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Show j y f Through the Piles of And the Grand Valley Time 10 YEARS AGO The United States Senate had approved $319,000 for additional improvements at Arches National Monument. Some of the work to be done included an equipment storage stor-age and shop building, em- ployee's residence, utility connections, boundary fence and a campground at Devil's Garden. It was reported that the years 19GG through 1971 would be crucial ones for the uranium uran-ium industry and that the industry would have to find buyers for ore during thj. period in order to maintain production capabilities until the need for uranium for atomic generating systems was developed. Crews of Harrison International Interna-tional and Texas Gulf Sulphur completed a twenty-eight day grouting job on the projected 2,810 foot shaft to potash beds at Cane Creek. The shaft work continued after a ten-day ten-day chemical grout operation which was apparently successful suc-cessful in shutting off water from formations near the 1,400 foot level. ! Opening of nine full holes at the Moab golf course was announced and it was stated that 30-40 persons were in-' in-' volved in play at the course each day. 20 YEARS AGO , A tax levy of one mill on the dollar valuation to fin. ance Grand County's portion of the cost of cloud-seeding for the year 1952 was being proposed by a group of citizens. citi-zens. At a special meeting ; ef the Board of County Commissioners, Com-missioners, the men voted against adopting a proposed ordinance under which it was proposed to close all taverns and other places selling beer between the hours of 1:30 and 5 a.m. Information from Washington Washing-ton indicated that the requirements re-quirements for assessment work on mining claims would have to be completed by June 30. The Colvin Enterprises well at Crescent was standing at 1271 feet and operations were halted pending arrival of a smaller string of tools. According to the State Road Commission, the re-ce:pts re-ce:pts frcm state gasoline tax for the year were showing show-ing a 16.05 per cent increase over the same period a year earlier. 40 YEARS AGO It was expected that the Fox Film Corporation would film the Zane Grey story, "Robber's Roost" near Moab using the Devil's Garden in Arches National Monument, Expenditures in the Grand County School District were to be reduced by some $15 thousand due to an expected 25 per cent drop in school re. venues due mainly to a drop in valuation. The relief committee of the Moab Lions Club, which had charge of the Red Cross flour distribution had announced that a new shipment of flour was to arrive in Moab within about two weeks. B. E. Mix of Salt Lake City, chief engineer of plants of the Utah Copper Company had designed a flotation process for the recovery of fine gold from placer claims. The State Road Commission Commis-sion was advertising for bids for oiling 33 miles of graveled gravel-ed highways in Grand, Emery, Em-ery, Carbon, Sevier, Piute and Garfield Counties. Included In-cluded in the roads to be oiled oil-ed was the 3.25 miles extending extend-ing from the Colorado River bridge to the Loveridge farm south of Moab, which had recently been graveled. GO YEARS AGO According to a report in the Salt Lake Tribune, Utah was in the first division as a producer of copper, silver, lead and gold, however, the state was being ignored as an oil capitol and was awaiting only willing money to bring it to. the fore. It was discovered that what was thought to be a defect in the new bridge was in fact a crook caused by the intense in-tense heat of the sun on the structure which caused the bridge to expand. The Grand River at West-water West-water was very hi;h and water wa-ter was ail over the Henry lands. The river had washed out the headgate and wr:-' running very rapidly tW the West.water ditch r Green River was to h an electric lighting piant"afl a water system. A r had boon organized to ance the project. |