Show LIFE IN MOAB TWENTY YEARS AGO THIS WEEK editor J N coram announced in this issue that he had leased the grand valley times to edgar L beard of fruita boio a newspaperman of considerable experience mr beard was to take ceiri mand of the paper with the next issue the times man visited at elgin and green river this week and found great building activity under way there eastern investors were arriving daily and farming land was selling at high prices G A Robert don was taking the school census throughout the county early peaches were being shipped out of the valley john brakmeier Bran meier and mabel weaver of naqunta Nat unta colo were married at moab this week by justice crapo robertson brothers the new stage line contractors were giving a service that looked like business next was school election day and the times advised the voters tt look out for a blind tiger to spring up at the last minute W A shafer left on a business trio to salt lake the fourth of july program was earned out as per schedule with the of the rock drilling contest several horse races were run D M coooper left for a trip vo salt lake city J N coram spent the fourth at fruita good bye old friends good bye editor coram bade his readers in en his retirement from the management the times leslie T foy and family left friday of last week for salt lake city where mrs foy will spend a couple of weeks recuperating from an attack of the flu mr foy returned to preston tuesday and is now in logan where he will engage in business he recently disposed of his interest in the preston news preston idaho news |