The Railroad Finally Calls It Mount Rainier

The Northern Pacific railroad will call Mount Rainier under its proper name, and the advertising department of that road is now at work on a handsome book to be issued, which will surpass anything in the advertising line yet produced. It will be printed on the finest sized paper with photo-engraved illustrations. The Rainier and the Post-Intelligencer's Rainier expedition of last winter will occupy a prominent place in the book, and some of this paper's sketches and illustrations will be reproduced.

It is said that the Northern Pacific railroad had no intention of changing the name of the mountain on its maps and in its advertisements until the Post-Intelligencer's expedition effectually fastened the proper name on the mountain throughout the country. The expedition attracted the attention of newspapers in all English-speaking countries, and everyone consequently became familiar with Mount Rainier, but 'Mount Tacoma' was of no interest because unknown. A railroad man said yesterday that the company had been waiting for a favorable opportunity to change the name of the mountain in its publications for the past several years, or ever since the United States Board of Geographic Names decided that it was Mount Rainier. But it was difficult to find a chopping-off place, for new books and maps were being continually issued in an endless stream. The chopping-off came, however. From this time henceforth all the company's maps and publications will call the mountain Rainier.