Show LOOKING BACKWARD Through the fil files fibs s of The Times Times Independent Independent And The Tho Grand Valley Times 5 Years Year Ago M Mrs F. F W. W Greater Creaser G Mer wife wile of oftie the tie station agent nt at Thompson for 20 years died at Price Sept 4 Ura Uranium um Reduction Co mill mut would be formally dedicated dedi ted St Sept pt 14 An enrollment of or 53 candidates candi dates turned out for tor the Initial scrimmage ge of ot the Moab Red Devils football team The third auto ml mishap hap In three weeks killed a California woman In en an auto accident five miles east of ot Moab Mary Heer ticer 34 3 of Oxnard Calif CaU was killed School enrollment soars past 1300 pupils A 3 day 3 rain brought Inches of moisture hi in n Moab 20 30 Years Ago William A. A Green Grcen of Sacramento Sacra mento formerly of ot Moab where he was WM a law partner of ot C. C A. A Robertson was vas a visitor In Moab to visit old old e friends It was WIlS 21 years since Mr Green Grcen left Moab Schools of G Grand l' l and County would open for the 43 1912 term tenn next Monday according to Supt Helen M. M Knight Teachers were ere Esther M. M Walker Welker gego o Ada AdaMay AdaMay May fey Brown Th Thompson Elsie l e B ti Jorgensen a Maude H U. Adams Westwater tel Moab school lva Iva Mildred Eeli Ee I Mary Parker Winifred Tate Tale Emma Spencer Jennie Spencer Spencer Spen j i car Squire Ann McDonald Marguerite Mar Mar- Riordan H. H B n. Evans Mary t Wayne R R. Mr M I Conkie Conkle WHa R. R L. L J J. Art Arl B n. Weston Edna i Shafer and nd Esther nether Somerville I The primary election polled GOO noo votes Carroll J. J Meador was I elected by the Democratic party for state stale re representative and J J. B. B Sk Skewer 5 for tor sheriff J. J Reed I ID Lance for tor year four county com com- Ralph J. J Miller Mittel for tor year two county courtly comm commissioner oner and Leo Len Stocks for tor sheriff were elected by bythe the to Republicans George Hurley well known Moab man for tor a quarter of ar a century died at Salt Lake City A daughter was born In the Moab hospital Monday to Mr and Mrs Arthur J. J Gilmore of Mesa Verde National Park A farewell party was given 1 In honor of Mr and Mrs John Jahn W. W Sullivan Thursday evening at atthe the She Moab city park 40 Years Ye r. r Ago The Republican party paMy called its Us county nominating convention convention conven conven- tion lion for Sept 16 School opened for the term tenn with a n large Increase In attend attend- ance A fine community spirit was shown on Labor Day when about people turned out aut and built a n fence around the come come- tery The ladles ladies of she ithe town turned out and Md served dinner at noon to the workers Among the candidates for sheriff were W. W J. J Bliss and Albert Albert Al Al- bert Beach ench Lee Elmer was a n candidate for clerk S. S A A. Taylor and son Ralph left for southwestern Colorado to Investigate ranch properties which they planned to purchase Great preparations were underway underway un un- derway for tor staging the Grand O County Fair Fall Oct 13 and 14 Leroy B. B Stevens was VlaS convicted convict convIct- ed of manslaughter for tar the homicide of George and Charles Bradford in San Juan County and was sen sentenced by Judge Woolley to from one to 10 years imprisonment A brief session of district court was held at Moab 60 Years Ago The LaSal Mining Milling 1 Co announced that it would build a smelter on LaSal Creek near the Cashin Mine Moab was busy harvesting its fruit and freighters were busy hauling it to the railroad It is quite an amusing sight to see boys and girls going to school two and three on a horse racing with one and another as they come Into town the editor editor editor edi edi- tor commented John E. E Brown rown and family came come to Moab from Kirks Kirk's Basin lS n nto to spend the wisher winter The D. D Dally Daily ly Sentinel of Grand Junction had Installed a typesetting typesetting type type- I setting machine the first in U this s entire section The Times published editorials urging that Moab be Incorporated ed and that the proposed country bond issue of af to ta build a county court house be approved |