Show L River Running in Utah Popular Exciting Sport River history was made twice this past month on two little little- known Utah rivers the rivers the Dolores Dolor Dolor- es and the rivers in southeastern Utah The Dolores is a man maor feeder stream of the C lora and runs north through Colorado parallel paral paral- lel to the Utah Colorado o line for miles to a PO point lt east of Moab where it enters Utah and empties into the Colorado at Dewey Dowey Utah 44 miles east of Moab Little known and passing passing passing pass pass- ing through a a practically unexplored unexplored country the iDol Dolores res was navigated a month ago f for r the first time in history by Mr and Mrs Pr Walker Grand Graild Junction and Dr rr and Mrs Otis Marston of Berkeley Calif CallI The mile trip ended at Moab I without serious mishap and with the river runners runners' reporting reporting report report- ing hag the trip to be on one of the most and arduous in inthe inthe inthe the nation A large portion of the trip was made through a canyon country little known even to range riders in the isolated isolated isolated iso iso- country near the Colorado Colora- Colora do do Utah harder border Further west of Moab a dangerous dangerous dangerous dan dan- and exciting boat trip and another first was successfully success- success fully ully brought to completion by Utah's Harry Aleson accompanied led by California's Georgia Giorgia White well-known well woman ex ex- ex- ex Aleson and White left leIt Escalante Escalante Esca- Esca lante ante via boat on the Escalante river May 24 destination Lees Ferry on the Colo Colorado ado river Running a swift treacherous river rover sometimes shallow sometImes sometimes sometimes some some- times passing through narrow rook rock wall at tremendous speed Aleson and White had plenty of navigation troubles At one time their boat was tipped over and they lost half halt heir hell supplies including in In- eLuding a wrist watch valuable film and other equipment some of was recovered further down dorwn stream where it had moat ed to the banks Despite the difficulties o of passing through an isolated country in an almost unknown stream Aleson r reported parted magnificent magnificent mag mag- scenery On Osa the seventh day after leaving Escalante the little party party party par par- ty reached the Colorado raver nver 88 miles upstream from om Lees Ferry Picking up food he had previously for foe such an occasion Aleson and White drifted on down dawn through Utah to Lees Ferry Ariz in one day dayon dayon dayon on on a swollen flood-swollen Colorado still stUl lull full of enthusiasm for river running in Utah |