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Show LIFE IN MOAB TWENTYYEARS TWENTY T'VENTY TVENTY TWENTYYEARS ' YEARS YEAHS AGO THIS 'VEEIFrom WEEHFrom ' WEEK 'VEEI\ 'VEEI VEEI WEEH WEEKFrom \ ( From the F Files es of The TJmes Times TJmesof Timesof Timesof of April Aprll 16 , 1915)G 1915)G 1915) 1915 1915)G ) G P . Bryan was appointed post post- postmaster postmaster postmaster - master of Moab , succeeding D A . John- John John.son Johnson John-son John son - .son son . . The change was wad wa $ expected to be bemade bemade bemade made about May 1 . Don Loveridge and Miss Mary Reedv Reedw Reed Reedvere v w . v-ere v ere - ere married this week , LT A son was bom born to Mr . and Mrs L T Quigley , , and a ajiaughterfco daughter to Mr . . and , - Mrs Lcn Len Woodruff . purchasedthe Glen Hudson this week purchased the Hammond ranch in lower Moab Moabvalley Moabvalley Moabvalley valley from F . B . Hammond , Jr . The county commissioners conunJssloners gave the theMIdland theMidland theMidland I IThe MIdland Bridge company an amended amendedcontracy amendedcontrac.rfor amendedcontract contracy contracytor contrac.rfor contracrfor . for tor , the construction of ot the theDewey theDewey theDewey Dewey suspension bridge , and the com com- company company company - pany bridgeby contracted to complete the bridge by October 15The 15The 15 15The The Times printed pnnted a drawing of a aI anew anew anew I new $18 18 $ 000 school building bullding to be erect erect- erecti erected erected erected - i ed at Monticello MonticelloA I A steady stream of land hunters was . i Ii I I passing through Moab ryIoab Iyfoab en route to the theI thedry thedry thedry dry farm district around Monticello MonticelloSeveral MonticelloSeveral MonticelloSeveral I Several of them were taking in trac trac- tractors tractors tractors - tors and other heavy equipment . John E . Brown opened a new res res- restaurant restaurant restaurant - taurant , witn wltn W . . J . . Gardner in charge The Tile Tl chargeThe chargeTl chargeTile e organization of the Moab State StateBank StateBank StateBank Bank was progressing progressmg . Old Polk , Posey and the other Piute IndIans PiuteIndians arrestedin arrested m lD in the recent upris upris- - I PiuteI ing uprising at Bluff Bluft , had been released from fromcustody fromcustody fromcustody custody theirhomes and allowed to return to their atDenver homes Tse Tm Ne-Gat Ne Gat - was being bemg held at Denver awaiting tnalThe trialThe tnal trial tnalThe ofBlack The new road to La Sal , by way of Black traffic trafflC traffie canyon , was to be open lor for traf traf- - . fic flC fie next week . I |