50 YEARS AGO

October 1,1970 – Editorial: Patience is playing out with telephone service in Ouray again. After the last go-arounds with different phone officials at least a year ago, things did improve for a time, but irate reports are again coming in, and with good reason. Our own experience has been that operators either just aren’t there, or come unglued, can’t remember numbers, and often say “Just a moment, please” and never come back. This week we tried calling Silverton and got...