- 1927

The sixth annual Southeast Alaska Fair opened September 29 in the brand-new Fair Building on Glacier Avenue at Eleventh Street, remaining in use for that purpose until 1941, after which the fair transferred to Haines and the building was re-purposed as a military warehouse.

Rev. B. R. Hubbard and Jack Koby. Both nearly snow blind at the end of their adventurous ice trip. Alaska State Library, Pigg Family Photograph Collection, 1920s – 1950s, P501-094.

Taku homesteader Jack Kolby guided Fr. Bernard Hubbard, later known as the “Glacier Priest,” in a three-day trip across the Juneau Icefield from the Mendenhall Glacier to Taku Inlet, a previously unexplored area.

The cruiser Emden of the German navy arrived June 27 for a 10-day visit.

The Juneau police chief stressed the need for cars to strictly obey parking regulations because of the great increase in vehicles in the area and parking spaces were at a premium. [Has anything changed in that regard since then?] Juneau Cold Storage built a new plant for greater capacity and services to the fishermen.

The movie “Rocking Moon”, from the novel by Sitka author Barrett Willoughby, showed in late March at Spickett’s Palace. The movie was partly filmed at Sitka. Roller hockey, played at the skating rink in the Arctic Brotherhood Hall, was a popular game and drew large crowds.

Warren Harding and T. L. Chidester, federal prohibition enforcement officials, were attacked September 3 by a brown bear early that morning while they were picking blueberries near the Eagle River Road . The men were just off the trail which leads to the Peterson mine at the time the bear leaped out of the bushes onto Harding’s back and severely chewed him about the neck and shoulders. Chidester was armed with a revolver and drove the bear off with several shots. It was believed to be a mother bear with cubs near by, although Chidester said he did not see them. Harding recovered.