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Show I _ _ _ _ _ _ . . - , . LIFE IN MOAB TWENTYYEARS TWENTY TWENTYYEABS I YEABS YEARS AGO THIS TIllS TIIIS WEElrrom WEEKrrom WEEK WEEl\ WEEl WEEKFrom \ rrom ( ( From rrom Ibc the rilc Files riles of or The Tlmf'S TlmfS Times Tlmf'Sreb Timesreb TimesFeb ' reb . 14 , , 1913)Secretary 1913) 1913 1913)Secretary ) the theMoab theMoab Patterson of Secretary Sccret.nry Sccretnry . Knox Moab Commercial club returned fromSalt fromSalt from fromI whele where he he'ent \\'ent 'ent ent went \ ' . , . to . urge . _ the theenactment theenactment I Salt bai6 Lake j-iaM j iaM - ; , VHK-K- VHK K VHKKLenactmcnt - - * - - - - Lenactmcnt enactment by the legislature of an appropriation appropriation ap- ap apthc - propriation for Improving the Midland Midlandtrail Midlandtrail trail IncIdentally , he also urged that thatthe thatthe thc the trail be routed down the Gl Grand Grandriver Glandriver and river by way of MqabThe Mqab MqabThe the thequestIOn thequestion thequestion The town ooard \ was \ as considering questIOn of purchasing " a fire engineIra engineIra engine engineIra of ofMflford ofMilford ofMil Ira Menitt Meriitt Men itt and A P McKean Mflford Milford Mflford'were ford \ ' were \'were 'were in Moab to investigate investigatethe investigatethe the feasibility feasibluty of establishing establishmg an auto autoUne autoline autoline Une line ficm flcm Greenilver Greemlver Greeniiver to MoabWalter MoabWalter Moab MoabWalter Walter J WIll Winbourn bourn was appomted appointed appomtedtOWll appointedtown appointedtown tOWll town marshalRepresentatIve marshalRepresentative marshal marshalRepresentative Representative F B Hammond h had hadintroduced hadintroduced d dmtroduced mtroduced introduced a 3 . bill in the legislature for forI foran foran foran an appropriation of $10,000 10000 $ , , to build asuspension a asuspemlon asuspension I suspemlon suspension : bridge across tha the Gland Grand Glandriver Grandriver Giandriver river at Dewey . . T T.Trout TTrout . The commissioneiE commiSSIODC1 commissioners & , appointed I IThe Trout . as .as road commis commissioner lOncr roner John JohnBailey JohnBailey of the Bailey was appointed appomted justice I peace at Moab MoabI MoabA Moa MoaA A home dramatic company presented presentled present- present presented - - J | I ed "Along Along " trie tbe the Missouri ' at the star starhall Starhall Starhall led hall Those In the cast were F . MShafer M MI MiShafer I Shafer , , W . D Hammond , . W R Mc- Mc McI McConkie McConkie Mc-Conkie Mc Conkie - I Conkie , 0 A Tangren , , W E Tangren TangrenMiss , Miss Margaret Bean , Miss Julia Jul1a John- John Johnson Johnson John-son John son - son and Mrs Adelaide BeachA Beach | A number of the younger folks were wereentertained wereentertained wereentertained entertained at a valentine party at the theGoodman theGoodman theGoodman Goodman homeV home homeV I IV V . . P Martin Martm was tendered a surprise sur- sur surprise sur surprise - - prise party on his 41st birthdaySheep birthdaySheep birthday birthdaySheep Sheep shearing shearmg ' was Vwas scheduled to tostart tostart tostart start in about a monthThe month monthThe The Ag Class of the local high highschool highschool highschool school , F . . B Hammond , , Jr , teacher teacherpublished , published an al aiticle article tIcle in this tlus editIon editIongivrng editiongiving editiongiving givrng giving the result of its experiments expcnments in incorn incorn incorn corn seed testing testingJ J W Watts was granted a Ilcense license licenseto licenseto to run a pool hall ha11 at MoabCarlos MoabCarlos Moab MoabCarlos Carlos Wilcox and family were weremoving weremoving weremoving moving from Castle valley to Elgin Elginwliere , where they intended mtended to reside in m the thefuture thefuture future |