Show LIFE IN MOAB TWENTY YEARS AGO THIS WEEK from the files of he times of sept 2 1910 typhoid fever was raging throughout utah and the state board of health was taking strenuous steps to halt the contagion mark darrow was seriously at his home in hopper utah his sister mrs dora holman left for his bedside the moab odd fellows enjoyed a and reception in honor of john P morley grand master of the state who visited the local lodge the second crop of strawberries was being enjoyed by moab people the school board had elected prof D S L mccorkle of mercur as principal of the central school school was to start sept 12 postmaster D A jonnson had made application to have the moab post office designated as a postal savings office the lowest water in the colorado river noted for years was causing trouble at the moab ferry A sand bar in the center of the stream made it difficult to cross the boat if it was heavily loaded dr E L sperry had gone ty mil lard county with a view of locating there miss beth left for denver to meet her friend miss cecilla M beyler both were to teach in moab orrin left for heber city where he was to teach school A democratic mass meeting was called to elect delegates to the state convention knox patterson ana charles grimes came in from the book mountains where they had been buying horses rev edmund dark and family left for kansas after residing at moab a year mr dark being pastor ot the baptist church he was succeeded here by rev lucas J M fisher had resigned as operator of the dewey ferry byron dails and family came down from miners basin for the winter an important mining deal was closed at miners basin sam mcgraw purchased all of the properties on mineral mountain and went east to finance extensive operations R C dark returned from a business gnp to nevada and salt lake mrs albert beach daughters clyde and dixie and son rex and miss ruth hawks motored to cisco wednesday and spent the day with mr beach mrs alice miller entertained at a quilting party thursday dinner was served to the following guests mrs J W williams mrs W A bhader mrs J B mrs lester walker mrs ezra dalton mrs mel stewart mrs ralph miller mrs C E bailey mrs fred rowell mrs N E alg gin mrs mary E borreson and mrs N C beeson gay C brown was in sunday from the westwater road camp for a short stay in town mr brown reports that the county road crew under supervisor mel stewart is making good headway on the construction of the new road from westwater up westwater creek to connect with the midland trail members of the crew ir addition to stewart and brown are william allson A T taylor and mennel stewart |