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see under WOODBURN. West Woodburn post office was established in May, 1912, with M. J. McCormick first postmaster. The office was closed in March, 1934.

WESTFALL, Malheur County. Westfall was named for Levi Westfall, a pioneer who settled in Bully Creek Valley. The post office was first established with the name Bully in April, 1882, but was changed to Westfall in February, 1889. It was at one time on the old Westfall ranch about two miles east of the present site of the town of Westfall.

WESTFIR, Lane County. Westfir was named for the Western Lumber Company. The name was first used July 19, 1923, according to a letter written the compiler by W. J. Norris. The Western Lumber Company is a large producer of fir lumber. The post office was established in November, 1923.

WESTIMBER, Washington County. Westimber, a post office and railroad station west of the town of Timber, was named on that account. The railroad station was formerly called West Timber but about 1918 the railroad company changed the name to one word to agree with the post office name. The post office was established in 1916 with L. R. Kern postmaster.

WESTLAKE, Lane County. Westlake post office derives its name from the fact that the town site it serves is on the west shore of Siltcoos Lake. This community was established by W. P. Reed in 1914 and the post office was installed in September, 1915.

WESTLAND, Umatilla County. Westland is a railroad station near the west bank of Umatilla River, about eight miles west of Stanfield, named because of its westward position as compared with other communities in the lower Umatilla River area. Westland came into being as a result of the construction by the railroad of the Messner-Hinkle cutoff. Westland post office was established August 17, 1917, with Henry T. Schroeder first postmaster. This post office was closed January 14, 1922, but the railroad station was still in service as of February 15, 1947,

WESTON, Umatilla County. Weston was named for Weston, Missouri, by T. T. Lieuallen. Lieuallen came from the Missouri town and named his home in Oregon after his old home in the middle West. He was first postmaster at Weston, Oregon. The writer has been informed by those who say they knew that Lieuallen said on sev. eral occasions that he intended to name the place Western, but the postal authorities circumvented him. In Carey's History of Oregon it is said that Westen was the name Lieuallan picked on, but this does not agree with other reports that have been received by the compiler. A post office named Mitchell's Station was established in February, 1867, with W. H. Abell postmaster. The name of this office was changed to Weston in September, 1869, at which time Lieuallen became postmaster. The compiler has been unable to learn if Mitchell's Station was at the present location of Weston, or if it was moved in 1869 when the name was changed.

WESTPORT, Clatsop County. John West settled in this locality about 1850, and the place was named for him. West was born in Linlithgowshire, Scotland, in 1809, and came to Oregon by way of Quebec and California. He was known as Captain West and was a millwright and lumberman. He ran a sawmill at Westport and also a salmon cannery. He died in 1887 and his widow, Margaret West, also a native of