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Show LIFE IN MOAB T\VENTY T VENTY TWENTY TWENTYYEARS \ TWENTYYEARS YEARS AGO THIS WEEKFrom WEEK WEEKFrom ( From the Files of The TImes TImesof Timesof Timesof of April 28 , 1916)Colonel 1916)Colonel 1916) 1916 ) Colonel C E Loose announced announcedthat announcedthat announcedthat that a reduction mill rill would be beelected beerected beelected elected erected at the Big Indian Itldian mine to tohandle tohandle handle the ' immense tonnage ofcopper of ofcopJel ofcoppel copJel copper ; ore found thel theie there e Col Loose Looseand Looseand and his son-in-law son in law son-m-law m - - , Preston G GPeterson GPeterson GPeterson GPetersonisited Peterson \isited isited 'lSited lSited s \ ' the mine and andmade andmade andmade made preliminary prelImmary arrangements for forstartmg forstarting forstarting , startmg starting w " work "ork ork ork Senator Reed Smootand Smoot SmootI Smootand Smootand I and Col Loose owned o\\ned o ned coned \ the tl-e tl e - Big Indian Indian In- In Indian - dian propertyJohn propertyJolm property John Jolm E Brown announced that thathe thatthe the he would have an ice plant operating oper oper- operatmg operating - I 15I ating atmg at Moab by May 15Fred 15Fred 15 15Fred Fred N Prewer purchased twotrucks two twotrucks twotrucks trucks to carry mail mall marl and freight freightbetv freightbetween freightbetween betv between . een Moaband Moab and MontIcelloJudge MonticelloJudge Monticello MonticelloJudge Judge A H Chnstensen ChrIstensen rendered rendereda a decision this . week v.eek veek seek m a case m- m molvmg msolving m-\olvmg m olvmg - olvmg solving \ , the waters of La Sal creel creek creekand creekand , . and its tributaries tnbutarles He placed a duty dutyof dutyof dutyof of 55 acres per iper cubic foot of water watercs wateras wateros cs as a proper use of the La Salwaters Sal Salaters Salwaters \\aters aters waters \ and found that the La Sal SalLn SalLit SalLnestock Ln Lit estock company had a pnmary primary pnmarynght primarynght primarynght nght to sufficient v . water cater ater to Imgate irrigate irrigate829 829 acres of land The case had beenpending been beenpendmg beenpending pendmg pending t\\o t o tv is \ . \ 0 o yearsAbout yearsAbout years yearsAbout About 25 candidates \ weie sere ele initiat IrutIat- IrutIat nitrat- nitrat IrutIated nitrated initiated - ed into mto the local Woodman lodge lodgethis lodgethis lodgethis this ' \ week reek eek , Dale l\L l \ M . . Pamott ParrIOtt Parrott and D E Bald Bald- Baldm Baldwin Baldwin - \ win \\m m of the Moab Garage G3rage were m- m in- in mstalling installing in installing - stalling the first gasoline gasJlme : pump to tomake tomake tomake make its appearance at MoabW Moabw Moab MoabW W P Martin Martm who recently pur- pur purchased purchased pur purchased - chased the large Wcstwater Westwater r.anch ranch r.anchfor ranchfor ranchfor . for $25 25 $ 000 , , w v s . as installing installmg a pump pump- pumping pumping pumping - ing plant and pipe line at a cost of of$10 of10 $10 10 $ 000James 000James 000 000James James Pa ; ) ton pleaded guilty to tovohmtary tovoluntary tovoluntary vohmtary voluntary manslaughter for the thehomICIde thehomicide thehomicide homICIde of James Jackson at Sego Segoand , , and v . was sas as sentenced to seven yea years yearsin yeaisin 1 s sm m in the state ' prison 'Prison sI I |