UNION COUNTY
MEADOW MOUNTAIN
Whitman National Forest
4S-42E-20
4S-42E-20
August 11, 1916: "A fire-tower is now being built on Meadow Mountain and a fire-finding apparatus is being installed thereon. When completed the tower will be 35 feet high, topped by a seven-by-seven- foot lookout house." (The Morning Oregonian)
July 26, 1921: "Lightning started a small fire in the Blue Mountains Sunday morning. At eight o'clock a call came from Roscoe Cook, lookout at Meadow Mountain. Forest Ranger Paul M. Ellis hurried to the scene and had the fire subdued before any great damage was done. This is the first fire this season." (La Grande Observer)
September 8, 1921: "Roscoe Cook, who has been holding a position as lookout on Meadow Mountain, returned Wednesday in order to be ready for the opening of school." (La Grande Observer)
July 5, 1924: "The forest rangers, under the direction of Paul M. Ellis, are gathering here and getting out to their posts of observation. Emery Sewall, lookout at Meadow Mountain, went out on Monday." (La Grande Observer)
October 1929: "On August 12 I had the good luck to cut the number of bear on the Grande Ronde district down by three, with my great big 32 automatic, which helped out in two ways - maybe saved some sheep and gave the Meadow Mountain lookout just the proper diet for climbing. K.H. McCool" (Six Twenty-Six)
December 1937: "Archibald was the unofficial companion and real comrade of the Meadow Mountain Lookout. For eight years he had held that position. He had seen men come and go - from the old timer to the greenest recruit. During this time he had acquired a fund of wisdom and understanding. Those who had been there before awaited with anticipation his first call each season after the station was manned. New men soon became his staunch friends.
But this year something happened. Archibald duly made his appearance when Leonard Herbert opened the station. Day after day he called to pay his respects, to keep the lookout company as he went about his work, and, perhaps, to be offered some tidbit. All went well until the first of August; then no longer did Archibald boldly enter the very door of the lookout cabin or frisk about outside. He had vanished! No one knows whether his career has met a sad and sudden ending. But Leonard wonders whether there is any connection between Archibald's disappearance and the fact that on his last call he had been treated to a hearty meal of home-made biscuits. E.D. Wilmouth" (Six Twenty-Six)
But this year something happened. Archibald duly made his appearance when Leonard Herbert opened the station. Day after day he called to pay his respects, to keep the lookout company as he went about his work, and, perhaps, to be offered some tidbit. All went well until the first of August; then no longer did Archibald boldly enter the very door of the lookout cabin or frisk about outside. He had vanished! No one knows whether his career has met a sad and sudden ending. But Leonard wonders whether there is any connection between Archibald's disappearance and the fact that on his last call he had been treated to a hearty meal of home-made biscuits. E.D. Wilmouth" (Six Twenty-Six)
October 1938: " 'Teleradio' is now being used by Meadow Mountain Lookout on the Eagle Ranger District of the Whitman.
Arlie Baker, our own 'Marconi', boasts that with his five tube radio hooked up with one 'A' and one 'B' battery and with no connections whatsoever with the forest line, he picked up telephone conversations.
A third degree fails to break his resistance; he stoutly maintains that there is no connection with any part of the telephone line.
Further, he can pick up conversations on the commercial line at Cove, Oregon, which is 12 miles distant!
By turning down his power he brings in the phone conversations and cuts out the regular radio reception. Reception is on broadcast wave lengths. L.F. Javete" (Six Twenty-Six)
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