"Mr. J. C. Scott, Argiculturist, has an interesing article with the above title in the Puget Sound Electric Journal…People devoted to the history of that and other geographic features of the State of Washington would do well to save that article.

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312 News Deparrtmentin St. Louis where the pay was to be forthcoming at the com-pletion of the contraC't. The agent signed as the only witness tothe contract indicating that he was probably the one who assem-bled the necessary men for the party. The length of time forthe promised service, twice written in on blank lines, was "eigh-teen months." This is convincing evidence that Captain Bonne-ville at that time expected to return well within the two yearsleave granted from his own service in the United States Army.He subsequently exceeded the length of that leave which act isstill a subject of controversy. Adams was to draw pay at therate of $200.00 per year and the service was to begin on March1, 1832.The reproduction of the contract carries a courtesy line ofacknowledgment to Dr. G. R. Hebard. This is Grace RaymondHebard, Professor of Economics in the University of Wyoming,who has done much creditable work in the history of Wyomingand the West.Indian Lore and Moses CouleeMr. J. C. Scott, Argiculturist, has an interesting article withthe above title in the Puget Sound Electric Journal for July,1928. People devoted to the history of that and other geographicfeatures of the State of Washington would do well to save thatarticle. It is evidently the result of much research work on thepart of its author. The information gleaned from many sourcesdeals wi,th the Indian Chief Moses quite as much as with theCoulee named in his honor.United States Geographic BoardThe United States Geographic Board in April, 1928, issued apreliminary edition of "Rules for the Spelling of Foreign Geo-graphical Names." It shows an effort to cooperate with geogra-phical authorities in other countries, notably with the RoyalGeographical Society of Great Britain.At a meeting of the United States Geographic Board onJune 6, 1928, a few dicisions were rendered, two of which re-lating to Alaska should be noted here. Mount Steller, 10,000feet elevation, is more accurately located in the Chugach Moun-t~ins about 70 miles west of Mount St. Elias. It is an honorfor George Wilhelm Steller, naturalist with Bering on his sec-ond voyage, 1741. Mount Witherspoon, 12,023 feet elevation,

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