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Show 7205 Grimm- D 5188 Q Did you ever personally see any rafts on the river, any lumber rafts on the river? A Not only the one that I brought down. Q Now, was Montgomery• fs carpenter shop near your black-smith shop? A Yes sir, he used a portion of my shop, blacksmith shop, for his carpenter shop. Q During what period of time did you observe lumber that supplies the people of Moab being hauled up from the river there at Moab? A Well, there was some before I took that raft down, which was in August of 1898, there was some had been brought down by Branson before that, and he brought several rafts after that. Q Did you have knowledge of the period of hauling up from the river so that you can give the court any idea as to how long a period that practice of hauling lumber up from the river to Moab went on? A I would say from eight to ten years that occurred every summer, when there would be rafts brought down there. Q Do you know how that lumber you saw brought up from the river would get there, except by rafts? A No, there was no other way for it to get there. |