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Show [ [ L Looking 2 1 ! BackwardThrough Backward'Through Backward Through 'Through ' the Files of The Timest Times t IA 20 Years Ago This Week Weelt . I A crew of 52 state convicts arriv arrIV- arrived arrIVed arrived - ed in Grand county this thisceJ week \\ceJ ceJ \ \ . towork towork to I IIork I\ork I ork work , \ on the roads A conuct con\1ct con 1ct convict \ camphad camp camphad : had been set up at Couithouse Courthouse COUl thouse sta station st\- st sta- sta sttIon station " \ - tion tionOver Over 200 Grand county women womenregIstered womenregistered womenregistered regIstered forar for \ war \\ar ar tar \ aror \\or or \ work ) . Saturday , of ofhom ofwhom ofwhom \\hom hom whom \ 25 offered to leave their theirhomes theirhomes theirhomes homes and go \ wherever herever they were wereneeded \ wereneeded wereneededGrand ere ereneeded needed neededGrand Grand county people had been beenasked beenasked asked for a contribution of $470 470 $ for forthe forthe forthe the soldiers v . welfale selface eUal e fund , the thestate thestates state s quota being $100 100 $100000 100000 $ 000 D MCooper MCooler M Cooer Cooper ; was in charge of the drivein drivein drive drivem m in the countyPresident county countyPiesident Piesident Plesident President Wilson indicated mdlcatcd mdicatcd thatthe that thatthe thatthe the second draft of soldiers wouldtake would wouldtake \ ould ouldtake take plice phce place about February Febru'try Februtry ' 15 15Wiiden 15I 15Wlden 15W'uden I Wiiden W\lden W lden W'uden Wuden ' \ ' David Stons Storrs of the state stateI stateprison stateprison I prison was wa & here to make arrange arrange- arrange'ments arrangements arrangements - 'ments ments ' ments foi f01 for the highway convictcamp convict convictI convictC'1mp convictcimp convictcimpClive I C'1mp C1mp camp ' C'1mpClIve campClive Clive Stewart and Miss Fuh Eula EulaRakestrass FuhRakestra EuliRakestraw Rakestra\\ Rakestra Rakestrass Rakestrawere \ were married this reekJ \ week reek weekJ \ eek eekJ J T Duncan sold his hiy h'lY hlY hay ' and andgrain andgrain andgrain grain st01 stoic store e to J E BrO\'Ij BrO 'Ij Ij Brown \ ' n and AC A AC AC C Ralston RalstonDon Don Tailor Taylor Ta lor leturncd eturned returned 1 from KansasCity KansasCity Kansas KansasCity City , where he sold his lambs , thetops the thetops thetops tops netting him $12 12 $ per headThe head headThe The high school boys had built bUllt atennis a atcnms atennis tcnms tennis court courtA courtA courtA A party of officials ofIiclals of the UnionPacific Union UnionPaclfic UnionPacific Paclfic Pacific railroad had made arrange arrange- arrangements arrangements arrangements - ments for a trip through south south- southeastern southeastern southeastern - eastern Utah during the latter part partof partof partof of Novembci Novembel November They planned to out- out outfit outfit out outfit - fit at Blanding Blandmg for a horseback horsebacktrIp horsebacktrip horsebacktrip trIp to the natural bridges bndges 40 Years Ago This"reek This " Week "reek reek . Construction . work v.ork vork on the Grand GrandrIver Grandriver Grandriver rIver toll tolI load road was proceedingsteadily proceedIng proceedIngsteadily proceedingsteadily steadily , the road having been completed com completed com- com completed - pleted to abo\e abo e aboe abo\ abo abos \ e a Goose Gvose Island J NKing N NKIng NKing KIng hoped to have the road readyfor readyfoi ready readyfOl fOl for travel tra\el tra el trasel \ by April Aprl1 AprilA Aprl1A AprilA A large delegation from Monticello Monti MontI- Monticello MontIcello - cello , . Bluff and Mancos were sere \ \ ere hereto here hereto hereto to attend quarterly conference conferenceApostles conferenceApostles conferenceApostles Apostles Young Lund and Teas- Teas Teasdale Teasdale Teas-dale Teas dale - dale were expected to arrive herethis here herethIS herethis thIS evenIngCapt eveningCapt evening eveningCapt Capt LeMay L C May had purchased afine a afine afine fine horse and carrIageThe carriageThe carriage carriageThe The loot loof roof roofs loofas \s s \ \ was \\as as as about completed on onthe onthe onthe the new school house , and it was wasexpected wasexpected wasexpected expected the building bUllding \ would ssould \ ould beready be beready beready ready for occupancy by bv January 1The 1 1The 1The The Literary Llterary and Debating Debatmg soci society SOC1- SOC1 soci- soci SOC1ety society - - ety s meeting meetmg this week sleek \ \ eek was \ as in theform the theform theform form of a political convention J NCorbin N NCorbin NCorbin Corbin was made chairman Dr JW J JW JW W Williams Wl1Uams vice chairman chll1rman and P HMiller H HMIller HMiller MIller secretary The meeting adopt adopt- adopted adopted adopted - ed a platform calling callmg for a $10 10 $ tax taxon taxon taxon on dogs , , a bounty on allme all \\me me sine sinefound \ winefound mefound found in the county , decided to pay paythe paythe paythe the highest hlghest salaries and reqUlre require requirethe reqUlrethe requirethe the least amount ofork of work \\ork ork Cork \ , , and voted votedto votedto to allow all aU officers to get drunkonce drunk drunkonce drunkonce once a weekBallard weekBallard week weekBallard Ballard Brothers of Thompsons Thompsonshad Thompsonshad Thompsonshad had completed a nine-room nine room - hotelThe hotelThe hotel hotelThe The Gieenn\er Gieenn er Gleenrner Gceenriser \ correspondent re reported re- re reported reported - ported that all crops were v.ere vere sere . harvest harvest- harvested harvested harvested - ed edinter ; winter \\inter inter sinter \ wood woodas was \\as as s \ as in , hogs werefat werefat were werefat fat fatIne , wine \\Ine Ine sine \ Ineas was \\as as \ \ ; as all made , and he heas \\as as sas sasexpecting wasexpecting \ \ asexpecting expecting a bairel baael barrel of shell-barkhickory shell barkhickory shell-bark shell bark shellbarkhIckory shellbarkhickory - hIckory nuts from Iowa Io"a Ioa Iola " He hopedto hopedto hoped hopedto to get through the winter wmter alright alnght |