The Alaska daily empire., 1921-10-28

Captain Wallace Langley, manager of the Alaska Rivers Navigation Con- pany, passed through Juneau yester- day on the Alameda on his way to the States for the winter after a profitable and encouraging season in the kuskokwim. Captain Langley left McGrath on Septenlter 13, ,CRne out over various Interiog routes aud should reach Seattle Sunday egeninst
 McCrath is at the mouth ijf '.he Tacotra River. whare it caters the Kuskokwim. Captain Langley took his canoe up the Tacotna River to the town of Tacot1a, a distance of do miles and at that point engaged q team to haul it over the new wagon road, now being constructed oy the Alaska Road Commission. whiah Toad connects the waters Of the kuskok vim and the Yukon.
 TMe,ve niles from T.eCtaa the roaG crosses YaDkes Creek, at which point he embarked in his tippy and succeeded in making Opli.. on the 14IHOhb hlNSl, ItC declares the only reason his hair did not i5ise his hat off his nee: was
 the lack of hair. for the upper ln uoko is some speedy stream At 0rhir he purchased a polling boat and being joined by John Johnson, road superintendent, and Jimmy thc Finn a well known old-timer of that locality. who is going back to Fir land to end his days, they proc coded down the river, making the run from Ophir to Cripple, a distance of 75 miles, in 10 hours. Two more lays were required to make lFairview, the headquarters of Max Sinel, the man who dug the Innoko River. At this point they abandoned the armstrong propeller boat and engaged an Indian with, four-horsepower gasoline ea- zine constructed during the 18th century.
 Reach Holy Cross
 They travelled in this boat night and day and in three days time reached Holy Cross. At this place Captain Langley caught the mail launch tSibilla" and made Q record run to Panama in GO hours, arriving there just in time to catch the steam- CT Alaska for Nenana. The steamer Alaska made close connections with the train for Fairbanks. It had been four years since Captain Langley last visited Fairbanks, and he declares he had to wear his arm in a. sling after shaking hands necessarily upon ar rival there Two days were spent there by the captain and he says he was most agreeably surprised to see how the town of Fairbanks had held up and. business apparently so pro gressive. sT < ' ,Aftey lea ving Fairbanks slie %went back to Nenana, spending couple of days there. leaving on Monday. October 3, arriving at Healy about neon, staying gfor the night, walking up to Riley Creek next day, but hay ing, 8 smalL,grip t2 ctrry. of not more than 20 pounds, which kept multiply ing in weight as the distance in- creased; he arrived at Riley with baggage weighing approximately 200 pounds-lat least that was the way it seemed to weigh, anyway Here he laid oyer to wait for the mail stage, to carry the grip the balance of .hc way
 Snow Encountered
 From Riley Creek Captain Langley was accompanied by Bobby Teousant and Paddy O'Brien. The first day the trio knocked off 10 miles. Snow followed by heavy rains caused the mushers to hait early in the day and lay over at Joe Gan3ons for more favorable weather During the night the rain changed to snow and the following morning it was a~cass of get out and mush in six inche' of snow. That day they made 1T miles