CENTRAL POINT HERALD, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 31, 1908,
Should Change Ugly Names.
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Th« first meeting o f the Oregon
Geographic Society we* held in Port
land last Saturday, when the work of
the board was outlined and decided
Upon. It is the purpose o f the board to :
work for the adoption o f more appro- ■
priate names for mountains, rivers, j
lakes, towns and other places than now
prevail.
One o f the cognomens which met
with the moot disfavor when mentioned
at the meeting was Pitt mountain.
The board doesnt like the sound o f
the name Pitt. And then the name is
Pit anyhow and not Pitt. It was named
Pit after a tribe o f Indians who lived
at its base in Jseason county and who
dug pits in the ground to catch their
game. Before that time the mountain
was known for 20 years as Mount Mc
Laughlin and the board will attempt to
have all maps and government surveys
show the mountain by its old name.
George H. Himes has a veritable
storehouse o f legendsregarding the dif
ferent names throughout the state, and
it is very likely that a great many o f
the old Indian tales and traditions will
come to light in the new task o f getting
out the muck rake after the "handles”
o f places and things that don’ t seem to
fit.
It is likely that Grayback mountain
will be called Marble mountain, if the
wish o f the board carries and Sucker
creek, wbieh spring from this mountain
will no doubt be called Marble creek.
This is because o f the fact that Ore
gon ’ s marble beds are situated on Gray-
back mountain.
Nobody wants to change the name o f
the Willamette river, but the fact de
veloped yesterday that Willamette as
it is spelled is not correct. The word
is, according to Mr. Himes, Wallampt
which in the Indian Language means
green water, Mr. Himes says that the
river was named by a tribe o f Indiana
who lived a short distance south o f Lincoln, Linn and Curry. John B
where Eugene is now situated, and that H om er-U n ion ,
Wheeler, Sherman,
there the waters of the Willamette are Crook, Polk,
Benton and Gilliam.
tinted with a s oft green and so that George H. Himes—Clatsop, Columbia,
accounts for the name Willamette.
Marion, Tillamook, Wasco, Washington
Incidentally every postoffice in the and Yamhill. Major Lee Moorehouse
state will have a name o f its own if Baker, Grant, Harney, Malheur, Mor
possible, all to itself, and not after any row, Umatilla and Wallowa.
living man.
The state legislature will be asked
for an appropriation to defray Lite ex
Little Peter Applegate, who has been
penses o f stationery, traveling ex
very ill, is much better at this writing.
penses and other incidentals.
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The masquerade ball given Christmas
night by the local camp o f the M. W.
A. was one o f the most successful
affairs of the kind ever given in Central
Point. The camp cleared about $80.00
over all expenses during the evening.
Frank Carll and family, formerly o f
Saratoga, Wyoming, and more recently
o f Goldfield, Nevada, arrived here last
week and will remain here until Spring
looking the country over with a view to
locating permanently. Mr. Carll is an
old friend and neighbor o f J. D. Parker
o f this place, and he is so far well
pleased with the country. He reports
business pretty dull at Goldfield.
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S I. Moseley, o f Junction City, is
The 34 counties in the state were di
vided ap for work among the five mem- j here spending the holidays with his
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Multnomah, Clackamas, Hood K iv e r,' here Mr. Moaeley bought a fine team
Klamath, Lake, Josephine and Jackson o f horses from the Virgin Flouring
Joseph Schafer—Lane, Douglas, Coos, Mills.
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