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Show LIFE LIlt'E LIltE ' IN MOAB TWENTYYEARS \ TWENTY T\VENTY T VENTY TWENTYYEARS YEARS AGO THIS WEElFrom WEE1From WEEK WEEl\ WEEl WEE1 WEEKFrom \ ( From the Files Flies of The TJmcs Times TJmcsof Timesof Timesof of June 27 , 1913)State 1913) 1913 1913)State ) State Road Engineer E B R It Morganmade Morganmade Morgan made a trip to Grand county andfound and andfound : found that good progressas progress " \ was \\as as vcas \ bemg being beingmade beingmade : I made in m opening the Midland traIl trailacross trailacross : across the desert de.sel1t desel1t . , so that it would be bein bein , in readiness for the trip of Indiana IndianaI Indianamotorists Indianamotorists Indianamotorists I motorists who planned a transcontin transcontin- trans transcontinental transcontinental eon tin- tin tinI tinental - - I ental trip over the road thb thi thL . : summer summerI summerThe summerThe summerThe The work v . was as being done undef undel undct . ' the theI thedirection thedirection thedirection I direction of J P . Miller . , I Clyde A Hammond was planning to toleave toleave toleave leave soon for Chicago to commence commencethe commencethe commencethe the study of medicine . Miss Sibyl Stbyl Shafer was appointed appointeddeputy appointeddeputy appointeddeputy deputy county clerk and recorder recordersucceeding , succeedl11g succeeding R It C Clark , resigned resignedA A big program for the Fourth of ofJl ofJuly ofJuly Jl July Y had been ananged , , calling callmg for a athreeday athreeday athree-day athree day three-day three day - celebration . Greenriver voted this tillS week to retain retainlicensed retainlicensed retainlicensed licensed saloons , the vote being 176 176to 176to 176to to 57 57o 0 o W McConkle and 0 A Tangren Tangrenleft Tangrenleft Tangrenleft left for Vernal on Insurance business . 0 o Barlow Wlllmarth Willmarth . , well wen l1 known knowncarnotIte knowncarnotite knowncamotite carnotIte mining man , had just com com- corn- corn completed cornpleteci completed - pleted pleteci an Inspection of the Moab car- car carnotite carnotite car-notlte car notlte - notite . district d.1strict d1strict , and reported great greatpossibll1tIes greatpossibilities greatpossibilities greatpossibilitiesThe possibll1tIes possibilities possibll1tIesThe possibilitiesThe The Woodmen hall han ball was undergoing undergoingextensive undergoingextensive undergoingextensive extensive improvements and altera- altera alteratIons alterations altera-I altera I - tions Amorrg Among other things a b1.lcony b1lcony bilcony b1.lconywas bilconywas bilconywas . was being installed . , The J . A Huff Hillf buggy team staged a arunaway arunaway arunaway runaway on Main street , . causing con- con con - siderable slderable excitement excitementM M R It Coxe , plumber , was installing installingmodem installingmodern installingmodem modem modern bath . outfits in a number of ofMoab ofMoab ofMoab Moab homes He went to Castle valley valleyto valleyto valleyto to install plumbing in the J . E Pate Patehome Patehome Patehome PatehomeJ : home homeJ homea . a J E Brown sold 100 head of cattleito cattle cattlerOO cattleto rOO ito George Snyder of Dove Creek and and100 1100 100 head to W . , E Gordon of Indian IndianCreek IndianCreek , Creek . . J . B Skewes , Byron Davis and andMervin andMervin andMervin Mervin Davis went to Miner's Miners ' ' ' basin to towork towork i iwork work in the Tornado mine nune . I ISupcrvISOr Supervisor SupcrvISOr H A Bergh returned returnedfrom returnedfrom returnedfrom from a trip 0er 01 0\ 0 oi \ er the La Sal mountains mountainsand , and end reported the higher ranges were werebadly werebadly werebadly badly in n need d of rain |