Show LIFE IN MOAB TWENTY YEARS AGO THIS WEEK from the files of the times of 2 1912 the petition prepared by the times requesting the town board to call an election to vote on the question of levying a 3 mill tax tor a town library was turned over to mayor C A hammond bearing the names of 54 taxpayers the town board was to act on the petition at its next meeting mrs W isa hammond mrs harriet dalton and mrs mary day had been very active in circulating the petition for signers robert F roberson formerly of moab and miss edith gill of salt lake city were married this week at salt lake As a result of the operation of the experiment station confidence has been established in the dry farming industry and without question san juan county today ranks as the very best dry farming county in utah and in our judgment this Is the best dry farming section in the west declared prof L A merriu head of the extension department of the utah agricultural college in an article in utah farmer A daughter was born to mr and mrs E E shafer A son was born to mr and mrs george M stocks miss norma darrow sustained a broken arm this week seven cars of passenger train no 2 was derailed at sagers one day this week and miraculously not a single passenger among the on board was killed one man was slightly injured many people from over the la sal mountains attended a july 24 celebration at the pace ranch in the north la A A taylor was in the mountains the dipping of sheep supervisor H A bergh returned from the couth division of the forest and pronounced this one of the best range and crop yeara in the history of southeastern utah ehll gammeter of akron ohio one of san juan countes coun tys most enthusiastic dry farm boasters boosters bo passed through en route to monticello and announced plans for fanning on a large scale having brought in steam plow Rami um the source of all life was the title of an article written by albert M rogers which referred to the radium fields of southeastern utah grand county was asked to participate in the national irrigation congress at salt lake and an election was to be held to choose a maid of honor to attend the queen of irrigation in a mammoth parade that was planned |