Show LIFE IN MOAB TWENTY YEARS AGO THIS WEEK dr J W williams received a letter from captain mellon offering to build a steamboat for navigation on tha grand and green rivers between moab and green river capt mellon bior years had been operating a steamer on the lower colorado and he had been advised by L C easton of the U S river and harbor engineers that the grand and green were jess turbulent and would be easier to navigate he thought a foot keel and 22 foot beam would be large enough to start with such a boat drawing 16 inches of water james somerville who was stricken grippe at la sal had under gonea course of treatment by such yell known veterinarians as doc n allred and fred the treatment consisted of bathing the patients neck and chest with tur and caustic balsam until those parts were about to bleed and then applying a strong mustard plas 1 ter this was supplanted by internal remedies in doses of about four times the usual size jim had recovered from the grippe and figured that in about a month he would get over the s effects of the treatment he intended to bodycot horse doctors in the future A forest ranger examination was conducted at moab and was taken by the following J C brown ralph W strong henry wood J M redd bert lafred lAU red J L leamaster dave john teon RuU edge R E mellenthin and george cole A of richardson this week purchased cambs iambs from H G ballard and J H hammond paying 5 and per hundred pounds A daughter was born to mr and isis J H bankhead HI superintendent of schools W R fl McConkle was on a trip over the county y marion buss and wife arrived from arice and went to browns hole for a visit with 0 D bliss E L goodridge bluff oil man was a visitor in town I 1 H master principal of the central school entertained a crowd of friends at a card party 7 A list of jurors was dawn for service at the november term of court R C dark had started an up to date meat market at moab |