Show Exploration Group Left Moab Wednesday on Trip Down Colorado to Hite Kenneth I I. I Ross foss headquartering headquartering at Mancos Colorado who Is widely known for his work as an archeologist ex exploring the vast back country of the southwest brought a party par par- party ty of ten into Moab Tuesday of this week and on Wednesday morning they embarked on a a. a trip down the Colorado River destination HUes HUe's Ferry Working under the name of So Southwest Explorations Mr Ross every year takes out parties par par ties of river rats or during the trips makes river rats of them On this trip are Dr Frank Thorp professor of animal husbandry husbandry hus bandry at Michigan State at East Lansing and his son Frank 17 Dr Jr Harold Lambert of Berk Berkley ley and sons John 18 8 and How How- aid ard 16 Henry Park 17 Washington Washington Wash ington D. D C C. the Hoyt twins Alfred and Edward 17 whose father is civilian administrator at Las AlImo and J. J W W. Fulton Fulton Ful ton cook for lor the party parry who halls hails from Cortez and who uses cooking as s An excuse to go on on these river trips trips- The party will wm travel In three boats and according to Mr Ross they may have have- to make quite a number of portages because I of unusually low water Portages Portages Port Port- ages too take a lot of ot time me so the party may be off several days on their expected arrival at Hite tentatively set for the I 2nd of September of You cant can't go goby goby goby by schedule on river trips according ac cording to 10 Mr Ross and we never nev nev- never er r say we will be at any place on a certain date data for no telling what you may come across that will call for more more exploration The portages expected will willbe willbe willbe be mostly In n the part of the trip lying between Green River and Dark Oark Canyon In which are tobe to tob tobe b be found some 72 rapids we weare weare weare are told where the din of ot fall I n Ing water Is so great that thata a human voice Is completely lost unless one shouts almost direct directly ly Iy into the ear of the person he wishes to communicate with From this are says Mr Ross there are about ten ways one could walk out If It all aU the boats were lost a thine which would never happen There are at least ten places he where claims one could get through and over the canyon wall and make his hi way to Blanding and without starving or dying of thirst Mr Ross states that the flow In the San Sa Juan Is lowest in 34 years and that he had to cancel can cel eel any more ore trips down that river until next year |