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Show I R1 River ver Explorer ExplorerI ExplorerCelebrates ExplorerCelebra-tes ExplorerCelebra tes I Celc Celebrates brates - 72nd 72ndBirthday 72ndBlrthd Birthday y at Salt LakeBert LAke LAkeBert Bert Loper noted Utah riveroxplorer riverxplorer river riverxplorcr xplorcr oxplorer -xplorer xplorer - who during July cornp com corn comp cornp p eted one of his annual excur excur- excursions excursions excur- excur excursions - - sions down tlie the last las t unexploredtributary unexplored unexploredtributary unexploredtributary tributary of the Colorado river already al already already ready haa h88 has another itch tor for the thefeel thefeel thefeel feel of a light llght boat k-lpplng k lpplng skipping - over overtortuous overtortuous overtortuous tortuous rapids although he will willcelebrate willcelebrate willcelebrate celebrate his hi * seventy second birth birthday birthday birthdav day July 24thFor 24thFor 24th 24thFor For many year years * Mr Loper was wascustodia.n wascustodian wascustodian custodia.n custodian . of the old Masonic Masonictemple Masonictemple Masonictemple temple building in Salt Lake butalways but butalways butalways always his h18 first love lovl ' has been theColorado the theColorado theColorado Colorado and Oreen Green rivers Heprobably He Heprobn.bly Heprobably probn.bly probnbly probably . Is ls more morf ' familiar fam11lar with the two great ifea\ ifea ifearivers \ riTers rivers- rivers riverstwJats - ' ' ' twist twJats twists * and turns turnsgOl'fres turnsgorges turngorges * gOl'fres gOlfres gorges ' and canyons than any other oth oth- other other - er man utve altve alive altveFor aliveFor ( utveFor For year Ydrs yetlrs * Mr Loner Loper has beenmaking been beenmaking beenmaking making at least one trip eachyear each eachVPIlT eachyear VPIlT year and his hb explorations eX1)loratJons eX1loratJons ) havetaken have havetaken havitaken taken him h1m over every overy major dver river dverrrom riverfrom rtvelrrom rrom from the Oulf Gulf Gull of California Cal1toJn1a : to the theGreen theGreen th thOreen'river Green Oreen'river Oreenriver 'rIver rIver ' ' $ ver HU H1a Ills trip "this this " thl8 this sum Sum- Sumner um-ner um ner - . ner doirn d01Vn down the Yampa rlw river through throughYamp throughYampa throughyampa Yamp Yampa . canyon to Qreen Oreen Green rivet river rivernade nude 11Rde nade ' his exploration of the Coloado Colo- Colo Coloado Colo-ado Colo ado - ado riter river complete completeI completeII"t I II\"t II "t t n \ . ast . < " t year rear Loper and two other othernen other"Tlen othernen -nen nen "Tlen Tlen - " traveled t'veled tveled " ' the entire course ot of ofhe o ohe othe < he Green river In a light boathereby boat boathereby boathereby hereby experiencing thrills HO no oth oth- oth othr oth-r oth r - - r men meq have encountered New- New News- News News'Japer Newsaper Newaaper - ' aaper 'Japer Japer aper ' accounts ounts acxounta ae of the trip told tord ol of ofh ofI oler I h ' er f'T fT wave waves * tour four feet high and andjeep andjeep andieep jeep canyons C8nJOns us 118 as magnificent magnutcent andwe andtwe and andwe \we we twe < \ we Inspiring as a * the Grand Orand can- can canon canon can canon - on onBorn Born In Bowling BowUng Green Oreen , MoTuly Mo , . July luly 31 1M 1869 * Mr Loper came to3 to toSalt Salt slt lt Lake City 20 year yeats years * ago He Ile Hes . , rev s been bf't"n bftn ' " active In United SpanishWar Spanish SpanishWar SpanishWar War Veteran a * organization organlza.tlQns organlzatlQns organizattOns . * hereDecplte here hereDespite ere ereDespite Despite her husband husbands a * eeal zeal coal for'aver for foriver -iver iver 'aver aver ' - riding Mrs Mr * Loper never has has"ccompanied hassceompanled hasiccompanted "ccompanied ccompanied sceompanled " him on any of the the1angerous the9angerous thelangerous 1angerous 9angerous trip trips * and she indicated indicatedhat indicatedhat Indicatedhat hat she Iso isn Isnt t particularly eager to to'iave toiave 1ave ' ' save him take another rtver river trip tripthJ'I tripthis tripUili thJ'I thJI this ' year yearIn yearIn yearIn In addition to his own river ex excursion ex- ex excursions excursions - - cursion cursions * Mr Loper .Loper , . ha has * acted aguide as asguide asguide * guide for a number of expeditionand expeditions expeditionsand expeditionsand * and explorers of the western riv- riv rivers rivera - ers era |