Show °NS°L1DA1 " VOLUME ion "" the of grand times valley MOAB nilrn nnHID AT IMad GRAND COUNTY UTAH IU independent ITS HISTORY the splendid wel-Irmv re"dered by the during the late war the people ? week eave liberal‘y t0 the bl T inyhome service fund being raised throughout the nation to carry on at home the good work for the which organization stands V t? Bush and Howard W Balsley in charge of the Salvation Army com-Grand mittee in have county met with good success during the oast Mani week and the county's quota $250 Army People di iv(ucsi Saved Bridge Is of Out Banks Valley: of --a Danger r- v vivri 1 Overflow End ATER u rn iwur Early this spring the people of Moab foreseeing unprecedented nigh waters in Gr nd river as a result of the heavy fall of snow-in the mountains requested the state road commission to raise the floor of the Moab bridge four ieet to place it above the flood It dangers was pointed out that the work should be done immediately as there was bearly time to complete raising the structure bet ore the river would start to use Although Grand county's state road funds were exhausted C0ldd ald not take of its care share of the cost of raising the bridge the state road commission without any delay whatever its local bridge crew to immediately start work on the structure The bridge was taised feet four at a cost of $7000 placing it above any probable flood rl Y‘le road commission uhad delayed its action only a few it weeks or if had shown the slightest disposition to hesitate and disregard the wishes of this section the bridge would have been doomed As it was the werk of raising tbe structure was the nick completed in of time This week's high water was up infs LONG 25 nKiivniiAiinrn ILLNESS Bridge VOTE wife i -i UUHLiriLU TAXPAYERS CAN Dr A G Ralston received a telegram Saturday advising him that his Mrs Jean Ralston had died at Oakland Calif that morning Mrs had Ralston been a sufferer from Bright's disease and had been in a critical for condition a couple of months Hope for her recovery was abandoned about a month ago the If Y ourNamc Appears Below in physicians attendance stating that her condition was such that she could not live longer than You Ale Eligible lo Cast a few weeks Mrs Ralston was taken to a hospital at Oakland about four months ago Your Ballot at Bond where the best medical science was Election secured The efforts of doctors and nurses were unavailing and she steadily or grew worse several weeks prior to death she was in a semi-conscious Dr condition Only taxpayers of Ralston made Grand two trips to Oakland during the past who registered and voted at thecounty last few weeks general election in November 1918 Mrs Ralston was formerly Miss vote at the special road can bond Jean W Warner and was born at St election to be held on June 19 according the to County Louis June 5 1887 daughterof S Clerk H Rutledge a prominent architect of that city Many taxpayers who did not vote two She Ralston at Oakland and have met Dr been under the impression yearsthat ago thev they were married at that city on could vote at the special August 5 1915 coming to Moab two election but this is not the case years later Registered voters who did not pay anfl Mr Mrs Ralston had charge taxes last fall are likewise ineligible of hotels at' Moab Thompsons and to vote on June 19 Sego he being still in that has business County Clerk Rutledge prepared in this city list of of a those citizens Grand Mrs Ralston made many friends in county who are entitled to cast their this county during her residence here votes at the bond election The list and they will be deeply and sincerely contains 261 names Judges of elecgrieved to learn of her untimely passing' tion ol each district will be supplied with the names of those qualified to vote in that district The complete by districts of BIG SHIPMENT O those who can TROUT the bond election! follows: COMING WITHIN TEN DAYS vote at MOAB NO County Clerk H S Rutledge who Howard W Balslev Jessie Ralslev Bliss recently made requisitionto the governmentOrley Harriett Bliss Albert bureau of fisheries for some Beach Rowena Beach Ermina Bliss fish fry Bliss William Alberta Clark R C was advised Monday that a E P J shipment of 20 cans of trout Clark Crouse N Corbin brook would be shipped from the Springville John H Clark Byron Davis D H hatchery in about ten days The La Dalton Emma M Dalton Naiia Dalton Sal Mountains ish and Stella Day Game association Abe Day Ezra H will take of the fish after Dalton care Dalton Ezra Dalton John W they at and are received Thompsons Earl Dalton Bert Dalton John that they E A see are planted m this Dubois Elmer R J letcher It had been Charles intended to plant Thomas B oy ish D L the fish in Mill' crek IL Q but H C Goodman unless the Goudelock Green high in that Henry Grimm Louise Grimm water stream it down goes soon and the water clears be Mrs J W Hawks Albert Holman may inadvisable to put the fish in the Dora Holman Addie Hammond C A stream until later Hammond B W Hector Mrs Anna Hectog Henry Holyoak rank Hall H J A D Holyoak Holyoak DR W ALLEN WILL Sam Hudson Mabel Johnson Polly Jack-son LOCATE PERMANENTLY HERE D A Johnson Martha E Johnson Joseph H Johnson Jr Ruth W Dr I W Allen until recently a surgeon Johnson J P Larsen Mary Larsen in the United States was Lottie Larsen C A Loveridge Nora arrival the last of the army and an week Loveridge John T Loveridge Amasa will locate permanently at Moab Dr J Larsen Alvira Lance is in W Meador Allen whose home Cache county B Millville H March Ola March A is a graduate of the Rush Medical Leona Maxwell E Murphy of Mary college Chicago one of the best V P Murphy Martin William medical schools of the county and has R had W McConkie George Newell several years of experience in Rebecca Ma-lona Newell Bert Newell private practice aside from his service Oliver Geo Powell Irene as an army physician theHe comes Powell John Peterson Dale M Par-riott highly recommended to people letitia Preator Jane of Peterson southeastern Utah Dr Allen Lilly Quigley Ixiuis Quigley A to secure an office at once Robert J Reid H S Rutledge A Robertson Effie D Rutledge C L ?A M Rogers WILL Eva Robertson MOAB POSTOICE Mary E Robertson Sarah Stewart Agnes Somerville Essie S Shafer MOVE INTO NEW QUARTERS E Daisy D Shafer M Shafer E Shafer Annie Shafer John Shafer Mary A Stocks J H Standi-fird J B John-L Skewes Shafer The Moab postofficewill be moved EstherTangren Mattie E Turner A Taylor' Loren L Taylor Tom from its present location in the Peterson A Trout Maggie Taylor Robt J Thomson building to the Cooper-Martin Don Taylor Mary Titus Caddie building formerly occupied by the H Taylor H Turner Lizzie Trout Williams Drug company according A T to Taylor Arthur A Postmaster M It is Taylor Jr Shafer W-R expected to make the change Taylor within Ralph! Taylor Ida P G a week or ten days H Woods W Blake of Wheat QueenieR Wheat L Provo the Jessie Woods Winbourn Nellie postoffice inspector for W J Winboum J ‘S Utah district was in Moab the first Winbourn of the of the Westwood Myron Willden Chas Zu-felt week and approved Cooper-Martin building for the postoffice OR DISTRICT NO 8 Proposals for a long-term MOAB NO 2 lease Mrs N A Allen Birten Allred J N to the of the building government Allred Julia Allred John E Biown were submitted and are now in Dennis N C Washington for Baldwin Mrs Beeson approval Pending Ed the Billingsley Ada Darrow J T approval of the lease by the C the will Duncan Mary Duncan arrell postoffice be Alma E Eugene arrell W moved Gordon W D Hinton Annie The building is now undergoinga LMary Gordon of Hinton Geo W Julia H number improvement will Hurley which J IL Johnson make it an ideal site for the postoffice Johnson Charles Kelly P rancis tG Keller J Miller The large room will be partitionedD S L Lawrence off Alice Miller McCorkle providing a parcel post and large side Peachman Clara Patterson warehouse a door and the n n V rarin platform will be constructed on rank Peterson Neal Ray O V north side of the building for the of mail Janies Somerville Marie Somerville and parcel post Another Mell red large lockbox cabinet and ether Stewart W Strong Mrs red fixtures will be installed the W Strong Jennie Somerville and J E Spiller Ella lobby of the postoffice will be especially Snyder J J Stewart Charles Stewart Oscar Stew convenient not only to the art of the office but Max B Taylor W E Tangren to the postoffice 0 A Julia Tangren force Tangren Pearle The postofice has far outgrown its AA Tangren Lydia A Taylor Andrew Taylor Mrs Geo time Winbourn Geo present quarters and for some Winbourn J W a larger building has Williams Alvira been needed Williams H S C Postmaster Wilson J Wilcox Shafer feels fortunate in Walker Lister Walker R D securing so commodiousand conveniently Ida A Westwood Martha Westwood arranged building as the one DISTRICT NO 11 MOAB NO which will hereafter house the postoffice OR a i Waters RAI Mr ivtiuii far s Lower NUMBER I ruND apPfecatlon in 1920 - of Moab High the 27 MAY THURSDAY t A LiDtKflLLi STAGE HIGHEST ncnnim TL? bmnivcnAl O and 46 It has road matters given this section the priority over other districts in the federal aid road work and has and is done doing its level best to construct a modern highway this of through part the state It has let contracts for the construction of a post s road through Grand county and has kept construction work going forward steadily throughout the winter and spring in spite of the fact that Grand county's funds to meet its share of the cost were depleted The state road officials have shown an especially friendly attitude to this section and if given any encouragement and cooperation will not stop their efforts until Grand and San Juan counties are placed definitely and the permanently on good roads map At this stage in the face of what has already been done by the state it would be a calamity for Grand county to show a niggardly disposition in regard to its portion of the post road expense An unfavorable vote at the bond election on June 19 would have the result of stopping all of the construction work now going forward in this county The post road in its condition would be useless road The state commission denied the required cooperation of the county would be compelled to withdraw its support from It Grand county would be unable to proceed with the work in ! 19 JUNE have so far iven$200 ahd wheVthe communities are heard from previous high water itoutside is expected that the quota will be and establishing mark by about a foot lSCrlbedWhile Mesars' record unprecendented during the Bush a and'TJ1 i Balsley have endeavored to past forty Grand river this mat years the make a thorough canvass it has been week made good the predictions and impossible for them to see warnings issued recently to the everyone hn?Ad"0Se J‘aVe ? noc yet contri-buted that exceptionally high water are invitedto call on Mr Balsley would be experienced in the river this at the Moab State Bank and give spring The river which reached its whatever they desire The complete crest Monday evening is a wild and list of subscribers to has date is as terrible torrent and already done Jmany thousands of dollars' damages John Allen $1 in Johnson 100 western Colorado and considerable redricksen in 100 Chas Redd' damage Moab oOO D S L McCorkle 500 The river on riday overflowed its Christensen Neldon 100 ish in the lower Chas 100 banks part of Moab valley 200 Beterson and that Eugene Bush' entire end of the valley 100 DuBois 100W one immense lake Hundreds of Strong Vivian '100 H e' 200 J of land Nielson acres are covered many feet CreJ'ps' L0° deep by the backed up Albert Anderberg Practically to the waters 100 top of the piers" as they Mrs E all of this Bush 100 land however is A Elmer 300 W Mrs stood before the bridge was raised Tom Taylor 200 and the meadow and the damage here has Mrs drift J without doubt N Corbin 200 Max B Taylor have great The ranches of John E would the swept oOO Geo structure Constantine 300 Brown Dr J W Williams and Oscar away had it been left in its old nox Patterson 250 Anna Lee Kirk Stewart have been hit rather severely LOO C condition A Robertson A S a considerable acreage of 500 state road farming The commission has land tnn"ngrt'' COc G A being under water Hammond Mons Peterson's 500 shown disposition to H L every accede Rath 200 Dale M Par-riott to the ranch west of the river was wishes of the people of R 200 also heavily damaged the W Rigdon 200 Jos southeastern Utah in regard to waters Burkholder 50c Hall (Continuedon last page) 100 Wm many acres that had already Wdson Neal been 100 Ray Dr J planted to crops 100 W Williams 100 W Y The river Young commenced to raise rapidly 00l DEriday as a result of the warm J P Miller 100 John DuBois weather and the waters came up as 200 C W fast as an inch an Bush 250 W E Bush hour for some time I 00 loyd Trout 200 The crest Ross Thomson was reached Monday afternoon 100 Pat Taylor 100 R S Em-nch at which time the water had the 100 McCloud Jesse 100 previous high mark of 1917 H by Reeves 200 S Lester 100 W C about a foot Since Monday the river has Bailey 200 R C H fallen a foot Clark 500: W as a result oL Balsley V R the cool this district Bush 500 O A over wave during Tangren 500 the past two 250 Don Taylor 500 Rod days There is no H H Williams 50c 100 J however the Jones that highest R Cecil stage as yet been Balsley 300 Thomson 500 reached as reports Mrs from Knox the Patterson 100 rank mountains of Colorado are Shafer 50c Joe to the effect that the Hindman 100 A heavy snows in G the high 300 Veva Brown 50c country have bearly commenced EthelRalston Moore 250 Carroll J Meador to melt 250 R J letcher 200 Robt Boyle The Grand river bridge has been a 50c Ola Robertson 100 John Bristol source of anxiety and concern to L 500 L Taylor 250 J J Coan Moab people during the week but so 500 R far it has weathered the W McConkie 250 H B flood H G The Green 500 Green tremor fact 500 Jesse demonstrated however that thewasbridge would Maxwell 100 B H March 200 Will have been Small Earl J E if it 100 Harris 200 swept away had not been raised four feet Brown 100 this Geo Hanby 100 Samuel spring Dur-mg the week Lester 100 Sam G Lester 100 guards have been kept Dr at the bridge day 100 Dr Sprecher 100 and night fighting J B Ryan oil the drift Skewes 200 Walter Boyle 100 wood which kept accumulating Noble Tolen 100 Lee 200 Elmer on the piers Monday morn- Chas 100 ng a huge Kelley 200 Byron Davis quantity of drift had lodged on the south pier Wm Price 300 W Gregg 200 and a great Beryl 100 Stark troube wa8 had in forcing it on Dynamiting was resorted to it wivul success and was finally GREATLY INCREASE pessary to use a block and tackle f°r in prying Iaao ethe debris At power its highest point MOAB TRAIC BY WAY O aer reacbed within a few inches nt the piers as they bndge Con-drifi was raised 9le of high lmmense amount A vast increase of traffic to and came down the river and from the San Juan section of bridJHad sPeed of the waters the and southwestern Colorado will Utah could not have been saved if come it by not been as result of floods raised early this way of Moab snrin spnng by the state which took out bridges and many v miles of the Rio rinw?' EIJis district state road track of Grande JAMES OY Southern railroad which to Dolores LYNN TAYLOR State ?ad Agent D E runs BaldDied at Camp Mills N Y Killed in Action in f rance Mancos and other San Juan ln®er Eugene Bush and Com-activo It is stated that the If J'railroad Thomson have been towns to will be tied Telluride Dolores week in watchingthe situa-contin from tion for half a year as practically oj nmen have been kept at work up rivPa JI16 every bridge along the line was taken pIece of road along out the Just west the has Kaa bridge the Already a great deal of freight for dangerreach-high water San me wiik-ln Juan towns is being routed fm'VJ?04 the top of the at j11s Moab and will steadily P0114 By diligent through throughout work thn the spring and RTad® lieveri saved and is is it expected ii be !jae' wasSoutheastern summer Utah d have been Now that regular truck service has cut off from completely been established between Moab and I out81de but for the fact that 7 the tLp bad jusit Monticello the freight for the southern The been completed district ier old can be delivered promptly wod have covered the I grade pit by and this at least five feet route offers manyof advantages I the Rio greairtS ifrom over shipping by way a' Westwater state that Southern which is a narrowgauge there uh anage was done Grande railroad The tbe Inland Truck en its bank whennfdhy' rlver overflowed which began operating a relief company bad HoweverthA was large truck on regular schedulte 4 about rlver at that place fell last week feet and Monticello Moab Monday This fall is of moving an immense tonnage lores rivo8° grkeat at Moab as the Do-low freight both ways and from present joins the Grand Vp6h' indicationsa second truck will have to R st c°ntinued to rise and 3 be few installed within the next tbVa11 in fbe Grand Many 0Usands °f dollars worth of weeks damao'e 1 the fxper?enced along and iu trbutary the Gunnison of the damage will not be known On 'n R MARCH wesfnn Colorado and three LELAND SETH McCONKTE lives the Rio Were Grande Southern railroad a Iarp in Died at Camp Kearny Calif Train Wreck in rance Springy r?ube Grand at Glenwood vast damage was done amount of MESA and Hotchkiss Paonia bridges and miles of tract being wash othAr R E Diefendorf Ira flooded ?Iope towns were ed away between Telluride and Do Sunday is Memorial day when Americans tarism illmore L W Johnson HpkP oot to Grand GRANDE John W' Sullivan Chest-r railroad bridge lores are accustomed county gave freely of its RIO SOUTHERN pay honor fall 83 It is that the and of Wright twenty famiii Was swePt believed present and to the It is young laid men a number these away dead a IS OUT O COMMISSION respect lads 3 les8 DelS will for several but lives for OR DISTRICT NO MOAB NO 2 re rendered home-"ere continue days down their their at beautiful sentiment and one which 131 THOMPSON three large ranches further excessive high water practically country What would be more firting - On account of floods along the Rio at Perry A Clark Eutimio Duran W Paonia certainty While it is lelieved should be observed more universally than that we should honor these martyrs Grand Southern railroad which took ranches nn8kay a many been S J b°3ss in well than it has in this Traynor W Whitewater the pretty recent years occasion? out Watts vicinity of that the lower snows are upon a large number Viof Mlbridges and anu that the hign-est JUUCB OR DISTRICT NO Covered Grand Junction were melted it is recognized We have just emerged' from a terrible CPurely we are nm w immersedin wa?hed away 11U1UUCI CISCO NO 5 miles of track G M hv bridge? bigh J J E E floods which thousands of viiefi commercialism rnmmAmalicm ana uni Gay Brown waters and the always come from the deep war in knrrv oi nurry Dodson of Denver was compelled to CampbellAnderson life to in which young lives were sacrificed on the Martha Campbell Charles Grand JunnHSS tbe Gunnison river at the high mountains pause for a moment to come by way of Moab to get snows back to of th dr U L E Ella and liberty These boys gave tnlrpn nf th the Cato Cato Cato Augua-ta at last Whitewater were will not commence to melt until the Dav some ronrrt ar Ho Denver capital from Dolores that the The D gladly loved ones at speakable debt which we owe to those reports that the Rio Grande Southern Divine Henry Hansen Marv Han banging by Officials of the all a threads fore part of June Chloe Hallett Miles Humphrey roRa k' v tracks alntip home might be saved from the mirav-j MahL' weather bureau state that new high young lives which were sacrificed In between Doloiea and Telluride will be sen that U'e A Wr D of pit the Morse M McBride John world protection of our liberty and our out of and until washed out Sunday water marks war and commissionfor perhaps six may be expected within ages e be freed from the despotism of mil Watr recedes the extent the homes next two or three weeks months (Continuedon last page) Exceedingthe a i instructed effect -W fol-lows: I- T is- a z absolutely J notbeen unsurfaced J inundating J ? " 1 J 100H'P'rWJlghf Baldwin00 2 Honor Our Martyred Heroes J vicinity exceeded assurance I ' withouta h J fer mW' 0M J IL expects M-Robertson j were°r-e j a en-whi " w-'VTl i! ' r department 1 increase tf be-Would k J-i' j p-rn k between o Ri-orden 1 delivery 4 patrons be-ounteraclHk I -Killed 1 - -'ear 8 4 I I s r everyday altar i I a ' t i-J -e |