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Show LIFC i,1FC i1FC , IN MOAB l\10AB l 10AB 111OAB \ TWENTYYEARS " \ TWENTY 1\VENTY 1 VENTY TWENTYYEARS YEARS AGO THIS WEEK WEEI\ WEEI WEEKFrom WEEIFrom WEEKFrom \ ( From the Files nics riles of The TImes TImesof Timesof Timesof of Nov . 21 , 1913)In 1913) 1913 1913)In ) In spite of a dry season , good crops cropswele cropswere cropsweie I cropsI wele were raised on San Juan dry farms , the theYleld theyield theyield Yleld yield of wheat being about 20 bushels bushelsI bushelsper bushelsper I per acreA acre acreA 1 A fne fare farewell sell ell party was given glven for Mr Mrand , I Iand and Mrs A A Neff , who weie wele were leaving leavingfor leavingfor leavingfor for Grand Junction to make their theirhome theirhome theirhome home . M R Walkel Walker sold his hlS Moab ranch ranchto ranchto ranchto , to Charles Charle . Stewart , , the consideratlon consideration consideratlonbeing considerationbeing considerationbeing being $3000 3000 $ . The Moab Co-op Co op - company had pur-chosed pur chosed pur- pur purchosed purchosed - - chosed the local warehouse of the theConsolidated theConsolidated theConsolidated Consolidated Wagon & Machine Machme com- com company com company - . pany fiany . B L Farnsworth , , manager ot of otthe ofthe ofthe the latter concern , planned to move to toProvo toProvo toProvo toProvoState Provo Provostate State Indian Inman Agent Creel returned to toSalt toSalt . . Salt Lake from a trip to the San Juan Juanriver Juanriver flver river country , where he made an JuanI un- un unsuccessful un unsuccessful . - I : successful uccessul : ; ! effort to get a large number numbercf ' ' cf of Navajo avajo Indians to return to numberI their theirreservation theirreservation theirreservation I reservation Mr . Creel said he believ believ- believed believed believed - ed drastic steps would have to be taken takenwIth takenwith takenwith wIth the Indians to get them back on ontheIr ontheir ontheir theIr reservation reservationA A hhort hort short session of district distrlct COUl comt court t wa was washeld washeld < . , held with lth Judge A H Christensenpresiding Christensen Christensenprewldmg Christensenpre pre prewldmg . idmg The La Sal water case was wascontmued wascontinued wascontinued contmued continued for the termThe termThe term termThe The Denver & Rio Grande had hadstarted hadstarted hadstarted started to build its new line lme over overSoldier overSoldier overSoldiers Soldier s Summit SummitA A deal was being closed whereby A AM AM AM M Starmont & San were selling tho the thoThompsons theThompsons theThompsons Thompsons store property to TurnE'r TurnEr TurnE'rBrothers TurnerBrothers TurnerBrothers TurnerBrothersDr ' Brothers BrothersDr Dr M H Rose Rov . e of Ogden , \ well \ ell known knownsheepman knownsheepman knownsheepman sheepman , was planning plannmg to mo\ mo move moe mo'e \ ' e to toMoab toMoab toMoab Moab for the winter winterAmong lnter inter lnterAmong interAmong Among the outside outslde attorneys here herefOl herefot herefoi fOl fot court were D D Houtz , F . , E EWoods EWoods EWoods Woods , J N Powers , Charles L LWahlquist LWahlquist LWahlquist Wahlquist and P T Parnsworth Farnsworth ParnsworthPresident FarnsworthPresldent FarnsworthPresident President Presldent Joseph r P Smith of the L LD LD LD D S clrch dhrch cllirch cl/ cl / rch observed his seventy- seventy seventyfifth seventyfifth seventy-fifth seventy fifth - fifth birthday this week reek eek . . Mr . and Mrs I A Martm Martin of Ouray OurayColo , Colo , were in Moab for a visit with withrelatives withrelatives withrelatives relatives |