OREGON GEOGRAPHIC NAMES

405 ii place was named, was a practicing lawyer and located in Arlington, or as it was then known, Alkali, about 1882, and was a member of the firm of Condon and Cornish. He was the son of Judge J. B . Condon, a pioneer jurist of eastern Oregon, and the nephew of Dr. Thomas Con- don, Oregon's great geologist. CONDON BUTTE, Lane County. This butte is about five miles northwest of North Sister and one mile east of the McKenzie Highway. It was named in 1924 by Professor Edwin T. Hodge of the University of Oregon in honor of Dr. Thomas Condon (1822-1907), a distin- guished geologist and scientist, and for many years a member of the faculty of the University of Oregon. Dr. Condon's discoveries of the prehistoric horse had a large influence on the conclusions of scientists and went far to establish evolutionary theories. The richest field of his discoveries was in the John Day Valley. For details con- cerning his life and work see Scott's History of the Ore- gon Country, volume III, page 169. Dr. John C. Mer- riam of the Carnegie Institution has chosen the John Day fossil bed as the scene of intensive investigations looking toward the development of Dr. Condon's dis- 111 4tJRi CONSER, Linn County. Conser is a station on the Ore- gon Electric Railway about four miles north of Albany. This station was named'for John A. Conser, who owned land nearby. He was the son of Jacob Conser, a pioneer of 1848. COOK SLOUGH, Clatsop County. This is a small tidal slough that joins Youngs Bay. It is situated a short dis- tance east of Miles Crossing. Cook Slough takes its name from Geo. W. Cook, who was an early settler on land nearby. He was born in Vermont in 1818 and came to Oregon in 1850. COOPER MOUNTAIN, Washington County. This is a well-known hill about four miles southwest of Beaverton lift* m ill]