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Show LIFE LIJ1"E LIJ1E " IN MOAB TVENTYYEARS TWENTYYEARS \ TWENTY T\VENTY T VENTY TWENTYYEARS YEARS AGO THIS WEEK WEEU WEEI ( - " * . ' ( From the Files Flies of The TImes TImesot Timesof ot of October 3 , 1913)Gar 1913) 1913 1913)Governor ) GO\ GO Gar Governor GOernor \ ernor William Spry and a party partyof partyof partyof , of state of officials lClals were planning a tnp trip through tripthrough tnpthrough Grand and San Juan countiesSan countiesSan counties countiesSan I tnpI San Juan county citizens citlZens were pre- pre pre - - paring parmg preparing preparmg to vote next Tuesday on a $14 14 a$14500 a14500 $ 500 bond issue for good roadsGeorge roadsGeorge roads roadsGeorge George D Winter Wmter , secretary of the theSpamsh theSpanish theSpanish Spamsh Spanish Valley Val1ey Water & < Ss Land com com- company company company - pany , wrote The Times T1mes that the com- com company company com company - pany s reclamation project la 111 in upper abandonedbut Moab upperMoab valley had not been abandoned , but was awal awaiting mg action by the govern govern- government government government - ment relative to segregation of the theland land - - under - - the - Care-v Care v Carey C rey - act . . He sairi saId his his hlS " - . company was anxious to start st work workH workH H E Welchel Weichel was the new manager managerof of the La Sal Mountain Telephone &Electric Electric & ElectrIc company , succeeding H H HPreston Preston PrestonJames HPrestonJames James McWilliams McWllhams and J W Mur Mur- Murphy Mur- Mur Murphy Murphy - - phy . were v.ere vere stalling stalting starting to drill dnll a water well wellin in Dry valley . A daughter was born to Mr , . and Mrs MrsF MrsF MrsF F B H Hammond mmond , Jr . Dr J W Williams WllUams v . was as summoned to summonedto " : "Miner's Miners "Mmer's Mmers 'Miner's " ' ' basin to attend A C Fay Paywho , who was seriously seriot1S1y 111A illA ill 111 illA A A Neff returned from a trip to to1us tohis tohis 1us his old home in Missouri MissouriH H G Green reported ! that several severalinches severalinches I Imches mches inches of snow fell at his ranch at atSpring atSpring atSpring Spring creek , ' and 'and the snow extended extendeddown extendeddown extendeddown down In Dry valley . H H Preston and family left for forTwm forTwin forTwin Twm Twin Falls FaUs , , Idaho , to make their homeJess homeJess home homeJess Jess Tangren and Miss Opal Garman Garmanwere Garmanwere Garmanwere were templeA married in the Salt Lake temple A C Pay Fay , a veteran prospector of ofMiner ofMiners ofMiners Miner Miners placeA s basin basm , died at that place A Mexican MevJcan was hit by a passenger train passengertrain shortlythereafter at Cottons Cottonv Cottonwood . ood , and died shortly thereafter thereafterCOl1l1TIlssionCl thereafterCommissioner shortlythereafterCommisslonei Commisslonei COl1l1TIlssionCl Commissioner John E Pace Pace-and Pace and - - nd En- En EnglDeer Engineer En Engineer - I gineer glDeer H W Sheley went to Dewey to tolook tolook tolook look over the site for the proposed I I I proposedbridge proposedbndge bndge bridge at that ' "place place 'Place " Mr Sheley had hadbeen hadbeen hadbeen been employed by the county to draw drawthe drawthe drawthe | the plansBo plansBo3d plans plansBoid Bo Boid Bo3d d S Hammond left this wfek week ek to toserve toserve toserve serve on ' i 't t ' \ mission to t thp tlip ccntril ccntr\l ccntr l centr'il centril ' ' \ states statesThe statesThe statesThe The Moab school district was advel- advel adver- adver - Using tising advei-tising advei tising advelUsing advertising for bids for 80 tons of coal |