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buried. As far as the compiler knows these names are still in use. Hayward post office was established December 19, 1891. Katie Bothman was the first postmaster. It was discontinued November 25, 1904, and the business turned over to Greenville.

HAYWARD PEAK, Curry and Josephine counties. Hayward Peak bears the name of Stanton B. Hayward, a forester who served several years in the Siskiyou National Forest prior to his death on November 29, 1939. The peak is about 20 miles northwest of Kerby on the high divide south of Illinois River. It has an elevation of about 4300 feet. The name was adopted by the USBGN on December 4, 1941.

HAZEL MOUNTAIN, Wallowa County. Hazel Mountain is in the northwest part of township 4 south, range 43 east. It was named for Hazel Taylor of Milton, Oregon, who at that time was camping nearby. The name was applied in August, 1913, by N. Jay Billings of the U. S. Forest Service.

HAZELAU, Marion County. Hazelau is a station on the Oregon Electric Railway about two miles southeast of Salem. It was named by R. G. Halberg, a land owner nearby. The compiler is informed that Halberg was born in Hazelau, Germany, and he wished to perpetuate the name of his native town. Atlases do not give a Hazelau in Germany, but do show a Haslau in Bohemia.

HEATHER, Lane County. Heather is a station on the Cascade line of the Southern Pacific Company, named for the small plants that grow in the higher altitudes of Oregon. They are not true heather, although they are members of the Ericaceae, or heath family. These Oregon plants are Phyllodoce, and are low growing, with small, leathery evergreen leaves.

HEBO, Tillamook County. Hebo was named for Mount Hebo, an important peak in the Coast Range nearby. See under that name.

HECETA HEAD, Lane County. The following editorial by Harvey W. Scott, in the Oregonian, August 20, 1895, effectively sums up Heceta's claim to fame: "The Columbia River was first seen by civilized man August 17, 1775, Captain Bruno Heceta, commanding the Spanish corvette Santiago, in a voyage along the coast from Mexico, noticed an opening in the coast from which rushed a current so strong that he could not enter. His nautical observations, published with his report, show that the position of his ship was within one minute of the latitude of Cape Disappointment, which he called Cape San Roque. The smoke from forest fires then was not so thick as now, though it was the same time of year; for Heceta saw clearly the distant mountains. Heceta Head, further down the coast, perpetuates his name." There are several accounts of the voyage of Bruno de Hezeta (Anglicized spelling Heceta). The best summary is that of H. R. Wagner in Cartography of the Northwest Coast of America, volume I, page 175. California Historical Quarterly, volume IX, page 201, et seq., contains Fr. Sierra's account. See also under CAPE FALCON and COLUMBIA RIVER. Heceta commented on shallow water some distance off-shore from what is now known as Heceta Head. Soundings by the U. S. Coast Survey confirmed this discovery, and as a result, in 1862, George Davidson of the Coast Survey named Heceta Head and also suggested the name Heceta Bank. Both of these names were adopted by the government and have come into universal use, thus complimenting the Spanish navigator. The name Heceta is frightfully