Show From the Files of The Times-Independent Times Turning Back the Pages 20 YEARS AGO Taken from The Times Times-Inde pendent files flies of April 9 1936 1936 The Utah Southern test well the Hyde No 1 on the Cisco shoreline structure has reached a depth below betow feet The well wellIs wellIs Is bottomed In the Rico formation formation forma forma- tion which directly overlies the Pennsylvania formation the object obJect object ob ob- of the well Much information of ot value will be obtained from the log of ot the well for selecting the site of the second well The Grand county high school band will leave next week for tor Price to take part in the state band meet Bandmaster E. E W W. I Stout plans to take 50 members of the band to the state meet J J. J T T. Learning Leaming former mayor of Moab has been named to the Grand county school board He will fill the vacancy created by the recent resignation of W. W D. D Hammond last fall to accept a apost apost apost post on the state road commission At a meeting of the of county commissioners Monday the county auditor was ordered to advertise for sale at public auction auction auction tion all real estate in Grand county county coun coun- ty upon which the taxes have not been paid for the past four years Date for the sale has been set for May 4 Owners of much of this property met with the commissioners commissioners commis commis- and were given opportunity ty to redeem the land on low monthly payments Car Eddington and Howard Lundy Lundy Lundy Lun Lun- dy former camp enrollees appeared before Judge Dilworth Wooley Saturday and entered pleas leas of guilty on the charge of taking aking an automobile belonging to R. R J. J Fletcher and wrecking It t while Joyriding Eddington ater escaped jail here by sawing his ils way through bars Eddington was as sentenced to five years in instate instate state tate prison Lundy who had re reo fused to accompany Eddington in the jail break was also sentenced sentenced sent sent- to five years but the sentence sent ence was suspended 30 YEARS AGO Taken from The Inde Times pendent files flies of April 8 1926 All doubt that the John L. L Shafer No 1 well on the Big Six dome nine miles down the Colorado Colorado Colorado Colo Colo- rado river from Moab is a gusher was dispelled Saturday when the gate valve on the control head was opened to see what the well would do after it was found the cement around the eight inch casing casIng casing cas cas- ing had failed to shut out the water In spite x of Df f the fact the hole lole was full of heavy salt water which had come in under the casing cas cas- ing ng the well flowed pure oil all atthe atthe at athe the he rate of about 2000 barrels in 24 hours proving the oil is coming coming com com- ing from a true sand and the oil iI and gas pressure is as strong as it was wars Dec 8 when the well blew in unexpectedly Officials at the well said the test was not nota a complete one and expressed confidence that when the water has been shut off it will show barrels per day production The vacant lot tot at the Intersection intersection tion of Main and F streets owned by Mrs Annie L. L Hinton was sold yesterday to Lee F. F Ogden of Salt Lake City for 2000 cash The lot has a Main street frontage frontage frontage front front- age of 52 feet and a frontage on F street of feet Ogden stated he planned to erect a large Jarge hotel on the lot to cost around The first services in the new newChurch newChurch newChurch Church of Jesus of Christ of Latter-day Latter Saints building will be beheld beheld beheld held next Sunday Bishop W. W D. D Hammond invited all the people of Moab to attend the services and Inspect the new building which has bas been constructed during the past six months at a cost of 41 1 During the present week finishing touches to the building are being made The jury is being selected to hear icar the murder trial of E. E P. P a Mexican who shot and killed tilled Frank E. E Chavez another Mexican at Castleton Castleten last fall One other criminal case is on the docket locket this of charges against Dominique and Laurent and Pier Etcheverry of cattle heft theft |