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Show LOOKING BACKWARDTHROUGH BACKWARD BACKWARDTHROUGH THROUGH TnnOUGII THE FILES OF OFTHE OFTHE OFTHE THE T TI I 20 Tears Years ASO Ago This WeekThe WeekThe Week WeekThe The Utah Po Power , " er & Light Llght com corn company cornpany cornpany pany had closed a deal for the thepurchase thepurchase thepurchase ; purchase of the Moato Moab electn electrlc electric electrlcsystem electricsystem electnsystem < system for i 1 ' reported consldera considera conslderabon consideration consideration bon tion of $15 15 $ 000 They had been beengranted beengranted beergranted [ granted franchises franchlses to operate by byMoab byMoab bMoab ] Moab town to"n ton , " and Grand county countyand countyand countyand and planned to take over the theutility theutility thutility ( ; utility Sept 1Tax 1Tax 1 1Tax Tax levies levles were fixed by the thecounty thecounty thecounty county commissioners commlssloners State lev levies Levfes levies ies fes were 7 74 4 m mills ls school levles levies levies8 8 5 mills mllls and county levies levles 121 121mills 12 1 1mIlls 1mills mIlls for a total of 27 Moabtown Moab Moabtown Moattown town levy was 4 . mlllsA millsA mills mllls millsA A combined combmed Moab Moab-Sego Moab Sego - - Sego base baseball baseball baseball ball team played Helper f nal nalscore nalscore naiscore score being bemg 1712 17 12 in favor ofHelper of ofHelper olHelper olHelperThe Helper HelperThe The Babcock Varsity Players Playerswere Playerswere Playerswere were scheduled to play two per performances performances performances formances at Moab this thls month monthMISS monthMiss monthMiss MISS AIlien A111en Allien Robertson of Moab was a member of the castWllham castWilliam cast castWilliam William Wllham Cooley purchased the theJohn theJohn tneJohn John Martm Martin ranch in 111 Castle valley valby val vallev ley by lev levJack leyJack byJack ! Jack Fletcher young son of ofMr ofMr oiMr Mr and Mrs R J Fletcher was wassenously wasseriously wasseriously senously seriously injured miured by striking strlkmg h s shead shead ihead head on a rock wh while e diving dlVmg at atIthe atthe ai the power plant swimming sWlmmmg poolRev poolRev pool poolRev Rev and acid Mrs Jonathon R ' \ \ \ \ oocarrived ood oodarnved oodarrived Ithe arnved arrived m in Moab from "West West " VIr VIrgmla Virginia Virginia gmla ginia and Rev Wood took ovei over overjthe overthe the pastorate of the Baptisl Baptist Baptistchurch Baptistchurch jthe church churchMrs Mrs H Engemann opened a ac1eanmg acleaning i cleaning c1eanmg establishment esta.bllshment establlshment . at Moab 40 Years Aeo Ago This WeekMrs WeekMrs Week WeekMrs Mrs Betty Taylor was serl seriously senously _ ously ill 111 at Grand JunctionEditor Junction JunctionEditor Editor Edltor Edgar L Beard moved movedhis movedhis movechis his wife and son to Moab from fromFrwta fromFrmta froirFruita froirFruitaW Frwta Frmta FrwtaW FrmtaW W L Taylor was recovermg recovering recovermgfrom recoveringfrom recoveringfrom from a long illness at BISbee BISbeeArIZ BisbeeAriz BisbeeAriz BisbeeArizR ArIZ ArIZR R J Thomson and crew ofmen of ofmen omen ! men were Vvere repanmg repallmg the Dugwa Dugway Dugwaym Dugwayin ; m in Moab can > ) on which had been beenwashed ! beeiwashed , washed out by floodsAn floodsAn floods floodsAn An article bi by b ) R J iJ Thomson ThomsondescrIbed Thomson3escribed Thomsordescribed descrIbed 3escribed the starting startmg of opera tions hons lions at the Miner s Basin Basm stamp stampmlIl stampmill mill mlIl The mill mlll had been chns chris chnstened christened chnstened tened The Pride Pnde of Miner Mmer s Ba Basm Basin Basin BasinThe sm sin smThe sinThe The Wilson Mesa Pla PIa er com coin company coinpany cornpany pany wh ch was using usmg the wa water water water ter of1111 of Millcreek ] Mill \1111 1111 \ [ creek for placer op operahons operations operations erahons erations rendering rendermg it unfit unflt forculinary for forculmary forculinary culmary culinary use had agreed to fur furnish furnish furmsh nish all the pipe plpe needed for the themstallatlOn theinstallation theinstallation mstallatlOn installation of a water system at atMoab atMoab atMoab Moab ut lizing llzmg hzing the Warner Warnerspnng Warnerspring Warnerspring spnng spring A meeting meehng of the MoabIrrigation Moab MoabIrrIgation MoabIrrigation IrrIgation company had been beencalled beencalled beencalled called t to : > consider the offerD offerDstiict offer offerDstuct D Dstuct Dstiict sh lct court " \ was teas \ as s heduled heduledto to convene Aug 16J 16J 16 16J J F Hall went to Miner Mmer s Ba Basm Basin Basin sm sin for the remainder remamder of the thesummer summer quiz qUlz contest Friday afternoon afternoonthe afternocithe . the girls glrls engaged in 111 handlcraft handicraft handicraftwhich handicrafwhich , whIch consisted conslsted of making makmg orna ornamental ornamental 1 mental pins pms and 111dlVlduahzedl 111dlVlduahzedlstationery individualized individualizedstationery individualizestationery ! thelboys stationery During Durmg this thlS t me thel the theboys thiboys boys engaged in 111 a physical physlcal flt fit fltness fitness fitness ness oflBlanding contest Morris Morns Helquist Helqulst ofl of ofBlanding oBlanding Blanding was the winner wmner wmnerI wmnerThe winnerThe winnerThe I The _ clean dean ca camp p aw award . rd _ was wa , won ! ' year ) ear cooking cookmg class and the mostl mostlunhdy most mostuntidy mostuntidy unhdy untidy camp award was giventhe given giventhe giventhe the Blandmg Blanding fat stock club clubWhen I IWhen iWhen When not otherwise engaged engagedthe I ) Ithe the members found time hme fOI fOIplaymg foiplaying foiplaying playmg playing soft ball volley ball balltether balltether balltether tether ball horse shoes and ands andsw andswimming andswimmingMarden s\\ s sw slmmmg \ lmmmg immmg lmmmgMarden immmgMarden Marden Broadbent and M ss as ssFern ssFern . Fern Shipley Shlpley of the state exten extension extension 1 sion office offlce were special speclal visitors Vlsltors C tJ Meador lo 10 to al a ] real estate estatedealer estatedealer estatedealer dealer this thlS week announces the thesale thesale thesale sale of two local homes The res resIdence residence residence Idence on E street owned b bW b3 b3W } ) . W J Pray was sold to Mrs MrsStella MrsStella MrsStella Stella Kell Kelh Ke113 Mr and Mrs RICh RIChard Richand Richard ard and Hood purchased the Mrs MrslIehssa Mrs5lielissa MrsRielissa l\Iehssa l Iehssa 5lielissa \ Dav Day s home on 5th 5thstreet 5thstreet 5thstreet street |