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Page 6 Section 2 HOME OF THE WEEK Old, Modern Ideas Mixed By Janet Tugnion Stone Capital Journal Writer Old ideas in houses are making news today. Plenty of space, closets, a hall way and entrance, double fire places and even more than one bathroom are becoming popular again. According to a local realtor, the two things that sell a house are it's bathrooms and kitchen. Itcmcmbcr the old days when there was more than one floor and a bathroom on each? And then came the small, square, one lloor homes with ono bathroom stuck someplace in the middle, and fi nally the "ranch house" spread all over the place with the bath room still in the middle. This made the housewife mad so she let her voice ring through the land and lo and behold we have reached the one and or two On the House By DAVID 0. BAREUTIIEB AP Real Kstate Editor The most popular type of house Is something worth knowing about whether you plan to build, buy or jell. For many years the one story, so-called ranch style has been way out in front of the more economical two-story house. To day split-level - structures stand virtually sidc-by-side with onc tlorv ranchers. Just about the same number of people show interest in split-levels as in ranch houses. The dif ference In popularity is only three in 1,000 in favor of the one-story home. This is based on an anlysis of 383,260 inquiries to newspapers about house plans within the past year a very impressive response when you compare it with a year's total construction of about one mil lion homes. The same analysis shows that one-story houses are about 8 per cent more popular than 114 story homes the expansion attic, dor mer window style and fully 24 per cent more popular than two story dwellings. However, thousands of families are interested in each of the four types. All types arc being built in volume. So no matter how many stories you like, you are not out of step with everybody. Little Bombshell . When tho women held their hous ing congress In Washington last pring, they set off a little bomb shell among architects and build ers. The 103 housewives said, among other things, they pre ferred one-story houses with front living rooms and rear kitchens. Ap parently that congress represent ed a fair cross-section or opinion. Analysis of the 383,260 news paper readers' inquiries shows front living rooms are 20.7 per cent more popular thnn rear living rooms. Preferences arc not sc strong when it comes to kitchen lo cation, House plans with kitchens at the back of the house showed only 714 per cent more popularity than plans with kitchens facing the front yard. The fact that these differences in popularity are not greater, in dicates that everybody docs not agree, by a long shot. Also none of these studies takes into consid eration individual site characteris tics. People building on city lots may be more or less obliged to choose front living rooms and rear kitchens. Families building on rur al acreage may have moro choice in planning a house to exploit cer tain views, exposures for sun and shade, prevailing winds and land contour. Appreciation Grows A growing appreciation of the Importance of orienting a house turning it at a slight angle from sun or wind obviously will bring further changes in opinion regard ing front vs. rear living rooms and kitchens. When you know what big urns you can cut off vour heal- ng bills or air conditioning opera tion, you are not apt to plan a house arbitrarily lined up with the road, unless archaic codes com pel It. But all big changes take place gradually. Even though cottages always were popular, the spread of the ranch house exceeded nil expectations. This type culled for more land, more foundation, more roof and more hent than the two story home. It could boast of elim inating stair-climbing. Now slnir climbing seems to be making a comeback in split-levels. And tn many sections of the country two story homes arc gaining in favor. However, fcr every 760 two-story houses built, there apparently will be 1.000 new ranch houses. 9!t7 split levels and 910 Cape Codders or other l'i story models. FURNACES Complete Installations Free Survev Sc Kslimate 36 Months lo Pay Cll Todsy EM-3.S5S Ev. EM-48790 Of EM 48821 OIL OR GAS Comfort Clean Thrifty Salem Heating & Sheet Metal Co. JOM Braadwajr bathroom era! This means that, n the newer homes at least, if you are not yet in the two or three bathroom class, at least they'll let you have a half. And the only thing a half lacks is the bathtub. If you're among the "higher ups" of course, you'll find a bathroom most everywhere you look. Visit Home This reporter and Ben Maxwell, the photographer, were taken through one of the newest of the new homes recently. I his home looked out over the entire city and, that, except for a hill or two, would have included Portland and Mt. Hood. It has two levels and is a threc-bathroom-one-powdcr room affair. This is no small place. Adjoining the bath rooms was a living room, roughly the size of a bowling alley a kit chen, a laundry room, and three bedrooms. Then you could go downstairs and find a family room, extra bed room and bath and storage room. On the main level the architect had included the old-fashioned en trance hall, now increasingly in demand. There were two fire places, one up and one down, and as much light and space in the whole house, as the limit would allow. Another old-new innovation the step-up hearth good for sitting-down-on. The kitchen is the only really new thing. And it is a concession lo pure practicability. It is small with all appliances placed so they can bo reached quickly and easily with a minimum of steps. Also, quite modern were the glass slid ing doors which opened out onto a porch. But perhaps the biggest and most luxurious Hem is the inter com. Wired to each room in the house, the homemakcr could keep track of any member of her fam ily and they can keep track of her. Simple Design This home is In the $.10,000 bracket and, from the outside, is the same 'simple, clean-cut design that is the standard of our day. In a couple of other homes visited, we observed even more modern concessions to tho house keeper. The fnmily room is taking tnc place ot the den. Usually it is connected with the kitchen and owns the second fireplace in the house. I he one we visited was al most a part of the kitchen and had a red-tiled floor and the popu lar Hanging brass lamp. The kitchen had built-in stove, refrigerator and coils. This is one of the biggest selling points of a house, we were told. These buill- ins save immeasurable space Most of the new homes in the $15,000 on up bracket will sport mem. In the third home visited, pine paneling was used on one wall. This Is an innovation which is in creasingly popular. ot course Improvements hnvc not only come In design mid beauty, but In the smaller con venienceslike the laundry cart. In ono home a drawer pulled out of the wall lo hold laundry when full it could be wheeled any place in Ihc house. Silent light switches that go on with the flick of an elbow, lamps that can be pushed up or down with a finger arc all part or the new picture. Windows Best And the windows. Pcrhans Ihc best part of the new home Is it's windows. In the first house visited, long slils of glass, high up on the wall, gave n unique light to a hall way. In the bathrooms of most of the homes, windows were long and narrow and set In layers and cov ered with frosted glass and, in tho main rooms, the large picture win dows nre still in evidence. However, If you're in the ninrket for a new home, don't just admire the benuly consider those things loo the hnrdwnro. Bad hardware can warp a door, gel rusty and creaky. Are the main doors weather locked nnd do they fit easily nnd snugly In their case ments. Windows must be tight, vet easy to work. Is there enough air space under the house to keen out dry roi ann lermiies and is the land solid not still settling. llieik the grade of the lumber and find out if the chimney is weather stripped. A bnd chimney vim nc tiangerous. All of this is information which only an experienced person can give, hut it is worthy any time nnd trouble you must give. Wood Is Choice The wood used in making beauti ful naturally-finished wood kitchen cabinets is cut from the choicest logs. It Is selected (or the aonrar. nnce of the grain pattern and natu ral color tone as Mcll as for struc tural reasons. llomctniwle Cullers i ui ine ouges irom various slirs ot food cans with a wall- type can opener so edges arc smooth. Keep in a handy kitchen arawcr ana use as cookie cutlers New Sov CAPITAL SHADE im Filrgroondf Raid 2S ) m tr -.fi rffS-r-"' fZz is I i-Ui I Jt-- --T )i J' If il 'if J This Is a sample of the family room now in popular demand In the new homes. The picture above shows the room connected with the kitchen. The beamed ceiling, colonial patterned wall paper and brick wall and fireplace make it a rustic and comfortable room. In the picture below Is shown a new stove which is becoming popular lately. The oven Is encased In a cupboard and the coils have been laid on the counter. This is designed to give (he cook more room, (Capital Journal photos) Planting Box Easy to Make AP Nrwsfcaturcs AN ATTRACTIVE planting box to be hung from chains, or suit able for a tabic decoration, is an easy project tor the home crafts man who has a coping saw or scroll sow. Use lumber of 1-inch nominal thickness, or thinner if available. I" SQUARES BOTTOM 10 ' SQ. Diagram for a planter Overall width of each side, includ- ing the curved edge, is 16 inches, j Overnll height is 7'j inches. Make a pattern on paper or on by 16-tndi board, with 1-inch squares, as shown, urnw the cor ner designs, using a compass and a French curve. He sure to cut Ihc slots exactly the same width as Ihc thickness ol the board, and exactly 3' inches long. Alter cutting the curved ends, sand the pieces and tit them to gether to determine the size of the square bottom, (tf lumber inch thick is used the bottom will he 10'j Inches square.) Cut the bot tom to lit inside the side pieces. Assemble, using wood glue and 6 penny finishing nails. Ncitr Hock Hilton, Kin,, 50 miles from Mimn. Heath, there is h 350 acre reproduction of Africa. Zrhrn, giraffe, camels, ostriches and other desert nnd jungle wild life can be observed on this preserve. fieoufy for Your Windows Money lit Ways! Wfih Custom-Made Dfipeiiti, Shadu, Vtnelim Blind Combination Screen & Storm Doon Much DnpeiT Rodt ind Hardwin Manufacturers nt Salem Venetian Minds t ut to Measure Window Shades and DRAPERY SHOP rhrnie r.M 4-lftSt IpS Sample of Family Room Your Garden Notebook DO YOU KNOW? Removal of the tiny "seeds" i the surface of a strawberry ill inhibit its development in that region? Garden pools can fit snugly in to many types of landscape de sign? Every water lily plant is a float ing bouquet? Success with house plants re quires adequate light? COMING EVENTS April 12-13 Camellia Show, Salem. May 13-21 International Flow er Show, Inglewood. Calif. June 11-14 National Conven tion Men's Garden Clubs of Amer ica. Portland. June 1016 Rose Festival, Portland. The town of St. George, Bcrmil da, is named for Sir George Som ers who was ship wrecked there in 1609. He was headed for the infant colony of Virginia. LIGHTNING FAST tm iWmalt than mo it 4rm wirnti. CnUnM 7 mriTdt nU that purr yowr dram. Orm INSTANT dis!K0Tr frra. har. fiU, vrgtUblf malUt, Hr in year kitfhtn or bthitKw tnk. Worki when othrni fail. Rrmovr dorv INSTANT it ronrntratd a DIFFERENT, . . fffTTfff DOUGHTON HDWE. 355 Court Ph. EM 3-6788 Four Corners Hardware Salem Four Corners lldwe. Salem Mickey's Hardware Aumsvllle Ken (iolllett lenklns Hardwire Cook's Grocery Lyons Plumbing (iu.v's Hardware Monmouth lldwe. Mehama Mill City Detroit Lyons Dallas Monmouth A. t Thomas Hardware Independence Western Auto Associate Store Motalla llamle lUrdwure Silverton tlorhslrfi lldwe. Mt, Angel Jefferson Hardwire and Implement Jeffenoa Brooks Hardwire Brooks liSII THE CAPITAL JOURNAL Minimum of Care Needed in Wood Built Kitchens Modern wood kitchens are built lo last as long as a house, out be cause the cabinets arc subject to so much use, a minimum of care is necessary to keep them fresh and beautiful. If you have factory-made wood cabinets you will be in a good posi tion because the factory finishes are highly protective and long bsting. If you buy unfinished cabi nets, you will be able lo apply as many coats as are necessary to assure a safe finish. Most kitchen experts advise a thorough cleaning of a wood kitchen once a year. This would include cleansing, application of paste wax and buffing to make the kitchen look as bright and new as the day it was installed. In between times, a .lighter cleansing is in order to remove accumulations of smudges. Use liquid wax for naturally - finished cabinets and a mild solution of a liquid cleanser for enameled cabi nets. Harsh or abrasive cleansers arc unnecessary nnd might dam age the finish if used regularly. NEW EASY WAY TO CARE FOR YOUR FLOORS Ona! spread wax with machine let dry Two! polish with machine rWVfct Irwugnj Your floors irt waxed you'ri relaxed Johnson's Wax Polisher- Scrubber Oreen Stamps MASTER Of Mm. 1 hi. NIM tat tM. no. I to i jt an to re. ei I ft T cOf) met mtttaa: fcSSydjIL riti Twi OrfW I rtokM Hw I If I i, OtweufcM 5 U A I tm cm j,MwO Hiii,'n"iIfVI.a StM'1"" i' ClMwnl lu vim Arm ai Rose Buying Guide Ready, Gives Ratings Pamphlet Is Used by Many Gardeners Each Year America's favorite "Guide For Buying Roses" is now being dis tributed to rose-loving gardeners throughout the country. Each year, thousands of amateur and professional floriculiurali-sts use this pamphlet in selecting the' plants they want for spring and fall planting. The American Rose society's members rate the performance of new roses which they have grown in their own garden. The guide contains the names, ratings, height, degree of fragrance and color of all these roses which re ceive fair to outstanding recogni tion (scale ot 6.5 to a perfect 10.0). As an extra service, the society will furnish upon request the names and addresses of nurseries who stock any of the varieties listed. Chrysler Imperial, Charlotte Armstrong and Peace Hybrid Tea roses maintain their outstanding (9.0-10.0) ratings for the fifth con secutive year. Golden Wings, another outstanding Hybrid Tea, appears at the top of the list for the second consecutive year. Betty Prior has led the Floribunda rose class for three years, and the new Spartan makes an initial outstand ing showing. Paul's Scarlet Climb er heads its group for the fourth consecutive year. Free copies of the publication are available from The American Rose society, 4080 Roslea Place, Columbus, 14, Ohio. Questions Answered By MARK M. TAYLOR I am' wondering if you could tell mo what to put on our lawn? It has turned yellow in spots. I suppose it needs fertilizer, but what would you suggest to use? Our walnuts last fall had so many nuts on that had half of the out side shell left on when they fell off. What causes that and is there something we can do to keep them from doing that? Mrs. A. S., Sil vcrton. . Yellowing of lawns Is not an uncommon complaint and may be due tn a number of causes. At this time of year It Is a small problem for as the weather warms the grass will begin to grow again. If It persists there may be a lack of fertility or, even, a lack of moisture, A (op dressing -of a good 4-8-4 fertilizer as growth starts in. the spring Is recommended. If there Is but little humus In (he soil it's a good Idea to add some weed-free hu mus to help hold moisture and keep the roots cool In summer. The problem of your walnuts Is of little consequence. The hulls do not always break free on all varieties as they fall having to be hand or machine husked. The only solution Is to find a variety In which the husk breaks clear when the nut falls. What will be the effects of this last freeze on our camellias? Mrs. L.H. Camellias will suffer less from KrewMW I ililSlti mm 1 Manufactured bf I CAPITOL SALEM 2190 Kapphan Road Phone EM 2-7452 BUILDING Selal Inclusively By Pumilite Block 1690 Dollos Hiwoy Home Repairs Dos . . . Dont's AP N'ewsfeallirn DO . . . set the blade of an elec tric handsaw to make a cut slight- ly deeper than the thickness of the stock. DO . . . press the trigger and let the blade attain full speed before starting to cut, or the motor will stall. DO ... use a firm but not too heavy pressure on the saw while cutting. DO . . . get into the habit of clamping all stock before starting to cut and, when that is not prac tical, holding the work very se curely. DON'T . . . forget, in making measurements, to allow for the width of the saw cut, an especially important precaution when cutting something in half. ' DON'T . . . release the trigger while the blade is still in the work; if the motor should stall, back up the saw a little to allow the blade to run free again. DON'T . . . make any adjust ments on the saw while the elec tric cord is in the outlet . . , even if the blade is not running. DON'T ... use ordinary saw blades for cutting metal or stone; there are special blades and ab rasive wheels which fit the saw and make cuts in metal and stone. Ventilation Suggestion For the all-important element of ventilation in modern kitchens, homemakers have their choice of an exhaust fan mounted in an ex terior wall near the ceiling line, or a fan mounted in a wood kitchen cabinet directly over cooking sur faces. Many prefer the latter for more direct withdrawal of cooking odors and grease particles nnd for the decorative nature of the in stallation. Factory-made wood cab inets for accommodating the fan and hood are widely available. Wood Adaptable One ot the conveniences of hav ing a modern wood kitchen is the adaptability of the wood cabinets for changing storage requirements. A wide variety of storage acceS' sorics racks, bins, trays, shelves, drawer liners, hooks is available. These items can be applied to the backs of cabinet doors or to the interiors with screws if-the cabi nets are wood. And the accessories can be changed at any time. this freeze than the one we had In November, 1955. The plants went into this cold spell with the sap down and prepared for a cold period. There may be some burn ing of the leaves due to days with quite strong sunshine. Walt a month or two nnd then pick off any blackened, scorched leaves. I doubt very much that any but a few of the more tender varieties of camellias had buds frozen this year. mm iitaftoaAt W4MJ & MAI? IN wia$aa tfjaa lUtUII EUCS...BSAL MEDIUM for C099EICUL STRUCTURES For beauty, low cost and perma nent quality in commercial buildings, nothing bean con crete block. It lends itself to say application, from large load- bearing walls to ettracure building f rones. Plain and split block in many sites make the architect's problem ei appli cation a simple one See your architect or build er ... or we'll be glad lo suggest methods of simpli fying your building plana with concrete block. v CONCRETE BLOCK m co BLOCK & Supply Co. Ph. EM 22443 Salem, Oregon, Wednesday, February 6, 195, AMATEUR CAN DO Plant Study Deals With Many Fields By MARK M. TAYLOR I Capital Journal Special Writer From the air, the Earth looks green, a great green mantle spread over, proteclingly and warmly, the good earth. Without this good green color, from which the chlorophyll In the Earth's vegetation has the won derful property of capturing the energy of the Sun and tying it up what we call photosynthesis the sugars and starches and other or ganic compounds made from the carbon dio::ide ot tne air. Without 'this there would be no life, no coal or wood or ou for fuel, on foodstuffs or fiber and very little shelter. Horticulture deals with this great green mantle, a culture gathered from all manner of men. There are those interested in the business side of horticulture, the florists, the nurserymen, fruit growers, vegetable growers and the like. There are those interested in the scientific or biological side, the botanists, chemists, physicists, geneticists, plant breeders, soil ex perts and so on. Field Has Art Side And then, there are those inter ested in the home or art side of horticulture, the amateur garden er, the housewife and all those who enjoy plants for the satisfac tion they derive from tncm. There are many things an ama teur scientist can do with plants. First, comes collecting and, then, classification. One can do this simply and at no great cost or he may do it extensively and expensively. If he is interested in one plant, roses for example, he may simply collect a few kinds and read about the rest. On a grand scale, he can comb the cor ners of the earth for all the forms he can find, corresponding with noted authorities, making acquain lances, traveling and concluding with a published monograph on file in the famous libraries of the world. Linnaeus, the founder of systematic botany, is our chief ex ample. The breeding of new plants is an attractive hobby. And here, the contributions of the amateur have exceeded the professional a thou sand to one! The hybridizing and selection by our ancestors for hun dreds of generations has given us our modern fruits, vegetables and flowers. The professional plant breeder is a comparatively newcomer to the field. One may start small using a plant type or species that is of particular interest and, then, go as far as he likes. There is still a large, undeveloped field for these pursuits. Many Opportunities There is plenty of opportunity in strawberries, roses, dahlias, chrysanthemums and gladiolus. Other plants have never been touched. 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Sit US WOAY FOR MICK MUCH the new embryo culture technique and grow tiny plants in glass bot tles with artificial nutrients like incubator babies, ur, one may use ihe new drucs and the new radio active properties for developing giant polyploid plants, or growm regulators for making combina tions not hitherto attained. If a man is more interested in physiology than taxonomy or plant breeding ana nas no garucn apace, or finds outdoor gardening t o o strenuous, he can turn to indoor pursuits. The peculiar, abnormal, fasciatcd plants and plant organs, or the galls that insects produce on plants make interesting study. An interesting variety of tomato was called to our attention recent ly, that produced fruits with six lo 20 small tomatoes growing out from the apex of the fruit It seems a varietal cnaracierisuc. Perhaps, someday, tomatoes will be bred to produce tomatoes in bunches, like grapes, or on stems like an ear of corn. Ihe primi tive tomato had only two cells or carpels to the fruit, while, today, they run as high as 12 to 17 cells or carpels. Anything can happen in nature and all of these curiosities that may appear are worth noting and recording. Every deviation from that which we believe to be a nor mal growth indicates possibilities in plant breeding that needs ex ploring. Began Long Ago Gardening began 20.000 years ago when man first used culti vated plants for food. Tulips, hya cinths, narcissus, Star of Bethle hem were first used as bulbous crops, like onions and garlic. Others had medicinal properties as the Foxglove from which is de rived digitalis; and sweet scabious which was used as a cure for the itch. Rosemary, sage, lavender and many mints were valued as herb plants. The garden py rethrum is closely related to the insecticide of the same name, de rived from the dried heads of chrysanthemum cinerariacfolium, used to rub on the body for lice and fleas. Perfume had its value as a sub stitute for soap and water in times when baths were less frequent. Orris root was used as a dusting powder. Rose petals, lilac and many others are fragrances Jhat have come from flowers. The dye saffron is from crocus sativus. The drug colchicine is from a spe cies of crocus. Make Provision ' When inserting a wooden dowel into a hole, much of the glue will be squeezed out unless you make some provision for prevent ing it. You can do this by filing a few ridges into the dowel ahead of time. Also, it's a good idea to make the hole a tiny bit longer than the dowel. In both these cases, you are providing a place for the excess glue. Oregon Soil Clinic 280 S. Church St. Salem, Oregon Phone EM lWlf