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Show 203 on both the ( Oklahoma Oldalionia ) and Texas side ; ; occasionally he ( lieard heard ) of trappers on the river . There ( were werc ) ( large' large large ) trees in the river ( valley ialley ) when he was a boy , ( vaiying varying ) in size ( from froin ) that of your leg to 3 or 4 ft . in ( diam- diam ) eter ; they have decayed or been cut down or blown ( clown down ) , much of this was cut and used for ( sawlogs savlogs ) , and in some places they were rafted ( down doiNrn ) the river . . The cedar was ( cut ctit ) for telegraph and telephone ( polos poles ) . L . W . Oaks ( R . 1578 ) , Frogville , ( Okla Olda ) , 1 % miles from Red River , ( Gi 61 ) years old , testified that there used to be little boats ( running Tunning ) up and down the river which carried out cotton and products of the country before the coming of the railroads ; they brought in dry goods ( and alid ) groceries ( and aud ) things of that sort from Shreveport and New Orleans ; there were various landings up and down the river where there were stores that got these ( things fliings ) from ( steam- steam ) boats . Prior to the coming of the railroads one of the ( ordinary ordiuaTy ) means of obtaining supplies and ( s1iip- s1iip ) ping out products of the country was the shipment of goods ( lip up ) and down Red River ( , . ) He remembered when the river valleys ( were ivere ) timbered with ( mer- mer ) ( chantable ebantable ) timber ; a lot of it was rafted out . ( Raft- Raft ) ing logs continued off and on as long as there ( was ivas ) merchantable ( timber -timber timber ) in the country . He thinks there is about as much water in the river now , as a general ( thing thiug ) , as there ever was . The river valley lands are regarded as productive lands , and that is true as to those on the Texas side as well as on the ( Oklahoma Oldahoma ) side . W . PI . ( Pearcy Peo-cy Peocy ) ( R 1570 ) , 76 years old , address Grant , Choctaw County , Okla . , testified that the largest cottonwood tree he ever saw was 4 or 5 feet in diameter ; ; the largest walnut was three or four 06891-30-14 |