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Show ( my niy ) family in the Marguerite 145 ( to to' to ) points below my ranch when I ( didn't didnt ) go clear to the junction ; I ( can't cant ) tell how many trips ; I went ( whenever vhenever ) we wanted to go . I also made other trips for compensation for different parties to considerable distances below my ranch . I took one trip down 75 miles to bring out some engineers who were there . In 1924 , 1 made two round trips from Green River , Utah , to Moab in a row boat equipped ( with ivith ) an Evinrude motor . I took another round trip to Moab in 1925 . All three of these trips were for ( com- com ) pensation . The motor used was ( 4-horsepower 4horsepower ) . The last trip was taken at Thanksgiving time when the water was at a . very low stage . ( R . 4750-3 , Vol . 27 . ) ( I 1 ) remember the following power boats on the Green River : Cliff Dweller , City of Moab , two power boats belonging to Mr . Oppenheimer , two ( belong belong- belong ) ing to Mr . Wolverton , three that Mr . Yokey owned , one owned by ( Mr Air ) . Ladd , one owned by Mr . Blake , one owned by G . W . Shores , one oNvned by George Beebe , and both Mr . Shaw and Mr . A . I . Anderson had power boats . There were a good many row boats used on the river and nearly all the ranchers had a boat . I personally have had no experience except with power boats . ( R . 4753-4 , Vol . 27 . ) In 1915 , ( I 1 ) entered the Colorado River at Hite and went from there to Lees Ferry in a row boat with Messrs . LaRue and Richardson . In 1921 ( I 1 ) was boating on the lower Colorado Riverdelivering supplies to government parties in an Evinrude motor boat which had a ( 2-horsepower 2horsepower ) motor . ( Dur- Dur ) ing that expedition I covered the river to a point 30 miles below Halls Crossing , also going on trips above Bullfrog Rapids probably twelve or fifteen times . I went up those rapids with my boat by helping it with the oars a little bit and without ( g-etting getting getting ) out and pushing or using a line . I began this work in the latter part of ( Augnst August ) or first of September and was engaged down there until late that fall . I met the Chenoeweth party about 30 miles above Halls Crossing but I ( can't cant ) remember how far upstream from Bullfrog Rapids I delivered supplies . I went to the mouth of the San Juan carrying three men , bedding , weighing 500 pounds and 600 or 700 pounds of supplies . I made other trips downstream to points ( below beloNv ) Halls Crossing , once taking a 600 or 700 pound load to ( Eock Rock ) Creek . Thus loaded the boat drew more than a foot of water and as loaded on the trip I have ( men- men ) tioned to the mouth of the San Juan its draft was 15 or 16 inches . I made a round trip from Halls Crossing to Escalante and other short trips . ( R . 4755-61 , Vol . 27 . ) |