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 tion land claim nearby. For information about him see land office certificate 903.

DIXONVILLE, Douglas County. Dixonville is about five miles east of Roseburg. The post office was established September 16, 1901, and named for R. B. Dixon who owned the land where the post office and other buildings were situated.

DOANE LAKE, Multnomah County. Doane Lake is an overflow lake on the west bank of the Willamette River near the Spokane, Portland and Seattle Railway bridge. Doane Point is in the same neighborhood. These two features were named for Milton Doane, who took up a donation land claim there, his certificate being numbered 1392. Doane's name has been spelled several ways, and it appears as Done on land office plats, but he could not read and write, hence the variety of styles. Doane is the form in general use, and is the name adopted by the

USBGN. The lake has been filled with material dredged from the river. * Doc CANYON, Wallowa County. This canyon drains into Bear Creek, south of Wallowa. It was named for one "Doc" Cussins who herded sheep and prospected there.

DODGE, Clackamas County. Dodge, a place about four miles southeast of Springwater, was named for a local family. The post office was established March 25, 1896, with Almon T. Dodge first of five postmasters. The office was closed May 31, 1914.

DODGE CANYON, Douglas County. Dodge Canyon, west of Oakland, was named for J. R. Dodge, who took up a donation land claim near its mouth.

DODGE ISLAND, Clackamas County. Dodge Island is in Bull Run Lake. It was named in honor of Frank T. Dodge, superintendent of Portland Water Works, 1889-1913. A metal tablet was installed on a rock on this small islet in September, 1918. For a photograph of the tablet, see the Oregonian, May 12, 1918. For article about the dedication of the tablet, ibid., September 15, 1918.

DODSON, Multnomah County. Dodson is a railroad station just west of the post office of Warrendale. The name of the station comes from Ira Dodson, an early settler in that part of the county. Dodson station has been moved several times and was once near the present location of Warrendale.

DODSON MOUNTAIN, Douglas County. Dodson Mountain is an important peak east of Dillard, with an elevation of about 3200 feet. It was named for Samuel Dodson, a pioneer stockman who settled nearby. His land was still owned in 1926 intact by his son, Samuel Dodson, Jr. Dog LAKE, Lake County. Dog Lake is west of Goose Lake and was formerly called Dogleg Lake because its outline on a map is strongly suggestive of a dog's hind leg. The name has become contracted as a matter of convenience. Dog Mountain to the north takes its name from the lake. Dog RIVER, Hood River County. In pioneer days Hood River was known as Dog River because a party of travelers ate dog meat there in preference to starving. Mrs. Nathaniel Coe of Hood River Valley objected to the name, and secured a change to Hood River, on account of Mount Hood. The name Dog River is now applied to a stream heading in Brooks Meadows southeast of Parkdale, and flowing into East Fork Hood River. It is the source of The Dalles water supply. See under HooD RIVER.