What a great idea!!!

The "Medford Sun" ran this story in it's June 30, 1917 issue:
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"District Forester George H. Cecil, of Portland, has just placed an order with the Mill-Made Construction Company, of Portland, for ready-cut material for three standard lookout houses to be erected at the summits of Mt McLaughlin, Diamond Peak and Rustler Peak, on the Crater national forest, in July.
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These houses are twelve feet square, with a cupola six feet square. Both cupola and main part of the building have windows running al the way around. The lower part of the house is the lookout man's living quarters, while the cupola contains the Osborne fire finder, maps and other lookout equipment.
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The success in quickly discovering forest fires from lookouts stationed on Mount Hood and other high peaks has turned the attention of foresters to this form of fire protection work. Besides the three houses to be erected on the Crater forest this season, lookout houses will also be placed on several other prominent peaks in Oregon and Washington."
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A follow up story in the same newspaper dated July 13, 1917:
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"The forest service is rushing the three fire lookouts on Windy Peak, Mt McLaughlin and Rustler Butte, so that there is no delay in preparations for fire fighting. The fire lookout houses, knocked down, have been shipped from Portland. Ten government mules will be needed to transport the houses to the peaks."
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That year saw the construction of three lookout houses on the peaks mentioned in the second story. The location of Diamond Peak is unclear, quite often in the early days many peaks were known by several different names.