Show LIFE IN MOAB TWENTY f YEARS AGO THIS WEEK moab fruit was selling at fancy prices summer apples bringing per bushel at thompsons Thomp sons A A taylor and W L taylor returned willow creek where they filed on two ranches A son was born to mr and mrs george A newell mrs E L kirk and children re turned from a visit at salt lake L L crapo resigned as town justice of the peace and george F towell was to the position D M cooper ad purchased the first player piano ever seen at moab the williams drug store was preparing to move into the may build ing walter was an arrival this week from colorado C A robertson was a salt lake visitor H C goodman had returned from the Sa iJuan mountains in colorado where be had been ranging his sheep miss blanche sperry was the new type setter at the times district court for august had been postponed until november V P martin and family left for a visit with relatives at canon city B L farnsworth P B hammond andrew somerville and A M robertson had bought ai new threshing machine D H dalton was here from monticello with the intention of buying a home here so that he could send his children to school the freight rate from moab to thompsons Thomp sons on fruit had been raised from forty to fifty cents a hundred and as the fruit men were receiving good prices for their fruit they were paying the price and looking pleasant the town board had raised the salaries of town trustees from 10 to the munificent sum of 15 per annum while the mayors salary aras boosted to 20 per annum As a result of the increase it was expected that there would be a rush of candidates for positions on the town board at the coming municipal election mr and mrs E H street and children helen and billy spent wednesday and thursday visiting friends they were the guests of air and mrs ed smith mr street was cb ashier here in the milford state bank for three years and manager of the horn silver mines at frisco at one tinne they left here about 10 years ago and are living at payson where h has charge of the payson delta and moab state banks they are returning from a business gnp to cedar city and left for their home thursday afternoon milford news |