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Show - - [ LIFE , IFE IN \ MOAB 1\10AB 1 10AB TWENTY T\VENTY T VENTY TWENTYYEARS \ TWENTYYEARS YEARS AGO THIS WEEIFrom WEEIcFrom WEEK WEEI\ WEEI WEEIc WEEKFrom \ ( From the Ailcs files f Jle of The Times Timesof Timesof Timesof of March l\Iarcb l Iarcb Marcia \ 14 . , 1913)The 1913) 1913 1913)The ) The Moab Building Buildmg & . & - , Loin Lo\n Lo n Loan ' \ Society Societyas Societywas Societywas \\as as was \ \ being organizedHomer organizedHomer organized organizedHomer Homer Johnson , 14-year-old 14 year old - - boy boyre boy"re-ceived boy"re boyre ceived , -re re - " * . - . ceived a broken leghen leg \ when \\hen hen \ a horse fell fellon fellon fellon on him at the Little Spring Sprmg northeastof nOltheastof nOltheast northeast of Moab MoabThe MoabThs The Ths Dewey ferry sank to the bottom bottomof bottomof of Grana river , when ice tore a hole holeIn holein holein In it It was finally raised and put in incommission incommission incommission commission again The next day the thehouse thehouse house of icprcscntatlves leprescntatives representatives of the legisla leglsla- leglsla legisla- leglslature legislature legislature - - ture killed h.1lled h1lled lulled . Representative Hammond s sbill sbill bill appropriating $10 10 $10000 10000 $ 000 for a bridge bridgeat bridgeat at Dewey . H H . H . Preston and H EVelchel E \ Welchcl \Velchel Velchel Weichel had hadformed hadformed hadformed formed a partnership in m the engineer engIneer- engIneermg engineering engineering - ing mg businessI businessMoob businessMoab business businessMoab Moab Moob sheep shearera shearer shearers ; ) were leavmg leaving leavmgthis leavingthis leavingthis I this v . week eek for Dewey to start the sea- sea sea.son's season's sea season's - . son's sons .son's .sons ' ' workCattlemen workCattlemen work workCattlemen I workI Cattlemen throughout Grand and San Juan counties were Vvcrc experiencing experiencingheavy experiencingheavy experiencingheavy heavy losses tosses of stock , due to the severe severewinter severewinter severewinter severewinterW winter winterW W . E Roberson reported that 175OOC 175,000 175000 175OOChead 175,000head 175,000head 175000head , head of Colorado sheep had wintered winteredaround winteredaround winteredaround around Cisco and Westwatcr Westwater WestwatcrF WestwaterF F . M Shafer had accepted a position positionwith positionwith positionwith with the Hammond storeDr storeDr store storeDr Dr J W Williams wmlams purchased the theline theline theIlIne line of wagons and buggies formerly formerlylrmdled formerlyhandled formerlyhindlcd IlIne lrmdled handled by the drug storeI store ' Between the Acts , " a comedy , was waspresented waspresented waspresented I presented by a home talent cast , con- con consisting consilting con consisting - sisting silting of 0 A Tangren , Miss Mi S < ; Mar- Mar Margrct Margaret Mar-giret Mar giret - g\rct g rct garet ' \ Bean , W R McConkle McConkie , W DHammond D DHammond DHammond Hammond ' F M Mf . . Shafer , : Mrs Adelaide AdelaideBeaeh AdelaideBeach AdelaideBeach Beaeh Beach and Miss Julia JohnsonThe JohnsonThe Johnson JohnsonThe The legislature appropriated appropnated $10OOQ 10OOQ $10,000 10000 $10OOQto $10,000to $10,000to 10000to $ , , to cich e'1ch e1ch each ' county In the state for roadbuilding road roadbuilding roadbuilding building purposes 'purposes ' |