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the data about it. Enright is said to have been named for Mrs. E. E. Lytle. Before her marriage she was Miss May Enright and was well known in Oregon railroad circles. E. E. Lytle was a prominent railroad builder and was instrumental in extending railroad service to Shaniko, in north central Oregon, and from Hillsboro west to Tillamook. Lake Lytle, on one of the Tillamook beaches, bears his name..

ENTERPRISE, Wallowa County. Ben Weather, postmaster of Enterprise in 1925, informed the writer that the community was named in 1887. A meeting was held in a tent owned by a mercantile company and several names were suggested, including Bennett Flat, Wallowa City, Franklin and Fairfield. Finally R. F. Stubblefield suggested Enterprise, and that name was selected by a majority vote. The post office was established November 9, 1887, with Catherine Akin first postmaster. Eola, Polk County. The village of Eola was formerly known as Cincinnati, and so appears when the post office was established on June 5, 1851. It is said to have been named by A. C. R. Shaw because of the fancied resemblance of the site to that of Cincinnati, Ohio. The place was incorporated with the name of Eola by the territorial legislature on January 17, 1856. Miss A. J. Scott, later Mrs. A. S. Duniway, taught school in Cincinnati in 1853, and during pioneer days an effort was made to establish the state capital there. The name Eola comes from Aeolus, god of the winds in Greek mythology. There seems to be good authority for the belief that the name Eola was suggested by a local musical enthusiast named Lindsay Robbins, who disliked the name Cincinnati, and offered the new name because he was fond of the Aeolian harp. However, Geo. H. Himes thought that Shaw suggested Eola as well as the original name, so there you are.

Eola Hills, Polk and Yamhill counties. These hills, which have an extreme altitude of 1170 feet, extend from Eola on the south to a point near Amity on the north, a distance of about 15 miles. They constitute one of the important groups of isolated hills in the Willamette Valley. They have had various names, including Bethel Hills and Yamhill Mountains, but Eola Hills seems firmly established, except for the northern extension, which is separated from the main ridge by the pass east of Amity. This northern extension is known as Amity Hills. Eola Hills got their name from the village at their southern end. Bethel Academy, Bethel Institute and Bethel College were prominent pioneer establishments situated in Eola Hills. See under BETHEL.

ERMA BELL LAKES, Lane County. These two mountain lakes are just west of the summit of the Cascade Range and about five miles north of Waldo Lake. They are shown on the USGS map of the Waldo Lake quadrangle. They were named for Miss Erma Bell, for a number of years employed as a computer in the Portland office of the U. S. Forest Service. She died April 27, 1918, as a result of an automobile accident near Troutdale, and it was thought proper to perpetuate her memory by naming these lakes for her.

ERROL, Clackamas County. Errol station received its name from Joseph A. Strowbridge, Jr. His father came to this country from England many years ago on a four-masted vessel named Errol. The post office at Errol station was installed about January 1, 1922.

ERSKINE, Sherman County. This place is between Moro and Grass Valley, and has also been known as Millra, Erskineville and Erskine