The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, July 17, 1946, Page 11

Chas. Goldstein Is Enferprising Alaska Citizen (Continued from Page One) the vicinity of Sacramento, Cal In California, Golidstein met his future wife. For four years the young couple resisted tie call of the North. Then they pulled stakes | and came to Juneau where they op- crated a combination general store and trading post. Those were colorful days in the Territo! Juneau was then the main fur trading center and one of three major settlements in Alaska. The harbor filled with the huge, 50-fcot dugouts as Yakutat, Taku and Chilkat Indians arrived with their furs and slaves to trade for white m: goods. At one time Goldstein recalls counting 150 of the mative craft lining the Juneau banks three deep. Alaska moved then by canoe or foot. Furs came *down from the hills on packboards, up the water- ways by dugout. It was a golden age for furs. The forests were filled with game and the Indian conser- vation system assured a never-end- ing supply. Indians Conserved “In conservation the natives were far ahead of any plan introduced by the whites,” Goldstein says. “The Indians adopted a certain period for | {ef the prospectors. TRAIL! TRADING POST—at Fort Yukon, one of the oldest fur dealing centers in Norihwest America, owned and operated by James A. Carroll, a Charles Goldstein representative and buyer. their hunting and trapping. When the period had ended, no matter how good or bad the hunting had been, the season was closed. They were wise enough to know they had to leave seed for the next season’s crop. “That is something the white man | has never learned.” Game was not the only thing stirring in the Alaskan for | Breathing over the Klondike, down | through Chilkoot and White Horse | came rumors of gold. Alaska was on | the map. It was no longer i ard’s Folly.” It was “El Dorado” and “Bonanza”. From all parts of the world from the cities of the East and West and South and North hordes of gold seekers headed up the mountain passes. Juneau was a sparsesy settled vil- lage at the time. After the gold strikes it was even smaller. The gold fever is a hard disease to reg sist. Resists Gold Fever Charles Goldstein, however, was gifted with deep-rooted reasoning powers. Here in Juneau he had his business. He felt certain that Alaska’s future rested with commer- cial ventures. True, he staked some But that was a gamble. In Juneau lay his future, | his business and his family. | adventurers poured back ove | passes, FUR BUYER—Ed Alyea, Travei- | ling Buyer for Charles Geldstein, who each season makes the fur circuit through the Westward and the Interior. B e B e B B B B o B o e e i ol So. while the tattered hordes of the many witlfout a grain of gold to show for their trouble, the Goldstein enterprise was pushing farther north, deeper into the inter- ior in search for fur. He was still operating his general store but gradually the fur oper- ations began to overshadow other merchandise. More trappers and fur buyers were sending their pelts to Goldstein. Builds Business Block In 1914 he built his business block. | It was a long step to take. It was word. FUR BUYER—C. L. Wies, travel- Buyer and field agent for Charles Goldstein in Southeast Alaska outside of Juneau, with home and headgquarters at Ket- chil developed. Goldstein, grateful to the Territory for his own opportuni- ties and confident of the took the fling. The building, erected in those days of lower labor costs and cheaper materials, cost $110,000, A five story building, the main floor was largely occupied by the Goldstein Department Store. The rest of the building was divided into offices. THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE | He felt that he must cut down on his enterprises and so closed his merchandsing activitie: Conversely, Goldstein was active in conservation measures. He felt that stepped-up trapping methods were clearing fur-bearing game from the Territory. Always an ad- | mirer of the Indian methods, he saw |with regret that even the natives were being corrupted by white prac- tices and denuding whole areas not only of the game itself but of the seed for another year's crop. Goldstein feels, however, that the Alaska Game Commission is making worthwhile progress in the couscr- vation of Alaska's fur-bearers. The | group of Alaskans sitting as Com- mission members understands the | problems to be faced and are to be tackling their task, he said. No one in the fur business wants to see the Territery's population of fur animals depleted, rather the aim of the dea:- to work with the Game Com- mission to see that their business is perpetuated. Southeast Fur Center No longer travelling the Territory himself, Charles Goldstein now di; rects his agents in the field from his Juneau headquarter aiming his future, | Later the two top floors were made | into dwelling apartments. Meanwhile the fur siness was still expanding. Goldstein frequent trips into the Interior, but now he was more content to have the actual field work done by buyers. Leaves Merchandising iradually he built up a staff of field men. Now Open! ALASKA'S FINEST HOME FURNISHINGS STORE, BRINGING TO THE NORTH MERCHANDISE AND SERVICES FORMERLY AVAILABLE ONLY IN THE LEADING STORES OUTSIDE. FOLLOWING ARE A FEW OF THE LINES IN NATIONALLY ADVERTISED BRANDS TO BE FOUND HERE: ® For the Living Room DAVENPORTS—MATCHING CHAIRS OCCASIONAL CHAIRS—LAMPS COFFEE TABLES—END TABLES ® For the Dining Room TABLES—CHAIRS BREAK FRONTS—HUTCHES (soon) ® For the Bedroom BEDS—VANITIES—CHESTS—NITE STANDS—COMFORTERS BLANKETS—SPREADS ® For the Children JUNIOR BEDS—CRIBS—BABY CAR- RIAGES—CHIFFEROBES CHESTS (soon) ® For the Whole House RADIOS (Motoral and Stewart-Warner) TABLE APPLIANCES—MIRRORS PICTURES—CURTAINS—DRAPERIES SHOWER CURTAINS—RUGS in ROOM SIZES—RUG CUSHIO NS—HOOKED RUGS—PEBBLE TUFT RUGS TOWELS—SHEETS—PILLOW CASES AND MANY MORE! WRITE, PHONE OR WIRE YOUR WANTS! . WILL SHIP ANY WHERE IN ALASKA! ALASKA'S FINEST HOME FURNISHINGS STORE Goldstein Building P. O. Box No. 2277 made | By this time his fur | la gamble in the truest sense of the business was running into hundreds Alaska was so young, so un- of thousands of dollars each year. | | complimented on the way they are | efforts at channeling Al s nual fur harvest through Southes Alaska with a goal of making Ju- neau a principal outlet for Alaska furs. While hi: mainly to the wholesale end of the business of raw furs store in Juneau in which he offers the finest in unprocessed Alaskan furs as well as manufactured fur garments for the choice of discrim- inating local patrons and tourists alike. Plans for the new Goldstein Build- | ing gave particular attention to pro- viding the last requirement in quar- ters for the Goldstein Fur Store. Thoroughly dissatisfied with store space the Be nof and Gastineau Hotel buildings which he was forced to occupy as an expedient after the fire that consumed the old building, Goldstein made certain that his new | '0f "Home Beautiful” store quarters would satisfy every demand of the fur business. No Competing Furs Despite the huge loss in raw and manufactured furs that he sustained in that disastrous fire, he is again able to show a store filled with furs nd fur garments for every choice. Among the manufactured garments are to be found some furs that or- attention is devoted | the buying and marketing | he maintains a retail | | of the fine furs which are his iginate in other lands, but nowhere | in his stock will be found a non- Alaska fur that competes with any species obtainable in the Territor Goldstein recounts that the years of World War IT were exceptionally good years in the fur business—5oth retail and wholesale and the demand for furs has continued into peace and is still far from being satisfied he feels. Not just a shrewd businessman. Charles Goldstein loves the beauty stock in trade. His heart is in the fur business and it is with a warm glow of anticipation that he looks to the good years he sees ahead | Garvfn D - Inspired Formation (Continued from Page One) satisfaction of each customer.” Mr. Garvin and his partner, B. F. Shearer, of Seattle, have considered plans for the new venture during the past two years. Both men ap- Show (Career preciated the need in Juneau for a store equal to Outside establish- ments both in class of furnishings and extent of selection. War years, however, necessitated the delay in order to secure the desired merchan- dise. To Carry Name Lines “Our success depends on value and by that I mean value to the cus- tomer,” Mr, Garvin explained. “We want to carry the types of furnish- ings which the buyer will be proud to own." For this rei will carry the line in furniture. “It is one of the oldest concerns in the country.” Mr. Garvin said, “having recently cele- brated its 150th anniv ary.” In carpetings the new store will feature the Karag) an and Mo- hawk. According to Mr. Garvin these carpetings have been purchased for son Home Beautiful most public buildings in the United States. In addition to furniture and car- petings there will be a complete line of juvenile furniture, draperies, cur- tains electric appliances, radios, mirrors, pictures, baby carriages and | bedding, and a musical record shop Mr. Garvin complete intends to continue Heywood-Wakefield | PAGE THREE as manager of the Capitol Theater with which he has been associated st five years. 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