December 28, 1909: Dr. J.A. Massie of the Territorial Board of Health visited the good roads camp near Thornton and found that the case quarantined for smallpox was merely a case of chickenpox.

Otto Retsch, former Santa Fe saloon keeper, died Sunday night from injuries received Christmas Day when he was attacked by his big black bull which he had corralled near his place of residence on Galisteo Street.

December 28, 1959: The state land commissioner says a plan to exchange state land for federal land in the Navajo Dam area would end in New Mexico being short-changed. Commissioner Murray Morgan said New Mexico is being asked to give up land near the site of Navajo Dam Lake to the Reclamation Bureau. The state has been asked to arrange with the Bureau of Land Management to take federal land in exchange. But, the BLM decides just what federal land will be traded and the state cannot be sure it will get a satisfactory deal. Morgan has sent a letter to Interior Secretary Seaton asking that a meeting be called to discuss the matter and make sure the state gets a fair shake.

Denver — Colorado State Highway 17, which crosses Cumbres Pass into New Mexico, was closed for the winter today, the State Highway Dept. announced, when a new snowstorm blew up on it. The Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad reported 54 inches of snow on the pass.