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Show . LIFE LIl1'E LIl1E ' IN MOAB TWENTY TWENTYYEARS TWENTYYEARS YEARS AGO THIS WEEK WEEl\ WEEl WEE1t WEE1tFrom WEElFrom WEEKFrom \ ( ( From the Files FlIes of The Times Tunes TimesI Timesof Tunesof Timesof of August 1 , , 1913)Dee 1913) 1913 1913)Dee ) ) I Dee Higgins Hlggms , Moab young man , was wasinstantly wasinstantly wasInstantly I IDee instantly killed near the Mud Sprmg Springs Springssawmill Springssawmill sawmill , when he " , was as struck on the thehead thehead thehead I Isawmill head by a falling tree He \ was as 23 23years 23years 23years years of ageI ageJmhs ageJinks age ageJinks Jinks Jmhs King , , well known Monticello Monticelloman Monticelloman Monticelloman I man was the victim of an unexplained unexplainedtragedy unexplainedtragedy unexplainedtragedy tragedy , , \ when hen his dead body was wasfound wasfound wasfound found at Bishop springs , 20 mlles miles mllesfrom milesfrom milesfrom from Monticello , lying lymg in a pool of ofblood ofblood ofblood blood near his h15 horse It was thought thoughtthat thoughtthat thoughtthat that he had been thrown from hishorse his hishorse hishorse horse and kicked by the amoralDr animal ammal amoral animalDi Di Dr F . . P Hammond left foi Salt SaltLake SaltLake SaltLake Lake to take the state medical exam exam- examination examination examination - ination He then intended mtended to return returnto returnto returnto to Chicago , to serve t\\ t two t0 \ \ 0 years as an anintern anintern anIntern intern in m the Cook . county hospital hospitalafter , . after which he expected e"pected epected " to come to toUtah toUtah toUtah II IIafter Utah to locateOne locate locateOne I IOne One of the ' ' Rambler ' ' automobilesi automobilesfoi automobile automobiles ! . * I IfOl foi fOl use on the Moab-Thompsons Moab Thompsons Moab-"rhompsons "rhompsons rhompsons - - " stage stageline stagej stageI I line had reached ThompsonsGrand Thompsonsl ThompsonsI Thompsons ThompsonsGrand Grand , Emery and Carbon countIesv countiesVere counties I ! Vere v ere under quarantine quarantme for sheep sheepscabIes sheepscabies sheepscabies sheepscabiesFuneral scabIesI scabIes scabIesFuneral Funeral services service < ; for "Uncle Uncle " ' ' Joseph JosephW JosephW JosephW I W Moore v . were ere held , , the speakers speakersbe111g speakersbemg speakersbeing be111g bemg J H Johnson , , Henry HolY03k Holyoak HolY03kand Holyoakand Holyoakand and J H St"andiflrd Standiflrd Standrfird StandrfirdOwners St St"andiflrdOwners " nd1fird nd1firdOwners Owners of carnotite claims near nearSagers nearSagers nearSagers Sagers leceived 1eceived received $4000 4000 $ in cash for a acarload acarload acarload carload of uranium uramum ore , which was wasshipped wasshipped wasshipped shipped to Europe The 40 tons tonsbrought tonsbrought tonsibrought brought $100 100 $ per tonSan tonSan ton tonSan San Juan county had called an elec- elec election election elec election - - tion for Sept 9 to vote on the question ques ques- question question - tion of bonding the county for $15 15 $15000for 15000for $ 000 000for 000for for roadsE roadsE roads roadsE E J Cook and T S Turner of ofGreenriver ofGreenriver ofGreenriver Greenriver , , . Ford car dealers , , were 111 m 111Moab mMoab mMoab Moab trying to sell CArsGrand carsGrand cars carsGrand Grand county ranges were excep excep- - I - , tionally dry , and the prospects for live- live livestock livestock livestock - stock next winter wmter not so goodTv goodTwo good goodTwo Tv . Two 0 shifts of miners mmers were employed employedin in the Tornado mine mme at Miner's Miners Mmer's Mmers ' bas1n basin basinand . , and the Thomson stamp mill VIas was VIashandlIng washandling wa ; handling the ore from the property propertyIn In a pioneer day parade at Grayson Graysona , a . mock battle between betv.een betveen . Indians and andplOneers andpioneers ancpioneers plOneers pioneers v . was as staged taged There was mueh much muehgunfIre muchgunfire mucl-gunfire mucl gunfire - gunfIre with blank cartridges cartndges , but one onebullet onebullet onbullet ( bullet proved to be the real stuff The Theball Theball Theball ball struck strock H Black and J Washburn Washburninflicting , mfl1ctmg inflicting painful flesh woundsAll v.oundsAll , . wounds v.ounds vounds woundsAll All stray sheep on desert range ranges rangeswere rangeswere ; were being bemg killed by Sheep InspecioiA InspectorA Inspector A A Taylor , as a means of stampmg stamping stampmgout stampingout stampingout out scabies |