Show I Looking Backward e e Through the files of The rho Times And The Grand Valley Vaney Times 5 YEARS AGOAn AGOAn AGO AGOAn An airplane crash In hi which four tour Grand Junction people lost their lives took place in John Johr JohnBrown JohnBrown Brown canyon southwest of Gateway Victims of ot the tragedy tragedy tra trw gedy were Robert vice president of Continental Ura tire Uranium Mrs Ruth Owens secretary secretary secre seere tary of the firm and her two younger brothers William and Ted Lewis both employees of of the company Registration for the Grand County High School would take place Friday Aug 31 Mrs Lester Taylor who left for Africa for a n visit with her daughter Mrs Leroy Hood and family had arrived safely and was enjoying her trip A name must be selected forthe for forthe forthe the new hospital in Moab TheDr The Dr I. I W W. Allen Hospital was waE the most frequently considered The committee that planned last weekends weekend's Uranium Days celebration received an enthusiastic vote of approval from directors of f the Moab Chamber of Commerce 20 YEARS AGO Lyman Duncan Grand count county i attorney on Monday was Inducted Inducted Inducted In In- In- In ducted into the US U.S. Army An acting county attorney will be appointed by the county commIssioners commissioners com com- missioners at their next meetIng meeting meet meet- ing Sept 2 The county road crew under the supervision of ot Supervisor Bart Dart Stewart had been in Elgin erecting a n bridge In the crew were Jack Beeson Deeson Len Stocks and Philander Maxwell Thomas ONeil O'Neil 54 was found round dead in his bed at the Martin ranch in Browns Brown's Hole Bole James Howard 29 died at the Utah State Sanitarium at Ogden Og Og- Ogden den where he had been a patient for several weeks Floods In Mill and Pack creeks Sunday did considerable damage taking out several diversion di diversion diversion di- di version dams and washing out considerable farm land The Moab Irrigation Co In Millcreek Mill Millcreek creek creel was washed out A reunion of the family fam tam fly ily was held at the Somerville cow camp in Geyser Pass in the LaSal mountains The 11 blocks of Moab city streets will be oiled during the next two vo weeks Construction of ot a truck highway highway high high- way up Renegade Canyon to the summit of the Book Cliff mountains mountains mountains moun moun- will wilt start within the next week or two a according to Grazier Grazier Gra Gra- zier James S S. S Andrews A son was born to Mr and Mrs Clarence Holyoak A son was born bom to Mr and Mrs Irs Herbert Peterson A marriage license was Issued to I L. L Arden Johnson of Moab and Miss Clara Barton of Mon Mon- They left for Salt Lake City where they will be married In the Temple 40 YEARS AGO The August term tenn of district court had been postponed until S September September- The Primary association en all old folks of Moab at a party at the Star hall hail F. F D. D B. B Gay pathfinder of the Deseret News and Dr Pro J J. W W. Williams of Moab returned from froma from froma a trip to Gallup NM over the proposed south north highway highway high high- way now known as 81 the Navajo Trail They logged the highway tor for the first time and reported the distance by br speedometer to tobe tobe tobe be miles Moab's free tree auto tourist camp gro Js were now ready for use of the traveling public Rev RW R R. W W. Spencer scoutmaster of or the local Boy Scout troop had promoted promoted pro pro- rooted the camp ground project and he be and the scouts did most mast of or the work in cleaning up the grounds and erecting a public kitchen Miss bliss Edna Penfield of ot Frusta Fruit a awas was en employed toyed as principal of or orthe the Moab Central school A daughter was born to Mr and Mrs Lester Burr Frank Peterson went to Ogden Ogden Og- Og den to enter the employ of f a a fruit commission firm Jay Raleigh and H. H T J. Nielsen Nielsen Niel Niel- sen state road engineers were called to Salt Lake City by the State Road Commission A daughter was born to Mr and Mrs John Holyoak F. F W W. Strong and Frank Shafer left for Denver to confer with oilmen regarding drilling operations operations' down n the Colorado on the Big Six and Shafer domes D D. A. A Johnson had a large crew of men repairing the Midland Midland Mid Mid- land Trail from Thompson to the Colorado state line 60 YEARS AGO The preliminary hearing of Tod Too Carver charged with the murder of Sheriff Jesse Tyler and Deputy Sam Jenkins in the Book mountains in 1900 was held before Justice L. L J. J Hink- Hink ley Carver who said his name was T. T C C. HIlUard Hilliard was held to answer to the district court He was arrested in Arizona and extradited extradited extradited ex ex- to Utah for trial Evidence Evi Evl- dence den e brought out the fact that was oas one of three men who passed through Moab several several several sev sev- eral days before the murder of the sheriffs The Toll Road Company as a result of the visit of its president president dent Reed Smoot of Provo Provo- had put a n force of men to repair the Grand river toll road prior to putting In hi toll gates The company company company com com- pany agreed to make no charge to man mall contractors during the continuance of their present contracts District court officials returned returned returned re re- re- re turned to Monticello where they held a session of court The case of the state against Hulbert McClure was tried before a n jury and resulted in an acquittal Sl Sheriff A. A J J. J Young and Deputy Tom Trout left for Salt Lake City with Tod Carver alias Hilliard who by order of the district court was to be confined confined confined con con- fined in the state prison for tor safe keeping until the tle next s ses session session ses- ses s- s sion slon of court A cloudburst on the Mesa east of Moab caused a big flood In Mill Creek that did considerable considerable consider consider- able damge especially to the Darrow house The creek bed at atthe atthe the Darrow place was now feet wide whereas five years previously a foot 16 b ridge bridge rid g e spanned it John B B. Sr of the ers era on Mineral mountain was from Provo and went to the mines for the purpose of shipping ship ping a carload of ore for further further fur fur- further ther experience with a new process that was being devised A county teachers' teachers exam na- na llon was held by Supt Molyneux Molyneux Moly Moly- a Mr Rice of ot Castleton pad and a Miss Brown of Elgin applying ap ap- applying plying for teaching certificates R. R Fullerton R. R Adams Frank Simons and Oscar Turner came camen in n from the Book mountains to attend the preliminary hearing of pr Tod Too Carver The late strike of Wolf Broth Broth- Big Indian Copper Co Ca came In considered the biggest thing yet uncovered In the LaSal mining district |