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Show river and tried to bring 200 it up the river ; i0vas 16 ( ft 11 ) . wide and 36 ft ( , . ) long ; the bridge was 14 ft . wide and 20 ft . long . The Kiamichi is ( something soitiething ) ( like lilce ) 300 miles from ( where wliere ) I live . The boat ( drew dreiv ) 32" of water and ( lie he ) did not find the water deep ( enough eilough ) to bring it unless ( he lie ) could get a rise . He brought the boat up in 1908 , and got it here on a rise in the river . The boat was built by one of the ( lumber lun-iber luniber ) ( companies conipanies ) to raft logs . He ( brought broug-ht brought ) it up the river to use as a ferry boat . A P . Draper ( ( E R ) . 1567 ) , County Surveyor , ( Choc- Choc Clioc- Clioc ) taw County , Okla . , 60 years old , lived ( in iii ) that county since 1903 ; ( before befoTe ) that time resided in ( Lamar Lainar ) County , Texas , opposite ( Choctaw Choctavv ) County , Okla . , testified : The boat ( coming comilig ) down the ( river Tiver ) in 1867 ( Avas wCas ) the first one he knew of and that was in the fall or ( winter ivinter ) season . It was named the Cuba ; it drew ( between betiveen ) 3V 2 and ( 4 I ) feet when loaded . Since the ( changes chauges ) described as having taken place in Red River he would not now consider the river ( navi navi- navi ) ¬ gable . There ( were -NveTe NveTe ) several boats since that time which he saw , the last ( navigation uayigatioii ) occurring in 1875 . Since that time there have also been gasoline launches on the river . These gasoline boats were ( principally principall ) used for ( rafting raftiug ) ( timber tirnber ) ; quite a lot of timber has been rafted down the river to different mills along the river ; they ( generally crenerally ) happen to catena rise ; they could not do much in the ordinary stage of the river . ( There TheTe ) has been a good deal of logging on the river in ( Ms his ) recollection ; hardwood and ( cottonwood 6ottoliwood ) principally ; ( some sonie ) places in the ( va1- va1 ) ley were heavily timbered with large timber when ( he lie ) first ( knew Imew ) it ; there was a great deal of that class of timber in the ( river Tiver ) valley ( on oii ) both sides of the river ; that timber has been pretty ( well wll ) cut out . |