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Show 4338 Loper- D 2358 the point of sand on the turn of a sand bar. That is where I would always get wet. When you come to a rapid you coil your rope up and put it in the boat and get the nose of your boat and get out in the river to go up over that rapid. BY THE SPECIAL MASTER: Q That is what is called nosing the boat? A Yes sir. BY MR. BLACKMAR: Q You were by yourself on that trip? A Yes sir. Q When you got back to Hite, Utah, what did you do, Mr. Loper? A I put in that summer down on what was called the Olympia bar. By the way, in making this trip up the river I was pretty badly run down, took me about all summer to get over that; I was pretty badly shot. I made the same trip afterwards and didn't hurt me near so bad, because I had different conditions. But that summer I place red all by myself down on the Olympia bar, about thirty- five miles below Hite. Q What company did you have in the canyon down there? Who was down there besides yourself? A My nearest neighbor was three and a half miles; that is, at that time,-- that summer I am telling you about, my |
