Show Through the Files of 4 i The Tho Times Times Independent Independent And he Grand nd Valley Times h 20 YEARS AGO William WilHam McDougald McDougall son of Mr and Mrs D. D C C. McDougald McDougald gald gad had enlisted in the army Thirteen members of the tho Moab Lions Club attended a zone meeting at Gre Green n River The Womans Woman's Literary Club met A special guest was Mrs Essie Essle Shafer a charter member of the tho club Mrs Lucile Pace was reelected reelected re re- elected le as a n member of the county board ot of education The Gold and Green ball would be held Dec 19 A daughter was born to Mr and Mrs Valjean West West- wood A son was born to Mr and Mrs Rulon Somerville of At a meeting of Grand County farmers AAA com com- committeemen were named Alvie Alvie Al Al- vie Holyoak was named chairman chairman chairman chair chair- man and I. I D. D Bunce was elected vice chairman Vern Bliss of Castle Valley was reelected reelected re- re elected a regular committee committees man Kenneth Silliman of Elgin Elgin El El- gin and Howard Lance of Moab was elected first and ami second alternates The Board of County Commissioners Com Com- Commissioners missioners had a meeting With the end of the Sixth War Bond drive on Dec 16 the county was gradually c completing its quota of 49 Up to last night 33 of war bonds had been purchased 40 YEARS AGO H. H W W. Balsley was reelected reelect elect ed a school board member from Moab and William Cooley Coo Coo- Icy ley was elected a member from the Cisco precinct Green River defeated Moab Moab Mo Mo- ab In the first basketball game of ot the season by a score of 14 1410 A shipment of trout was wn planted in Mill Cr Creek the tho third planting during the year Moab this week contracted their 1925 wool wool- clip cUp aggregating fleeces es at 45 cents per pound They were paid a forfeit of 1 per fleece Stake conference of the church was held at Moab and drew large crowds Orson Orson Orson Or Or- son F. F Whitney an apostle of the church represented the general authorities Mr and Mrs Knox Patterson Patter Patter- son were moving to Price where Mr Patterson was entering entering en en- the practice of law County Treasurer H. H S. S Rutledge gave notice that there were funds in the treasury treasury trea trea- sury to pay all outstanding warrants 60 YEARS AGO The first load of machinery for the Interstate mill at af Gold Basin had reached Cas- Cas R. R L. L Diefendorf was awarded awarded aw aw- aw the contract for operating operating oper oper- the Moab ferry boat on the Grand river A brother and sister of Fred N. N of La Sal were here from England for fora a visit with him W. W D. D Livingston defeated candidate for district Judge announced that he would con test the election of Ferdinand Ferdin end and Erickson Tho The people of Castleton had constructed a road from that place to the head of Pinhook Pinhook Pin Pin- hook hill hili connecting with the Wilson Mesa road Hyrum Perkins of 01 Bluff sold his sheep to L. L J H. H Redd at per head and took tool cattle in exchange at 20 per head with calves thrown in J J. J M. M Cunningham Co of La Sal were stocking their range to its capacity having purchased GOO head of young cattle The San Juan correspondent correspond ent reported that the finest linest hog house In San Juan county county coun coun- ty had just been completed on White Mesa now Blanding Bland Bland- ing mg J. J P. P Collister and Hans Bayles were the owners Judge Jacob Johnson rendered rendered ren ren- dered a decision on the Indian Indian In Ins dian creek water case giving the Cooper ranch first right to one and one fourth second feet or practically all of the ordinary flow of the creek The St. St Louis worlds world's fair fair fair- the greatest show of Its kind in the history of the world world- had come to a conclusion Over 18 million people paid to see the fair which number was ten million less than attended attended attended at at- tended the Chicago fair W. W O. O Colvin returned from Payson where he attended the funeral of his father L L. O. O A. A Colvin 82 years of age a Utah pioneer of 1850 |