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Show 196 time the boats had not run regularly on the river . . . , His house is right on the river in a bend , , and he , could see up and down the river for miles . . The last . boat lie remembered was ; about 100 ft . long and 30 ft . wide , an oil burner lie thinks , brought from St . Louis by a factory in Paris , Texas . . It was a ( flat-- flat ) bottom boat and ran in 1909 . He saw it coming , from , St . Louis and afterwards saw it going back down the river , and again saw it going back tip the river . He did not know what became of the boat ; ; it was used by the timber people in rafting timber down the river ; ash timber was put on it by the handle , factory which owned it . The boating season would last during December , . . January , February , March , and April . ( Brewer-Elliott BrewerElliott ) Oil & Gas Co . v . United States ( 260 U . S . 77 ) The findings of the District Court and Circuit Court of Appeals respecting the subject of ( naviga- naviga ) bility were approved by the Supreme Court . In the report of the decision of the District Court ( 249 Fed . 609 ) at page 619 et seq . the Court sets out . the substance of the evidence . In the early days ( stern-wheel sternwheel ) boats were used . . A picture of the ( "Aunt Aunt ) Sallie , " taken July 4 , 1878 , at Arkansas City , was exhibited . 365 persons were , aboard at that time . The boat drew 2 ft . . of water loaded . W . 3l . . ( Murdoch Murdock ) stated that about 1870 , one ( Wal-- Wal ) ton built a flat boat at Arkansas City and put a |
