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Show i LIFE LIi'E LIiE LINE } ' IN MOAB IUOAB TWENTYYEARS TWENTY I IYEARS YEARS AGO THIS WEEI WEEn WEEIS WEEISFrom [ { I IFeom ( From Feom the Files Filcs of f The Times Timesof Timesof of \ March l\Iarcb l Iarcb 28 , 1933) 1933 1933)Walter 1933)Walter ) I Walter L dark Clark was drowned in thtGrand th the tht theI le I Grand rive rivei river 1 . , about 18 miles below belov belowMoab belovMoab w ' Moab , with his wife and children as asI aseyewItnesses a a : I eyewitnesses of the tragedy , powerless powerlessto powerlessto to help him Mr dark Clark and John Johr JohrJackson : Jackson were fording a herd of cattle cattleI cattleThe e I The former had waded into the nver river riverto nveto I I I to retrieve their boat , which had drift- drift drifted ' ' - - ed into mto the stream , and rand he sank .sank . in the theswift theswift II 'driftIII swift water Efforts to rescue 'drift-I 'drift drift I himwere him himI himwere hir I were unsuccessful dark's darks Clark's Clarks ' body was wasnever wasnever never recoveredi recoveredJudge recoveredJudge recovered i Judge L B Bartlett , Moab p10neer pioneer ' , , we seriously ill , and no hopes wer were wereheld , \ ere ereheld e held out for his recoveryThe recoveryThe recovery I recoveryI The county commissioners commlsslOners decide decided decidedto decidedto speCIall to meet on April 7 to call can a specia speCIal speCIalelectIon specialelectron I l election electron for voting votmg on the issuance ofbonds of ofbonds bonds to build a bridge across th thGrand the theGrand Grand river at Dewey The Time Tlmes Times Timespublished TlmespublIshed published a symposium of interview interviews interviewsVilth interviewswith with Vilth prominent citizens of the counts county . ' , all aU of whom urged that the bonds be bevoted bevoted e voted votedThe The Pace Blothers Brothers Bi others company was in- in incorporated in - corporated tills t11is this weekThe week weekThe The La Sal forest forc5t officers had corn com- com completed " - pleted the task of classifying class1fying all aU of ofthe o 1 the lands on and adjacent to the theforest 2 forest forestI I forestDale Dale M Parriott Parrlott left for California ' , II IIwith with Rdth the idea ldea in view \ , 1ew new of locating locatmg thereIt thereIt there It was reported that Thompsons Thompson was wasto wasto 3 to be made a division div1sion point pomt on the E D DI Dh I h & & R G railroadThe railroad railroadI railroadThe The Ides theater theafer was giving glYing a specIal specIalshow specialshow ] I show for the benefit of the family ofWalter of ofWalter o Walter L dark Clark , who was dlowned drowned di owned in inI inthe I the Grand rn river er this weekI weekThe week I The dependent mothers ' act was waspa.ed passed pa.ed paed asaed & : . by b ' the recent legislature legislatureI legislatureH I H G Green had made preparation preparations preparationsfor preparationsor : for ; or starting shearing at Rattlesnaki Rattlesnake Rattlesnakeon Rattlesnakein ; on in April Apnl 1RepresentatIve 1Representative 1 1Representative Representative F B Hammond , Sr Srreturned , ' , returned eturned from Salt Lake City , when where wherehe wherere ; he re attended the legislature legislatureHiel legislatureHidl Hiel Hidl Savage was starting startmg the con- con construction contruction - - . struction truction , of a modern brick home homeThe homeThe homeThe The 1 lepair epalr repair work on the pler plera pie & of the theMoab theMoab th < ; Moab bridge across 'across ' Grand river wa was waspronounced wasironounced ; ; . pronounced ironounced unsatisfactory by Inspectoi Inspector InspectorEd Inspectorid Ed id Newhart , and the state engineer engineerhad engineertad had tad halted operations until he coulc could couldcome couldome I come ome to Moab to make an examination examinaton examina- examina - - tion ton of the structureIt structure It was stated that 86 per cent of the theI theotal ! I total otal tax revenue of the state went forducation for foreducation , education ducation _ |