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Show 47 6233 4225 Ross- D A My wife, Mrs. Ross, was on the trip we took down there; the owner said he would name it in her honor if she would help to pilot it back again, so he named it the Paddy Ross after that. Q How far down the river did you go on that trip? A We went to the cataracts, the head of the Cataract canyon. Q Did you get hung up on any sandbars on that trip? A Yes sir. BY MR. FARNSWORTH: Q You say you did? A Yes sir. BY MR. BLACKMAR: Q How did you get the boat off? A We pushed off, had a light boat it was easy to handle, four of us going down, four men, besides the women. BY THE SPECIAL MASTER: Q Where did the extra man come from? A That was MR. Woodruff; he had a claim down there on the bottom lands down the river about possibly sixty miles be- |