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'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''
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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
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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.
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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.
When cutting your roses for
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RUSSELL'S MATERIALS
exhibition, cut in the evening or
early morning, place in cool, deep
water and keep in the refrigera
tor until time to take to the show,
Modern pest control manufac
turers provide the home gardener
with the best of modern insecti
cides and fungicides combined in
a single container for easy, one
time use, either in dust or spray
formulas. Such combination in
secticides-fungicides are avail
able under several different
brand names from your nearby
garden supply dealer. With such
convenience, there is little excuse
for one not having quality roses
growing in his garden.
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.
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Reg. 39.95
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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.
The entrance channel will be
13 feet deep and 300 feet wide,
The turning basin will be 500 by
650 feet.
The other contract was $11,170
for dragging and snagging in the
Willamette River, between Cor-
vallis and Portland, and in the
Yamhill River from its mouth to
the highway bridge upstream
from Dayton. The work will be
done by Willamette Tug and
Barge Co., Portland.
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KILLS
SLUGS and SNAILS
Tle one bait that is perfectly
safe to use m the garden. Will
- not burn . tender plants or
foliage.
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