Page 6 Section 2 Capital A Journal GARDEN PAGE Time Has To Spray Garden By MARK M. TAYLOR, Capital Journal Special Writer The overlapping of winter gar den chores and spring activities in the garden are predominant factors in gardening in the Wil lamette valley. The last of winter's chores should be undertaken before the joubly active spring season be gins. The use of dormant sprays at this time is one of the most important tasks confronting the home gardener for buds on many of our flowering shrubs and trees are already beginning to swell in anticipation of the spring that is toon to come. Full dormant spraying should be done for every deciduous shrub and tree in the garden us ing a copper base spray such as Bordeaux mixture or a dormant oil spray applied in accordance with the manufacturer's recom mendations. Fruit trees, too, will need this treatment, particularly peaches if you would reduce tho inroads of peach leaf curl. Dormant oil sprays are omul tifiable oils, will mix with water and control most of the fungus diseases that affect our fruit trees and their flowering forms as well as our flowering shrubs. While these arc not specific sprays against insect pests they will, to some extent, retard their develop ment if sprayed now. A dormant oil spray is effective in control ling scale insects. It is advisable, loo, to spray the ground around tiic shrubs to control any disease spores or in sects that may be lurking in the debris or soil. Stop Slugs While not strictly considered a part of the spray program, the baiting of slugs is a task that should be begun as soon as the weather clears a bit. Mclaldchydc slug pellets placed at locations where slugs may have hibernated for the winter will control these vicious pests before they attack the new growth of choice plants in the spring. Dormant spraying should be done on clear days when the tem perature is above 45 degrees. The dormant spray may be applied all through January but shnulil be completed beforo the end of February. For most home garden spray purposes, mo compressed air sprayer, holding about three gal lons of the spray material is sat isfactory. This may be the knap sack typo or carried by means of a shoulder sling. The spray noz- cie j uujuMfluic 10 give a line, cloud-like mist or a jet stream as desired. I here is, too, a smaller type holding about a quart of spray material. Several different types of sprayers of this size arc on the market giving a mistliko spray that will penetrate every crevice in the bark of the shrub or tree where infestation may be gin. Another popular type of sprayer for home use is the one that attaches to the garden hose and utilizes the water pressure to force and mix the spray. It is handy, convenient, effective and inexpensive. Cover IMant In applying a spray it is essen tial that every part of the plant be covered with the spiny mater ial. This docs not mean that the plant should be drenched but, ra ther, a fine, mistlikc coating of the spray reach every part of the GENERAL ELECTRIC 52 GAL FAST RECOVERY WATER HEATER Reg. Price $119.95 SPECIAL $9995 NO M O N E Y D 0 W N SUPPLY LIMITED AT THIS PRICE PAY AS LITTLE AS $5.00 MO. GREEN STAMPS rTJ J .111 I.U T J. ' ' 1 " ' ' ' " - - i k i a ' a n Bw 365 N. COMMERCIAL OPEN MON. & FRI. NITE TILL t F.M. ALEM'S OLDEST FRANCHISED DEALER SALEM'S LARGEST KJ APPUAKOt DISPLAY Come plant as the untouched area, even though small, may be the source of continued growth of the in sects of disease spores. Many chemical preparations have been used in an attempt to control tho spread of diseases in plants. Bordeaux mixture has proved to be one of the most suc cessful sprays, however, for most deciduous plants. The several types of leaf spot, including black spot of roses can, largely, be controlled by dormant spraying with Bordeaux. Many of the common blignts ot ornamen tal plants arc controlled with the same spray. Dormant oil sprays, too, arc effective in controlling these diseases as well as combat ting scale insects. The failures of life sit around and complain, That the gods haven't treated cm ncht. They've lost their umbrellas whenever it rains And they haven't their lanterns at night. Preparedness Virtue That little verse, origin un known, is a caustic reminder that there is virtue in preparedness. No place is this more dramatical ly illustrated than in the home garden where spraying is one of the means whereby disasters may be avoided. Spraying, when properly done, will prevent future inroads of dis ease and will control harmful in sects that may, eventually, de stroy a choice plant. Regardless of the type of spray er one may use, and there are in numerable kinds to serve every conceivable purpose, the sprayer must be kept clean at all times just .as the surgeon's instruments must be sterilized. Always wash out the sprayer with clean water after each use. Particular atten tion should be given to the noz zle as fine particles of the spray residue may clog the tiny holes or there may be a corrosive ac tion that will clog the vents. The leather washer in the pump type sprayer should be removed peri odically, cleaned and oiled so the sprayer will work at maximum ef ficiency when you need it. separate Sprayers If you are starting to build up your garden equipment, or add to that winch you now have, remem ber that spray equipment used with weed killing chemicals should be assigned to that task exclusively for it is difficult to remove every particle of residu al material from the sprayer hut it may come loose when spraying with some other chemical there by killing a plant that you were trying to protect. So, if you arc planning to use weed killers, pur chase a separate sprayer for that purpose and mark it plainly for that use and avoid any later dif ficulties. EDUCATION TV SOUGHT WASHINGTON I An appli cation to operate a non-commcr cinl educational T" station nt Cor vallis Tuesday was liled hy the Oregon Board ol Higher Kducit tion with the Federal Communi cations Commission. The board asked that the sla tion be operated on channel 7. NO M 0 N E Y D 0 W N J L J F. I I 1 I .1 I li t ft vtm i - - - - ' - ... HOME OF THE WEEK Couple Give Face Lifting To 35- Year-Old House Here By JANET TUG.MAN STONE Capital Journal Writer A 35-year-old house is getting a face lifting at the back-breaking expense ol a young couple who arc determined to make a silk purse out of a lows ear. Don and Elaine Dill and their two youngsters, Larry and Terry, moved into their middle aged home on 260 South 23rd St., just about two years ago. They bought "it," as Mrs. Dill refers to the resi dence, because it had room room for the children, room for guests and, incidentally, room for a dark room lor her photographer hus band. Square and Solid The house is, square and solid. dead white in the tradition of that day, with a long front porch slap ped across the front of it. A nar row frort door opens into a mid die-sized living room which ad joins a twin which adjoins a kit' chen which is connected again with tne living room. At. least that s the wav t is now. Though they haven't slarted yet, the Dills plan to knock out the partition separating the front two rooms, wall in the present door ana re-locate it at the north end. This will give them one long living room, roughly the size of a bowl ing alley, slopped hy a fire place at the southern end. Kltcher Changed This renovation will make the route to tho kitchen and back rooms shorter and easier than be fore. The kitchen has already been re. dressed. Don Dill, who had never done anything of the sort before, banged out walls and cabinets, sliced bricks and put in new ac coutrements to turn the out-moded room into a convenient, modern and beautiful place. ins wile, working alone with him. painted her new kitchen in most startling and unusual shades. To begin with, one wall, which adjoined a bedroom, and was load ed with a closet on one side and cabinets on the other, was cleaned down to lis two-by-lours. Di then rebuilt cabinets on the top of the win, and the bottom, with peg board in between. On this hoard is hung the accoutrements of the housewife's trade, the spatulas, egg beaters and etc. Wall Stripped On the other side of the room. the wall was completely stripped ol drain board, cupboards and sink and re made into a brcaklast bar. nils bar is of pink plastic and it s faced with a single large win dow, which runs the length of the room. At the bar arc situated four pink ice cream stools. It is here the family eats their more casual meals and snacks. In the wall which connects the kitchen and living room, the Dills found a brick chimney. Thcv tin covered it completely then nut their stove to it and, by splicing uncus, ana fastening them with plaster to a wire screen tho whole wall was changed from hoard to brick. Above the slove they put a copper tunnel wilh a fan inside which sucks up the cooking odors. More Cabinets An island adjoining this wall has more cabinets and a sink, on one side, and a place for Mrs. Dill s pottery dishes on the other. The floor, will be pink tile with spatters of yellow and gray. Mrs. Dill used an unusual com bination of colors for her kitchen. The ceiling and wall are coral. ("You'd have to sec this to like it," she says), and the three walls and upper cabinets are yellow. The lower cabinets arc charcoal on the outside and yellow on the inside and, ol course, the floor and other counter surfaces are pale pink. Shades Harmonize (ioing from the kitchen into the dining room that used to be a bedroom, you would run into shades that harmonize with the colors in the kitchen. The walls are dull gold, the ceiling a darker shade of coral anil the floor is painted a gold-beige. The furn-i-shuiKS, modern in design, are ebony and natural birch. The Dills ran into some trouble with this room. "We were just going to paint it. nothing more," says Airs. Dill, but they ended up un doing then re doing the whole thing. first of all, the wall paper was "crinkled," according to the mis tress of the house. This had to be steamed otf. "The whole house was dripping wet nt that time." Mis. Dill recalls. Then tile couple found the south wall had rotted so had to be cleaned out, recon structed and new plaster board put in. The window was rebuilt nt that time, simply by cutting a square from floor to ceiling and putting in a ready made window, set on louvres. Texture Painting Now the surfaces of the new wall and of the old were different so the Dills had to resort to texture painting. They mixed crushed wal nut shells and paint and slapped three coats on the new wall, then i;ave a tinal coat to the whole room, and achieved a matched elicit. The Dills are now advancing on their living room. "Hight now we dread it." she says, "but even though the work is hard, we always get excited before we're halfway through." They are not quite sure yet, she says what colors they will use but it will blend with the shades selected for the kitchen and dining rooms. After the living room the couple will progress to the upstairs which has three bedrooms. Their plans are n yet indefinite for this part o( Ihe house Hut. flouimess we ll change il completely." remarks Kl.nne Dill. Is it worth H? "Of course it is." she says, "I'll be glad when it's done, but well always be glad wt did It." As far as expense- ts concerned. "What's the differenca," she. ri$, "w ptid )M to u elder DwwiittaH in Vlfwain. These are the cupboards that took up one wall of the 1912 Dill residence on South 2.1rd St. They tore these down and re-built cabi nets with enough space in between for a peg-board and painted it all in shades of yellow, pink and charcoal gray. j t - : if k- js This In the wall that ronnrcts I ho kitchen with the living rnnm. It lifted to be cupboards, but Don Dill Investigated, found a brick chimney so tore down the other wall and. by slicing bricks, com pleted the rest of the wall in brick. He put over the stove a copper funnel to draw up cooking odors. r Die Kink nnil cupboards In this picture were all lorn out and rrplamf wilh n breakfast bar. Three long windows were set ulxivr Ihe luir which wan fared with pink plastie. The basin and fmirrt were then put in a home-made island extending across the middle of Ihe floor, which encloses cabinets on one side and a place lor dishes on the other. Thlf picture Is the "afler" of the picture of abore. It showt the breakfast bar, long windows and tsland that hare been re modeled In the Dill's kitchen. It provides, says Mrs. Pill, more IlKht in the mom and Is makes the rooking utensils more easily available to the rooking area. ! " and more for changes it would nilve ;,Kon ,m. lMlhl,r Kavhut I his way w ant'' we Ket just what we Rear Admiral Arleigh A. Burke, chief ot U.S. Naval Operations, is do-it-yourself ipiy. With his pow er tools, h built mich of hi qua THE CAPITAL JOURNAL I a : I p , i. iffl'E Q ARl llUR BAGS PEER ni.UU.IXTOWN. R. I. Ronald Kcnvon. who had never fired a bow and arrow until six days ago, bagged a HP-poun4 deer with tVot nojn. He -cam, the i4 vtt hi the Mntucr to bit tff bW&y n Eh Mwt& tenet ftiuftnfi. On the House By ANDREW C. LANG AP News featured Years ago when you bought new house, you bought a house period. Today when you buy a new house, you buy a house plus a refrigerator plus a washing ma chine plus a dishwasher plus any or all of a dozen other modern appliances or convenience units. What does this mean to you? Perhaps you've never given it a thought ... but Congress has! The entire matter of "extras" included in the purchase of a house has been under committee study for sevral months and is likely to reach the floor of Con gress this spring. Here is how the battle lines are drawn: . ' Opposition Argument Opponents of the package idea in housing say that the new home owner is not getting full value for his money. They point out that the purchaser of a house finds the price of the extra equip ment included in the total cost. There is no argument on that score alone, since obviously some body has to pay for the appliances. But they object to the fact that, since this additional cost becomes part of a long-term mortgage, the home owner actually is making payments on items over a 20, 25 and 30-year period . . . long after the appliances have outlived their usefulness. Thus,- when a family gets down to the closing years of the life of a mortgage, all or nearly all the "extras" that came with the house have been replaced by new products of the same nature. Oddly enough, the man who pays the freight, the new home owner, has found no fault with this sys tem, with the usual few excep tions. The major complaint has come from the retailer, who has watched one of his most lucrative markets disappear little by little. Builders naturally buy in bulk, which means cheaper prices and a bypassing of the retailer. Replacement Not Unusual j Those who see nothing wrong in the package idea in housing : say that the argument of the op-: position is built on a straw founda-1 tion. Sure, they admit, appliances 1 and much other equipment iticlud- j ed with a new house wear out before the mortgage has been paid , off. But doesn't a house have to be repainted after a few years? Don t floor coverings wear out? 1 In short, isn't the replacement factor always in the picture, even with elements long accepted as standard in a new house? The package adherents have an other point they emphasize . . . that many persons who buy houses with appliances, units anrl other items would be unable 10 do so if they had to purchase the "ex tras separately. It s no secret that putting up the down payment even when it's the absolute legal minimum, often strips a family of all available cash. If, in addition, the purchase of a thousand or more dollars worth of separates had to be contemplated, the fam ily might well decide to wait an other year or two before owning its own home. The rebuttal to this is that it might be better if such families did wait . . . that it's questionable whether they should leave themselves bereft of all cash in order to buy homes. But that's a controversy of much greater vintage, encompassing the over all topic of credit and hardly con fined to the subject of houses. It will be interesting to see just what, if anything. Congress can do about the package deal in home selling. Your Garden Notebook DID YOU KNOW? Dates are the oldest fruit culti vated by man? Window boxes are coming back into vogue in many localities? Root nematodes often cause car rots to develop two or three tips? Jasmine tjasminum nudiflorum has been in bloom about a month? Branches of Korsythia mav be forced into bloom for indoor use Seersucker is a common name applied to Geogenanthus undatus? Genus is a botanical term used to describe a grouping of plants of different species that are more alike than any other group? There are some olive trees known to be over 1500 years old? COMING EVENTS Jan. 19 Northwest regional con ference. Men's Garden Clubs of America, Salem. June 11-14 National convention. Men's Garden Clubs of America, Portland. Corn Tassels Are Eliminated Donald F. Jones of the Connecti cut Asrtcultural Experiment Sta tion and Paul C. Mansclsdorf of Harvard have developed a emetic process whereby the hand removal of tassels in the production of seed corn is eliminated. The hand work previously in volved some 125.000 people in per- formine the task, but the genetic process, a cytop lasmic gene for male sterility is bred into the seed producing line of corn thereby making the handwork unnecessary. I New Beauty for Your i Windows 45 Ftlrgraundi f New Beauty Planting Said Very Important To Tree Life Trees are so important in land scape planting and live for such a long time that proper planting and after-planting care is the most important task in connection with them. The planting of trees now, while still dormant, enables them to be come firmly established in their new locations before active growtn begins. Whenever you transplant any n ant. from the nursery or trom one part of the home grounds to another there is, aeiinitciy a snocK to the plant that must be offset by artificial means. This shock can be greatly reduced by shor tening the period of transition. In other words, get the tree, or other plant back into soil just as quickly as possible. Even at best there is considerable shock to the plant. To offset this shock it is necessary to reduce the tops of trees, except evergreens, by one-fourth to one- third. This reduces the number ol leaves for the first season after planting and, resultantly, reduces its water requirements. Heel Trees It is often impossible for the home gardener to immediately plant the trees he gets from the nursery. In such event, it is ad visable to "heel them in , mat is. cover the roots witn moist sou until you can plant them. Then, when ready, prepare the hole to receive the tree. Make the hole large enough to accommodate all of the roots of the tree without cramping and deep enough so the soil level of the tree, when planted, will be the same as it was in its former location. This point can be easily discerned by the soil mark on the bark of the trunk of the tree. Then fill in the hole with good soil, being sure to work it well in around .the roots, remem bering that the small roots are (he ones that do the feeding of the tree. Any bruised, dead or broken roots should be carefully pruned to avoid the inroads of fungus di seases. The first year or two a tree is planted are the most important in its life. It lust not lack for mois ture during the period it is be coming established. Place Slake To insure an erect tree it's a good idea to place a strong slake alongside it when first planted and tie it well so that the wind will not cause it to lean or the roots to become loose in the soil. It is best to place the stake in the hole with the tree at the time it is planted being sure that no roots are injured, in the process. The stake should be about four inches from the trunk of the tree and at least six feet above ground after being driven down. Stout wire may b used in tying the tree to the stake, but. do not injure the tree trunk in the process. Old sections of garden hose may be cut up through which the wire may be run and the old hose will provide a cushion for yie wire to prevent KiiuuiiK mum iimkui mil me iree. Leave the stake with the tree tied to it for the first two years by which time the roots should be firmly entrenched and the normal growth of the tree ensured. Mulch Good Most shrubs and trees will bene fit from a mulch of manure ap plied just ifter planting. For plants of the broad-leaved ever green category, such as rhododen drons, azaleas and hollies, t h e mulch should be of leaves. Evergreen trees will, probably. be balled and burlapped by your nurseryman when you take it. This means that the roots are intact with the soil in which they have been grown so that they may be moved without disturbing the es sential root system. These trees resent much more any disturbance of their root systems, hence any method of ensuring minimum dis turbance means successful growth in the new location. The planting of hailed and bur lapped specimens is the same as for bare root trees except that the entire ball is lowered into the planting hole. If the wrapping is of burlap, it need not be removed. but the cords that bind it to the ball should be cut. The burlap may be left in the hole as it will soon rot away anyway. Can Evergreens A more modern method of pre paring evergreens for the market is by growing them in containers, often referred to as "cans". These "cans" may be of tin or of a dur able paper. The object is the same as in the balled and burlapped plants. However, it is necessary to cut the can away from the soil N0RGE SSSSol 1956 Floor Model AUTOMATIC DRYERS SOQSO FROM WHILE THEY LAST Easy Budget Terms A I I A 1 1F Refrigeration AL LAUt J350 state St. Phone EM 24195 Custom-Made Draperies, Shades, Venetian Blinds Combination Screen & Slorm Doors Kirsch Drapery Rods and Hardware 0 Manufacturers of Salem Venetian Blinds Cut to Measure Window Shades Capital Shade and Drapery Shop Re). Phone EM 4-1156 Salem, Oregon, Wednesday, January 16, 1957 and set the remaining block of soil that contains the roots of the tree in the previously prepared hole. The choice of trees for home grounds planting is often a worri some duty, but it need not be so for your nurseryman is most help ful in advising what tree will best suit the purpose you have in mind. It is best, then, to give your nurs eryman a complete idea of what vou want the tree lor. ne can tcllfcyou its cultural requirements, eventual height and breadth, rapidity of growth and suscepti bility to disease. Pin Oak Clean Perhaps your need for trees in your home garden planting is to provide shade. In which case do not overlook the use of Pin Oak. It is one of the cleanest and most orderly of medium sized trees for the home grounds. A selection of flowering trees should not be too difficult for there are many, many choice kinds that thrive in this area. Our favorite, as we have mentioned many times, is the flowering cherry which is a tree that every home in the "Cherry City" should have. The variety Kwanzan .is the favorite, locally, and grows fairly rapidly, each year putting on a more magnifi cent display of its cherry - pink blossoms than the previous season. A single specimen of this tree re sembles a huge bouquet when in bloom at maturity. The flowering plum or prune gives the earliest spring show with medium sized trees, different varieties affording different shades of colorful blos soms from near-white to deep rose pink. Flowering crabapples are be coming increasingly popular for their colorful bloom on medium sized trees. Some varieties produce excellent fruit as well that can be utilized in making delicious jellies. A most attractive shade tree or street tree, eventually reaching 60 feet in height is the tulip tree. It is very symmetrical and at matur ity has lovely greenish yellow tulip-like blooms. The Ginkgo, or maidenhair tree, one of the oldest and finest trees grown but relatively few are found in this area. It is gawky at first but develops into a splendid round - neaded tree. Only male trees should be planted as the fruit is foul smelling. Dogwood Loaded Nor should we overlook one of our finest native flowering trees. the Dogwood. It becomes a good sized tree in relatively few years ana is loaded with beautiful creamy - white blooms in spring. Its foliage turns a splendid crim son in the fall to give added color to the home grounds. Another native tree which is un surpassed in spring beauty is the one we commonly, and erroneous ly know as the Oregon mvrtle. It is adaptable to this area and gives a fine show of yellow blossoms in the spring. It is classified as an evergreen and is best secured grown in gallon cans. But. whatever your choice, a tree for flowering beauty, for shade, for windbreak or just as a single specimen, do plant a tree. There is nothing you can plant that is of more enduring beauty. Vou will be glad you did! The Seminoles of Florida are the only Indian nation that never has officially made peace with the United States. Now they sell handi crafts to "enemy" tourists. Your precious possessions are safe with modern oil heat. No other automatic fuel equals oil for safety, for economy or for comfort. You'll have luxurious warmth in every room, in any weather even the Coldest, without cold spots, clamminess of the skin, tiisagreeahloodors ot iromcsbout pilotlighcfarilnres. WARMTH THAT'S MORE THAN SKIN DP.V Home Repairs Dos . . . Dont's AP Newsfeaturei DO . . . remember that in us ing a suction-cup plunger, some times known as "a plumber's friend," there must be enough water in the sink to cover the bottom part of the suction cup. DO . . . use a chemical cleaner to unclog a sink only if the water is draining slowly; if there is a 100 per cent stoppage, the cleaner will bubble up inside the sink instead of inside the pipe. , DO . . . use a coil steel spring, known as "a snake," to dislodge obstructions on which a cleaner or a plunger has no effect. DO ... a thorough job of un clogging by removing the clean out plug at the bottom of the U-shaped pipe under the sink and getting out all extraneous ma terial. DON'T . , . give up on the "plumber's friend" too easily; it sometimes is necessary to operate it 20, 30 or 40 times be fore there is any result. DON'T . . . forget that, if the sink has an overflow outlet, it must be plugged with a cloth while the plunger is being used. DON'T . . . neglect to put a pail or other container under the clean out plug before you remove it. DON'T . . . allow grease to con geal in the pipes; avoid this by running scalding water in the sink for a couple of minutes after each dishwashing. Labor Merger Group Named PORTLAND (A A committee of 16 men has been named to work out details of a merger be tween AFL and CIO headquarters here. Gust Anderson of the AFL Port land Labor Council said Monday night "it is going to be a lot of work" smoothing out the merger with the CIO Portland Industrial Union Council. The state union organizations merged last June. FURNACES Complete Installations Free Survcv & Estimate 3 Months to Pay Call Todav EM-38555 Eve. EM-48790 or EM 48821 OIL OR GAS Comfort Clean Thrifty Salem Heating & Sheet Metal Co. 1085 Broadway They're Sae. with Modern Oil Heat! t o (