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Show 4321 Loper- D 2341 Q Well, now, what, if you recall, did you leave near the mouth of the San Juan for Lees Ferry? A I didn't get that. Q About what date was it that you left the mouth of the San Juan? A We left the mouth of the San Juan about October the 6th, around there close. BY THE SPECIAL MASTER: Mr. Loper tells me the memorandum which had to refresh his memory as to dates and distances was left in that room las night, and he can not find it this morning. It must be there. Won't he can not find it this THE WITNESS: Mr. Ryan searched everywhere. MR. RYAN: I couldn't find it any place; I searched that room from top to bottom. BY MR. BLACKMAR: Q Tell me how you got down to Lees Ferry with reference to any difficulties, if there were any, in the operation of the boat. A Our difficulties just consisted of the usual sandbars, and the water was very low at that time, and we ran on to a few sandbars; that is about all; we had our greatest difficulty along about the mouth of Navajo creek, which was just over the line from Utah. Q What kind of boat did you use come back in? A They sent a motor boat, a stern wheel, with a Sterling |