Show TURNING BACK THE PAGES From he Files of The Times-Independent Times and the Grand Valley Times 20 YEARS AGO Luscious Moab strawberries made their appearance on the local market the last of the week and the annual spring harvest of the fruit was expected within with with- in about ten days Daily shipments shipments shipments ship ship- ments of the berries were leavIng leaving leaving leav leav- ing Moab for Grand Junction Price and Salt Lake City The Times this week featured d with pictures and story Delicate arch in the Arches national mon mono A group of ten advanced geology geology ge ge- ge- ge students from the University University Uni Uni- of Utah were in Moab this week as a stop on their tour of the lands of southeastern Utah The party was being piloted piloted pi pi- pi toted by Zeke leke Johnson custodIan custodian custodIan custod custod- ian of the Natural Bridges national national national na na- na- na Airmail pickup service was initiated in initiated in in- in a number of communities communities communities in Utah this week Although Although Although Al Al- though Moab was from the list due to lack of airport facilities Green River was tobe tobe to tobe be served by a dally daily airmail plane A group of mining men from Moab and Pittsburgh narrowly escaped death this week-end week when their automobile went over the side of the road on Peters Hill HIlI north of Monticello and rolled to the bottom of the can can- yon The first convention to be held by a political party in Grand county sin since e the adoption of the new direct primary law was called called called call call- ed this week by the focal Democratic Democratic Democratic Demo Demo- cratic organization C. C S. S Thomson Thomson Thomson Thom Thom- son was re-elected re as county chairman of the very active par par- ty Placer mining operations on the Colorado river below Moab were being started in a large operation operation op op- this week by a California ia firm The Colorado river was at flood stage with the markers markerson on the river bridge reading 11 feet feel above normal flow of Grand and SanJuan San SanJuan SanJuan Juan county met this week in Moab for their semi-annual semi con con- Republican mass meetings were called this week by precinct precinct precinct pre pre- chairmen Dennis E. E Baldwin Baldwin Bald Bald- win and Dale 30 YEARS AGO Southeastern Utah's chance for some paved roads looked looked- bleak this week after President Coolidge vetoed the Od Colton-Od- die road bill which was passed recently through congress and which sought to appropriate 3 million annually for three years for western road construction A Moab Boyd Hammond was knocked unconscious unconscious unconscious un un- un- un conscious and injured this week when he was struck by lightning lightning lightning light light- ning at his sheep camp Several sheep were killed in the flash electric storm which struck the theLa theLa theLa La Sal mountains by Slaughter Springs Moab and Sego were boasting a baseball team that would take on any team in eastern or Western Colorado R. R H. H Dalrymple Dalrymple Dalrymple Dal- Dal rymple was the captain and manager of the Sego Moab-Sego team Big Six Oil company announced announced an- an flounced this week that they were ready to begin a series of oil oll test wells in cooperation with Utah Oil Refining com com- pany A well was planned for Crescent Junction The U. U S. S Government was collecting evidence against the state of Utah in the river-bed river suit being decided in the courts About thirty head hend of wild horses rounded up recently in inthe inthe inthe the county were sold this week at a public auction at the order order order or or- der of the county commission Moab businesses were worried worried worried wor wor- ried over an announcement by bythe bythe bythe the Denver Rio Grande railroad railroad rail rall- road that they planned to discontinue discontinue discontinue dis dis- dis- dis continue passenger stops at Thompson Good showings of oil were reported in the bustling Cisco area this week by the Crystal Carbon company drilling several several several sev sev- eral gas tests there The Central school building was receiving extensive repairs repairs re re- re- re pairs to bring it up to date as a modern modem school structure 40 YEARS AGO Many Moab business houses were burglarized one night this week by a convict who had es escaped escaped escaped es- es from the prison road camp at Court House lIe He w L apprehended and returned to the state prison Five more Moab young men left this week for army ser ser- vice They were V. V R. R Bush W W. C. C Bush Walter V V. Boyle Clarence Peterson and Dale Shafer The Grand county schools were scheduled to close for the term on May 24 President G. G H. H Brimhall of the BYU had been engaged to deliver the high school commencement address ad ad- dress Grand county purchased a total of of third LIberty Liberty Liberty Li LI- berty loan bonds local citizens ci citizens citizens ci- ci subscribing to the is is- is sue The Central school presented the operetta Snow White this week The Moab Garage sold a double carload of Buick Bulck cars this week I arrive Mervin Davis had arrived In France wi with th his army anny unit |