The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-08-17
JUNEAU IS 57 YEARS OLD TO-DAY

Today marks the 57th anniversary of the strike of gold of Richard Harris and Joe Juneau which was made Gold Creek Their fortunate landing on Gastineau Channel while enroute from Chkoot Bay to Sitka marked the beginning of what today is Ju- neau Capital of Alaska
 While several factors in the past quarter of a century have assisted in spreading information con- corning Juneau probably part of the United States and it's possessions is less understood than Southeast Alaska where contrary general belief in the States, there is mild climate, modern living conditions and around communication and trans portation with the Outside
 Juneau is connected with the Outside daily by radio and radiotelephone Steamers ply here the year-around and arpanes in the air at all times.
 From 1880 the year Juneau founded, until the present, strides in the growth of the City and its surroundings have been rapid
 Juneau has Capital building, erected as cost of about million dollars. There are two fine three story concrete public school buildings each for grade school and the other for high school In addition to the public schools, Catholic Parochia school is maintained
 Practically all religious denominations are repre- sented by churches in Juneau. The City has many beautiful homes with well-kept lawns and Towering gardens up-to-date department iewelry grocery and merchandise stores picture theatres. public library, golf links municipal playground, baseball diamond, numerous fraterna organizations; in fact everything that goes to make, up the typical modern Anerican ccnminitS of todaysA z sF9%t ' < NM V
 Representing cost of approximately sI0o0ooo Juneaus forty miles of gravel surfaced highways extend to Eagle River Mendenha Glacier Fritz Cove and Thane
 Juneau and Douglas are connected with bridge which cost several hundred thousands of dollars
 Juneau has two of the largest banks in the Ter ritory.
 While considerable mining activity is always mani fest throughout Southeast Alaska, the big mine in this section today is the Alaska Juneau Gold Mining Company on Gastineau Channel bordering Juneau's city limits.
 The great future forest industry of Alaska is the manufacture of pulp and paper Juneau is especially well situated for plants of this kind for in this locality r billion board feet of western hemlock Ska spruce timber and both of these species admirably suited to such use. Cheaply developed water power sites with total capacity of not less than l25ooO horsepower available for paper mill operations
 Juneaus, proximity to, the great halibut fishing banks Icy Strait and Cross Sound and adjacent salmon fishing make possible for her modern Juneau Gold Storage Company plant to handle well in excess of million pounds of fresh and frozen fish each year
 Owing to abundant precipitation during the months, agriculture is confined mainly to the growing of garden vegetables and small fruits to- gether with stock raising in few localities and dairying the towns Such vegetables potatoes cabbage caufower radishes, lettuce rutabagas tur- Aips and rhubarb grow well and cannot be exceed ahywhere for crispness flavor Strawberries and red raspberries gown abundance in many places and luscious blueberres and loganberries grow in abundance in the wild state.
 Large brown and grizzly bears, the largest carni- verous animals in the world found Admiralty