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Show I I : [ L Lr Looking LookingBackward LookingBackwardThroueh ! ! Backward BackwardThrough dJ ! Throueh Through r the Files of The Timesl Times l 20 Years Ago This Week . Clyde A Hammond was sustainedas sustaIned.lS sustaIned .lS lS as . bishop of Moabard Moab \ ward \\ard ard ardIth \ with \\Ith Ith W WR WR WR R M McConkie MWonkie ConklC and John W Dalton Daltonas Daltonas as counsellors counsellorsCharles Charles Snell , . who had enlfsted enlisted enlfstedin enlistediii enlistedin in iii the arruy army arriay , , . wrote that he expected expect expect- expected expected - ed to sail for France soonThe soonThe soon soonThe The Moab Drill company soonI , , under undertIle underthe underthe I tIle the leadership of R E Mellenthinwas Mellenthin , , "as as was " busy each night mght drilling for formilItary formilitary formilitary milItary service , in order to gIveprospective giveprospective give Iprospective prospective soldiers some e .penence penence experience experiencein > . .penencem m in army drillThe dnllThe drill dnll drillThe The government had purchased a alarge alarge alarge large supply of uranium ore fromthe from fromthe fromthe the Kearns Kearn ! ; . mines in m Dry \ ' valley valleyGrand , alley alleyGrand alleyGrand Grand county count was .as as , . called on to buy$38400 buy38400 buy $38400 38400 $ ofar of war \\ar ar \ savings saymgs certificatesDagget certificatesDagget certificates certificatesDagget . Dagget county , Utahas Utah certificatesI , . ' \ was \\as as of- of ofII officially of officially - I II ficially Clally created thISeek this week \\eek eek \ \ through throughproclamation throughproclamation throughproclamation proclamation by Harden Benmon Bennion Benmonacting , acting governor governorA I Iacting A Moab subscriber contributed an anartlclp anarticle anarticle artlclp article urging urgmg that some auto tIaf- tIaf traf- traf tIaffie traffic tiaf-fic tiaf fic - fie fic regulations be established hereThe here hereThe hereThe The old road by \ way say \ ay of hereI Cane CaneSprmgs CaneSprings CaneSprings I Sprmgs Springs and Muleshoe was v.as vas . appro\ed appro ed approsed approedby approsedby approvedby \ by road engineers engmeers for the new approedI post postroad postroad postroad I road into mto San Juan county - I , 40 Years Ago This"Teek This " Week "Teek Teek . A new ferry boatas boat \ was \\as as \ installed mstalled atDewey at atDewey atDewey Dewey on the Castleton-Cisco Castleton Cisco CastIeton-Cisco CastIeton - roadthe roadthe road roadthe -the the - the first to be in m operation thereRoberts thereRoberts there thereRoberts Roberts and Williams WHhams , the Ja fail failbreakers jailbreakers breakers breakersere , , \ were \\ere ere \ still stiIl at large havingevaded having havingevaded havingevaded evaded Sheriff Wilson and his hisposse hisposse hisposse posse It v . was sas as believed beheved they thev escaped escapedmto escapedinto escapedinto mto into the Book mountains mountainsH H C Goodman , H G Gleen Gteen andW and andW andW W E Gordon drove 13 13000 000 sheepthrough sheep sheepthrough sheepthrough through Moab en route to their wm- wm win- win wmter winter win winter - ter range in Dry valleyThe valleyThe valley valleyThe , The Rio Grande railroad rallroad allowedthen allowed allowedthen allowedthen then taxes to become delinquent delinquentI delinquentthis delinquentthis delinquentthis I I this year for the first timeArthur timeArthur time timeArthur Arthur Martmez Martinez sustained sustamed a badly bad- bad badly bad badly - ly broken leg when a broncho fellon fellon fell fellon , ' on him lum himThe lumThe publIshedin The delinquent tax list , publIshed publishedin in this edition contained only a aquarter aquarter aquarter quarter of ot a column of namesJudge namesJudge names Judge Johnson called a term of ofdIstrIct ofdistrict ofdistrict dIstrIct court for December 14 |