Show From the Files of The Times-Independent Times I Turning Back the Pages 20 Years Ago From The Time Times Independent flies files of Aug Aughe 15 15 1935 1 I The Moab Lions club has completed com com- completed arrangements for the offer offer- Ins o of a free scholarship to Grand Junction Junior college At th the regular meeting of the club Monday night at the Utah cafe the club heard beard the college discussed by Dean C. C G. G Houston who gave an enlightening en en- l lightening talk on the merits of the school Another interesting speaker on the program was Judge M. M S S. S Moran who talked on his experiences experiences exper exper- i in the early days in to Alaska asa as asa asi a i prospector C. C C. C Stewart and Judge M. M S S. Moran were in town this week with the results o of another rich cleanup after a few days run of the gravel gravelon on the Dollar bar about 20 miles south of Moab A pound of gold taken from their placer claim wason was wason on display Friday at the A A. C. C Parsons Par Par- Parsons sons Jewelry store The precious metal was bought by Parsons fo for r from the pair Successfully negotiating some miles of waters down the Green river from the town of and up the Colorado river to Moab Paul Ackerly of Atlanta Ga accompanied accompanied accompanied ac ac- companied by his son Robert and daughter Luana arrived safely here Sunday night Mrs Ackerly and a younger son awaited them in Moab The trip took several days more mor than anticipated and the wife was wasl becoming alarmed for the safety of her husband and children F. F W. W Strong Fred Strong Jr and Gene Gordon started down the river Sunday Sun Sun- day in the Moab garage barge to investigate in but met the tourists a few miles below Moab Word has been received that Lloyd N. N Andrews a graduate of Grand County High school this year has been announced as the winner of a 36 1935 scholarship awarded by the Utah State Agricultural Agricultural tural college to outstanding students stu dents of each high school in the state 30 Years Ago I From The Times Times Independent independent files of Aug 13 1925 The fourth annual Grand County fair dates have been set for Sept 2526 26 it was announced here by J.P. J. J P P. P Miller general manager of the fair 1500 in n cash prizes have been offered and plans are being made for the biggest fair fair- ever held here An appeal has been received here from Ed EdW W Cotes of Grand Junction Junc Junc- tion Colo Cob asking that residents along the Colorado river in Grand county be on the lookout for his young youngson son who drowned Aug 5 while wading in the river near Grand Junction He was 10 years old Actual construction n on n the new church of the Church o of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Latter Saints i is expected to get underway in the next six weeks Bishop W D. D Hammond Hammond Ham Ham- mond has made a number of trips to Salt Lake City to confer with leaders of the church regarding re reo re- re garding church architects plans for the new church The contract will be let as soon as contractors have had an a opportunity to study the plans an and d i prepare bids and a contract ha has s g been let to the successful bidder The Pace Brothers company an another and a d other residents of Richardson have hav e en purchased the Cisco to Castleton n i telephone line tine from the Midland j d Telephone company Manager J. J W W. Corbin has been spending consider considerable r able time in Castle Valley this week wee c repairing the line and getting i iback it t back into working condition which h u was part of the sale agreement Th Theline The Theline e line has been out of commission for fo er r about five rive years A mountain lion has been operating operating operating oper oper- in the La Sal mountains an and d word has been received here th that at the Redds Redd's herd at Gooseberry y was attacked by a lion tion and 34 head hea yd d were were were- killed It was evidently pla play y for the lion for tor no effort to eat an any V y of the victims was made Later a alion alion lion circled the Nielson herd at it West mountain The Navajo Indian India n shepherd quit his job and looked Tooke d d for more peaceful country at Bland Bland- d Ing ling |