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Show ' -" f mmt, v y And the Grand Valley, 10 YEARS AGO Mars Pope was appointed to the Grand County Commission Com-mission to fill a vacancy created cre-ated by the death of one of the members. Postmaster E. R. Carter indicated that postal receipts for the first quarter of the fiscal year were up thirteen per cent over the same period per-iod a year earlier. Former State Senator and President of Uranium Reduction Re-duction Company, Mitchell Melich was named as national nation-al committeeman for Utah Republicans. Sen. Wallace F. Bennett was to visit Moab and Grand County and during his visit was to see Texas Gulf Sulphur's Sul-phur's potash operation and address the Rotary and Lions Club's. A public meeting to discuss dis-cuss upcoming water and sewer bond election was called call-ed by the Moab City Council. 20 YEARS AGO A . new and much shorter route to Dead Horse Point was being planned with the Glen M. Ruby oil interests having constructed about 3 miles of the road which left Highway 160 at Seven Mile Canyon. County Commissioners Commission-ers were contemplating having hav-ing the road to the point completed. com-pleted. The Utah Fireman's Association Asso-ciation was represented in Moab during a fire school which was designed to teach southeastern Utah men methods me-thods of fire fighting. A small group of high school students was to travel to Grand Junction to hear Leonard B. Smith, one of the world's foremost cornet soloists. During a pre-school dental clinic held at the courthouse, the dentist examined over 40 children. 40 YEARS AGO Hunters and trappers in the state would be rernjvi"'' bounty monies even though it was expected that the bounty fund would be somewhat some-what low due to the poor valuation val-uation of cattle. Siiice the Colorado legislature legisla-ture had enacted a law which compelled couples to' file applications for marriage' licenses five days prior to the issuance of a license, Moab had become an important impor-tant marriage center for Colorado couples. Valuation in Grand County had dropped $800,000 for the year due largely to the fact that transient sheep were being be-ing assessed at half their actual ac-tual number compared with their full number in previous years. Members of the Board' of Education had voted to erect . a dressing room at the rear of the Star Hall gymnasium. for use by athletic teams. 60 YEARS AGO Mining and oil interests 5n: southeastern Utah - were re-' ported to be doing well and some very rich copper ore was brought by the Green Mountain Gold and Copper Company. Accord int? to the September Septem-ber State Health. Bulletin, a decrease of two-thirds was noted in incidents of fatalities fatalit-ies due to typhoid. There was also a large decrease in cas es of tuberculosis, scarlet fever fe-ver and. pneumonia. Sale of some 200,000 acres of oil properties in Sal County brought $10 p, to complete one of tl est land deals in the i Grand County was tising for bids for con work to construct a over Court House W5 Sale of some 500,00i feet of timber on tL Creek Watershed of 1 Sal National Forest ing advertised by tl Forest Service. |