Show TURNING BACK THE PAGES From he Files of The Times-Independent Times and the Grand Valley Times 20 YEARS AGO Southeastern Utah's civic clubs were to meet in Moab soon it was announced by Mitchell Mitchell Mitchell Mit Mit- chell Lions club sec sec- Jesse superintendent superintend superintend- ent of Mesa Verde national park along with Charles Jones and Dr J. J W W. Williams of Moab announced this week that they had discovered two new arches In the Devils Devil's Garden section of the Arches national monument ment The men stated that they had explored a section that they believed no one had ever been in before The Moab camp celebrated celebrated celebrated cele cele- its fifth birthday anniversary anniversary anni anni- this week Open house was held and a large number of Moab residents enjoyed light refreshments and a program Merle A. A Myers 24 Moab was found dead with a shotgun wound this week The rhe young man was found in his car some miles from town parked along alongside alongside alongside side the road Taking part in a fight card this week eek in Moab were Ted Tibbetts Danny Bill Walker Valker Dreamy Burr Mark Walker Wallter Melvin Dalton and Delmar Delmar Delmar Del- Del mar Titus A spring sale in a local store showed coffee selling for 30 cents a pound while straw hats were going for 25 cents J J. J A. A of Moab was elected first vice president of the he Utah Cattle and Horse Growers' Growers association t 30 YEARS AGO Moab's entire fruit crop was lost this week in a disastrous freeze The federal government was vas was suing Utah over ownership of Colorado river bottoms Colonel Charles A A. Lindbergh Americas America's flying ace was an unannounced visitor over Moab Sunday Lindy didn't tarry long In fact he didn't tarry at all nIl Within the space of a couple of minutes he had come and gone His Ills big white monoplane made its appearance above the cliffs southwest of town at one o'clock Sunday afternoon Flying Flying Flying Fly Fly- ing at an elevation of about feet the eagle of the air steered a straight course for Denver Apparently disregarding disregard disregard- ing the fact that he was passing passing passing pass pass- ing over one of the most important important important im im- im- im cities of the western hemisphere Lindy did not pause In his flight He did not even wave his hand at his interested watchers While the people of Moab feel immensely honored that Americas America's air idol flew over their city they are nevertheless nevertheless never never- somewhat hurt that he did not stop and visit for a while The next time he comes this way he will be expected to act a little more sociable 40 YEARS AGO V. V P. P Martin county chairman chairman chairman chair chair- man announced that the third liberty loan drive would start April 9 Grand county's quota was of The year three-year-old son Mr and Mrs J. J T T. Wise was crushed to death under the wheels of a wagon the accident accident accident acci acci- dent in Lisbon Valley Shearing of sh sheep shep ep had commenced commenced commenced com com- at Thompsons Cisco and Dewey Neal Ray Jr home from the navy on leave James Somerville purchased the Wilson Allred ranch All boys in Grand county between between between be be- tween the ages of 12 and 21 were being enrolled In the national national national na na- na- na boys' boys working reserve in inan inan inan an effort to overcome th the threatened labor shortage went on strike at Thompson and Cisco demanding demanding demanding de de- de- de manding 15 cents per head Their demand was granted The Moab Garage was open open- ing a branch at Thompson The Moab Teachers Parent-Teachers association was organized with Mrs C. C A. A Robertson as president president dent Mrs Francis G. G Keller vice president and Miss Eola Moore as secretary The Indian Creek Cattle company com com- company pany was delivering head of yearling steers to Wheeler Lavendar at a price of 45 per head J. J A. A sold his cattle outfit near Bluff to Adams Brothers for a reported The new J highway survey from Moab to Monticello reduced reduced ed the distance by nine and one one- half miles |