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Show and not tear tip the motor 172 . This motor ( diditft didillh ) ( work NNork ) because of sand in ( river riNrer ) which would ( get got ) around tho , ( pump punip ) and clog it up . After the big boat was launched , ( witness7 witness' witness ) brother , Clarence , ( had liad ) charge of the operation of the boat during the first trip . Witness had made a few trips down the river before that , so that they let him go ahead with the ( small sinall ) . Evinrude boat to help locate the deepest water . That is the way they got by without quite so much * , trouble . I On the first trip got stuck and ( didn't didnt ) even have an anchor with them , in case they broke a chain or ( any- any ) thing to hold their boat from drifting away from where they wanted it to go . ( Didn't Didnt ) have any steel cable with ( them thein ) and had inch manila rope line . ( Under- Under ) took to take that to shore . It just carried the rope downstream . Had quite a job getting back . Boat . was stuck there for ( three thre-e three ) hours before it got off . ( Abs . R . , vol . 1 , p . 311 . ) On this trip it was ( neces- neces ) sary to take lines to shore in order to pull the boat into deep water . About 10 hours consumed making . trip to Shafer No . I well , about 19 miles . ( See also Abs . R , pp . 311-324 . ) 1924 , Dec . , ( John Jolin ) Dugan . - ( M . R . p . 782 Abs . R . ) vol . 2 , p . 775 . ) Trip from mouth of ( Mill 'iWill iWill ) ( Creek1 Creek ) down the river to what is known as Kane Creek structure Shafer No 1 , . ( well wIell ) site . Evinrude ( outboard outboqrd ) motor boat . Started at Mill Creek at daylight and returned after dark . A ( good rood ) deal of trouble with slush ice was ( encoun- encoun ) |