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Show 10o 1 1nt -n-t n t + - . _ _ _ . _ _ _ ' _ ' _ - 1 f 'Looking Looking ' 0o in ! Backward BackwardThrough l Through the Files of The TimesNlirpt TimM Times - . . - . . . - . . - . , - . - " - . -N-li-rp-t N li rp t - - - - . , , 20 Years Ago This Week 'Veek Veek ' . I The Times published publ1shed a column of ofpolItical ofpolitical ofpolitical polItical gossip gossipSchool I ISchool I ISchool School was scheduled to open on onSeptember onSeptember onSeptember September 11 . onI I Murphy Brothers this v . week eek pur- pur purchased purchased pur purchased - - chased the Tangren ranch on South SouthI SouthMesa SouthMesa SouthMesa I Mesa , including mcludmg livestock The con- con conI conSlderatIon consrderatron con consideration - I sideration SlderatIon srderatron was ey31,500The $31,500 31500 ey31,500 ey31500 $31,500The $ 31,500 31500 , , The band of Piute PlUte Indians , head head- headed headed . - ed by Old Polk and Old Posey , who whoprom'Jed whopromed whopromVsed prom'Jed promJed promed ' ; General Genera1 Hugh L Scott Scottthat Scottthat Scottthat that they theyvould they'could \vould vould \'could 'could could would \ ' sta stay ' out of ot San SanJuan SanJuan SanJuan Juan county , had icturned Ieturned returned to Allen Allencan Allencanyon Aliencannon can canyon on neai neal near Blandin BlandingThe Blanding BlandingThe The postotCice postotItee postofTice ' C Cyclops Ci clops " had been beenestablIshed beenestablished beenestablished establIshed at Buckee Buckeye BuckeeIth Bucke } e eith , , \\ith ith with \ \ Octave OctaveCouraud OctaveCouraud OctaveCouraud Couraud as postmasterMoab postmaster postmasterMotb Motb M01b Moab was experiencing a build build- build-I build I buildImg building building - ing mg boom , with several new residences resi- resi residences resi residences - dences being built bunt The Woodmenhall Wcodmen Wcodmenhall Wcodmenhall hall and Moab State Bank build build- buildmgs buildings buildings - ings mgs ingsere \ \\ere ere were \ \ ere being remode1edMISS remodeled1vriss remodeled remode1ed remodeledMiss Miss 1vriss Edna Bankhead xeturned returned xeturnedfrom returnedfrom returnedfrom from Chiutluqua Ch1.uhuqua Ch1uhuqua Chautauqua . , N Yhere Y . , \ where \\here here \ she sheattended sheattended sheattended attended a library schoolThe schoolThe school schoolThe The Moab canning cannmg factory v . was waspacking waspacking as aspackmg packmg packing tomatoes peaches and andpears andpears andpears pears , cnl cnly ' the choicest fruits frUlls being beingcanned beingcanned beingcanned beingcannedJimes canned cannedJ1.n1es cannedJames J-imes J imes J1.n1es J1n1es James . - McCabe of Do\ Do Dov Doe \ e a Creek and andMISS andMiss andMiss MISS Jessie Crapo of Moab v w . weremarried erE eremarried ' married this week weekThe v . weekThe eek eekThe The eight-year-old eight year old - - - son of Ben- Ben Ben - jamin jamm Jamn Benjamin Benjamm BenJamn ( Black of Blanding Blandhlg \ was as klll- klll kill- kill kllled killed kill killed - ed . when v.hen vhen a heavy leg 1cg lcg rolled on hIm hImI hImat himat himat I at placeCharles a sawmill near that place p1ace : Republican Charles Char1es Evans Hughes Repub Repub- - lican candidate for president w \ wason as ason ason on a v . western estern campaign tour . I daughterMiss John T Lovendge and daughter . Miss Hazel returned from a trip to tosouthern tosouthern I 1 > outhern southern CaliforniaCharles California Cahfonua CaliforniaCharles . Charles Char1ec ; Kelley of Cisco announc announc- announced announced announced - - ed his hl5 candidacy for count county } at- at at - attorney torney torneyi I i 40 Yeais Yeals Yeats Ago This 'VeekAnnouncement WeekAnnouncement ' Week 'Veek Veek WeekAnnouncement Announcement was made that thatschool thatschool IBChOOl thatIBChOOl IBChOOlou1d school \ would \\ou1d ou1d open September 14 A AMolyneu AMolyneue AMolyneu Molyneu- Molyneu Molyneue MolyneuMiss - . : r . , Miss Mabel Benson Bemon and andThomas andThomas andThomas Thomas S Highman Hlghman v w . were ere the tea- tea teachef teachers tea teacher - cher chef chers : > emp10J employed ed for district No 1P 1F 1 1P P F L Smith of Nebraska had located hadlocated at Moab and announced announcedthat that he heouId would \\ouId ouId \ commence the man man- manufacture manufacture manufacture - ufacture of cigars here It vvas vvasstated \ wasstated as asstated stated that the river bottom lands landswere landswere were \ ere line fine for tobacco raising ral.slng ralslng . ' . J P . Stcele Stee1e Steele , . who v.ho vho aho had reccnt1y recently recentlybought reccnt1ybought bought shoptransferred the Moa Moab b barber shop , transferred it back to E E Shafer , vv , \ ho , was t \ as now prepared to serve his hispatrons hispatrons hispatrons patrons as of oldHenry oldHenry old oldHenry Henry Hol Holyoak Hob } oak recently recent1y took a awagon a'wagon awagon wagon 'wagon ' load of choice peaches and andpears andpears andpears pears to Cortez and Mancos , and anddisposed anddi di disposed ' > poed . ' ) of the fruit at 10 cents centsper centsper centsper per poundThe pound poundThe POundThe The county commissioners met metand metand metand thebonds and passed . an ordinance fixing fixmg the bonds of county officers . . 0 o W . Warner W.am.er Wam.er Wamer . , Democratic coun COim- COim eolm- eolm - fortho forthe county COimty eolmty ty chairman chal.rnuu1 chalrnuu1 . , called a n meeting for the purpose of organizing a n . Bryan Bryanclub Bryanclub Bryanclub BryanclubJ club clubJ J . A . A . Burr came in from trom the theBlue Blue mountains with his son , J . P . Burr P.Burr PBurr , who was suffering from fromrhemnatlsm fromrheumatism : fromrheumatism rhemnatlsm rheumatism They . went v.ent vent on to their theirhome home at Greenrier Greenrher Greenrherr Greenri\ Greenri Greenrh \ er . { - -r r - J . |
