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Show Governor George H . ( Bern Dern ) 194 testified ( R . 5385-6 , Vol . 31 ) that he has visited many of the scenic sections of the West to which tourists go in great numbers , including Zion National Park , ( Bryce's Bryces ) Canyon National Park , Grand Canyon , Rocky Mountain National Park , Yellowstone National Park , and says that the section of the Colorado River below Moab and also the stretch of river between Crescent Wash and Lees Ferry is ( "an an ) outstanding piece of natural scenery , and if it were developed so it would be easy and convenient for people to make the trip it would be a very popular and attractive trip ; " that he makes this statement having in mind the other scenic sections of the West to which he refers . This ( testi- testi ) mony of Governor ( Bern Dern ) is fully ( corroborated corroboratcd ) by Mr . ( Bellen- Bellen Dellen- Dellen ) baugh in his ( books booh-s boohs ) that were received in evidence and by other witnesses in the case . Other evidence confirms the fact that the Green River along the stretch in controversy is quite as wonderful in scenery as is the Colorado River . There is no reasonable doubt that in the not far distant future tourists in great numbers from all sections of the country will visit these rivers and , except in Cataract ( Can- Can ) yon , will travel in boats up and down the entire stretches of river in dispute . We contend that such use of the rivers , even if their use in carrying supplies and other freight between different points which would necessarily be incident to the handling of tourists were excluded , ( -will will will ) constitute commerce , and a ( "useful" useful ) commerce , within the meaning of the decisions of the United States Supreme Court . The very nature of a large portion of the country ( im- im ) mediately adjacent to the stretches of river here involved makes their navigation not only convenient and disirable but absolutely necessary . Miners and oil men have always used them in the past and will always use them in the future . . The rivers are the only highways available to man or left by nature along practically all of the stretches in dispute . . CASES CITED BY COMPLAINANT ( AMD AND ) OTHER CASES f ( BEALING DEALING ) WITH ( "NAVIGABILITY NAVIGABILITY ) . ( " ) Although in its brief Complainant does not cite every | decision of the United States Supreme Court in which the question of navigability was considered and many decisions of other federal courts involving that subject are omitted , , the Supreme Court cases which are of most aid and which |