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Show 7270 Cooley- D 5250 that was engaged in the sawmill business? A Yes sir. Q Did you ever work for him as a sawyer? A Yes sir, I worked for him several years. Q Were you working for him when he was cutting timber on Castle creek? A Yes sir. Q And did you work for him at any time when he was cutting timber on Fisher point? A Yes sir. Q About what year or years was it, according to your best recollection, when he was cutting timber on Castle creek? A He commenced there, I think, in September, 1897, and he left there in May, 1898. Q Now, in this question I am asking for your own know-ledge; I am not asking for what you heard, or anything of that kind. Do you of your own knowledge know of any rafting being done by Mr. Branson that first year? A Yes sir, I helped him down the river with one raft about the 20th of October, and another about, as near as I can remember, the 20th of November, 1897. Q How are you able to fix those dates? You seem to be very precise about your dates. How are you able to fix dates after all this lapse of time? A Well, sir, I came into the LaSal mountains in the |
