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called reserves. It was at the boundary of the Cascade Forest Reserve.

REST, Harney County. A post office with the agreeable name Rest was established on the Harney County list on April 3, 1890, with Samuel F. Hutton first and only postmaster. This office was closed to Riley on April 29, 1891. In March, 1947, Archie McGowan wrote the compiler as follows: "Samuel F. Hutton was a pioneer settler in the vicinity of Wagontire Mountain. This area became quite famous during the last home. stead era because of the feuds between the pioneer stockmen and the later settlers over the famous Wagontire waterholes. Mrs. America Sutherland, daughter of S. F. Hutton, reports that there were very few patrons for this early post office. It was situated in her father's home, and since patrons had to come so far for their mail, they had to rest before starting on their return journey. The name Rest was applied on that account."

RESTON, Douglas County. This place is said to have been named by a traveler who sat on the front porch of Edmond E. Weekly's stage station. Weekly was considering a name for the post office, which was established August 25, 1890, and the stranger suggested Rest because of the conveniences furnished to tired travelers. Weekly found there was another post office named Rest and he added an additional syllable. The place has been called Reston ever since, but it was not a post office in 1941.

RETLAW, Washington County. This station is on the line of the Southern Pacific Company and was named by spelling the word Walter backward. The place was named for H. L. Walter, a member of the operating department of the company in Portland.

REUBEN, Columbia County. On February 29, 1940, the Rainier Review published a short article about Goble and Reuben, Reuben is a place about a mile south of Goble and apparently it was named for Reuben R. Foster who was the second postmaster. The post office was established September 5, 1890, with Eli G, Foster the first postmaster. The office ran with one interruption until it was discontinued to Goble October 25, 1923. Members of the Foster family were prominent in the history of Goble and vicinity. The place called Reuben is at or near a locality once known as Enterprise. It was planned to name the post office Enterprise in 1890, but that proposal fell by the wayside because there was already an Enterprise in Wallowa County, where the post office was established in 1887.

REUBEN CREEK, Josephine County, Reuben Creek is a tributary of Grave Creek west of Leland. It was named for Reuben Field, who fought in the Rogue River War. See under MOUNT REUBEN.

REX, Yamhill County. Rex is a community in Chehalem Gap a few miles east of Newberg, very near the Washington-Yamhill county line. The writer has not been able to learn why the name was selected. Soine time in the '90s Charles F. Moore, a local landowner, platted some property in the place and named it Charleston, presumably for his own given name. A railroad station was installed with the name Charleston and on March 27, 1900, Charleston post office was established with Harry L. Ward postmaster. Very soon confusion developed with the town of Carlton in the same county. Mail and railroad shipments went astray. The railroad changed the station name from Charleston to Rex and on May 14, 1901, the name of the post office was changed to Rex. Local