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 may be reached by road from Medford, Fort Klamath or Bend. A full description of the lake and its geology will be found in Professional Paper 3 of the U. S. Geological Survey. The Geological Survey also publishes an excellent map showing the topography of Crater Lake National Park. For particulars concerning the unveiling of the tablet in memory of J. W. Hillman see The Oregonian for September 21, 1925, page 1 and editorial.

, Crater Lake National Park, Klamath County. This peak was named by engineers of the U. S. Geological Survey because of the extinct crater in its summit. It has an elevation of 7265 feet.

, Clackamas and Hood River Counties. Crater Rock is a well-known point on the south slope of Mt. Hood. It was so named because of the smouldering crater on its north side, between the rock and the slope of the mountain. Crater Rock was once near the central axis of the mountain, but the preponderance of precipitation on the southwest slope of Mt. Hood has resulted in the slope wearing away more rapidly than the other sides, which has caused the summit to be shifted gradually northeast.

, Wasco County. This is a well-known promontory west of The Dalles, around the toe of which flows the Columbia River changing its course from north to west. It is part of the east portal of the Columbia River Gorge. A nearby railroad station is known as Crates. These features were named for Edward Crate, a French-Canadian who came to Oregon as an employee of the Hudson's Bay Company. Mrs. Lulu D. Crandall of The Dalles is authority for the statement that Crate came to the Oregon country as early as 1832. (See The Dalles Chronicle for September 14, 1924). Crate passed through The Dalles in 1837, and also just after the Whitman massacre in 1847 when he was one of those who manned the boat that brought down the river the sur-