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Show LOOKING BACKWARDThrough BACKWARD BACKWARDThrough Through the Flies Files ofThe of ofThe ofThe The Times Independent 20 Tears Years Ago A O This WeekPlans WeekPlans Week WeekPlans Plans were being bemg made fOI fOIthe fo fothe tothe the fourth annual Grand count\i count i countifair count countfair countfair ; \ fair at MoabA MoabA Moab MoabA A daughter was born to Mrand Mr Mrand Miand ' and Mrs Ralph MIllerMrs MillerMrs Miller MillerMrs Mrs J W Williams and son sonMItchell so soMitchell soiMitchcll MItchell returned from a VISit VISitat visitat visiat at Salt Lake CItyBernard CityBernard City CityBernard Bernard Coates an 8 year old oldboy of ofboy oliboy boy of Grand Junction was wasdrowned wa wadrowned wadrowned drowned while whlIe swimming SWlmlnIng in m th thColorado the theColorado thiColorado Colorado river The Times Independent Inde Independent Independent pendent received a letter from fromthe fro frothe fronthe the father appealing appealmg to the peo peopIe peopie peopie pIe of Grand county resldmg residing resldmgalong residingalong residin ; along the river to maintain mamtam a awatch awatch iwatch 1 watch for the bodyMl bodyMx body bodyMi Mi Ml Mx and Mrs J B Skewe Skewes Skewesand Skewesand ; s and children A A Taylor Mis MISS MISSJIelen MissHelen ; 5 .Helen Helen JIelen . Taylor Kenneth Robert Robertson Robertson Robertson son and Ruel J Taylor returned returnedfrom returnedfrom returneefrom from a week weeks s vacation vacatlon at Ldke Lake LdkeCIty LakeCity LakfCity CIty ColaDr ColoDr Colo Cola ColoDr Dr I W Alien Allen left for aweek a aweek iweeks ' week s stay at Salt Lake CItyMr CityMr City CityMr Mr and Mrs L L Taylor and anddaughter anddaughter ancdaughter daughter Lorena Misses AllienRobertson AllIen AllIenRobertson AllierRobertson Robertson and anc\ anc auct ancBethel \ Bethel Watts WattsWendell WattsWendell WattsWendell Wendell Allred and Harold HaroldNIelsen HaroldNielsen HarolcNielsen NIelsen returned from a weeks weeksvacation week s svacatIon ; vacation spent m in the La Salmountains Sal Salmountams Sa'mountains Samountains ' mountams mountains A son was born to Mr andMrs and andNrs andMrs Nrs Mrs Orson DaltonY Dalton Y - 40 Tears Years Ago A O This WeekMISS WeekMiss Week WeekMiss Miss Rowena Roena Ro\\ Ro \ ena Taylor returnedfrom returned returnedfrom returnedfrom from a visit at Payson PaysonD D T Allison went to Bluff Bluffto Bluffto Bluffto to purchase'IndIan purchaseIndIan purchase ' " ' Indian curios for the theWIlliams theWilliams theWilliams WIlliams Drug company companyF F B Hammond and Myron MyronLance MyronLance MyronLance Lance shipped out a carload of ofearly ofearly ofearly early apples and pearsMr pearsMr pears pearsMr Mr and Mrs 0 W Kmght Knight Kmghtand Knightand Knightand and children returned from anextended an anextended anextended extended visit at OgdenAn OgdenAn Ogden OgdenAn An extended session of diS district distnct tnct trict court was scheduled to COll con convene COllvene convene 1 vene at Moab next week Therewere Thl're Thlre There Thl'reere There\\ere There ere ' \\ere ere were \ \ \ several ca cases es to be tnerl tried tnerlb triedby triedby by b ; } ' jury juryAlex Alex Caldwell old time tlme La LaSal LaSal LaSal Sal prospector had returned 0 o 0thIS othis othis thIS district dlstnct after a two t\\O t O \ yearsabsence years yearsabsence ears earsabsence absence and had lesumed resumed work workon workon workon on his claims claimsat claims at the head ofDeep of oiDeep Deep creekGeorge creek - IGeorge George Hitz Ritz a commisslO commission commissionmerchant commissioimerchant 1 1merchant merchant from Indianapoliswas Indlanapohswas Indlanapohs Indianapolis was m Moab to purchase apples havmg having appleshaving appleshavmg heard of the supenor superior supenorqualIty superiorquality superiorquality qualIty of Moab frmtThe fruitThe fruit frmt fruitThe The four year old daughter daughterof of Mr and Mrs P M NIelsen NIelsenVvas Nielsenwas Nielsenwas Vvas was badly scalded when she fell fellmto fellinto fellinto mto into a tub of hot waterThe waterThe water waterThe The drawing drawmg for lands in m the , ' , , , I Umtah Indian reservation wasl waslunder was wasunder wasunder under way Among the Moab Moabpeople Moabpeople Moatpeople people who had registered for forthe foithe . the drawmgere drawing drawmg \ were \\ere ere R L KIrk KirkJohn KirkJohn I John Mehan James Some vide videand , M'leand Mleand 11le 11leand ' and R L WmbournCharles Winbourn Wmbourn Charles Hamblin Hamblm Mr and'Mrs andMrs and ' Mrs George Hitr Hit ? F D r I laGrange a aGrange Grange George White and rBarker rBarker r Barker all of Indiana VlSlted visited VlSltedValley visitedValley visitedValley Valley City Theyere They \ were \\ere ere inter mter . ested in m the reservoir projectthere project ; there , thereA A corporation had been or organized orgamzed . ganlzed ganized to build an aerial tram tramway : way across the Grand Cinyon C1.nyon C1nyon Canyon . of ofthe olthe the Colorado for the pm puipose pose of ofaffordmg ofaffording olaffording affordmg affording passengers a scemc scenic scemcVIew scenicview VIew from the highest point pomt on onthe onthe orihe the canyon rim about 8000feet 8000feet 8000 'eet eet feet ' elevatIonThe elevationThe elevation The Green Grand River and andMoab andMoab andMoab Moab Navigation NaVIgatlon company wereremodelmg wereremodeling were remodeling remodelmg their steamboatCity steamboatCIty steamboat City of Moab The boat was wasbemg wasbeing wasbeing bemg being lengthened and a stern sternwhe71 sternwheel sternwheel whe71 wheel attached and it was wasplanned wasplanned wasilanned planned to commence handlmg handling handlmgtourIst handlingtourist handlingounst tourIst traffic to the Grand Canyon Canyon Can yon by Oct 1 |