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Show LIFE IN MOAB TWENTYYEARS T'VENTY TVENTY TWENTY T'VENTY'I TWENTYWEEK ' 'I I ' YEARS AGO THISFrom THIS ' WEEK 'VEEK VEEK WEEKFrom ( From the Files of The Tittles Times Tittlesof Timesof Timesof of January 29 , 1916)William 1916) 1916 1916)William ) IWilliam William E Keller , Moab merchant merchantnd merchantand merchantind I \nd nd and ' \ termer fermer former mayor of the tov . town n , died diedcuddenly diedsuddenly diedsuddenly cuddenly suddenly ; of a heart attack this thiswcei w \ eclt cec , < ecltThe cecThe The board of education educatlon decided decidedthis decidedthis decidedthis this \ week cck to build buUd an nn addition to tothe tothe tothe the Mgh l'lgh llgh l'igh ligh ' school building , . and em- em employed employed em employed - ployed architects archltccts to diaw dlaw draw the plansThe plansThe plans plansThe The La Sal Paradox highway had hadbeen hadbeen hadbeen been designated a state road as fal fat falas fatas faias as the Coloiado ColOlado Colorado line linc . , and the forcst forest forcstservice forestservice forestservice service had agreed to assist in m build build- buildmg building building - ing mg ItJ itJ it , . , J J Nouguier , formci formcl former Gland Giand Glandcounty Giandcounty Giandcounty / county sheepman shcepman , wrote wrott . , to Asse Assessoi AssessoiA AssebSOlA sol solA A A Taylor describing descnbmg his hls experiences ex- ex expelien ex expel - periences pelien pel iences in the v . world I { rId w war warNcugurer warNcuguier tr trNcuguler < Ncuguler Ncugurer Ncuguleras \ was \\as as \ in Fiance on a Visit Visitwhen visitwhen visitwhen when the wai Wal war broke out , and was wasdrafted wasdrafted wasdrafted drafted into mto sel seivice service vice with the rrench trench trencharmy rrenchI Frencharmy , I army He had been wounded severai several severaitimes severaltimes severaltimes times , The Woodmen WlOodmcn of the World en- en entertamed entertained en entertained - tertained tertamed at a log-lOlling log lOlling log-tolling tolling loglOllingWect logtollingWest log-i log i - oiling oilingWest West Wect ; Hammond left tins tlus this wepk WCE'k WCEk week ' on ona ona ona a mission to the northw northv ncrthn . estcm estern statesA states statesA A letter had been received from fromthe fromthe fromthe the Carnegie corporation , mwc'tt mwctt indicat mwc'tting indicatlag indicating . ' ing lag that a . a . Carnegie Carnegic appropliation appropriation appropilationfoi appropliationfOl appropriationfot fOl fot a Moab library building would wouldnot \ wouldnot ould ouldnot not be granted grantedA A daughter was born to Mi and andMrs andMrs andMrs Mrs Mennel RaySuperviscr RaySupervisor Ray RaySupervisor Supervisor Superviscr S B Loke Lohe and FOI Fotest FotestRangers FoiestRangers est estRangers Rangers L T Quigley Qwgley , , F W strong StrongJ , J W Palrnei Palmci Palmer and R B E D Mcllenthin Mellenthin Mcllenthinleft Mellenthinleft Mcllenthinleft left for Piovo to : attend att.end . a forestservice forestservice forest service confelence conference I i I i The Midland Telephone company companyI companyhas has started the extension e\.tension e.tension e .tension tension \ . of its hnes lines hnesI hnesfrom linesfrom linesfrom I from Cisco to GreennverThis GreenriverThis Greennver Greenriver GreennverThis I This had been bern the v . wettest wettestJanuary wettestJanuiry ettest ettestJanury Janu\ry Janu ry January ' \ in the history hisbcry of the localw localv local v w . eathci eathel eathet station stattOn , according accordmg to Henry HenryCrousc HenryCrouse HenryCrouso HenryI Crousc Crouse , , observer The precipItation precipItationdUting precipitationluting precipitationduring I dUting luting the past fhe the n\e n e \ days totalled totalled234 2 34 inches mches Snow was deep all over overthis overthis overthis ' this di district tnct and many stockmen stockmenhad stockmenhad stockmenhad had commenced feeding hay and andgram andgrain andgram gram grain to save their live livestock < ; tock . |