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Show ee i : Me eu, e kiirray store in Cisco. All eligible) : fowners or land ' occupiers ‘the boundaries of the ve the right to vote with-| district! at the ‘ion. | he district will be managed by poard of five suvervisors. Two fe recently appointed by the Besamie soil conservation committee, jaaaq are B. E. Buchanan ley and L. L. Taylor remaining ‘be chosen ust .three at 13. election eR on : DEMAND or the past 10 days early! ab cantaloupes have been on | market, and are heavy demand at Price, Salt meeting mer intermountain ady string of the choice are community Ho, A local| a measly 37 in the | to 168 The government house in Nas- sau, Bahama Islands where the Duke and Duchess of Windsor will take up residence as | | Eng- land's former king assumes his duties as Governor and Commander"in-chief of the Bahama Islands. "Wally" and Edward are pictured in insets above. | | 15 Days' Grace Given 38th Infantry | (n Medical Plan At Moab Saturday | have another of being the the western Wouldn't a justice Lie of the ae you like 2 a 5 .600| from Camp | The state road commission now i/has under ‘construction and improvement more than 168 miles of highway throughout the state, ac-| ‘cording to W. Hammond, |Chairman of the commission. Of! this. mileage, approximately 117) |'miles are being resurfaced and 51/| |miles. graded and graveled. A large ‘portion of the latter mileage will |be oil surfaced after the grading) |is done, which will add many /miles to the paved highways of |Utah. The cost of projects now | ;}under construction will be $1,-| 779 646. ee are having no difficulty| ; : ° | ae ) Succeeds to Presidency _ Qf Trail Association Sa > New CCC Enrollees Mainly From Carolina *,!°2, eeins.om | f the First Utah district Sones, See. Ee ee Aner | | Finished River Trips Wtk Creek Reservoir sting Repaired by SCS --_-- 4 GRAZING MEETINGS CALLED * ae The Political Lineup in Grand County _& REPUBLICAN '. Guy and F. R. Hively of general election i her grand- nat ee, 4 Ke be sponsored benefited by it. by mountains for a two N taal teehee ee ee) eg ee ee ‘ ; ae eee Fi bakeH e , Pa. ‘¥ BeOS Meg ie BISend HN gh» are ty a kets ee 9 pig: Soe en Oe r pe ee eae eee a ‘ " Pn make oh pve EP ee - | |/under way more than 40 miles of has been suggested by the. | "It Six companies of the 38th U. S. Relief Society Meeting. roadside development. work, which| i|county medical committee and ap-!| infantry, teaThe Moab Relief Society Jdisposing of their crop. Good) | numbering between 500) will cost : approximately: $44,000. ‘day and not within 20 miles of|each gully from joining the water | meeting will be held next | Proved by the county commissionm-|and 600 men, will spend Satur- | According Mies are being received, the | chers' to Chairman Ham-/their voting districts should file in other gullies. As flood water commenc- | ers August 7, Utah needs $20,000,000 for) an application for an absent bal-| that the final date originally | day night at Moan, en route from mond, jailing rate this week being) Wednesday, doubles in volume and speed the road construction, in order to put) lot, which will be mailed &f | ify cents per dozen uncrated. | ing at 1:15, and all teachers are|set by the county commissioners? to the) destructive power and _ carrying 'the highways of the state. in a, | voter as soon as printed. by the officers to attend.) August 1, 1940, for ‘of: families "of; mong the leading growers are urged The regiment ability increase from eight to 64 county to sign the medi p M. Parriott, H. B. Evans, The regular work meeting will 7 Grand eing transferred to Texas where ‘condition adequately to meet et |times, engineers estimate. Thus by | sent day traffic needs. "This realiel enoverative contract be e t Trout, Johnny Johnson,| held following the teachers' meetit,. will be stationed permanently back the water in each } holding | zation should put to an end all) } tended to August 15. in the future. ard Lance, E. W. Stout and ing, starting at 2 p. m. for a little time much can | gully es ee _ «very family within the county|; The detachment will encamp at efforts to divert to other purposes| |be accomplished in eth Allred. controlling of the present road funds," | ‘is eligible to join the medical aS-|the Arehes CCC camp west of the) any fioods. |Ssaid Mr. Hammond. "Road funds) ‘sociation. The fee for joining is | Colorado river. At the present time 11 check s Land Board Here. purposes only is the) '$35 per) year. The contract _irMajor A. B. Wollums, command- |for highway dams have been completed and ‘fae R. Anderson and LeRoy er |respective of when the fee is paid|er of the Monticello CCC camp, | thing we are striving to | it is the intention of Superintenle, members of the state land| in full, begins on May 1, 1940 and.) was dent Fred C. Jewkes of Dalton in Moab yesterday making Pee terra een ee fd; J. Warren Taylor, execu-| | ' 1941. Of the! arrangements Due to the fact that he has) Wells to rush the project to comfor the overnight | $12,894 IS ALLOTED TO secretary, and Edmund Craw-| | fee, $25 is paid to the doctor and|stay of the infantrymen at. Moab. | LA SAL NATIONAL FOREST moved from Durango to Montrcse} pletion. Foreman Clark Hardy is field representative of the $10 to the hospital. There are no) of the work, a for business reasons, Lloyd N. Case | in direct charge In June the 38th infantry was. --_- Id, spent Tuesday and WednesThe, new Arches National Mcnu-| 2dditional charges unless a family) moved back to Fort Douglas from) A telegram received Thursday| last week resigned as president of| minimum force of 50 men bein in San Juan county, inspectihas 3 need( for . at|Texas, where it had hospitalization on spent the|by the county commissioners ot the Navajo Trail association. Mtr.| employed. state-owned grazing lands. On ment CCC company that arrived time there are additional) winter. On all its overland trips, Grand county from Senator El- Case was one of the chief organifet trip they were accompanied in Moab last week numbers 195) which charges made according to fees the regiment has traveled over the 'bert D. Thomas in Washington, zers of the association and during CANNING CENTER James S. Andrews, district men. Of these, 186 are from} ASKS COOPERATION ‘set up within the contract. the past year guided the organizaNavajo trail, No. highway \reads as follows: mer of the U. S. grazing service. South Carolina, eight are from | In 1939 there were 111 families! which is the most direct "Am formally advised of ap- tion in a very successful way. bose of the trip was to famil- Georgia and one from Florida. The Moab canning center, @ ‘in the medical association, while ‘from the south to the northwest. proval of project for development He is succeeded as president by themselves with grazing They entrained at Winsborc, project, is operating during of Moab, first vice WPA on June 30, of this year, there! and improvement of ranges L. L. Taylor aS in the district, preparatory South Carolina. Most of the men) the summer months. Fruits and president. New officers wilk be were only 68 families signed for SOIL CONSERVATIONIST throughout La Sal National forest ot a program of blocking are experienced, and they readily| | 1940. A goal has been set by the | are being canned for NOW LOCATED AT MOAB with allotment of $12,894. Project elected at the annual meeting to vegetables S. took up their duties in the new! be held in September, probably at use in the nursery school and for' |county medical committee of 150) is sponsored by government." WO weeks ago they made a camp. The company is being em- | \families for 1940 as there needs) the school lunch which will be Durango. C. S. Fonte of the soil conserva| construe: lar trip through grazing dis- ployed in completing the The association has been highly maintained during the next school to be a minimum of this number} No.9, which comprises all of tion of the camp buildings, and) ‘of families if the medical program tion service has established headJ. P. May Killed. successful in welding together all term. Those in charge of the proquarters at Moab. Mr. Fonte will monu-| the in md county lying north of the development The death of J. P. May. 59- of the work that there is a great civic organizations along ject state be technician in charge of thé few) ‘is to continue. a within year-old Roosevelt, Utah, farmer highway No. 160 in Utah and Colu- need ado wiver and Castle creek. for fruits and _ vegetables. ment will start The committee suggests that work to be undertaken by and retired business man, follow- rado me land board officials spent: weeks. Parents of children attending the to the common purpose of 'families contact the county hos-|newly "created Grand 1s Pressley ing injuries when hit by a truck promoting the Navaj Trail. I. miay night at Moab _ leaving Thomas nursery school and those benefited Capt. and sign the contract, : |pitai re-|Colorado River Soil Conservation John driver, who is alleged to have been ly Wednesday for Salt Lake camp commander and by the hot school lunch are reare ardless of whether they can pay|district. His title will be district drunk, brings to an end a long Both n. subalter quested to assist in providing prois Judge Hougaard Files. Cochran 'the full fee at once or if they are| conservationist. : and eventful career in eastern for canning. The general Judge John A. Hougaard of duce from South Carolina. lable to pay only part of the fee Coolidge, Utah. Mr. May edited the San) Manti last week filed a petition for! public is invited to furnish excess of Miller School Closes for Month. M. Hugh |and the balance at some later date.| Five Seek G.O.P. Nomination. 'Juan Record at Monticello severai| nomination produce suitable for canning, and ne Moab nursery school closed Arizona, superintendent of South- ‘It should be remembered that the| to succeed himself as Don B. Colton, congressman from| idelvy. known | Monuments, ulesday, July 31, for a month. judge cf the Seventh judicial dis-| any contributions will be appreciNational ns U western total fee must be paid by the! 12); and Wyoming. | trict, comprising by those in charge of the teachers will leave Saturday spent several days in Moab last contract family before they can) years, last week filed a' petition of in, Utah, icahe the counties of, ated | H. n 'Born in Nephi, Utah, he taught) canning center is Custodia 3 Salt Lake City, where they with Carbon, Emery, Grand) project. The week conferring derive benefits under the coopera-| candidacy » TH for Republican nomi- |school for a number of years, was| Sanpete, located in the basement of the old i take a course in adult educa- G. Schimdt regarding the work {0 | tive plan. and San Juan. He is a Democrat. | Mr. nation for governor. | new ‘engaged in business in Salt Lake) high school building. the by Arches Judge Hougaard, one of the two) and nursery school training be done in the ‘ was the fifth Republican to enter City, by} and moved to the Uintah) presiding accompanied judges of the district,| aiming the month of August. The camp. He was the race for the gubernatorial |), sin in 1914, where he established| was elected in 1936. landscapepe|| TRAFFIC VIOLATORS Richey, Pty school will reopen about Charles A. nomination. He served in congress |'a newspaper WARNED BY COMMISSION | at Myton and one naturalist | Fred W. Keller of Price also Veteran Boatman Has yl first of September. architect; Nat N. Dodge, from 1920 to 1932, and was at that 'at Duchesne. Mr. May was also filed a petition for nomination as Monu-| National of Southwestern time a resident of Vernal. Other| | active in civic affairs, and was Democratic candidate. Mr. Keller) lum, CCC | Following is a typical letter sent Republican ments, and Luis A. Gastel candidates for goverorganizer and first manager formerly na-| out by the resided at Monticello, | Miller, state tax commission nor are Mayor J. Bracken Lee of ithe Horace fiscal clerk. ‘of the Uintah Basin Industrial where he engaged in the practice ar-| to 376 traffic law violators: engineer, service park tional | a Price, Reed Stevens of St Ogden, | COnBTESS at Fort Duchesne. of law, and served for eight years! nce comme Dear Sir: to week last rived J. Lowe of City, William as district attorney. new high-| We have been notified that you) and Otto Weisley of Salt Lake} detailed survey of the Bert Loper of Salt Lake City, Candidates for the Republican) Arches the were arrested April 14, 1939, for) | City. into Mr. and Mrs. Cordell Bowen and to lead way river boatman, for judge are Judge) veteran Colorado backing into parked car, and fined) children of Cortez, Colo. spent nomination monument. Tuesday had completed the navia il elite Dilworth Woolley of Manti, Thorit| $5; and that you were arrested and chil-|the week-end in Moab visiting Mr. Stewart Mrs. Mennel gation of every mile of the Coloagain on August 12, 1939, for park- dren left the last of the week for) Bowen's Mr. and Mfrs. Hatch of Helper, and B. L. Det parents, G BOARD me large check dam in Pack rado and Green rivers. Mr. Loper, Price. ing on the highway, and fined $, the La Sal mountains to join Mr.|Cord accom- and F. B. Hammond, were They Bowen. t east of the James who has made many trips dow Two judges of the Seventh dis-| and on September 10 you received Stewart, is doing road work! panied to Moab by Mr. and Mrs. trict will be elected this fall. who "Evie ranch in Spanish val| the Green river to its confluence warning ticket for failure to there. P. a |Fox of Cortez. Chesley Grazier ‘Which was ‘damaged recently with the Colorado, and thence ional signal. of all give an arm meetings ® flood, will be repaired at sue called hee Valuable Cameras Recovered. | down the latter stream to Needles, The law provides that the tax by the soil conservation ser- nine advisory poards of Utah to Calif., recently announced that he Two cameras, a pair of binoculars| » «cording to C. P. Starr of pass on applications for grazing commission may suspend or re'!and other articles worth over $400 | planned to make the trip by boat : voke the operator's license of any » fea conservationist. Mr. licenses for the 1940-41 season. from the pumphouse south of were stolen from L. L. Moore of). person if the commission has reaa will meet the Colorado to the * WaS in Moab yesterday on No. 6 board Grand Junction at Moab Satur-| Cisco down The son to believe that such person is mouth of the Green, the only neral inspection trip through Monticello on August 26 ace the day evening. The articles were) on reckless or negligent in his drivof the two rivers which and San Juan counties, and No. 9 board will meet at Moab taken from Mr. Moore's car which) stretch ing. The purpose of this law is not previously navigated. = work to start at once on September 3, according to James to promote safety on our highwas parked in front of the resi- he Had r. He embarked at the pumphouse district grazie dence of H. G. Schmidt. An inDEMOCRATIC wing the dam. s. Andrews, ways by taking away the privilege making the journey vestigation by officers resulted in| last week, of driving from those persons who For District Judge . the arrest of two CCC enrollees down to the junction of the rivers Increase. 0H Conservation service, who Traffic Shows are likely to cause accidents. Dilworth Woolley has who in two days. The return trip te John A. Hougaard* camp, on Wells issi completed a reseeding comm at the Dalton road A complete record is being kept of was made in two days, B. L., Dart study produced all of the articles stolen, Moab Fred W. Keller* 7am in Spanish valley, will desi a careful aoe of the arrests, convictions and with the aid of an outboard motor. state which have been returned to Mr. its of Thorit Hatch charge of repairing the dam, the six months' report warnings of all drivers where a oe enrollees are under 18 Previously Mr. Loper had navigatThe ning direcMoore. the plan under be F. B. Hammond to " t k way %, high * violation of the motor vehicle law river from its s years of age and will be turned ed the Colorado oC. S. Fonte, district con- wide h shows that traffic is involved. The purpose of this whic down as far as the court headwaters ae juvenile the to over *uOnist. A crew of CCC en- creasing on all of Utah's For District Attorney record is to develop information Cisco pumphouse. ts y Pea authorities. $ from the Monticello camp highways. On U. S&. which will show which drivers are Therald N. Jensen* Mr. Loper arrived in Moab on Donald T. Adams* Roads traff ye "aly will be employed. at Draper Cross his return journey Tuesday, and : careless and negligent. If the deYoung Couple Wedded. #€ dam was constructed about increase 25.22 per cent since partment receives any further For State Representative left for his home at Salt Lake daughter Taylor, Marian Miss years ago by the Moab CCC while south of Brigham City bi records regarding convictions or Taylor City. T. D. E. Baldwin A. ay Mrs. and Mr. of R. H. Dalrymple* , Under the direction of the ase for the hi warnings concerning your driving, He is over 70 years of age. For U. S. 91 the incre ro was married Saturday to Moab, Mons Peterson or of has 26.98 then since been it may be necessary to suspend or has ‘t service, and Utah, 40 years he has explored the river period Delta, of one Purdy D. has Richard Maintained by the soil con- Traffic in Parley's canyon the ~ revoke your license. for canyons, and has piloted many Moab who has been located at in ; For Four-Year Commissioner cent Wn service. It has been of Will you kindly obey the traffic 18 per surveying parties. ed p # t year. The ceremony was government the G. O. Patterson* nse benefit to ranches located creas years. In commenting a ; rules and regulations in the fuMilton E. Johnson* Johnson, A. three Dave by c rel nectioeibed ture and cooperate with other , aah Hammond, Pack creek in Moab valley, MOAB rvey, e justice of the peace. Immediately | OILING OF NEW For Two-Year Commissioner 4 i holds back floods, allowing cas of the state road ag drivers in our state to prevent STREETS COMPLETED young the wedding, the gon after 0 dam the the through pas accidents and thereby make our that to J. Reed Lance* <6 said trip | R. L. Holyoak* a honeymoon sion, on wh left couple for ‘he, The hecking of floods the " commission's plans highways safe. The oiling of seven blocks of Be to Salt Lake City. Their many'! straightening Mts damage to irrigation ening Thanking you in advance for and For County Attorney hearty newly graded and graveled Moab extend ne friends at Moab ee of e 8nd ditches and eliminates your cooperation in this matter, ways high streets was completed Tuesday, Mitchell Melich = through congratulations. None out as rap = Atmos away of farm lands. we remain when a seal coat of oil was apmust be carried Lyman E. Duncan en ree probably Respectfully yours, He reservoir was damaged by and re- plied by the state road commission been have sible, | eep Announcements to are STATE TAX COMMISSION. Wi, 2d recently, a hole being cut ee if highways streets are paved to of a crews. The birth the of Moab in ceived ~§.* wall just west of the spill- pace with traffic. * Indicates that the candidate will enter the son to Mr. and Mrs. Earl Brady a width of 36 feet. The new pavn November without participating in This will now be repaired by im Brady ing job is a great 7% Mrs. Montana. E. D. Blodgett cf Grand Juncat Havre, to the apimmensely adds S0il conservation service aS 2D) _ Mrs. Dora EO Ek n and June tion, well known sheepman and was formerly Miss Bessie Perkins|and the primary elect ions of September 3 or October 1. mainFuture pearance of the city. a ¥ measure. daughter Dora Ho ror tea Sal panker, was transacting of Moab. business of the dam, Mr. Starr, in Moab yesterday. the wers : ete ocean 3 2 Se me NS oe e 3 Cafe ...... 2 Co-op ....... 2 Garage ...... i et | Pet. | 0 - 1.000) | NEW ROAD CONSTRUCTION | In addition to the construction| |program, the road commisicn has' | peace? eee MILES OF UNDER | | | | Lost OS . ee = sy ee OO«ote Nees ee ee peed | Teams Won iets | | that he had eaten of ...... 5 SUC Pease Rass Prominent lawyer of Montrose, Colo. Mr. Moynihan wrote a Moab Wells Approximately 50 CCC enrollees DG-32 at Dalton Wells 500| have started flood control work at Moab Bad the head of Bliss canyon, east of Moab 166 Moab, to protect the city from cloudbursts which have done immense damage in the past. Results It is planned to construct nearDalton Wells 9, Meador's Cafe 2.| ly 70 check dams in Bliss canyon Second Round its tributaries.» These will Moab Co-op 17, Moab Garage 13. and vary in height from four to 12 Scouters 6, Meadors Cafe 6. feet and in thickness from four to (Tie game to be replayed) eight feet. The check dams are of Scouters 9, Moab Garage 8. type, and are Dalton Wells 18. Moab Co-op 6. the wire basket built by making a net wire container closely fitted to the terrain. Schedule The baskets are packed tightly Thursday, August 1 - Moab with rocks of various sizes and Garage vs. Meador's Cafe. then fastened securely with anFriday, August 2-Meador's Cafe other strip of wire at the top. vs. Dalton Wells. Two larger dams will also be Saturday, August 3-Scouters vs. constructed at the mouth of Bliss Dalton Wells. canyon to impound the flood and Monday, August 5-Scouters VS. | divert the water slowly into canals Moab Garage. that will carry it away from its Tuesday, August 6-Moab Co-op | old course through the center of vs. Meador's Cafe. t own. Wednesday, August 7 - Dalton | The purvcose of the many check Wells vs. Moab Garage. | dams in the upper gullies of the canyon is to retard the progress APPLICATIONS FOR ABSENT | of the water as it rushes toward BALLOTS NOW AVAILABLE) the bottom. At each dam, as the water velocity is checked, part of Application blanks for absent! the flood's load of sand and rocks voter ballots for the _ primary) will be deposited, and the water election on September 3 are now) will percolate more slowly through available at the office of the | the loose rock dams, losing much county clerk. Those voters whwt| of its destructive force. The dams expect to be absent on election also serve to keep the water in | SCOULere | Meador's _@ Moab cantaloupe at Grand Junction, which he declared was the best he had tasted in a long time. He asked that a crate of specially selected cants be sent | to Mr. Willkie and one to Gover" nor Carr. The meions were shipped Tuesday. | hum! be | | friend Monday | nation. hemisphere. and | hauling and when Now it appears we bid for fame-that Gretna Green of Junc- City points. trucks melons, | other with) Grand Lake weddings?), matrimonial tekens were written out. We have always' contended that Moab was the most scenic town in the west. We have always argued that our schools, our churches, our clubs, our citizenship, excelled those of any supervisors the AB CANTALOUPES MEET HEAVY an of Castle | of Moab. | ed to the distinguished Republi| cans. by Charles J. Moynihan, | Standing Dalton el at| Victor'| | a house the M. present- be 7 at Dale to eee! court other grown on the ranch of Parrictt. The cantaloupes were Structures ae the ge Built by Dalton Wells CCC. | e ab and City Softball League. 79 Check Dams and Two cantaloupes, ee in the county he crate of choice Moab te S 0 Mimere will be two polling places, d perhaps Re ELS OEkeintly created. it as re-| record; was not the most prosperous month on record. 8But respect one in it was | unique. For during the month of | July, A. D. 1940, more marriage licenses were issued in Grand county than in any other month | in the history of said political subdivision. (Colorado exFor be it known changes please copy) no less than (43) forty-three marriage li- | censcs were issued by the Grand torrid the during clerk county The July. of month number | established an all-time record of a county whose history dates | back some 50 years. It shattered | the previous banner month-May, | 1940, with 41 licenses-and put to shame the month immediately following, June of 1940 (who said June was the month of | J was on Wendell L. Willkie, Republican candidate for president of the United States, and Ralph L. Carr, governor of Colorado, were each presented this week with a | Bliss Canyon Flood Control Project Starts OS ee + fa7 soil con- which | On Moab Cants i district, ees eee on for naming three Grand Covwnty "Siorado River Drainage weration Home Willkie Feasts ag of the NUMBER 31. | peers a <a ; purpose mrvisors of 1, 1940 lity oe a New AUGUST ee wren" month Be Chosen. m election will be held Nigst 13 in Grand county to Go ---oeee which came to an end _§iast night, was not the hottest month on record; it was not the wettest DE _ ‘Wally' UTAH, The month of July, A. D. 1940, _ re ee Supervisors for Grand. ©» County District to i and Another Record! Hlection Aug. 13 l ‘Windsor COUNTY, ee { Conservation Well, Well, Well! MOAB, GRAND Se ‘ ---- [erent ME 65 sn ath te Cie Times-Independent |