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, 'A I i ' I 'Sturdily Built as Your Permanent Home Register-Guard, Eugene, Oregon Sunday, May 31, 1961 SB This Vacation Cabin Comes in Do-It-Yourself Kit The George Skinner family of, stall, nortable metal firpnlacn and r-rr'-rm--r'' rough and finish plumbing. r" fiHr'' 4- Tha kit mat mmrwhai. mum I v GRAINED PINE Pine panels were left unpainted to enhance rustic effect. Panels are precut, only need to be nailed up as Skinner is doing. Portland, was bitten by the vaca tion bug awhile back, and its members did something about it. . The Skinners bought a vaca tion home through the mail, you might say. The cabin was shipped in its entirety to them; walls, cabinets, roof, electrical lines all wrapped in sturdy . plastic bags. The cabin was transported to the ' building site on the shores of the Pacific Ocean and assem bled by this do-it-yourself family. The cabin they ehose is named the Lodgepole Pine, and is made available by the Western Pine Assn., of Portland. The cabin contains 400 compact square feet of living area includ ing living-dining room, kitchen, bath and separate bedroom. Liv ing space is augmented by a roof ed sun deck. The cabin is as sturdily built as a permanent home even to the extent of double wall con struction, The cabin kit included precut lumber, pre-assembled window and door units, prebuilt cabinets, electrical fixtures, wiring and such appliances as range with oven, refrigerator with freezer, and hot water heater, shower r1 imryiji ra ' Lit' IV-;? !T.L..- .' ' for SPACED DECK Spaces between planks used decking holds sand tracking to a minimum. than the piecemeal materials, but the savings in man hours and labor costt can make up for the difference. The Lodgepole Pine kit cost $3,295 F.O.B. Portland. But since on-the-job labor was greatly re duced, the Skinners saved in the long run. A skilled professional builder can work more quickly from a kit, since there is a minimum of time lost in gathering materials and co-ordinating the construc tion The man-hours required to build a cabin would range from 200 to 250. Labor costs, depend ing upon the size of the cabin, would range from $650 to $900. However, the kits arc so com plete that a do-it-yourself can get by .with a minimum of profes sional help. Even the wiring and plumbing could be installed by a nonprofessional. Since some of the materials should not be left prey to wind and water, it is essential that the cabin be framed and roofed quickly unless storage space is available. 1 - I -- III -- COMPLETED CABIN The Skinner family's completed cabin provides good va cation shelter at the Oregon Coast. It coains 400 square feet of living area, aug mented by sun deck. Woman Loses Court Appeal A 38-year-old Eugene woman has lost her Lano County Circuit Court appeal of conviction for tealing a 98-cent bottle of sugar substitute. Judge Roland Rodman Wed nesday upheld the district court petty larceny conviction of Mrs. Bonnie Mae Cabe, P.O. Box 267, Eugene. Mrs. Cabe was accused of steal ing the item from McKay's Big Y Market on Dec. 30, 1960. In both the district and cir cuit courts the woman claimed that she had placed the bottle of sugar substitute in her pocket nd merely forgot to pay for it when sho payed for other groc eries at the check stand. The store manager, however, testified that he watched Mrs. Cabe purposely place the small bottle in her pocket after look ing around to see that she was not being watched. Judge Rodman fined Mrs. Cabe $75 for tho offense. , Versatile Jackposts Homeowners, are finding ad justable steel" jackposts have many uses about the home. They are particularly good when there is doubt about the floor's ability to support a heavy object such as a piano or freezer. In addition to pre venting floor sag, their screw adjustment permits a drooping floor to be leveled gradually. Horizontal Surface It's easier to get perfect re sults when varnishing if the surface is horizontal. Wher ever possible, keep turning the furniture that is being finished so that you have a horizontal surface on which to work. Al ways wait until the coating has ways wait until the coating has dried before turning the piece. Any runs or sags on vertical surfaces should be eliminated with a dry brush before the varnish sets. Most in a Single Year , 4 Roses Get All-American Awards By MARK M. TAYLOR Four new rosea were an nounced as winners of the 1962 All America awards, the first time so many received the honor in one year. Sharing the rose spotlight were Christian Dior, a hybrid tea rose with bright, crimson flowers over laid with an iridescent scarlet with large, pointed buds opening to large, double high centered blooms. The plant is tall and stately with a glossy foliage cov ering the long stems. The flowers have a light, tea like fragrance. Christian Dior is a Gallic import, coming from France and inheriting many of the qualities of its ancestor, Peace, which also came from France. Golden Slippers, a floribunda with blooms a fluorescent orange and gold, another 1962 winner, achieved its name' as a nursery worker whistled the familiar- tune while working in the origi nator's test plot. The plant, neat, sturdy and compact is continually ornamented with the golden blooms and bright green foliage. There is fragrance, too, a sweet, unusual apple orchard fragrance. King's Ransom, a hybrid tea rose with rich chrome yellow petals, non-fading, large, full blooms borne on tall, full com pact plants with dense, dark green, glossy foliage, traces its ancestry to Golden Masterpiece and Lydia, attaining the best qualities of each. King's Ransom is but the fifth All America rose selection in a pure yellow, the first in 12 years. , John S. Armstrong, a grandi-i flora rose of ( velvety dark red, large blooms of a non-fading new shade upon tall,' well branched and fully clothed plants, com pletes the roster of the 1962 awards. Plants of these 1962 All Ameri ca award winners will be avail able from local nurseries for the 1962 rose season. Rose planting time is past now until fall, unless you buy roses that are, growing in containers, which can be planted at any time. In planting container grown roses (or any shrubs, for that matter), make certain- the soil in the container is moderately moist before transferring the plant from the container to your garden. Split the two opposite sides of the container' with tin snips, or stout knife; pull the two sides of the container, then lift out the ball of soil and set it into the prepared planting hole. As rose show time nears, the regular dusting or spraying sched uld must continue uninterrupted. However, watch that no residue remains on the foliage or your' exhibit will be penalized. 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Rather than hoeing out weeds in your rose beds, use a much of peat, sawdust, buckwheat hulls, ground corncobs or compost. The mulch will retard weed growth and textunze the soil, whereas in hoeing, you might cut off some feeder roots accidentally. It takes six years of constant observation and evaluation and a heavy investment before rose hy bridizers create a new plant worthy of competing for All America honors. Only then is it tested in 24 gardens through the U.S. and studied by the exam ining board. It's Time To CHeck The Screens . With warm weather and the insect season fast approaching, it is time to inspect your win dow screens. Are they twisted, warped, split, rusty or unsight ly from peeled paint?! Will they add to the appearance of your home when you put them up for the summer? And are they heavy and unwieldy to handle? Due for the trash heap and replacement are those whoso frames are rotten, split, warped, or paint-peeled or whose in sect screening is such that rain water runninp off will give the house rust or corrosion stains. The home owner needing new window screens faces such problems as where to go for new screens, what kind to order, how to tell quality, what is now? Since window screens vary widely in types and qual ity, the unwary or inexperi enced replacement screen buyer can easily wind up with some thing that he doesn't want or' wishes he didn't have. While the primary purpose of screens is to keep out insects, many factors are to be con sidered in buying new screens. They include the investment re quired, whether the screens be ing considered are impervi ous to deterioration from weather and proof against stain ing the house because .of rust or corrosion, whether they are light in weight and compact, their general appearance, whether they can be easily and inexpensively repaired if dam aged, and whether they can be easily handled and stored. While screen fabricators of fer professional measuring serv ice, the home owner, himself can save time and labor costs by measuring double hung wood windows for screens. Measure carefully and pre cisely with a rigid measuring stick or steel tape dimensions on the outside of the blind stops (the outermost strips of wood attached to the window frame) where the stops join the frame. - It is of A-l importance to tell the fabricator that yours are "full measurements with no al lowances or tolerance for slipping the screens into po sition. A clear, though unpro fessional, sketch that indicates the various measurements for each screen would also be helpful. WARDS IONTOOMSRV WARDS Budget - Priced COMBINATION DOOR If Full 1" thick ex- W t r u d e d aluminum frame. Complete J with two removable ;S glass inserts, all-alu- fiSj minum screen door hHj closer. ii Reg. 39.95 29 88 Engineers Okay Two Contracts PORTLAND W Army Engi neers have announced award of two contracts totalling $343,970 for channel clearing work in Oregon. The largest was $332,800 for dredging 488,000 cubic yardss of material from the Rogue River entrance channel and turn basin. Excellent Aid Floor to ceiling draperies, in both homes and apartments, are utilized not only for decorating but as an excellent aid to in sure warm rooms during the winter months. The job went to C & D Rental Corp. of Portland, The work is to be completed by next December, but no dredging will be permitted in the Aug. 1 Oct. 31 period. 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