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Show . - - . - IookingBackWandI IookingBackWandThrough L LookingBackward IookingBackWand , 2 ! ] | j I L Throngh Through the Files o of The Times I ' 20 Y Years Year car ? Ago This Week . old this thiscek thisaeek thisweek The Timps Timrs Times was 21 sears years ears feature of this issue issuewas issuewas issuewas \\cek cek aeek \ , and a N NCorbin NCorbln was an article written by ! JCorbin J 10 yearseditor yearseditor years Corbin . , founder and for I editor ' " ' - of " the " pa paper > t n r In TTL reminiscing remin1scin reminiscing reminiscingregarding regardIng the printing ot of the first firstedition wrote . ' How HowI Howbig HowbigtithatEfirst Ecuior Editor Corbin uruu * v vbig -big big - bigtithatEfirst bigtithatEfirstsuCorbin edition big that . , first suCorbin suCorbinbscription subscription bscription looked looked'It lookedIt I ' IIt copy copycame copycame the second copycame handed in m as It \ was as I by C CJ CJ CJ came off of ! the old hand press , J Boren since deceased an uppert upperI upper rancher and stoskman stokman stocknnan : He Hecame Hecame t I valley 'I I 'Ihe:3.f 'Ihear * ' Ihear said office and into moo the risaid came andri ri ' Moab Moaband , ! he:3.f he3.f he3f hear : . there is 1s a newspaperand newspaper in m and for answer one \ was as handed toI toh1m tohim to toLhim It was what itI itpurported itpurported it I Lhim h1m him After seemg seeing seeingitwas purported t to { ) be , he asked how much muchit I it \ was wasmd as " -md md "lnd lnd and - was told $2 2 $ a year , and andI andforth1th andforthwith andforthwith , dollars doIIars jingled on onI onthe onthe onthe forth\\1th forth 1th forthwith \ \ two t\'vo t 'vo vo \ ' I "Well Well "WellI "WellthIS "Wellthis "Wellthis Wellthis " the stone , with tr'e tre tl'e tle the ' ' lemark remark I [ thIS one is worth t0 tv t\ t \ ' o 0 dollars for II Idon Idon I i I there ever1)11 ever will \1)11 1)11 111 \ ' ) beanothel beanother be beanothci t e I | don suppo suppose ' ' " ( anothci anothel another The state one road commission plan- plan planned planned plan planned beI - I I I II IIThe ned to expend $1000 1000 $ per mile on the theroad theroad theroad road fiom flOm from Thompsons to Bluff Bluffnow , now designated as a post road , the thefederal thefederal thefederal I Inow federal government to pay onehalfthe onehalfthe one-half one half onehalfthe - the costH costH cost costH H EVhelchel E \ Whelchel \Vhelchel Vhelchel was appomted appointed appomtedstate appointedstate appointedstate state road agent of Grand countyI countyMoab countyMoab county | Moabpeople Moab / ( ipeople /people people were buying liberally l1beraIlY liberallyof l1beraIlYof I of the first issue of Liberty bondsCalroll bondsCarroll bonds bondsCairoll Cairoll Calroll Carroll and Frank Meador , Moab Moabboys Moabboys Moabboys boys serving servmg in m the army anny , were now nowm nowin nowin m in Georgia undergoing undergomg training for foractlve foractive foractive actlve active service semce in FranceMISS FranceMiss France FranceMiss Miss Myrle Dufford of Elgin and andDenrus andDennis andDenms Denrus Dennis E Baldwin of Moab were weremarried weremarried weremarried married this week at Elgin by the theRev theRev theRev Rev R W Spencer of MoabPreparatlons MoabPreparations Moab MoabPreparations Preparations Preparatlons were completed completedI completedthroughout completedthroughout completedthroughout throughout Grand county to tollegIster to'register tolegister 'register register ' all males between bet\\een bet een \ \ the agesI agesof agesof ages | of 21 and 30 , inclusi\e inclusi e Inclus1\ Inclus1 Inclus1e inclusive \ \ e , for mIlItary militaryservice military"service militaryservice II I " sen service Ice under the selective selectlve draft draftI draftIlaw draftIlaw Ilaw | law Registration dayas day \ was \\as as nextTuesday next , Tuesday I TuesdayI TuesdayJ 1 J T Duncan and Son had opened openedI openeda openedla I a feed store at MoabII Moab MoabSome ' Some 4000 steers sold by Grand Grandand Grandand Grandand and San Juan county comity stockmen to toM toM toM II M K Parsons & Coere Co \ were \\-ere ere \ - bein being beingdelis beingdelivered 0 0I ' " delI\ delI delis delIered \ ered at ThompsonsMrs Thompsons ThompsonsMrs I Mrs E M Young 83 , mother mothpr of ofI ofA ofA ofA I A J Young died this " week "eek eek at atI atMontIcello atMonticello atMonticello MontIcello Sheas She \ was \\as as \ a pioneer of I 1848 I I I I . - I ! 40 Yeais Yeals Yeats Ago This ' Week 'Veek Veek . Commissioner John P F Brown Brownroad Brownroad Brownroad road overseei 0erseel overseer 0\ 0 \ erseel . , announced that the thecounty thecounty thecounty county countyould \ would \\ould ould \ establish a feny ferry on onGrand onI onGrand I , Grand river at Moab , to be owned ownedI ownedand ownedand ownedand i I and contlolled controlled conti oiled by the pubhcI publicEditor public pubhc I tripI ' Editoi EdltOl Editor J N Corbm Corbin made a trlip trip tripinto tripinto trlip'I I ' mto into the La Sal mountains to m- m in- in mvestlgate investigate in investigate - 'I I 'Imto I inI vestigate vestlgate the mining mmmg activity , and andI andtills andthis andthis tills this issue contained a h\ h hocolumn two-column two column twocolumnwriteup two-columnswrite-up two columnswrite up \ o-column o column ocolumnwnteup - I wnte-up wnte up write-up write - of conditions condltlons as he saw sawthem sawthem sawthem sawthemD them themI I D T Allison had moved his hisbarber hisbarber hisbarber barber sohpi sOhP soh to the Maxwell Mahwell build- build buildin building build-in build in - in ing I ? ; ' ingJohn John A Silcoit SIlcott SilcoLt , a shoe and andharness andharness andharness I harness maker shaker of Leadville arrhed arrived arrhedjoesterday arrivedyesterday arrivedyesterday joesterday yesterday to locate at Moab He Hehad Hehad Hehad had opened a shop in m the Shafer Shaferbwldmg Shaferbuilding Shaferbuilding bwldmg building bwldmgo 0 o W . Warner had completed a aI aresen areservoir areservoir I resen reservoir Olr in m Dry valley and already alreadysuffIcient alreadysufficient alreadysufficient suffIcient suffIcient'vater \ water \'vater 'vater vater ' was stored to Ir- Ir IrrIgate irrigate ir irrigate - rigate several hundred acres of ofland ofland ofland oflandMr land landMr Mr and Mrs C H Hal Halt Hart t had hadleased hadleased hadleased leased the Maxwell hotelMISS hotelMiss hotel hotelMiss Miss Nettie Campbell , teachel teacher teachelof teacherof teachciof of the Lo\\ Lo Lower Loer Loser \ er school , was tendered tendereda a farewell party on the eve of her herdeparture herdeparture herdeparture departure for her home in Grand GrandJunctIon GrandJunction GrandJunction GrandJunctionThe JunctIon JunctIonThe The Times intended mtended to issue issue ssue a aspecIal aspecial aspecial : specIal Jubilee edition ed.1tIon ed1tIon . to be dis- dis distrIbuted distributed dis distributed - tributed at Salt Lake at the time timeI timeof timeof timeof-the timeof the I of 'the the ' - Jubilee on July 24 _ |