The Rich Hill tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1903-1911, 1904-02-18

! THE IMMORTALITY OF |
WASHINGTON'S NAME s


On every hand in this land and in
the nttermost parts OF the earth. Is
shown the respect in which the great
name Of Washington is held. There
Is no name in all the world 50 honOred
by its geographical use. At the eI-
treme north Of Greenland is Washing.
ton Land. and a little east Of il is
Cape Washington. Then there Is a
Washington in oxford county. Ontario.
In the mid-Pacinc. south Of Hawaii. is
Washington Island. and further south.
On one Of the Fiji islands. is Mount
Washington. In Paris Is the Rue
Washington. opening into the Avenue
des Champs Elysees.
Turn 70 the United States and you
will find 296 Wasbingtons. which
means more than ave for each state.
District. territory and each Of the for
leign possessions. OF these. the first
that comes 20 mind is the national
luapital. then the great northwest
state, and after these the numerous
subdivisions Of the various states. In
Alabama there IS a Washington
lay: IN Arkansas. a county and a town;
In California. a county, two towns.
three townships. and 20 these are add
ed WaEhingfontovn and Washington
| Corners: in Connecticut there is a
town and a Washington Depot: in Flor
ida q town. Georgia. a county and
town: Idaho. a town: Illinois a coun-
~. a town, two. townships. and to
these are added Washington Heights.
IN this list the word town" is used IN
IT'S hroadest sense 70 as 20 embrace
everything from a hamlet to q city.
Indiana has a county. two towns.
and forty-three townships; Iowa, 8
county. a town. forty-one townships.
and 20 these are added Washington
Mills and Washington Prairie; kan
sas. a county. two towns. six town
ships. and a Washington Greek: Ken
lucky, a county. a town and Mount
Washington; Louisiana, a parish and
a town. Massachusetts,, q town and
Mount Washington; Maine a county
a town and Washington Plantation:
Maryland. q county. a town, Washing.
son Junction. and also Mount Wash
inEtun. Michigan. a town. two town.
ships. Washington Island and Wash
ington Harbog; Minnesota. a county.
a town. a township. and Washington
Lake; Mississippi. a county and a
town.
In Missouri Is a great nest OF Wash.
ingtons: n county, a town. twentyone
townships. Washington Centrc and
Mount Washington: Montana, Wash
ington bar. Washington 0ulch and
Mount Washington; Nebraska, a
coanty: North Dakota. a North and
south Washington lake. New HAmp.
shire a town. a township and Mount
Washington: New Jersey. a town. Eve
townships, Washington crossing
WashiuKtouvillc, Washington Corners
and Washington Plaee; New York. q
! county. tWo towns. WaehinFtonviile.
Washington Mills. Washington Hollov
and Washington -Four Corners: North
Carolina. a county and two t~ownshipa
Then comes Ohio. with a remark
able display. a county. four towns
|, forty townships. WashinEtonyilio
Washington station n Mount
, Washington: Oregon. a county
Pennsylvania, = eouHty. tire,
4 ARNM1f WHY hAN WNNAAAIn ANN
Mount Washington; Rhode Island. I
county and a town Vermont a coan
y and q town; Virginia. a county, !
town and "WGshington's Birth Place
In WestmoTland county. Washington
Washington lake; Wisconsin. a ooun
". SIX townships. Washington ISLAND
aud Washington Harbor; wyoming
y Mount washington
, When n thlnks of the monumentl
20 Washington. the hrst that oomes {,
mind Is the mighty shaft in the capt
sal Then there IS the celebrate.
marble statue in the central hall d
the Capitol a; RichmOnd by Jean An
tome Houdon, and not far away a,
imposing monument In baltimore. snr
mounted By a colossal statue 81 n,
patriot There Is no state. il fac
there Is no city OF any c~onslderahl,
sire. where Washington q not con
~tinnaliy kept in mlnd ~ the same tan
lei TO bis memory. and they are IN
crcasing nov more rapidly than eve
before since the sons and Daughter
q the Revolution. the COlonia
Danes ard the various other pairl
otto organizations have begun thel
work These are Q IN TIE uaHitl
tablet under The Washington Kim Il
: camhudge commemorative that even
4 July ;. lffA when the great genera
ltok command q Tie aFsl Amsrisal