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by the state legislature. It has a land area of 1211 square miles, according to the Bureau of the Census, and its county seat is Condon. The county was named for Colonel Cornelius Gilliam, who commanded the forces of the provisional government in 1847-48, after the Whitman massacre, in the campaign against the Cayuses. He was killed toward the end of the campaign, March 24, 1848, while drawing from a wagon a rope for his horse; the rope caught the hammer of a gun and discharged it. Gilliam was born in North Carolina in 1798. He came to Oregon in 1844, "He was brave, obstinate, impetuous and generous, with good-natured abilities but little education. Thus died an honest and patriotic and popular man, whose chief fault as an officer was too much zeal and impetuosity in the performance of his duties." (Bancroft's History of Oregon, vol I, page 725.) For narrative of his death, see the Oregonian, June 29, 1888, page 2, letter by William A. Jack, and ibid., January 24, 1926, section 1, page 20, article by Opal Clark of Heppner. Gist, Deschutes County. A post office called Gist was established on the Crook County list on February 14, 1907, and named for the first postmaster, Charles L. Gist. The office was a few miles southeast of Sisters on the old road, a little southwest of the new highway from Sisters to Tumalo. When Deschutes County was formed in 1916, the office was put on the list for that county. It was closed on June 25, 1920, and the business was turned over to Tumalo.

GLAD TIDINGS, Clackamas County. Glad Tidings is a puzzle among Oregon geographic names. The place is about three miles southwest of Marquam on the Cascade Highway. The compiler has been quite unable to learn the character of the cheering news that produced the name. Glad Tidings post office was established August 30, 1860, with George W. Jackson first postmaster. The office was closed to Butte Creek on September 2, 1887. During this operation of twenty-seven years no one seems to have made a record of the origin of the unusual name. It has been suggested that the good news had to do with the admission of Oregon as a state, but that event was about a year and a half earlier than the date of the post office, during which time the news must have become quite stale, and if the old stories can be believed, the news was none too well received when the event took place.

GLADSTONE, Clackamas County. The community of Gladstone was platted in 1893 and named for William Ewart Gladstone, the British statesman. However, The Gladstone Real Estate Association was incor. porated in 1889, so that the name was really chosen at this earlier date. Harvey Cross of Oregon City was one of the incorporators of the association and was actively interested in developing the townsite and is credited with selecting the name Gladstone. He was a great admirer of the prime minister. Gladstone post office was established June 30, 1890.

GLASS BUTTES, Lake County. Glass Buttes are in the northeast corner of Lake County. They have an elevation of 6390 feet according to the USC&GS. There are two prominent rounded domes, and several lesser hills, and the whole group makes an important landmark. The buttes take their names from the obsidian or volcanic glass scattered over their slopes. They stand about 2000 feet above the surrounding plain, just south of Central Oregon Highway.

GLEN, Lincoln County. Glen post office was in the west part of township 12 south, range 9 west, a few miles south of Salado. It was on upper