Taken from SUN files of
September 25, 1925
Probably one section of Colorado should not have more genuine interest than another in restoring stolen Pagosa hot springs to the national government, that the Army and Navy may avail its curative properties, but it is certain that all Southern Colorado is vitally interested. Every state in the union would be demanding restoration, were all the facts and conditions known to all. — Alamosa Empire.
J.Q. Vermillion and grandson, Winfred Daggett, arrived home Tuesday by auto from San Diego, Calif., the former to close up business affairs before returning for the winter to San Diego, where he recently purchased a dwelling where his wife is now residing.
Yesterday he closed a deal with Joe J. Macht, whereby the latter acquired ownership of the Vermillion ranch, about six miles north of Pagosa Springs and adjoining the Macht ranch. The consideration was $4,500.
Taken from SUN files of
September 22, 1950
The Town of Pagosa Springs and Archuleta County both showed slight increases in their assessed valuation for the year. This was in spite of the new ruling on the assessed valuation of merchandise stocks. Heretofore, unless merchants inventoried their stock at least four times a year, the Assessor would assess all the merchandise at 70 percent of its inventory value. Under the new ruling it is assessed at only 60 percent of inventory value.
The figures for the past year show that the County valuation was $3,683,400.00 and the Town $589,780.00. The valuation figures for this year show an increase of $116,415 for the county and an increase of $220 for the town. The valuations this year are: for the county $3,799,820 and for the town $589,960.00.
Most of this increase is in improvements on property and new buildings, according to Earl Lattin, County Assessor. The increase in valuation the past few years shows that the town and county are definitely growing in value and that more growth can be expected in the future.
Taken from SUN files of
September 25, 1975
Good progress is being made on the parking fill by Title X workers under the direction of the San Juan Soil Conservation District. From all appearances the area should be ready for surfacing by next week. The oil surfacing is being paid for by local merchants, the SCD, the town and the county is cooperating in the work by furnishing machinery. It would seem appropriate that a street dance, or some celebration be held when the project is completed.
The U.S. Forest Service will be having a controlled burn in the Confar Hill area today and there will be considerable smoke. This is part of a new method the Forest Service is using to clear out underbrush and slash. The fire is under control and the smoke may be visible for some time.
The Pagosa Springs Sportsman’s Club is holding a rifle and shotgun shoot Sunday, October 5 at 1 p.m. The location is south of town near the new recreation complex. All sportsmen are invited and this will be a good opportunity to sight in rifles for big game season. There will be trap, large bore, and small bore shooting. There will also be a special running deer target.
Taken from SUN files of
The red tags are back. When attached to a county road sign, a red tag means the road is not scheduled for county maintenance. Absence of a red tag means the county maintains the road.
Tuesday’s 2-1 commissioner vote to continue with the red tag program is the latest in a long line of commissioner actions surrounding the use of red tags that date back to March of this year.
Voting Tuesday for installing the tags were Commissioners Gene Crabtree and Ken Fox. Commissioner Bill Downey voted against the tags.
The commissioners were first exposed to the idea of marking the roads as to whether maintenance is or is not performed by the county when they visited Montezuma County earlier this year.
“It seemed like a good idea at the time,” said Downey.
At a minimum ... an estimated 880 signs will be required if it is assumed four signs will be needed for each of the 220 streets. Each of the signs, or red tags, will cost $2.50 for a total purchase price of $2,200.
Based on existing county experience, the total cost of signs including labor will reach $5,527, about $3.78 each.
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