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Show 7271 Cooley- D 5251 spring of 1897, prospecting, and I stayed there -- I went to work for Mr. Branson somewhere near the 20th of September in 1897 as a sawyer. Q Was that pay day? A Sir? Q Was that pay day? A No, it wasn't pay day; I had no pay day until I worked for him; I was working for myself. Q When you say you know of some rafting approximately about the 20th of some month, how do you fix it as the 20th, that is what I want to know. A Well, sir, the reason I remember, it was about a month apart we left the river up there, and I was in Moab Thanksgiving day, 1897. Q Well, at any rate, you say you did accompany one raft down? A Yes sir. Q Do you know whether any other lumber besides that that you accompanied down was taken or hauled away from the mill on this same road that you went on when you accompanied this raft? A Well, there was a raft -- I think possibly there was a raft before I went there. Q Just pay attention to the question. I am asking you if you know of other lumber being hauled away during this first season of cutting on Castle creek and being hauled towards |
