Show r I 5 9 Our Colorful Past Incidents taken out of or the history books of or the Moab Daughters of Utah Pioneers I Pedro Green River and Elgin correspondent for the Grand Valley Valley Val Val- ley Times wrote In the Issue for September 18 1996 1900 Last week a letter was received received ed at the postoffice here from Cripple Creek addressed a as follows follows fol fol- lows Ohl Oh carry me at a terrible rate to Green River postoffice Utah state In box number 30 let me rne lay till the Grand county people take me away To B. B W. W Valentine I 1 wish to go somebody will take me there I know William Jennings Bryan was running for president on the sliver all sli vet ver ticket that fall and even i I social events had a political tone tote Pedro noted In the same column column col cola The one to watermelon party at B. B W. W Valentines Valentine's today was vas well attended and enjoyed by all The largest melon served weighed 54 pounds and was a genuine specimen of the free silver silver silver sil sil- ver variety with Bryan Dryan and victory victory vic vic vic- tory stamped all over It and fasted tasted tasted tast fast ed like better times The same issue reported that O. O W. W Warner of Moab had bad picked pick pick- piCk piCk-I ed a grape 3 5 3 inches In circumference circum ference Terence and pears averaging one pound each I |