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tain. This name was unsatisfactory because of duplication, and Forest Service map makers changed it to Mount Wilson. At that time there was no rule against naming geographic features for living members of the Forest Service. However, Wilson protested against the change, but without result. Dee Wright of Eugene, formerly a member of the Forest Ser. vice, informed the compiler that there was no doubt that the mountain was named for Bruce Wilson, because Wilson told him of the circumstances. Robert Bruce Wilson, son of Dr. and Mrs. R. B. Wilson, was born in Portland on June 2, 1877. He graduated from Yale in 1901, and received a degree from the Yale Forest School in 1904. He entered the Forest Service, and before he resigned, in 1908, he was supervisor of the forests of the Cascade Range between Columbia and McKenzie rivers. He died near Medford on June 19, 1919. He was not married.

MOUNT YORAN, Lane County. The top of Mount Yoran, elevation 7132 feet, is just west of the summit of the Cascade Range north of Diamond Lake. It was named for Louise C. Yoran of Eugene, who was at the time employed by the Forest Service. She married C. A. E. Whitton of Eugene.

MOUNTAIN, Josephine County. The place called Mountain, obviously for the surroundings, was a few miles north of Grants Pass in the southwest part of township 34 south, range 5 west. It was at or near the location of the Lucky Queen mine. The Oregon Almanac, 1915, says it was a lumbering community. Mountain post office was established November 30, 1908, with Allison Rumham first postmaster. The office was closed to Threepines on March 31, 1913, apparently having served its usefulness. Mountain was just southeast of Sexton Mountain.

MOUNTAIN HOME, Washington County. Mountain Home is a locality or neighborhood about three miles south of Scholls. There is a Mountain Home School. The place was named for the Mountain Home farm of the Schmeltzer family, well known in that part of the county. Mountain Home School is on the northwest slopes of the Chehalem Mountains. It was formerly called Schmeltzer School and the place where it stands was known as Fir Clearing. For a history of these matters, see Hillsboro Argus, December 24, 1931.

MOUNTAIN House, Yamhill County. Mountain House appears to have been an institution that moved westward as better transportation became available. According to available information it was first the home of Wilson Carl, two miles west of Carlton, but later there was another locality called Mountain House about seven miles northwest of Carlton and the same distance southwest of Yamhill. The compiler has not been able to learn the exact relationship, if any, between these various establishments. According to post office records Mountain House post office was established October 19, 1866, with Charles W. Cogle first postmaster. Wilson Carl became postmaster November 9, 1868, and Lewis C. Thompson took over the office in January, 1874. Mountain House post office was closed in November, 1874, but the use of the place name continued a good many years after that. It is assumed that the Mountain House was named because it was where travelers stopped before climbing westward over the Coast Range toward Tillamook.

MOUNTAIN SHEEP CREEK, Wallowa County, This creek flows into Snake River in township 4 north, range 48 east. It was named by Charles