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Show I Dear Editor: The Utah Girl Scout Council is grateful to the community of Moab for their generous conlribu-' conlribu-' lions of time and money on the occasion of the recent fund drive. Particular thanks goes I to Mrs. Mike Freed of I Epsilon Sigma Alpha sor- ority, who solicited funds. Mrs. Lester Taylor Tay-lor served capably as 1 special solicitor. I Serving ,'100 girls and adults in tin. Moab area is our pleasure and privilege. pri-vilege. That your community com-munity benefits from the citizenship roles the girls learn in the Girl Scout program is significant. signif-icant. With your continued cooperation, co-operation, the quality and quantity of Girl Scout activities ac-tivities can be maintained main-tained and grow. Sincerely yours, Lorraine L. Nickerson Council President Salt Lake City, U(;,li of relief to those in needy and distressed circumstances circum-stances commenced at once. The federal aidgravel-led aidgravel-led highway extending from Thompsons east to the Colorado state line was to be oil processed that spring and summer. This information was given out by the State Road Commission. Funds had already been appropriated. appro-priated. The stretch of roa'd was about 60 miles in length. This was one of the largest oiling jobs ever Undertaken in the state at that time. The liquor question engaged en-gaged the legislature, when in both houses joint resolutions were introduced introd-uced to repeal the prohibition pro-hibition amendment to the state constitution. The construction of a bridge across Mill Creek on south Main street by utilizing labor that was available through the distribution dis-tribution of emergency relief funds, was endorsed endors-ed by the Moab Lions Club. After a thorough discussion of the matter, the club decided to recommend rec-ommend to the county commissioners that the" erection of a piling bridge at this point be made a relief work project. 60 YEARS AGO The tenth legislature of the state of Utah opened op-ened for business. Senator Sen-ator Henry Gardner was elected preisdent of the Senate, and Representative Representa-tive Wm. J. Seely of Emery Em-ery County was elected speaker of the house. The figures for the uranium and vanadium ores during' 1912 had not veen very satisfactorily reported to the United States Geological Survey, Sur-vey, and the output had therefore boon partly estimated es-timated by Frank L. Hess from various data in his possession. The shipment ship-ment of uranium and vanadium van-adium ores during 1912 was in the hands of about a dozen persons and firms, and as in previous years the ores had come mostly from southwestern southwest-ern Colorado, with a smaller production from southeastern Utah, between be-tween the San Rafael Swell and the Colorado line. The attendance at the road meeting was not large enough to get the universal opinion regarding re-garding the waging of a campaign to induce the American Automobile Association to map the Midland Trail down the Grand River by way of Moab. The regular January thaw, which had never, failed to make its appearand' ap-pearand' had ocairn.il |
