Show LIFE IN MOAB TWENTY YEARS AGO THIS WEEK from the files of the times of august 16 1912 james A robertson was instantly killed this week in geysers pass in the la sal mountains when he was struck in the bead by a falling tree his sudden passing was a great shock to his many friends the best fruit land in the wrid not only in the united states in th world in this manner did prof L A men ill leading farm expert of the state describe moab valley according to goodwins weekly of salt lake city two days of district court was held at moab this week with judge A H christensen Chrls presiding probate and civil matters occupied the time ot the court harry H preston deputy county surveyor was engaged in surveying the grand san juan county boundary line from the colorado state line to the grand river the exact division point had been in dispute for some tune the times was conducting a voting contest to choose grand countes coun tys maid of honor to attend the irrigation queen at the national irrigation congress to be held in salt lake city the moab canning company received a carload of cans and expected to start packing tomatoes in a few days hyrum G smith and heber J grant apostles of the L D S church passed through moab en route to mon tl cello to attend conference miss edna bankhead was chosen president of the Y L M LA with mrs W isa hammond and miss somerville as counselors and miss hazel wilcox as secretary forty families had moved to grayson the past year to make their homes john J roberson had taken a contract to manufacture brick at Green river he took a crew of moab men to that place to start work nathan day of la sal was run over by a wagon when he attempted to stop a runaway team he was badly injured and was brought to moab tor attention mary murphy 5 year old daughter of mr and mrs will murphy sustained a broken leg when she fell from a we con and caught her foot in a wheel the following tax levies were made by the county commissioners moab town 10 mills state school 75 mills road 5 mills westwater irrigation district cents mr and mrs V P martin and children returned from a trip to salt lake city and oregon the spanish valley water ac land company was making preparations for issuing some extensive publicity exploiting ing this years mammoth yields of fruits and farm crops in moab valley this company planned an irrigation project to reclaim the upper part of the valley mr and mrs victor murphy arid daughters evelyn and returned thursday from a weeks outing at lake iowah they brought back a load ot logs which they will use in building a house |