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Show since June , 1896 . The ( country counta-y countay ) 134 is used for farming ( and Itlad ) stock raising , ( farm farin ) crops being raised by ( irri irri- irri ) gation water at the present time taken from the Animus River . Formerly it had been taken from the San Juan River . In ( 1902 19-02 ) the river was so dry that it was ( necessary necessaxy ) to build a dam in order to get water to their crops . The period of dryness lasted about two weeks and was during the month of August . This experience occurred in the valley of Fruitland . Kirtland , he would judge , is in the neighborhood of fifty miles above Bluff . ( R . 490- 492 . ) He believes there are no perennial streams ( run run- run ) ning into the ( San Sail ) Juan River between Fruitland and ( Chinle Chiule ) Creek . ( Onlv Only ) small skiffs or boats are used on the San Juan River ; in 1911 ( lie he ) had such a small boat , ( sim Sim- Sim ) ilar to those owned by other traders , that ( he be ) used to row supplies across the river . He has done freighting ( in ill ) the country adjacent to Fruitland but never had the freight come in by way of the ( San Sau ) ( Juan Juall ) River , nor did he freight it out by way of the ( river ri-ver river ) . Supplies into ( Fruitland Friiitland ) are brought from ( Parniington Farmington ) and ( Grallup Gallup ) , New Mexico , by wagon . ( R . 492-493 . ) ( Cross-examination Crossexamination Cross-exavidnation Crossexavidnation ) ( R . Vol . 3 , pp . 493-495 ) : Several skiffs ( were -were were ) used for trading with the Indians back and forth across the river . The Indians usually brought pelts across the river and traded for foodstuffs . The skiffs were eight or ten feet long , four feet wide , flat bottoms . ( R . |