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Show PAGE THE TIMES-INDEPENDENT, MOAB, UTAH FOUR A consolidation Mmdependent. of the Grand Issued Every Grand Valley Times Thursday at County, SEEN *4 HEARD: It reports that practically every the program increased the value “the average increase reported was « Che Cimes-Independent southwestern Iowa. farmer found that of the farm and $5.44 per acre.’ More and the Moab, Utah. pro- and that eta a crew of men were working doing, anyhow?” Officer: “Believe it or not, you’re on the Sand Flats road. patrolling for a wait wagon. I Dr. J. W. Williams was called to | mean, you’re waggoning «for the Castleton to vaccinate a numb:r of wait patrol ... get the idea, pal?” school children for the prevention Drunk: “Shure. You’re intokshi- of smallpox. cated.” John J. Roberson was seriously * & a 2 injured when a wagon loaded with “The best exercise for your wind ice was backed onto his foot and is skipping roge.” ‘leg, which were badly crushed. MAIN STREET be would productivity ANO~ GIL: S2-24-—— —_ = — future. the in increased the increased said been had that said cent per half than farms their of ductivity ninety-five Entered as Second-Class Matter at the Postoffice at Moab, Utah. Under the Act of March SUBSCRIPTION Be OOne. Year oos.cc es. ~Six Months Three 3, 1897. ROBERT RATES .y..00..-.200- is duodeinistins Ho'eh UU Months ....... lg dihd esciewees Gaeave (Payable in L. TAYLOR, Editor and PURPOSE. BEHIND ATHLETICS Lena Genster lionaire, but it love at first time she saw know he was six of 1939. the CCC by the nation as a whole. be generally accepted, work of the 1,500 camps which were in cperation will The THE guided who cf the man direc- day last the on death his statement The Manager until ago years LOREN is a than more inception its & purpose athletic for competition the team; figures on forget of to school build mould. score the high is to the # characteristic we behind wanting reason men, character, board. Too to for college not victories not the largest often, in the human our own see all and_ the team expense win, of school athletics. » It ally is refreshing, that the then, building of+ discipline and only justification to of be sportsmanship, for scholastic We want to compliment the school for calling attention lost a the occasioninculcating is after athletic all the contests. coach of our local high to this obvious fact in dropping a number of his ihe squad for infraction of her doubtless reminded character, basketball players rules. While in so chance to have a from doing winning made to observe, not to break. We do not want SUCCESS. to he: understood as casting any reflection against or in criticising the boys dropped from the squad— for boys, you know, are only human and they insist on: being boys—but we do want to commend the action of their coach, who rendered a service to his: school, to still boys to the the SOIL -“A SOil resource ‘gost must It mot fuel is a more is its most H. H. final be it and pity is IS says service the because shelter, » soil conservation “In Interest those important in of valuable the other that thoroughly he basic of the of agri- continues, “this almost of basic the and chief department maintained source of regardless our food, of clothing, requirements.” truth of this appreciated by people is of America. Unfortunately, many of our farmers are eareless in their farming practices and wasteful of the resources in their soil. Some of them seem to think ao not Mr. haif of that the realize land can their-loss be used until foreever it and is too Bennett calls atteention to the all the land in the United States he points out that farm country, to the extent of have been ¢rosion. On they late. fact has damaged by erosion and the process is. farmers of the nation at least $4000,000,000 in the removal of soil fertility alone. In his report, of the garming who methods are subject are is many money States all citizens and some to the many of it. : continuing flow from already to foreign coun- with: excess swamped. which it. buries in the ground. for the vast stocks of gold that us. of this the nation are loaded where idea and other factors continue to down with to invest that great the We are bank rise and financial excess cash. They their funds. volumes of gold and large amounts of money on deposit would result in rising prices and great prosperity have long since been exploded but it is worth the present that interest than in crash that noting that plethora of money rates will continue the decade the that United as a result of the prospects are to be much lower ushered States URAVAN implying a The people soil the soil-conserving to financial refuted by a study made by the experiment station with farmers United know lands acres, and range 282,000,000 adopt hardly Uravan, erosion is actively underway. States government is doing that. farmers deposits of institutions concern owe attention the upon result costing a year annual much to educate the people as to the value of soil resources, it is encouraging to know that farmers are fighting local land problems in thirty-six states through the organization of soil-conservation districts. The idea showered As a of There who country yellow. metal, have no use LOW. like to borrow call into BE. matter money. Utah we This a TO in ever the greatest experienced. that been ruined or severely damaged by. an additional 775,000,000 acres in country, the process of < While the United borrow The old statement the gold tries. RATES are southeastern. Hence, VITAL. Bennett, analysis,’ the who rates others who would CONSERVATION resource,” culture. more INTEREST themselves. nation’s natural community,,and plans, the undertaking who made it a that man be little doubt but a monument to the there can stands as economy current under scope, in reduced team, he, rendered a far greater service to the community and to his students by his insistence that rules are losses is lowa agricultural in southern and ing are and also Colo., may STEPS be OUT. listed a “mining town,” more or less single line of occupation. of Uravan are chiefly engaged in min- milling engaged uranium and in building a vanadium, wholesome gressive community, as many recent plishments testify. Their town may but and they pro-- civic accombe more or less isolated, but Uravanians are not letting limit their outlook or contacts—recently made this ‘“in- ternational” club by the organization of a Lions with 66 charter members. Already Uravan . boasts several community projects that many older towns have not acquired. With such a husky Lions club to plan, is due our work to win state and and roar for distinction it; this among nation—Grand An old mountain the new Junction printer once said: “Our duty is to * * Ed * had been engaged. B ihe When County “To drink?” was the chairman’s idiotic question. “Oh, no,” was the sarcastic retort, “when I’ve been speaking a half-hour I do a high dive.” [Looking Backward The Western Allies Oil & Gas ecmpany had ordered all necessary in its s Carpenter Supervisor were R. down D. greater P. M. 35c BURKE - HAMILTON Charley GRAPEWIN and The MUNCHKINS Over the Rainbow sng, Dong ite Witch Is Dead | Produced Directed by many other “VICTOR pits yeu ll love! FLEMING “BLUE - MERVYN by LeROY DANUBE” SUNDAY “THE GERMAN PY bao ae ice nwa Sensational! Astounding! ... Unbelievable! 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I’m street carring for a wait. . .|La Sal. that ish shay, what am I Road SATURDAY and SATURDAY GLORIOUS well D. L. Goudelock returned from a trip to Denver. John E. Pace completed final proof on his homestead in Castle valley. J. M. Cunningham and wife and 2 acquainted. Stars of stage and screen! Glorious girls! Two years to make! Song hits galore! M-G-M’s Greatest Achievement! 20 Years Ago This Week. drilling better An American coal bootlegging ring diverts $50,000,000 worth of fuel a year from legitimate channels and employs a hundred thousand people. SCREEN’S GREATEST SHOW OF SHOWS! Through the Files of The Times for 1, 1940 for some lost horses reported in the San Rafael country. come and FRIDAY MATINEE Matinee Little Alice Whiffletree told her playmates her papa had been sent away to exercise. She says they sent him up the river for a good stretch. : ® Manville Sheriff Jesse Tyler, Deputy U. S. Marshal Joe Bush and Deputy Sheriff Herb Day had gone on a on the Maxwell farm, where oil was last week encountered, causing a wild stampede of oilmen to Moab. Representatives of some of the largest oil companies of the country came to Moab. during the Judge: “And where have you been week to negotiate for acreage. The during those five years?” past week had been one of exciteAccused: ‘In jail, your honor.” ment, with practically every citizen & e s @ thinking of riches beyond the “Hey, you’re sitting on some jokes dreams of avarice. Western Allies I clipped out of the paper.” company stock had jumped from “T thought. I felt something 25 cents to $10 per share, with none funny.” for sale at the latter figure. : * * e @ A large acreage of patented Little Johnny teld his friends farm lands in Moab valley had been his family was going to move leased to oil operators at $100 per soon. He said he _ had - just acre. broken one of the windows, and C. E. Adams, editor of the Grand his mother didn’t scold him. Junction News, came to Moab to & s s s cover the oil strike, and published Lena Genster thinks a literary a glowing account of Moab valley ascirant is a tablet a writer takes on his return to Grand Junction. when he has a headache. A week after her death, a letter es ~ from’ the pension bureau was reThe head of a big firm of conceived stating that Mrs. Mary tractors was walking around with Newell had been granted a pension George, an old stableman. “Well, of $12 a month, dating back three George, how goes it?” he asked. years. Her husband, Orris A. Newell, “Fair to middling, sir.” George rewas a veteran of the Blackhawk plied. And as he started to rub down a horse, he repeated. ‘Yes, Indian war. Sergeant Carroll. Meador arrived sir, fair to middling. Me and this here horse has worked for you for from Camp Grant, Il., having been granted a furlough from the army. sixteen years.” “Well, well,” said returning from France, he the boss, thinking a little guiltily Since had been on recruiting duty. of George’s very low wages, “and I The Moab Light & Power comknow you are both highly regarded pany had about completed work by the firm.” George worked on in on its new power dam and ansilence a moment, then he replied, nounced that electric service would “H-m, I suppose. But last week hoth of us took ill, and they got a be resumed next week. Cattle were being assessed this doctor for the horse, but ‘they yar in Utah at $35 per head. just docked my pay.” V. R. Bush, lumber dealer, anx * * 2 nounced that he had a complete Befinition of heavy dimension lumber GOLD DIGGER: One who takes stock for the erection of oil derricks. her fund where she finds it. The first closed car ever seen in s = s s made its appearance this “Yes,” said the Chiropodist, “Ill Moab when the Moab Garage be a success aS soon as I gain a week, equipped one of its Buick cars with foothold.” * * #8 : a sedan top. s Treasurer February Word reached Moab of a shooting affair on Rock creek, between Lafe Young and Eugene Grimes. Yeung, it was reported, shot three times at Grimes, who pulled his Winchester and shot Young through the body. No details had been received. On Sunday evening at the home of Bishop D. A. Johnson, a number cf the local.intimate friends of the late George W. Johnson met for the purpose of meeting with the visiting sons of Mr. Johnson: to be- Crip Taylor left. for 'Thomegsons where the treasurer made a levy on cattle of delinquent taxpayers. said. equipment hunt seen Frank Probasco, Charles. Chapman and F. D. MclIlroy left on a prospecting trip down the Grand river, intending to go as far as the head of the cataracts on the Colorado river. t the latter arrived he seemed to be in a crabby frame of mind. Looking around he beckoned the chairman. “T would like to have a glass of |'water on my table, if you please,” years, is generally recognized as valuable. In % te % * fact, little or no criticism has been directed against the CCC. | WHAT WOMAN, SAYS DAD corps the of 'GUMMIT, WOULDN’T RATHER Mr. Fechner, reviewing the work ‘BE TWO-FACED THAN DOUBLEhas it that fact the stressed its inception, since pro- CHINNED? making men, to 2,600,000 employment given s s g 2 have otherwould which manpower of ductive use “Tl have to have a raise,’ Percy of 2,200,000 men, these of Most waste. to gone Whiffletree told his boss. “Three wise them, were young men taken care of in a critical other’ companies are after me.’ But he didn’t tell the boss they period of their lives when employment was not to were. the automobile finance combe had elsewhere, trained in useful skills, improved pany, the electric company and the to “live. t0-= furniture company. taught and mentally, and physically a s ¢ as exert their energies and together gether, work Judge: “How long has it been received values moral the Undoubtedly team.” a since you’ve been in a police court through this work far outweighs the physical probefore?” perty that has been enhanced. “Five years, your honAccused: CCC. will probably be Or? of the While the work ceding The ispeaker married a milwasn’t a case of sight. The first him she didn’t a miliionaire. Percy Whiffletree wishes he had the sand to propose, and his girl friend wishes he had the rocks to marry. pre- in the camps of the as that as well last year, x Everything that could be done to | make the great.unemployed meeting a success had been accomplished. A large hall and a good Conserva- Fechner, Robert late the from CCC the of tor \ wrote Corps,” tion OU, Advance) ™ Statees Civilian the of nation because stronger “Doc, I refuse to give up cigars!” MONUMENT that the United doubt is no “There OS ck dah Bsa hndede fea 00 FECHNER’S Thursday, ** It is your ** Jt gives ** Tt gives silent you servant a legal you a at all times and places. of every Some are looking. for life in a penthouse...and some for loveina cottage! receipt. bookkeeping record - transaction. ** It % saves you time. 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