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Show mm Powell Took Diverse Crew OFFICIAL ENTRY . . discover a wonderful world of values . B- -l what freaks the water has cut with the tintypes. Those on the first page are spoiled. Mother has but one eye, while all that is left of Aunt Marsh is just the top of her head. Eddie has while his ch;n untouched Henry loses nearly all his face in short, they are all four spoiled. More runs and June portages until they reach the mouth of the Uinta River. In camp until July 6. All write lots of letters. Some go to the Uinta Indian Agency and Frank Goodman leaves the 21-2- 8 party. man. If he can only study geology he will be happy without food or shelter, but the rest of us are not afflicted with it to an alarming extent. Wildest day of Aug. 14 trip so far. Waves frightful. Line down rapids. Poor accommodations for sleeping. The major and Sumner find a space wide enought to make a double bed and if they dont he still we shall hear something drop and one of them in the river before morning. I sleep in a wide seam of the rock where I cant roll out. around Others like eave swallows. Furious rapAug. ids, many portages. All quite worn out by constant running of rapids and climbing over granite cliffs letting boats down. More rapids. Rations only sufficient to sustain life. The thunderstorm. Heavy rain poured down in torrents and the thunder peals echo through the canyon from crag to crag making wild music for the lightning to dance to." More rapids and portages. I feel more unwell so wet, I am ripe tonight for any disease. The scanty food has reduced me to poor condition, but I am still in good spirits and am threatening all sorts of revenge when I get to decent food once 15-2- 5 .Took a long walk tonight beside tne lako (July and thought of home, contrasted its comforts and privileges with the privations we suffer here and asked myself why am I here? July 6 Push off on second leg of trip. Eat potato top greens and all get sick. Major Powell July 7 climbs a ledge, gets stuck and is rescued by Bradley who lowers his long drawers which the major grabs and is pulled to safety. A terrible gale of July 9 dry hot wind swept our camp and roared through the canyon mingling itc sound with the hollow roar of the cataract making music fit for the infernal regions. They run a succession of cataracts for 20 4) alone miles. More rapids. July 10-1-6 The majors boat swamps one day, Bradleys the next. Very hot, nearly 100 degrees. Most of us unwell today from eating sour beans last night. i Reach Grand July ite again. walls closing in. Come 21-2- 0 on the MORGRO Side of the Street! reputation for holding up wasn't earned by breaking down. &nra 486-923- 1 EDGER-TRIMM- ER GOES WHERE MOWERS CAN'T! PELLETED LAWN and GARDEN FERTILIZER Model U-2- 12 Reasons Why Morgro Is Best Big, motor powerful m Morgro fertilizer contains all 13 growing elements vital to grow lawns, flowers, trees, shrubs and vegetables. 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OR OF FRAN- ENTER FREE Always Greener No More Pulling or Yanking . . . Just Flip a Switch! 16-2- 0 Schettler-William- s, ONE SAN Shop Now and Save . . . Use Your Credit! to worst rapid yet seen. The water dashes against the left bank and then is thrown furiously back against the right. The billows are huge and I fear our boats could not ride them if we could keep (Colorado) River. Camp. them off the rocks. The specOverhaul food. Get two beatacle is appalling to us. vers. Excellent rating and Three other huge ones in sight tails make good souo. I with below. There is discontent in a blanket spread on a little camp tonight and I fear some beach of sand shaded by overof the party will take to the mountains, but I hope not. hanging willows have been sleeping off the effects of This is decidedly the darkest beavertail soup. day of the trip, but I dont de9 - July Push off down spair yet. I shall be one to try to run it rather than take to the Colorado. Run into continuous rapids. Lots of portages the mountains. Tis darkest so they wont spoil the food. just before the day and I Rapids get worse. "They trust our day is about to dont interest me much unless dawn. Tried in vain to fve can run them. That I like, Aug. 28 but portage dont agree with get around or down the cliff More bad and came to the determinarny constitution. rapids. Boats leaking. Walls tion to run the rapiu or perish in the attempt. Three men reclosing in. They get two sheep fused to go farther (the How"which in the present reduced state of our rations is hailed land brothers and Bill Dunn) as the greatest event of the and we had to let them take to the mountains. They left us trip. I Reach mouth of with good feelings although July 31 the San Juan River. The we deeply regret their loss as rocks are hissing hot, the they are as fine fellow's as I temperature seldom below 100 ever had the good fortune to meet. Rest of the party take degrees. I Aug. Camp. The the two bigger boats and jnajor dallies. He ought to make it through the first get the Jatitr.de and longitude rapid all in one piece. The three boys stood on the cliff of every mouth of a river not before known, and we are looking at us and having willing to face starvation if waved them adieu we dashed fcecessary to do it, but further through the next rapid ... We than that he should not ask us had never seen such a rapid to wait and he must go on before, but we have run a soon or the consequences will worse one since this P.M. . . . be different from what he It stands of the Anticipates. trip. - Aug. Easy run Aug. 29 Country through Monument Canyon, improves. Ran all rapids then rapids. Constant wetting. today without stopping to look at them for we have no time Exposure to parching sun to waste in looking. All we Boats need jells on us. repairing. They are growing regret now is that the three old faster, if possible, than wc boys who took to the mounare. Many portages. Clothing tains are not here to share our joy and triumph. wearing out. Reach the Little Colorado. Aug. 30 Country opens 11 and cannot I Aug. they find a Mormon man Camp. ; see a man of the party more and two boys at the mouth of destitute than I am. Thank the Rio Virgin. They have a God the trip is nearly ended good meal and he writes for it is no place for a man in home to assure his mother he my circumstances, but it will is all right. After the trip, Powell and let me out of the Army and for that I would almost agree his brother went to Salt Lake to explore the river Styx. and Billy City. Bradley Hawkins took one of the boats JtTen are uneasy and discontented, anxious to move on. and went on to Fort Yuma, 1If Major does not do someAriz., and Jack Sumner and Andrew Hall continued on to thing soon, I fear the consethe Gulf of California. quences, but he is contented The three men who left the And seems to think that biscuits made of sour and musty party and took to the mounflour and a few dried apples tains were killed by Shivwit is ample to sustain a laboring Indians. Volvo's 0ISC0VEH TO Here is all you do to enter No purchase required. Enter as often as you wish. Pick up free entry blanks and complete details at any PRO HARDWARE STORE listed below. Void where prohibited by law. All federal, state and local regulations apply. Back in granExpect trouble, 26-2- 7 WENT TO CO OH 0 ONE WEEK AMERICA VACATION OE OUR CHOICE THE FOLLOWING PLACES: LAS VEGAS, CISCO, PHOENIX, NEW T3RK (ITT WIN! 50 GLAMOROUS VACATIONS more. Aug. . WE line Jamboree Sale! 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