Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 287, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 November 1919 — Dispute Over Mountain [ARTICLE]

Dispute Over Mountain

Tacoma and Seattle, frway up in Washington, and other communities out lin that fflrcEtßrtl, ure having » wordy wrangle over what is called the great mountain that towers to the clouds “just across the river.” It is set down In the geography as Mount Rainier, but the people of Tacoma call it Mount Tacoma, and now there is a considerable number of persons in this country who want It named after the late Colonel Roosevelt—they want it called Mount Roosevelt. The name ! ‘Rainier” was given the mountain by the Canadians, in honor of a British admiral of that name whe sank an American vessel during the Revolutionary war. Naturally, the name is not especially popular on this side of the border. The Indians called it “Tacoma” —the tribe itself bore the same name, which means simply "the mountain.” The Tacoma Indians were “the Mountain Indians.”