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so m e th in g th a t belo n g s on a n a b a n ­
d o n e d fa rm in th e G re a t P la in s aifea:/
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Y et, m a k e no m ista k e , th e r e ’s life in
(a n d w h a t h o m e m a k e r d o esn ’t? ) H ow
th e old h o u se y et, a n d H g ^ p ro b a b ly
to B u ild M o d e m K itc h e n C a b in e ts b y
of m u ch so u n d e r c o n stru c tio n th a n
M ilto n G u n e r m a n B H o m ecraft, 1948',
m ost post w a r stru c tu re s. W ith a little
$1.50) is a d elig h t. H e re a re cab in ets,
fa c e -liftin g th e old h o m e m a y face
a ll so rts a n d co n d itio n s of sto rag e
th e fu tu re w ith confidence. H ow to
spaces, a cco m p an ied by p ra c tic a l d i a - . R em odel a H om e by ‘J. R. Dalzell*.
(A m e ric a n T e c ^ ^ ^ W s W O ^ B g 9 4 ^
g r a m s w h i c h i F a th e r or B ro th e r or
ev en a m e § a n ^ y m in d e d d a u g h ­
$4.75) is a boon to th e d isco u rag ed
hom e 'g w n B A n e a sy g u id e f o r r e ­
te r can fo llo w to m ake,, th e k itc h e n a
^ ^ B B naW arid a e sth e tic h e a r t of th e
m odeling, it
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hom e.
a rem o d eled h o u se w ith a fu ll se t of
To m a n y of us w ho live in O regon,
b lu e p rin ts. N ew H ouses F ro m O ld by
th e w o rd ‘h o m e ’ b rin g s to m i r W a ^ S R. R. H a w k in s (M cG raw , 1948, $4.95)
p ic tu re of a w h ite fra m e house in a
also h elps th e bew ildered h o u se h o ld e r
„setting of g re e n firs. Y et th e re is con­
to d e te rm in e w h e th e r to re m o d e l and
sid e ra b le in te re s t a n d e x p e rim e n ta tio n
ju s t how to do it.
t o d ay in th e use of o th e r b uildi ng m a -
T his is th e I tim e fo r n e st b u ild in g .
te ria ls. B u ild in g blocks, b o th con crete
S p rin g is h e re w i i h its 11siew al of
a n d pum ice,
e a rth and sp irit a n d its re su rg e n c e
age. T h e C o n crete B lock H ouse (P o p ­
of o p tim istic d ream s. W h a t b e tte r r e a l­
u la r M echanics, 1949, $2.00) h as plans,
izatio n can th e re be, w h e th e r you be
d e ta ile d d ia g ra m s a n d step by step
you n g in y e a rs or in sp irit, th a n th e
d e sc rip tio n s of c o n stru c tio n w h ich
h om e w f ^ w h ic h y o u so long h a v e
w o u ld -' e n a b le a n y la y m a n w ith an I B m a ?
B < ^iW(W^^ ^ E n s t r u B o n ^ ^ ^ B t i l d E B ^
ow n hom e. S till o th e r uses of u n f a ­
F e w p e o p le a r e to o b u s y to m in d
m ilia r m a te ria ls a re discu ssed in T he
R a m m e d E a r th H ouse b y A. F. M er
rill ( H a rp e r, 1947, $2.50) a n d ih B u ild
Y o u r O w n A d o b e lf y A l l e r | l | B B | d ,
1946, $3.00). In th e m o istu re -la d e n
a t m o s p h e r e o f w e s t e i j n O re g o n su ch
iiS o vatio:^ ^ hould be a p p ro a c h e d w ith
u n d e rs ta n d a b le cau tio n . Y et w e h e a r
of I a ra m m e d e a rth h o u s e n e a r P o r t­
la n d w h ic h h a s su ccessfu lly w ith ­
stood th e e lem en ts fo r m a n y years.
H o w e v e r in th e face of possible fu tu re
sc a r cities of m a te r ia ls , th e se p ro d u cts
a re in te re stin g I th in g s to co n tem p late.
O ne m o re face of th e h o u sin g an d
'¿ b u ild in g 'p ^ h le m lf ^ ^ s e h ts its e lf. M any
of us a ire a d y ow n a house. Once, long
ago, in a glow of h o n eym oon ra p tu re ,
w e looked on it as th e p e rfe c t d re a m -
c o m e -tru e . N ow a fte r som e tw e n ty -
five y e a rs of d a ily asso ciatio n w ith
Eugene, Oregon
it, it a p p e a rs to o u r w e a ry gaze lik e
O, Give Me a Home
Eugene
Hotel
T elephone 12
121 L yon S tre e t
NISSEN MOTOR CO.
Headquarters
For AU Occasions
Ford
A uthorized D ealer
A L B A N Y , OREGON
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