Show Looking Backward a Through the files of Tho The Times Independent And The Grand Valley Times 5 YEARS AGO Uranium leaders loaders from Irv rive five e states will win converge on Moa Moab b Apr April 7 6 for the first Alba AIME AThiE E meeting at which were expected expected expected ex ex- to be n attendance Open to the tho public the Ule gathering willbe will willbo 1 be bo the tha first of its kind ever held In the uranium capItol April 13 Is the date for Moab youngsters to enter the Easter egg hunt the Moab Lions Club announced Tim Jordon of Green River was flown to Salt Lake City In a critical critical crit crit- ical condition after being struck on the head by a rock during a blasting operation on an open pit mine near Green River Miss Marilyn Thomson became the bride of Rl Hawks this week I Mrs James Hoffman and her I daughter Lily Ann leased from Mrs A. A Reed Somerville the building on Center street and would open a Mode Day Shop 20 YEARS AGO August F. F Rath 85 an early day clay plainsman died in Moab Born in Denmark July 1 i 1855 he came to America when a boy of nine and was a n plainsman nit nil his life ute Moab people were shocked when Mary Louise Goodman Goodman Good Good- man 74 widow of the late Henry c. c X Goodman had died W. W W. W Beeson 84 celebrated his birthday this week with a family dinner Four registrants of ot Grand County were inducted into the army anny for the month of March arch They were Wesley Day Eben Scharf Leo Christensen and Rudolph Rudolph Ru Ru- dolph Carnegie The Daughters of the Utah PIoneers Pioneers Pioneers Pi PI- will hold open house atthe atthe at atthe the home of Mrs Lydia A. A Watts Wattson on her birthday They will wilt willbe willbe be assisted by Mrs L. L L. L Taylor and Mrs Joseph L. L Watts Initial steps looking to the construction con of a north south north south and highway over the Book Cliffs oms mountains through Grand and Uintah counties was taken at Vernal Saturday when a com corn committee was named L. L 1 L. L Taylor was chairman J T Kelly proprietor of the Kelly Drug Drog Co of ot Price was found dead In his car at a point about 35 miles mUes south of Moab The birthday of ot the In Moab l March 17 Relief Society will be celebrated County Agent and Mrs Mis Joseph Joseph Jos eph L Parrish were th the parents of a soon 40 YEARS AGO Rep Edward T. T Taylor of ot 0 Col Colorado 1 orado who was sponsoring a bill biD billIn billIn In the national congress to change the name of ot the Grand river to the Colorado river wrote to a number of ot Moab citizens citizen asking for tor their support of th the movement Word from Salt Lake City was to the effect erred that thai Rep Clyde A. A Hammond was In a avery avery avery very serious condition He lIe was administered a blood transfusion transfusion transfusion sion State Senator J J. Will wm Knight furnishing the blood The federal aid road contraction tion through Moab valley vaHey was proceeding r the contractors contract Or ors being R. R C. C Clark V V. R. R Bush and D. D P. P Black mack Many bridges were being built Mrs II IL S. S Bussey wife of Dr H. H S S. S Bussey of Monticello died this week at Fn ta An agitation was underway to have a county fair this fall Sheep shearing was scheduled ed to start at Thompson and Cisco by April The Moab basketball team became became be be- became came the champion outfit of Southeastern Utah when It de defeated defeated defeated de- de Blanding by a score of 35 to 19 A son was born to Mr and Mrs rs W. W D. D Hammond on March 4 the 4 the date Warren G. G Harding I was Inaugurated president of the United States In spite of the fact that the parents were staunch Democrats they named the boy Harding Bartlett Ham Kam- probably probably evidence the editor commented that the Democrats were becoming a distinct distinct distinct dis dis- dis- dis species A prediction which somehow doesn't seem to have worked out E. E L. L Burdick was issued a li license 11 cense cease to operate a pool hall haU at Thompson E J iI YEARS AGO The infant son of Mr and Mrs A. A M. M Robertson died this week The county commissioners decided decided de de- decided to do some road improvements improvements improve improve- ments meats on the Sand Flats The local camp Woodmen of the World announced l a great entertainment and dance at Pioneer Pi Pt- hail to be ye free to all ail A to divide the water water water wa wa- ter of Mill Creek as ordered by the district court was being Installed under the supervision of A. A Mo Molyneux water commis commis- J. J M M. Cunningham of La Sal returned from Denver He reported reported re re- re ported that a representative of ot the Rio Grande railroad would soon loon come to Moab to investigate invest invest- gate the resources here with a aview aview view to projecting a railroad into this section George S. S Matteson secretary secretary secretary secre secre- tary of the Grand River JUver Castleton Castleton Castle Castle- ton do La Sal Mountain railroad stated the directors of the company com com- company pany had closed negotiations for for tor the sale of bonds in the sum sura of ot 20 miles of the road and that of for the construction engineers were were now on the grou ground d. d Apricots were in bloom throughout the valley Farmers were busy repairing ditches and sowing owing small gr grain Jn The people of Monticello at ata ata a mass meeting adopted reso- reso the consolidation of Grand and San Juan Counties Counties Counties Coun Coun- ties a bill for which was pendIng pending pend pend- ing in the legislature sponsored by 1 L. L H. H Redd re from San Juan County The resolutions res ress stated the San Juan district court had been a great factor in ridding the section of ot the lawless element that for years had Infested it and if it SanJuan San SanJuan SanJuan Juan were annexed to Grand the San Juan people would virtually virtually vir vir- vir be deprived of court protection protection protection pro pro- which would give the renegades license to commit acts of lawlessness and depredations depredations depre depre- as before It was further stated th that t if it the counties were consolidated it would be necessary nee essary for jurors and others attending court to travel miles in many cases to the county county coun coun- ty seat It also asked that if it the consolidation were made the combined county be called San Grand Juan In order that the southern county be not forgotten forgotten for for- gotten and burled buried in hi oblivion |