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Show jf , 0 Through the Files of And the Grand Valley Time About 40 businessmen and members of the Provo Chamber Cham-ber of Commerce arrived in Moab on their annual good- will tour. Activity on Moab's new golf course hit a new high with the arrival of pipe and Sittings for the nine hole sprinkling system and the delivery of seed for the fairways fair-ways and greens. Melvin Dalton downed a 208 pound buck with his bow during the annual archery hunt. 20 YEARS AGO . A Polio Epidemic Emergency Emer-gency Drive was being conducted con-ducted in the Moab area with all residents urged to give generously to combat the crippling disease. The drive was conducted because np other way could be found to care for the increasing (number of polio patien;s .without slowing up research , A low-cost method had been found to mine oil shale ,'by the Bureau of Mines. Visitors to the mine and plant near Rifle, Colo, were 'invited to view methods of processing the shale, into ,,;inle fuels. 40 YEARS AGO Two men thought to bo the slayers or Grand County's Coun-ty's sheriff were apprehended apprehend-ed and were to appear before be-fore the judge. The crime was callad one of the most dastardly ever perpetrated in Utah. The Grand County Fair was offering a sports program pro-gram of foot races for men and women as well as horse races and bronc bustirig. There was also wrestling and boxing on the agenda in an open air arena. 60 YEARS AGO Appropriations for ihe bridge at Green River were $8,000 short of the $26,995 necessary ne-cessary to complete the job. If the additional money could not be raised the appropriation ap-propriation would revert to the State general fund, and the project postponed. A new homestead act made it possible for a person to homestead 323 acres of land in San Juan County without with-out having to reside on the land. The only provision of the act was that a certain portion of the land be cultivated culti-vated each year. The act t L released over 31 f landtopriva.e |