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Show I LIFE IN MOAB TWENTY TWENTYYEARS TWENTYYEARS ILIFE YEARS AGO THIS WEEKFrom ' WEEK 'VEEI VEEI WEEKFrom { I IFrom ( From the Flies Files of The Tiweo Tines Tinesof Timesof ; of January 21 , 1916)I 1916)D 1916)D 1916) 1916 1916)D ) I D L Goudelock , in an intervlcw interview interviewin intervlcwIn In The Thc Times , urged the building of ofthe ofthe ofthe the La Sal cicek cleek creek road to tap the theParadox theParadox thei Paradox section in m OC\lor OC lor ColoradoCongress Colorado ColoradoCongress \ do doCongress Congress passed a bill providIng providIngfOI providingfor providingfoi fOI for 640-acre 640 acre - stcckrasmg stckrasmg stcckrasing : home home- homesteads homesteads homesteads - steadsr steads r steadsA A thaw t took ok . out all the ice in the theGland theGrand theGiand Gland Grand river , leaving Moab Moablth with \\lth lth \ thepossibility the thepOSSIbIlity thepossibility pOSSIbIlity of going without ice next nextswnmer nextsummer nextsummer swnmer summer Local parties pJrties wel weie were e plan plan- planning planning planning - ning on establishing establIshmg an artifical artlfica1 artrfical ice icep iceplant Iceplant p plant plantJchn Jchn Spiott SPlOtt became manager of ofthe ofthe ofthe the Thcmusons storeMiss storeMiss store storeMiss Miss Mamie Titus and VIVian VIVianWalkCl VivianWalker VivianWalkci WalkCl Walker were married this weekDr weekDr week weekDr Dr J B Reid of Indiana was an anarlival anarrival anarrival arlival arrival in Moab and planned to tol toideate toIjcate l ideate lca.te lcate . here hcre hcreThe hereThe hereThe The Moab-Thompsons Moab Thompsons - - road wa was wasimpassable wagimpassable impassable to cars on account of ofmud ofmud ofmud ofmudColorado mud mudColorado Colorado sheep wintering wintenng in m the theVestwater theWestwater theWestwatcr \Vestwater Vestwater Westwater \ country cotmtry were commenc commenc- commencing commencing commencing - ing to sustain sustam heavy kssesThe lossesThe losses ksses lossesThe The merchandise of the La Sal SalMelchantlle SalMeichantile SalMeichantile Melchantlle Meichantile company was beingsold being beingsold beingsold sold out , D A . Johnson .Tolmson Tolmson being bemg in incharge incharge incharge charge of liquidating lIqUldating the busInessMr businessMr business businessMr Mr and Mrs Roy Tidwell were werethe werethe werethe the hcnoied hcnOled hcnored guests at a bridal bridalshower bridalshower bridalshower shower |