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Show and the effort involved ; with 177 the boats that we had and could afford to build we ( couldn't couldnt ) compete commercially with the short haul , for instance , from Green River to Moab . We spent no money for advertising or otherwise to attract tourists and had no capital for any such purpose . ( R . ( 5387-9 5397-9 ) , Vol . 31 . ) ( I 1 ) once came down the Green River in the Navajo with quite a heavy load on the occasion when the Valley City reservoir had gone out and the water in the stream had backed up fully 12 miles . When I returned two days later there was no sign of any debris in the river , which had cleaned itself out in the meantime . On another occasion when a flood came down Indian Creek the water backed up for five or six miles ; however , there was a good channel on the west side and we went right through without any trouble . The two instances I have mentioned are the only instances I know of when either of the rivers were backed up . ( R . 5391-3 , Vol . 31 . ) In 1910 ( I 1 ) saw a fall of many thousands of tons of rock at a point 10 or 12 miles below Green River Utah , and I also saw a large fall of rock just below the junction ; the occasion I first mentioned is the only occasion I know of when rock fell into the river ; I ( don't dont ) think rock fell into the river on the other occasion , just below the junction . ( R . 5418 , Vol . 31 . ) George H . Dern Governor of ( Utah Utalt ) , testified : In April , 1926 , I made a boat trip with Dave Rust and party from the mouth of Crescent Wash to Lees Ferry . I do not recall our ( encountering1 encountering ) any sand bars or being delayed by sand bars on that trip and I observed ( no na ) other difficulties or ( im- im ) pediments to navigation on that stretch of water . A few days earlier I went from Moab to Shafer No . 1 Well on the Moab Garage Company barge ( and 'and and ) returned upstream the same afternoon on the smaller power boat . ( We-encountered Weencountered ) no delay or obstruction on either the down or upstream journey , everything going smoothly . ( R . 5379-82 , Vol . 31 . ) 1 have lived in Utah for 35 years , and for a considerable period I was a state senator , and since statehood have kept in intimate touch with the public affairs of Utah . I know of ( no na ) work ever having been done by the state or by the federal government or any other agency in improving ( navi- navi ) gation on either the Green , Colorado or San Juan rivers . ( R . . 5384 , Vol . 31 . ) ( Henry Hen"j Henj ) C . Tasker testified : I am 35 years old , and lived at Green River , Utah , between 1911 and 1928 . In |
