Show 8 LIFE IN MOAB TWENTY YEARS AGO THIS WEEK 1 the students of the grand county high school announced a dance the cleric clerk and recorder fees for the two year period just ended totaled 2160 jess A bliss 18 months old eon son of mr mir and mr mrs william bliss died from scarlet fever jess young son of T W branson had a fight with a mad cow and he narrowly escaped with his life nix were given the contract to complete the castleton cutoff road the town board met and i appointed J IV stark as clerk don T allison as treasurer and james somerville aa as marshal the moab irrigation company met and elected J T loveridge Lovend go as president A P sorensen vice president and J P miller secretory secretary the birst four ordinances adopted by the newly incorporated town of moab were published in this issue they specified the duties of the town officers and designated the license fees for business houses the license for saloons was fixed at wo per year what appeared to be bean nn active subterranean vent or volcanic Vole anle entice had just been discovered by geo beneme and several other prospector prospectors in salt valley north of colb the men saw steam or smoke arising some distance from where they were and on investigating ti gating found that it came from A 0 hole in a the olid solid rock formation in honor of john J lumsden and J J boyer of grand junction who had come to moab to bid on the erection of the new court house a banquet was given agven ai at the maxwell house some thirty local citizens being in attendance the bangust was the most successful affair of its kind ever given here the new board of county commissioners met and organized by electing J T loveridge as chairman all bids for a court house site were rejected and the matter went over until the ahe next hext meeting the plans for a court house submitted by bi J B boyer of grand junction were accepted and he was engaged to prepare the working plans and specifications |