for some of the smaller classes such as trigonometry, ade vanced algebra, solid geometty, ond year typing and shorthand, and other necessarily small classes. Hence it will be noted In the figures given that in the years, 1918 to 1926 the average lond was about right, | at least the maximum was hot tdo | high. It will also be noted that in Eme year 1926-27 was begun a steady | growth in enrollment plus a steady | incréase in the number of teachers | | to meet that growth. | It is interesting to compare the | per capila costs with the teaching Ioad for each yeéar. It will be noted | that for the year 1933-34 and 1934- | 35 the teaching load reached mi maximum but the per captia cost was the lowest in the history of the | schools, e The “Yankee invasion” of Alaska | | began ahout 1790 and from that time | on Governor Baranof complained | frequently that the Americans were | continually outbidding him for furs| and taking the cream of his trade. | { St | | Largest stréam in Southeast Al- | Aska is the Stikine River which or- iginates in British Columbia 4nd en- ters salt watér nedr Wrangell BESIDE HIGHWAY Pair Unearth Horde of For- gotten Gold Few Miles from City Two Junedau youths who uncov- ered three burfed flasks of gold dust and nuggets beside the Glacier Highway last summer are $13,885.50 richer because of their discovery. A check in that amount has been received by them from the assay office in Seattle. The gold horde was discovered by accident by the two young men, neither of whom had & job. They “struck it rich" literally as well as figuratively when a pick wielded by one of them broke one of the old whiskey flasks tn which the golden wealth had been hidden by some forgotten prospector. et Placer mines In the Forty Mile River distriet were discovered in 1886; those of the Rampart district in 1893; those of the Sunrise dis- trict, Cook Inlet, in 1894: in Circle district in 1805 and the upper Koy- ukuk in 1885-1890. A profitable stopover tourist bus- : : " 1 iness—profitable for every Jungay | TREIaD gostume paingings. | Puplls per | merchant—has developed fl:re since | Afier a year, the "na""“o‘.‘“ - b i ) B. U C K_ l N G the cpening of the Baranof. A num. | [Rion of the people of Juneau is that | 1018-19 .. 18 1933 l ber of “big name” visitors have al- | J1¢ Baranef 15 filling proudly its loid:a0 .. 18 1811 ready ,uonl‘ reservations for rooms | misslon s [he hiek of Alpska.” : L - i51] ‘ and during the 1940 season, Manager B T | "g;';: 18 ’:’;1 | e { Schoettler says. Such visitors spend | | - | ::23‘2‘ :: :”; | :““.“‘“ “L’[‘b?“"";’lz f,“'“?n"'n'fféf‘f! Juneau is proud of her mudern aranof Euicr, tne finest in the North. Thehotel was | jouio8 19, 210 | A N S F E R uring their sojourns | ved is i \ as has been illustrated by sevcrali ( ”(,\Pe’ncd a year ago this month. P g e i W ia‘:’lfl }: ':';: : recent examples. | | o Besides the new wealth it at-| (Continued from Page SiX) | ymptoms, a note is sent to the her cternal vigilance ,ing some of the epidemics of chil- [ 1627-28 ... 20 085 | Y tracts to ibieein. the: Bardsis has | PAT m.ne) on the janitarial force | parent suggesting a physician be con. The school nurse is constantly on | dren’s diseases, there are not onvughl 10%8-29 21 162 ; had the effect of encouraging other :fu"xh;:fl:wh' A"l u:;k:’v_“"d :0"1"_" sulted. The nurse cares for wounds the watch for skin diseases or any|beds to accommodate the ill ?h“‘\ 1989-30 22 g i g y g business properties in the Gity to|Caulpment is washed twice daily, |ihat occur, lectures all grade school other infectious or contagious dis-|dren. The local chapter of the ‘Red 1980-31 2 . | Tfl‘ekin Transwhtm is ghe con- fiiprave, thels hidtigs, A odem‘nng all \I‘:a.sh basins, toilel seats chidren on personal health, the case, When she discovers a suspect |Cross helps each, year to fmance' — 1g81-32 . . 84 ne : X fireproof structure, the Hotel has | nc, drinking fountains sterilized | care of the body and teeth, how (0 she calls in a physician or reports|the health department of the Ju-| 1068-3 ... $5 16 | néeling link: of producuon and con- instituted x dRRite el Hibe to- | CRCO-8 dAE wash, etc. In some instances, the the child to the Health Department |Neau schools. 1093-94 . % .62 l ] | ° S Nurse On Duty nurse has actually given some chil- for furthor examination of ireat- Many Subjects | loen a o0 sutnption. . We are ready 1o aid you Anchor Fos Bewh ! A full-time nurse is employed and dren a bath and a hair cut. When ment. She presides over a room| Subjects offered by the High }?‘:”r % “.: prve The hotel i one big thing which |i5 on duty the same hours as the children are il and there are-al- equipped as a nursery. Two beds|gchool include English, elementary 1“: - 30 ;;-fl at a“ times. will anchor the town,” as Sehoettler | teachers. She examines all the | Ways some, she cares for them. Tn aro always available, besides stretch- |algebra, advanced algebra, plane | }:.'” g; i 4 Dt it That theve will always be | children twice yearly, weighs and |Many instances she has taken 4 cab | crs, medicines, sc tools for in-| geometry, solid geometry, colege| 195449 - T 78+ | ° a City of Juneau is assured by the Measures them, inspects their teeth, and escorted the ill child home. spection work and many. bandaging |algebra, trigo mometry, general| 94! (Hts) . A i ereciion of such permanent struc- tonsils, adenoids, ears and skin. Several cases have gone direct from materials. More beds are needed |seience, biology, physics, chemistry,| Whoh teachers' salries take i AR 5 . i When she notes unusual conditions the school to the hospital due to and will be obtained next year. Dur-! pusiness training, bookkeeping, about 70 peréént of thé schdol bu“-' 5 N & g The men who put their money | —— e - | shorthand, typewriting, home econ- @€t &s tiiey Go i Juneau. then Y BLAKE into building the B‘;ranof were pre{' D) omics, manual training, I"rench,[:’"“m“:: 3‘; g::fl::l’;;‘“""::!: I g B pared to get a lesser sum in return. | Th B f 4 SI » L bl p Latin, Spanish, world history, mod- | tedch A | - I Their object was to build for Juneau | e aranors hacrous 0 )) ern history, U. S. history, U, S.[skiarles. The wéy to rediles per| spem‘ ”el‘vm capita ¢ost 48 to increast the teach. | clvies, vocational civics, Alaska his« ing load G ber of pupils et teadh tory, business law, public spebking, i | s law. BUbllc SRORNING | ) howaver, tie: wa journalism, band, orchestra, boys’ the teachiriy brtidlency of tie Achoot Glee Club, Girls' Glee Olub, Chotus, | s tg noréase . b g joad. | instead of just for themselves. That | the Hotel is keeping “in the black” is both a tribute to its progressive | management and a proof of the| need which exists in Juneau for such an institution. The Baranof is wholly Alaska- owned, and largely Juneau-owned. The money which went into its con- struction was money from Alaska enterprises reinvested in Alaska. Dreams Come True Prominent Juneauites among its officers are Wallis George, Secre- tary-Treasurer, a man who has lived in Alaska all his life, having been born at Sitka; J. J, Meherin, Presi- dent, for 30 years a resident of the Territory; Dr. W. W. Oouncil, and James V. Davis, to name only a few. These are the mén who dreamed about a hotel in Alaskg the equal of any in the States and who saw their dream come true in the Bar- anof. 4 Though it has all the metropeli- tan air of any Outside hotel, the Barandf is neither expensiye nor exclusive. Its cordial yitation to Alaskans and Outsiders, from the booted prospector in from the creeks to the millionaire just stepped ashore from his yacht, is “come as you are” Rates start at $250 single and $4.00 double. Even in tiie States, accommodations at & comparable hotel—and there aren't” very many that compare—would come higher than that. anof's 100 reoms is-with bath, = Every one of the nu;l | Some idea of the excellént proportions and furnisnings of the Baranof Hotel may be obtained from this' pieture showing the lchby. Paintings are by Sydney Laurence, the famous Alaskg artist. Complete selection of all types and grades makes it easy for you to select just what you need for every individual job. 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