Show A bit of moab history x if I 1 R rd d I 1 0 d 1 Po stoic nid and mail mad show tilt steady 1 I 1 I 1 0 it hils made the past I 1 m wart I 1 il 11 rOSI MASTI lt 1 I SH SUM 11 il it nix t 1 in it in lit f fi ft arty year yearn I 1 i I 1 thim III pt faur van was first sl st it I 1 1 I aly only a very few people I 1 IT in I 1 it ielli if grand annd I 1 alit ally y an as it aa th n kii kiin mn at fit that bitne il i il lit if r nc tie of the arl was 1 I jib if farat postmaster fl alic nv 11 if I 1 ati 1 I auxt north I 1 I 1 ih it hytt I 1 lot lopatin atin in A small i in ol I 1 na r the tb of efti lit t was we I 1 fit i 1 I 11 II arv r ui wits at i I 1 I 1 titian i lh loat in it bi bf i it I 1 I 1 P it ith tt corner of what I 1 i M th tit i ti tl ill mch 1 ul pal pink k mr nir if w ii im it gnaster ahn n the i t r it arst ra t SHW aw tho the little toun toil nt of it 1 l it m thirty the 11 1 at 0 tatt lit t tit cup d the front ai ait t f thi tit rume r ayubi alioune nl wits WH run in connection with a lit 1 store during th hi greater part of henry n i mini adin in str t r it t ion the mail as I 1 v hinry ili nry harrow later I 1 mt chant of moab when with the present volume f i stal tal bu hu guines ines 1 4 it may mav pepin A lit 1 to dav av that the mail was vas an art I 1 from rn rein illarr vin via maib ni sal n h rot pailak I 1 As k mr nir darrow I 1 t mp nies ha I 1 to a nil I 1 I 1 apak k how horse in in 1 tint thi ih two ir r three hundred ui ur 1 iq of fit n t f cpr ec it I 1 third nn an I 1 ir h oil 1 mail dmitrl t be brought i irv parri 1 pst list was hand I 1 in ili ahne davs fix R the limit in ot ta was PIN nl fair p ands As r rn nit 0 i 1 th mail wap carried I 1 H IN th t s 1 I ah at ree rp p ed 1 a mail IN i e i in sh ath artl after MI it Is the nil A I 1 wr ce was in inert creed ased tn tit w kl nirid so A followed a n ni i acel rice I 1 awain in mr nir tue ter ice r are if t le via app tinted pet iter cpr ind tl office was moved ir tr t the south ode orle of the cit na at t is now th jes jess home not the modern bouge that mr air diwell lives in but a small adobe now used as its a granary B ah h A time timi darrow the veteran it a I 1 carr er had evo from the nick rick horse to a real spring wagon ith two seat and later a white top toil that was coin some for moab and the showed their appreciation by entin a few extra I 1 it cards and occasionally i t letter the cance dati n of the office during those days sometimes amounted to q is v seena five cents a it day there was no first fint national or ny other bank in moab then so the I 1 oam ister had to protect this sev nan nt five cents cent as best he could I 1 alb b by depositing it in a tobacco box r ampt tomato can and slipping slip pine it ader a loose board in the floor that i if he had bad a it board floor after atter mr nit iad decided that he h id too man other to I 1 nger tiger carry carr the burden of post n the writer was appointed to enrel stamps sort mail and inci mentally len tally read the postal cards of the moab postoffice post office at this time the nail mail was hemp being carried from thomp ns to moab as one mail and f om moab to Al monticello as another route our old friend darrow ma was mai i st t 11 on the job as an carrier caier and the arol was actually actual lv reaching moab dail dall it didn dian t always arrive exact IN 1 on schedule lute kimn but most always nt rt in within the tent four hours I 1 h hi mail had now to sev era aral hundred pounds daily dail the of fice fie was then located in a small frune room about ten by twelve feet it size on ahat hat is now nou the tourist bater it was votis moed moved to the home of F M near I 1 e now lives from there it was tak n to the shafer build rv ne aust across 1 1 street from the W 0 W hall there it remained for i t year vear or so go ltd r d w is then taken awn to main reet rt in wh whit tt il 0 now the II 11 ammond mrs J 3 W tark was AR at I 1 tl tnt at time the all of he h old timers of moab remember jimmie who t I 1 r genial friend acting postmaster for full x is s i I 1 asure he thre in a pleasant smile mile I 1 N th each post ipe we stamp he sold you and felt sure that gimmle oa a real postmaster later the I 1 hir azrin chanced hands i I 1 d our old friend david davill A johndon n ats a installed na as postmaster stet we all r member the good service of mr johnson johnron and the office back in hf bo old shafer building IN e must I 1 t il it fail to nunelon that fur ur friant k I 1 mom alons will thin official nicil I 1 iho he dally I 1 i uil ail usually reli reached chet on oil itched I 1 ill if t imp f bet pt in very nn rin I 1 I 1 r ihn A tho rond road or should wo we a naili biewen moh and thomp 14 1 s becallo next tf 1 an a tit il result f st lorm ortris and I 1 aw awn the luring this isalt I 1 nl 1111 include dA M H nning anil t A rob rig n and F it who gave sl if edid fit irv ice fr those da laa a once onee nion mort tic tie lillee shifts it its lo 10 I 1 it t on in th a tun wilt t main street 0 ot III N ilij the I 1 ilene man home antras the th street from the ho pros pres nt fit locution location I 1 or toinie reason it ro re it i thin thre li ft short timp and it wait an again taken bark back to it its old lin in the building prom from tho the chafer balding it will again to main street bv the newy tit I 1 hinted george p arvan T thi his timo it occupied the I 1 lit it tip tie budd buil building dini i rig just routh of the airm anond m the anil were honest lo 10 I 1 adne tx ae on t nit well not either the have a flock of au t moll lf nahi when the carburetor fused 1 to or the spark T im q refused to spark the nind niall haq vas I 1 I 1 ite there wa no extra par to ro ut ind pick up lip the midi as VP ve now I 1 io ie we ve divitt had t ti put cv ev I 1 i bl lih tilt att wp ve wore verc rutt iniz ditl 1 terica teri ice cf in pawl p pint piat ta i 1 jars la ft f mail I 1 e nir I 1 i vinton and main rp aching moab moah I 1 ont nil iora erv f fourth arth dv ll v it took from f uc ur to six ix dav to make the trip f tr dinall to and re it ri now nov in tead of thorp re ni tit or two hund reft pounds per dan a fit hem pot pod po t iraq ai averne nt nir from fiat to rit t thousand pounds per month or A lur far I ollain it M krann tho th writer n again I 1 mn ib wp now a third clarq 1 office I 1 mth kith finout ten amps 4 the tile volume of bui business that wa vas arrin acted bv him amp twant years before shortly sifter the office was taken oer cier by bv F 1 M I shafer it was mated ted it ren pen artl 1 accounting is P postmaster uis u 1 Is raqu red to hindle nil postal bui business of anu tom seven ether throughout phout the count auditing their accounts and furnishing all office stamp stock find general supplied lie lift this was our task for about two to teal eats during the 1 orld war it usually took about sixteen hours out of the twenty four to keep our head aboe vater water it vas like working kor king at the tail end of I 1 threshing machne we L have I 1 t work if we dant want to ve an but that woula t do so ve we just emil id d and saw sawed od wood after the great struggle gle in curole vs as ended urcle sam sain came to our roscue and moved the central accounting office to salt I 1 ake cite where it now is by this time ve ile had outgrown out the occupied quarters and had to look for a lim home As a re suit quit of our search here we are in the quarters in the old andt on the corner of main and second north we have havel a nice roomy place and nn art getting alon along fine our nw new steel equipment ind fixtures fixture in the w workroom beatly greatly re atly facilitate our vork yes we are art k rt busy from 1 7 a m to 7 p m the general ark has gradually gra duall in creased we are doing a lot more we nod aud we are plad glad of it the mail service has I 1 mi pen wry v ry materially changed charred ns As the te two for mer route routes have been consolidated and the mill twill ii is now being bem came caie I 1 from thompsons Thomp sons gom to monticello Vonti cello via everone knows tint thit the eer ser vice has been wonderfully onder lully improved under tho the new contractor C dark lark and baldwin of the moab gar cor a ago go compan the daily papers that are printed in salt lake in the morn int ing arc are receive received d and rend in moab at eix six p m of the same da this ir in made possible by a liberal conics son on the part of the present con tractor their regular passenger cir which is not an official mail car picka up the mail salt lake city and points west vest in the evening br braingin ingin our salt ake lake I dailies allies and |