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Southern Pacific Company, was named for Elmer Russell, owner of a lumber mill nearby.

ELSIE, Clatsop County. Elsie was named for Elsie Foster, a relative of the first postmaster, George Gragg, about 1892. The compiler is informed that an effort was made to name the office Clover, but the name was not accepted.

ELWOOD, Clackamas County. Elwood is a locality between Colton and Springwater southeast of Highland Butte, probably named for Elwood Sylvanus, son of a Presbyterian minister of the neighborhood. The Rev. Mr. Sylvanus bestirred himself about getting a post office in the early '90s, and the office was established with the name Ellwood on April 28, 1892, with Eunice T. Sylvanus postmaster. There seems to have been an error in the procedure, because the name of the office was changed to Elwood on September 12, 1892. The office was closed June 30, 1914. Ely, Clackamas County. Ely, also called Elyville, is a suburb on the Cascade Highway in the extreme south part of Oregon City. The locality is sometimes called Mountain View, probably because it is near the cemetery of that name. The place was named in honor of Fred and George Ely, who settled there in early days. They were well-known public spirited citizens. George Ely later went to Inglewood, California. Ely post office was in operation from early 1891 until late 1894, with George C. Ely postmaster. The office was in operation again from July, 1895, to December, 1904.

EMBODY, Lake County. In March, 1947, Mrs. Delbert Cloud, New Pine Creek, Oregon, wrote the compiler that Embody was named for Charles Embody, who at one time operated a sawmill there. Embody was about sixteen miles northwest of the town of Silver Lake, on the old Military Road. Mrs. Cloud's father, S. L. Porter, took up a homestead in the locality in 1903 and proved up on it in 1908. He operated a small mill, which he sold to Charles Embody of Portland. Embody post office was established August 3, 1908, with Stephen S. Lowing first and only postmaster. The office was discontinued February 15, 1910, with mail to Silver Lake.

EMBREE SLOUGH, Harney County. Earl H. Conser of Burns, who knew the facts of such matters, wrote the compiler as follows: "Embree Slough, near Burns, was named for one 'Doc' Embree, through whose land the slough followed an irregular course. He had several initials, but I am unable to find anyone who knows them exactly. He was a doctor of sorts." This was probably Thomas Van Buren Embree, son of Cary Embree. Cary Embree was a pioneer of 1844 and a resident of Polk County. Emery, Jefferson County. The Post Route map of 1900 shows Emery at a point seventeen miles by road northeast of Sisters and a little to the west of Squaw Creek. In July, 1946, Sterling J. May, acting postmaster at Sisters informed the compiler that the office was at the Trahan homestead, and that it was named for Emery Trahan. The office operated from September, 1899, to July, 1901, with Antoine G. Trahan postmaster. The Trahan place was about three miles southwest of Geneva, in sections 8 and 17 of township 13 south, range 11 east.

EMIGRANT BUTTE, Klamath and Lane counties. Emigrant Butte lies west of Summit Lake, in the southeast corner of Lane County, at the