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 style. There was no fair, but one fine fight. Joe Brannon heard of the party and with typical Irish wit, called the locality Donnybrook. And gradually that name spread to the community, and the county school, below Axhandle spring, was named the Donnybrook school. For many years the community was known as Donnybrook far and wide. Then came the homesteading era. Across Currant Creek and near the shadow of Coyote mountain, Jesse Kilts homesteaded. Eventually, as homesteaders moved in, a postoffice was obtained, and postal officials named the community after the postmaster. Since then the community, Axhandle of pioneer days and Donnybrook of the ranch era, has been known, at least to Uncle Sam, as Kilts." The original Donnybrook is a suburb in the southeast part of Dublin, famous for a fair held under license from King John in 1204. The entertainment furnished at the fair reached such specialized disorder that the institution was abolished in 1855. Phil Brogan reports that he has seen the name of the Oregon school called Donnybrooke. If this is true, and it probably is, the compiler thinks the authorities in Jefferson County better put a stop to such nonsense.

DOOLEY MOUNTAIN, Baker County. This is a prominent point south of Baker, near the Baker-Unity Highway. It bears the name of a wellknown eastern Oregon pioneer, John J. Dooley, who came to the vicinity of Baker in 1862. For many years he was connected with various mining and construction enterprises in Oregon and Idaho, and built a toll road near the mountain which bears his name. A letter by J. C. Bowen is printed on the editorial page of the Oregon Journal, June 7, 1929, and it recounts some of the history of John J. Dooley and his kindly wife. At that time the Dooleys were 92 and 89 years of age, respectively, and lived in Baker.

Dora, Coos County. Dora post office was established August 10, 1874, with John H. Roach postmaster. It has been reported that the place was named for Dora Roach, apparently the small daughter of the first postmaster.

DORENA, Lane County. This post office was established in 1899 with Alfred H. Bigelow first postmaster. The place was named for Dora Burnette and Rena Martin, by consolidating parts of their first names.

DORMAN, Umatilla County. Dorman post office was in the south part of the county, probably not far from Ukiah. It was established October 3, 1887, and named for James W. Dorman, the first postmaster. The subsequent history of this post office is not clear. The name was changed to Dale on November 11, 1891, but whether the office was moved at that time is not certain. In any event, the office was shown on the Grant County list in 1903 with the name Dale. The compiler has been to Dale several times and finds it hard to fit the name to the geography, although the man who selected the word may not have had the same difficulty. This part of Oregon is deeply cut by canyons. It does not seem that the name Dale describes them very accurately. The name Dale as applied to this locality may have had a significance other than topographic.

Dosch Road, Multnomah County. Few Oregon pioneers have been so greatly respected as Colonel Henry E. Dosch. His contributions to the development of the state were substantial, and his character such as to win him a host of friends. He was born in Germany June 17, 1841.