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Show 7203 Grimm- D 5184 Q Did you have any difficulties on your up or down journey other than this occasion when your raft came in con-tact with this rock, except the hard work of rowing up stream and guiding the draft down stream? A No sir, we had no difficulty. Q Have any trouble with shallow water? A There was one place down at Nigger Bill where there is a shelf of rock that the water runs over that our raft struck a little bump of that shelf; I just steeped off of it into the water, took a two- by- four and raised it; it went right on over it, and away it went. Q Was there any deeper section of the channel at that point than where this got stuck? A I don• ft know whether there was or not; apparently the water runs over a shelf there. Q Who was Montgomery, what was his business? A Well, he worked at the Carpenter business around there. Q Did you ever own a farm down below Moab? A Yes sir. Q You continued your business of running a blacksmith shop up town, though, did you? A How is that? Q Did you continue the running of a blacksmith shop |