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Show foregoing conclusion ; also at 149 R . 4840-9 . ) My experience has been that overland freighting in that section of the country is accompanied by more hazard than carrying freight on the river . The roads are not good and you can only load 1000 pounds to a ( Zibrse L'orse Lorse ) . ( R . 4811-12 , Vol . 27 . ) On the upstream trip when the witness Freeman was in the party it was only necessary to tow once ; that was at Bridge Canyon . ( R . 4816 , Vol . 27 . ) I was not in the water at the ledge near Lake Canyon but know of its ( exist- exist ) ence and there is a cut through the ledge there about 30 feet wide and our propeller ( didn't didnt ) strike the ledge , although it was running when we went up over that place . ( R , . 4818-20 , Vol . 27 . ) I ( don't dont ) think there is much difference between the water below Bridge Canyon and that above Bridge Canyon on the lower Colorado . ( R . 4821-2 , Vol . 27 . ) I ( don't dont ) think the ( low low- low ) ( water vater ) channel shifts ; the current shifts . In making a trip down the river this year you will find the channel in the same place as last year ; as to sand bars , I am not looking for ( them-I themI ) try to find the channel ; the sand bars ( don't dont ) amount to much . ( R . 4838-9 , Vol . 27 . ) One of the government men asked me to make the ( state- state ) ment marked ( Complainant's Complainants ) Exhibit 631 . ( I 1 ) was later ( subpoe subpoe- subpoe ) naed by the government and regularly attended court in Los Angeles under government subpoena When I say in that exhibit that we are more liable in exceedingly high water to run across a bar in the center of the stream because of the channel ( which should be current ) going to one side or the other , the bar to which I refer is what we term a permanent island which is submerged in real righ water . During high water you can run in almost any part of the water on that river ; if we get careless and do not try to follow a channel but simply go downstream we might hit one of those submerged bars . During high water you ( aren't arent ) really hunting for a channel . ( R . 4850-1 , Vol . 27 . ) When I say in said exhibit that you cannot depend upon boating in the winter because the ice will form , I mean that ( some- some ) times the water freezes in winter and it is pretty hard boating there at such times ; you ( can't cant ) depend on boating the river in the winter because some years the ice will form and some years it ( won't wont ) . ( R . 4851-2 , Vol . 27 . ) When I say in said exhibit that boating operations from Moab to Green River for commercial purposes such as the hauling of farm produce and ( freight freigkt ) is not a feasible proposition now or ever , I mean that it is 35 miles from Moab to the |