| Show Looking Backward Through the files of The Times Independent And The Grand Valley Times 5 YEARS AGO W. W R. R McConkle 71 well well- known Moab citizen and vice president of ot the First First Security Bank Dank of Utah died Saturday evening in an auto crash on Blue Hill lIlli 12 miles mUes south of Moab Walter Walker Valker 73 owner and publisher of the Daily Dally Sentinel of Grand Junction for the past 50 years died at St. St Marys Mary's hospital hospital hospital hos hos- pital of a Heart attack Moab's Red Devils cemented hold on first place of region region region re re- re- re gion eight by defeating Notre Dame In a ti report to shareholders Continental Uranium Uranium's s 's sta t tat a t ted e d that they are on the of a new era in the production of uranium ores The overburden overburden overburden den had been removed and the uranium would be mined by pit open-pit methods 20 YEARS AGO Members of the Utah State Publicity Industrial Development Development Development Develop Develop- ment Commission spent a couple couple couple cou cou- of days In fn Southeastern Utah to acquaint themselves with the resources of this area Moab lodge No r Loyal Order of Moose will be Instituted instituted instituted here Sunday at 1 at the high school au m by Vincent ent M M. Webb regional director At a meeting of the Moab City Council the salaries of Moab city officers were revised Mayors Mayor's Mayors Mayor's Mayors Mayor's May May- ors or's salary was raised from 20 to a i year Mitchell M M. Williams son of Dr and Mrs J J. J W. W Willams Wil- Wil Willams lams was here from Glendale Calif for a visit with his par par- George Marlow father of ot B B. B D D. Marlow of Moab was here He lIe was 86 years old A convention of the Citizens party had been called for next Wednesday Moab high schools school's Red Devits Devils Devils Dev Dev- ils its showed a vast improvement In form by defeating Fruita Colo by a score of 12 Carroll J J. Meador was commander commander commander com com- mander of the American LegIon post The Somerville Cattle Co was making Its annual fall tall shipments to market 1000 cattle cattle cattle cat cat- tle passing through Moab Bruce son of Mrs Susie of Moab return return- edw to San Diego after a visit here Mrs Faun Smith Strong resIgned resigned resigned re re- signed her position as senior nurse of the Grand County Hospital hospital Hos hos- pital and left for tor San Diego She will wUl be Joined there shortly by her husband Fred W. W Strong Jr Don Taylor was down from Bar-A Bar in the La Sal mountains Fourteen bears were killed on the mountain ranges this year 40 YEARS AGO Grand County decided to sue the American Surety Company of New York for on the official bond of Treasurer Chas Kelley for funds lost on account of county funds In the Moab State flank Dank Thoroughly alive to the Importance Importance Im Jm- of the Navajo Trail the delegates made a decisIon to mark the the highway a at t once from Gallup NM to Crescent Junction A total of was pledged from the delegates present to pay for the work S. S W. W Dufford of Elgin was in Moab to attend a meeting of the county board of education Jesse Reeves was in Moab from Grand Junction for a visit with his father Marshal James Reeves Miles Humphrey of Picture Gallery Utah south of Cisco died suddenly this week The high school reporter said tha that t we are glad to see Buck Kirk with us Monday morning Mr Kirk had just come in from the Book mountains C C. A A. Robertson accompanied Jed by his daughter Miss Allein and MI Miss Jessie Clark made a n trip to Grand Junction Judge Dilworth Woolley and Court Reporter Frank Alder passed through Moab en route to Monticello ello to attend court David Baird returned from Kansas where he had gone to visit his folks during the summer sum sum- mer V. V P. P Martin and D D. M M. Cooper Coop Coop- er arrived from Los Angeles for fora a stay in Moab toab looking after local interests 60 YEARS AGO V. V P P. P Martin was in Denver on business John E. E P Pace ce of ot Castle Valley VaHey was in town I R. R F. F Roberson who had spent the summer in Colorado with the Green and Goodman sheep had returned to Moab Dan Darr Ford was fined 20 by Justice Hinkley ey for creating a disturbance of Main street The La Sal peaks were capped capped capped cap cap- ped with snow the first storm of the season having been experienced ex ex- Reports were to the effect that the Big Indian company had perfected all plans for the construction of a mill Hammond Sons announced a mens men's suit sale with prices ranging from 4 to 18 per suit L L. II Eddy made a flying trip to Provo and Grand Junction and on his return left for the Cashin mine accompanied by L L. LL L L. C Crapo apo A fine tine new threshing machine was brough to the valley vaney by Emil Boren Doren A big storm brought a flood down Mill Creek wh which h made further cuts into the banks bonks of the stream President Lorenzo Snow head of the church died at Salt Lake City lIe He was one of the earliest Utah pioneers coming to the state in 1848 He was 86 years of age The Moab Relief Society announced announced announced an an- that it would conduct conducta a fair in Moab on Oct 18 18 at atthe atthe atthe the the- opera house bouse Prizes were offered offered offered of of- for the best farm and orchard orchard or or- chard exhibits as well as all kinds of fancy work and canned i goods i Mrs George W Johnson mother of the Johnson brothers brothers brothers broth broth- ers and Mrs l Orris Newell Newet sustained sus sus- sus tamed a severe Injury when she f fell ll from a step br breaking aking her left shoulder blade She was recovering as rapidly as her age would permit |
