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Show LIFE IN MOAB TWENTYYEARS TWENTY TWEN1'Y TWEN1Y TWENTYYEARS ' YEARS AGO THIS WEElFrom WEERFrom WEEK WEEl\ WEEl WEER WEEKFrom \ ( From the Files Flies of The Times Timesof Timesof Timesof of Jan . 24 , 1913)The 1913)The 1913) 1913 1913)The ) The high school band , organized re- re recently recently re recently - - cently by John Bailey , was making makinggood makinggood makinggood good progress The members were wereBert wereBert wereBert Bert Garman , West . Hammond Ha.mmond , Alma AlmaFarnsworth AlmaFamsworth Farnsworth , Carl Ca.rl . Berry , Leslie Leslle Foy PoyEarl , Earl Farnsworth . , : Marble Bcrgh Bergh , John JohnShafer JohnShafer JohnShafer Shafer , Henry Goodman , Jack EImer Elmer EImerand Elmerand Elmerand and Austin Berry . A committee , consisting consistmg of C A A.Johnson AJohnson . Johnsen Johnson , , John Peterson , , Knox patter-\ patter PatterI patter.son Patter- Patter Patterson Patter-son Patter son - I \ ! .son son . , , F B Hiammond Hammond , , Jr , , and L L LTaylor LTaylor Taylor , , was appointed to devise ways waysand waysand I Iand and means for reorganizing the Moab ' MoabCommercial club , which w1uch had MoabII been beenslumbermg beenslumbering beenslumbering II slumbermg slumbering for the past 'Past ' year . Annie Anme , , . 20-year-old 20 year old - - daughter of Wil W Wil- William William - I liam Ham S Somervllle Somerville : > mervil1e , died this , week v-eek v eek - fol- fol folI following fol following - - lowing a lingering lmgering illnessGreenriver illnessGreetUwer Illness IllnessGreenriver ' Greenriver GreetUwer now had four saloons saloonswhile , whlle while Moab had none , local option be- be beI bemg being - I ' mg ing In effecti effectA effect A daughter effectI was bom born to Mr and andMrs andMrs andMrs I Mrs Martm Martin Allred . These were busy days in the cOW1ty county cOW1tyclerk's countyclerk's countyclerk's countyclerks clerk's clerks ' ' office , , where hundreds of oil oillocatIon oillocation oillocation locatIon notices were being bemg recordedJohn recorded recordedJohn I IJohn John E Brown had purchased the theI the"RIver the"River the"River theRiver I "RIver RIver " Ranch " in m the lower part orI ofthe of or I the valley , the total considerationi considerationmg consideration considerationbeing being mg $7,932Thomas " $7,932 7932 $7,932Thomas $ , I IThomas Thomas B Foy was painfully burn burn- burned burned burned - ed when he extinguished extlngwshed a fire fife at his hishome hishome hishome home , which for a tune tIme thr threatened 3.tened 3tened . to todestroy todestroy todestroy destroy the buildingFor building bulldIng buildingFor I IFor For the first time in many months monthsGrand , I Grand county had sufficient funds fW1ds on onhand onhand onhand hand to pay all outstanding warrantsI warrantsThe warrantsThe warrants warrantsThe I The annual stockholders ' meetingsof meetmgsof meetmgs meetings of the Moab Co-op Co op - - e company mpany meetmgsI , , the theMoab theMoab theMoab I Moab Irrigation company , , the La Sat Sal SatMountaIn SalMountain SalMountain MountaIn Telephone & Electric com- com company com company - comil il pany , , the Moab Transportation company com com- company company - pany , , the Grand County Pubhshlng Publishing Publishingcompany Publishingcompany I Icompany company and the Indian Ind1an Creek Cattle Cattlecomany Cattlecomany Cattlecomany comany were held this week weekI I |