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Claire 525 ! ma of duplication so Ruckles was selected. The railroad station is Dole. It is understood that the railroad objected to the use of the word Ruckles because it sounded so much like Riddles and this presented the possibility of confusion in train orders. Riddles was the former name of the station now known as Riddle. Ruckles does not appear on the 1935 post office list.

RUDDOCK, Umatilla County. Ruddock post office was established July 25, 1888, with Isaac Ruddock postmaster. The office was closed October 12, 1895, and the business turned over to Gibbon. The office was at or near the railroad station North Fork, at the junction of that stream and Meacham Creek. The writer has been told that Ruddock, which was obviously named for the postmaster, was a post office established to serve people engaged in wood cutting operations in the Blue Mountains. *Rudio MOUNTAIN, Grant County. Rudio Mountain is in the west part of the county and Rudio Meadow and Rudio Creek are in the same general localitv. Rudio Creek flows into North Fork John Day River. About 1930 J. E. Snow of Dayville wrote the compiler that these features were named for one Rudio, a cattleman, who settled near the mouth of the creek in the early '70s. His first name was probably Peter. Rufus, Sherman County. Rufus was named for Rufus C. Wallis, the original settler in the community. Wallis later moved across the Columbia River and settled in Klickitat County, Washington. He received a U. S. patent for the Klickitat County land on December 13, 1876, for 163.75 acres.

RUJADA, Lane County. Rujada was a lumber camp at the eastern terminus of the Oregon, Pacific and Eastern Railway, east of Cottage Grove. It is said the name was taken from a telegraph code book, and means "a considerable body of standing timber is available." Rujada does not appear on recent maps, but the name is preserved in Rujada Point Lookout on Rose Hill nearby. Rural, Coos County. The community called Rural was named for its surroundings, which were well described by the name. The place is in the south part of the county on South Fork Coquille River near the mouth of Salmon Creek. Rural post office was established August 21, 1890, with James D. Hayes first postmaster of a series of ten. The post office was discontinued September 30, 1915. Rush CREEK, Wallowa County. This stream is near Paradise. It received its name because of bulrushes growing on its banks. Russ CREEK, Clackamas County. This creek is a tributary of Collawash River. It was named for Hiram R. Wilcox of Estacada, formerly of the Forest Service, and universally known as Russ.

RUSSELL CREEK, Clackamas and Marion counties. This stream which flows into Molalla River, was named for Henry Russell, of Molalla, who, with several friends, prospected in this part of the state for a number of years.

RUSSELL LAKE, Marion County. North of Mount Jefferson, wedged in between living glaciers on the south and a rough precipitous mountain wall a thousand feet high on the north, lies Jefferson Park, a natural playground, invitingly level, directly athwart the Cascade Range. There is snow in this park even as late as the first of September, but generally during August the park is a mass of flowers. There are several lakes in the park, and the largest is but a few hundred feet in diameter, but looking down into it from the north, one gets a fine reflection of Mount