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Show The ( Wilmont IVilmont ) eventually ( 139U 1.893 ) got caught , when the ice broke ( up tip ) in the winter of ( 1907-190S 1907190S ) , and was ( jammed jaxnmed- jaxnmed ) The hull was weakened , and he took out the ( ma- ma ) ( chineiy chinery ) and abandoned it . The Colorado was a cheap boat , and including ( the ti-ie tiie ) engine , ( he lie ) would say ( ifc it ) ( didn't didnt ) cost ( more inore ) than ( three three' three ) hundred fifty dollars . He ( doesn't doesnt ) remember how many ( times time-s times ) he took the Colorado to Moab ; ( he h6 ) ( doesn't doesnt ) even recall taking it to Moab . He took the Colorado as far as the junction at least once on a ( hunting 'hunting hunting ) and ( sight-seeing sightseeing ) trip . ( R . 5402 . ) He ( even- even ) tually took the engine of the Colorado and used the hull as a freight scow , and it eventually went down the river ; the last time he saw it , it was tied up on the west bank , he believes at Townsite Bottom . He only operated it as a motor boat for one year and as a scow possibly two years . When he built the ( Colo- Colo ) ( rado -rado rado ) , he was experimenting with ( light-draft lightdraft ) ( boats bo-ats boats ) , as he had to carry pretty heavy loads of feed for the horses , and every inch ( he lie ) could save in draft allowed him to take just so much more freight . ( R . 5403 . ) He had no real difficulty , but it was a constant strain dodging obstacles , sand bars , and rocks , and after R . C . Wheeler quit as pilot , he was not always successful in dodging rocks and sand bars . He ( doesn't doesnt ) remember having touched a rock but once , but the first year or two after Mr . Wheeler quit , ( he lie ) hit sand bars now and then , but ( didn't didnt ) get stuck on them , and ( didn't didnt ) have to get out and push off ; would usually let the water wash them off . ( R . 5404 . ) |