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Show r Looking LookingBackward LookingBackwardThrouch Throuch Through i the Files Backwatdj of The Time Thnts * r | ' 20 Years Affo AJto Ago , This ' Week 'Veek Veek . \ 1 1A } of Salt Lake Like Citypurchased City Citystock A M Myrup Myriip I Ipurchased the Taylor Land & Live- Live Livestock Livestock - , purchased holdings on the theI theBook theBook I stock company I mountains for a consideration consideration10f considerationof Book sold'for soldfor sold ' for $11 11 $ andcows and I Icows . Sheep . I 01 of 9'll.uvvy 9ll.uvvy 9lluvvy 9'll.uvvyt $310,000 310000 $310,004 310004 $ ' , , -t- t - tcows - - . 11,000 11000 11,000acres 11,000acres head , and P Pat , 10f for $50 50 $ per acres cows AutomobIles or of land changed were becoming hands handsAutomobIles handsAutomobiles 11,000I thick thickat thickat I I at Moab the local garage haV1ng having havingsold haV1ngsold , havmSiri of the yearThe year yearThe ar aroab 15 since smce the first sold S SMsince Loan Loanassociation The MOlb S Msince oab : Nat National National onaloFarm onaloFarmLoan Farm Loanlssoclabon Loan this week , lssoclabon association lssoclabonas : \\as as was \ orgamzed organized W . president , I with D A Johnson as and J JP I president E Gordon Lruruun as "o o " Vlce vice * " i - - p Miller MllJer as secretary-treasurer secretary treasurer secretarytreasurerD - I ID D S L McCorkle McCorhle was lected supermteiident sup- sup supermtendent sup superintendent - erintendent ermtendent ermteiident of the Grand countyschool county countyschool countyschool school district succeeding C AJohnson A AI AJohnson AJohnson Johnson and H Milton Hales v.as vas was v.asemployed wasemployed . wasemployed I employed as principal prmcipal of the hign high highschool lii h hschool school schoolPlans Plans ans for the addition to the high highschool highschool highschool school were approved , and the theschool theschool theschool school board was advertising advertismg for forbids forbids forbids bids for the improvements improvementsA A bond election to decide a pro- pro proposal pro proposal - posal to issue $17,000 17000 $ , of school schoolbonds schoolbonds schoolbonds bonds for building bUlldmg purposes wascalled wascalled was wascalled called for April Apnl 24H 24H 24 24H H A Tangren wrote The TImes TImesregaldmg Timesregaidmg Timesregal regaldmg regaidmg ding his missionary mlscionary ; expeu- expeu experi- experi expeuences experiences expen-ences expen ences - - ences in 11l theentral the " . - ventral "entral entral -entral states statesj j W Coibin COlbin Corbin and son Jackcre Jack \\cre cre were werebusy ' \ werebusy creI crebucy bucy busy ; erecting erectmg the telephone lme line linefrom linefrom lmefrom Cisco to Thompsons ThompsonsW from I W D Hammond was erectmc erectm erecting ; a amodern amodern I II Imodern modern bungalow at his La SaIl SaIlranch Salranch Sal Salranch I ranchSheepmen ranchSheepinen ranch I II Istal Sheepmen Sheepinen \ were ere preparing to tostart tostait stal start t spring shearing of sheep sheepApril sheepApnl i iApnl Apnl April 1An 1An 1 1An I An inch of snow fell at Moab one onenight onenight onenight night this weekNine ' \ week weekNine eek eekNme Nine Nme Moab citizens filed tiled a peti- peti petitIon petition peti petition - - tion in district dlstnct court seeking seckmg to re- re reshain restiain re-stiain re stiain - - shain stiain the Moib MO'lb MOlb Morb ' Irrigation com- com company company com company - - pany from using usmg Its niigation llugatlon canal canalnorth canalnorth 1 1north north of town until untll It"as it \ was \"as "as as " cement cement- cemented cemented cemented , - ed to stop leakage 40 Yeais Yems Years Ago This 'VeelMIS WeekMrs ' Week 'Veel\ 'Veel Veel WeekMis \ : Mis Mrs Nancv Nancy Ma\'vell Ma 'vell vell Maxwel1 Ma'c'vell Macvell ' \ ' ' , affection afTcctlO'1 afTcctlO1 affection- affectionately affectionately ' . - latelY ately . known b.no\\n b.non b.no bno n \ \ as 'Grandma Grandma ' * ' l'IflX- l'IflX lIflX l'IflXI l'IflXell 1 ' Har Harwell Iwn- Iwn Iwnwell - \ well \\ell ell \ died diE'd ' this week at the > age of ofn of72 I n 72 She vv \ was as a J . pioneer of southeast southeast- southeastI southeastern southeastern - I ern Utih Ut'1h Ut1h Ut'th Utth ' ' settling setthng in m La Sal in m 1879Capt 1879Capt 1879 1879Capt Capt GeorgeV George W \V V \ Jackson , , well wellknon wellknown wellknown kno\\n kno n known \ mining mmmg man of the Blue Bluemountam Bluemountain Bluemountain mountam mountain district d1strlct was killed this thisWeek thisweek Week \ eek near Piute PlUte Springs by the ac- ac accldental accidental ac accidental - - cidental cldental discharge of a shotgunFItzsImmons shotgunFitzsimmons shotgun shotgunFitzsimmons Fitzsimmons " was "as as now the world worlds worldschampion worldschampion s schamplOn champlOn champion fiEhtei fightel fit4htes ( , , having knocked knockedout knockedout knockedout out Corbett in the fourteenth roundin round in m Reno , , NevadaTh NevadaThE Nevada NevadaThe Th The ' Moab Comet Band announc announc- announcedl announced'that announced - edl ed'that edthat ed ' that it would give a concertMIs concertMrs concert concertMrs Mrs MIs Polly Davis , sister-in-law sister in law slster-m.law slsterm.law slster m.law mlaw sister-m-law m - - . ofNorman ofNorman of Norman Taylor , died this week at atthe atthe atthe the age of 84 Hei Hel Her aged husband husbandwas husbandwas husbandwas was no not expected to liveDIstrict liveDistrict live liveDistrict District court was scheduled to tomeet tomeet tomeet meet next week , with a heavy heavycalendar heavycalendar heavycalendar heavycalendarA calendar calendarA A big horse race was staged this thisweek thisweek thisweek week beh between een Shafers Shafer s Slxshooter Sixshooter SlxshooterBill SixshooterBill SixshooterBill Bill , Maxwell's Maxwells ' Brown Dick , , Tan- Tan Tangren's Tangren's Tan-gren's Tan gren's grens - gren's grens ' ' Kid , Jick Jlck Taylor's Taylors ' Dike Dike , and andBrown's andBrown's andBrown's andBrowns Brown's Browns ' Buckskin Sixshooter Sncshoote Billwon Blli Bill Blliwon Billwon won It was stated a large amoW1t amount amoW1tof amountof amountof of money had been wagered on therace therace the ! race ; 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