Show LOOKING BACKWARD Through the Flies Files of The Times Times Independent Independent 20 Years Ago This Week Lafayette Lafe Late Roberts an aged recluse was found dead In his cabin on ithe Dolores riv rIv- er Grand county school district paid off oft all nil its outstanding In but 1000 Wayne M MCConkie Conkie returned from Onta 16 Canada where he served on an mission for two years Dr S S. S B B. B Gothard a dentist had located in Moab I Moab turkey gro growers were shipping 1300 birds for the Christmas market A snow storm swept over this area leaving about five Inches of snow at Moab The community was Ing to combat unemployment Grand county was starting roadwork roadwork road work on the Sand Flats Fiats and other local projects were soon to get under way The Moab Lions Club was taking the lead ead leadIn leadIn In the campaign County Clerk H. H W. W Balsley Issued six sl marriage licenses to Colorado couples this week A basketball tournament with eight teams from Green River Monticello Blanding and Moab participating was Sc scheduled to start this week The Times Times-In dependent was offering a silver silver sil sll ver vcr statuette to the winner I I IGray 40 Years Ago This Week Gray wolves were becoming a severe menace to livestock and stockmen of this section had posted a reward of for each animal killed Wiled J. J F. F Hall Halland Halland Halland I and and Monte Moreland foreland had each I trapped a wolf this week A Matrimonial Tangle a comedy was presented by the theMIA theMIA MIA with Mr and Mrs W. W D. D Hammond Mr ant and anal Mrs Ro- Ro Ros Ross s B Beach ach F. F M. M Shafer and Miss Sibyl Shafer In the cast Fred Jensen resigned as sheriff sheriff sher sher- I IFred iff of San Juan county a and d C. C R. R Christensen was appointed to the position I Mrs E E. Ge Gertrude trude Neff w was s appoInted appointed appointed ap ap- poInted pointed deputy county clerk George Georg F F. F Powell deputy county county coun conn- ty treasurer and A. A E. E Denne Denn deputy sheriff of Grand county I. I L. L N. N Bunting founder and andI I editor of the Grand Junction Sentinel died suddenly while delivering a speech of eulogy to toa toa toa a departed friend at the Elk lodges lodge's memorial services in inGrand inGrand inGrand Grand Junction President Tafts Taft's message to j the new congress was published publish publish- red led In this issue I MisS MisS' B Beth th of the thel I high school faculty returned from Ohio where where she had been called by the death of her father The Mormon church had approved approved ap proved a plan for organizing a aBoy aBoy aBoy Boy Scout troop In every ward of the church I |