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was discontinue Lake, Lahe east of the Indian one bali lado The Dalist office. Blecek ranch crossed the South Santiam near this point. The bridge is on the donation land claim of Samuel R. Claypool, a prominent pioneer citizen of that locality,"

CLEAR CREEK, Columbia County. Clear Creek flows into Nehalem River from the west in the extreme southwest corner of the county. Its name is of course descriptive. Many years ago there was a post office called Clear Creek, but it did not last long. Old maps show the place close to the mouth of the stream. Clear Creek post office was established January 11, 1878, with Henry D. Sluter (Sleeter?) postmaster. The office was discontinued January 22, 1879.

CLEAWOX LAKE, Lane County. This lake is about a mile south of Siuslaw River and a mile east of the Pacific Ocean. It has an elevation of 82 feet. The name is obviously an Indian one but the writer has been unable to get its meaning. The USBGN has officially adopted the name Cleawox Lake instead of Cleawok Lake or Buck Lake.

CLEEK, Jefferson County, Cleek post office was established on the Wasco County list May 19, 1881, with Harley A. Belknap first and only postmaster. The office was discontinued February 21, 1883, and the business turned over to Hay Creek. The best available information is to the effect that the office was at the Henry A. Cleek ranch two or three miles west of what was later Grizzly post office. Belknap rented the Cleek place while the Cleeks were at The Dalles for a time. The ranch was one of the points where stage coach horses were changed. The compiler has not been successful in getting the exact location of the place, but it seems to have been on or near Willow Creek.

CLEETWOOD Cove, Crater Lake National Park, Klamath County. This cove was named for the boat from which Will G. Steel sounded Crater Lake for the government in 1886. In a dream Steel fancied he heard the word applied to a golden arrow. The dream was so vivid that he christened his boat Cleetwood.

CLEM, Gilliam County. Clem was named for a well-known Gilliam County character, Clemens Augustus Danneman, who owned a ranch where travelers could get accommodations. He was a native of Germany and a veteran of the Civil War. He was born October 13, 1835. He came to America about 1856, to Oregon 1879, and settled in Gilliam County. Clem is a station on the Condon branch of the Union Pacific Railroad.

CLEO, Coos County. Cleo is a station on the Southern Pacific Company line south of Coos Bay. This station was named by using, backward, the initials of the name of a lumbering concern, Oregon Export Lumber Company, which was then operating nearby.

CLEVELAND, Douglas County. F. M. Good came to Oregon from Kentucky in 1853 and was one of the early settlers near the present community of Cleveland, west of Winchester. He started a sawmill and flour mill, and named his brand of flour for the Cleveland flour mill in Ohio. Thus the place in Oregon received its name indirectly for the city in Ohio. Cleveland post office was established December 16, 1874, with Francis M. Good first postmaster, who was the F. M. Good just mentioned. The office was discontinued January 27, 1923.

CLIFF, Lake County. Cliff post office is said to have been named for a nearby geographic feature, but the compiler has no further information about the name or the bluff. The office was in operation from January, 1906, until June, 1920, in the north part of the Christmas Lake Valley. recgowor the boaker National Par