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Show - - . . - . - . - . - . - . - . - . - ' . - + warI Looking 0 n Backward ac war warThrough f i iThrough I I : Through . the : Files : of . : The : Times -Tl Tl - ll 1Tl i 1 , 20 Years Ago This WeekThe ' Week 'Veek Veek WeekThe The gleatest gieatest celebration in ill the hlstolo history hlstoloof thehistory thehlstolo July24 ) of Moab Moabas \\as as was \ \ as staged on July 24 25 and 26 in commemoration of ofPioneer Pioneer day A parade , , ball game , program gameprogram anddances , , horse races galore and dances celebratIOnF made up the celebration filedon F . ; S pusey of Philadelphia Phlladelphla filed on 180 oil claims in Grand county . ofMoab John countyJohn Temple , , 88 , a resident of I Moab thisweek thist for se\ se se\eral se eral seeral several \ eral years , , , died thIs t \ thisweekMoab , eel eek eekMoab . Moab ' people 'People contributed contnbut.ed contnbuted . 0\ 0 0er over \ er $500 500 over$500 over500 $ for the Pioneer day celebra celebra- - celebration celebrahon hon tion . , and a h list t of all donors was waspublished \ waspublished waspublishedAntonio \ as asp published p l d dI dAnt publishedAntonio I bythe Ithe Ant Antonio DlO Martinez , , employed . by I { company'v&s companyvs the Indian Creek Creel . Cattle company , ) ' vv " "as as . as & drowned drownedhen \\hen hen \hen when \ , \ he heas \\as as was \ \ caught In caughtin a flood in Indian Indlan creek creel . thisweek this thisv\eek thisv eek week \ sonDavid \ eek D L Goudelock and caughtI son I David narrowly escaped the same fate samefate The three were crossing thecreek the theI theCl thecicek I Cl creek eek on their horses ' \ when 'hen hen hen the theflood flood struck themManager themManager them themManager Midland Manager J N Coibm COlbm Corbin of the Mid- Mid Mid - land Telephone company and son Jack sonJack returned from MontlceUo Monticello MontlceUowhere Monticellowhere Montlcellowhere where they had repaired the tele- tele telephone telephone tele telephone - phone system . . Prof , . Levi LeVl Edgar Young and a agroup agroup agroup group of Utah Ut.1.h Ut1.h Ut1h . . university uruversity studentsreturned students studentsreturned studentsreturned returned from an extensive extensl\e extensl e \ arch arch- archaeo1cgIcal archaeological archaeological - aeological aeo1cgIcal tnp trip into San Juan coun COUI1- COUI1 coun- - ty county COUI1ty . 40 Years Ago This WeekThe ' Week 'Veek Veek WeekThe The question of piping water m- m in- in in - t to into mt town for tor domestic use was being stUdiCd studied beingstudied beingstUdiCd by J . T . Lovendge Loveridge . , who en- en engaged engaged en engaged - gaged the services of W . H . Flemming Flem- Flem Plem-ming Plem ming - investigatethe ming Flemming , , an engineer , to inveStigate the matter . . 0 o B Lutzenhiscr Lut.zenhiser Lutzenhiser . and Sam zc- zc Mc- Mc , { - Mc-Graw Mc Graw zcGraw McGraw Graw fromColorado , , old-time old time - prospectors from havinglocated Colorado , weie wela were in Moab . , having located miningclaims n1ngclaims some promising mining n n1ng claims in the La . SalsThe SalsThe Sals SalsThe The Grand river ford v w . was as pro- pro pro - nounced nOUI1ced pronounced pronOUI1ced dangerous , , and people at- at at . - tempting temptin attempting , ; to ro cross the stream were takmg taking statedthat weretaking weretakmg chances . The Times stated that a mark should be placed on an both onboth anboth sides of the nver river shoeing shov.1ng shov1ng shoring . I I I the highest point that it 1t is 1s safe to toiford tcford tcfordEditor I iford . ford fordI I fordEdltor ifordEditor I Editor Edltor J N Corbm Corbin expected to toI t tleave < I 1 leave ne.t net ne -.t .t > - . ? > .t t . " week "VIeek VIeek for Denver to get getI gethIs gethis gehis hIs fanulyThe familyThe family fanuly familyThe I The Reds and the Blues stage staged stageda stagea < _ I a great ball ban game here on the 24th 24thThe 24thThe 24thThe The Blues \ won ton \ on by a score of 31 to to25 25 The teams were as follo\\s follo s follows followsRedsFrank follosRedsFrank followsReds \ \ Reds-Frank Reds Frank - - Frank Hall , , Charles FIsh FishF , , F B Hammond P F T Timkins mk1ns mkins , Em EmI EmShafer EmShafer EmShafer I Shafer , , DudVIIson Dud \ Wilson \VIIson VIIson , , John S11llth Smith SmithHeckman , , Hechman Heckman , , A Empey and C Wilson WilsonBlues , , I IHechman Blues-Ed Blues Ed - - Ed Lee , Will Bliss , T , . 0Wakefield 0 0I 0Vakefield 0Wakefield \Vakefield Vakefield Wakefield \ , Jos Rivers , Lee Empey EmpeyE , , I E Taylor , , L Andersen Anderson , , C Johnson John- John JohnII John-son John son - II IIson son Lem Bioughton Broughton and Cookmg- Cookmg Cooking- Cooking Cookmgham Cookingham Cooking-ham Cooking ham - - ham . . . Sam Mullmix MUl1mix , Lem Broughton Broughtonand Broughtonand Broughtonand I ISam and Will Wlll Somerville Some1"V1lle Some1V1lle " \ were \ ere adJudged adJudgedI adJudgedthe adjudgedthe adjudgedthe the best bestaltzers staltzers st \\altzers altzers waltzers \ \ at a dance inMoab m in mMoab inMoab Moab and were presented "With With " a acal.e acake acake I cal.e cale cake . , , which \ was as cut in m three 'gleces gleces j ' piecesThe feces fecesThe The 'glecesThe laugh came \ when then hen the cakewas cakeft cakeI cake ft \ was as cut and discovered to be partially par- par partially par partially - I tially filled with cottonCigarette cotton cottonCigarette I Cigarette smoking smokmg has becomepopuial become becomepopUJ becomepopujai popUJ popuial u among th the inhabitants mhabltallts ofChina of ofChma ofChina Chma China Coolies CooUes who support a fam fam- family family family - ily on a few cents a day manage manageI manageto manageto to buy cigarettes I |