CLACKAMAS COUNTY
WEST PINHEAD BUTTE
Mt. Hood National Forest
7S-8E-26
7S-8E-26
1933: A native timber tower with a L-4 cab constructed.
September 1936: "A bit if progress. Lookout man Stanley Applegate (a good old pioneer name) who is holding down the West Pinhead station is evidently a firm believer in the policy -- 'Don't talk about what you're going to do -- do it!'
Not being satisfied with a gasoline or oil lamp, he has installed electric lights. Sure enough, no fooling! Like most lookout points, West Pinhead gets its share of wind, and Stanley makes it work for him. On the roof of the lookout house he has installed a Zenith Radio Windcharger, which not only works his radio, but also furnishes plenty of light. The four light bulbs are screwed into coils of #9 wire, thus eliminating the use of standard sockets.
In Stanley's job list, he is expected to do a lot of work in bucking up trees that were felled to improve visibility. It was difficult, if not impossible, for him to hear his telephone ring while on the ground, so he simply made a connection between his radio and telephone and when he goes to the ground, he calls the P.A. and tells him to 'holler' in case he should want to reach him and then lets the receiver down. I was there during a demonstration of this kind and the 'public address' system has nothing on Stanley's arrangement. For further information, one should write Stanley, for all I know about the thing is that it works perfectly and far be it from me to complain why.
Hope that some day other lookouts will have a little wind charger in their homes. A.O. Waha" (Six Twenty-Six)
Not being satisfied with a gasoline or oil lamp, he has installed electric lights. Sure enough, no fooling! Like most lookout points, West Pinhead gets its share of wind, and Stanley makes it work for him. On the roof of the lookout house he has installed a Zenith Radio Windcharger, which not only works his radio, but also furnishes plenty of light. The four light bulbs are screwed into coils of #9 wire, thus eliminating the use of standard sockets.
In Stanley's job list, he is expected to do a lot of work in bucking up trees that were felled to improve visibility. It was difficult, if not impossible, for him to hear his telephone ring while on the ground, so he simply made a connection between his radio and telephone and when he goes to the ground, he calls the P.A. and tells him to 'holler' in case he should want to reach him and then lets the receiver down. I was there during a demonstration of this kind and the 'public address' system has nothing on Stanley's arrangement. For further information, one should write Stanley, for all I know about the thing is that it works perfectly and far be it from me to complain why.
Hope that some day other lookouts will have a little wind charger in their homes. A.O. Waha" (Six Twenty-Six)
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