Show From the Files of The Independent Times Turning Back the Pages 30 Years Ago Taken from the Times Inde pendent files of March 4 1926 Drilling of four test wells on structures at or near Moab will willbe willbe be started within the next two or three weeks by independent companies Two complete standard drilling out outfits tits arrived at Thompsons during the past week and are now being transported transported transported trans trans- ported to well locations Friday and Saturday March 13 12 were designated as cleanup clean clean- up days by the town board clean I at Its monthly meeting Every person person person per per- son in Moab Is urged to clean up his property and the street ad ad- joining I ad-I The new L. L D. D S. S church will soon be completed L L. S. S Larsen I Son the contractors are now doing the finishing work and expect expect expect ex ex- ex- ex to turn the building over overto overto to the ward before April 1 i The roads from Moab south southwill southwill will be kept in the best possible shape this coming season to ac- ac the vast amount of traffic that will result from the ambitious drilling campaign plan plan- ne ned by the large companies Inthe Inthe in inthe the various southeastern Utah structures according to R R. C. C Clark of the Moab Garage Co who returned Monday evening I from Salt Lake City where he conferred with the state road commission L L. H. H Male state sanitary engineer engineer engineer en en- strongly urged the Installation installation installation lation of a sewer system for Moab and was pleased to learn during a visit here there is already already already al al- al- al ready a strong local sentiment for forthe forthe forthe the improvement Two San Juan County ranchmen ranchmen ranchmen ranch ranch- men were indicted by the federal grand jury at Salt Lake City charged with driving two other men from their homestead entry In the Horsehead l country abou 10 miles rolles southeast of Monticello 20 Years Ago Taken from the Times Times Times-Inde Inde Independent pendent files of March 5 1936 1936 Placer mining operations on ar or extensive scale are starting thi week at the Stewart claims som 20 miles below Moab on Colorado river Financed by Cal CalIfornia capitalists a company ha Installed much machinery includIng including i ing pumps engines and piping all of which was moved the river by barge The Hyde No 1 I well of the Utah Southern Oil 01 Co on the Cisco shoreline structure is drill drillIng drillIng Ing big at a depth of approximate 2900 feet Construction work on the Pad Pact creek flood control reservoir ir it upper Moab valley is progressing steadily The work is being by y a spike camp of 50 men fron I the Monticello camp under the supervision of Foremon Foremen Orsen orse Dalton Dr J. J W W. Williams and son LaDue Lafue are closing out the stock of groceries and small hardware at the Williams Store In the near future they plan either to remodel remodel re- re model the store building or tear It t down and build a modern service ser ser- service vice station on the site They have the southeastern Utah agency for the Utah Oil Refining Co The following students earned the he highest marks In their respective tive grades during the last term of school and will be guests o othe of the Moab Lions Club at Its nex next meeting Seventh grade DanIel Danle Parks eighth Freeda Allred Mired ninth Elsie May Knight tenth Helen telen Corbin eleventh George Learning earning and Ruth McConkie McConkle twelfth Josephine Allred anc and Marjorie Baldwin Coach G G. W. W Merrill and eight elgh members of his basketball squad left eft yesterday for HuntIngton to attend the round robin basketball basketball basket basket- ball nail tournament of region five Members of the squad are Grant Gran Dalton Cecil Burr Bertram Dalton Dalton Dal Dal- ton Guy Taylor Pat Dalton George Learning Elwyn Newell Newe and Dan Stocks |