Show I LOOKING BACKWARD Through the files of The Times-Independent Times And The Grand Grans Valley Times 5 Years Ago The years year's precipitation toppled toppled top top- pled when inches of rai rain fell feU this year The Arches entry road a project would be built bull this summer The Times observed its Gist birthday this week O. O C C. Wiggle w was named pres pros president president ident of the Moab Lions Club Les Erbes was named to head the newly formed Moab Rotary Club With the opening of the general general gen gen- eral trout fishing season this coming Saturday Game Warden Dan Winbourn announced that tha most of ot the mountain lakes an and streams were still snowed In 20 Years Ago Mrs Arch V. V Bronson of ot Mon Mon Mon-I died at the Moab Hos- Hos Hospital Hospital pital of ot pneumonia John Holyoak his children their families and a few friends motored to Cane Springs park where they enjoyed a picnic honoring Glen GI c. c Holyoak who left Wednesday to Join the Uni Vol ted States army anny The first ore to be consigned to the new nets vanadium stock pile of Moab was waa delivered this thi week when Ray Bennett deliver delivered er ered two large truckloads from Polar Mesa lesa The Moab loa swimming pool will wUl be officially opened opted tor for the sea sea- ea I Len Ol fon oo on Saturday announces Willard Devitt director of re re- re creation week Two more men left this w tot for SU Salt Lake Wb City City tat to bye be inducted t tato to the army They were war Glen n and Don Woodruff Mrs Mr Ira U ry G. G Schmidt dt and daughter for California Th They Ther y w wl uld tea bit h joined later this thil month by Mr S W o hu has b w of 4 Arches Na Monument for two years Carroll J. J Meador was elected commander of the American Legion Le Le- Le gion i The county board beard of education held its monthly meeting at Sego Sego Se- Se go this week the guests of Dr E. E E E. II H. Walker Wacker a member 1 Joan Chief and Jack Crank two Navajo Indians were convicted convicted con con- with the murder of an unknown white man 12 years ago at Monticello this week They were sentenced by Judge F. F W W. Keller this week to 10 years in n the state prison The Grand county commIssioners commissioners commis commIs- sinners met and fixed the sal sal- salaries aries nr es of ot county for the next two years Salaries ries were fixed at follows Commissioners clerk and auditor 1500 treasurer 1200 recorder 1200 assessor 1200 sheriff 1 1200 0 attorney surveyor 12 1 Mr tl and Mrs Dave Pave A. A Johnson Johnson Johnson John- John son entertained at a party for tor forth th their lf son lion Morris who entered the army 40 Years Ago Agola la ll Y contest sponsored by the theof theof l of journalism of the tho Utah Ago Agricultural College The Times- Times at was awarded a sU sil silver ver trip cup for tor having rendered d the iTt greatest t community service of or any paper in the state Some 25 were Mere e entered in the com comp and the judges w were ro representatives of or three Salt Sait lake We City daili dailieS 6 B. B C G. Clark ant and D. D E. E Baldwin of tb lb It Moab ab Garage Co were H taU a warehouse and d at gt preliminary to a t the over e Thomp- Thomp so io mail co contract JUlY ulA 0 A 90 iatt w w. w wet f born bora tl this thip i w week to toMi Mi Ir and 11 Mrs W n. n tt r Corsi Tr Treasurer F. F i 1 A. A Manville was painfully burned burned burn burn- ed eel this week when a celluloId e eye e shade caught on fire Ralph A. A Taylor resumed his position as forest ranger on the La Sal forest t The La Sal forest was allotted for the construction ol of trails trails tails en CIl the forest II B D. D Evans was employed as science and woodwork teacher In jn t the e high school The Big Dig Six Oil Co was still plugging away drilling its oil oU test on the west bank of the Colorado Colorado Col Col- Colorado orado river In Moab valley Dr I I. I W. W Allen AUen was called to Monticello where he performed an emergency operation J J. P. P Miller and J. J E. E Snyder went to La Sal where they appraised appraised appraised ap ap- ap- ap praised some 12 ranches which had applied for federal loans 60 Years Ago Peaches by y the first of July were promised V. V P. P Martin Ma was recovering from an attack of typhoid fever The merry click of or the mowIng mowing mow- mow mowIng Ing machine was heard throughout through through- lout out the valley Wool growers of ot the valley had shipped over a million pounds of wool this spring Capt rU the steamboat man mall went to Denver to o make another attempt to provide navIgation navigation nav nav- facilities on the Grand Gran and Green GreM rivers Cherries were ripe and it was that from now until Christmas Moat would not be without fresh freih fruit for lor the trees The F English end BOO Boers noelS had declared de tie- dared peace in South Africa the Boers Boere being compelled to accept accept ac ac- ac pt the terms term laid down by the British The rood road alOU around d the backed backed- up water In Courthouse had had been completed by D. D A. A and this thil da crossing was wu no longer long bother bother- b tag g traffic Crip cup and algid Jick Tar Nel Areal Neland and Arthur Ray Hay Jolty John Skew s MM Caul AJ Amt t Maw f U took a of elf tUe to i Paradox for tor delivery to buyers |