The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1890-02-05
POST.OFFlCE NAMES.
Odd Cogn"sn~ns Bestowed Upon Some
Newly Crested Of.ires.

Odd COgnnmens Bestowed Upon Some
Newly Created Of.ires.
Naming a post flee is like naming
a chiid--there is no accounting for the
taste dislayed in the ame selected.
Usually the post-of1ice is named after
the town. an! when the town Is started
some enterpri-iny citizen gets In his
deadly work md the town is named
after him. Others take their names
from -urrou, d ngs and often from incl
dents which happened when the site
was first selected. Some are good.
others bad; some long and some short.
but there seems to be general disre-
gard Of tie prCDr cites in the selection
of names. For instance, Happy Camp
is the name of new y-created post
Office in California, and the probabili.
ties are that the inhabitants are con-
stantIy fighting. and the only person
who is happy the undertaken, who
is growing wea tiny. Mountain View
is more likely to be the name OF
iliage at the bottom of twO-hun-
dred-foot hill than TO be near mount
ain, while Marble Cliff is very remote
from a marO.e quarry.
Passing events also help decide the
names OF places, and with the Johns
town horror fresh in the public mind
many smaller towns will select that
name to emphasize the establishment
of the place.
Peace and Cain are two villages
where po5t-oftices have been estah-
lished in Alabama, while Rat, Rye
and Urbanity have been discontinued.
Sassafras is the name of a spicy
Arkansas village, while people who
desire TO go TO a new postal station in
Alaska will have to have their letters
addressed to Belkofsky. California
has choice collection of new names.
Bitter Water. Calabasa, OrOsi and
Simioplis make splendid quartette.
Tourtelotte and Bovina are Colorado
offices. Dakota, as becomes a newly
admitted State. is selecting names
for its new Offices from among those
who advocated its admission, and is
getting rid of its old Territorial
names. reminiscent as they were with
the names bestowed by cow-punchers
whose idea of the ridiculous was very
keen.
The warm climate OF Georgia boasts
of an Arctic town. while Sinker is the
name of village in Idaho.
The people of Illinois were so glad
to get new postal facilities that they
did not stop to complete the names,
and sent them out as Lis and Mac.
Nail and Cheek are two villages in the
Indian Territory. Fritz. Snyder and
McBrayer represent the ruling popu-
lation in three Kentucky places. China
is located in Michigan. and Minnesota
boasts of its short Line Park. Mis-
souri, contains Last and Clio. Raten
is in Nebraska, while Redstone takes
its name from the granite hills of New
Hampshire. New York is provided
with Best. an Echo and aJayville.
Stem and Wharf are the names of two
post-offices in North Carolina, and
Scrub. Ego and Twin have Ohio writ
ten after them on envelopes.
Ale and Joy, while both are in Ore
gon. are not in the same county, and
there is no connection between the
two. Peach Tree, Early, Orphans
Home and Venus are in Texas. Exit
and Joe are in the neighboring State
OF Virginia. and Washington has a
newly-created small post-office called
Nickel, while Fossil and Shell COM
plete the list for MISUNDERSTANDING
ton Post.