Show Looking Backward 8 Through the files of The Times Independent And The Grand Valley Times 5 YEARS AGO I Grand county school district had an enrollment of 1032 students stu stu- dents The enrollment last year was wai 1032 the the same Rame The First National flank Bank of Moab with n R branch at Monticello Monti- Monti cello was merged with the First t Security flank Dank of Utah Kenneth tenneth Daniel Houtz 19 of Evan Evanston ton Wyo will killed In a dynamite explosion In Big DIg Indian valley vaney He ne was working on a power line Une for the Utah Power Light Co Benjamin A. A Ames Ame 84 a pioneer pioneer pio plod neer cattleman died at the Grand county hospital Th anniversary party of the She Moab Lions club would be beheld beheld held beld Monday at the Arches Cafe 70 20 YEARS AGO Edwin C C. West engineer at it atthe atthe the Dalton Wells camp was promoted to superintendent of th CI camp Over attended the given riven 1 b the he Som e Cn 11 nt tit the Dugout The Tho office of the In Tn Sal Forest at Moab was moved Into the new forest building which was erected this summer at a cost of II n. Lavin of Aspen Colo rio n a deal leat for the sale of his hs sheen outfit In the La Sal area ArEn to Charle Redd and Joe Redd of La Sal Sat The Moab schools had an enrollment enrollment en en- of In the elementary elementary elemen elemen- tary school an and In the high school schoot The county schools had hadan nn an enrollment of 53 Miss Betty Retty Jo To Baldwin became the bride of William Hayes at atthe atthe atthe the home of the brides bride's parents Mr and Mrs Clarence E. E Bald Bald- win Miss MIs thel 1 Wise daughter of Mr and Mrs J. J T. T Wise became Cecil Thomson wears none none none- never has hll been seen In a hat and never e wll be Don Robinson wears one of those porous numbers and his little boys use it to seine tadpoles o out t of the lake while Don looks for balls In the rough Darr Reardon's headpiece Is a combination cap and ice bag bag hes he's hes a real cool golfer Some of the boys boy wear a glove on one hand Never could figure that one out since Its It's a two-handed two game Im I'm told that Its It's to keep the one ona hand from knowing what the theother theother theother other Is doing It Mike Reardon's cart has a anice nice I little gadget a score card cardholder cardholder I holder hoMer pencil holder and all aU at the same time it holds two golf coif olf balls and five tees Since he is so well weIl equipped Mike gets to keep score and consequently is doing alright Spikes cs in the shoes are other things that are questionable No Noone Noone Noone one seems to know what they are good for but they're fashion fashion- able There 10 Is n new sign slim up at No 1 tee box that says Please practice practice practice tice golf etiquette All AU of the boys are willing to practice but few seem to know the rules of golf etiquette Here are a few 1 When you hit a fellow golfer golf golf- er In the head ahva always carry him to the pond where he can cnn ge get water Never hit and run 2 If you kill n a jackrabbit with witha a wild ball always skin the rabbit rabbit rabbit rab rab- bit and give it to Chucks Chuck's dog 3 3 Do not drain the pond to retrieve retrieve retrieve re re- re- re trieve a lost ball baU 4 Do not kick opponents opponent's ball bal further into the rough or behind obstacles 5 5 Do not pop bubblegum while opponent Is putting 6 0 6 Do not eavesdrop or peek while Pro Is la Instructing student 7 When you retrieve your ball bal from the pond always wring out your shorts In the pond so as not to waste water the th bride of ot Emery Richardson I of Uravan Colo Coto Dick son of Charles Chartes was married this week at Provo to Miss MIS Ruth Hansen of Provo Boyd S S. S Hammond was here from Deming NM where he was district grazier 40 YEARS AGO The commissioners of Grand Orand County Courtly were making pr preparations preparations para para- to expend of county county coun coun- ty bond funds on the river road rond Moab and Richardson Cecil C. C Taylor of Moab and Miss Ida Van of Provo were married The Big Six oil well on the west banks of the Colorado river river riv riv- river er struck a showing of oil at feet Ross Wheeler Green River pi pioneer pioneer pi- pi burned to death In a R cabin cabIn cabIn cab- cab In In the Henry mountains A carload of ore recently recently recently re re- re- re shipped by II H. W W. Balsley C. C W. W Wright and Floyd Trout brought In excess of A heavy rainstorm did considerable considerable considerable consid consid- erable damage to the roads The Moab schools opened for forthe forthe forthe the term the attendance In high being and In the Central school J J. J R. R Balsley and Elmo Schuermann Schuermann Schuermann mann were making arrangements to establish a meat packing plant at Moab Moab defeated Green River In a Labor day baseball game by bya a score of 24 2415 60 YEARS AGO A. A A. A Taylor and J. J P. P Miller attended the Republican state convention while F. F B B. B Hammond Hammond Ham Ham- mond and Phil Crout went as delegates to the Democratic convention The Moab schools opened with an attendance of in all de de- de- de The Crout 6 McConnel saloon installed a cash register which gave the tha institution a metropolitan itan appearance It was the first cash register brought into this section County Treasurer Manville had sent out statements to all all' tax tax- payers The assessed valuation of the county was and the charges amounted to of which over was paid by the railroad The Elgin correspondent reported reported reported re re- re- re ported that E. E Garn had discovered discovered discovered ered a bear on Fox Island on the Green river but so far had not been able to get a shot at him The correspondent also reported that G. G W. W Durant was building a boat for some Colorado Springs parties who were planning on making trip down the rivet river W. W v L. L Hall a printer employed employ employ- ed by the Colorado Springs Gazette Ga Ga- zette arrived in Moab accompanied accompanied accompanied by his wife having made a trip in a row boat from Green reen River going down the Green river ft to t Its Junction with the tM Grand and thence up the Grand Orand to Moab It required a month to make the trip The Grand Orand count county Republican convention named the following ticket Representative A A. A. A Taylor commissioners J. J It H. Shafer J J. T. T Loveridge and John E. E Pace sheriff J. J W. W Watts Walts clerk and recorder John Peter peter- Peterson son treasurer F. F A. A Manville assessor r. r W. W J. J nano Darrow attorney ney L. L L. L Crapo surveyor surveyor George W W. Durant A miners miners' meeting was held heM at Mill Creek In the La Ia Sal mountains and resolutions were adopted protesting against th the efforts of the state to secure for lor school lands land vast tracts of public lands In the La Sal mountains mountains moun moun- by claiming the land was non-mineral non in character and valuable only for grazing purposes pur pure poses |