The Stroller's weekly and Douglas Island news., 1921-11-05
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Territorial Road Builder Describes
 H1rishirs of Travel n Kus-
 kokwm Country
 Although dangerous and ,or,u- oa. my experience .u crossing che Yukon-Ku.kokv.m noruso on my r...nuy completed trp through Che Territory was Che most interesting of anr h.r. maic during ,hc amc T har. boon tn h.sa" said Col J.m. G. s,c.se president ot Che t.ss. Road Comm. .on. who with Major J. C. Gotva's. eueInccr for t.. comm. .on. and Karl Tb.olc Territorial surveyor general return. .I bon. or Che steamship Northwest ..u after a Grip of Inspection ot road work i'm Che Territory.
 "A ha.ty eianee at Che map of tIa..a would nlI..tc chat at some previous Umo Che EussosWm River probably flowed Into Che Yukon H... somewhere ne.r Che Russian Mission and Chat Che month of Che .0mHr.I waters was I'm Che sam. ,..r.. Later. as Che delta or che Yukon hut un hcsc combined u.r.. probably discharged through m. present mouth ot Che Yukon. .lnmeH n ...onI mouth back ol No'- son s.rI and .nroueh he estuary which now forms .le mouth of che Na.so.u.m River Finally ths IHn hmIt un uru Che rrcsent low rI.. oI .u.may unI bccamc high .r.ueH o- he rr.r channels h.- e.me low enough .o bc moro o- less
 separated
 Separated by Ridge
 .ht .nr ..fe. On. main channels o. H. Yukon and th. Kussolum a.. n.-...I hy n low ridge ol land orr .hou. twenty mHo. wide i'm Che vicinity ID. Russian Mission Ta. intervening ridge i. only a fcv ... ner and ..r..u ID. open tundra Io..I uIn lakes and Ioleh. Al Ir...rt ..l.ous a. m. year n drain. n.u lH. Eus.o.uIm and Yukon r.t. .-. Ir..t and aI.r hy mo.r. of Johnson cree. into Ife s.r..s of I..o. northwest o. Bethel
 .rH... H.. .'ar. he.n n nor.aee srrc n.s Ioa drIfe which ba. boon u..I In tae pl.l by Ono Indians and IT. EuaH. and f. used today .. a no... ror.. for t.e delivery o- maH n E..l. and lower Kasso- En.m r.ner
 .Un my r..nt trip lhrneh ac Interior ! crossed tHH noraee from Che NusE..a.m to .te Yukon have ne com. down m. ErHEoEv.m River from N.cu.r to E..h.I . t.ar.. .. Ut. hundred m.l.. and .hen ha.. mp from Bethel to Che Ku..okam end 0. m. porting. near .h. Indian rH.e. o. k...nae.mut. about lN0 milo. ur river from re,H..
 McGufl Inaccessible
 .W.GuH. although Io.a.oi u .r. most ..... a.I rr0mHue I. r... m western N...a today ou a.- ..n. o. One I.rroHmen. .t Nzon. Pork. and .le worry a.tr. drolene operations or cnI. and Yankee o.... s the most inaccessible m- r0rI.n. nuu. m t'..a u Che u.r- Cor ume u may be reached by dog t..m from Sane. or lrc Govern mont railroad a.ro.. Rainy rae or from EuH. u- K.f.. ou Che Yukon br way oI Onhr and from Russian Mission across to tae lower Nu.o- Ea.m and mp tn.t r.s.r. AI ol chose routes ar. long and rIuou.
 .n -ne lmm.r um. .t may he reached by boat from Seattle o H....I and n.r by rr.r 'amrr i've hundred miles un.tram. This year m. ..mo- made onIy two trips be. tween -.uI. and Bethel The only o.... mm.. r.H-. from Ruby or Holy C-.. an 0. Yukon reer Prom Ruby Oh. u.r may be made on foot o- or Ho..U... au,omoblc sor Che 0rt ur.r m... ta LonrI t1 Opa.r and Ta.ou. and down On. Taoona Ht.r This s th. rnr.e used arI H required a total o. thirteen dasa o. extremely heavy eore Prom Holy rrn boats make occasional ur mp H. nnolo river to onh.r som. i've hundred mIc. Che last one hundred mites ol. so by horse eou. and .I.l mp che da-oI Go Ittwoi am am .ruaI Hsuu.e from Holy Cross Prom uaroI taere s a summer .rU t1 Te.1ua. about one hundred m".s long.
 Blade Trip in Three Days
 "hs ". ..r. ou tr. whole. very lucky Iu our weather conditions our party made h. rn from Che Kus- sosw.m utcr Io Che Yukon r.ycr I'm nr.a fay. Thor. uere Ave meu In Che party Including two Indian hc.n-
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