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Show 1980 ( boat 'boat boat ) being piloted by a fellow nahled Newell , who ( "was was -was was ) one of the operators of the barge . Virgil ( Bald- Bald ) ( win 'win win ) , however , was Captain of the boat and ( did- did ) . practically all of the handling of it . ( R . 5019 . ) The channel is very near in the same place all ( -the the ) time , only just after the n heavy rains in the fall . that come in the side canyons , bringing in the silt , , that would change it temporarily , for a week or ten . days it would change the channel there ; it would ( eventually -eventually eventually ) get right back in the same channel again . He did not observe any change of channels or ( insta- insta ) ( bility 'bility bility ) of channels at any ( place placed ) in the river other than at the places at and in the immediate vicinity , of places ( where -where where ) side washes came in , and on the occasion of floods coming down those side washes ; ( -none none ) to speak of ; it was practically the same . At ( '-those those ) places where ( side 'side side ) washes are located , and ( following -following following ) heavy rains that would bring silt and : : . anything else down into the Colorado the river in a few days would clean that out . Do its own ( house- house ) cleaning there . ( R . 5020-5021 . ) Trouble with sand bars or other obstructions caused by floods would be encountered at the mouths of canyons below the docks on the first trip down , only very little trouble being encountered after the first trip . In a few days afterward the river would be ( restored xestored ) to normal . It was part of his business to keep track of running the boats and he endeavored to perform this duty faithfully . ( R . 5021 . ) |