Show LIFE IN MOAB TWENTY VENTY I YEARS YEAH A AGO GO fUIS I From Proof the f Times I of January 23 1914 I George W Perkins well known resi- resi resident resident I dent of southeastern Utah for 25 years died at Peter oS Hlll this is week as theion the result result of a a aheart heart heart attack A petition ion aas as presented resented to the town board board by C A Hammond Hammond asking for forI fora to install and an franchise I electric electric a sy n the town of 01 Moab It was as expected that the government I to withdraw from entry all radium lands not already located As Asa Asa a 1 result of this rumor hundreds of I prospectors were at work rn m this district claims The need nee a of a across the Grand river at Dewey ey was illustrated I thIs seek eek when an Ice gorge took out the ferry and It down rIver 10 mUes miles andAll All traffic traffic from Cisco o south was suspended Congressman Jacob Johnson had just introduced a bill n in congress ask ask- askling asking ing for fOI an appropriation of 75 to ling dredge the channels of the Grand and Green rIvers and open the streams for navIgation postmaster D A Johnson vas as moving moving ing the from flom the old county court house to the rear of the Shafer building frank Moesta of Ohio was an arrival this week A rainstorm Saturday caused a flood m in the river which took out all the Ice and incIdentally stopped the work of putting up ice for summer use The Mont Mesa Mining and Milling company of Grand Junction was shipping a large amount of mining to its uranium claims In DrY valley One of the Rambler stage outos got caught in a flood m Courthouse wash and was buried In mud Dr Bruce Easley was called to Court Court- Courthouse Courthouse house station to attend Mr and Mrs W W Ellsbury both of whom hom were m ill George Stocks of La Sal reported two and one half feet of snow at that place and an extreme depth m in the La Sal mountains A son as born to Mr and Mrs A AM AM M Stocks |