Show I LIFE IN MOAB TWENTY I YEARS AGO THIS WEEK From the FIles of 01 The Times of Nov 13 1914 District court scheduled to convene next Monday wIth a tv two day day o-day session in sIght The reclamation bureau had aban aban- abandoned its efforts to find bedrock by byI I drilling a ell Rell at the Junction of the Grand and Green rIvers The La Sal MercantIle company this week scent ent into voluntary receivership for the benefit of its creditors The Moab Relief society acting for forthe forthe the Red Cross was collecting funds to togo togo go to the sufferers in Belgium and I other othel European countries stricken by bythe bythe the great war Mrs Martha Ham Hammond Hammend mend mond Mrs Jane Peterson and Mrs Esther were ere m in charge of the drive Bert and Wilson Allred this week sold to Edward their interest In the Thompsons Moab-Thompsons stage line and were ere gIvIng their entire att attention to the Monticello Moab-Monticello line The Taylor Land and com com- company company pany owning large ranch and stock interests In the Book mountains was this week Incorporated The town of Duchesne was this Reek eek chosen as county seat of the new county of Duchesne defeating Reese Roose- Roosevelt velt and Myton by a big majority I Nephi Cruser or of FaIrview arrived this week eek to take charge of the in- in installation installation of the local lighting system All shipments of cattle into Utah had been stopped to guard against the spread of the foot and mouth disease To cut down its operating costs due to the depression caused by the great war the D R G railroad had dis discontinue continue tw t o 0 pa passenger nger trams and lard laId off a large number of telegraph operators and other employees |