Show Turning Ba Back 4 the Pages I From From trio piles Files of The Ti Times P nde lt I 2 20 YEARS AGO The Utah Ut-ab state legislature ture tOm corn pitted pt It Its 1001 this week 8 a fe ng 8 favorably on bill bills and atlas W W. D. D Hammond of Moab was named chairman of or the Utah Road toad commission this week He had been a member of ot the commission for the past put 15 years The Blending high school was as C completely destroyed by fire this w week ek entailing a loss of Cause of the blaze blue was not known but believed bad wiring wiring ing was wu at fault School was going forward In Jn the WS buildings in Blending and the architect firm of or Scott and Welch were at t work on 1 plans l ns for tor a new school build build- tag ing Due to poor range conditions Colorado sheep were banned banned banned ban ban- ned from Grand county ranges for the coming caning winter At a public meeting held this week at the high school auditorium auditorium auditor auditor- ium It was decided the Arches national monument be enlarged by several hundred acres The action action action ac ac- ac- ac tion followed several months' months of I meetings in regards to the subJect subject sub- sub and the vote was unanimous In n favor of ot the enlargement Work on Grand county's new court ourt house was proceeding ra rapidly rap rap- Idly according to word wort received thIs Ma week from Clifton A. A Tat Tai boe contractor for tor the Job The state legislature this week established a new state junior college to be located at Price A large number of or Moab residents residents residents resi resi- dents were planning t. t to attend a abIg abig abig big dance to be held at the Dalton Dalton Dal- Dal ton Wells camp this weekend week week- i end I Men of ot Moab were urged again thIs this week to sign up for membershIp membership membership mem mem- on the local volunteer fire department after city and county leaders told Lions club representatives that fire fighting equipment nt would be purchased Ifa if ifa ifa a local department could be raised through volunteers ers 30 YEARS AGO High water records In the Colorado Colo Cob rado river were expected to be broken this year as late winter snow continued to pile up in the mountains mountaIn in to Colorado Materials for fot the new Woodman of the World hall In Moab were ordered this week and It was expected ex ex- petted that work would be started soon 40 YEARS AGO The legislature passed a bill bill appropriating to Grand county to reimburse the county for or funds It expended on the construction con tong I of ot the Green River and Moab river bridges The local Woodmen lodge gave a very successful rolling log party Local sportsmen were donating funds for the purchase of a covey of or Hob Bob White quail to be turned loose In the valley V V. R. R Bush Dush was opening a alum lumber lumber lum lum- ber yard In Moab F F. F M. M Shafter Shatter the new postmaster postmaster postmaster post post- master took the local office this week W W. D. D Hammond sold his residence residence resi resl dence property to James Somer Somer- ville John Peterson purchased a tract of ot hay land from Neal Ray payIng paying pay pay- ing per acre for it The Moab Garage had sold 12 Maxwell and Ford cars the past two weeks I Definite plans plang were this week decided on for lor the building of ot the First National building Hyrum Perkins Bluff rancher and pioneer died this week George Beeson returned from Salt Lake where he served as a messenger boy in the lower house of ot the legislature Sons were born to Mr and Mrs I Wilson Allred and Mr and Mrs A. A A. A Taylor Jr and a daughter to Mr and Mrs D. D M. M Cooper Dr J. J S. S S Orr had purchased Dr G. G W W. Middletons Middleton's practice at The first issue of the I I ent was to appear about the mIddle middle mid mId- dle die of April with H. H W. W Cherry as editor |