Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-05-04
GOVERNMENT men
FACE NO DANGER
H. C. Goodman, An Old Timer on
Utah Rivers, Says Rescue
Win be Easy.
SAW PARTY ONE WEEK AGO.
II Opened Up for Navigation, Green
And Grand Would Do Much for
Development OF Country.

81 do not believe the government men
will have any difficulty in getting
through all right said H. c. Goodman
OF Moab, a pioneer OF the southeastern
section of Utah, speaking in reference
to the reported disappearance OF Lee.
1caston, chief clerk of engineers and
Lieut.. Charles Z. Leeds. of the govern
ment engineering corps, who We're ssnt
out to explore the Grand and Green
rivers in Utah with reference to the
Feasibility of navigating these streams,
Il met the party going south on the
river at 1'hompson's week ago" con-
tinucd Nj. Goodman, Ross Wheeler,
the old pilot of Green river, was with
them, and Wheeler knows the rivers
almost as we'll as do, and / hayo
been up and down them for 40 years. I
warned them at the time that .hey
had better take their skiff out of the
rive. in time to avoid the narrows.
which is some few miles above the
junction of the two rivers, aud walk
until the danger point was passed.
! There Is a COW camp about half way
| between Thompsons and the narrows.
and they could get food and shelter
there, 50 there is no danger OF their
starving to death; and with old Ross
! Wheeler along there is no danger OF
| their doing anything rash with lesard
| to the rivers. The narrows Is the only
| dangerous point, but there is real dan
| ger to the uninitiated in there. The
river narrows in between high noun
\ tains of rock an either side, and piece
| of rock have fallen down into the &
! of the river, making 1t very danger j
to pass through With any kind Of
boat. Wheeler knows all about tlils
| places and of course would avoid the
| dangers ordinarily to be encountered.
Unless some accident has happened,
am satisfied the men will show UP all
right in due time.
II understood Tom WINNER has sent
! his boat out to look for the govern
| ment men. Tom has the best boat on
the river equipped with double boilers
1 and engines. If tho party Is on the
1 river he will find them.
MAY BLAST OUT NARRows.
4 Il have been down in that country
for 40 vars" Mr.. Goodman went on,
n and / have sailed up and down the
i Grand and Green rivers q good deal.
1 formerly had boats on the rivers for
commercial purposes but that is some
time ago. The narrows presented an
/ effectual bar to the further navigation
! of the rivers, even for small draft
boats, through TO the Colorado. The
i government engineers may find they
can blast out the rock in the Narrows,
but there are many difficulties to DO
encountered and the surveys being
made will doubtless develop everything
to be encountered in that line.
] t.-.li'Jf would he n SrlienGii thing for the
4 development of southeastern Utah and
| all the lower country II the three
rivers could be nayigated. Commerce
| could come UP from the Pacific ocean
and intermediate points clear up to
Green River, Utah, and Moab on the
! Grand. opening up o rich country and
| providing cheap method of transports
ing freight. Ali the people in my sec
| ton of the country will await with In
terest the result OF the Investigations
| OF the government engineers on the
| subject"
NIr, Goodman IS in the city on bust
| ness pertaining to financial matters,
! and was this morning closeted with tho
| officials Of prominent banking institu-
! tion in this city.