September 22, 1927, calls attention to the fact that the platted name of the community is Cedarville, part of the Giese donation land claim. Apparently the railroad company and the Giese family were unable to agree on a name for the station.
LINNEY CREEK, Clackamas County. This stream flows into Salmon River from the south, east of Linney Butte. The two features were named for an engineer connected with the Mount Hood Railway and Power Company project.
LINNTON, Multnomah County. Peter H. Burnett and M. M. McCarver, pioneers of 1843, laid out the town of Linnton soon after their arrival in Oregon. They named it for Senator Lewis Fields Linn of Missouri. See under LINN COUNTY. Burnett said of his town: "I have no doubt that this place will be the great commercial town of the territory." Burnett was afterwards first governor of the state of California. Linnton is now within the city of Portland.
LINSLAW, Lane County. In 1917 a petition was sent to Washington for a post office, and in due season it was established and named Linslaw. Local residents are at a loss to explain the name, and say they had nothing to do with its selection. The writer has a theory that the postal authorities had the name Siuslaw on file and the handwriting was not clear, with the result that the name Linslaw was applied to the office. This confusion could occur very easily. Linslaw is near the Siuslaw River.
LINT SLOUGH, Lincoln County. Lint Creek flows into Lint Slough and Lint Slough empties into Alsea Bay at Waldport. These streams were named for one Lint Starr, reported to have been the first white man to claim land in the vicinity of the creek. The name Indian Slough is no longer applicable by decision of USBGN.
LINVILLE, Lincoln County. Linville post office was named for the first postmaster, Robert W. Linville. The office was near Drift Creek a few miles east of Bayview. It was established May 26, 1896, and continued in operation until April 15, 1915. Recent government maps do not show the place.
LITTLE APPLEGATE River, Jackson County. This is the correct name of an important tributary of Applegate River, not North Fork Applegate River. See decision of the USBGN, which agrees with local use. For origin of the name, see APPLEGATE RIVER.
LITTLE BROTHER, Lane County. Little Brother is a small butte northwest of the North Sister. It was so named because of its position in respect of the Three Sisters.
LITTLE DESCHUTES RIVER, Klamath and Deschutes counties. This stream heads on the east slopes of the Cascade Range north of Mount Thielsen. It joins Deschutes River between Lapine and Bend. For several years federal authorities called the stream East Fork, but it was locally known as Little River. In 1926, at the suggestion of the writer, the USBGN officially named the stream Little Deschutes River, and this name has come into general use.
LITTLE EAGLE CREEK, Baker County. This stream joins Eagle Creek on the range line between ranges 44 and 45 east. The name Little Fork is incorrect. See decision of USBGN.
LITTLE LUCKIAMUTE RIVER, Polk County. This stream rises in the Coast Range southwest of Dallas. It joins Luckiamute River south of Independence. In the interest of simplicity government mapping agen VES
