10 years ago, Oct. 23, 1997

Kim White enjoyed watching a bear and her cub investigate a neighbor’s trash on Snowden Street.

Total accumulation of snow to date is 5.5 inches.

If you are missing a bicycle, check with the sheriff’s office. They have found several.

Two residential R-2 zoned lots in north part of town. Utilities near. $24,900

25 years ago Oct. 28, 1982

With 705 voters registered in San Juan County, the polls will be open next Tuesday from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.

Most critical of the local races has three independent candidates for sheriff vying for that position. Jim Watson, an appointee, resigned as sheriff effective Oct. 1 and while Undersheriff Sue Kurtz has been filling the position since that time, no appointment has actually been made by the county commissioners.
Kurtz, along with Steve Baxter and Rob Aronson, are the candidates on the ballot.

Silverton firemen responded to an alarm early this morning. The 1:30 a.m. fire was at the Silverton Dude Corral barn, now owned by Tom Stanley. Considerable damage was done to the structure before the flames were brought under control.

50 years ago, Oct. 25, 1957

Sunday motorists were having a terrific time getting any place without chains or snow tires.


75 years ago, Oct. 29, 1932

Let’s vote for that New Deal. President Hoover has failed miserable to wreck the United States as he started out to do, and if the election of Franklin D. Roosevelt is sure to bring us to the end of existence, let’s elect him