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Show WESTEttN NOMENCLATUrtB. lotrronl to Chaos h Curloui, tiaslot ftmf uf Oregon Towns. It la difficult to abako oil the names attached to streams and mountains by tho pioneers of a new country. With few exceptions Washington state has fared well In nomenclature, in a majority ma-jority of Instances Indian names hare been retained, and usually thoy oro easy and poetical. Hut In soma cases the Individuality of the flrtt settlers prompted them to an effort to Improvo on tho nntlvo names ot streams and sections, and In some Instances they were not happy In their originality. The word Hangman lias clung to tho llttlo stream which skirts Spokane on Us western border, and repeated spasmodic spas-modic efforts to renter the public mini on tho moro melodloua nnmo Ijitaa have failed of their purpose Now Senator Sen-ator I'lummer of tbla county has Introduced Intro-duced a bill at Olympla to make this change, and at no objection can attach to the measure It will probnlily pots, and may exert sufficient forco to bring about the dctlrcd change. A few yeara ago an esthetic movement swept through the Oregon legislature, and a number of pioneer names were turncJ down lor more pollto ones, Tho good peoplo ot Alkali, In caatcrn Oregon, Imagined that tht name was not one to conjure cnttern capital, and dropped It for Arlington A new name waa devised de-vised for Uully creek, and Yaller Dog and Hako Oven were tabooed as primitive primi-tive and unpoctlc. Hake Oven hat adhered, ad-hered, and la tttll the name of a pott-oPjce pott-oPjce Indeed, much room remalnt fur Improvement ot the nomenclature of Oregon, which Includes In Its list of postoflices tho towns of Ilurnt Ranch, Oooseberry, Hayatack, lobttcr. Long Tom, Mule, Shake. Shirk Starvo-out, Starvo-out, and Sucker. A few names In Idaho Ida-ho could bo dropped for tho better, among tlum Ilayhorse, Corral, airalet, Oentlo Valley, Sawtooth, and Yclldw Jacket. Spokane 8pokstman-Hevl9w. |