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Show - LIFE IN MOAB TWENTY TWENTYYEARS TWENTY1 I YEARS AGO THIS 'VEEII 'VEEIt 'VEEII ' WEEK 'VEEI\ 'VEEI VEEI WEEI \ { I - I I I j jfrom ! ( ( From rrom the Files of The Times Timesof Timesi 4 1915)Memorial 1915) 1915 ) I of June , I ! Memorial day " was "as as fittingly observ observe observed'with observedwith l lwIth lc lcwith ' wIth a program at the ward meetingI meeting I \ house Music was furnished by bya bydouble by _ - a aI adouble adouble double mixed quartet under Prof . JW J -W W W W.Nash WNash . . I Nash , and the address was made by byI byC byJO I ' C A RobertsonMiss RobertsonMISS Robertson I RobertsonI 1 Miss Ruth Beyler and Lance L Taylorwere Taylor Taylorwere Taylorwere were married marned this week at Provo Provo.1 Provo1 . prospectorI John Schumann , , old time prospector prospectorof prospectorI IJohn I I of the La Sal mountains , , died this thisv thisweek thisweek v . week eek at MoabAll MoabAll Moab MoabAll All La Sal forest officers had been beenappointed beenappointed ! appomted appointed game wardens wardensL 1 L A Mernll Merrill of the Utah Agricul Agncul- Agncul Agricul- Agncultural Agricultural Agricultural - - ! ' tural college , v . well ell known here , waskilled was wasI wask1lled waskilled k1lled killed in an automobile accident at atSalt atSalt atSalt I Salt Lake , . Mr . Merrill Merr1ll established the thestate thestate thestate state experime experimental tal farm fann at Verdure , San Juan . Samuel B Locke armed anned aru'ved aruved ' this week weekfrom weekfrom weekfrom from the Sa Sawtooth v . tooth forest in Idaho to tobecome tobecome become supervisor supervlsor of the La Sal Na- Na National National Na National . - tional forest , succeeding succeedmg J W . Humph Humph- Humphrey Humphrey Humphrey - rey . . " - ( \ + Price and Greenrh Greenrl'v Greenrlv Greenrher ' er good roads enthusiasts enthusiasts en- en enthuslasts - thuslasts thusiasts had builfc buIlt a " "bridge bridge " over thePnce thePrice the Price Pnce river at Woodside . Prof Marcus E Jones , eminent emment bot- bot botanist botanist bot botanist - anist and geologist , and Robert Woodruff Woodruff Wood- Wood Woodruff - ruff , , Greenrher Greenr1\er Greenr1 er Greenriser \ engineer engmeer , had cOm- cOm cOmpleted - pleted a trip over Wilson mesa . Prof . Jones was preparing preparmg an article for The TheTimes TheTimes Times describin describing descr1bin the htanical ? botanical , and andgeologIcal andgeological geological features of or : th'e the ' Moab secHe sec sec- sec secfion - . [ fion ion He said some of the rarestplant rarest -plant plant slant plantspecimens slantspecimens - plantspecimens specimens in the \ world orld v . were ere foundhere found fotmd here . . John J Roberson . went v.ent vent to Monticello Monticellowhere Montlcellowhere where \ here he was g1\ g1 ghen g1en \ en the contract for formaking formaking making the brick bllck buck for a new school schoolhouse schoolhouse schoolhouse house . . . This ThlS v . was as a back\\ back backward backard \ \ ard spring sprmg m in the themountains , and sheep \ were \ ere reported tobe to tobe tobe be suffering . . The Moab town board was installing Installinga a street drinking dnnking fountainThe fountainThe fountain fountainThe The new county board of educatIon educatIonwas educationwas educationwas was scheduled to meet next Monday to toorganize toorganize toorganize organize by electingofficers electing _ officers |