100 years ago: “Creamy butter, which has been selling at 35 cents, will drop 30 cents next week. The local creamery is paying 22 cents for cream, or butter fat as it is technically styled, and will continue that price. The butter works is shipping about 75 percent of its product out of town and desires to induce the local trade to eat more of its output.”
75 years ago: “Through the efforts of local officers, Durango again has been signally honored with the awarding of a police school of instruction. The three-day school will be held Sept. 9-11.”
50 years ago: “John Cowles Jr., editor of the Minneapolis Star and Tribune and president of Harper’s magazine, will dedicate the new Herald plant at 1275 Main Ave. Cowles is the brother of Mrs. Arthur Ballantine who publishes the Herald with her husband. The ceremonies will be open to the public.”
25 years ago: “Clouds and rain in the rugged Chicago Basin area were hampering continuing efforts to locate an Albuquerque male who failed to return from a mountain-climbing trip. Search crews located the missing man’s tent, backpack and personal items near Hazel Lake at the base of Windom Peak.”
Most items in this column are taken from Herald archives, Center of Southwest Studies and Animas Museum. Their accuracy may not be verified.
