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Show 1 I II IThrough [ I Looking Lookin Through r ! the K Files riles ! Backward BackwardThrough of The : ! Times : r ri i I Timesi 20 Years Ago This Week . . The official registration list for forGrand forGrand forGrand Grand county , con containing taming the names namesof namesof namesof of 223 voung oung young : , men who had register register- registered - ed for military mlIltary service , was publish publish- published published published - ed in m this issue lSSUt ; > , with the senal serial senalnwnber serialnumber serialnumber nwnber number of eachRev eachRev each eachRev Rev W M Leallen Lewallen Lew Le\\ Le \ alien allen , formerMoab tormer former tormerMoab : lormerMoab Moab pastoras pastor , \ was \\as as married marned at South SouthPans SouthParis SouthPans Pans Paris , Maine , , to Miss Sarah S\\ S Sweet Seet SweetA \ \ eet A big celebration for July 24 was wasbemg wasbeing was'being wasbeing ' bemg being plannedThere plannedThere planned plannedThere There was a strong agItation agItationthroughout agitationthroughout agitationthroughout repairingI repamngthe repairingthe throughout the county for repamng repairing the Grand river roadHenry road roadHenry Henry D Dalton was closmg closing a adeal adeal adeal deal for the purchase of the Amasa AmasaLarson AmasaLarson AmasaLarson Larson ranches and cattle in m FIsher FIshervalle Fishervalley Fishervalley FishervalleyGrand valle valley ' valleyGrand Grand county countyvas countyas \vas vas \\as as etas \ \ getting gettmg out of ofdebt ofdebt ofdebt debt , the commissioneis conumssIOnels commissioners ordermg ordering that orderingthat ordermgthat all . warrants v.arrants varrants issued prior to toJuly toJuly toJuly July be paidA paidA paid paidA A picture lcture show and dance were weregIven weregiven weregiven gIven for the benefit nefit of Moab Moabsoldiers Moabsoldiers Moabsoldiers soldiers and sailors , and $50 50 $ was wasraIsed wasraised wasraised raIsed to buy presents and remem remem- - - brances remembrances for the boyi boy boys , serving servmg theIr theIrcountry theircountry theircountry theircountryDennis country countryDennis Dennis and Clarence Baldwin Baldwm re- re receled recerted re received - celedord ceived cel\ed cel ed certed \ \ word \\ord ord \ of the death of theIr theirfather father , E\ E \ Eveiet Eelet Eteiet elet L Baldwin Baldwm , at New- New Newcastle Newcastle New Newcastle - castle , Indiana IndianaE E E Shinn sheepman , , sold his hissheep hissheep hissheep sheep , numbering nwnbermg 11 11500 500 , to Wyom Wyom- - - ing mg Wyoming Wyommg buyers for $177,500 177500 $ , I 40 Years Ago This ' Week 'Veek Veek . Lester Ta\ Ta Tailor Talor : \ lor and John She\\ She Shees Skewes Skewespurchased Skewespurchased \ es es'Purchased 'Purchased Purchased ' the interests of May , Kmg King MayKing , et al aI , in m the Big Indian cop- cop cop - per copper claims cIalms , . and announced that they thatthey development would wowd do considerable develop develop- deveIo - ment workThe work workThe ork orkThe The county commissioners conumSSIOners caned called canedan calledan calledan an election to vote on the question questionof of incurring an mdebtedess ndebtedess of $10-000 $10 10 000 $10000 $10- $10 10 $ , , - 000 to build a county court house houseroads , roads and bndges bridges , also to ' \ vote ote on the onthe question questlon of annexing anne'lmg annelmg ' { San Juan county Juancounty . A basket tsket picnic lcmc and dance was gLven given ; wasgiven wasgLven at the opera house to ralse raise funds raisefunds ralsefunds to aid in defraying the ex- ex ex - penses expenses of the county s participation partlclpatlon participa partlclpa- partlclpa participa- - - tion tlon in m n the jubilee yubilee celebration at atSalt Salt Lake C J Elliott Elhott was auc- auc auc - - auctioneer tioneer The sum swn of $37 37 $3785 3785 $ 85 was reaIlzed realized reaIlzedThe realizedThe wasrealized wasreaIlzed wasrealizedThe The Richardson correspondent reported correspondentreported that community staged a great agreat patriotic celebration celebratlon on the Fourth FourthJ theFourth theFourthJ Merkmswen Merl.mswen Merlonswen J . IL H . . dark Clark and R B Merl.ms Merlms Merlons . wen theGrand on a prospecting trip down the Grand faras river , intending to go as far as GleenG GreenG the mouth of the Gleen Green G W Maddux Maddox , an emigrant emigTant en route enroute Southern Southem from Washington Waslungtan for South South- - ern em Colorado CoIorado , . took sick at Moab and Moaband died wed wedJ diedJ diedJ J T Lovendge Lovcndge Loveridge was elected a school aschool trustee at an election eIection heId held heldthis heIdthis this week at Moabo Moab 0 o W . , Wamer Warner was shipping over 100 ' 0 crates of peaches daily , the th fruit gomg gong to Colorado mimng mining camps mimngcamps miningcamps campso 0 o W . Wamer Warner and wife Wlfe and andLissJ Mlss Miss /LissJ LissJ / Ada Jo rpAjA * * ' ' * " TaYlor left for BaIt Salt Lake CIty , to represent the county at the Jubilee Warnerwent ccIebration celebration Mr . Warner went to arrange a float for Grand county Grandcounty , and Miss TayIor Taylor was the thecounty's ' county's countys official officialrepresentative representative Others who pIanned planned to att-cnd att cnd attend - the ceIebratfon celebration were Mr . , and Mrs WaIter Walter Moore , Mr and Mrs . , H Montgomery MolyneuxTaylor , A MoIYI1eux Molyneux , Norman Taylor and M . M . M Riley . |