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Show 111 -- 107-- shallow places are scattered on both sides of the river, Clogging the channel on the side of Mill Crook and below Courthouse Wash, and in a long straight stretch by sings Bottom - Mile 60 to 61. The large motorboat was stuck at Mile 3.8, [ sic 53.8] Miles 5.4.5 [ sic 54.5] and 55.9, 56.7, 51.1, and again at 54.8, the mouth of courthouse Wash about a quarter of a mile below the dock." R. 229. They had no trouble at all at the mouth of Mill Creek. " At that time we had no particular trouble in getting through the channel at that particular place, though broken by bars, the channel was deep enough for us without striking the bottom." R. 229- 230. " I am at Moab now". The big boat got stuck in the vicinity of Mile 64.7 or 64.8, at the mouth of courthouse Wash. R. 230. He observed no land along the Colorado River that seemed capable of agricultural use, between the mouth of Mill Creek and the junction of the Green and Colorado River. Mill Creek is the end of Moab Valley. The river does not touch Moab. Mill Creek in really Moab. The boat dock is within about two miles of Moab. R. 231. " Q Between the mouth of the San Rafael and the mouth of the Green River, did you notice any lands in there that looked like they were susceptible of being converted into farms and irrigated? " A There are two or three places or flats that are about 100 across each, with, I should say, a total acreage of 500 to 1000 acres; 3,000 acres is probably too much - |