Taken from SUN files of
August 22, 1924
The Masonic cornerstone laying of Pagosa’s new school house will definitely take place on Saturday afternoon, August 30th, by the grand lodge of Colorado and will be in charge of District Judge Jesse Wiley of Del Norte, grand master of this state.
Mrs. Vivian Flaugh has recovered sufficiently from poisoning to leave the Durango hospital and will be able to return home Sunday.
The rural schools of Archuleta county have declared an increase of salaries for teachers for the coming term, the increases ranging from $10 to $25. Scarcely any school will pay less than $100 per month, the raise being necessary owing to the short supply and heavy demand of certified teachers.
The new steel brace for the Piedra bridge, to take the place of the one damaged last week by a huge rock loosened while blasting, is expected to arrive tomorrow and will be put in position at once.
A 700-pound capacity churn is being installed at the Pagosa creamery today.
Taken from SUN files of
August 19, 1949
The town board at a special meeting Monday night of this week awarded the contract for the water works improvement which has been contemplated for some time. Mr. Morrill of Delta was low bidder on the labor and construction and Thompson Pipe and Steel Co. of Denver received the contract for furnishing the materials.
It is anticipated that work will start on this important project as soon as materials are on the ground and will be completed prior to the first of the year. The contract calls for the construction of an infiltration gallery, a new pump house, an additional line to the reservoir and other miscellaneous items.
With the installation of the filtering equipment the town water supply will be much purer and the filters should eliminate the muddy water that has been prevalent in the spring and fall.
Mr. Ben K. Lynch last week purchased a new ambulance for service in connection with his business. The car is a Kaiser and will give the community an excellent ambulance. Mr. Lynch had heretofore used his hearse which was slower than the new ambulance.
Taken from SUN files of
August 22, 1974
The 4-H fat stock auction at the Archuleta County Fair this year was short of livestock and short of bidders. However, the stock did sell well.
Buyers, owners, and prices paid for the livestock is as follows:
Grand champion hog, owned by Millard Jacobson, purchased by San Juan Supply at $85 per 100; fat hog owned by Shawn Jacobson, purchased by Ram Electric, $80 per 100.
Grand champion fat sheep, owned by Raymond Shahan, bought by Hal Franklin, $135 per 100.
Grand champion fat beef, owned by Jeannine Shahan, bought by Ram Electric at $95 per 100; Reserve champion fat beef, owned by Sara Lee Shahan, bought by V.A. Poma, $90 per 100; and fat beef, owned by Raymond Shahan, bought by City Market, $80 per 100.
Local baseball players are in Dallas, Texas to compete in the national Stan Musial League tournament, 15 members of the team left by car last night for Dallas. Their first game will be Saturday morning at 10 a.m. when they meet the winners of the Tulsa-Ft. Worth game.
Taken from SUN files of
August 19, 1999
Wolf Creek Ski Area may be nearing the end of the long, long road traversed in order to add a ski lift, service roads and parking area.
Officials from the U.S. Forest Service, the ski area, and Colorado Wild Inc. will meet Friday with the purpose of finding common ground to mitigate an appeal filed by Colorado Wild asking the Forest Service to withdraw its approval of an environmental assessment prepared by the ski area to justify building the new ski lift, roads, and parking area.
If agreement is reach Friday and Colorado Wild withdraws the appeal, construction on the proposed expansion could begin Sept. 1. If agreement is not reached Friday, the Forest Service reviewing officer will render a decision Sept. 16 the entire process, first initiated in early 1998, might have to start over.
