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office was closed December 15, 1914. It was situated near the head of South Slough, about twelve miles by road south of Empire. The name was supposed to be descriptive.

SOUTH JUNCTION, Wasco County. When the two railroads were built up Deschutes Canyon, an arrangement was made for the use of joint track for a distance of about twelve miles in the south part of Wasco County. The station at the north end of this joint track was named North Junction and the station at the south end was named South Junction. Subsequently one of the duplicate tracks between South Junction and Metolius was abandoned, so that South Junction is no longer a junction point, although the original name has been retained.

SOUTH SANTIAM RIVER, Linn County. This is the correct name of the southern large tributary of Santiam River. The name South Fork is wrong.

SOUTH SCAPPOOSE CREEK, Columbia County. This seems to be the form of name in general use, not South Fork.

SOUTH UMPQUA RIVER, Douglas County. This is the correct name of the southern branch of Umpqua River, near South Fork. South YAMHILL, Polk County. This was a pioneer post office situated near the present site of Broadmead. It was named for South Yamhill River, nearby. This office was established July 6, 1852, with Marshall B. Burke first postmaster. The name was changed to Lawn Arbor on April 12, 1855, and the office was discontinued February 22, 1865.

SOUTH YAMHILL RIVER, Polk and Yamhill counties. This is the correct name of the southern branch of Yamhill River. It was so named in pioneer days.

SOUVIES ISLAND, Multnomah County. This was the name of a pioneer post office near the mouth of Willamette River. The office was established under the name Mouth of Willamette on June 30, 1851, with Ellis Walker first postmaster. The name of the office was changed to Souvies Island on March 5, 1852. The office was discontinued August 1, 1860. The island is now officially known as Sauvie Island. For information about the island see under that heading. See also under Post

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SPANISH GULCH, Jackson County. This gulch is on the extreme west edge of the county and drains into Wooldridge Creek, a tributary of Slagle Creek. In a letter published in Grants Pass Bulletin on June 4, 1937, Logan Wooldridge says that the gulch was named for a company of Spaniards who mined there during the Rogue River Indian War. The Spaniards deserted their camp in 1855 and never returned.

SPANISH HOLLOW, Sherman County. This is the hollow that opens upon the Columbia River at Biggs. It is said to have received its name because a Spanish ox died in the canyon during the days of the immigrations. The name Spanish Gulch for this hollow is incorrect.

SPARKS LAKE, Deschutes County. This is a long, kidney-shaped lake just east of the summit of the Cascade Range. Its weedy banks originally provided a rendezvous for many varieties of water fowl, some of which have unfortunately been driven away by automobile travel. The lake was named for "Lige" Sparks, a pioneer stockman of central Oregon.

SPARTA, Baker County. Sparta was named for Sparta, Illinois, by William H. Packwood, a prominent Oregon pioneer. Packwood and others visited the diggings near lower Powder River in 1871 and the