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Show t fiy Through the Files of And the Grand Valley Time 10 YEARS AGO A new shopping center had opened in Moab and included includ-ed in the center were the Valley Drug Store, Valley Firestone, Martin's Men's Store, Spencers' Print Shop, and the Moab Medical Center. Max Bahr, of the Moab Finance Co., announced the sale of his firm to the Family Finance Co., and the new firm was to be known as Nationwide Na-tionwide Finance Co. Enrollment at the Moab schools was continuing to climb toward a record enrollment en-rollment with some 1,875 stu dents already registered and more coming into town each day. . A series of slashing rainstorms rain-storms brought 1.52 inches of rain to the valley, bringing the total for the year to 9.39. well over the 20-year average of 8.G9. Uranium Reduction Company Com-pany had entered into an option agreement with Monte Cristo Co. to develop the latter's Cane Creek property. 20 YEARS AGO Five uranium mines in the Colorado Plateau area, two in Grand County and one in San Juan County, had been certified as eligible for bonus payments for ore supplied to the Atomic Energy Commission. Commis-sion. Two special post season deer hunts were slated far this area with one in the La-Sal La-Sal mountains and one in the Book Mountains. The Cane Creek well had been pumping from 40 to 50 barrels of oil daily during a week's time with a conventional conven-tional pump being used. The Deputy Warden of Fish and Game told local citizens about the "white salmon" of the Green and Colorado Rivers. Ri-vers. The fish was found to weigh up to 64 pounds. " Bids for furnishing all la bor in connection with the enlargement and improvement improve-ment of the Moab waterworks and sewer system had been received and L. S. Creer of Provo submitted the lowest bid of $59,452. 40 YEARS AGO Operations at the Utah Southern Sou-thern Oil Company's Salt Valley Val-ley well had been confined to cleaning out the hole preliminary prelim-inary to running a string of casing to the bottom at 3,500 feet. A new Texaco service station sta-tion operated by R. J. ReicJ was open for business and construction on a store to hold groceries and a lunch counter as well were progressing progres-sing rapidly. A location survey . for tha proposed new highway thru Moab Valley was being made under the direction of the chief locating engineer of the State Road Commission. : The new copper two-wire phone line between Moab and Monticello, which had been under construction for about a year, was nearing completion comple-tion with less than 10 miles of line left to be completed. 60 YEARS AGO The State Superintendent of Public Instruction had visited Moab and stated that a remarkable re-markable percentage of students stu-dents were already enrolled in classes here for sc early in the school year. Professor F. S. Harris, a teacher of agronomy at the Agricultural College In J was the speaker at 1 given in Moab about drv ing and stock raising A new oil rig 0f the dke Oil and Gas c ,17 was in operation and a of 140 feet had been with the machine. Some seventy-five vM ranging in age from '' to eighty years were ir in a Good Time Colleg , ducted at the Star House under the direel the Young Ladies Mutu, ( provement Association all courses were eon during one evening. " ;!!! |