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Show 294 6481 4472 Karnell- C A No, I don't think it deposits them further down. Q You think it goes right through and scours it all the way down? A It raises the level of the river. Q What is it? A It raises the level of the river above the canyon, kind of spreads this sand out, and raises the level. Q And then when the water starts to go down, then it rearranges the sand? A Yes sir. Q So that in one place in the river you may find a sandbar today, and it won't be there tomorrow? A Yes sir. Q You get some floods there during the months of August and September nearly every year, don't you? A Every year I have been in Bluff; they are in the fall of the year usually. Q Sometimes the water in this fall raise in the river will come up a good many feet, won't it? A I have seen it raise thirty feet in one night. Q And that has the same effect upon the sandbars as the |