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Show 141 He ( has bas ) forded the San ( Juan Xuan ) River at Fruitlandr but the water is not very deep , possibly to the ( horse's horses ) knees . The ford crossing usually is in channels from two inches to eighteen inches ( deep depp ) . . ( R . 514 . ) ( HABBY HARRY ) C . BALDWIN . : ! . . , . For Complainant ( Record , vol . 3f pp . 514-517 He resides at Farmington , New Mexico , and is 46 years of age . He operated a store at Hogback , ( twenty-four twentyfour ) miles below Farmington and between ( eighty eig-bty eigbty ) and ninety miles above Bluff , for twenty years , having located there in 1895 . He made ( one one- one ) trip to Bluff , Utah . The Hogback store is on ( the the- the ) San Juan River and supplies were freighted in from Durango , Colorado , and Farmington , ( Colo-- Colo ) rado , overland . He never had any freight come in . by ( way -way way ) of the San , Juan River . He traded with the . Indians at Hogback for twenty years . He had a boat that belong to the Indian Rights Association that he used for a ferryboat . ( R . ( 515- 515-- ) 516 . ) He never knew of the Indians having any boats and using the river . He is not familiar ( with -NNdth NNdth ) the creeks and washes that run into the San ( Juan J-ua-n Juan ) River between ( Farm Farm- Farm ) ¬ ington and Bluff except Choco and this stream ( doesn't doesnt ) run the year round . The only stream that runs between the two points the year round is ( the the- the ) Animus . ( R . 516-517 . ) |