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Show LOOKING BACKWARDThrough BACKWARD Through the riles Tiles of ofThe ofThe The Times Independent 20 Years Ago This WeekPioneer Week Pioneer day at Moab was cel eel celebrated eelebrated ce ebrated ebratedith ebratedlth \\ith ith \\lth lth with \ \ \ a progiam proglam child childrcn children chillrcn box boxmg boxing bo"mg bomg " rcn ren s sports baseball game mg ing bouts ' ind 1nd and danceA danceA dance danceA A son was born to Sheriff anJ and anJMrs andMrs an.Mrs anMrs . Mrs Heber MurphyA Murphy Murph ) ' A daughter was born to Mr Mrand Mrand Mand and Mrs Brumley Green at atGrand atGrand , Grand JunctIonMrs JunctionMrs Junction JunctionMrs , Mrs H G Green returned returnedfrom returnedfrom returnefrom from Santa Ana Calif where whereshe whereshe whershe she had been called callcd by the thc ill III IIIness illness ness of a sisterMISS sisterMiss sister sisterMiss Miss Louise Goodman returned returned return L SaWILake ed the last of the week from SaWI Salt SaltLake SalLake [ Lake City where she attended attendedI attendedthe attendeithe \ the University Umverslty of UtahRoss UtahRoss Utah I Ross Thomson of the MoabGarage Moab Moa ' narrowlescape Garage experienced e\.perIenceq e.perIenceq e .perIenceq perIenceq ' \ . a narrowescape narrowl narrow escape from death when a roadhe road roadhe roahe he was repairing repaIrmg gave waycompletely way waycompletely wa wacompletely ' completely burying burymg him unde under underdIrt underdirt dirt and forcing forcmg his head hcad mto into intothe int ' the flood waters of a creek For Fortunately ; tunateli tunately tunatel he was not alone and andNeldon am A : Neldon Chnstensen ChrIstensen was able t)1 t1 t)1dIg t tdig t ) tdig dig him outIthm out \ within \\Ithm Ithm \ a few moments mo I Iments ments Had he been alone he undoubtedly un I Idoubtedly doubtedly would haver have ' been beendrowned beendrowned bee : drowned 1 1Mrs drownedMrs Mrs H J Nielsen and sonKirk son soi soiKirk : Kirk left for an outing outmg in m the theBook theBook til e Book mountamsRev mountainsRev mountains mountams Rev Roy King Kmg pastor of the theBaptIst theaptist $ Baptist aptist church was attendmg attending attendmgthe attendingthe the : he Baptist state assembly 111 in 111Weber inWeber Weber canyonManager canyonManager canyon Manager J W Corbm Corbin of thE theMidland th : Midland Telephone compan company companyreturned ; , returned Friday Fnday from a trip over overthe overthe the Monticello line lme 40 < 0 Tears Years Ago This WeekMrs Week Mrs Etna Elna Bohny was down downfrom downfrom from Sunnyside for a VISItMrs visitMrs visit visitMrs Mrs R J Thomson and ChIld ChIldren children children ren went to Miner Mmer s basin baslll for an anoutmg anouting aiouting aioutingPioneer ? outmg outing outmgPIoneer outingPioneer Pioneer day was suitably cele celebrated celebrated celebrated , brated at Moab with a program programand programand progranand and children s sportsThe sportsThe sports sportsThe The Baptist church announc announced announced announced : ed that the first services in 111 theIr theIrnew theirnew theinew new church would be held July Jul : 30 30Jesse Jesse Branson met with a ser serIOUS serious serious \ IOUS injury mJury at the Branson saw sawmIll sawmill sawmill mill in 111 the La Sals and Dr J JW JW J JV W V Williams was called to attend attendhIm attendhim hIm nm nmEmmitt hImEmmItt Emmitt and Butterwood Buttervvood had hadgone hadgone hagone [ gone to Co Coorado ora do to make ar arrangements arrangements arrangements rangements for starting startmg work onthe on onthe 01he the , Wilson mesa placer properties proper propertIes properties propertiesL tIes tIesL L Antles returned from a VIS VISIt visit visit ' It to the mining mmmg district around aroundGoldfIeld aroundGoldfield 3oldfield GoldfIeld Nev He reported the theboom theboom throom s boom there was subSldmgJustIce subsidingJustice subsiding subSldmg subsidingJustice , Justice of the Peace George F FPowell FPowell EPowell Powell did a banner court bui buiness bU business , 1 1ness ness this week handling handlmg casesresulting cases casesresultmg resulting resultmg from a too enthusiasts enthusiastscelebration enthusla enthusiasticelebration tIn tInaelebratlOn ? aelebratlOn celebration of July 24FIfteen 24Fifteen 24 24Fifteen Fifteen automobiles had been beenplaced beenplaced beeiIaced placed ) on the road from Watson Watsonto Watscio to Vernal and The Times urged urgedthat urgedthat that hat similar transportation facil faCII fact faCIIItIes facilities ] ities rtres be established between 110ab Rioab \ Mo 1\10 1 10 Rio ab and ThompsonsThe ThompsonsThe Thompsons ThompsonsThe The stockholders of the MoabIrrigation Moab MoabIrrIgatIon Moa1rngation IrrIgatIon company voted to en enter enter ener ter into mto an agreement with a aplacer aplacer .ilacer ilacer . a placer company compan ) operating operatmg o 0"1 01 0"1WIlson o-Wilson o Wilson " - i iWilson WIlson mesa whereby the mm min mmImg minlmg mming Img lmg concern was permitted touse to toluse tiuse use the waters of Mill creek for forplacer forplacer fo luse placer ilacer operations QperatIOns the water to tobe tobe tie be ) returned to the cieek Cleek creek |