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Show jf J t Through the Files of dlQ&fcUtCl ?&CfcC(JiGSlCt Times-Independent And the Grand Valley Time 10 YEARS AGO A. Reod Reynolds, city attorney at-torney was instructed by the Moab City Council to inform justice of the peace Ray Sco-vil Sco-vil that the practice of justice jus-tice of the peace court in Moab was illegal since Moab had a city court. Consideration of plans for a new high school and for elementary school additions were the chief items taken up by the Grand county board of education at their regular meeting. The controversial Sunday closing law which was passed pass-ed by the Senate 16 to 9 was also passed by the House of Representatives by a vote of 44 to 22. Both repsesenta-tives repsesenta-tives from Moab voted against ag-ainst it. Residents were reminded bv the chief of police that U-turns are illegal at intersections. inter-sections. A check in the amount of S2C5 was presented to the high school by Alpha Upsilon sororitv. The money was to be used to purchase a duplicating dupli-cating machine. 20 YEARS AGO Continued cold nights together toge-ther with a blanket of crusted crust-ed snow from six inches to two feet deep created a serious ser-ious situation for the livestock live-stock of southeastern Utah. Five mountain lions had been killed in the area. The lions had been killing sheep. The annual mooting of the Grand County Cattle & Horse Growers was held in Moab. The Atomic Energy Commission Com-mission extended the guaranteed guar-anteed price on low grade uranium ore to July 1, 1954. Tine commission also announced announ-ced its plan to install at i's Monticollo plant a mill for processing high lime content ores. Polio receipts were near $1000. A home talent show, food sale and dance netted $500 cf this amount. 40 YEARS AGO The maximum assessment WORD OF DEATH Word was received by friends in Moab of the recent re-cent death of Mrs. Lynn E. Burch at her home in Stockton, Stock-ton, Calif. She was the daughter dau-ghter of the late Mrs. Ids Waddell of Moab and had visited her many times prior to her mother's death about five years ago. on real estate was to be reduced re-duced from $159 to $100 per acre. Lack of humus was a problem prob-lem witih the Moab soil. All teachers in Grand county coun-ty joined the National Education Edu-cation Association. A big snow storm hit the area with depth ranging from 4 inches to a foot. Snow depth on the La Sals was at an all-time high. The Klondike Ridge road was to be graveled at once. This was the result of cooperation coop-eration between the Sta'e Road Commission and Grand County. Moab Garage mechanics held a convention in Moab. Moab had again taken conference con-ference lead in basketball by defeating Monticello and Blanding. Grand County was in good financial shape having operated oper-ated on a cash basis without borrowing any money. 0 YEARS AGO Throe families in the valley val-ley were quarantined because of scarlet fever, and school.; were closed indefinitely. Petitions were being circulated cir-culated asking legislatures for a bridge across the river because of the difficulties in crossing the river on the ferry. fer-ry. The annual meeting of the members of the South Eastern East-ern Utah Stock Growers met and reduced the admission fee from $5.00 to $2.50. The town board met and several bills were passed. The request of a local pool hall owner to reduce the ae limit from 21 to 18 was denied. de-nied. By the closing of the saloons Moab lost $1000 per year. This was hoped to be gained back by an increase in taxes from 2'2 mills to 10 mills. ' Rod McDonald was in town filing a plat of the Island Home Orchards in Green River Ri-ver containing 250 acres. The land was to be planted with fruit trees. There was to ue 500,000 fruit trees planted at Green River and Elgin in the spring. |