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Show OWEN ( B R ) 492 . ( CLAUK CLARK ) For Complainant ( ( Record Ptecord ) Vol . 9 , pp . ( 170G-1725 170G1725 I-SOG-17925 ISOG17925 ) , Vol . 10 , ( 172S-1758 172S1758 1728417-5S 17284175S ) ) , Resides at Lees Ferry , Arizona ; 44 years old ; . . in U . S . Navy around water and rivers ; duties , * ( generally geiierally ) with ( engines cingines ) , boilers , and motor boats ; . ( mechanic mechallic ) , repaired and operated motor boats . ( R 1706-1707 . ) ( Has 11as ) resided Lees Ferry since August , 1922 ; three families besides himself living there present ( time 'time time ) . ( He Ile ) made one trip between Greenriver and ( Her- Her ) mit Trail in Grand ( Canyon-down Canyondown ) the Green and Colorado Rivers ; several short trips around ( Her- Her ) mit Trail and up the Colorado above Lees Ferry . He is recorder for the U . S . Geological Survey . ( ( E R ) . ( 1707 1-707 ) . ) Left Greenriver , Utah , on November 10 , 1927 ; La Rue in charge of party . Expedition taking moving pictures of canyon . They had six ( Colo- Colo ) rado River type boats . Four of them ( 18 IS ) ft . over all , 5 ft . beam , ( 24-in 24in ) . freeboard , ( water-tight watertight ) ( for- for ) ( ward -ward ward ) and aft , open pit in center for oarsman . Two ( 16-ft 16ft ) . boats . Larger boat draft about 6 inches . Smaller boats draft about 4 inches . Row boats , , built at Long Beach , California . ( R . 1708-1710 . ) ( After A-fter After ) first five miles , encountered difficulties going over riffles ; heaviest loaded boat dragged on bottom ( ; - ) 2 of boats stuck on sand bars in shallow water fifteen or twenty minutes between ( Green- Green ) , , |