Show From rom the Files of The Times Times Independent Turning Back the Pages 30 YEARS AGO I Taken from the Times In dependent fIl files of Nov ov 26 1925 The Grand County High School football team has stowed away Its ts suits and turned attention to basketball with workouts getting underway last Thursday night The Red Devils played five games this his year winning four and losing one and piling up a total of ot 85 points to nine for their The lone loss was 6 0 to Grand Junction Another Co Colorado Colorado Color Color- or-i or ado team Fruita scored the other three points given up to opponents opponents opponents I The basKet basketball all season was opened opened op op- I ened this week with Moab teams both oth the boys bors and girls losing to to Cortez Colo teams here last night The Cortez girls team won I 9 0 in the opener and the Colorado Colorado Colordo Color- Color ado do boys won in an overtime ses- ses s session ses- ses s. s ion slon in the finale 21 2119 The score core was tied at 1717 17 at the end of the regulation time The Utah Midwest-Utah Southern well on the Big Six Dome shortly before noon Tuesday was wasat wasat wast at t 1990 feet where an increase in n the gas flow has been noted The chances for a good producer producers Is s greatly enhanced by the repeated repeated re- re encountering of wet gas during the past feet The Thompson school house was damaged by fire late Friday but mt the damage was slight Miss Bethel Watts the teacher left had I I the school about pm p.m. and reported reported re reo re- re ported there was very little fire tire Inthe in inthe inthe the stove About 7 pm p.m. F F. W. W Grea Greaser er and Carroll J. J Meador saw flames lames through the windows and rushed to the building They extinguished the fire before any great damage was done It was believed that a tramp may have entered through a window and built u up the fire inside Survey of the Price-Cisco Price road is nearing completion The route will be through Thompson and Green River The survey crew has been averaging about seven men since the work was started 20 YEARS AGO Taken from the Times Times- Independent Independent Independent Inde Inde- pendent files of Nov ov 28 1925 Old Folks didn't prove so handy on the basketball floor this week and the Grand County High school Gagers romped over the Alumni to the tune of 44 16 to open the basketball season here A Moab man has been named to head a Et new state library board it was announced this week WD Hammond was named chairman chairman chair chair- man of the section known a as s trustees and friends of If the li li- li- li The new section is workIng working work work- Ing for adequate financial support sup port for the state libraries to enable enable en en- able them to develop and maintain maintain main main- tain highest standards of service and equipment Bids will be opened Monday Dec 2 on construction of two federal aid road projects on the Moab to Thompson highway One project is for the building of a abridge abridge bridge over Courthouse wash and I the other for grading and gravelIng gravelIng gravel gravel- Ing lIng of miles of highway Inthe in inthe inthe the vicinity of Courthouse sta sta- sta tion The Moab Lions club is making plans plan for a Christmas festival It was decided to make It a community community affair by enlisting the aid of the other organizations a and n d churches in the city President D.C. D. D E. E Baldwin named a committe commute to handle the event The committee named Included Mars Pope R R. J. J Miller Tom Mix J J. J F. F Parrish and and C C. O. O Wright Boy Doy Scout Troop were honored hon hone ored this week with the appointment appointment appoint appoint- ment of Lymon E. E Duncan the troops troop's scoutmaster as district scout commissioner Other mem mem- bees bers jers of the district committee are George A. A Hurst Jr Edward P. P Lyman John Rogers L L. Frank Redd Leslie T T. Foy and Leland W W. Redd The district Includes troops at Moab Monticello and nd Blanding |