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Show In considering the navigability 15 of the Red ( River Ri-ver River ) , in the case of ( Oklahoma Oklahonia ) v . ( Texas Taws ) , 258 ( II U ) . S . 574 , ( the bbe ) Supreme Court , with reference to the western part of the river , states , at page 587 , as ( follows folloivs ) : The river has its source in the Staked Plains ( of of- of ) northwestern Texas and from there until it gets well into Oklahoma is within a region where the rainfall is light , is confined to a relatively short period in each year and quickly finds its way into the river . Because of this the river in the western half of the State does not have a continuous or dependable volume of water . It has a fall of three feet or more per mile and for long intervals the greater part of its extensive bed is dry sand interspersed ( with ivith ) irregular ( rib- rib ) bons of shallow water and occasional deeper pools . Only for short intervals , ( when -NNhen NNhen ) the rainfall is running off , are the volume and depth of the water such that even very small boats could be operated therein . During these rises the water is ( swift sivift ) and turbulent and in rare instances ( overflows oveAlows ) the adjacent land . The rises usually last from one to seven days and in the aggregate seldom cover as much as forty days in a year . And with reference to the eastern part of the river , the Court states , at page 589 , as follows : Of course , the conditions along that part of the river greatly affect the part in the eastern half of the State . But the latter received additional waters from the Washita and other tributaries and ( has bas ) a practically continuous flow of varying volume , the ( ex- ex ) |
