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Show , - l IookingBackward IookingBackwardThrough Looking , -1 1 g Backward BackwardThrouch a Throuch Through the Files of The Times 1 1r . . . 4 -r------ r - rF - - - - - - - - ------F F - " - - - - - 20 Years Ago This WeekThe Week WeekThe The Republican RepubJlcan party called itsounty its itsounty itsounty ounty nominating convention for forSept lorSept 3ept Sept ' 16School 16School 16 16School School opened for the term tcnn witha wIth a large Increase In attendance attendanceA A fine commumts commumt1 community spirit spint was wassl wasstoln wasslosn stoln sl 0 0n \n n \ on Labor day \ when hen about aboutZOO about200 ZOO 200 people turned tumed ou oui out and built a afence afence afence fence around the cemeten cemetelJ cemeterl Thtladfs The Tht Thtlad's . ladl's ladls lad's lads ' " ' of the town to\\n to n \ served dinner dinnerat dinnerat dinnerat at noon to theolkcrs the wolkers \\olkcrs olkcrs corkers corkersAmong \ wolkersAmong olkcrsAmong Among the candidates foi for sheriff sheriffwere sheriffwere were \ ere W J Bliss BJlss and Albeit AlbeitBe'lch AlbeitBelch AlbenBeich Be'lch Belch ' Lee Elmer was \ a s an announc announced announced announced ed candidate for clelkS clerkS cleik clelk clerk cleikS S A Tailor TaJor Taylor ] and son Ralrh left leftfor leftfor leftfor for southwestern Colorado to in inv inV Inv v stigite stlg'lte stlglte stiWtte ' ranch pioperties plopertles properties whIch whIchthey whichthey whichthey they plinned phnned punned to purcl purc1 aseGreat aseGreat ase aseGreat Great preparations were under undera1 underna3 underwas \\a1 a1 na3 \ \ for staging stagmg the Grand county countyhir countyfair countyflir hir fair Oct 13 and 14Leroy 14Leroy 14 14Leroy Leroy B Stevens was convicted convictedof of manslaughtci manslaughtel manslaughter for the homicIde homicideof of Gecige Geclge and Charles Bradford InSan in inSan inSan San Juan county and \ wis wts \ 'lS lS ' sen sentensed sentenced I Itenced tenced tensed b bi } J Jidge Icge idge ! Woolley to from fromone fromone one t to 10 years 1 } ears imprisonment Imprisomnent imprisonmentA ImprisomnentA fromI I A brief bnef session of district court court"as courtwas courtwas "as as was " held at Moab I | - 40 Ye'lr Yelr Ye-irs Ye irs Years ' - A Ago o This TIns WeekThe Week WeekThe The La . Sa Sal ] Mining Mmmg & . < Su MIl1ng Milling MIl1ngCompany MillingCompany Millm ] ; Company announced that it woulibull would wouldbUll wouldburlI bUll burlI I a smelter smclter on La Sil S'tl Stl S\ S SCI ' , \ ] CI creek creeknear cieeinear K Knear near the Cashin mIne mIneMob mineMoab mineMo-ib mineMo ib ' Mo\b Mo b Moab ' \ - " was "as as busy halVestmg harvesting hai vesting its itsfruit it ; fruit , , and freighters \ were \ ere busyhaul busy I Ihaul haul ng rig it to the raliroadIt lallroad RUroad raliroad lallroadIt ! i iIt It is quite an amusing sight tosee to I see the gll gills girls Is and bo1 boss boys s going gomg U tv to tvschool toschool school two and thiee thlee three on a horse horseracing hors hor > e eracmg racing racmg with Wlth one another as theycome theycome they come into mto town the editor cornmented cornmentedJohn com commented commented mented mentedJohn John E Blown Blo\\n Blo n Bioun \ \ and family came cameto cameto cameto to Moab from Kirk Kirks s basin basm to tospend tospend tospend spend themter the winter \\mter mter wmter wmterThe \ I mterI The Daily DalY ] Sentinel Sentmel of GrandJunctIOn GrandJunction Grand Junction bad l1ad had Installed a tpeset tpesettmg 11 tipesetting } peset pesettmg tmg machine machme the first in m this the en entire entyre entire tire tyre sectionThe sectionThe section sectionThe The Times published edltonals editorials edltonalsurgmg editorialsurging editorialsurging urgmg urging that Moab town to\\n to n \ be mcorporated mrorp mcorp mrorporated mrorporated orated and that the proposed proposedcounty proposedcounty proposedcounty county bond issue of $10 10 $10000 10000 $ 000 to tobUld tobuild tobuild bUld build ] a courthouse be applO\ applO appiotedChvrman appio\ed appio ed applOed appioted appioedChiirrran \ ed edCI1'l1rlran Chiirrran CI1'l1rlran CI1l1rlran Chvrman ' J A Huff Issued a acaU acall acall caU call for a Democritic Democr'ltlc Democrltlc ' nominating nominatingcomcntion nominatingcons nominatingcorn comcntion cons cntlon ention _ _ _ _ I - . rassed rested replicaWhy smiled smled ! sweetly Seetly S\\ S \ eetly and replieca repllen repliecaWhy repllenWhy Why I think it . was v.as vas just lust a littleback Ittl little littleback ! 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Well I just missed mi Sed ' > the streetcai street streetcal streetcar cal car ' ' it 'It one comer corner Then Icut I \\cut cut went wentaround \ ventaround cutaround around the comer corner to catch the bu bub bub bub b t missed that too So S < > I ran 111 111the 111the ' illthe the v a ai , } home behind th tha the " street streetc'lr streetc'ir streetcir , c'lr clr c'ir cir ' ' and saved a nickel DIcke ] fare fareWhy fareI fareWhy I Why dldn dtdn didnt t 10U you ; ou run behind the thebus thebus thebus bus and save a dime000 dime dJmc ? -000- 000 - < > - 000A oOo oOoA 00- 00 00A - A marrIedoman married \ woman \\oman oman g'l\e g'l gl e gi g ' " \ e a Jarty party partyto Jartyto ! partvto to a lot of old maids She askcd asked askcdeach askedeach askedeach each one to bring a photo of the theman theman theman I theI man \ who ho had tried to \ woo 00 and and"ld andwtd andvud "ld ld wtd " her Fach Each of the tbe old maJa mans mansbrought maidibrought , brought a photo ' ind 1nd znd theyere they \ were \\ere ere all allpictures allpictures 'plcturcs plcturcs pictures alII'plcturcs ' of the sime s'lme slme rime ' min m'ln mln ' the hur hus husband liusband alII , , bmd band : of the hostess hostess000 , -000- 000 - < > - 000Into oOo oOoInto 00- 00 00Into - Into a swanky s\\anky s anky \ church \ wilked wllked 'lIked lIked ' a acl asl cl ! abby Negro After some diffi ditIi dull UI UIty uty uity ] ty h hL hi . . found tl tI e a pastorSah pastorSah pastor pastorSan San Sah Ah All d like ] JI.e JIe , . to join Jom dtechurch dl dis dischurch ! > churc11 church he saIdThe saidThe said saidThe The pastoras pastor \ was \\as as \ taken ' iback 1back for fors fori ' \ s moment My good man he said saidat saidat saidat at last where do doou } \ou ou Tou \ OU live live0 ? ' Ah lives hves In Hahlem HahlemThen HahlemThen Then don t YOU think it itould \\ould ould would \ \ I be wise for you to join Jom jotn a church il ii iiyour lilour ' Jour your 0\\ 0 oan 0n own \ n neighborhood ' ? " Yas suh but Ah All desires to Joil jolt Joildls joltdis jolidis dls dis church churchThe churchThe churchThe The pastor thought 1 i 'I ' . bit M\ M Mt Mgood Mtgood M\good M good \ good man ne said saia ala suppose 10U you 10Ugo yougo } ougo go home and pray over this In Inpm Inportant Inpoitant portant pm tant step 4 4This ' TMs TNs This the Negro did returning the thenext thenext thenext next dayPstah dayP'tstah day dayPistah Pistah P\stah P stah P'tstah Ptstah ' ' \ he slid s'Ild sIld svd ' Ahcnt Ah Ali \\cnt cnt went wenthome \ wtnthome ! home and prayed to de Lawd La\\d La d Laud \ ilK bite biteyou likuyou . you tole me an axed Him Hun how Au An Auco Anco Anco I co ] Id d get into dis church and de do deLawd doLewd deLawd Lawd Lewd done ' ' ippeah 'lppeah lppeah 'ippeah to me and hesay he hesay hesay say ' "Rastus Rastus 'Rastus " whaffo whafro 10U low } ou at ax Me Mehow Mehow Mehow how to get inter mter dat c church urch ? ? Why Whyman Whyman Whyman man fo ten 1 ; yeahs eahs Ah All been trHf tryir tryirto trilrto ' to get into dat church Mah Mans Mahc IfDaniel If IfDaniel Daniel Damel Parks Parksas \as as Aas \ an arrival arnval tllis this tlliseek thisweek thiweek . \\eek eek week \ from Salt Lake City for forvisit a aVISIt avisit , VISIt with his parents Rev and andMIs andMis ani.Mis aniMis . [ MIs W E Parks parhs and family I Mrs Prank Frank Williams W1Itams ! and chld child chldren children children ] ren have moved down from Castleton Castle Castleton Castleton ton for the school schoo ] term chldI I |