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Show would draw about fifteen 1250 or ( sixteen sixteell ) inches of water . It was about ( thirty-three thirtythree ) miles down to the Olympia Bar , which is located one and ( one-half onehalf ) ( miles iniles ) above the mouth of Smith ( Pork Fork ) , or thirty miles below Hite . ( R . 4917 . ) There was no difficulty ( encoun- encoun ) tered in taking the raft of ( lumber lmnber ) , the Lucy B , and the other two boats down to the Olympia Bar , as he recalls theynever were hung up any place . He did not know whether the engine was on the raft or on the boat , but in any event it was taken down on one of the boats or on the raft . He stayed pretty closely ( 011 oil ) ( the -the the ) river until about 1904 . ( R . 4918 . ) During this last visit ( he lie ) went upstream in the ( Lucy Liicy ) R He had put in a ( two-cylinder twocylinder ) engine . It was built , he believes , by a company in Denver , who installed it on one of the first automobiles , and used hot tubes for the ignition instead of electricity . It was supposed to develop about six horsepower , but it did not develop over two or three , in his opinion . The engine quit a good many times , both going up and ( down clown ) stream , and sometimes while the boat was standing still . ( R . 4919-4920 . He made one trip upstream ( with vitli ) Mr . Bennett and Hugh ( Montgomery Montgoinery ) . They went to Good Hope and got a load of lumber and supplies , and mining equipment , ( and a-lid alid ) ( came canie ) back . While at times the engine would quit they used the power all the way . He made a trip to ( Moquie Aloquie ) Bar ( with -with with ) the ( Lucy Litcy ) B and |