Show Jcl N. N JL to y f N v v. v LOOKING BACKWARD e. e iY r.- r. Through the Files of The Times Independent And the Grand Valley Times 5 S Years Year Ago Apo Ag George 1 P. P Merling was entertained entertained enter enter- tamed on his birthday Ellis Foot city cUy administrative assistant resigned that position IC Kent Ken e n t Jo Johnson Democratic chairman of at Grand County plans plana a mass meeting next week Friends of ot Mrs Hulda Nielsen planned a reception on her birthday Members of the Moab Chamber Cham ber her of Commerce heard Don Dan Brooks Drooks sports the Salt Lake Tribune point out the tremendous recreational re potentialities po of the Colorado and Green Great rivers In Southeastern Utah The Women's Literary Club would be 60 GO years old on March 9 and would celebrate the occasion occasion occa occa- sion slon with a party paTty Formal approval of ot plans plan's for forthe forthe forthe the Interstate highway from Denver Colo and LInd Cove Fort Utah PAS 70 had irad been bean made 20 Years Ago The hospital reported the following fol fol- lowing towing births a n son to Mr Ir and Mrs Claron Bailey a daughter to Mr end and Mrs Irs William Stocks a daughter to Mr and ond Mrs Harold Stewart J J. A A. Scamp president of the Cattle Co I I ft for Salt Lake City I Mrs J J. J L. L Gibson of Salt Lake City has announced the appointment appointment appoint appoint- I ment of ot Mrs C. C S. S Fonte of ot Moab as captain of Grand County County County Coun Coun- ty for the women's field army of the society Mrs Ca Carroll J. J Meador wont went to Salt Lake City spending sev sov- several eral days there with Representative Meador Favor Favorable ble headway Is being made by the Mack Drilling Co with vIlli two wells at Crescent being put down don by by the Potash Company of America One well had reached a depth of 1300 feet and end the other one feet Dr John H II Clark dark captain medical corps who i Is on front frontline frontline frontline line duty somewhere in the South Pacific had written his his' mother Mrs l Elberta Clark that his battalion had received official commendation for conspicuous bravery against the enemy Mrs William E. E Parks was seriously ill Ul Mons Peterson plans to leave In a fco fco. fey few days for California Mrs L L. L B. B Birch was an un arrival arrival arri arri- val from Salt Lake City for a visit with her husband who Is Isan Isan isan an engineer for the Ohio Copper I Co which was doing some rome work at Big Indian Harry Reed and mother Mrs Nancy Reed are at present lo located located lo- lo at Montezuma Castle National National National Na Na- Monument Ariz Mrs Hulda Nielson and Mrs LydIa A Watts were both 77 years of nr age and observed their birthday Y l ly by y holding open house at the home of Mrs Watts 40 Years Ago State Senator Oscar W. W Mc Me- CookIe Conkle was successful in getting an appropriation from the state I of for Improving the I I road from Bluff to the Mexican Hat oil field J J. J E. E Weston chairman chairman chair chair- man of the San Juan County commissioners was In Moab this week and announced amounted that road roadwork roadwork roadwork work fIn financed arced ced by the appropriation tion would start at once The Moab Garage Company this week sold three new BuIck Bulck cars H. H B. B Evans mechanic arts In In- r of ot the high school announced announced an that his class would be I glad to assist In the farmers repair re pair of their harness and other leather articles Travel to Mesa Verde National Park increased 40 per cent during dur duro ing lag 1922 The park recently had been granted an appropriation I I I I of ot for maintenance and Improvement work during the next year yeM and Superintendent Jesse L. L Nusbaum expressed the hope that the Knife Edge ge road rood would be completed end and In use by July 1 t tA A long article written by Rep George J J. J Constantine Constantino told of the work of the llie Fifteenth Legislature Legislature Legislature Legis Legis- lature which adjourned this week The county commissioners decided decided de de- tided to adopt the patrol system for tor the maintenance of county roads R. R J J. Thomson and Georga Georg W. W were recommended recommend recommend- ed for appointment as maintenance nance men L. L L Crapo Crape 85 Moab pl pioneer netI was seriously ser Ill The Tho annual high school junior prom was scheduled to take place Friday evening Sheep shearing was scheduled to start throughout the county next w week k 60 Years Ago By fly an act of Congress the lands of the Indian reservation In tho the tah Basin were to be thrown 11 open to public settle settle- ment The manner of at of offering Cering the lands to the public was lefto left lef to the President Congress also adopted a provision retaining the cliff dwellers' dwellers ruins at Mesa Verde Colo Hugh Lino Lm 60 GO a 11 prospector died this week at the Joseph Josoph Burkholder ranch on Wilson Mesa He Ire was a naval veteran of ot the Civil War While walking along the bank of the tho Grand river near the mouth of ot Mill creek R. R L. L Winbourn Winbourn Win Win- bourn ran across the skeleton o oon of an on Indian David 20 eldest son of Mr and Mrs John died this week Mon Montgomery and Dr J. J W. W Williams were circulating a petition asking for the repair of the Sand Flats road Frank Hall had been appointed appoint appoint- ed by the town board to Ito the position of road overseer or in other words chief of the bureau of highways and sewers A. A A. A Neff county clerk left lef this week for points unknown unknown- the supposition being that he was going to Grand Junction to tobe tobe tobe be married Jesse Maxwell Ernest Earnson Earn son san and Lester Walker Talker left week for Canada Intending td t ride the entire distance on horses A sudden rise rice In to the Dolores Dolores' river caused an Ice gorge one and the ferry boat at Dewey was completely wrecked Samuel J. J Scharf a veteran of the Civil War Var was In Moab to make application for a pen sion slon A Jolly crowd at the Herbert Day home where a party and dance were held Lester Taylor and family were returning to Moab from Salt Lake City Seth Dunn had erected a cabin on the tithing lot |