The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-07-27
JUNEAU WILL
 COMMEMORATE
 ANNIVERSARY
August Y Marks 54th Year Since Original
 Strike Made
Continued from page five,

Ono of the least understood features Of Juneau is the climate. July is the warmest month, accord ing to the U. S. Weather Bureau station here, with an average of 57.1 degree above zero. January's average of PIT degrees makes it the coldest month. Less than 100 days of zero weather or below, have been recorded in Juneau in nearly 40 years. The July average for Juneau is close to that of the summer resort of Tahoe, Calf, which has an average of 59.6 de- grees for the same month. At least one-half of the states of the Union have portions reporting cold CT January averages than Juneau statistics show.
 While considerable mining ac- tivity is always manifest through out Southeast Alaska, the big mine in this section today is the Alaska Juneau Gold Mining Company, on Gastineau Channel, bordering Ju- neau's city limits. With a mill capacity at the present time of ap- proximately 12,O00 tons daily, this mine employs over 700 men and has payroll in excess of $1 ,000, ,000 annually
 Industry of Future
 The great future forest industry of Alaska is the manufacture of pulp and paper. Juneau is espec- ially well situated for plants of this kind, for in this locality are IT billion board feet of western hem lock and Sitka spruce timber and both of these species are admirably suited to such use. Cheaply de- veloped water power sites with total capacity of not less than 125,500 horsepower are available for paper mill operations. The Lumber Mill plant was recently re- constructed into modern electric ally-operated sawmill and box fac tory at a cost of $117000.00. The entire value of the plant is now in the neighborhood of $45O,0OO.0O :. Juneau's proximity to the great halibut fishing banks at Icy Straits and. Cross Sound, and to adjacent salmon fishing areas, make it pos Sible for her modern Juneau Cold Storage Company plant to handle well in excess of million pounds of fresh and frozen fish each year.
 Garden Vegetables Grown z, Owing to abundant precipitation during the summer months, agri- culture is confined mainly to the growing of garden vegetables and small fruits together with some stock raising in a few localities and dairying near the towns Such vegetables as potatoes, cabbage cauliflower, radishes, lettuce, ruta- bagas, turnips and rhubarb grow well and cannot be excelled any where for crispness and flavor. Strawberries and red raspberries are grown in abundance in many places.
 Large brown and grizzly bears, the largest carnivorous animals in the world, are found on Admiralty, Baranof and Chichagof Islands and most of the mainland adjacent to Juneau. Black bear, deer, moose end mountain goat are plentiful, too. Among the fur bearers in this locality are mink, marten, beaver, land otter. ermine and red fox. Excellent hunting for duck, geese, grouse and ptarmigan is available to the sportsman, who will find, also, native Cutthroat, Steelhead, Rainbow and Dolly Var den trout, and some Colorado brook trout, which have been plant ed. In the inland seas exist the king salmon. halibut and deep sea bass, all game fish.