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Show [ LIFE LU'E LUE APE ' IN \ MOAB l\IOAB l IOAB TWENTYYEARS \ TWENTY T\VENTY T VENTY TWENTYYEARS YEARS AGO THIS 'VEElrram WEE1ifrom ' WEEK 'VEEl\ 'VEEl VEEl WEE1i WEEKFrom \ I INovember ( From rram the FJ Files of The Times of ' "November November " November 7 , 1933)At 1933) 1933 1933)At ) At Tuesday's Tuesdays ' ' municipal election electionthere , , there ' " was as probably more ink used than thanat thanat thanat at any election ever held in any town townm townin townin m in the state An independent ticket ticketwhich , , which had not been named in any anyi anyconvention anyconvention i convention and which was not printed printedon printedI I on the ballots . , , vas succe successful ful in win win- winil winning winning - ning every office contended for , the thevoters thevoters thevoters il ilnIng voters writing in the names of their theircandidates theircandidates theircandidates candidates H W . Balsley was elected electedmayor electedmayor electedmayor mayor by a large majority , and Bert BertAllred BertAllred BertAllred Allred , , G P Bryan , Je Jesse " ' Maxwell Maxwelland Maxwelland Maxwelland and L L Taylor were elected trustees trusteesthe , , the last tv two . 0 being bemg supported by both bothgroups bothgroups bothgroups groups A total of 156 votes were cast castin castin castin in the townGovernor town townGovernor Governor William Spry and party partyleft partyleft partyleft left yesterday for Salt Lake City . , . after afterspendmg afterspending afterspending spendmg spending a week in Grand and San SanJuan SanJuan SanJuan Juan counties The governors governor s party partywere partywere partywere were tendered many banquets and en- en entertainments entertainments en entertainments - tertainments while whUe hereJ here hereJ J N Roberson left for Geoigia GeOlgia , to tomake tomake I Imake make his homeThe home homeThe The road from Valley City to toThompsons toThonipsons toThompsons Thompsons Thonipsons was being gI giadcd graded aded and andshaled andshaled andshaled andshaledJ shaled shaledJ J W Humphrey of Logan the new newsupervIsor newsupervisor newsupervisor supervIsor of the La Sal forest , arnved arrived arnvedthIS arrivedthis arrivedthis thIS week , , and was on an inspection inspectiontnp inspectiontrip inspectiontrip tnp trip over the forest . Mr : and Mrs Jack Wade , parents cf of cfJ ofJ , ofJ J L and John F Wade , arrived in inMoab inMoab inMoab Moab to make their home . By a majority of ot 349 votes . , Grand GrandJunction GrandJunction GrandJunction Junction decided to remain dry In a alocal alocal alocal local option election The influence Infiuencc of ofthe ofthe ofthe the Daily DalIy Sentinel Sentmel , whose editor editorWalter , Walter Walker , staunchly opposed the thereopening thereopening thereopening reopening of the saloons , was t the thefactor thegreatest e egreatest greatest factor In the defeat of the the"wets the"wets the"wets thewets "wets wets " " The Ides theater was staging a baby babycontest babycontest babycontest contest , pictures of all babies entered enteredbeing enteredbeing enteredbeing being thrown on the screen Much in- in interest interest in interest - terest was aroused throughout townW townW town townW LoveridgeAlbert W . G . SomerviUc Somerville , , C . A LoverIdge , , Albert Maxwell MaxwelI , Don Loveridge and andWIlson andWilson andWilson WIlson Allred returned from KansaS KansaSCltv KansasCitv KansasCity Cltv Citv , where they took shipments of ofcattle ofcattle ofcattle cattle . J M Cunningham and Company Companywere Companywere Companywere were on a deal to t tb sell their large La L:1 L1 : Sal ranch and stock outfit to Chicago capI- capI capItalists capitalists capitalists - talists , the deal to Involve approximately approxi- approxi approximately approxlmately - mately $650,000 650000 $650,000A $ , , A M . M . . Robertson purchased the Her- Her Herbert Herbert Her Herbert - bert Day ranch on Wilson mesa , the theconsideration theconsideration theconsideration consideration being bemg $2750V $2750V $2750 2750 $2750V $ V P Martin Martm , B L Famsworth Farnsworth , Hy- Hy Hyrum Hyrum Hyrum - - rum Alien Allen and W . E Gordon were weresummoned weresummoned wersummoned summoned to Salt Lake City Clty to testifybefore testify testifybefore testifbefore before a federal grand jury fury in the case caseof caseof casof of the government against H . A ABergh ABergh ABergh Bergh , former supervisor of the La Sal Salforest Salforest Salforest forest . |