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Show HistoryofMoab Sistory History of f Moab , UtahB UtahBy Utah _ _ By B } ) Faun raun \ McConkie l\lcConkie l lcConkie Tanner TannerCopyright TannerCopyright ( Copyright 1937)Chapter 1937) 1937 1937)Chapter ) " - Chapter 10 ( Continued ) I f4lcahonal tlallonal tional , , Religious Heligious lieligious an and , * Social DevelopmentGrand Development Developmenty i IitGrand y Grand County High School , at Moab , had its be11 be11 be- be beOl - 11 11x1901 ' x1901 901 Ol . . . Duung DUlIng that year the work was given m in the theinct the"pet thepet inct " ct schoolin school in connection with wlth that of the grades . . B Be th thct the Pro1:1 e hIgh hIghschool school was formally orgamzed organized and Pro- Pro Prof - f ' H 1:1 11 : Jacobsen was employed as 1nstructor instructor . In the ,1904 1904 , l buildi1t 04 the contract for a separate sparate high school bUlld- bUlld build- build bUlldI - i1t i1tand and anda a two room structure was completed in inI inDe I inlee 1 ' lee I De ! In the fall . , To the surprIse of most of the tax- tax taxlldmg taxtbuilding - . tbuilding : "unaing unaing " lldmg was paid for when completed . No l o bonds bondsLk Donas Lk Lkes fazes ? es wele leqmred required l1111 to meet the expense . Some Somef Some.y Somey f ' dthe anddmaeneeds . a large addition was made to this bml building mg a and and'ule andule d dmaeneeds ' the needs until the erection of the new building bmldmg m in "gtizens gtizens ilibzens " themthe otuens of : Moab and Grand county availed them- them themfit them-"e them "e e - ' thed the " e forportunlty opportunity OPPortumty portunlty for a P . W VlI . A . . grant from thetr ther the fit d fite for the buIlding"lt buildingthe building tr r ( T Ifo Ifohthe hthe construction of a new school "lt lt " tun modernture i ithe 1I ! the e neighborhood of $136,000 136000 5136,000 5136000 $ , . This modern modern1W theG'boty ture { } houses [ ouses the Moab district school and the themy 1W G'boty Gboty ' ne Y lbgh Hipn gh Schnnl School School . . Modern Mn/Wn Mn Wn / in in every pvprv resDect respect andt'1 ande9ulpped and andidrfl t { Decembert e9ulpped lEped , the building was dedicated December Decemberaadco Decemberlth t'1 t1 ' t'1lEped lth fitting fittingceremony ttm aadco aadcottm ' idrfl iR celemony ceremony emony and celebration . c0unty " tbnty " ' nty " " school district has a first class high school schoolschool , M hooi hooinet tb dlstnct net school schoolat at Moab and maintains one or two S , boo1S S ' In " the the modern trend trendtrot "V V county , following trot b bS dlO ofdistrict uon clever whelever wherever possible . Sincthe Since Smce the organization orgamzation ofI of ofM district rlct 1883 1883up county'tas countyent3 county countyhaVA -I I - Ien8 en8 , in 1883 up to 1937 only seven M ' ent3 lfave have haVA served-Alma served Alma on-i on i - rarl - A1w > r , Molyneaux ' [ VIrtlxrnoQn-v VIrtlxrnoQn v - being hmncr theQA the thee 'tas tas QA $ A McA as followed 0 owed in tUln turn by Ida 11 11I . . Wens Wells , W . R . 1VIc Mc- Mc - leohnson Johnson ohnson , D . S . L . McCOlkle and , IVr M . . J . Andrews . le q qAlen Alen Taylor ' the county countycno countyi ( educ educTaYlor countyeducation e TaYlor r 01 Knight was appointed by education " a . cnoa "cation cation Ion as county superintendent supermtendent of schools schools.J schoolsJ # cno ! bools opportunitypre leol furl11sh furnish , ish not only educational opportunity opportunityis opportunityS pre of true of ofand offolms ofw is t frand Grand county , but as is especially rue and andOlms lt t toims folms Olms one m-eat m eat great - irieans means nfeans of community commumty cotew col corecreation co- co co11 - tewrecreation l recreation . , tew school hool the county library . lhool bUIldmg building also houses Y l i illbrary llbrary rary 11 y had its beginning , back in 1914 , starttth start- start start'Povrnth sJv/n sJv n - 'Povrnth Povrnth ' Wi Wirary ' tth " oooks books furnished fun1ished by contribution , . . It has hasI has'e hasl'm 'e e ' l'm lm / in service and jiumber number dumber of volumes and now nowlySFi I 'etnt I II nowII IIlntiTe tnt tntIn lntiTe rQ countv county , ' and for a community its size , is isl is 4 ' l N 1d 1dadult YWell YWellsupplied 'I I ' d adl\tSUPPhed adl tSUPPhed dadltSUPPhed , adltSUPPhedwith arn \ supplied suppliedwith PP11 with 1 lefeience reference efel ence books , , magazines magazinestlal , , adult adultreading U t reading matciial matelial material , , both fiction and nonContinued nonContinued non- non nonContmued - - / ( Contmued Continued on last page ) J 3 A History of MoabContinued Moab \ \ " : ( Continued from trom first page ) ) _ I IA A ver very t decided asset ascet ; to any community is ic i5 ; a live hve new- new news- news newpaper newspaper new-paper new paper & - paper . Social psychologists tell us that one of the most mostV1tal mostvital mostvital V1tal vital organs of public opinion is the newspaper . . An edItor edItorof editorof editorof of even a smiall small paper may have a gicat gleat great influence on the plO- plO pro- pro plOgress progress pio-gress pio gress - - gress of the community he 1 lepresents eprebents represents . . Many civic actIvItIes actIvItIesand activitiesand activitiesand and developments in m Moab may be directly traced to con- con continued continued con continued - tinued effort of this organ . As eaily eally early as 1896 we find the first appearance of a local localnewspaper localnewspaper localnewspaper newspaper in Moab . . The sheet , edited and published by J J.N JN . . N . Corbm Corbin , made its debut to the town under the title title"Giand titleGiand , "Gland Gland " Valley Tunes Times Times/ Times TimesMay , / " ' \ May l\1ay l 1ay 30 , 1896 . The . first number numbercall numbercauses numbercaiiies call causes ies the following followmg salutatory by the editoi edltol editor ' : "In In " making makmg our appearance to the people of south south- southeastern southeastern southeastern - eastern Utah we have no apology to offer . . The news news- newspaper newspaper newspaper - paper has become a necessary factor in m the civiliza cIVIlIza- cIVIlIzation civilization civilization - - tion of the age The only question that has puzzled puzzledthe puzzledthe puzzledthe the wnter wllter waiter , , since smce becoming becommg acquainted acquamted with this sec- sec sectIon section sec section - - tion , and seeing seemg the evidences of thuft thllft thrift and enterprise enterprisethat entci entel prIse prIsethat prisethat that is fast making makmg this naturally beautiful beauiIful valley valleyan valleyan an Eden is , why has not the local newspaper been beenestabhshed beenestablished beenestablished estabhshed established befOl befoic before e ? - "It It " can only be accounted for by the fact that the thehal thehardy thehaidy hal hardy dy pioneer settlers have been too busy ploughmg ploughing ploughingplanting , plantmg planting trees and nngating rIgating nrigating 11 to look after themselves themselvesor , or to discover to the outside woild wOlld world the necessity toisuch fOl fOlsuch foLsuch such an addition to the valley . " Mr 1\11 1 11 \ ' . . COl Coibm Coiban bm edited the paper until 1906 when Edgar L LBeald LBeaid LBeaid Beald Beaid became the editor and publisher pubhsher . C . A Robel Robeitson Robeitsontook Robeiisontook tson tsontook took it 1t over in m 1907 and mcoipoiated mcolpolated incoipoiated the publishing publIshmg company com com- company company - pany in 111 1908 . . He was succeeded by L . L Taylor in 1911 1911.Mr 1911Mr . . 1\11 1 11 Mr \ ' . Taylor is the piesent present pI esent editor , owner and pubhshel publisher publishel(1937) publishel1937 (1937) 1937 ( ) . . A secondnewspaper second newspaper made its appealance appearance appeal ance for some tIme tImeunder timeunder timeunder under the title "The The " Independent " Howevel Howevea , , in rn September September1919 1919 the two consolidated consohdated "The The " Times-Inde Times Inde TImes-Inde- TImesIndependent TimesIndependent TimesIndependent papelsele papeis papels papers ' \ weic \\ele ele \ ere as - - - - pendent " " which wllIch name , it beais bealS beats at the piesent plesent present time . . EdItor EdItorTaylor EditorTaylor EditorTaylor Taylor eventually eventuaIIy bought out the other owneis ownelS owners and became becameowner becameowner becameowner owner as well as editor and publisher . The paper makes makesa a \ weekly \ eekly appealance appearance appeal ance andIS and is highly lughly commended as a a"bo051 a"booslei a"boost aboost "booslei booslei "bo051 bo051 " ei el " foi fOl Moab 1\ioab 1 ioab \ and south southeasteln southeastein eastern Utah . . Theie Thele There aie ale are seveial sevelal several civic oigamzations olgamzatIOns oigamzatrons in 111 nl the town that thatdo thatdo thatdo do much to fulther fuliher further better community commumty pioieets plolects protects and activi actIvI- actIvIties activi- activi activities activities - - ties Pi Piobably Plobably obably the most outstanding outstanehng is the Moab l\foab l foab \ LIOns LIOnsClub LionsClub LionsClub Club , organized orgamzed in 111 1930 . This oigamzation olgam7atIon oigani7ation , a bianch blanch of the theinternational theintci i imtelnatIOnal mtelnatIOnal international national club , has done much to piomote plomote promote civic prIde prIdeI prIdeand prideand prideand I and development . . Other agencies \ wolkmg \ 01 oiking k1l1g for 1 iecreational iecreationaland lecieationaland eCl eabonal eabonaland and civic piof piojects ploJects ects aie me theVomen's the \ Women's Womens \Vomen's Vomen's Vomens ' Liteialy Lltelmy Literaiy Club and the theaU.IlIalY theautllraiy theau\ihaiy theau ihaiy aU\.IlIalY aU.IlIalY aU .IlIalY IlIalY autllraiy \ ' . oigamzations 01gam7atIons oiganl7atlons of both churches . Closely interwoven mterwoven with the social 50clal development and In- In Indeed indeed in indeed - deed a veiy VelY very foundation of that aie ale amusements and rec- rec recreatIOnal recreational rec recreational - - reational actn actin actnities ItIes rues ItIesVJth \ With \VJth VJth our rapidly advancing advancmg civiliza cIvIlIza- cIvIlIzatIOn civilization civilization - - tion the pioblem Ploblem problem of leisure time and how to use it con- con constantly constantly con constantly - stantly becomes more cutical cllbcaI ciitrcal . . . One of the most popular popularmeans popularmeans popularmeans means of entel enteitamment entertainment tamment today is the movie . . \ Moab's Moabs l\Ioab's l Ioab's Ioabs ' fh first firstpicture fustpictuie st stpictule pictule picture show house was estabhshedIn establishedin established estabhshed in November of 1912 1912long , long befoic before befOl e "talkies talkies " " w \ weie el ei e di ell dr earned eamec1 eamecl of as being practIcal practicalThe , The Ides Theater has furnished furmshed enteitamment enteitainment entel tamment for movie movie- moviegoers moviegoers moviegoers - goers for many yeais yeals years , and keeping keepmg abieast ableast of the tImes tImes"talking times"talking times"talking timestalking "talking talking " pietuies Ictules ictuies " have been piesented plesented presented for some years . In In1936 1936 a fine new nenn ne\ ne netheater \ " theater building bmldmg was electedIn elected in the busmess business busmessdIStuCt businessdistrict businessdistuct dIStuCt district of \ Moab 1\Ioab 1 Ioab . This has gleatly greatly gl eatIy improved the facIlItIes facIlItIesfor facilitiesfor facilitiesfor for the moving mOV1l1g pIetUI pietuies pctuies ) es in \ Moab l\Ioab l Ioab . In the matter of dancing danc1l1g an clamusement damusemellt halls the thetown thetown thetown town has thl thiee ee very good ones Thel Theie There e at aie e also two good goodstages goodstages goodstages stages for presentation of legitimate diama dlama drama and very good goodI goodhalls goodhalls goodhalls I halls for community commumty meetmgsPlans meetingsPlans meetings meetmgs meetingsPlans Plans aie ale under way at this writing for the consh constiuc- constiuc constiuctron constiuc-tion constiuc tion uc- uc uctIon - tIon tron of a new county COUI couifc court t house to be e built at Moab . . ThIS ThISbUIldmg Thisbuilding Thisbuilding bUIldmg building , to be elected on the piesent plesent present county site , will add addgleatly addgreatly addgleatly gleatly greatly to the appealance appearance appeal ance of the town and will be in 111 keepmg keeping keepmgwIth keepingwith keepingwith wIth the piogiessive plOgleSS1Ve piogiesslve movement of the town in 111 lecent iecent ; years ears . ( To be continued next week . . ) |