Show LURE OF THE FAMED r COLORADO IS GROWING U ht Perilous Gorge Awal Awakens Interest In terest t of oC Thousands Thousands Traversed b by Uns ins been Seven Expeditions Expeditious The Tho Colorado river and Its Us navi navi- by letters of In In- gallon g atlon Uon as as' nce In largo large numbers are more than ever attracting the attention of of t tourists In every case Il the lic c Inquirer desires to know just how many parties par par- ties ties have have successfully negotiated the river ver and Its Us r rapids by y boat boa The United ni c States geological survey officially of of- ci llY states tes that the stream has hasteen teen Seen traversed by seven parties or ex ex- t r f The first Powell expedition in 1869 traversed the Colorado from Green reen River Wyo Wo to to the mouth of the the river The party was disbanded disbanded- at the mouth of tho the Virgin Virgin Vir Vir- gin gin lit river but Hall and Summer two members of f tho the party continued to the tie g gUIf it The second Powell expedition expedition I li tion n In 1871 went from Green River Wyo to Lees Lee's Ferry Ferry Feny Ariz Arz rz and In th that l toll following owing year continued from fromes frome's He's Hes es e's Ferry FeN to t the e mouth of at Kanab re reek k On to the thc Gulf Gull In n 90 1889 Robert Robe t B. B Stanton nado Dade the trip from the lower end of cataract canyon to the gulf making surveys surveys- for tor a railway ro gh the greater part of or the rand canyon section During the evious year he had traversed the lve iW ver from Green River Utah to farble canyon in co connection with I he ho same surveys but owing to the I bath lealh Ul by drowning of Mr Brown the I resident resident o of the railway co company the Stanton expedition broke up to toIe toe toie ie e continued In the following year per lied mentioned above Mr Brown perched peri per per- i ched lCd in Marble canyon The Stanon Stanon Stan- Stan on on party included a considerable umber umber of assistants In 1968 a man named Flavell ac- ac by another man made madelie he tie lie trip In one boat f from om Green Rv- Rv r Wyo to Yuma r Ariz Its is 7 1896 two men Galloway and made t the e trip from lenry's nry's fork in Wj Wyoming to Needles I al al fn In 8 1907 the Russell Monnette arty larty made the trip from Green liver Utah to Needles Calf Cal f Galloways Galloway's Second Trip In 1909 the Stone expedition com com- rising four persons and including lalloway Calloway who had made the trip the canyon 7 in 7 1896 made madelie lie ho trip from Green River Wyo to edles Cal CaI In In 1911 12 the Kolb brothers made he trip from Green River Wyo to Cal and in 1913 one of li he brothers E. E L. L Kolb completed h he ho trip from Needles to the gulf Of Or these expeditions those by Maor Maor Maor Ma- Ma or Powell were made for purposes if 4 survey and exploration r. r Stanton's trips were ma made e for tor or orlie h lie he specific purpose of ascertaining hether hather the construction of a rail rall- railway r ay way through the canyon was able The Stone and nd Kolb lohs lons i ns were made for the purpose of or Ii detaining photographs All others were made for the pure purpose pur pur- rose pose e of locating minerals or in the of adventure Danger anger Ever l Present The geological survey states that ie re Colorado river has many sections here rapids occur In box can canyons ons ml nd d that It Is Impossible to le e these theBe box canyons except by boat 11 Il boatmen who have been through ch h rapids agree that it is s a hazards hazard- hazard as s undertaking and requires expert of handling a 1 boat It Is respect that the Colorado Iver ver er is s perhaps the most dangerous t earn keam eam In the west The large load lIt carried by try the waters of ot the lorado increases the danger in sections owing to the forman forma forma- on n of sucks duo to the whirl of water caused by obstructions In Ino ino o o bed of the river These ob ob- ructions in the case of the Colo- Colo do ao river more than likely are ig san sand The Colorado has tho Best stretch of ot canyon section n hick rapids are continuous continuous' and In inIch Mch Ich there thero is no ty of en- en anco ance anco or exist except by the river elf This condition naturally incases In cases eases ases tho the danger of navigation 1 tit lIt It Is not advisable for green at boating to start on a trip own wn wn the Colorado without seeking vico from boatmen who ho can point t at the hazards attending such a ap PIP p |