Omar C. Spencer

“ In the preface to the first of the Quarterly sections, "the compiler" as McArthur called himself, interchangeably with "the writer," said that he had "for many years gathered notes on the origin of Oregon geographic names." David W. Hazen, reviewing the book, wrote that the collection was begun before McArthur "knew that he was going to write a book." "And when he became a member of the Oregon Geographic Board," Hazen continues, "he set out to learn the whys and the wherefores of every important 'place name' in the Beaver commonwealth." ”

“ It is evident, too, that his undertaking to compile a record of the origin of those names began more than twenty-five years ago, for in December 1925, there appeared in the Oregon Historical Quarterly the first instalment of his collection of names and their background. There were instalments in the seven succeeding Quarterlies and then, all having been assembled, they were presented in February 1928, in book form under the title they had carried in the magazine, "Oregon Geographic Names." ”

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