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Show LIFE IN MOAB T\VENTY T VENTY TWENTY TVENTYYEARS TWENTYYEARS TWENTYYEARS \ YEARS AGO THIS WEEKFrom ' WEEK 'VEEJ VEEJ WEEKFrom { - ( From reom the Files FiIes of The Times Timesof Timesof Timesof of April Aprd 14 1916)A 1916) 1916 1916)A ) A shipment of quail quaiJ was 1 r leceivedin eceived eceivedin in Moab this . week v.eek veek from the state statefIsh statefish statefish fIsh and game department , and andwele andweie andweie wele weie turned loose in m the valley valleyThey valleyThey valleyThey They weie were v . el e the first quail to be beplanted beplanted beplanted planted here . J I A heavy term of district court courtI courtwas courtwas courtwas was scheduled for ne next t weekCommissioner week weekCommissioner I . Commissioner V . P . Martin "ent ent aent "entto aentto " wentto .1 1 .1Commissioner to Dewey , to receive officially officl3.lly officl3lly . on onbehalf onbehalf onbehalf behalf of or the county the new su- su suspenfon suspenion su-spenion su spenion - - spenfon spenion bridge across the Colorado Coloradoriver Coloradoriver Coloradoriver river just jU\5t jU 5t jut \ completed by the Mid Mid- Midland Midland Midland - land Bridge- Bridge Bridgecompany ridge . - - company at a cost of $25,000 25000 $25,000A $25,000colored $ 25,000 25000 25,000A , , A - colored -colored minstrel mmstrel troup troop put on ona ona ona a performance at Moab MoabA A M Stocks was tendered a party partyon partyon partyon on his seventy-second seventy second - birthdayDale birthdayDais birthday birthdayDale Dale Dais M Parnott Parrott purchased the theTangren theTangren theTangren Tangren ranch af at Moab for $7500 7500 $ . Grave fears were expressed that thatthe thatthe thatthe the Moab bndge bodge across acros . $ the 0010- 0010 Col- Col - 0010I ColI Colo-rado\river Colo rado river - I -I - rado rado\river rado river \ river would be endangered by byhigh byhigh byhigh high waters this spring spring.c- spring.c spring.cA . \ " - A daughter was born to Mr , . and andM andMrs andMr Mrs M ' "Martin Martin 'Martin " Allred . , and a son to toMr toMr toMr Mr . and Mrs , , Laurance Johnson . Sheep shearing sheanng shearmg ' " had been com com- completed completed completed - pleted at Dewy DewyJ J N Corbin had comjpleted coffilpleted completed tele- tele telephone telephone tele telephone - phone improvements and as s a re- re result result re result - sult Moab could talk to Grand GrandJunction GrandJunction GrandJunction Junction by wire wlrq wlrqSeveral Several sales of stock cattle weremade v.eremade . were v.ere vere made at $50 50 $ per headAn headAn head 1 An elaborate concert was wasI wasscheduled wasscheduled wasscheduled I scheduled to be presented by the theMoab theMoab theMoab Moab Primary association associationD D S L McCorkle returned from fromPennsylvania fromPennsylvania PennsylvanIa , where he " was "as as ca.lled called calledby . calledby by the death of his mother . The Moab Library loaned out 120 120books 120books 120books books In one day this week , wluch which wluchwas whichwas whichwas was the record in m library l1brary service to todare todate todate dare date . , Leon Starmont Stannont , formerly in 111 the theI thestore thestore I store business busmess at Thompsons Thompson , , was wasI wasnow wasnow wasnow now a newspaper reporter attachedto attached | I to Pershmgs Persrung Pershing s e expedition dit1on in in- in in'Mexico inMexico ' - Mexico MexicoI Mexicosearching I searching searchmg for the bandit Villa |