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Show 5798 3798 245 Q Right there, the samples which were taken at Lees Ferry, are they taken by the gager? A Yes, sir, by Mr. Clark. shipped in? A The samples are shipped in to us at no particular intervals. We like to get them as quick as possible. We used to get our samples about once a month; today we may get last received. Q Do you mean that he takes them daily? A He takes the water samples daily, and the silt samples he has taken three times a week, except during themselves period of rapid fluctuations; especially in the springs, he takes sample every day. In the San Juan River, we took silt and water samples just summer, while I was there, August 12 to September 21, 1928. During that time of 40 days, I took something like 570 silt samples, in a period of 40 days. And this summer on the San Juan River, we had an observer from Washington, in addition to the regular observer. Mr. Love took something over 700 samples, |