Show LIFE IN MOAB TWENTY YEARS AGO THIS WEEK from the files of the times of april 26 1912 colorado and utah good roads boasters boosters bo were working hard to route the proposed transcontinental highway by way of grand junction cisco and thompsons Thomp sons it was expected that automobiles would travel the road the next two years according to records in the office of the weather bureau at salt lake the precipitation at monticello was the heaviest in the state the total moisture falling there from september 1 to march 31 last was 2739 inches mrs H goodman entertained in honor of mrs D M cooper mrs irene corbett a niece of mrs lydia A taylor of moab was drowned on the ill fated liner titanic which sank last week in the atlantic ocean when it struck an ice berg she was returning from a mission to europe A flow of gas encountered in the moab oil company s well on klondike ridge caught on fire and the drilling crew worked for two hours to extinguish it several members of the crew were burned about the face and hands the relief society was planning to give its annual old folks party on may 1 J P miller J H johnson and J W hammond of elgin were elected as delegates to the republican judicial i district convention I 1 james L wade was operating the maxwell hotel harry H preston and boyd hammond returned from thompsons Thomp sons where they surveyed a townsite te for the american fuel company J F hall and byron davis returned from salt lake where they attended the odd fellows state convention albert maxwell had purchased andrew Tan grens cattle mr and mrs D M cooper entertained their many friends at a wedding dance the utah rare metals mining company shipped a carload of uranium ore from its claims valued at the company s claims were located at richardson the busy club entertained at a card party in the court room A democratic mass convention was called to elect delegates to the state convention which was to choose delegates to attend the national convention green and goodman completed the shearing of their sheep at rattlesnake mrs S gothard was hostess to the tuesday afternoon club this week members present were mrs J W williams mrs J W watts mrs mars pope mrs R lee kik mrs 0 J meador mrs allmer bronson mrs 0 V riordan mrs J wallard nichols and mrs L L taylor prize tor high score was won by mrs nichols with mrs meador winning second high consolation prize was won by mrs riordan |