Show LIFE IN MOAB TWENTY YEARS AGO THIS WEEK from the alies of the times of april 21 1911 district court held an extended session at moab a grand larceny case being tried the home of J H hammond was completely destroyed by fire the loss being estimated at 2500 zhonne zhon ne a navajo indian pleaded guilty in federal court at salt lake to murdering charles fritz an indian trader in southern san juan county and was sentenced to a term at leavenworth three men robbed the cisco store and were soon captured and brought to moab for trial F V bodfish and harry beeson oil men of salt lake accompanied knox patterson on a trip to the klondike oil holdings where a well was soon to be drilled N C for a number of years a resident of moab died at mon where he had gone for his health perry A clark of bluff gave an ex bened interview to the salt lake tribune regarding the san juan oil fields the times published republished re the article the board of county commissioners were advertising for bids for the construction st of a bridge over the grand river at moab neal infant son of mr and mrs E E shafer sustained a severe injury when he tell on a pair of open sheep shears dr J W williams and G P bryan were attending an odd fellows convention at salt lake city harold carlisle was an arrival from st louis to oversee the shearing of his sheep the forest service completed the pack creek drift fence ada young daughter of mr and mrs A T taylor sustained a broken arm tills week the single men defeated the married men in a rough and tumble game of basket ball supervisor H A bargh returned from san juan county and reported that district as booming with many new families coming in to file on dry farms |