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Show LIFE LIi'E LIiE } ' IN MOAB TWENTYYEARS TWENTYYEARS TWENTY TWENTYYEARS YEARS AGO THIS WEEIFrOm WEEK WEEI\ WEEI WEEKFrom \ ( ( ( From the Files of The TlDlCS Tunes TlDlCSof Tunesof Timesof of November 14 , 1913)Governor 1913)Governor 1913) 1913 1913)Governor ) Governor Spry gave glowing gloWlng inter mter- mter inter- mterVIews interviews interviews - views of his impressions of southeastem southeastem southeastern - ern em Utah on his return to Salt Lake Lakelast Lakelast Lakelast last week . He stated that the greatest greatestopportunity greatestopportunity greatestopportunity opportunity in the west v'est vest . ' for the young youngman youngman youngman man was to be found in this section sectionJ J . M Cum Cunningham ngham of La Sal stated statedto statedto statedto to The Times Tunes that the proposed auto autoroad autoroad autoroad road from Montrose to Paradox , La LaSal LaSal LaSal Sal , Moab and on . west v.est vest nest , . would v.ould vould develop developmto developinto developinto mto into one of the great transcontinental transcontinentalhighways transcontinentalhighways transcontinentalhighways transcontinentalhighwaysViva highways highwaysVIva Viva Butt , , 10 10-sear-old 10 sear old 10-i 10 i - . ear-old ear old ear.old earold - . daughter of ofMr ofMr ofMr Mr and ancr Mrs P R Butt of Monticello Monticellodied , , dIed at that place , , as a result of ty- ty typhOId typhoid ty typhoid - - phoid fever . . W I Snyder , , grand master , , and Rev Rev.P RevP . . P A Simpkin S1.II1pkm S1II1pkm . , , grand secretary , , of the theUtah theUtah theUtah Utah Odd Fellows fraternity , were in inMoab inMoab Moab on lodge business . The acsessedaluatJon assessed acsessed : valuation \aluatJon aluatJon \ of Grand Grandcounty Grandcounty Grandcounty county was given g1Ven by the state audItor auditoras as $1,674,110 1674110 $ , , . Nearly a million mimon dollars aollars collars had been beenexpended beenexpended beenexpended expended In developing the mines and town of Neslen , and the camp . was v.as vas a avery avery avery very busy bllioY place . Coal miners mmers wele were welemuch weremuch weiemuch much in demandMrs demand demandMrs Mrs John E Pace was called to toPayson toPayson toPayson , Payson by the death of her father fatherDavid , , I David SargeantCourt Sargeant SargeantCourt Court was due to convene in Moab Moabnext Moabnext Moabnext next week The most Important case casefor casefor casefor for trial tnal was that of J . . M Cunning- Cunning Cunningham Cunningham Cunning-ham Cunning ham Cunninghams - ham hams \s s \ s the La Sal Irrigation company com com- company company - pany , involving La Sal water rightsGovernor rights rightsGovernor Governor Spry announced that he hev hew hewould v w . ould recommend sending a . crew of ofconvIcts ofconvicts ofconvicts convIcts to work the Moab-La Moab La - Sa1 Sal Sa1road Salroad Salroad road . H II . . . W . Balsley BaIsley , mayor-elect mayor elect - , was a business whilethere lethere visitor at afc0gden _ Ogden , and w1 while le there was interviewed by a Standard Standardreporter Standardreporter Standardreporter forfuture reporter regarding regardmg the prospects fol for " ' future development in southeastern southeasternUtah southeasternUtah southeasternUtah southeasternUtahAn Utah UtahAn @ An engineering engmeering firm finn from Kansas- Kansas KansasCIty KansasCity KansasCity - CIty had started to survey a line lme fol for fora fora " ' a ! railroad rroroad to run from Cortez , , Colo Colo.to Coloto . . to Moab and on to Salt Lake |