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PAttE TEN The OREGON STATESMAN, Salens Oregon; Sunday Morning; September 13, 1931 Hi : V ; i Walk Borders Make Brilliant Sh owing as Salem Bows to Fall "Goldra LDEST II DEINS SOUGHT Several Claims Advanced, But Certainty Lacking So far, Asserted (Editor's Note: This ta on f a series of stories prepared by, the Na tional -Association of Ftenr Estate Boards and published reekiy'iar this newspaper for the informs k oT its readers on real estate matters;" ; Where la the oldest home In the United Stats? Is it hidden in the streets of some great city that has grown Qp around it. .or , is it standing in some quaint country town with old trees shading its - doorway? . : " ; - Is "it the old Fairbanks home at Dedham, Mass., variously report ed as the oldest and the second ' oldest residence still standing on this continent, is it the home of Paul Revere, is it the quaint shin gled house of John and Pnsciiia Alden. or la It a home never known before?.- 1 r The national association of Real Estate Boards wants to know. The association wants to locate the oldest home, and start a move ment to preserve . it as . a shrine dedicated to the ideals that are founded on home ownership. Her bert U. Nelson, executive secretary of the association thinks: Importance Shown "American battle sites are marked because of their signifi cance in American life. The birthplaces of American heroes are, preserved to remind .the pub-. lie what these men did for our country. The desire for home ownership had an equal part in making America great.. The long ing for a bit of land drove ken and women through the western wilderness. The -wish to eep their homes lias made men work on oar farms. and In our factor , ies and in our offices as they never would have worked Other wise. : ",: . j, ' "Unselfishness, thrift, ambition, love and progress hare played their parts in American life be cause somebody wanted a home. - "It Is for these reasons . that home owning must continue to be , encouraged. -Our cities may grow larger and larger, our multi-family structures may pile story upon story, as they do even now, but we wilt always meed the home, so we can always have the home owner.. ; 1 . ; " ' Shrine Suggested ."I would Ilk to see a shrine made of the oldest American home. Its ! very age would be bound to make it appealing., It would do more to sell home own ing than the words of .the best salesman. .... I would like -tow see children - make pilgrimages to it and there be imbued with, the wish for their own hearths that k'H follow them throughout their lives. -; The old Fairbanks home was built in 1636. It was occupied by lineal descendents of the family until 1903. . f ' The house is built, entirely of lumber and plaster except for the chimneys, door steps, and the old oak framing has achieved a rich chocolate "brown. It is believed that the timbers were ""originally ship timbers, very possibly hav ing been made in England. The Real Estate association asks , that anyone knowing of a house as old or older, than the Fairbanks structure send a de scription of it to the association offices. 59 East Van Buren street. Chicago, where every effort to lo cate the most ancient residence will he made. Later the associa tion plans to ask women's clubs, historical societies, - and civic or ganizations to aid in preserving such a home, if such steps have . sot been taken, and to make It a home owning monument in any - event. . .,...,'.. PEREIUilllALS MUST BE MOVED OFTEN Home flower gardens which are 5 made up of perennials must be moved or redesigned every two or three years in order to restore the j vigor of the plant and give it a - change of soil, according to J. T. , Bregger; extension horticulturist, "Washington state college. : The best time tor this transi planting and rearrangement is in . late summer or early fall when the blooming is over and the roots : are in a fairly dormant state. The plants should be carefully dug ; up, divided, and moved to their new location. If the fall rains have not already begun, they , must be watered regularly for best , results. '':'''..":;" "" The digging and replanting of bulbs is another autumn occupa- tion of the flower gardener. Most bulbs should be dug after the tops die down and stored in a cool place for four or five weeks or until time to replant. It Is us ually not best to plant the bulbs until the fall rains have - begun - and -the soil is I first class con- dltion, :-: f ;S .; : ; i ; Beautiful effects can be secured in th perennial flower garden if the diffetent varieties are careful ; ly marked' during the summer as to color and type, ot growth and then arranged in a harmonious design when they are replanted in the fall. In this way innumerable color combinations as well as oth er eiects can. easily be created. - RICKEY, Sept. 12 School will open September 21 with Mrs. Minnie Joeckel and : Mrs. Tressle . Carlson in charge. . Both were In- i u uvkisg a ucie iixst year, 7 " KIDDIES AT RICKEY JFFI0TI1IEK AN INTERESTING HOUSE AND O ; - . ! ' ! -O " . -! ' " - '! I - - - ? 1 . ' - ' : , ! j-v- -:i 1 - j 1 a - t'l ' 1 1 m . I " t M i.; By R. Ci HUNTER Architect, Xew York Editor's Note:' i . A :'Portfolo 'ot 101 Small Homes" by R!. C. Hunter, ar- chitect 1st offered to readers for ,12.50. ! j Send - check or money order j This charming one and one- half story English' cottage with its attached garage has been de signed to masse the most of a 50 foot . plot. The house, Including the garage, meayures 39 feet in width, allowing 11 feet for space at the ' sides. The! front wall of, the house has been extended to include the driveway gates and pier. This treatment serves to give addi tional width to the house, as Well as the much desired . low ram bling appearance. By planting: a hedge between the driveway pier Word has been received by friends of the death of Mrs. Er nest Brower j at San pumas, Cal. Mr3. Browerj was formerly Miss Prl Parlch; daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J; Partch. 'The Partclies made their home for several years on what is how the T. Wallace farm. Mr. Brower j is also well known here. He is a; nephew of Mrs. J. F. C. Tekenburg of Macleay. Mr.fand Mrs. Glen Magee have rented the D. A. Harris home. XI r. "Magee is employed in Salem and Mrs. Magee, who graduated from the Ashland Normal recently will teach at Oak Grov this year, Mrs. Elwood Fegles and eon of Eugene are guests of Mrs. Feg les mother, (Mrs. A. B. Richard son. Mrs. Fegles will be remem bered as Viola Richardson. Rod and Gun Order Might Plant Trout I AURORA, i Sept. 12. The Au rora Rod; and Gun club is losing none' of its enthusiasm in organ ization. Tho China pheasant pens, recently built on thak property of Sam Miller, prove to be aTTIncreas ing source of interest. 1 Fifty of the roosters given to the -club to increase the supply of game birds in this 'vicinity have been ; released, and the' club has received 50 j more to bring the quota Lack to the original 250. The club is contemplating enlarg ing its. Interests, and considering the advisability of planting trout in the Pudding river. HYKTT VERY ILL SILVERTON. Sept. 12 - Word has been received - at Silverton that J. W. Ilyett, former Silver ton and Creswell banker, "is seri ously ill at the Veterans hospital at Oakland, Calif.' He is suffer ing from a tumor on the brain. Mr. Hyett went to San Francisco three months ago. ' . CEDAR SHINGLES 4 still make th You can apply them over your old roof , without re-L moving the wornout shingles, saving 'time and money: at the same time. .Let us show you how it is done and why it makes the best roof. . - Telephone 6627 before you buy ; your new roof and one of. our experienced salesmen -will be glad to come &ut and help you with your estimate. - ! J. W. Coneland Yards MvVestSakm and the corner of the garagei ,a practical service court la formed which nicely screens the kitchen entry -and garage. The entrance vestibule has been placed on .the opposite side ot, the lot with, a walk leading straight to f he street. The entrance door la set in a deep reveal which' formal a protection against ; the weather and serves to give the appe kr ance of ; a very thfck wall. This opening is spanned by a heavy carved oak lintel in keeping with the simplicity of the exterior Re sign. An electric light is conceal ed in the ceiling of the reveal, giving jl pleasing lighting: effect at night. . - -v. ; j.,.- :;::! - The exterior is treated f with rough , thick. ; weather boards, stucco and timber, all of iwhich have been combined in a pleas ing manner. The roof la covered with shingles in variegated shades of blacks and grays grad TWO VARIETIES OF INSECTS PROBLEM Chewing and Sucking Kinds Require Treatment of Different Sorts " There are two kinds of insects with which the home gardener is chiefly concerned, and they are the chewing and the sucking in sects. Chewing Insetsi such j as worms, beetles, etc.. are poisoned through the stomach, by spraying the, plans upon which they' feed with a solution of; arsenate! of lead. It requires about four to five heaping tablespoons of arsen ate of lead to one gallon of wa ter. ' This solution should be used in the spring of the year to Con trol the anual infestation of ca terpillars and other worms. Sucking insects, such as aphis or plant lice, must: be controlled by contact spraying. They pierce the leaf and suck the plant Juices from beneath the surface, thus avoiding any poisons that might be placed upon the surface of the leaf. For efectire control they should be sprayed with a contact solution, something that will suf focate them by its fumes or! by closing up the pores of the b6dy. Nicotine sulphate is very effec tive as are also those spray ma terials made up of liquid pyre thrum, which are nonpoisonous and may be used on vegetables which are grown for table use. Before attempting ; to spray it is well to analyze the situation and determine just what type of Insect you wish to control. If the foliage .is being eaten, then you will know that you should use a material for chewing insects, and conversely if the foliage is not being eaten, then it is reasonable to believe that the insects Infest ing the plants are the sucking in sects, and that a contact spray should be used. -j ; 1 For fungus attacks, . such as Don't wait for a rainy day to shingle your home! i IT COSTS LESS TO REROOF NOW , - . TeL 6621 GARDEN UNIT I U r uated from very dark eaves to light at the ridge. The front entrance" door, timberwork. driveway gates and weather boards are all stained silver gray. The stacco side walls are; treated In a rough trowelled effect, pure the play of light and shade upon the rough, textured surface for its Interest; i The. first floor- plan reveals a complete apartment Including an attached garage. . : t - On - the second floor are two additional bedrooms and a bath. This floor could be finished later if desired. : The house contains 26,100 cu bic feet and would cost approx imately $6800 to build. : Complete working plans and specifications of this house may be obtained for a nominal ! sum from the Building "Editor. Refer to House A-286. mildew, rust and such like, spray with a fungicidal material! such as Bordeaux Mixture, or any spray materials including Bordeaux as a base. Dusting sttlphurJvis! also effective in the control and ! pre vention ot mildew on roses! and other plants. Mildew is more easily prevented than controlled. therefore an occasional dusting is well, even though the plants not infested. are AURORA, Sept. 12. Ezra Hurst while moving a truckload of furniture to Pistol River, Curry county, thought Jie would com bine business and pleasure and in vited his wife and son -Robert! to accompany him. The first day out the truck broke down, and Hurst could see neither good business nor pleasure in waiting for parts to be brought out from Portland. ; They will take more than; a week for a vacation on their ire turn trip. In their absence, Mrs. Thomas Strain, an aunt of Mr. Hurst, and her. granddaughter, victory .Strain of Monmouth, are risiting the other members of the family at the Hurst home. -; A pleasant .dinner party was held at the home of Mr. and! Mrs. P. O. Ottoway recently!- Included fn ;the group were Mr. and Mrs. M.;V. Ottoway and R. O. Bye of Silverton, and Claude Moreland of Oregon City. ! i : House guests at the Fred i Gar rett home are F. F. Garrett and family of Myrtle Point and: Mr, and Mrs. E. A. Folson of Coquille. The Fred Garretts residec at Myr tle Point prior to making jtheir home in Aurora. I EQUIPMENT! WE are bound to talk about our motor transfer equip ment because we are proud of it. And . be cause you can make such good use of our services. - - at the HURST ENCOUNTERS TROUBLE ON TRIP (1FFFR wi s-ii muni nrniiiTm UUILIlKUULIb Experimenting ;With- Them Of Especial Interest Writer Declares ; , .. By LIL.LIE M. JJAG EE ' While it is interesting to exper iment with all kinds, of flowers in producing new ' varieties , it is especially . Interesting to expert ment with, dahlias as one does hot have , to wait t wo . or - three years to see the result but. is rewarded in w urs i year. . Even with field- pollination many , tlmeg. beautiful colors are obtained and , often dahlias that are very much out of the ordinary are produced. , Perhaps due to early ancestors, the reddish hues usually Dredom inate in seedlings, but many times mere wui te gooa variety of col ors including white, several shades of yellow, several shades of pink, and occasionally one with laven- aer, predominating i , all obtained from one seed pod. - : Seedlings as a rule, ranee from single' and semi-double to double with the singles predominating. The single dahlias are- not as popular as the double oneis but it is in the sifrgjes that one obtains some of the most beautiful colt ors. i- . A single seedling seen in. a lo cal!. garden two years ago,, was white with an edging of pale yel low around each petaL In the same garden was seen a beautiful pinkish lavender, double dahlia. whose parent was a red dahlia. Sometimes the first bloosom of a seedling dahlia will be entirely different than any of the other blossoms. One grower was once proud of large double yellow seedllne blossom that was an extraordinary flower, but this was the only dou h' i flowers that the slant ever bore. It is said that It takes three years to establish a dahlia but If dahlia comes true the second year one can be quite sure that It will not change. " Seed should be planted earlv in the spfing inside, or In a hot bed and when all danger of frost is over the plants may be trans planted to the open ground. : It the transplanting is done oo a cool dayi very few plants will be lost. . ' - The ground should be well pul verized and all kinds of plants seem to stand the change much better If warm water instead of cold is used when transplanting. . Dahlias are natives of Mexico and were, named fof Dr. Da Ma, pupil of LInacus. It is said bv authorities that the:f lowers when first introduced were single with yellow disc and dull scarlet rays. They have been under cultiva tion since 1802 in France and since 1S04 in England. At one time the dahlia tubers were used fori food in France but owing to their i acrid flavor their use as food was discontinued. One student of dahlias in 1842 made the statement that every dahlia jwith a tendency to become of a scarlet hue had deeply notch ed petals, varying to one half inch m depth. Authorities tell us that sincethe dahlia has been under cultivation and ther shape of the flower changed that seed have al so changed in shape.' Varied Dahlias Are On Display A collection of dahlias Contain ing 52 varieties is on exhibit in the Ladd and Bush bank. , J. W.i Baxter of route four produced every one of the flowers, some of which are of rare color and eight or pine inches in diameter. CALL US AND LET US HELP YOU ESTIMATE YOUR WORK OUR MATERIALS WILL GIVE YOU SATISFACTION, WE KNOW & GUPPLV CO. 610 No. Capitol " MOVING STORING CRATING . Larmer Transfer & : i Storage ; v : Plaonc 311311 ' We -Also Handle Fuel Oil-and Coal. i "T JAW DOES YOUR r Ivy W: r - . - ' uniwuiN urvvywr By LILLIE L. MADSEN .. - Recently I read an article on humas, decayed vegetable matter. In the soils as a preventative: for injury from drought. T h e article s h o w s e o n e 1 uslvely that If. a soil has been ) well built up Lwith humus drought has little effect oa .the growing plants in such soil. This is of par tie ur lar Interest In farm communi UUlie MiImb ties where suf- flcient; water for lawns, and sar dens Is often a problem, . . , - Madison Cooper, . well-known garden authority, has often , said that soils which are well supplied with humus produce better plants by far. than those where- humus content is small, even though .the latter may be well-supplied with chemical fertilizers. . 5 All of this ;- goes to say that everyone should have a compost heap. some place handy to the garden, j Grass clippings I and leaves may be deposited there dur ing the summer and autumn., But one should be careful not to put in the leaves from the perennial border or from elsewhere: where there may have been diseases. Hollyhock leaves, phlox or snap dragon cuttings should be kept strictly put of the compost heap. These . plants harbor too many diseases. In fact they should be taken tip from the garden) and burned throughout the summer. July is the time that good gar deners buy, divide and plant Iris. Tb Willamette valley is an ideal Iris place. ' There are many vari eties and many uses for them. Oregon has produced a number of exceptionally fine ones of the tall Bearded sort. Howard : Weed; one of the outstanding Iris grow-; ers. or tne .country is an Oregon Ian.. In the July issue of House and Garden Mr. Weed has an arti cle telling of the outstanding sorts. It is well looking it up in the library. When your climbing roses have ceased blooming remove a few- of the older canes and train the younger ones to crow in their places. Unless you do this each year your climbing roses will soon hare too many straggly canes and the beauty of your bush will , be gone, j . ' Mix pea moss and bonemeal for a dressing about your evergreens particularly the smaller ones. A four inch layer of the Peat moss with a little added bonemeal will greatly improve them and regain the moisture throughout the dry season. If you irrigate be sure to soak the ground each time so that the roots do not grow too near the surface. It is always better to soak the ground once in a while than to. sprinkle . them frequently , If possible you should now be gins to prepare your, earden for your 'autumn sweet peas planting. Most of us wish every spring that we had planted some sweet ; peas j "last autumn" so that we would 1 have, early blooms, j Get .named varieties of some of the new sorts. JTou will find it worth your whUe. New faces in the garden does perk up one's Interest im mensely. ; j What is known as peach curl appears at this .time of the season frequently.. This disease will , ap pear on some of the flowering peach trees I have, been told and the advice given is to spray thor oughly with a combination of Bordeaux mixture and arsenate of lead. Be sure the spray reaches all parts of the leaves. I am writ ing this at De Pere, Wisconsin. The last three of my Sunday gar den articles have been written from here and likely, the next . two or three will also be written from here. In one of these I'll tell you of the natural rock gardens I saw We Have the Lumber and Building Materials for Your Job No Matter How Large or How Small Tel. 9191 -9192 i j ATincM fTrxr- ih driving 1 through Yellowstone National Park and oyer the Big Horn mountains. -- ; ., -: u S , i "While here if have been gather ing seed Of the wild yellow cur rant which takes. the same place In Wisconsin woods as do the red currant at home.- I am also get ting a few acorns of their native red oaks. I am taking some but ternuts and hickory, huts horn with me. I have gathered. the seed of a 'different';' honeysuckle aad plan to" get some seed .from the hepatlcas--which .are 5. known as Mayflowerahere. The: woods are full" of them, and the 'fields are full of brown 1 eyed Susans and some lilies greatly resembling oar native orange and black spotted one excep' ag the Wisconsin Ifly ialarger...:: :.;,.) i. ;);; .-'.-v; - . I can! get the shrubs; plants aaJ seeds of all of these from nurser 1' and seed houses at home, you say ? Well, perhaps although douht it but-half the f on. Is get ting them yourself, fin my garden at home I have a lily 1 dug . at Roseburg, Sedum from hear De troit, a tern from the coast range; a huckleberry from the .coast it Lself each plant also a memory ana a garden is really no garden at all if it has 40 memories, is it? ! Wisconsin is i beautiful in the summer with Its green' fields and its leaf trees at least here in the Fox river valley which Is . the same to Wisconsin5 as the- Willam ette valley is to Oregon. But I miss the flowers. There are so few of them - arrowing about the bouses. I have herrd of a few wonderful gardens near by which I plan to see: I shall tell you of them, if I see them. ) " ii ; : : : - "it Dahlia 10 Inches ! Across Reported SILVERTON, Sept. 18. Rob ert Goets, superintendent of Sil verton schools, ! is boasting of a huge dahlia of the King Cowl va riety. It measures 10, Inches in diameter. , Earlier fa the season Mn - Goets said 1 that he had one of the same variety! which meas ured 11 Inches in diameter. FULL- V 1932! CONSOLE " i M j 'III ' J . t : . -i . : & &fe m ; 9 i ! i Model g5 : f r . 5 ur !- ..i.,-f s HERE IS GOLDEN VALUE each as even Atwaler Kent never : offered beore with all the latest 1932 improvements. Fall-ais baffle chamber assures full Golden t Voice lone-range. Have a rearadio ; that you'll be 'nrond of for yearsl Yoo'r always sure of the greatest valum with an Atwater Kent! Come in and try. Auk about our Um payment plan.' ' 1, l I v !340 COURT STREET Oregon Pap er; company s- i ' i! XL r m it i -Manufacturers of 1 .1 J" in BOND LEDGER GLASSINE GREASEPROOF TISSUE . Support Oregon Products Specify Salem Slade'1 Paper for Your Office; Stationer ill Paper Company job is First . Of: Seyerdl Important ! Permits Issued 1 The building situation changed fromamb to lioa last week, gave a hearty roar on the first business day of the- period, set out-down the path of new construction and repairs and made 10 trips to the building inspector's office to get permits for jobs to cost a total of $16,219. The little lamb of the previous week nibbled up 16 jobs from the building pasture but his diet was light; the total cost, ait of which went for repairs, was but one-ninth of last" week's total, or' 11826.41. - ,f: - With less than-half of Septem ber; gone, the permit total stands at two-thirds of the .327,162 fig ure reached last month. The start of construction of wa ter j settling and sludge tanks at the Oregon Pulp & Paper com pany plant last week accounted for; the greatest rise in expendi tures. The Job, which Is being done by the Austin company, will cost 113.699. ! ' . . J- Two other permits for new con struction went to D. O. Lear, to erect a garage. 11675 North 20th. street, costing $120. and to-C C. Mary, to erect a woodshed, 1260 McCoy avenue, costing 50 ' Repalrs to be made to the ware house of the Oregon Electric rail way at Front and Center streets accounted for 11:000 of the wSfgs total. M.I J. Wilbur's announced alterations of a dwelling at 1890 North Capitol "street at a cost of 1700 constituted the next largest project i- . . t't , Other permits were issued as follows; -;." ".- .Jf N:i;l' '- CL M. Roberts, alter dwelling, ; 815' Shipping street, cost $250. " Mrs. George Davis, reroof dwel ling.. 170 South 5th. street, cost 100. -T(K(IDILIIDIEM with the VOICE- Super-heterodyne 10 kilocycle selectivity J' . Tone control and static reducer ... VariaTle-mu tubes and Pentode . . . Ex quisite matched walnut. Automatic Volume Con trol, IX' O N LY, $rtTrfh.50 99 WITH TUBES IJPulp and f r- it. - .!,,.... - ! i .1 ! , i