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 ber, 1904, to March, 1906, and was obviously named for Dudly (or Dudley) James its first postmaster. In May, 1948, Isaac V. Trullinger, formerly a resident of Clackamas County, wrote that the James post office was situated near Milk Creek between Meadowbrook and Colton. Thomas W. Gerber has written from Canby confirming Mr. Trullinger's statement and adding that James post office was in the north part of section 5, township 5 south, range 3 east. The James family came into that part of Clackamas County about the turn of the century according to Mr. Gerber. There were nine sons and the old gentleman used to brag that he had sired a baseball team, although there is nothing to indicate that the sons ever played after they came to Oregon. Mr. Gerber contributes another morsel to the effect that about the time Dudly James, the oldest son, put up a little store building at the location mentioned above, it burned down and postal activities were transferred to the James house where they were continued until the post office was discontinued in 1906.

JAMESTOWN, Baker County. Jamestown post office was established on the Union County list on June 5, 1882, with James B. Sams first postmaster. The office was apparently named in compliment to the postmaster. It was finally closed on June 21, 1886. Jamestown was near Big Creek, in the exireme north part of Baker County, northeast of Baker. The locality was once in Union County, but a subsequent boundary change brought it into Baker County. Jamestown was also called Big Creek, for the stream.

JAMIESON, Malheur County. Oregon Short Line Railroad Company officials named Jamieson for a Dr. William Jamieson, who was an early settler on Willow Creek. The post office was established in 1911, with J. L. Pope first postmaster.

JARBOE MEADOWS, Union County. These meadows are about 15 miles north of Elgin, in the extreme north end of the county. They drain southward through Jarboe Creek into Lookingglass Creek. They bear the name of William H. Jarboe, a local homesteader who was a wellknown character of the vicinity. The compiler has seen Jarboe's original signature attached to a letter dated December 29, 1898, written to Fay S. LeGrow, then of Walla Walla, spelled as indicated. The styles Jarbeau and Jarbo are wrong.

JASPER, Lane County. This is a station on the Southern Pacific Company's Cascade line southeast of Springfield. It was named for Jasper B. Hills who was born in the locality in 1859. He was the son of Cornelius Joel Hills, who settled at the present site of Jasper in 1846. The place was named about 1880.

JAYNES RIDGE, Wallowa County. The ridge is in the southeast part of the county. It was named for Barren Jaynes, a pioneer rancher.

JEFF Davis CREEK, Grant County. This stream, which is just east of Prairie City, was named during the Civil War because there were southern sympathizers mining and prospecting on its banks..

JEFFERS SLOUGH, Clatsop County. Jeffers Slough drains an area west of Miles Crossing and flows into Lewis and Clark River. It was named for a landowner. The spelling Jeffries is wrong.

JEFFERSON, Marion County. Apparently the earliest name for the locality of Jefferson was Conser's Ferry, named for Jacob Conser, the owner. Conser, a pioneer of 1848, was a prominent settler in the Santiam Valley who was mixed up with various business enterprises at sev