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Show LOOKING lOOKfNG BACKWARD BACKWARDThrough Through the Files FlIes of ofThe ofThe The Times Independent 20 . Ic-irs Ic irs 1.e'lfS 1.elfS 1elfS ' - Ago This " Week WeekGovernor eek eekGovcrnor Governor Govcrnor Dem Dern appointed appomted CA C CA A Robertson of Moab as a mem member member ber of the state boird bord , of educa educatlon education educationThe tlon tlonThe The Moab town board prom promISed promised ISed Mrs R J Thomson and andMrs andMrs , Mrs C A Robertson a conun corom t ttee ttee tee representing the Woman WomansLiterary s sLlterary Llterary club that every effort effortwould effortwould would be made this summer to keep the streets sprmxie sprm.KICa sprmKICa sprm.KICaThe . < The people of Castlealley Castle \alley alley \ alleyannouncd alleyannouncd announcd that they would stage stagea a big benefit dance at Castleton Castletonto to raise ralse funds to boost the mea meager meager ger salary of the postmaster of ofCastleton ofCastleton Castleton enabling enablmg him hun to keep keepthe keepthe the office offLce opcnThe open opcn openThe The home of Mr and Mrs R RJ RJ J Reid " was as damaged by fIreCommIssIoner fire fireCommissioner Commissioner MaJB Max MaJ\ MaJ \ . B Taylor Tayloras Taylorwas \\-as as ' \ - taken to Salt Lake C ty for formedIcal formedical medIcal attention attentionA A flood in m Mill creek creek , , put the theMoab theMoab Moab electric electnc plant out of com commISSIon cornmission mISSIon for two days daysJ J B Skewes supermtendent superintendentof supermtendentof of the Iron King Kmg mine mme at Tmbc Tmbcwas Tmticwas was in Moab for a vis t with Iusfaml his Ius hisfamib faml famib famibF ! ) F A Manville ManvtIle former coun county county ty treasurer tteasurer and Moab pIOneer pIOneerwas pioneerwas was seriously senously tIlA ill tIl illA A heavy storm lasting lastmg several severaldays severaldays days visited VlSlted southeastern Utah UtahtIus Utahthis tIus weekCharles week weekCharles Charles Redd San Juan coun county county ty representative to the state statelegISlature statelegislature legISlature succeeded in m gettmg gettingan gettmgan an appropriation from the state stateto stateto to contmue work on the road roadto roadto to the natural bridges bndges 40 Years Ago This Week WeekDue I Due to illness in 111 the edItor editorsfamily s sfam fam y news in this issue was wasshort wasshort wasshortM short shortM M I Fowler returned from fromSalt fromSalt Salt Lake prepared to do exten extenI.e extenive I.e Ie I.eork . ' \ - work \\-ork ork on his claims in m Mm Mmer's Mmer's Mmers er's ers ' ' Bas nJames n nJames James W Stark and family familyleft familyleft left for Payson where Mr Stark Starkplanned Starkplanned planned to engage in m the mer mercantlIe mercantile cantlIe busmessI busmessRev business busmess businessRev I oflthe Rev I R Schenck pastor ofl ofthe the Baptist church announced announcedthat announcedthat that he intended mtended to return to toProvo 'Provo Provo to'Provo ' shortly shortlyA againstI agamstI A complaint complamt was filed agamst I Richards charging chargmg him hun wIth wIthgrazmg withgrazing grazmg transient sheep in the i county without wlthout filing 11mg ! a grazmg grazmgcertulcate grazingcertificate grazingcertificateA certulcate certulcateA A large number of Moab lVIoab cat cattlemen catticmen tlemen had sold their s steers eers for forthe forthe the following followmg prices Yearlmgs Yearlings$18 Yearlings18 $18 18 $ per head twos $22 22 $ threes threes$26 threes26 threes$26HE $26 26 $ $26H H HE E Blake and J M Pnce PnceNew PriceNew New Mexico mining mmmg men had hadacqUired hadacquired acqUired the copper properties propertiesin propertiesm m Lisbon valley owned by Coo Cooper Cooper per & . . Martin Martm and L Peachman PeachmanThey PeachmanThey They had organized orgamzed the Lisbon LisbonValley LisbonValley Valley Copper company and andplanned andplanned planned to start mining mmmg opera lions I IAn lionsAn An Italian Itahan , who .ho ho . was passmg passmgthrough passingthrough Itlons through the county on a D &R R & R G train tram suddenly became becamemsane becameinsane msane and jumped off the tram tramwhen trainwhen when it stopped at Sagers He Heran Heran ran into mto the adjoining adJommg hills and andShenf andSheriff Shenf ! W J Bliss and Deput DeputyJ I IJ J C Taylor searched two days daysI daysbefore I before finding fmdmg the unfortunate unfortunateman unfortunateman man manI I |