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station, neither of which survived the march of time. The meaning of the name, which is of Indian origin, is unknown. A post office with the name Lackemute was established March 14, 1851, and was therefore one of the earliest in the county. Harrison Linville was the first postmaster. The compiler has been unable to find this place on a map, but it is apparent from the list of postmasters that the office was close to the Luckiamute River, probably a little west of the present Pacific Highway West, and in the extreme south part of the county. It also seems apparent that the office was moved to suit the postmasters. It was finally closed on November 23, 1874. In later years there was a railroad station Luckiamute on the Oregonian Railway narrow gage line a little north of the Luckiamute River and about four miles northeast of Pedee. This place did not have a post office, and time has done much to obliterate the community.

LUCKIAMUTE RIVER, Benton and Polk counties. This is an Indian tribal name, the meaning of which is unknown. Bancroft says the Lakmiut tribe was of the Kalapooian nation. The name Luckiamute is an old one, and has nothing to do with a deaf mute who is said to have operated a ferry on the stream. This derivation is purely fanciful. The southern stream is the main fork and is officially known as Luckiamute River, not Big Luckiamute River. The northern branch is officially called Little Luckiamute River.

LUCKY CREEK, Curry County. Lucky Creek is in the Siskiyou Mountains, at the extreme east edge of the county and southeast of Mount Billingslea. It flows into Tincup Creek. The creek was used from which to backfire in stopping the Chetco 30,000-acre fire in 1938. The fire was held at this creek, which became known as Lucky Creek by the firefighters.

LUCKY QUEEN, Josephine County. The Lucky Queen mine is one of the best known in southwest Oregon and bears a name redolent of high hopes. The property is in the north part of Josephine County, just southeast of Sexton Mountain. This mine is described briefly in Walling's History of Southern Oregon, page 463. Little or no work has been done at this mine for many years. Lucky Queen post office was established December 13, 1876, with David H. Sexton postmaster. The office was closed July 24, 1896, and local commercial activity is at a standstill.

LUCKYBOY, Lane County. Luckyboy post office was established February 16, 1901, with George A. Dyson first postmaster, to serve the Lucky Boy mine four or five miles norih of Blue River community. The mine was of course named in a spirit of optimism. The office was closed November 26, 1906, with papers to Blue River.

LUDA, Coos County. Luda post office was named for Luda Krantz, the daughter of the postmaster, David C. Krantz. The office was on East Fork Coquille River a few miles upstream from Gravelford. The locality was on the main road between Myrtle Point and Brewster Valley. Luda post office was established June 3, 1901, with Krantz first and only postmaster. The office was closed August 28, 1902.

LUMRUM BUTTE, Deschutes County. Lumrum is a Chinook jargon word meaning whisky or rum, although the form lum is more generally used. The name has been applied to a butte northeast of Crane Prairie by the Forest Service, possibly because of some incident connected with the making or using of whisky in the vicinity.

LUPER, Lane County. Luper is a station on the Southern Pacific line north of Eugene. Rhea Luper, state engineer, wrote the compiler on July