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Show 1347 barge about eight feet wide and ( thirty-four thirtyfour ) feet long , up to the ( Wixnmer Wimmer ) ( ranch ra'ucli raucli ) . ( R . 5245 . . ) He has never had any trouble in his experiences on the Green and Colorado Rivers , and the nearest lie ever came to getting on a sand bar was in ( com- com ) ing down with Mr . Richardson and Mr . LaRue , ( when Nvben ) they just touched a bar , but ( went welit ) right on . He ( doesn't doesnt ) believe a man familiar with the river , and keeping a reasonable lookout , need be afraid of encountering obstructions or delays on either the Green or the Colorado River , with boats the character of which he has operated and seen ( oper- oper ) ated on the river . ( R . 5245-5246 . ) ( Cross-examination Crossexamination ) ( R . , Vol . 30 , pp . 5247- 5248 ) : The last ( time tfine ) he was in the Green River country was about seven years ago , and he ( doesn't doesnt ) believe he has been down in the Elaterite Basin since 1911 . He never had any drilling equipment , or did any drilling down there . He ( didn't didnt ) homestead the place he had down on the Green River . Hewent down with that intention but it ( wasn't wasnt ) , surveyed , and he stayed there a part of two or three seasons , and then abandoned it . He just had tents , and planted some stuff there . ( R . 5247-5248 . ) Redirect ( examination exantivation ) ( R . , Vol . 30 , pp . 5248- 5249 ) : : He planted some sugarcane for one thing , and within sixty days it grew ten feet , eight inches high . He put a stake down and measured it , and it grew |