Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1921-12-18
By w. w. MOSES

II Rocky mountains in Silver Bow
county, near Butte, and passing
in a northwesterly direction through
the counties of Silver Bow, Deer Lodge,
Powell Granite, Missoula and Sanders
counties, thence into Idaho, is stream
which gradually becomes dignified as
q mighty river as its volume IS aug
mented by the flow of it's numerous
tributaries.
This stream, after leaving Montana
in the valley between the Cabinet and
the Occur d'Alene ranges of mountains.
passes into the panhandle OF Idaho,
thence into Washington and finally
empties into the Columbia river near
the international boundary.
of names which have been applied to
it at various stages of its meanderlngs.
Starting with the name Silverbow river,
it in turn was designated Deer Lodge
river. He'll Gate river. A1issoula river.
Bitterroot river and Clarke river.
These designations are all erroneous.
according to the. fifth report OF the
United States Geographic Board. Just
issued for the year 1921, which lists
this stream as follows:
CLARK FORK: Stream, heading
near Butte, Mont, flowing northwest
through Montana, Idaho and Washing
ton and emptying into Columbia river
near the international boundary. mot
Bitterroot, Clarke. Deer Lodge, Hell
Gate, Missoula, nor Silverbow river).
Montana Names Corrected
Contained in this volume of correct
ed names Of towns. ri @rs, creeks,
mountains and other geographic deslg-
nations are many Montana names which
have more or less been in question for
many years. 1t has been the task OF
the geographic board to determine tne
proper designation for geographic
names, the board having been created
under the order of President Harrison
by order dated Sept. 4, 1890, as fol-
lows: .
"As it is desirable that uniform
usage in regard to geographic nomen-
ciature and photography obtain through
out the executive departments OF the
government, and particularly upon the
maps and charts issued by the various
departments and bureaus, | hereby con-
and designate the following persons,
who have heretofore co-operated for
similar purpose under the authority,
of the several departments, bureau and
institutions with which they are con-
nected, as members of said board, :,
"To this board shall be referred all
unsettled questions concerning geo.
graphic names which arise in the de-
partments, and the decisions OF the
hoard are to be accepted by these de-
partments as the standard authority
in such matters. The members Of the
board shall serve without additional A.
compensation, and it's organization shall
entail no expense on the government.
The 1921 report Of this board is
volume of 492 pages containing over
10000 geographic names and descrlp-
tana and in addition to the Clark Fork
designation, the following are repro
duced from the report:
The Absarokee Range
ARsAROKEE RANGE: Mountains
in and near Yellowstone national park
Montana and Wyoming. (Not Sho-
shope, Snow, nor Yellowstone).
ADOBE: Town, Madison county,
Montana. Not Adobetown).
ANACONDA RANGE: Portion OF
the continental divide extending from a
low pass few miles southeast Of Ana
conda. westward and southwark to the
divide which forms the western boun-
dary of Montana. tNot sawtooth
AVON: Valley separating Garnet
county, Mont. (Not -Blackfoot country
nor Nevada Valley.
BANNOCK: Precinct and village
Beaverhead county, Mont. (Not Ban
mack, Bannack City, nor Bannock
BEARPAW: Mountain, Blaine coun-
ty. Mont. (Not Bear Paw nor Bear
C CASTLE: Mountain, Meagher coun-
ty. Mont. (Not Elk
DEER LODGE: County. Montana.
Not Deerlodge)
ELKHoRN: Peak, jefferson county,
Mont. (Not Badly, Big Badly, nor
Elkhorn Baldy).
FATTIG: Greek, west of Mussel-
shell: Musselshell county, Mont (Not
FLATHEAD: Lake, northwestern
Montana (Not Pend d'Oreille, nor
FLATHEAD: River. Flathead coun-
ty, Mont, and in Canada. (Not Flat
head River, North Fork, nor North
Fork Flathead)
GALI4ATIN: River, rising in Gal
latin Lake in Gallatin range, Yellow
stone national park and emptying into
Missouri river, Gallatin county, Mont
Not West Gallatin.)
The Garnet Range
GARNET: Range between Blackfoot
and Clark Fork rivers, in Granite
Missoula and Powell counties. Mont
Not Blackfoot nor Drummond.)
HALFBREED: Creek entering Mus.
selshell river at Roundup. Musselshel
county, Mont. (Not Half Breed MOI
WIZ. 5ac HSsee' Creek. Is. and ., $
Rs. Z and Il. tributary to East
Gallatin river from northeast about
two miles west of Bozeman Pass, Gal
latin and Park counties, Mont. (Not
Middle
JOHNSON: Creek. tributary t.
Logan creek in 20. 81. "a west, Flat
head county Mont. (Not North Forl
of the South Fork of Saltwater river.
JUDD: Creek, tributary to Bitter
root river from west, Ravalli county
Mont. (Not Baker nor JUDI
KALISPELL: Town, Flathead coun
ty, Mont. Not Calspel nor Kalispel.
KIP: Creek, small tributary t.
North Badger creek, Pondera county
Mont.
divide, Glacier national park. (No
LEWIS LEWIS AND CLARK: County
Mont. (Not Lewis and Clarke.)
LIMESTONE: Greek, east of Lone
some creek tributary to Big Badge