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Show 1387 to those foot marks along the river ; for instance , their storehouses in Stillwater canyon , where the walls are simply like the wall of that room on both sides , then they will get a small opening in one wall or the other , and there is a storehouse built up in there ; usually those storehouses are built fifty , one hundred , two hundred feet above the ground . ( R . 5374- 5375 . ) He has seen different sections of the west which attract large numbers of tourists . He has visited the Mesa Verde [ Park ] , in the southwest corner of Colorado . He has been to Bright Angel Trail , on the Colorado River , but can hardly class himself as an authority on the subject of scenery . ( R . 5375- 5376 . ) Recalled ( R . , Vol . 31 , pp . 5387-5425 ) : He ceased operations with his boats on which he carried freight and passengers for compensation , late in 1912 . He quit because he ( couldn't couldnt ) make it pay , as he ( didn't didnt ) receive money that he considered paid him for the investment in making boats and ( the Ohee ) effort . The parties might be a month apart . ( R . 5387 . ) He ( couldn't couldnt ) compete commercially with the short haul from Greenriver to Moab , and with the river in its present condition , he ( couldn't couldnt ) very well handle larger boats . He ( didn't didnt ) spend any money for advertising in any way to attract tourists . He had no capital for such a purpose . |