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Show 4387 Loper- D 2407 remember of was just sixteen or eighteen feet row boats, and of course they would row where they could, and they would rope where they had to, that is, coming up the river. Going down the river, why, they were subject to all the -- THE SPECIAL MASTER: The question was, what boats you saw. A Bennett had a boat or two, that was about all; he did most of the running up and down at that time. And Lon Turner, he had a steel boat about twenty- four feet long. BY THE SPECIAL MASTER: Q Were those boats used for carrying supplies supplies up and down the river to placer miners, chiefly? A Just their own individual selves, not for other people. BY MR. BLACKMAR: Q Did you meet Julius Stone and his party? A Yes sir; I was roping a boat at that time. Q Did you meet any other parties which had come through from above the Cataract? A No sir. I met no other parties. There was an expedition gotten up in Greenriver in 1908, I believe; one of the men was drowned; the other man came down and worked with me a while, named W. J. Law. Of course, all I know about that is what he told me. |