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Show 976 " Q While you were down there in the San Juan river did you have occasion to cross and re- cross the river? " A I have crossed every way you can think of. " THE SPECIAL MASTER: We are talking about 1895? " MR. BLACKMAR: 1895. " A I have waded across, I have swum across, and I have boated across, and there has been times I wouldn't cross, not with an open boat. " Q When you were in there in 1894 or 1895 did you ever observe any sudden floods come down there? " A I have been working the rocker along the river banks and not a cloud in the sky, and have seen the river raise eight feet." R. 2320. This happened at the foot of Honaker Trail where there was a box canyon and the river can not get out of its bed. There were talus slopes there on both sides of the river, and the canyon is pretty steep. After leaving, he stayed around Moab until October, 1895. R. 2320. At that time he saw the Colorado [ now the Grand] frequently. The brick kiln which he constructed at Moab was located about a mile from the river. At that time there was no bridge at Moab, but there was a ferry boat there. At that time, while he was around Moab, he saw boats on the Colorado River, one a ferry boat, and the biggest boat outside of that was about a sixteen foot rowboat. The ferry boat was used for " ferrying teams and stock; when I left there they ferried three thousand sheep across one day." R. 2321. The ferry boat had no power and was a cable boat propelled by the current of the river and ropes. While he was at Moab he did not see any |