Show LIFE IN MOAB TWENTY YEARS AGO THIS WEEK from the files of the times of march 17 1911 by a unanimous vote house bill no 78 by representative J P miller appropriating for a bridge across the river at moab was approved by the senate senator G A iverson having made a valiant tight tor the measure there the bill had previously passed the house unanimously governor spry had assured senator iverson that he would sign the bill thus a bridge at moab was now assured and brought to a conclusion a concerted campaign waged by the moab commercial club an oil rig was unloaded at floy by a california company and was being moved to a location about six miles west ol 01 court house mall station where a test well was to be drilled miss edna poy of moab and jess bailey of monticello were married here this week by bishop J P larsen they gave a wedding dance for their moab friends funeral services for L J hankley civil war veteran were held this week speakers being J H johnson joseph W moore and J N roberson the moab commercial club was planning a big entertainment to celebrate the passage of the bridge bill V P martin D A johnson R C clark mrs martha hammond and mrs A wesson were appointed as a committee to take charge of the affair dr J W duffy dentist was a business visitor in moab the bureau announced that population was green river castle dale and price 1021 knox patterson returned from klondike ridge where he located a large tract of oil lands about acres for the klondike oil gas company webb boren sold their ranch on wilson mesa to chester wright and intended to move to california misses melba taylor and adelaide hammond entertained at a party miss sibyl shafer was hostess at a party A character ball wa given in the goodmen woodmen hall the times this week published the picture of representative J P miller who had been successful in obtaining the appropriation for the moab bridge |