Show call LOOSE nies AT PROVO on account of the impossibility of transporting supplies and fuel down the river to the camp the john L shafer no 1 A well was closed down tuesday the colorado river is still jammed with ice and until a thaw clears the channel permitting a resumption of navigation drilling cannot be started again for the past month light groceries and supplies had been transported to the camp by pack train but the stock of awl lub ri cating oils and other heavy supplies has been exhausted and these cannot be moved on mule back the drill will therefore have to remain idle until the colorado river Is again r navigable although the weather has moderated considerably the past few days the ice has not started to move and unless there Is a sudden chinook it may be a couple of weeks before the jams are taken out Tool pusher A P came up from the shafer camp tuesday and Tool dresser buck stewart arrived yesterday southern utah now has a direct highway connecting with arizona tn the completion of the leee ferry bridge across the colorado river al though the bridge will not be connally ton nally opened until next june it Is reported 1 open to traffic now |