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Show Record to Indian Creek on the Colorado, taken near Greenriver, Utah, was 4614 received in evidence. The picture was taken near the place we started from. In coming back from Indian Creek, I came down to the junction, after making arrangements with Mr. Wolverton to meet us there to tow us back up to the San Rafael, and when we got to the junction Mr. Wolverton wasn't there, so we came on up 35 or 40 miles up the Green River until we met him, then he towed us up from there to 4615 Wimmer's ranch. He had a power boat. I think it was a side-wheeler. Right after that time I entered the employ of the Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad Company and since then I have made 4616 a few trips on the Green River from Greenriver down for 25 miles. In March, 1928, I made a trip on the Colorado River from North wash to Lees Ferry with the Galloways. We had 16 or 18 foot boats. We put them in the river at North wash, just above 4617 Hite. They were open boats. We never got any water in the open 4618 boats on that trip. On that trip from North wash to Lees Ferry with the boats we had we had no trouble. On the trip that I have described on the Green and Grand Rivers in the boats that had no power, I cannot recollect that we had any serious trouble on any of them that interfered with our 4619 navigation of the rivers. If we got out of the channel, we hit a sand bar. We would stop, push off and go on. I didn't call that trouble. That is the only thing I ever encountered. Like anybody else I would get on a sand bar and just push off. My experience as to difficulties or obstructions to navigation in the power boats was the same. We never had any serious trouble. The boats that I used without power were 22 inch sides. The draft of those boats loaded was 12 to 14 inches. 4620 Harry Taylor Howland testified on cross examination as 669 |