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Show of 1906 , but lie lived in 1332 Denver and ( operated opercalul ) ( from froill ) t1i -1 , tpoint through Moab ( until -antil antil ) he took up ( his bis ) ( resi- resi ) ( dence doilee ) in Greenriver . At the present time ( he lie ) operates a newspaper at Monticello . His purpose in coining to Greenriver was to launch a boat oil the Green ( River Ptiver ) and ( investigate hivestigate ) the possibilities of freight traffic ( between betweell ) there and ( Moab "Moab Moab ) ( on oil ) the Colorado River . ( He 11e ) built this boat in the ( spring spriiio- spriiio ) of 1909 , and it was 24 feet long by ( 6-foot 6foot ) beam , with flat bottom . ( R . 5204-5205 . ) It had a ( 14-horsepower 14horsepower ) ( internal- internal ) ( combustion conibtistion ) ( engine elighie ) , and was driven by a submerged propeller . He made several trips ( on oil ) the Green River with the boat that year . It was launched about the middle of June , and on its first trip ( he lie ) went to Moab , accompanied by Captain F . C . ( Rofl Roff ) , of Iowa ; IL B . Johnson , whom he brought from Denver to ( help lielp ) build the boat and install the ( en- en ) gine , and A . I . ( Anderson Aildersoli ) , who ( went ivelit ) along with them as assistant , as far as his [ ( Anderson's Andersons Anderson ) ] ranch on the lower Green River . Another gentleman and Anderson got off the boat at ( Anderson's Andersons ) ranch and aside from Anderson there , was not any one in the party who had ever made the trip before , as far as he knows . ( R . 5206 . ) Captain F . C . Roff piloted the boat . They ( encoun elicoun- elicoun ) tered no obstruction whatever as far as the river , ( was ivas ) concerned , and got through with practically no delay . When they got down to the junction of the two rivers they ( wreiit went ) three miles ( clown down ) the ( Colo- Colo ) |