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Show , ' . LOOKING BACKWARDr BACKWARDThrough BACKWARD BACKWARDThrough r Through the tbe Files of ofTbe ofThe ofThe Tbe The Times Independent kulependent Hidependent 20 Years Ago This Thiseek Thiseel ZSeekMiss \\eek eek \\eel eel ZSeek \ \ eekMiss . Miss Bermce Bernice : Egbert Igbcrt was made madesupermtendent madesuperintendent madesuperintendent supermtendent superintendent of the Grandcounty Grand Grandcounty Grandcounty county hospltalContract hospitalContract hospital hospltal hospitalContract Contract was awarded at Salt SaltLake SaltLake SaltLake Lake for the erection of the new newLDS newLDS , LDS church at Moab S L Larsen Lar Larsen Larsen sen & Son were the successful successfulcontractors successfulcontractors successfulcontractors contractors the constructIon constructIonprIce constructionprice constructionprice prIce being bemg $33 33 $ 040 Actual ActualwOlk Actualwoik Actualwoik wOlk woik was to start in m a few daysThe daysThe days daysThe The Grand county fair heldlast heldlast held heldast last ast week end endwas , \was was \ was i 1 ' . t great suc sue sucCe6S suecess suecess suecessA Ce6S cess Ce6SA cessA A flow of gas su ! sufficient lclent.ja lclentja lclent.jasl900t . : to toslwot toshoot sl900t slwot a column of water over overthe overthe the derrick derrlck ' was encountered encouncl'cd encounclcd } ' in intbc inthe InUic tbc the Midwest Mldwast well on Cane cro ereek ereekdome craskdome k kdome dome at a depth tiepth of 1406 HOe feetThe feet leet feetThe The 'The ' Frulta Fruita Frusta football team was wasdBeated wasdefeated wasdefeated dBeated defeated ! by the Moab high highschool highschool school gndders gridders by a score of 17 173 3 Moab also defeated Salma Salina Salma111gh Salinahigh Salmahigh 111gh high school recently by a score scoreof scoreof of 16 0 The locals were schcd ached acheduled schcduled schcduled uled to play Grand JunctIon JunctIonthis Junctionthis Junctionthis this coming commg SaturdayMr SaturdayMr Saturday SaturdayMr Mr and Mrs Hiram Turner Turnercelebrated Turnercelebrated Turnercelebrated celebrated their golden weddmg wedding weddmganmversary weddinganniversary weddinganniversary weddinganniversaryA anmversary anniversary anmversaryA anniversaryA A flood down Mill creek did didIdamage diddamage diddamage damage estimated at $5000Grand $5000Grand $5000 5000 $5000Grand $ Idamage Grand county countyas \\as as Tsas \ \ as awarded a asilver asilver aIsilvcr silver cup for the greatest num number number number ber of first and second prizes at atthe atthe at'the atthe the Utah state fair according accordmg to toa toa toa a a telegram received from J P PMlller PMiller P.Miller PMiller Mlller Miller 40 Years Ago This Week WeekA WeekA WeekA A slight frost was expenenced experIenced experiencd expenenc experIenc ed : d this weekHarry weekHarry week weekHarry Harry Ballard of Thompsonseturned Thompsons Thompsonsreturned returned eturned from a trip to EnglandThomas EnglandThomas England EnglandThomas Thomas Nash formerly of ofMoab ofMoab ofMoab Moab died at PuebloRoad PuebloRoad Pueblo PuebloRoad Road Supervisor J P Miller Millerwas . was building bUlldmg bridges across Nig Nigler Nigger ' ger ler Bill and Sheep creek washes washeson on in the river roadThe roadThe road roadThe The largest flood in Mill creek creekseen creekseen 1897 was had this thisweek thisweek thisweek seen > een since smce week and did much damage topropert toiropert to toproperty property propert iropert ) propertyAbout About 25 000 pounds of offreight ofreight offreight freight reight for the new mill at Goldbasin Gold Goldbasin basm basin passed through CastletonChum CastletonChum Castleton CastletonChum had hadfollowed had'ollowed hadfollowed Chum an old dog that followed 'ollowed ollowed ' Henry Goodman for 15years 15 15Bars years - died this weekA weekA week weekA A son was born to Mr andMrs andMrs and andrs Mrs rs Mark Darrow |