Show I 1 LIFE IN MOAB TWENTY YEARS AGO THIS WEEK the disappearance of B L of bourbon mo a horse buyer was occupying the attention of sheriff W J bliss had mysteriously disappeared while riding tor horses northwest of elgin and it was thought that he had been murdered as he was known to have a large sum of money on his person mayor rod mcdonald of green river was a visitor while here he looked over the mill creek reservoir project which proposed to divert water onto lands in upper moab valley by means of a tunnel he was enthusiastic over the feasibility of the scheme the body of an unknown man was found on the river bank near the cisco pump house bert newell and gang of sheep expected to leave next week for dewey to commence shearing sheep among those in the crew were oscar and george mcconkle peck and guy taylor jess leamaster eph moore philip sorensen gave ajohnson R J thomson allson allred hebe christensen Chrls and fletch bronson on st patricks day the ladles of the moab relief society entertained at an elaborate banquet and entertainment tain ment in honor of the old folks of moab it was the most successful old party ever given in the town over thirty moab citizens above 60 years of age were the guests of honor the four oldest being peter martin feux 0 murphy rebecca huntsman and eveline johnson A daughter was bom to mr and mrs albert maxwell J M titus had sold his cattle outfit to the indian creek cattle company J M redd of monticello who was in moab stated that he feared the cattlemen in the san juan section would suffer a 50 per cent loss of stock as a result of the severe winter the goodmen woodmen of the world of moab entertained at a party this week william stocks had leased the moab ferry boat H H turner H L turner and S T king came up the river from indian creek in a boat lyman beach of ferron was visiting relatives in moab |