| Show LIFE IN MOAB TWENTY YEARS AGO THIS WEEK from the files of the times of july 8 1910 A three day celebration was pulled off in moab in observance of july fourth an elaborate program horse racing and other sports were the features D H dalton W D hammond and J P larsen were named as a committee to arrange a july 24 celebration the commercial club decided to stage a minstrel show to raise money to finance a campaign to secure a bridge over the grand river at moab myron E lance resigned as town marshal prank sorensen and miss lula shafer were married this week the married men walloped the bachelors this week in a game of baseball to the tine of 15 5 J R zumwalt a bakersfield calif oil man was here and stated that geological conditions at moab were ideal for oil H A bergh of mccall idaho had been appointed supervisor of the la sal forest and was expected to arrive this week A number of moab young ladies gave a rendition of the old maids association those taking part including misses may and hattle dalton melba taylor pearl watts elsie foy leah somerville eola moore minnie edna bankhead and ethel moore don cunningham passed through moab en route to la sal he had been attending dartmouth college mass miss inez elmer was here from payson tor a visit mr and mrs C A hammond returned from a wedding trip to various points in utah A district and high school election was scheduled for next monday george W mcconkle was a candidate tor district trustee and mrs R L kirk and john were candidates for high school trustees all to succeed themselves no other bandl dates were in the race W W bacson proved ft be some foot racer during the july 4 celebration he defeated lammle somerville and H H turner vemon bliss left this week for canada W J meador returned from indian creek where he installed a telephone line mrs oscar steward was thrown from a wagon during a runaway and suffered a dislocated arm i mrs G A adams of monticello received word that her father lars of sanford colo had been killed when his team ran away while he was raking hay |
