Show Yampa River II Expedition is 1 Completed F Fri ri I W Wild d Life in Primitive and Unexplored River Can Can- Canyons Canyons Canyons Unrivaled In EntIre North America I I Vernal again on Friday last be became be- be became became came the center of western river navigation for exploring when Dr Russell G 0 Frazier of Bingham assisted as assisted as- as assisted by Alton Hatch II river ex explorer ex- ex exI explorer N I and companions completed a trip through Yampa canyon With Ideal water conditions pre pre- prevailing pre prevailing I I the group completed the trip In Just six days and report the voyage as the first ever er attempted In which neither of the boats ov- ov overturned overturned ov overturned J I Great flocks o of ducks and geese numerous deer and an extra ordin ordin- ordinary ordin- ordin ordinary ordinary ary number of twin fawns moun mountain tain sheep and prong horned an antelope an- an antelope antelope were sighted by the party while which stamps the Yampa river country as one of the primitive areas of the west westI I From Lily Park Colo the em embarking em- em embarking barking place for tor the one hundred II em-II I and fifty mile mUe jaunt the group travelled In their bottomed rubber rubber I boats ten miles mUes the first day and andI I averaged better than twenty five twenty miles the remaining days Stops ere made at Jackson Draw liar liar- Hardin din Har-din din Hole where caves and pros pros- prospector prospector prospectors s claims v a nere ere examined at Charlie Mandela Mandels s ranch near the mouth of the Yampa at Joness Jones s j Hole and at Hod Hoo Ruple s ranch I At the latter place Charles Kelly I Indian expert of or the party studied t tD D a valuable collection of Indian rel relics rel- rel relles relics J ics les owned by Mr and Mrs Ernest I Excepting the geysers ge sers Bryce Canyon Zions Zion s and Yellowstone I park combined haven t the grand grand- grandeur grandeur grandeur eur of scenery to be found on our day seven day trip vMs wlas the state state- statement statement tate tate- ment of Dr J E Broaddus one of Utah's foremost explorers and f outdoor enthusiasts who was a member of the party j Others on the trip were Henry B pharmacist of the Vernal Drug company on his first river trip Charles Kelly arch arch arch- and Harold Miller sports editor of the Deseret D ret News all of Salt Lake City During the trip Dr Frazier ex exposed ex- ex exposed exposed posed feet fret of or 16 18 mm rom colored film fUm which he plans to use In a series of Illustrated lectures Over two hundred and an fifty photographs from which slides are to be made were also taken as well as O 3 feet f of regular movie film f Sunbeam was the starting point for a seven day trip of I Continued on page four 1 iPA Al RIVER E EXPEDITION EDITION I IS COMPLETED D FRIDAY Continued from page one tion photographing and and fishing through the gorges and canyons of at the Yampa and Green rivers Dr Frazier and Alton Hatch veteran vet vet- veteran vet veteran eran river explorers have made a number of river trips together Through the Green Oreen river gorges from Rock Springs Wyo to Jens Jen- Jen s n s yn n In 1934 In 1935 the trip was as asI extended from Jensen to Boulder I Dam In Nevada making one of the most daring exploits in Wes Wes- Wes Wes- Western Western I i tern history On these trips tour four I Vernal men Mr Hatch his broth broth- brother brother broth cr er Bus Royce Ra ce Mowrey and Frank SWain accompanied Dr Frazier Bill Fahrni Fahmi of Lark was also along alongI In 19 1936 the same group finished I the perilous Salmon river trip be- be beI begun be begun gun the year yeas before beloro g I from the river of no return bat bat bat- battered tired bat red and ill iU but concluding suc- suc successfully successfully suc successfully that which was thought an almost Impossibility On this trip Dr Wallace Calder of Vernal tic c them Dr Broaddus with this group also made a journey through the Green river gorges Mr Kelly Mr Miller and Mr vere Nere in- in initiated initiated In Initiated into the sport cf of river thrills given gi while life Is endangered at very ery turn The t two 0 waLe boats they used had their bottoms and edges with ith heavy rubber belting and were especially designed for the rough they received In the boats was as stored the per per- personal personal per personal I of the explorers food focal and equipment needed forthe for forthe forthe the trip Compartments made wa-I wa waIter wa- wa watertight wa ter tight ter-tight ter stored the perishables 1 such as films food To prevent loss of tools in case of I ac-I ac- ac accident ac accident they were stored away ay most carefully I Dr Lazier is an expert amateur I photographer He lIe took over eight I hundred feet of colored films and andi i three hundred feet of rums films of the beautiful scenery on II the trip It Is his int Intent nt to rue file these as permanent river data Bill BUl Fahrni Fahmi and Bus Dus Hatch who expected to Join the party here I were ere unable to come comeI I |