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Show 5012 Johnson- D 3025 Q Did you ever go up to Warm creel on the boat? A Yes, I have been up there with boats, but not with one of them. Q I mean with the Mullins' boat. A No sir; never went clear to Warm creek. I have been part way. Q What happened to the Mullins' boat? A They run it at such a rate, the high sped and silt in the river cut the bearings out down by the propeller, got it to wabbling in the water, then they burnt the bearings out, and came back with the bearings burnt out, rowed it back. Q What did they do with it when they got back with it? A They got a fellow to re- babbitt it, put in new bearings; they used it for a trip or two up the river after that. Q Used it what? A On a trip or two up to Warm creek. Q What eventually became of it, do you know? A It was tied up on the shore at Lees Ferry, where it suck in the sand. Laid in the sand four years, when it was dug out and the holes that were rusted through it were soldered and rivited up, and took it to Lake Mary for a pleasure boat, at Flagstaff, Arizona. The engine was ruined. Q Have you ever seen it since? A No sir, never have seen it since. Q Did they have another boat? |