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Show t Through the Files of jSaOteUtCl ?&CfcC(lCllCt The Times-Independent And the Grand Valley Time 10 YEARS AGO The search for a twin engine en-gine airplane lost enroute from Las Vegas, Nevada to Alamosa Colorado was continuing con-tinuing with the search centralized cen-tralized in Moab. The loss of a CAP plane in the Blue Mountains near Monticello had slowed search efforts. The first annual meeting of stcckholders of Moab National Nation-al Bank was held and it was stated that the new bank building should be finished during February. Harrison-International had' reached 980 feet on the projected. pro-jected. 2800 foot potash mine shaft which was being sunk by Texas Gulf Sulphur Company. Com-pany. Water encountered in the shaft had been sealed off by a grouting operation. Bids were to be opened in February for construction of additions at southeast Elementary Ele-mentary School. 20 YEARS AGO A third major expansion of America's atomic energy capacity was being planned by the Atomic energy Commission Com-mission on a nationwide scale. Harold E. Blanck had been appointed director of public welfare for Grand and San Juan Counties. The heaviest blanket of snow seen at Moab in many years greeted local citizens with a good eight inches covering cov-ering the valley with a moisture mois-ture content of about .40 inches. in-ches. The Moab Red Devil basketball bas-ketball team lost to the Carbon Car-bon College Golden Eeagles in Price with the final score 36-32. Due to a recurrence of the cold weather, resumption of operations on the Moab city prcvement project had been postpone by Creer Construction Construct-ion company. 40 YEARS AGO Heads of three western railroads rail-roads had announced that they would oppose efforts of the promoters of the Denver Pacific railroad to obtain permission to build the 85 mile line from Denver to the west coast. Criticism .of marketing and grazing charges required of sheepmen during the depression depres-sion was voiced bv the president presi-dent of the National - Wool-growers Wool-growers Association in Salt Lake City. After furnishing shade to the citizens of Moab for close to half a century the row of cottonwcod trees on Main Street extending from the First National Bank corner to the Moab Drug store were removed to make possible the graveling and oiling of the street. 60 YEARS AGO With the completion of one of the three 200 foot spans, Moab's bridge over the Grand River was beginning to take on proportions that was to bring rejoicing to the heart of every resident of this section. sec-tion. At a depth of 885 feet, a flow of oil had been encountered encount-ered in the well that was be ing drilled in the Klondike fields by K. Queen and associates asso-ciates of Columbus, Ohio. A large amount of land in San Juan County had been withdrawn from developmnet by the government to add to the Navajo Indian reservation. reserva-tion. The land was said to be rich in gold. For protection of the lands that have been set aside as national monuments, the secretary sec-retary of the interior had requested re-quested $5,000 in an appropriation appro-priation from Congress. |
