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Show come down a side canyon carrying 155 material into the river the river will be ( pushed -pushed pushed ) towards the opposite bank for a short time , but there will always be a channel there . Sometimes deposits of sand and silt from side canyons will extend out into the river for a few days but the natural flow of the river is so much larger than any of those side floods that the main stream carries on ; there is always a channel and I have experienced no difficulties in navigation because of conditions resulting from floods down side ( can can- can ) yons . During my visit to the river when I was watching the dredge I remained right there for about two and a half years , not being away for more than a week or two at any time . ( R . 4942-4 , Vol . 28 ) . Aside from my ( ex- ex ) periences on the ( 'Colorado Colorado ) I have had experience with power boats in Utah , Oregon and California , and have operated them in those states . In ( my -my my ) judgment a ( 20-horsepower 20horsepower ) motor would take a ( 24-foot 24foot ) boat with a load of a ton or more up to ( Kite Hite ) on the Colorado River without experiencing any difficulty at any of the rapids on the portion of the river with which I am familiar . ( R . 4944-51 , Vol . 28 . ) ( I 1 ) was only 12 or 13 years old when I first went to work on the Colorado River . I have never gotten on sand bars going downstream and ( don't dont ) recall ever getting into the water to get off a sand bar . A very few times I have seen other people operating boats get in the water to get off a sand bar . Occasionally when going upstream when you are in the easy water you will run on to , a bar but you can usually get off the bar by using a pole . I remember occasionally at Hanson Creek Rapid a boat would hit on a rock and some member of the party would get out and help it off , but that did not happen frequently and I never saw it happen at Trachyte or North Wash Rapid . ( R . 4951-4 , Vol . 28 . ) When I spoke of being able to go up the river with a ( 20-horsepower 20horsepower ) boat with a ton load , I meant that it could go upstream with that load at any stage of water . ( R . 4955-7 , Vol . 28 . ) After I quit operating the trading post a man by the name of Newby operated it for about a year . ( R . 4962-3 , Vol . 28 . ) ( I 1 ) have never forded the river on foot but horses have swum across it . ( R . 4964-5 , Vol . 28 . ) ( I 1 ) have made trips up and down the ( Colo Colo- Colo ) rado River in all stages of water , including the ( spring- spring ) floods and the ( summer sunu-ner sununer ) floods that come from heavy rains . If we had supplies to get , I went and got them . It was harder work in high water and I avoided such trips as much as |