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Show three ( inches inclies ) a day . He 1348 raised onions , lettuce , ( tur- tur ) nips , and carrots , and everything planted there ( "was was was ) wonderful . He believes these ( bottoms bottoins ) were ( with- with ) drawn for the government about 1912 . He had abandoned his place down there at that time , and if anything had turned up he would have gone back , but he ( couldn't couldnt ) stay down there himself , and his boys ( didn't didnt ) care . to . He has horses down there . ( R . 5248-5249 . ) WILLIAM COOLEY For Defendant ( Record , vol . 30 , pp . ( 5249-52GO 524952GO 5249--5260 ) ) He resides at Castle Valley Utah , and is 72 years old . At one time he knew a man by the name of Branson , ( who iho ) was engaged in the sawmill business . He worked for him for several years as a sawyer . He was working for Branson when he was cutting timber on Castle Creek , and also at Fisher Point . He believes that Branson was cutting timber on Castle Creek in September , 1897 , and left there in May , 1898 . He knows of his own knowledge that Branson did some rafting , and he helped ( Mm him ) down the river with one raft about the 20th of October , another one about the 20th of November , 1897 . ( R . 5249-5250 . ) He is able to fix these dates as he came into the LaSal Mountains in the spring of 1897 , prospecting , and went to work near the 20th of September for him as sawyer . The trips ( were -were were ) about a month |