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point without getting wet. A makeshift automobile road has been cut in the face of the point, but the writer feels that he would just as soon be drowned as scared to death. Hugo, Josephine County. Hugo post office was established in 1896, and was named for Hugo Garber, an early settler who was instrumental in securing the office.

HULBERT LAKE, Lane County. This is a long narrow lake fed by intermittent streams and surface drainage. It is four miles west of Harrisburg and has an elevation of 295 feet. It was named for Joseph Hulbert, a pioneer settler nearby.

HULLT, Marion County. Hullt post office was first established about 1891 on the Hullt homestead and was named for that family, which settled there many years ago. C. J. Hullt was the first postmaster. The office was near the famous Silver Creek Falls, of which there are ten cascades in all, the highest of which is about 178 feet. The post office was discontinued in the summer of 1943.

HUMBOLDT Basin, Malheur County. A post office named Humboldt Basin was established June 29, 1869, with Marcus F. Colt postmaster, to serve a locality in what was then called Humboldt Basin and also Mormon Basin. The name Humboldt Basin for the geographic feature gradually gave way to the name Mormon Basin and Mormon Basin is the style now generally used. See under MORMON Basin. Humboldt Basin post office was established on the Baker Couny list, but according to the best information available to the compiler it was actually in what is now Malheur County. This office was closed May 23, 1883. A new post office with the name Basin was established in the same general locality in November, 1894, with Andrew M. Johnson postmaster. This office was discontinued in August, 1895.

HUMBUG CREEK, Jackson County. This stream, near Applegate, was named as the result of a quarrel over the value of a mining claim.

HUMBUG MOUNTAIN, Curry County. This prominent landmark, elevation 1748 feet, is on the shore of the Pacific Ocean, about six miles southeast of Port Orford. It was once known as Sugarloaf Mountain, but its name was changed to Tichenors Humbug as the result of a mistake made by one of the exploring parties sent out by Captain William Tichenor. This party lost its way and went to the north of Port Orford instead of to the south. See Pioneer History of Coos and Curry Counties, page 25. This was in 1851. Since that time Tichenors Humbug has become known as Humbug Mountain. George Davidson in the Coast Pilot, 1889, page 373, says that in 1853 the mountain was called Mount Franklin and that the Indian name was Me-tus. Davidson does not explain these names, which have not prevailed.

HUMBUG POINT, Clatsop County. This point is on Cannon Beach north of Hug Point. It has long been known as Humbug Point because travelers going along the beach flattered themselves that they had reached Hug Point only to find that they had been humbugged, and had a mile yet to go. The two points look much alike.

HUNGRY Hill, Josephine County. Hungry Hill is a place in the mountains about seven miles west of Kerby in the Illinois Valley. Various points called Hungry Hill were generally named in the mining days because miners who worked at them went hungry because of poor diggings. There is another Hungry Hill in the north part of the county and also others in the state.