Show LOOKING BACKWARD Through the Files riles of The Times Times Independent Independent 20 Years Ago This Week Sixteen students were scheduled scheduled sched to graduate from Grand County High school on May 6 They were Carol Balsley Gwen Newell Rowena Snyder Elwood Guymon Lapreal Dalton Nedra Nedra Ne Ne- dra Dalton Genevieve Johnson Johnson Johnson John John- son James Kufner Kutner Collin Tan Tan- green Martin Saunders Kent Taylor Jack SI ewes Bernice Hector Josephine Taylor Clara Johnson and Rose Darrow The Moab Garage Co was granted a franchise to operate a stage line Une from Price to Salt Lake City connecting with Its Price Price Price-Moab Moab line L. L E. E Williams was acquitted by a jury at Moab of a charge of manslaughter arising from the death of Robert W. W Mock at Cisco Moab was becoming a Gretna Gretna Gret Gret- na Green for Colorado couples due to the marriage laws of the neighboring state Two vo or more Colorado weddings were being performed each week here I Can editors fish This question ques lion tion was to be decided May 22 2324 24 when The Times Times Independent dent editor was scheduled to play host to the spring convention convention conven tion of the state press tion A boat trip and Incidental tal was planned on the Colorado river Philander Maxwell was workIng work work- Ing with a US U.S. Survey party near the proposed Boulder dam site Contract for tor graveling 16 miles of road from Monticello to the Colorado state line was awarded to J. J M. M Secretary of Interior Wilbur Wllbur this week signed the contract which gave Six Companies Inc the job of building Boulder dam A in the Baptist church was being erected this week as a memorial to Mrs Marjorie Goodman Christensen Moab fruit escaped all frost damage and a good crop was expected 40 Years Ago This Week District court held an extended ex ex- tended session a grand larceny case being tried The home of J. J II H. Hammond was completely destroyed by fire the loss being 2500 ne ne a Indian pleaded guilty in federal court of murdering Charles Fritz an Indian trader in San Juan county and was sentenced to toa toa toa a term term In Leavenworth prison Three men robbed the Cisco store and were soon captured and brought to Moab for trial N N. C. C for a n number num ber her of years a n resident of Moab died at Monticello Perry A A. Clark gave an extended extended ex tended Interview to the Salt Lake Tribune regarding the San Juan oil fields which was reprinted by the Times The board of county commis was advertising for bids II to construct the Moab bridge across the Grand river Nell Neil young son of Mr anc and Mrs E. E E. E Shafer sustained a severe Injury when he fell on ona ona ona a pair of ot open sheep shears Dr J. J W. W Williams and G G. P P. P Bryan attended an Odd Fellows Fellows Fel lows convention in Salt Lake City Harold Carlisle was an arrival arrival ar rival from St. St Louis to supervise super vise the shearing of his sheep The forest service completed the Pack creek drift fence Ada young daughter of Mr and Mrs A. A T. T Taylor sustain ed cd a broken arm The single men defeated the married men In a rough and tumble game of basketball Supervisor II 11 A. A Bergh returned returned re reo turned from San Juan county and reported that area as boomIng boomIng boom Ing with many new families coming In to file filo on farms |