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Show Butler- D 538 A No sir -- oh, might have been a little bit further than that. Q Do you recall this flood of 1911? A Yes sir. Q Just tell us about that, please. A I was not at home when the flood came; I was then in Santa Fe; I came up to Antonito, Colorado, and they held us up for a few days there, said the railroad was all washed out; we finally got to come in to Dulce. MR. FARNSWORTH: This is hearsay, a good deal of it. A They would carry us no further. We got a team and drove through to Apache reservation, down on the San Juan above Blanco four or five miles. BY MR. BLACKMAR: Q Where is that with reference to Farmington? A It is about fifteen or twenty miles above Farmington. Q Did the flood do any damage there at Farmington? A Yes sir. Q In what way? A In destroying crops and houses and things of that sort, pastures, fences. Q Are you able to state whether or not the sand and silt and sediment carried in the river has increased or decreased since you have been there, the amount of it? THE SPECIAL MASTER: I don't see the pertinency of that, over one hundred miles away, what the condition of the silt was. MR. BLACKMAR: I think that will become very 2504 |