Show Look Looking ng Backward Through the files of The Grand Valley Times And The Times Times Independent 5 YEARS AGO The City of ot Moab this week hired C C. C. C Houghland as an extra police officer on a temporary temporary temporary tem tem- basis to be on duty Fridays Saturdays and Sun Sun- days Plans for filming flIming Smoke Signal at Moab beginning the first week In June were announced announced announced an an- by Gilbert Kurland production manager manage for UnI- UnI versal versal International The Chamber of Commerce this week voiced an approval for the school bond issue of for elementary school construction The Rattlesnake mine of ot Vere Verc Westwood and Wesley Oliver which which th they y located cat d last st s summer summer sum sum- nimer ni- ni mer on the the Rattlesnake ranch in the La Sal district was proving out according to Mr Westwood Mr and Mrs Noble True- True blood of Canadian Texas were guests in MontIcello of Ben Shafer Mr had farming interests in San Juan t Twentysix lIv lively ly Intermediate tate ate Girl of Troop 1 w were we're re pledged d to to t the ideals of Girl Scouts and given pins Inan in inan inan an impressive candlelight cere cere- mony mony 20 YEARS AGO The Utah State Press association association association asso asso- r announced it would hold its summer meeting at t Moab on May 27 and 28 23 as guests of the Moab Lions club dub Mullins Wheeler contractors contract contract- ors on the Moab waterworks Improvement p pro project r o j e 0 c t have placed an augmented crew at Work during the past week to rush completion of their work C C. S. S Thomson and Ralph Miller representing the Moab Lions club went to Milford attending attending attending at at- tending the monthly meeting of the Associated Civic Clubs of Southern Utah to discuss completion of Highway All owners of ot dump trucks wishing employment were requested requested requested re re- quested to register with the National employment Re-employment service service ser ser- vice A regional conference of camp superintendent and distract district district dis dis- tract was held at Moab for the purpose of coordinating range improvement activities throughout eastern Utah 30 YEARS AGO Utah Power Light completed completed completed com com- the installation of a n gasoline engine unit at the local power house Utah Southern Oil company temporarily suspended drilling on the John Shafer No A 1 well on Cane Creek and was to begin work on on King No 1 well on Salt f The first talking pictures ever seen and heard in Moab were shown at the Ides theater Dr W. W L. L Lindsay who had spent nine months in Moab looking after the practice of Dr I I. I W. W V Allen left with his family for Grantsville Utah Five carloads of ot Monticello pe people vere were in Moab Moab Frid Friday y- y night to attend the Junior Prom Among those attending were Mr and Mrs Hans Jensen Jensen Jensen Jen Jen- sen Mr and Mrs Heber Frost Mr and Mrs Victor Bailey Balley and Mr and Mrs Claud Young Rev S. S Metzler Baptist mIssionary missionary missionary mis mIs- returned this week from Grand Junction where he had maintained his headquarters headquarters head quarters quarters' for a n month or more 40 YEARS AGO Alfalfa hay was selling at 45 and 50 per ton the highest highest highest high high- est price ever known at Moab Sheep shearing was scheduled ed to start at Cisco April 1 Good progress was being made on the Western Allies oil well the depth being feet A son was born to Mr and Mrs Earl Dalton on St. St Patrick's Patricks Patricks Patrick's Patricks Patrick's Pat Pat- ricks rick's day John J. J Roberson was demonstrating demonstrating demonstrating dem dem- a new placer mining machine on the Cr Cf rado river Governor Bamberger signed the bill making the Moab-Cisco Moab river road a n state highway District court was s scheduled to open April 16 with a n heavy calendar Baxter Prigmore and Mrs Phene Preston were married this week It was reported that a Carnegie Carnegie Car Car- negie negle library building for Moab was assured The forest service announced announced ed that unless more cooperation cooperation cooper cooper- atlon was extended by the tho county on the Brumley ridge- ridge Wilson mesa road work would be abandoned |