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Show 179 ( 'Utah Utah ) , and the head of Cataract Canyon except when we had deliberately left the channel of the river . ( R . 5443-7 , , Vol , , 31 . ) Between the foot of Cataract Canyon and the ( Utah-Ari- UtahAri ) zona line we were frequently stuck on sand bars , as were other boats being used by members of the survey party . . If the chief would tell you to go and give him a shot from a certain point and you started to go over there you might get stuck on a bar ; then he would come down to where you were and ( would 'would would ) , possibly send the other rod man to the other side of the river and in going to the designated point the other man might or might not get stuck ; it would all depend on where the channel was . Many ( times timez ) we could go right to the place we were sent without any difficulty , but at other times we would have to get out and wade . So far as I recall , my boat never got stuck on a sand bar or hit a sand bar on the entire stretch of the Colorado River , from the foot of Cataract Canyon to the ( Utah-Arizona UtahArizona ) line , while it was in the channel of the river , or at any time when I had not deliberately left what I knew to be the channel of the stream . I never saw any boat of any other member of our party get stuck on a sand bar while it was in the channel of the river . ( R . 5447-9 , Vol . 31 . ) IMPEDIMENTS TO NAVIGATION . In its brief Complainant refers to certain parts of the testimony of certain witnesses who told of difficulties ( en- en ) countered by them in traversing the rivers . There are ( varia- varia ) tions in stream flow which occur each year during spring high water and later when heavy rains come . At different points on each stream there is rapid water and sand and gravel bars that may cause trouble to ( one ore ) unfamilar with the channel . When a flood comes down a side canyon , carrying a substantial amount of material into the river , there may be a temporary change of channel at that point . But we contend that the overwhelming weight of the evidence is that even at such points any change of channel is only ( temporary teniporary ) . . With reference to bars encountered by members of ( sur- sur ) vey parties in the course of their work on the rivers , it is obvious from the method necessarily employed by them in doing their work that they must frequently encounter bars on these or any rivers . When required to go to a certain |