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Show Jones- D 370 ordinary and customary amount of water in it and these floods that you speak of? A No sir, I couldn't; the river changes the channel very often; it changes the channel over night, I mean. Q What do you mean by changing the channel? A It will out from one side to the other; one night it would be deep on one side and shallow on the other; the next morning likely the current would be cutting the other way. Q How much, what distance from one side to the other? A All the way from three hundred feet to half a mile. Q And you say that may change in a night? A Yes sir. BY THE SPECIAL MASTER: Q How many months in the year do you have those heavy rain storms where that would happen? A Well, usually in July and along in September. MR. FARNSWORTH: In July and into September, did he say? SPECIAL MASTER: And along in September BY MR. BLACKMAR: Q Does the San Juan river freeze over in the winter at times? A Yes sir. Q Freeze solid? A Yes sir. Q In the winter time and at other months in the year do you have periods when the river is very dry? A Well, the only time I have ever seen it dry was in late 2337 |