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' This TJus "eek eek Week "eekJoseph WeekJoseph " eek eekJoseph Joseph Hindman Hmdman well known knownMoab knownMoab knownMoab Moab man died following followmg an anextended anextended anextended extended IllnessLleut illnessLieut illness illnessLieut Lieut Lleut John J "Williams Williams " army armyfl armyflyer armyfli.er armyflier fl flyer . er and commander of the theFIrst theFirst theFirst FIrst Pursuit Group of Selfridge Self SelfrIdge Selfridge rIdge Field 'FIeld ' Mich spent t\\ t is t0 tdays twodays \ 0 o odays days at Moab visiting his par parents parents parents ents Dr and Mrs J W WIl WIlIIams Wilhams Wilhams WilhamsTax IIams hams IIamsTax hamsTax Tax levies were fixed by the thecounty thecounty thecounty county commissioners at 275 275mIlls 27 5 5mills 5mills mIlls in m the county count } and 31 315 315mills 315mills 5 5mIlls mIlls in m the townUmon townUnion town townUnion Union Umon Oil 011 company encount encountered encountered encountered ered good showings showmgs of oil 011 andia and c m in ' in ItS itc ' - LIsbon Tiahnn - valle valley test e ' ' - - ; " well ilt iltdep ; at a -dep dep depth h- h hf of f around around 2501 2500 2500feet 2501feetkludge _ feet feetkludge feetIJudgd IJudg IJudgd L L Crapo 90 was wasseriously wa ; _ serIOu seriously ly 111Engmeer illEngineer ill 111 illEngineer Engineer Engmeer Horace Sheley of ofSalt ofSalt ofSalt Salt Lake wrote the T I urgmg urging urgmgthat urgingthat urgingthat that the citizens of Moab take takesteps takesteps takesteps steps to build a swimming swunmmg pool poolfor poolfor pool.for poolfor for . the children childrenContractor chIldrenContractor childrenContractor Contractor Will Young had hada a crew of men at work bu building buildingthe buildingthe dIng dIngthe the road from Kigalia Klgalla ranger rangerstation rangerstation .tahon tahon station ! . to the San Juan natural naturalbrIdges naturalbridges naturalbridges brIdges and expected to have haveJthe have'the have4he Jthe 'the the ' road open to Edwin Edwm brIdge brIdgeby bridgeby bridgeby by fallThe fall The Cisco carbon black plant plantwas plantwas plantwas was now shipping shppmg } its product 40 Tears Years Aeo Al'o Alo Ago ! ' This WeekMoab Week WeekMoab Moab fruit " was "as as now sell ng ngat ngat ngat at fanci fancy fanc prices summer apples applesbrmgmg applesbringing applesbringing brmgmg bringing $195 195 $1 1 $ 95 per bushel after afterbemg afterbeing afterbeing bemg being freighted frelgA.ted frelgAted . to Thompsons ThompsonsW W L Taylor returned from fromWIHow fromWillow fromWillow WIHow Willow cr creek k where he had hadf hadfiled hadfiled f filed ed on a homestead homesteadA A son was born to Mr 'VIr VIr ' andMrs and andMrs Mrs George A Newell NeweH NewellL NeweHL andlMrs L L Crapo resigned as town townJustIce townjustice townjustice andl JustIce of the peace and George GeorgeF F Powell Po\eH Po eH , to the theposit \ was appointed appomted them themposit I Ip p posit t onD on onD D M Cooper had purchased purchasedthe purchasedthe purchasedthe I the i1r first firot t player piano ever seen seenat seenat seenat at Moab MoabThe The V , Williams \ Hams illiams ] ] Drug store was waspreparIng waspreparing waspreparing preparIng to move into mto the l\1ay l 1ay May \ , bUIldIng bUIldIngWalter Maybuilding l1aybUIldIng MaybuildingWalter Walter Wmbouin WInbouJD Winbouin arrIved arrivedfrom arrivedfrom from Cortez to make his lus home homehere homehere homehere homehereMiss here hereMiss them I m " \ : Miss \1ISS 1ISS Blanche Sperry was the thenew theneiv thelneW thel neW ' typesetter at the Times TimesB B L Farnsworth F B Ham Hammond Hammond Hammond mond andA Andre\\ Andre Andres AndreSomerville \ \ Somerville HamI and I A M 1'vI 1vI ' Robertson had bought a anew ne\\ ne nes alne nethreshIng \ \ threshing machine machme machineD machmeD al D H Dalton was here from Monticello for the purpose o osend bUYIng a home so that he could couldscnd couldsend send scnd his children to the local localschools localschools loca locaschools schools , , schoolsThe The freight rate from Moab Moabto Moabto Moalto - to Thompsons on fruit had been beenraIsed beenraised beeiraised raIsed from 40 to 50 cents per perhundred perhundred pahundred hundred and as the frultmen fruitmen frultmenwere fruitmenwere fruitrneiwere were receiving good prices they theywere theywere therwere ; were paying the freighters the theadvanced theadvanced advanced price and Iookmg looking Iookmgpleasant lookingpleasant lookingpleasant pleasant about it itThe ItThe itThe The town board had raIsed raIsedthe raisedthe raisedthe the salaries of town trustees trusteesfrom trusteesfrom trusteesfrom from $10 10 $ to $15 15 $ per annum and andthe andthe andthe the mayor s stipend stJpend was boosted boostedto boostedto to the munificent sum of $20 20 $20per $20per $20per 20per $ per annum annwn R ft Ilt was e'iiPeeted eiiPeeted expected e'iiPeetedthere expectedthere ejectedthere ' there would be a rush of candl candi candldates candidates candidates dates for service on the town townboard townboard townboard board at the election this fall fallas fallas as a result of the raises |