East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-06-26

postoffioes, located In about 2SSS
counties, and running in alphabetical
sequence from Aaron, Ind, to Zwolle,
offices. but since then many have
been discontinued on account of the
rural free delivery service.
To pennsylvania belongs the dis
tinction of having more postoffices
than any other state in the union
namely, 4102. 1t might be thought
that New York, with her 1856 Off
ces, would claim second place upon
the dist, but she is outranked by Vir-
ginia, with 30SS, and Kentucky, with
30e2; Texas, with 2767. coming fifth.
Twenty-Five states have more than
1000 rpostoffices. and none has less
than 100, Deleware having 127 and
Rhode Island 1872. The District OF
Columbia takes place at the foot of
the column. 1t being credited with
only postoffice. Alaska has 119, Ha-
waii 95, Puerto Rico SO and Guam
and Samoa 1 and 2, respectively.
Very few of the larger cities in the
United States can boast of exclusive
names. There are in different parts
OF the country 29 Weshingtons, 81
Clevelands, 81 Springfields, II At
lantas, is Albanys, IL Bostons, 10
Danvers, Baltimores, st. Louis, 5
Cincinuatis, 10 Buffalos, Chicagos
and 2 New Yorks, but only one New
Orleans and San Francisco. The
names of many of the states have al
ri taI htr
munities,
There are 5 Ohios, none of them.
IN that commemorative; Idahos, 6
Oregons, / Alaska, CALIFORNIA;, an
Arizona, La; Vermont. aIo; Indiana,
Pa; Louisiana, Mo; New York, Tex
as. Maine, MINI, and many others.
Old Countries Remembered.
Nor have the older cities and
countries across the sea failed of re-
menihrance in the new world. Paris
has 'I9 namsssakes, London II, Edin-
burg 6, and Berlin 27, while the clas-
sic age has given us 1S Romes, 10
Athens, IL Corinths and as many
AleXandrias. There are 23 Hollands,
. Sw't"n~'ands, Chinas, Japans,
3 nus -. I, Denmarks, England
ana 1 iLily. Not content with mere
cownties, Illinois has a South Am
erica, Mississippi an Australia and an
Africa, while Worlds, Va, and Co.'S
mos, Okla, aspire to still wider fields.
The names IF the great men Of our
republic are not only perpetunted in
the nurseries of the nation, but are
endur.ngly embodied in her geo.
graphical nomenclature. There is no
president of the United States who
has not been remembered by loyal
hearts In some section of the union.
Our first executive can claim 90
postoffices in as many states, Lin
coin mas o. several of them south
20, Jefferson 24, Madison 81 Monroe
25. Garfield 20 and Adams II.
Seventeen offices bear the name of
Roosevelt, and other heroes of the
Spanish war share also IN this trib-
ute. Fifteen postoffices are named
for Dewey. 9 for Schley and for
Sampson. Funston and Bryan can
each claim S.
Two states have improved upon the
w ihNNhou Va uoiHb q great
mans ndme by having Horace Gree
ley county, Neh. and Horace Gree
ley county, Kan, while Texas, with
true western unconventionaiity, has
Ben Wheeler and Ben Franklin, and
New York honors in ,rilly Foster, a
heroine otherwise unknown to fame.
An invidious distinction has been
made in using the names of the
months for postoffices. Only are
thus distinguished, May is the prime
favorite, appearing IL times; March
occurs 3 times; June. July and April
once; the rest are ignored. Monday
has three namesakes. but the other
days of the week are so unpopular
az to have none. though Pennsyl-
rania has Sabbath Rest and WASH
ington Friday Harbor.
There are three Winters and one
Spring, hut no summer and no au-
tomn. Pennsylvania going so far,
however, as to have Autumn Leaves.
Christmas is honored in Florida.
Maine and Arizona, New Year in
Montana.