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Show I Uokuig meaanra A jixz; f 60 Years Ago It was reported that Utah ranked third among the 25 public land states in unappropriated unappro-priated and unreserved land, behind Nevada and Arizona, with 33,363,837 acres, however how-ever the land office in Salt Lake City was registering large sums of money daily in entries on land advertised and taken for homesteads. $28,000 had been registered in one day the previous week. The school census was completed for the county, showing a total of 429, school-age children in the 8 schools in the area, 272 of them residing in Moab. A special notice to water users stated that some people were still persisting in using pipe water on their lawns regardless of the fact that quite a number could not get any water for domestic use, and warned that in the future the rules of the company would be rigidly enforced and water would be shut off permanently if caught on lawns, as the company positively posi-tively could not furnish water for irrigating purposes. The notice was signed by John Peterson, pipe line superintendent. superin-tendent. The railroad station agent at Thompson notified local fruitgrowers fruit-growers ' that the interstate commerce commission had granted a reduction in express rates on fruit shipped from Thompson to Denver and intermediate points. The new rate would be $1.50 per hundred pounds as against $1.99 the previous year. 40 Years Ago C. C. Stewart and Judge M. S. Moran had sold a pound of the gold gleaned in a few days run of -the gravel on Dollar Bar, about 20 miles south of Moab, for $401 to A. C. Parsons Jewelry Store in Grand Junction. The men reported that they had produced produc-ed in excess of $1,000 worth of gold during the previous month. There was an increase of 3.661 cattle on farms and ranches in Grand County between 1930 and 1935, with a total of 9.840 reported Jan. 1, 1935. A total of 176 farms and ranches was reported in the county, with an average size of 267.3 acres. A county fair, together with a racing and rodeo program, was planned and would include various exhibits which would be judged, and the winners sent to the state fair. The planning committee members mem-bers were C. S. Thomson, Mars Pope, D. E. Baldwin and Ralph J. Miller. 20 Years Ago It was announced that $54,257 had been earmarked of federal funds for reconstruction reconstruc-tion and extensions at the airport during the coming year. Airport Manager Pete Byrd pointed out that the local facility had 4,780 feet of runway, well below the minimum mini-mum of 6,000 feet required for airline specifications. Work was started on the construction of a new, modern trailer park just south of the Apache Motel, which would provide parking space for 45 trailers when completed, according ac-cording to George H. Patterson, Patter-son, owner. School was scheduled to begin Sept. 6, and in spite of the additional classrooms provided pro-vided by the completion of the new elementary school, it appeared that double sessions would be necessary. 10 Years Ago Abnormal rains in Moab had decreased water usage during the month, and city water billings were down $2,703, causing some concern among city fathers. Open air street dances were cancelled and the curfew put into strict observance following follow-ing a mass demonstration of over 100 teenagers after 2 youths had been arrested by city police. Jack Holly, affectionat55 known as "The Goat Ma passed away at the age of 9 .- the hospital following bv '. "c received at his home recen Announcement was m' -I that the work force at ' ; potash plant would be cuiX-30 cuiX-30 employees, 25 of wf - were temporary. The ret:1; , tion, it was reported, - necessary to cut costs. ? Frontier Airlines repoi that, July boardings V broken all previous records the company, with 220 r fg sengers boarding at Moab : 65,468 passengers boardim f J the entire system. ) ' Alkali Ridge, between M,ifi ticello and Blanding, was" i officially become Utah's National Historic Landra I , because of its ar'chaeologl ' value. |