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Most of them had been cattle men." Peter Schuttler, 1812-1865, a native of Germany, came to the United States in 1834. He learned wagonmaking, and tried several ventures in the business. Finally he established himself in Chicago and supplied many of his wagons to emigrants and gold seekers en route to Oregon and California. His wagon was lighter than the old prairie schooners and easier running. It commanded a premium over other makes, and was widely used in many parts of the West. The compiler does not know the reason for the discrepancy in spelling for the name used in Oregon, except that it was simpler. A post office called Shutlers was established June 5, 1914, with May Piper postmaster. It was apparently named for the nearby railroad station, also called Shutlers. In November, 1915, the name of the post office was changed to Shutler, and the office was discontinued December 14, 1918. The name of the railroad station was changed to Shutler about the same time as the change in the post ofhice name. Siah BUTTE, Deschutes County. This butte southwest of Bend was named by the Forest Service with the Chinook jargon word for far or far off, indicating its more or less inaccessible position. The name should be pronounced as though spelled Si-ya with accent on the last syllable. Siboco, Lane County. Siboco is a station on the Southern Pacific Company railroad at the mouth of South Inlet on the south side of Siuslaw River about two miles south of Cushman. The name was made synthetically by taking parts of the name of Siuslaw Boom Company which operated in those parts. SiCKFOOT CREEK, Wallowa County. This stream is about twenty miles north of Wallowa. It was named for David Rochester, a clubfoot, who lived on the creck. The Indians named him Sickfoot. Sickfoot drains into Grande Ronde River in township 5 north, range 42 cast.

SIDNEY, Marion County. Sidney is a station on the Oregon Electric Railway in Ankeny Bottom. J. M. Wallace started a flour mill at Sidney in pioneer days and is said to have named the place because of his wife's family name.

SIDWALTER BUTTES, Wasco County. The Sidwalter Buttes lie on a northwest-southeast axis between Badger and Mill creeks in the south part of the county and near the west edge of the Warm Springs Indian Reservation. The maximum elevation of about 3600 feet is near the northwest end of the series. The buttes are named for an old Wasco Indian family of the vicinity. There are several spellings, including Sid Walter, Sidwalter, Sidwallo, Sidewalder and other styles. Sidwalter is the spelling used on the USGS map of the Mount Jefferson quadrangle and reflects the general modern usage.

SIGNAL BUTTES, Clackamas County. Signal Buttes are near the head of Roaring River. T. H. Sherrard of the United States Forest Service told the compiler that the name was intended to be descriptive, because as far as he knew there never were any signals of any kind on these buttes. The pointed summits gave rise to the name.

SILETZ River, Lincoln and Polk counties. The Siletz Indians were the southernmost Salishan tribe on the coast. The name now designates all the tribes on the former Siletz reservation-Athapascan, Yakonan, Kusan, Takilman, Shastan and Shahaptian linguistic families. The name has been called Celeste, Neselitch, Sailetc. Siletz River