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Show 178 approximately 24 or 25 miles, in an exceedingly rough country, until we struck the highway on the Green River, above 4 or 5 miles outside of Green River. Q The country that you passed, was it irrigated country, or was it desert? A It was rough, broken, desert country. Q Rocky soil? A Rocky soil, and absolutely barren; that is, in the sense that a desert country is-- Q Did it look to you like land that was susceptible to irrigation? A No, sir. Q Did you meet your party then at Greenriver? A We met the party at Greenriver next morning. They had brought over on a 5- ton truck this large motorboat, and fortunately they had brought over also a canoe. Talking the matter over with Mr. Baldwin, we decided that we could not-- Q Who is Mr. Baldwin? A Mr. Baldwin is one of the owners of the Moab Garage Company, the principle operator of the boats. And we decided that we could not launch the boat at Greenriver, and we hired an auto, to see if we could get down to what is known as Rimmer's ranch, what used to be Rimmer's ranch, on the east side of the river, opposite the mouth of the San Rafael. We went by automobile, a sedan, to about within three miles of 2141 |
