Show Turning Back the Pages From Fro Ino tote tho Files of The Tho Times-Independent Times 2 26 28 YEARS AGO County Fair manager C. C S. S Thomson this week named came committee corn com members to help with this years year's gala affair Thomson was named to head the celebration by the board of county commissioners commissioners commis commis- last week The advisory board of ot the Utah grazing district No 6 which In Included In- In eluded Grand and San Juan counties counties counties coun coun- ties took steps this week to reduce reduce reduce re re- re- re duce the number of ot livestock on southeastern Utah ranges range Inspections In tn proved to the board members that local ranges were being heavily over overgrazed Grand county high schools school's 1937 1931 football team met defeat In their first game of the season by Grand Junction high school The final score of ot the game which was played under the lights at atthe atthe atthe I the Colorado city was 13 Grand Junction was Colorado state champion during the previous football season 30 YEARS AGO Utah Southern Oil company moved Into Moab this week and took charge of ot what was known as the second phase of exploration exploration atlon work on the Cane Creek structure along the Colorado ri river river rivet ri- ri ver vet south of ot Moab Coach Edwin R. R Kimball reported reported reported re re- ported this week that prospects for a winning football team were very bright this week About thirty candidates turned out for far initial practices A cloudburst this week washed out the Valley City dam and several bridges along the Moab- Moab Thompsons road were washed out Word was received this week that a large number of ot riders and horsemen as well as many cowpunchers would be on hand next week for the county fair fairand fairand and rodeo I Highlighting the fight card In Moab this coming week was a wrestling match between World Lightweight champion Ira Dern and Pat 40 YEARS AGO The survey of ot the new Thomp- Thomp son son-Blanding post road started this week with Engineer Walker Paul in charge The Moab schools were ready to open next Monday Teachers in the high school were H. H M. M Hales principal and George W. W Hickman Jewel Machen Jesse J. J Weight Martha H. H Fodge and I Lewis E E. Rowe Rowe A. A E. E Jones tones wa was I principal of th the Central school theother the theother theother other teachers teacher being Cecilia Beyler Beyler Bey Bey- ler let Ethel Shafer Mae Bush flush Maude A. A Palmer Lola Eola Moore and Gladys Freiday Nine more Grand county boys I were leaving g the next week to Join the army They were 1 ton Don on C. C Leavitt Phillip G. G 1 Dufford ufford Lewis A. A Allen R. R T. T Williamson Alson A. A Allen Alien Carl M. M Gilbert LevI Taylor Ira Yarbrough and Glen W. W Truscott Wheat was selling for tOt per bushel and flour was selling I for tor per hundred at Rt Moab The Moab Red Cross chapter members were hard at work makIng making mak make I ing articles to be sent to hospitals in France I Scarlet fever had broken out In n Moab I Construction work on the new First National Bank building was well under way |