- 1924

American Indians were finally declared citizens of the United States, under the Indian Citizen Act, passed by Congress.

Halibut schooners, SCANDIA, KING & WINGE and other fishing boats at the old Juneau Cold Storage dock, ca. 1924. Alaska State Library, Winter & Pond Photo Collection, P087-0863.

Juneau halibut fishermen and boat owners formed the Juneau Fishermen’s and Boat Owner’s Association December 29 in an effort to stimulate local market prices for their catch,  The two-line Tee Harbor salmon cannery, owned by Alaska Pacific Fisheries, Inc., and 20,000 cases of this season’s pack were destroyed by fire October 2 with an estimated loss of $400,000. The cannery was never rebuilt.

Two men, one of them masked, held up Ole Jackson aboard his gasboat Jiggs shortly after midnight July 11 and escaped with $500 in cash. The Jiggs was at anchor in Pelton Cove in Auk Bay and Jackson had the cash aboard to purchase fish from trollers in that vicinity. One of the robbers took the hot shot battery from Jackson’s engine and threw it overboard. Luckily, Jackson has another battery but by the time he got the engine started the robbers had disappeared. He went to the Auk Bay cannery and phoned a report to town.

The Douglas Public Library opened for the first time September 23, operated by a committee of the Douglas Women’s Council. May 16 the Juneau City Council authorized the purchase of 150 young trees for planting along streets. This was said to be the first serious effort by the city to beautify the streets.

The Pioneer Picture Corporation was organized in Juneau in mid-January to produce a motion picture “Breaking the Fur Trust” by Henry Moses, a historical and educational Alaska story, based on historical incidents.