Show MOAB TWENTY YEARS AGO THIS 9 george F powell was tendered a surprise party mrs albert holman returned from a visit in arkansas the williams drug company had started a circulating library W J meador went to castleton to build eight miles of telephone line byron dails returned from a prospecting trip to old mexico A masquerade ball was given at the goodmen woodmen Wood men and was the event of the season charles fish had opened a pool hall in connection with his barber shop rev H 0 white of tremonton Tre monton was conducting services at the baptist church commissioner john E brown returned from denver where he attended a good roads convention supervisor john RUs went to denver to meet mrs RUs who was on her way to moab from new york city mr and mrs charles R williams who expected to leave next week for oregon were tendered a surprise party the high school board met this week and decided to add a third year course next year an additional teacher was to be employed A number of cases of scarlet fever had broken out and all public meetings were banned the schools were closed for fumigation resolved that science has done more for humanity than religion was debated this week miss emma mcconkle and R J thomson having the affirmative and ayrel and charles the negative the judges decided unanimously for the affirmative the state legislature was in session and the consideration of a prohibition law was the principal matter before the session with the likelihood that the bill would not be passed al though about three fourths of the people of the state had petitioned the legislature to pass a strong prohibition law |