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Greennver Grecnnver Greenriver was visited v1f.lted v1flted . bvdestructive tv by a adestructive adestructive destructive fire v . which blch destroyed destroyedthe destroyedthe destroythe the opera houseA houseA house houseA A $75000 75000 $75 75 $ 000 county bond issue wproposed was waspropcsed wasproposed propcsed proposed to raise the county count ) ; s sWare sshare share Ware of the he cost of the Moab MoabThompsons Moa'iThompsons MoaiThompsons ' - hompsons -Thompsons Thompsons post road roadAngus roadAngus roadAngus Angus M Stocks pioneer MOEblacksmith Moab Moabblacksmith Moabblacksmith ' . blacksmith died dJed this . w.ek wek v.ek vek . lolloi follow followjng followfrig : .Ing Ing jng frig . a se\ se several seeral seseral \ eral years illnessGeorge illnessGeorge Illness IllnessGeorge George J Consiantlne Constantine an aitorney at attorney attorney torney had formed a law partner partnership partnership partneiship ship with Attorney Kno Knox ' ( Patterso Patterson PattersonF : F M Young or Of Logan h hid htd d been beenappointed beenappointed beeappointed appointed principal of the Moahigh Moab Moabhigh Moabhigh high schoolMISS schoolMiss school schoolMiss Miss EddahIUiams Eddah R \ Williams \\IUiams IUiams illiams w " was "as as as a"ard aard a"arded aw awarded " and anded I ed a gold medal by the First National Na Nabonal Natronal bonal tronal Bank In the annual oratoncal oratou oratory oratoucal oratorycal [ cal contest centest of the local fOcal high schoo school schoolJ schooJ J R Balsley Baisley had purchased the theMoab theDfoab thMoab . Moab Dfoab : meat maiket malket market from Dr A CRalston CRalstonSheep G GRalston GRalston Ralston . RalstonSheep Sheep shewing she'1.rlng she1.rlng she1rlng shearing ' . started at Moab MoabthIS Moabthis Moathis thIS week "eek eek " at the A M Robertsc Robertscn Robertson RobertscnJlant Robertsonplant ; , plant Jlant ] plantA JlantA A frost struck , JWoab Jioab Moab valley m in mjurmg injurmg mjuring jurmg the fruit fruitV fruitV fruitV V R Bush and Miss May Eime Elmer Elmer"ere Elmert r nere "ere ere t " ; ere married mamed tinseek this tins \ week \\eek eek at Salt SaltLake SaltLake Sallake [ Lake cIty cItyThe CityThe CityThe I , The Moab Garage compan company ) th thlS this thlSweek thisweek ] week placed a 12 passenger autbus auto autobus autobus bus in service on the Moab Thomp Thompsons Thompsons Thompsons sons stage ImeThe lineThe line Ime lineThe The first auto 10 to negotiate thrher the therler theriver rl\er rl er river \ road from . Moab to Castle Castlevalley Castlevalley Castivalley le valley w wis w\s w s ' \ is drnen driven dm en oy E B Emrich Emrichan Emrichan Emrlclan an oil 011 geologist He made the thetrip thtrip trip with slight shght trouble troubleTie troubleTIe troubleTie Tie La Sal 1\ 1 b & \ 1ountam ountam ountain ' Fish F'lsh Flsh and andGame andGame anGame Game association " was "as as orgamz organiz organizewith l " < d dwith v . with Ith the following folio \ ing officers H S SRutledge SRutledge ; Rutledge president Don Taylolice Taylor Taylor'Ice Taylorvice 'Ice Ice vice ' president C ' CTiailes C'IaIles CIaIles iailes DeMcise DeMcisey DeMciseyJr : Jr secretary W R McConkIe McConlue McConkIetreasurer McConluetreasurer McConkitreasurer treasurer treasurerlth mth \\lth lth u \ \ ith J P Miller 1\illler 1 illler \ C A AHammond AHammond jHammond Hammond and R C Clark as acditional ad addltlonal addrtional dltlonal drtional directors _ I , I , . 40 .to to 10 Years Ago ' 1'his 1his l'lus llus 1'hls 1hls ' ' WeekAn WeekAn Week An infant mfant son of Mr and Mrs MrsJ MrsJ " J C Wllcox Wilcox died of pneumonn pnewnoma pneumonia pnewnomaWIlliam pneumoniaWilliam pneumonnWilliam ' William H King \ was as elected electedUtah electedUtah elect d Utah congressman over John JohnHammond T THammond THammond Hammond by a majority of 4500 4500votes 4500votes 45votes 30 votes Grand county cuunty gave King 106 106otes 1lotes \otes otes .otes \ ' . to S3 98 for Hammond HammondAdmiral HammondAdmiral Admiral De Dewey " ey had announced announcedhimself announcedhimself announcihimself , , himself as a . candidate for presi president president presdent dent of the United States He had hadnot hadnot h ; not announced his politics The TheTImes TheTimes Tl . Times did not take kmdlj kmdly kind ) ; to t.candidac tcandidac his hiscandidacj hiscandidacy . , candidacj candidacy } stating that war heroes heroesseldom heroesseldom heroseldom seldom rrade wade made good statesmenJohn statesmenJohn statesmen John Peterson returned from fromtwo atO atwo a t\\O t O two \ jear sear } ear mission to the southern southernstates southernstates southelstates southelstatesThe states statesThe The county commissioners sold soldthe soldthe sohe \ the county lot vest west " , est of the old oldcourt oldcourt ocourt ' court house to Dr J W William Wi1hams Williams Wi1hamsThe WilliamsThe ; The count county } enloyed enJoyed some boun bounteous bounteous bomeous [ teous rains and the mountaIns mountaInsere mountainsa mountanwere s a ' \ere ere \ ere covered with new snowI snowWi1l1am snowWilliam snow snowWilliam William Wi1l1am J Bryan was the prc pro probable probable bable D fl mocratic mocratlc mocratrc candidate for forpresident forpresident T president The Republic-ins Republic ins RepublIc\ns ns Repubhcins ' \ - "ere ere were "erehuntmg werehunting " wei weihunting hunting huntmg foi a stronger man than thanMark thanMark Mark HannaJudge HannaJudge Hanna HannaJudge Judge Jacob Johnson Reportt Reporter ReporterDavIS ReporterDavis Davis and Attorneys Woods Houtz Houtzand Houtzand Houtand , and Warner can e a to Moab for fordistrict fcdistrict ' _ dIstrict court They came down downthe downthe dowthe the river nver tiom fIom ffom Cisco m in a row boat boatptloted boatpiloted boapiloted . ptloted piloted by A M Robertson and andreported andreported anreported reported a very pleasant tripThe tripThe trip The Boeis BoelS had been besting bestmg the theBntlsh theBritish British Bntlsh in m the South African Afncan "ar ar war "arI warduring " we weduring r during durmg the \ week eel . No wonder the theEnglish English Engllsh queen is " wearing "earmg earmg the thegreen thegreen - green and smiling smihng on Ireland Irelandcommented commented the editorA editor editorA A M ( ( Rhone Rhcne ) ) Higgins HJggms of Moab Moabaccldentallj Moabaccidentally accidentally accldentallj shot himself at lis lishome 1 I is ishome : home at Moab and died a day daylater daylater later Heas He \ was \\as as sunlved sunIved surilved by his wIfe wIfeand wifeand and fi\e fi e fie fit , \ a chIldrenThe childrenThe children childrenThe 1 The advice of Peter Cooer Cooper } : a amulti amulti I multi mIllIOnaireho millionaire ' \ who \\ho ho had re recently recently ' cently died is as I t mely in 1940 as asIt asit it was m 1900 1r t 1\ 1 li \ r Cocpel Coopel said saidIn saidIn In all townshere towns \ where \\here here a newspaper newspaperIS ! r is publisl publlsl ed every man should ad advertise advertise 1 vertise in it it If nothing more than thana n a card stating statmg his rls name and the theI thebusmess thebusiness le business busmess he is engaged m It al always aways I I ways \ ays p.ij pij pdis p.i3s pi3s . . s the advertiser and be bi ' sides lets the pcop peop e a eat at a distance distancekno distancekno distantkno kno v that thr thp town towu towp in wl wI ich ycreside you youreside youreside " reside is a pros.elOus proselOus pros.erous proserous pros . , . eious community communityof communi'of communiof ' of business men that the people peoplemay peoplemay peopmay may settle in it with a chinesmake ch'lnce chlnce chance ' to tomake tomake make a . living Never pull in yo your yoursign yoursign ' sign m in a home paper while you youexpect youexpect yiexpect , expect to do busme business busmc"5 busmc5 " s sMrs Mrs Winford Bunce undcr"ent undcrent underwent underwenta undcrwi " ' " , a . , ton tonsllectomy tonsilectomy llectomy Monday at the local localho localhospital lo < ho hospital pital |