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offices of that name. The name Hipp was suggested by L. M. Roser who was office manager of the Climax Lumber Company mill nearby. The compiler is informed that the name Hipp was made up from the initials of the given names of members of the families owning the mill. Hipp post office was established April 18, 1922, with Efrann Anderson first postmaster. Roser was the second postmaster, and Rufus E. Wood held the position when the office was closed January 15, 1930. Hiyu MOUNTAIN, Clackamas and Hood River counties. This mountain is just south of Bull Run Lake. Its name is the Chinook jargon word for much, or plenty, and is used to indicate that the mountain is large. There is a Hiyu Ridge in Lane County south of South Fork McKenzie River.

HOAGLIN, Douglas County. The name Hoaglin is said to be of indian origin. The writer was informed by the postmaster at Hoaglin in 1926 that the name had been used for the post office since about 1898. A nearby Indian told the postmaster that the word meant some sort of medicine. There is a community Hoaglin in Van Wert County, Ohio, and it is quite possible that the name of the place in Oregon came from that source. The name of the Oregon post office was changed to Idleyld Park on December 1, 1932. Hobo LAKE, Wallowa County. Hobo Lake is in township 3 south, range 43 east. In early days Robert B. Bowman and others found a hobo camped at this lake, apparently living quite happily. They were not able to learn his identity. The lake has been known as Hobo Lake ever since.

HOBSONVILLE, Tillamook County. In 1927 Miss Lucy Doughty of Bay City wrote the compiler as follows: "John Hobson and family were among the pioneers of Clatsop Plains. About the year 1885 Messrs. Hobson and Leinenweber of Astoria, erected a salmon cannery at the place since called Hobsonville. Frank Hobson, son of the Mr. Hobson mentioned above, came here about the time the cannery was built, and still lives at Garibaldi."

HOEVET, Tillamook County. Hoevet was a post office serving the extreme west part of Wheeler. This was the location of the original Wheeler post office but about 1931 the Wheeler office was moved eastward to the business district of the community at the request of local residents. This was done with the provision that an office would be provided to serve the Wheeler lumber mill and its employees, all in the west part of town. The new office was named Hoevet for C. R. Hoevet, at that time manager of the mill. Hogan, Douglas County. Hogan post office was established May 18, 1887, with James McKinney first postmaster. Hogan post office is reported to have been named for a local land owner who later moved to Roseburg and opened a store. Hogan post office was close to the banks of South Umpqua River, northwest of Roseburg. The name of the office was changed to Melrose on October 10, 1890. Hogg Rock, Linn County. Hogg Rock is a prominent point about a mile west of the summit of the Cascade Range. The Santiam Highway skirts its western and southern slopes. This rock was named for Colonel T. Egenton Hogg, promoter of the Yaquina railroad project. For a history of this project, see Scott's History of the Oregon Country, volume IV, page 328. Among other things, Hogg proposed to extend his railroad through the Cascade Range into eastern Oregon. The style Hogg Butte