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Show HELP MAKE A UNANIMOUS VOTE FOR MOAB’S LIBRARY, TUESDAY _GRA ND VALLEY TIMES. LS MOAB, GRAND COUNTY, UTAH, FRIDAY, AUGUST 30, 1912. ERIKSEN AND HOFFMAN NAMED AT BRAKEMAN KILLED : | SHOULD BE BIG VOTE TUESDAY : | ; ' District and State Tickets. — (Special to The Times.) Salt Lake City, Aug. 30, 12:30 p. m.—J udge Ferdinand Ericksen of Mt. PI easant was nominated for judge of the Seventh Judicial district and Attorney L. QO. Hoffman of Price was n amed for district attorney at the Democratic district convention held at this city today. Judge Ericksen was placed in nomination by C. A. Robertson of Moab and Attorney Hoffman by George Christensen of Mt. Pleasant. Both candidates were nominated by acclamation, The convention disposed of its work very harmoniously, and great enthusiasm on the part of the delegates was shown. The Democratic state convention was held yester- day, and with chosen: enthusiasm the following ticket was For governor: J. F. FALLON, Beaver, Utah. For presidential electors: 0. W. POWERS and T. H. FITZGERALD of Salt Lake, JESSE KNIGHT of Provo and JARVIS ANDREWS of St. George. For congressmen: G. D. JOHNSON of Ogden and MATHONIAH THOMAS of Salt Lake. For secretary of state: CHARLES ENGLAND of Logan, For auditor, JOHN S. BLAIR of Spring City. For treasurer, J. F. MANGRELL of Springville. For attorney general, J. W. STRINGFELLOW of Salt Lake For superintendent of schools, A. C. NELSON of Salt Lake. For justice of the supreme YOUNG of Salt Lake. oe court, LEGRAND Sie TO COMPLETE SURVEY. WEDDING ANNIVERSARY. ae head of a force of surveyors of at Grand Junction, Monday, where he will be joined by five other engineers. The work will take two or three months to complete, The party will start in at Moab where they left off last year. in Moab day. Usually there is a dearth of ‘| interest manifested ina town ‘run over by a train. Kieser was ‘Switching on side tracks when ithe fatal accident occurred. Kieser lived at Denver, and his i was placed on a train to be | election, but this should not be | the case next Tuesday. The REPUBLICANS OF SAN JUAN MEET TONIGHT tlle ~@e | | !) |'primary ) Monticello, for ‘held vee night, precinct and was Arthur was nominated for justice of _peace and C. L. stable. | Wood inamed /county ‘Julius /en as The Christensen James B. the for Decker, con- Arthur and J. Monroe Redd, Jr. were as delegates to the Republican convention, and Miss Belle Redd Bailey and F. I. Jones were chosalternate delegates. The Re- _publican county convention, ‘nomination of county officers, ‘held tonight at the court house. Leo Butt, who has a severe for the) will be case 'typhoid, is slowly improving. Bruce Easley of Moab was here firstof the week attending him. Jones, who is also sick with the Central ll of Dr. the | Peter | fever ? last night. Cake and Comney wunch rere The Vanadium ‘vanadium ore from shipments their | | | | Wm. Rogerson, acc omVirgie Young and F. where it goes to Pueblo for tothe mountains for a ' pling. Sunday. A ecarload was shipped | Tom Jones and wife have | Monticello permanently. "Rone Bailey is building an residence. §. T. moved to excellent Hibbs is the contract- ‘at Sagers. The ore is ‘freighted to Thompsons, to Maximum tion Come Agree Quota= Per Acre. COMMERCIAL¢CLUB Because ‘for it stands price of lands under ACTS. out for $200 an the a acre proposed | Spanish valley Carey act project, | the government is delaying the ‘final segregation of the lands involved. The Spanish valley com- |pany asks that the maximum missioners insists that this of the choicest land ‘right is considered ‘able by those being from sam- from with very acquainted acre water reason- |the character of the land, on the of the with and In order to lend its aid in expediting, if possible, the agreeing price land, the | Moab Commercial club met Mon‘day evening and considered the ‘matter. The following resolution is self-explanatory, was RESOLUTION ‘‘Whereas, on application of the Spanish Valley Land & Wat- er Company, a Utah corporation, of the State Board mines price ‘be maintained. | The price of $250 for an ‘passed: company, with headat Grand Junction, are regular and Unable on ‘which Ores Mining & Mrs. The family of panied by Miss L. Jensen went two days’ trip, the of ‘were served. recipient of many presents. was Ie 16. price be fixed at $250 an acre, Moab _and the state board of land com- SHIPPING VANADIUM. ‘Milling ‘is getting along fairly well. | The young folks of Monticello held a quarters _bundle shower in honor of Mrs. Phil ‘making 'Comney, school pany maximum will open for the autumn term on Monday, September 9. Promotion certificates will be received on that date and pupils assigned to their proper classes, Pupils who do not hold certifieates should report to the principa! for classification. A full attendance is desired at the beginning 9f the term, so that the regular work may be taken up without delay. Aug. 30.—The Republican Monticello Wednesday Wood Se ; _ CENTRAL SCHOOL OPENS SEPT, 9 left this morning for Thompsons. ‘Government j ' + Qe turned to Thompsons for the in‘quest. Coroner Geo. F. Powell etme He rN: PRICE OF LAND IN - SPANISH VALLEY ~ GAUSES DELAY i establishment of a library | should be decided by a major‘Shipped to that place. A coron- ‘| ity of all the taxpayers, and er’s inquest had not been held,| by a few. ‘however, Every public spirited citizen and when his body will vote Tuesday, if it is pos‘reached Grand Junction the officials of the line would not alsible for him to do so. 'low it to go further. It was re- The forty-second wedding an- ,, The completion of the geologieal survey of the Grand river niversary of Mr. and Mrs.J. H.' miss Kate Wood is again the clerk from Moab to the Green river Johnson was the occasion for a ‘at the Co-op. wW.E. Gordon came up from Carwill be attended to by acorps of two days’ festival at the Johnson! government engineers within the ranch in Spanish valley, Satur- lisle to spend a few days, Saturday. day and Sunday. Thirty-six of | The regular meeting of the county next few weeks. R. C. Selz, the sons and daughters and °™missioners will be held Tuesday. the geological survey of the department of the interior, arrived taxpayer | _ Frank R. Kieser, a brakeman on ‘| should vote at the special liithe D. & R. G. railroad, was in- | ee election to be held Tues- Followers of Jefferson Meet at Salt iterday sty killed at Thompso yes- || afternoon , by ns, being Lake and Nominate Every epee NUMBER ann AT THOMPSOKS DEMOCRATIC DISTRICT CONVENTION eee ene nmmemninn mee ine cy of Land missioners of the State of Com- Utah, has heretofore asked the United States Land Office at Washington, D. C., to set aside a tract of land contiguous to Moab, Grand state of Utah, under the ‘Thompsons last Friday, and will |¢county, arey act, and has recommended ‘bring the owners something ov- that the maximum price per acre er $5,000. It will be marketed of said land with a water i ‘in Germany, where itis used in| therefor, be fixed at $250, an steel manufacture. The steel | ‘‘Whereas, it has come to the ‘made with the vanadium process attention of the Moab Commer‘is used in the making of battle- cial Club that the Commission‘ship armor plate and all steel ers of the general land office are ‘where elasticity, combined with considering the advisability of itoughness and hardness, is re- fixing the maximum price of said | grandchiidren of Mr. and Mra.) Carey ©. Gest and Sem Sper: ae ‘quired. Spanish Valley land at asum less On account of making im- than that recommended by the Johnson assembled at the ranch, |‘ "02? 9? nel DUSINESS.le einen |provements at the mines, it is state board of land commissiond joyabie ti | ‘difficult for the Sagers company ers; and | ito shipa great deal of ore at The celebration was in the na- | es ‘Whereas, itis the sense of However, the extent this club that to reduce said maxture of a feast, which continued, Ferdinand Ericksen of Mt. present. throughout the two days, Access Pleasant was indorsed for the of the deposit is so great that imum price would materially rewashad to the famous Johnson | Democratic nomination of judge with little work a carload of va- tard and possibly prevent the had. SCANS TRUCT FOR ROBERTSON. water-melon patch, and many of the Seventh judicial district nadium is being shipped every completion of the Spanish Valley eight weeks, and as soon as the project; and The work includes the topography luscious melons were disposed of. and C. A. Robertson of Moab for mine is opened upthree or four ml a ‘district attorney, at the ‘‘Whereas, the lands of said of the iand and the investigation of power, irrigation and dam ‘sites for the interior department. The party will travel in a houseboat. this amount can - county Democratic con-| '. times | Emery E. K. Holbrook and R. J. Thom Mark Beeson and | ion held at Castledale, last be shipped. Albert Aniderson, Moab freighters, have ‘been employed by the company ‘ m a gates to the district convention claims. eo be beldat Galt Lake City today to freight the ore from the mines (Aug. 30), were instructed to to Thompsons. i support those gentlemen for the ‘offices named. vention hé ‘son returned Sunday from Gey- |Week. The Emery county deleger pass where they had been IL working on theirHERC mining The Voting Contest Before leaving for Salt DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION, Lake City as one of Grand county’s Democratic delegates to the state the district conventions, Mr. Rob-ertson definitely stated to The Times that he would under no conditions be a candidate for the nomination of district attorney, ana would nct allow his name to be placed before the convention. Spanish valley adjoin the lands of Moab valley, and are of the same general character and have the same climatic conditions; and ‘‘Whereas, the lands of the Moab valley, by reason of unusually favorable climatic and soil conditions, are highly productive and raise tremendous crops of the finest fruits to be found inthe West; and ‘‘Whereas, for said reasons, much of the orchard and farm lands of said Moab valley, with Pursuant to call, a Democratic ‘mass convention was held at the ‘Commercial club room, Monday ‘evening, and delegates to the ‘state and district conventions ' water right therefor, find aready 'were named. sale at $250 per acre, and with | (C. A. Robertson, F. B. Ham- ibetter transportation facilities, The standing of the different candidates at this time is ‘mond, Sr. and A. M. Robertson ' would be worth a much greater follows: ‘were named as the. delegates igum; and LILLY ROBERSON PEARL WATTS 50 55 ‘from Grand county to attend | ‘‘Whereas, practically the only CLARA DAVIS 25 ETHEL SHAFER 50 2 ‘both conventions. ‘obstacle to highly profitable fruit SIBYL SHAFER MELBA TAYLOR — 50 ; 260 ts BS Ee Al ‘growing in said Moab valley is i The canning factory has’ been 'a lack of good transportation running steadily this week, from | facilities; and to add the several early inthe mornings until late | thousand acres of cultivable lands atnight. Tomatoes and pears| | The members of the Relief so- \oi Spanish Vailey to the cultiward gathered vated area of the Moab valley heing ciety of the Moab are the chief products eanned, anda few hundred cans. at the home of Joseph W. Moore, would greatly increase the fruit For _of corn were putup Tuescay ex-| Tuesday afternoon, anda pleas- products of said section and perimentally. ant party is reported to have 'make possible many needed imOf The whistle of the engine is|been had. The members of the provements in the transportation becoming a familiar sound inj|society took with them plenty of facilities thereof; and ‘‘Whereas, for the foregoing Moab, the cannery being the)|good things to eat, which comMy choice for maid from Grand county to attend the first manufacturing plant to be|bined with water-melons from reasons the land owners of Moab Irrigation Queen at the National Irrigation Congress | established. ‘the Moore ranch, made the af- would be greatly benefited by the segregation of said Spanish te +0 | fair a huge success, : to be held in Salt Lake City Sept 30. to Oct. 3. No new eandidates have be en placed in the race for Grand county’s maid of honor to the National Irrigation Congress, this week and, since the end of the contest is somewhat distant, little voting is being done at pi ‘resent. The contest will close September 20, FACTORY RUNNING STEADILY. | This Coupon Will I (inelose) (hand) you RELIEF SOGIETY PARTY Count.._—__- Votes herewith $_ Jos. L. Taylor and son Cecil| ‘eame down from the mountains, ‘Sunday evening. Several of the old folks of the |town were among guests. Valley lands and the completion the _ invited of said project; and (Continued on last page.) re pees cetctieal te eaietrtitiinen tentials So hs alta eer ames Sintec EE ae —- meray moe hee . acon a aioe 33. ss VOLUME |