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Tinies-Inh A ' CONSOLIDATION 47 VOLUME MOAB BANK STATE MOAB WILL SUSPENDS 1' THE O RENCH State By Affairs THURSDAY G Solvent Way 13 HARRIS INDEPENDENT NUMBER 1921 Elgin RECLAMATION cattleman whose mount was shot from under him when two rench sheepmen made an attempt on his life CATTLEMAN oreigners Shoot Mule rom Under G A Harris but He Escapes Uninjured renchmen Are Arrested Readjustment Under O THE AND JANUARY A ON SOON Pronounced Perfectly Banking Commissioner of UTAH ATTEMPT LIE Institution TIMES VALLEY SHEEPMEN MAKE REOPEN GRAND COUNTY GRAND TEMPORARILY UP TAKES SERVICE GRAND 6 COUNTY I PROJECT of Government to Be Transferred Will Dewey Site on Grand River Cost About $67269000 Work f fa to The encroachment of alien sheepmen institutionfor payment of That the United States reclamation hinges on thfe possibilityof constructing and bills payable for onto the range of local stockmen period service will a large reservoir in Boulder canyon transfer its Work to Utah two years and in the meantime which has caused more oi' less trouble northern boundaryof in the near the these correspondent banks will during the past near future and take up the Arizona-below the culminated mouth of Virgin several years by guarantee all deposits of the Moab project in Grand in clash proposed county river The report points out that a State Bank This a Sunday when two agreement was will be in of which a dam constructed basin large capacity could be renchmen attempted to shoot G A reached at a meeting Monday the Grand if river at Dewey is the a high dam were constructed night in Salt Lake City at which the Harris of Elgin well known cattleman that has been given out by The investigation thus far however business The bank is in no way state bank commissioner N T Porter Mr Harris escaped uninjured of the has John Barton Payne secretary not shown favorable foundation and just as President W soon as arrangements W Armstrong of but the mule which he was riding was interior conditions for such a dam1 the shot from foreign-themselves under negotiation are National Copper Bank under him the Salt last President ers then Lake Tribune in its now it will The "In case the Boulder canyon reservoir for business of the in rank Pingree City entrenched reopen National does not riday issue tells of the intention of and for prove to be feasible or its Bank the the rocks nrenared further representatives of the according to statements made byby the reclamation service to transfer is not constructed an alternative proposition but Moab State Bank were present Other fighting Mr Harris managed to its work to the local officers today and authorized project The provides for the construction banks which will be asked to concur get loy away and walked to of the some Tribune article follows: Dewey reservoir on the Grand state bank commissioner in the the twelve miles distant He to arrangement are phoned Grand Sheriff J B Activities of the United States river together with the necessary canals by Valley National Bank of Grand Junction Skewes who left Monday and The bank was voluntarily close service should the Boulder power houses The total expense and the irst National Bank of morning to arrest the sheepmen its officers who felt that the sooner be of the latter projectis estimated canyon site not prove feasible will Securing a posse of three men at Elgin to Utah to the at the situation was met and adjusted Cripple Creek Colo the The agreement transferred according $67269000 the the of sheriff reached reached after camp of Secretary John Barton calls to the be for all parties was assurance was annual report "The attention it would the report the better renchmen Tuesday given by the banking department One of the of the fact that if all possible development state Payne interior department that the discovered hiding in the concerned Moab The the State Bank is men was on the upper rivers and tributaries is next site to be investigated by that ID BE rocks some distance from camp and solvent having ample reclamation service in the carried out and storage provided only Due to large loans on livestock and perfectly event to captured The other man liquidate all of its deposits he was it time in the there will be denression at this proves too expensive to get down to in the De'wey reservoir and liabilities from camp on a horse and was away of water on bedrock at the Boulder certain had canyon dam some shortage livestock business the bank has is when he returned he also was arrested The arrangement site will be at now being Dewey Utah according lands in two years out of twenty-one difficulty to keep its and the date up for reopening the He made shew of resist-ence Shaling of Post Road in the reserves some Moab to judging from past records'' report but that he be when he site is on the river of E C La Colorado according to State Bank Examiner bank will announced within the saw was The Grand The Rue on Valley to Start Up as Soon Dewey report covered he submitted to arrest peacefully according to an near Westwater station on the river flood control published a WE Evans who made a careful hear future The renchmen were taken to made today by officers of as Weather Conditions Denver & Rio Grande An adequate few years ago does not make mention the examination of bank- two the institution Green River Tuesday night and were if site be of the site by that reservoir there a good can Dewey Will Permit name the loans of the bank are The Moab State Bank is safe and brought on to Moab yesterday after but does weeks ago found will control about 41 per cent mention as a possible power however well secured The stockmen Solid and is in as good of the flow of the Colorado site what Mr La condition as noon river The Rue terms the Westwater last have been unable to sell cattle half of the state hanks of Utah They evening site were arraigned The work of grading and shaling Green river contributes 35 per cent of Concerning this he says: of the R and to this before Justice Peace W is or sheep to advantage have word sent to Moab the road flow of the "The Westwater power site post Colorado at its mouth on from the Grand river the been charged with assault with unable ts pay their week by N T the 24 per cent Porter the state bank Wheat being added Grand river ten miles below therrail-road to commit murder They waived bridge on south through Moab valley by remaining notes when due The deposits naturally commissioner Mr Porter also sent lower down the river station of Westwater in (Srand off stipulation will be started just as soon as weather such tributaries drop during the months of tht assurance that the bank would preliminary hearing on as the remont and San Juan in county Utah The water level at the that the of they might have privilege December January and ebruary and reopen at an early date prepared to conditionswill permit probably within Utah and the Gila in Arizona dam site could be raised 140 feet without the bank has preliminary trial later on next been unable to meet do business as formerly and without receiving a the the damage to the roadbed of the Denver month it is announced Should warm spring this situationbefore April term of court & Rio when its customers the necessity of having to call for an but take Grande railroad and a head place in the mountains of Utah held to could not by commissionthis week Wyoming answer to the district Thestate road the and of 135 feet reason of the low livestock immediate liquidation of outstanding They were and Colorado Green could be obtained for the bail in the of $5000 court on informed J Raleigh resident engineer the Grand both be to of dependable piu-es meet their maturingpaper' loans sum would brought development power at The" their bonds being furnished by that the could proceed flood the The bank has been at the The bank asks for patience on the each work stage as often is the case With minimum flow present of D of not being a Price and W good facilities on the is ‘second-feet member of part of its depositors and its officers Wallace Lowry R the reservoir Grand 2000 With an increase C Clark who has the give that Thompson of Green River County the flow of the be permitted ih the and its system membership the not one Green could irrigation from Grand Reserve stone for the assurance contract completing road from in O A Tangren and District the mini-? which would enable it to have will be left to continue on its without tributary Gunnison river the unturned to protect the Attorney river to Moab states that the way Attorney B W Dalton represented discounted its livestock paper to raise interestsof the depositors and serious threat of causing a disastrous mum flow is most likely to occur in the work will be started as soon as the funds to meet the lean of the state at arraignment while frost into the costs and of months of the institution The bank the break Salton sea which August September The flow is out of It will appeared the ground Attorney Knox Patterson of the Grand is not winter on the other hand through the dollars to repair regulated by storage the provide employment for a considerable millions officers the defendants The of Moab State of credit The Engineering News Record of and it may fall below 500 second-feet being arranged forThe trouble now half number of men and teams Bank occurred about a calls attention to the fact have for will its best offices to the end December 30 at Westwater during those months known that use some time mile ollowing is the road commission's that from Mr Harris's ranch which letter that With a head of 135 feet and a readjustment of the affairs of the that drastic action shall not be taken is Secretary Payre reports to Mr miles northeast Raleigh: bank must be yet made to meet thefinanagainst the hundreds of borrowers of some twenty-five bedrock has been sought but-not flow of 1000 second-feet about 12000 ''January 7 1921 renchmen' ial Gfeen River The stringency and while the closing of the bank The officers and directors found at the Boulder canyon site It brake horsepower could be developed" J and "Mr Raleigh the that be Javier Burusco Raymond Tharour thus of at realize the would summarizes Mr Payne's report Stream measurements the Grand present time might have been injury had "Resident Engineer ranging their sheep close to river af Moab avoided it was felt that in the where it is practically end visited should an the been on this topic: upon this section "Moab Utah Harris place and in a conversation the interestsof all would best be served immediate liquidation of all of its paper Sir: No specific recommendationas to inthe thesame as at Dewey ferry showeif that "Dear with Mr Harris stated they by be the best meeting the conditions frankly forced at this time method of proceeding with twelve months ended September to letter of January to "In in intended move across some range response your the irrigation of the order that a thorough readjustment Imperial valley 30 1914 discharge of 1800 Every confidence is expressed 3rd relating to the shaling work mean which is owned by him He asked of California can be made until an withmight ijt be further thnt the will soon rea minimum of 1560 perfected tju wti without i'v nuui juitiici ci rid n institution w blzui the Grand river bridge to Moab read them notto do so as the of the delay (open for and in the range in from Boulder canyon site second-feet With the storage regu-lation bumness have to advise that when the contractors is completed question belonged to him and was too This is of sufficient capacity made information comes from officers of justment of the affairs of the bank smrill in statement even the' the of the were an to permit gracing agreement was darn of 135 feet the bank that will by the secretary of the interior in mentioned by Mr La plans are materializing which permit the early had ridwith them to the price at The next morning while as which the institutioncan be sheep to could be developed on the mean submitting a report Rue reopen- sumption of business the officers and ling cattle the to done and congress I- his Ll' Mrvt Tj Harris saw work was be County "The report goes exhaustively into flow basis of 132000 'horsepower It - after m at an early date under an agree- directors will have the earnest the the Williams on occasion renchmen movingCommissioner the details of the ment that the correspondent banks of were irrigable area and is not believed however that this friendly cooperation of the many cus-the that of his visit assured Us that any the location their sheep across a canyon and onto of the holdings which are the maximum power develop-ment Moab State Bank will not call uptomers and depositors the federal his He rode government up to the sheep moneysby due from be range to benefited The whole possible at this site' matter told the owners to turn them reason of the expenditure of and BESET WINNER IN DIICULTIES do so he their failure to county funds providedfor shaling on back On TO WILL WILL ORGANIZE O aid project No be MOVE WELL rode in might COMPLETION front of the sheep and started federal to turn them made available for general road work IRST The renchmen drawing and EBRUARY bridge to him to stop construction on projects llinPCQUID OnklTCCT their called of guns Aantinual round difficulties and 6 in Grand On BIG wouldshoothim Mr Harris Nos county The Moab postofficewill move into PROJECT JUUuLunil bull encountered by the drillers or they that have been received LU seeing he had no chance December 29th written its new quarters in the old Independent states the we III VVII UK ns V UVlilpIVLingIHC two foreigners he started confirmation from the Grand county against building before the first of down in Moab valley by the Big Six to shot of this statement ride at commissioners to M Recount Gives Him a Majority Oil when Burusco nceorrline Postmaster Last Wednesday after him withaway nd vis von the company the bullet kulloi "Wa We ‘Arnnrrfincrl accordingly v advise you that thA ihnt the tko going A?mr Shafer During past week the Green River People Think Time vic 31 a week's fishing job drilling was WlUI aA revolver icvvnci of Votes Over I renchman Tharour contract mny may nrccced immediately inaiuur wjiumi building nas been vacated by tne state sumed only to be stopped the follow wide The other rencninaii the is Ripe to Take Uplrngarifle at tlieir toad Harris nun and with work mentioned in commission engineers and car-1 Christense on KiuoiPii in ih mi ri Case May f when thq bit DroKetools inis tshot then ing day but missed He dropped agreement been making number ion Coni A penters have a Enterprise as necessitateda new string of Be Appealed to his Respectfully knee and took a more careful or changes in the interior to adapt it the Proposed' stem was put out of commission the mercial Chib fired the ball striking IRA R BROWNING to the of the aim and needs postoffice The bit as well as the Manager W "State Road Engineer will be for mule which Harris was riding The building ready immediately occupacy Dilworth Woolley of Manti was de-1 Strong and Driller P Holahon and renchman then dropped prone on the within another week but it will be the Mr or the purpose of inducing lned the winner of the election con-t located new equipment ground to take another and still more the first of Die month before the post-' governmentto take hold of the' big Holahon left at once for ThistleJunction INDIAN BEING TRIED which he brought agunst Judge The mule which was office be Shafer irrigation project on the Green River careful aim moved Mr of standard can where a complete string ball pierced states George Christensen for the judgeship tools severely wounded as the by in of 150000 of tools which secured The excess acres Was its rhe 'J the hind quarters stopped and Harris The case of United States The building will make a splendid fertile land in and Grand Emery Seventh judicial district at the once shipped and" reached the were at jumped from its back and into a against Naiass Bega Navajo home for postoffico There is will be counties will be reclaimed the people onilusion of the recount of ballots Thompsons last night They is being and the hmall arroyo jerking his gun from tried in the federal district ample building bllR of Green River are and drilling room organizing a eom-' to todaY brought Moab Brice Saturday A as he leaped from his court at Salt Lake City this good lighting facilities club mercial which will energeti-l decision was will trouble its scabbard remained again be resumed No concealed in the Johnson by week before Judge Tillman D Judge P C cally set to work to bring the mamEvans of is anticipated in extricatingthe broken mount forRea minute or two but fearing Bega is accused of harming an SESSION arroyo moth project to realization Lake City bit from the bottom of the well holding that Mr the get child that renchmen Indian several O rhe tools are exce LEGISLATURE OPENS hasThe Green river reclamation project of uouev was electedhv ny a maioritv oi newvQQ slnn above the him no months ago and was arrested at majority ard arroyo and give sfnn been pronounced by United States 81 kon0 chance to defend himself he decided Bluff by Sheriff Christensen of San votes that The ourteenth session of the Utah engineers as one of the most feasible equipment and it is not believed tools On th fn ee of the returns at to make a break to a deep wash near Juan county and taken to Salt Lake fu‘rther state Not only will the first me returns at the me trouble with breaking he left the the foreigners legislature convened in the state in the west XU by fifteen As arroyo About Indian witnesses have Judge Christensenj win be ha(1 Every effort is being in building at batt Dake City cost be comparatively small but the sight and had been taken to Salt Lake to appear as capital by the eonte" wTs6 J1 au d were not at of land to be area reclaimed is vast made to expedite matters and local T no and will be Monday noon Organization was hidden m nnlnlnlnir mtUn itnesses ttliu interpreter an Will UC if both the forward to evidently iuicipivm houses Thomas E and will result in populating of oilmen are of now of looking Mr Harris keeping under needed for the testimony nractic- perfected ground that m?ny votps hfd been the ccmnletion the hole which it is rocks McKay of Huntsville was electedpresident eastern Utah to a degree hitherto best he to his ally could ran witness than cover as every of the of Untel f°r Cbrlste"sen will take seriate and E R Callis-tcr The not ionger a half mile about a a content nni7-mm?Ce1 at house away Man? eouple of weeks of drilling of Salt land the ti for a Lake chosen speaker The under and he remained short time was project extends where L' 'A of the house Stipulation it was agreed " that m the sheriff on both sides of the river about half He then decided to notify soielvtn action slwud be confined the RepresentativeC A Hammond of jn Grand county and the remainder TO and loy INCOME TAX IN A NUTto a vn rniTNTY COUN walked to nearest station GRAND the only (l recount of the ballots of he Moab Democratic member jn the there SHELL Emery ROM on railroad rom $5517 (of the house and ri The hearing was remov-! RECEIVE Representative W t Recently Green River people have nhoned to the sheriff and to Green the UNDS re' conclusion of the STATE SCHOOL ill Soegnriller were named as a com-1 taken up the proposition with govem-pnittee River The shooting occurred Sun'ecount "Who? Single persons who in the house to escort Speaker ment officials Mr Harris reached had of $1000 or among them Senator day forenoon and minV'aS f°und upon the recount that more to the that Callister rostrum the for the year Reed Smoot and they have received U K1'' Dr George Thomas superintendent telephone shortly before dark 192'0 married couples "tter placing in the d This week's sessions of the legislaIt is for cross of public instruction for the state of evening who had most encouraging response 'cBublican column had a also income of $2000 placet net in the aperl the ture have been taken up the of fringing all possible Utah on Saturday completed Sheriff Skewes left Moab early purpose CiSSm after Christensen's name of and m of available for is pi'intmtnl committees f" fa'led to Monday morning and upon arrival at When? March 15 1921 pressure to bear on thethe "reclamation money districts both "trike out Woolley's in the perfecting' the of for the of the final date for filing returns organization service to advance plans mn secured the sendees Mr 'hose votes in some districts the different schoolfor the different Elgin houses" and but few bills have been project that the and club is Deputy Sheriff Carlos Wilcox making first payments commercial state and warrants Harris VV LUIIV HIV counted for Christensen 't nV HPXL Wl't'K Lilt XVtJI Kxivxv It wil will be forwarded to the A L Tomlinson The party left II incidentally amounts and wn t1TJCru'?t cut down Chris-dkbf of Internal the will "be well Judge Mun-ey of the Where? Collector of scssiog under way I'C pe th5 of the club to furthei ltn 1ead at trouble of 24 school boards at onceamounted Ulv purjiose put Ul LHC llUM lV once for thethe scene and the two can-ran Revenue for district in wRich ho (til nrfivifina rif AAstorn Htq imvnci hr for appropriation Harris ranch that Tho on hand and reached the ""I1 and neck until district WHERE IS WALTER L HALL? 'Green River boosters willjoiri invite to $117197857 in the state evening The next day they located person resides 0' evening when the ballots in the rrn the with sheep and after some hunting1 ull 'Grand county citizens tu Storrs district school fund and $19460241 directions on Carbon county This 'How?' but the The local chapter of the Red Cross them in their campaign and are lookland fund found the camp renchmen lnbo' I" this interest and rental also rm 1010A and orm 1040 district it cajiita of has been asked by division headquarters ing for the hearty cooperation of local irn total per $1047 Sheriff Skewes and Mr nv that makes a the law 19 ballots all for were gone circled arcund and regulations of the at Denver to make an effort the hope-that Woril total 130468 school people They taf there being a Tomlinson camp express nn been counted which to locate Walter L Hall formerly of of i'r a' Republican funds anil saw a a delegation representative children and a total in the two dog up in the recks on a What? Pour per cent normal candidate a conj-iion $581and who enlisted in the army manri rim Gateway Moab citizens go over to the neighboring AA balance of $581-02 Suspecting that the men were tax taxable income up fSJcadon There is no explana-vote of is$136658098 city in the and give left in hiding through the local board at Moab dur° there the officer approachto $4000 in near future excessof exemption e7°r made in the Storrs ing the compensation best is with a the and that of the Disability ideas to the method of p-r credited ed spot one tax war their as Grand county' saw Eight per cent normal' on 'ty:three votes were cast in is Hall at the tha awaiting Mr Denver II procedure in and it will renchmen was hiding behind a bush furthering the reclamaschool population of 527 balance of taxable income Surtax VVJ HI courtf? nct and' that many of the out ce knowing hisltion were the receive called to him to which from cent on ano anyone projects Ld the cn apportionment sum come 1'por to‘65 a the candidates with of whereabouts will confer a favor on bollowing is a letter received trum $551769 from the state funas San the man did without resistance Hej on net incomes over $5000 ception of those for judge ithe Red Cross by notifying the Grand On chool population - I Juan county with a (Continued on last pare) (Continuedon last page) county chapter at Moab (Continued on last page) cf 1011 received $1055517 its affairs to order to readjust by the conditions brought about the the present financial depression open its Moab State Bank failed to the institution Monday morning and doors supended has temporarily In the on v ''$ nit nit rpr - rediscounts a meet of tentatively ob-tained information in-solvept consummated reclamation ROAD WORK ' DEW security perfected although an-nouncemet a according consequently intent an-unusually disadvantage immediately -ederal customers extension a ' I - ' )o-rallv sec-ond-feet v jusj-imiivii i i i 1 i 1 y 1 1 j 1 j i 't i examination a v ' x and1 re-whereby WOOLLEY 1 n rx z r A - - - -wvMi ? £ - represents ( I POSTOICE BEORE PROMOTE 5 I l-cav I 5 eb-rnnrv 1 1 I i I -re-JUQge j r £ i i 1 x 1 1 L- n 1 t t - T ft fl: I 1 Indian ' a j‘t Ia I jndered t OURTEENTH I 11-year-old -might i I p-eiuiui ' r e- I 1 mV i tlSL 1 1 undreamed : J 1 ' j I : J 1 1 i j I j ' net-income I j I apportionment h ' I ' V 11 K I 1 I H r I i S 1 i s t ‘ i j j " IHe ---- - 1 I ' percent i i I f - ' v i I 1 re-spective t 1 - ' i - w-ni-J i I I- Ki |