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Show 10 YEARS AGO Almost every major oil company was now involved in exploration work somewhere some-where in the Four Corners province. Grand county Commissioners Commission-ers reduced the annual budget bud-get $32,539, making a total operating budget of $369,121. Joel David Story, son of the Melvin Storys, became the first baby of the year when he was born at 11:30 a.m. New Year's Day. The Moab Post Office set a record for postal receipts, registering almost $43,000 for the year. Mrs. N. S. Christensen was campaign director for the March of Dimes campaign for 1958. 20 YEARS AGO Mayor D. E. Baldwin had died suddenly from a heart attack. Grand county had adopted a budget of $101,380 for the year 1948. Hopes had brightened for uranium activity in the area. The AEC was the sole market mar-ket for uranium, and the Commission's purchase of the mill at Monticello appeared to be the start of a purchasing purchas-ing program. Pacific Western and Equity Oil were reportedly attempting attempt-ing to utilize a 230,000 acre block west of Moab on the Big Flat for a test well. The Taylor brothers were deepening their Cisco well. The DUP honored Moab's old folks at a Christmas party. par-ty. Dr. J. W. Williams at 94 was the oldest citizen present. 40 YEARS AGO Grand county Commissioners Commission-ers adopted a budget of $18,750 for the year 1928. The Town Board had voted to enforce gambling laws in Moab; also the ordinance prohibiting boys under 21 from entering pool halls was to be enforced. Funeral services were held for Joseph H. Johnson, Moab cattleman and deputy sheriff, sher-iff, who was accidentally killed by the fall of a horse. Grand county turkey raisers rais-ers had been invited to join the Utah Poultry Assn. New Chevrolet cars had arrived and would be sold from $495 to $675. A spirit of optimism prevailed pre-vailed at the annual meeting of the Big Six Oil Co. regarding regard-ing exploration in the Moab . area. C. E. Whisler, president of the Green River Bank, said the bank was not seriously embarassed and though it was closed, in the end no one would lose a cent. The mass death of sheep in San Juan county had been determined to have been caused from eating stubby greasewood. On the day before Christmas, Christ-mas, the San Juan Utes had been on another rampage, forcing three of Commissioner Commission-er J. F. Barton's cowboys to turn their cattle herd back to Verdure. Governor Cutler had been contacted, and promised to communicate with the War Department and Department of Indian Affairs regarding the rene-renegade rene-renegade Utes. The Indians claimed the San Juan range belonged to them, and promised prom-ised to kill both cattle and herders if more trespassing occurred. The Utes were based in Colorado. The New Year was welcomed wel-comed in at a hard times dance at Star Opera House, Through the Files of The Times-Independent And the Grand Valley Times sponsored by the Relief Society. So-ciety. There were New Years Day horse races to round out the day.- The outlook was bright for a lot of development work of mining property on the La Sals the next year. The Rio Dolores Copper Co. had been the most active during 1907; The Boston Utah Copper Cop-per Co. operated in Beaver Basin; Grand-La Sal Co. had claims adjoining the Rio Dolores Do-lores group; the Victor Mining Min-ing Company had purchased a new assaying plant and. run a 60 foot tunnel; The Miners Basin stamp mill was running 2800 pounds of ore from the Tornado Gold Mining Min-ing Co. The yield was $12.40 per ton. Several small outfits out-fits worked Wilson Mesa, and H. E. Blake bought outright claims in Lisbon Valley and planned a reduction plant. |