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Show Z 7 j Through the Files of 10 YEARS AGO Ground breaking on a new First Baptist Church for Moab Mo-ab was started wirh the building build-ing to be L-shaped and made of brick. It was to be used for education and recreation purposes. Three yevs of effort on the part oi Moab City were culminated when bids were opened on a new "white way" street lighting program for U.S. Highway 160 through Moab. Final pouring of concrete on the Moab National Bank vault marked the end of below be-low ground work on the facility. fa-cility. Steel superstructures and masonry work were to begin soon. The State Road Commission was holding hearings on the routing of Interstate 70 from Green River to Meadow Gulch in Central Utah. The Chamber Cham-ber of Commerce went on record as favoring the south-ren south-ren route through the San Rafael Swell. 20 YEARS AGO A topographical survey of the area west of Moab was to be made by the United States Geological Survey on behalf of the Atomic Energy Commission to speed development devel-opment of the recently discovered dis-covered uranium deposits in Grand County. The official opening of the First National Bank was set after the establishment had undergone some $50,000 in remodeling. Installation ot name marker mark-er signs on all of Moab City streets was completed with the aid of the Woman's Literary Lit-erary Club which sponsored the project. A special post-season deer hunt on the LaSal mountains had come to a close with a total of 276 deer being taken during the season with about 75 per cent hunter success in the combined regular season and post season hunts on the LaSals. Those residents in Grand County outside the city limits were "enjoying the lowest property pro-perty tax level in the State. 40 YEARS AGO Women were officially designated des-ignated to serve as jurors during the coming year following fol-lowing an announcement by Judge Dilworth Woolley as instructed the Jury Commsi-sioners Commsi-sioners to include women taxpayers tax-payers in the general jury list for the year. The Utah Power & Light Company had nearly completed com-pleted installation of its die-sel die-sel engine equipment at the Moab power plant and the new plant was to insure Moab patrons the best of electrical service for the years ahead. It was detremined by the State Treasurer that cigarette cigar-ette papers as well as cigarettes cigar-ettes themselves were subject sub-ject to sales tax in the State of Utah whether they were to be given away or sold. The Utah Southern Oil Company Com-pany resumed operations on its Balsley No. 1 well in Salt Valley with the well at a depth of 4243 feet. 60 YEARS AGO The Canton Bridge Company Com-pany of Canton, Ohio was the successful bidder for the contract con-tract to build the bridge across Courthouse Wash. The low bid was listed at $6,474. |