Show LOOKING BACKWARD Through the Files of Of The Times Independent 20 Years Ago This Week Twenty prizes were offered this week by the Moab Lions club to people who would enter entera a beautifying contest In Moab R. R L. L Kirk this week closed a adeal adeal adeal deal for the purchase of the ranch and cattle outfit at Browns Brown's Hole so south th of Moab formerly owned by the Hulbert Allred estate Members of the high school choruses presented a very successful successful suc sue operetta this week entitled entitled en en- titled The Sunbonnet Girl The annual Junior Prom was I scheduled for Friday night I The Board of Commissioners l of lof Grand County receiver a al check for 1200 which made up upa a total of that had been distributed as loans In the county 40 Years Ago This Week Walter L. L L Clark was drowned In the Grand river about 18 miles below Moab with his wife and children as eyewitnesses of ol the tragedy powerless to help him Mr Clark and John Jackson Jackson Jack son were fording a herd of cattle cat tIe tle when the mishap occurred Judge L. L B B B. Bartlett Moab pioneer was seriously ill and no hopes were held for lor his re reo covery covert I The county commissioners deI decided decided de de- I to meet on April 7 to call calla a a special election for voting on the Issuance of bonds to build a bridge across the Grand river at Dewey The Times rImes published publish ed a series of interviews with prominent citizens who all urged ur ur- ged ed the passing of the issue The Pace Brothers company was incorporated this week It was reported that Thompsons Thomp Thomp- sons was to be made a division point of the RR HR The repair work on the piers of the Moab Moa b bridge was pronounced pro pounced unsatisfactory and Inspector In Inspector Ed and the state engineer halted the work until an investigation can be made |