100 years ago: “A snowslide that ran from three directions completely destroyed the powder house, engine house, and part of the compressor machinery at the Davy-Pourtales Mine operating company’s plant in Lewis Gulch, causing damage that is hard to estimate and putting a temporary stop to the work in the Bull Dozer and Eureka mines.”
75 years ago: “Raymond B. Whitlock of Colorado Springs was the low bidder on the project for building an addition on the new Smiley Junior High School. The contract has not been let because the bid has to be confirmed by George Bull, regional director of the WPA at Fort Worth, Texas.”
50 years ago: “‘Don’t wrap packages for mailing in freezer paper,’ postal officials warned. ‘Nothing sticks to it – not stamps, not address labels.’ One or two parcels wrapped with freezer paper have been turning up each day at the Post Office and one was in dead storage for a time as all of its identification had fallen off.”
25 years ago: “The La Plata Community Hospital board of directors called a press conference to dispute recent reports that a special meeting was called in secret. In the meeting the board voted to seek proposals for leasing or selling the hospital and drew $495,000 from the $1.6 million remaining from last December’s $2.79 million bond issue to pay overdue bills and December salaries and operating expenses.”
Most items in this column are taken from Herald archives, Center of Southwest Studies and Animas Museum. Their accuracy may not be verified.
