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Show LIFE IN MOAB TWENTY T\VENTY T VENTY TWENTYYEARS \ YEARS TEARSAGOTHIS AGO THIS WEEK 'VEER VEER WEEI ' WEEKFrom ( ( ( From krom the Files of The TImes TImesof Timesof Timesof of May l\lay l lay \ 2 , 1913)C 1913)C 1913) 1913 1913)C ) C A Johnson and Miss MlSS Beth BethWeckesser BethWeckesser BethWeckesser Weckesser , of the high school faculty facultywere , v . were ere married this wee weelrState week weelr weekState State Tieasurer Tleasurer Tteasurer Jesse D Jewkes Jewkesmember , membel member of the state road commisslOn commission commissiontold , told a gathering of Moab people thathe that thathe thathe he heould \ would \\ould ould withhold Wlthhold all permanent work workon workon workon on the desert route for the MIdland MIdlandtrail Midlandtrail Midlandtrail trail until the route down the Grand GrandrIver Grandriver Grandriver rIver by t > y way of Moab was m m\ m mestigated \ , ' estigatedMoab estlgatedMoab estigated estlgated estigatedMoab Moab w \ was as organizing orgamzmg a local council councilof councilof councilof of the Midland Trail association , and and35 35 membeis membels members had joined Dr J W WWillIams WWilliams WWilliams WillIams , , Knox PattersoI Patterson Pattersor ) } and T . W W.Branson WBranson . Branson were promoting promotmg the ideaConsiderable ideaConsiderable idea ideaConsiderable Considerable excitement had been beenaroused beenaroused beenaroused aroused ovei ovel over the striking of rich nch uran uran- uranIUm uranium uranium - ium ore in Dry valley alley 'alley \ ' , , and about 50 50prospectors 50prospectors 50prospectors prospectors were in the dlStnctKnox districtKnox district dlStnct districtKnox Knox Patterson left for Salt Lake to totake totake totake take the state bar examinationDr exammatlonDr examination exammatlon Dr Bruce Easley and Oilie Ollie Pesert Peysert Pesertbad Peysertbad Pe > } serthad bad bought a herd of 100 cattle from fromJ fromJohn fromJohn John J hn Jackson , and had formed fonned aeattle a atattle acattle tattle eattle partnership , , . Horace W Sheley , , who had spentseseral spent spentse spentseveral seeral seseral se\ se \ eral weeks in Moab on engmeermg engineering engmeermgwork engineeringwork engineeringwork work , returned to Salt Lake CItyMr CityMr City CityMr Mr and Mrs D M Cooper enter enter- - I I tained tamed MarjorleShort MarjorieShort In honor of Miss Marjorie , Short , whoas who was \\as as gas \ leaving leavmg for New York YorkCIty YorkCity YorkCity YorkCityMrs CIty CItyMrs Mrs F . M Shafer was tendered a abIrthday abirthday abirthday bIrthday surprise surpnse party . All of the fruit in m the lov 1ow lower . er part of ofthe ofthe ofthe the valleyas valley \ ' was \\as as 'sas sas killed in lasteek's last \\eek's eek's eeks Reek's Reeks \ week'sfreeze weeksfreeze week'sfreezeThe eek'sfreeze ' ' freeze 'freeze Reek's'freeze ' freezeI I 'freezeThe The repair work on the Moab bridge bridgeI bridgeI bridgewas bridgewas bridgewas I I was completed completedW completedI W E Kershaw resigned rsigned { ! as a ranger t ' ton 1on I on the La Sal forest _ _ J - |