Show i WATER IN GnEI GREEN X RIVER RIVEn WAS SO MUDDY THAT HUNDREDS OF 01 FIST FISH DIED DIEU DIEDo o Did you ever hear of a river being so muddy that the fish had hind to come to the top tOll to get air That's the thc truth But the fish could not live on air alone and thousands died The recent heavy r rains a i ins n s brought to mind a fish story The story was told by William Haberkorn Haberkorn Haberkorn Haber- Haber korn who vho lives near Ouray It is believed that Matt 1 Curry and the Ouray ferryman will corroborate corroborate corroborate orate what Mr Haberkorn says The rain in question fell fen last summer If Haberkorn's memory memory memory memo- memo ry serves him right it was in August Green river rose about a a foot foot and and a half halt The water wate a was so mudd muddy that It could have been cut with a knife So man many fish came to the top of the water ater 1 l that it was no trouble at all to i catch them The Ouray ferryman ferryman ferry ferry- man caught several hundred of different kinds O One e w white fish he caught weighed 22 pounds says sas Haberkorn |