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Show A4 Thursday Oct 23, 1975 Damage was estimated at $700 to S800 in a fire in two fuel pumps at the Moab Western service station on the north edge of town. 40 Y ears Ago A company of 200 men was scheduled to arrive at the CCC camp at Dalton Wells. State Senator W. D. Hammond Ham-mond was appointed to the State Road Commission to fill a vacancy caused by the death of W. J. Parker of Ogden. Rapid progress was being made on the Eyde No. 1 test well on the Cisco shoreline structure, some 15 miles north of Moab. The third grade of the Central school under the direction of Mrs. Edna L. Patterson enjoyed a boat trip on the Colorado River on the Big Six barge. 60 Years Ago J. P. Larsen was awarded a i bronze medal at the Panama-Pacific Panama-Pacific Exposition at San Francisco as first prize for corn production in the state of Utah. The yield on his field averaged 156 bushels per acre. John E. Brown had pur-. pur-. chased 1.000 head of Mexican cattle to be ranged between the rivers. The town was to have a clean-up day under the direction direc-tion of the Home Economics , Association. |