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499 2. W 11 1. Die C 61 summit of the Cascade Range, about eight miles south of Mount Jefferson. The lake was discovered by Dr. A. G. Prill of Scio, and about 1912 was named by representatives of the State Board of Fish and Game Commissioners, who stocked the lake with fish that year. Dr. Prill, long an enthusiastic amateur naturalist, conveyed his extensive bird and egg collection to the University of Oregon in 1945. See news story in Sunday Journal, September 23, 1945.

PRINCETON, Harney County. Archie McGowan wrote the compiler in August, 1927, as follows: "Princeton originated as a small rural post office in about 1912. C. B. Smith, a Bostonian and professional musician, settled on a homestead there about three years prior to the birth of the post office, and named the place for Princeton, Massachusetts, which was a town of his childhood." Postal authorities inform the compiler that Princeton post office was established October 15, 1910, with David Williams first postmaster. The compiler has been unable to reconcile the discrepancy in dates.

PRINEVILLE, Crook County. Prineville was named after the first merchant of the place, Barney Prine. His stock consisted largely of a barrel of first rate whisky in the front room of his establishment and some blacksmithing equipment in the back room. The prevailing opinion around Prineville is to the effect that most of the business was done in the front room. For article about Barney Prine by Fred Lockley, see Oregon Journal, March 31, 1927, editorial page. Prineville post office was established with the name Prine on April 13, 1871, and with William Heisler first postmaster. The name of the office was changed to Prineville on December 23, 1872.

PRINGLE CREEK, Marion County. This stream rises in the hills south of Salem, and flows through the southern part of the town. Virgil K. Pringle, who arrived at Salem on December 25, 1846, took up a donation land claim near the stream, which was accordingly named for him. The Pringles left Missouri on April 15, 1846, and Octavius M. Pringle, son of Virgil K. Pringle, wrote an account of the trip under the heading Experiences of an Emigrant Boy of 1846. Octavius M. Pringle subsequently moved to central Oregon. See under PRINGLE FALLS.

PRINGLE Falls, Deschutes County. Pringle Falls on Deschutes River were named for O. M. Pringle who, in 1902, bought from the government 160 acres of land near the site of the falls, under the Timber and Stone Act. Pringle came into central Oregon about 1874, from Salem, and for some years lived near Prineville. The locality of Pringle Falls is also known as the Fish Trap. Indians guddled salmon at this point, lying on the bank and grasping the fish in the gills as they swam up through the shallow channels.

PROGRESS, Washington County. When Progress was named, optimism was fairly singing in the air. Progress post office was established August 28, 1889, with Joseph Hingley postmaster. The office was closed July 11, 1904, but Progress continued as a county crossroads, about three miles southeast of Beaverton. It is at the crossing of the Scholls Ferry Road and the Beaverton-Aurora Highway.

PROMISE, Wallowa County. John C. Phillips and W. Mann settled near the present site of Promise about 1891 and took up homesteads. Mann called the place "Promised Land" and "Land of Promise," and