| Show TOWN NOW PROTECTED FROM MILL during the past awta months a great deal of work has been done along mill creek through the bryan and mat martin ranches strengthening the banks of the creek to protect the town from the flood menace heavy has been constructed and double fences with rocks piled in between have been built to confine the creek to the present channel in both the and martin places the creek to cuta cut a new channel into the old arroyo which runs through the heart of town and the work just completed will it is hoped protect the town felrom such a catastrophe which would result in damages running into many thousands of dollars the cost of the work was paid by moab businessmen aided by county and school co operation R J fietcher and D E baldwin mn embers of the town board circulated a petition for the money and collected in cash in addition m was donated mr fletcher who supervised the work on the creek submits the following statement of the receipts and disburse donations grand county school district county library 50 moab light power market 50 moab ao op co 50 cooper martin co 50 moab garage co 50 moala drug co 50 first national bank 50 W G somerville 20 H W balsley 20 C A robertson refund total cash donations labor donations mrs W D hinton 1750 bryan Loven dge 21 disbursements paid out for labor and teams for wire posts powder caps and fuse total disbursements balance on hand the small balance will be expended in birther fir ther work on the creek |
