Show LIFE IN MOAB TWENTY YEARS AGO THIS WEEK E E shafer was the moab barber in the absence of 0 0 empy A A taylor was appointed state sheep inspector the moab band gave a benefit dance which was liberally attended A large number of moab people were at monticello this week to attend court the state fruit inspector visited moab valley and reported local orchards to be m good adape J N corbin and R J thomson who had been at monticello to attend court were returning to moab via the proposed telephone route between moab and monticello district court was in session at where the case of the state vs montgomery transferred from grand county was tried the defendant was found guilty and sentenced to two years in the state prison the steamboat Cliff dweller which started on a trip to moab from green river reached a point about thirty miles below moab where it turned around and went back to green river due to the fact that fuel was getting scarce A second trip to moab was planned for the near future P A yoder director of the utah dry farm experiment station contributed an article to the times commenting on the dry farming possibilities bili ties of san juan county As a result of the experiments earned on mr voder said that all doubt as to the success of dry farming in the san juan district had been dispelled if proper of cultivation were followed |