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Show Record river. I have had nothing to do with the rest of the river. Goodridge was selected as a desirable point for the determining 3842 of these facts with reference to the river. I have no reason to suspect that there is anything peculiar about that particular 3843 point. That period would be 13 weeks. Assuming that the river carried 150,000,000 tons in 13 weeks, it would carry over 600,000,000 tons in a year. There have been some rather careful tests made of solids in suspension carried by the entire Colorado River at Lees Ferry. 3844 When I went to the San Juan I went direct to Goodridge, my destination. When I left there I went back to Washington, D. C. The sole objective of my trip was my stay at Goodridge. I was not aware of the pendency of this suit when I left on my trip and I did not know anything about the matters in issue in this case. At that time I did not have any knowledge of the materiality of this subject as in this case. I first learned of it 3845 in a round- about way during my stay at Goodridge. The matter of taking samples is one that requires con-siderable care. I have no figures to show whether that part of the river to the bottom carries greater quantities of solid matter 3846 in suspension, but I have information to the effect that the water close to the bottom is heavily laden with solid matter in suspension than other sections of the river closer to the surface. In taking my samples I tried to guard against making any error by lowering the sampler to the bottom and immediately pulling it toward the surface, getting water from all sections on the way up, so that it would represent an nearly as possible the amount of 3847 silt carried between the bottom of the river and the surface. I did not let it stay at any one point any longer than was necessary in the operation of raising it to the surface, because of the fact that I had information that the amount of material at the bottom is greater than that near the top, and I did not wish to get an undue proportion of the suspended matter near the bottom of the |