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TWO MEDFOHD (OREGON) MAIL THIBUNB Wednesday April II. ItSO Hot-Beds Outside Basement Windows Aided by Warm Air; Said Convenient ICAUUt "- ft " nlHl HlX ' SASH MAY I FRAME ' VI COVERED WHERE Wt"101155 IT JOINS ,XSUBSTITUTf IrowwiewF jfi f lj vpsssu I SIDES MAY I , liPsffvfr' K COVERED ,J P. PA PER TO trt -A 'l EARTH MAY A vT -sss BE BANKED A Jis8. ,1 AROUND THE ' ji i 1 FRAME TO fe.'11"0 U5E LUMBER Working Drawing (or Bat-bed Outside Basement Window. Most economical of hot-beds, and perhaps the most convenient, is pos sible for any home that has a base ment window facing south. In front of this a miniature greenhouse can be constructed, where plants can be given an earl; start in the spring, with plenty of sunlight, plus warmth from the basement, which usually has plenty to spare. Uses for such a hot-bed can be found the year around; and the cost of construction Is small, especially If you build It yourself from the com plete working drawing which ac companies this discussion. Dimen sions In the drawing provide for a frame covered with two standard 1x8 sash; but these can easily be changed to fit any size sash you pre fer to use. Start by making an excavation in front of the window about a foot deep. Its area must be figured care fully, so that it will hold a frame fitted to your sash. As in the case of other hot-beds, a plastic substi tute for glass may be used if pre ferred. Build a frame to fit in the exca vation. The sides must slant sharp ly from a point above the window, almost to the ground. Fit the sash on this frame, using hinges at the top so the sash may easily be raised for ventilation. Earth may be banked around the frame to keep out the cold; and the sides should be as tight as possible to kcci out the wind. The frame should be caulked where it joins the founda tion to prevent drafts. Heat is supplied to this bed by opening the basement window. The window is left open at night, and may often be closed during the day, when the sun Is shining. Hotbeds of this type have been tried and tested, and although they do not maintain temperatures as high as other kinds the heat will be more even, and the ventilation much better. The main things to watch are temperature and drafts. Ventilation is necessary on warm days, and for very short periods on cooler days. Rogue River Rogue River, Apr. 18 Ralph Athey of highway 99, left Mon day on a business trip to Kansas City. Mrs. Bentley Shaw and Mr. and Mrs. Al Beattie of Grunts Pass, returned from Van Nuys and Burbank, Cal., In a newly purchased house trailer, ending a two weeks' visit. Mrs. Shaw visited her three daughters and a son, and attended the Easter services in North Hollywood Baptist church and saw her baby granddaughter dedicated at the church service. The Beatties are planning a trip to Canada In their trailer. Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Hopper of Eugene arrived Friday for a short visit with his parents. Hop per Is a pre-medlcal student at University of Oregon. Mrs. W. L. Badley ot highway 99, reports they entertained 29 members of their family at Easter vacation and Mr. Badley was well enough to enjoy the visitors and the reunion. An entertainment for fathers and sons will be given in Fellow ship hall Thursday April 20, at 7:30 p.m. by the men's council of the church. Reuben Smith, member of the Sheriff's Posse of Grants Pass will show motion fiictures on Mexico, including a Iger and snake fight, bull fight and scenery and pictures of the people of Mexico. All fathers and sons are Invited. There will be a business meeting at 7 p.m. The Scout troops are planning a clean-up day at the cltv park on Saturday, April 22. All or ganizations and individuals are asked to assist. Workers are to bring their lunches and their own tools. The National Old Age Pension club will meet Sunday, April 23, at 1:30 p.m. In Live Oak Grange hRll in Rogue River. Quick-grown young v e g e tables are the best, and only the home garden, where they may be harvested as needed, can pro vide them. Boy Scout News Troop 27, Rogue River Troop 27 expects to be well represented at the forthcoming district court which is to be held at Grants Pass on April 22. Coming up for star rank will be Charles Marshall and Gordon Mekvold. Gordon will receive also merit badges for marksman ship, pnthfinding, music, dog care, carpentry, home repairs, first aid, personal health, public health, animal industry and painting. Other members of Troop 27 due to receive merit badges are: Wayne West, rocks and min erals, and carpentry; Bobby Wil liams, farm home and its plan ning, and wood carving; Teddy Stanfield, home repair; Robert Marshall, wood carving, wood turning, cement work and farm mechanics: Norman Bean, bird study, pathfinriing and marks manship: Llynd Morrow, swim ming, cooking and art; Harry Elledge, cooking and cement work; Eddie Lilly, carpentry and cement work; Richard Davis, home repairs and farm home and its planning; Michael St. John, Aeronautics, airplane structure, carpentry and automoblling; Clifford Ostermeier, carpentry, art, and farm home and its plan ning; Bohby Hoover, home re pairs, and David Williams, mu sic and farm home and its plan ning. Advancing to first class scout will be Bobby Allen, Bobby Hoover, Gary Johnson, Lloyd Morrow. Robert I'erie and Teddy Stanfield. Stanley Green. James iMcClanahau and Lawrence Wag ner will advance from tender foot to second class scout. Lettuce seed germinates best in a soil temperature of 60 to 65 degrees. If necessary to sow when temperatures are higher, place the seed between moist cloths and store for several days on ice. Dry the surface of the seed before sowing. COVER CRACKED 1 CEILINGS In One Day At Low Cost With JOHNS-MANVILLE GLAZECOAT CEILING PANELS mam GMH End cracked or ugly ceiling old ceilings. No nails show. Cost with altrjctlvs, pre-decorsled low. Bnutilul Kory Glojecoat Johni-M.nvillt GUncoit Ceil- turlsce. See us tor samples and lng panels. Applied right over tree estimate. Sine 1908 BIG PINES LUMBER CO. 6TH and FIR PHONE 2-6251 Northwest Gardens By John H. Hanlty, PhD. Strawberry root weevils are among the most insidious of our home garden pests. This you be gin to realize as the questions appear with Increasing frequency on how to control them. "What is the worm that is in my tuberous begonias?" Or, "Why did my azalea plant start to wilt and then just die completely?" Or and here's the prize-winner How can I kill strawberry wee vils? I counted 1S4 of them in my living room." You get the point, don't you? It's just that this pest is building up in great er and greater numbers each sea son. Not only that, but it is found attacking a gradually extending list of garden plants until now it Is found on many, many of the very pest and most pop ular. Let's take a look at the list . . . tuberous begonias, fuchsias, primroses, strawberries, rhododendrons, azaleas, camel lias, rhubarb, raspberries, blue berries, perennial phlox, colum bines, lily-of-the-valley and the report has come in that they have recently been found on peony roots and on michaelmas daisies, f rankly, it begins to look as though we are in the process of building up to a major infes tation of these obnoxious fellows. Oregon Does Beit Work The best work on strawberry weevils has come out of Ore gon. The report indicates that there are several (too many) dif ferent kinds, varieties or species of closely related insects which make up the group which we usually call strawberry weevils. The largest of the gang is the black vine weevil. Control is by two methods: (1) Work into the soil one of the good dusts that have been prepared for the pur pose and which are available at all garden supply stores, and (2) use a bait during the time that the adult weevils are above ground (June to mid-September) laying their eggs. Every garden where the susceptible plants (above) are grown will profit from the use of both methods. The worms (grubs) work beneath the ground, on the roots of their favorite plants (or on the tubers of tuberous begonias). They also may develop to such an extent in beds of young camellias, rhodo dendrons and azaleas that the nlants may die from the fact that each one has Been girdled girdled just as effectively as rab bits sometimes girdle young trees in an orchard or nursery. The girdling action is done by the worms (grubs) and always is found just at or immediately be low the soil surface. By all means, dig the soil dusts into the ground when tuberous begonias, fuchaiaa, primroses, rhododen drons, camellias, azaleas, etc., are being nlanted. or dust it over il. i i ,ui:ni.-j I Mie nun suiihli; ill cmuiimicu plantings, and employ the bait in me indicated period, too. Small Garden Tree Among the most satisfying of all small garden trees are the several types of magnolias which grow so well in the northwest. These are sometimes called "tu lip trees," but should not be confused with the giant tulip tree of the Appalachian country (which also happens to be one of our best for ornamental pur poses). Magnolias of the cup-and-saucer types are about the best for general use. They yield heavy crops of bright, showy blooms in early spring, before the leaves appear. For white, get the vari ety alba or alba supcrba; rustica rubra gives a two-toned effect, rose to rose-purple outside and white on the inside of each petal; lennei (pink to rose) Is very, very good. About the only difficulties encountered with magnolias arises from a fungous disorder which sometimes dis torts the leaves and causes them to fall prematurely. Dormant cal cium polysulphide sprays should help control It. West of the Cas cades (and In warmer sections east) the evergreen-leaved mag nolia called grandiflora is won derful. The creamy-white blooir.s, of large size (and fra grant), are produced all summer long. Cutworms and bulb flies can be controlled by the same soil dusts which arc used for straw berry weevils, or one can em ploy a good cutworm bait for former. Bulb flies (on narcissus and daffodils) lay their eggs among the leaves. After bloom ing time is over, dust the foliage witn something containing lln dane. Don't forget the moss phloxes when you are planting the rockery, rock wall or slope, They spread out beautifully among the rocks and bloom is exceptionally heavy. Colors are wnite. pink, rose ana rose-rea Tomatoes Adaptable Tomatoes are among the most adaptable vegetables for the small garden. West side garden ers will find that they can tuck in a plant or two of a reliable variety like early Chatham, any' where along the house or out in the border, and get plenty of fresh fru t. With the rise in in- terest of vegetable gardening, to matoes should be among the first types to plan for. Corn is next in iine in our own garden. Give tomatoes the warmest spot in the garden and boost them along with a fortified chemical mixture until the second "hand" of flowers opens. Anywhere In the vegetable garden one can and should employ some of the materials which supply the so- called minor or trace elements which make for healthier human beings. Tuberoses, in either the single or double forms, are out standing as summer-flowering bulbs. Wonderful fragrance is one of their important contribu tions. Sow cosmos seeds where vou want the plants to bloom. Remember fuchsias and tuber ous begonias for that shady or semi-shady bed or window-oox, and protect them against weevil. The sassafras tree of the east is excellent for the small home grounds and our native, wild, red-flowering currant is among the best of its kind. The Grange Roxy Ann Grange Roxv Ann Grange met Friday last and celebrated with a color ful Easter program with 123 Grangers out for the occasion. The ceremony was opened with a candlelight parade of tne Old Rugged Cross with a tableau oi the "Mount" with Donna Lou Pfnister singing Ava Maria. After this Impressive drill, Donna Lou sang "The Lord's Prayer." This was followed by a recitation by Myron Lee Pfnister entitled "The Thrush." The Roxy Ann quartette con sisting of Mrs. Wickersham, Mrs. Quackenbush, Jack Burns and Ivan Wolfe favored with "In the Garden." A highlight of the eve ning was an entertaining yes and no puppet show operated by Frances and Shirley Moffatt. The show was climaxed with the showing of the latest styles in Easter hats. Frances and Shir ley Moffatt. Mrs. Al Slmms. Mrs. Jack Burns, Mrs. Nelson Shober and Mrs. Marie Pfnister naraded their head dress bedecked In kit chen utensils, etc. Mrs. Merrick and Mrs. Check accompanied. Refreshments were served admidst colorful Easter setting by Mr. and Mrs. Pfnister. Mr. and Mrs. Kellogg and Mr. and Mrs. Orval McClanahan. Next regular Grange meeting will be Friday, April 21. All members are reminded that Sams Valley degree team will put on the work. Ladies are ask ed to bring pies. Of the herbs which have sur vived in cooking, parsley is the most popular. Dill is next. Tar ragon, which is the favorite flav oring for vinegar, is a tender perennial, but there is an an nual form which gives much the same flavoring. Sweet peas, lupins and gar den peas usually grow better if the seed are treated with one of the inoculants available for the purpose. Treatment stimu lates the ability of the plants to obtain nitrogen from the air, where other plants must get it from the soil. Flowers which do not like to be transplanted Include annual poppies, salpiglossis, mignonette, annual phlox. If necessary to transplant them the seedlings should be grown in small pots so they can be moved without disturbing their roots. Best Peas Grown In Own Gardens, Freshness Cited Whether you buy them fresh, frozen or canned, you will never Know now reany oencious gHr i --i.-i-.--.-j News of 4-H CLUBS Why this house paint is mm? 1 I IMS tO""" .1 . . taUaaWTJ t I SI I' 1'A r 'i unwf GENERAL'S 100 Pure Titanium Bast V Outside Whit S.-55 Ifl the frt J GAL. heett '"' T' "T1 Get "100 Pure" at dealers who featurt GENERAL PAINTS FREE DELIVERY SERVICE STAMPER & G0FF BROS. In A den peas can be until you grow your own. Not only does the sugar in peas begin to turn to starch as soon as they are picked, but the skin toughens rapidly, and with in an hour or two their quality has been materially lowered. Only the home gardener can enjoy them at the peak of their tenderness and flavor, and he must take care to serve them 'garden fresh." They are not one of the "efficient" crops, since only the seed Is eaten, and for the space required to grow them the yield is small. They are a luxury crop, but how delightful! Peas thrive in cool weather, and burn up when the sun grows hot; so they must race to harvest, and do best where the ground does not freeze deeply and can be prepared in early spring; or far enough north where summer is relatively cool. In sections where hot weather comes soon after the ground thaws out, only one crop can us ually be grown, and that of the earliest varieties. The best way to obtain two crops is to sow an early and a later dwarf variety at the same time. Where the spring season is long enough to allow tall peas to mature, a third crop can be obtained by sowing one of this type, which bears the largest size pods and gives the heaviest yield. Soil well supplied with nitro gen is needed for peas; they should be planted soon after the ground has been prepared; and in new gardens it will pay to inoculate the seed with a cul ture which seedsmen supply for the purpose, containing nitrogen fixing bacteria. Edible pod peas, varices Valleyview 4-H club had their regular meeting on April 7 at the school house. We had a short meeting and the leaders gave re ports. Mr. Bigham told how to judge the pigs the children are buying. The game committee turned the program over to Mr. Pierce from Pierce's Freight company. He showed a motion picture of Rogue river from Grants Pass to Gold Beach. Mr. Pierce and his wife went on the trip in 1941. The picture was very nice and all enjoyed it. We had a box social. Next meeting will be May 9. Aria Williams, Reporter. The 4-H Booster Sewing club of Eagle Point met at the high school, business being conduct ed by President Joan Gossit. For roll call each member showed her dress pattern and how near the dress was completed. Mrs. Ray Palm gave a talk on how to conduct a good demon stration. This was followed by discussion of the topic. Refresh ments were served. Lois Farlow, Reporter. Upper Applcgate Dairy club held their meeting at Ruch school on April 15. After the business meeting refreshments were served. Next meeting will be April 29 at 7:30 p.m. at the home of Hilda Sutherlin. Mr. Cate will be there to talk with members. Hilda Sutherlin, Reporter. Oil Along Coastline Surprise to Residents Astoria. Ore., Apr. 19 (U.R) Reports that 30 miles of Oregon and Washington beaches were covered with oil were received with surprise today by Clatsop county's coastal residents. A check ot oeacnes lanea to reveal any disastrous oil depos its as reported yesterday, police officials said. Coast guardsmen denounced the story and residents in both Washington and Oregon beach areas said the story was highly exaggerated. The reports yesterday said that more than 30 miles of Ore gon and Washington beaches face ruin as vast sticky, smelly patches of oil threaten to disrupt a multi-million dollar tourist business. All cucumbers will climb if they are permitted to do so. In a small vegetable plot, cucum bers, tomatoes, peas, beans and melons can be grown on the fence. which are grown for their pods like snap beans, and are harvest ed before the seeds form, are well worth trying. For best yield, sow peas two inches deep and not closer than one inch apart in a single row. Even dwarf varieties appreciate something to climb, and the semi-tall and tall growing peas require support. A L L W O O L mm Mil, Hi' I ill vmfi 1 1 BROADLOOM 12 FOOT WIDTHS SPECIAL $95 Sq. Yd. Cover A 12x18 Ft. Room Wall-to-Wall Includes CARPET RUG PADDING LABOR OF INSTALLATION FOR ONLY $16000 Available in Beautiful Green and Beige YOUR HEADQUARTERS FOR CARPETS AND RUGS BMMD'S Floor Covering Specialists 317 EAST MAIN PHONE 2-5487 Eeasiest Way to Fix Lawn Also Best Way The easiest way to improve a lawn is also the best way. Vou begin when the ground is soft enough to allow a pointed stick to be thrust into it six inches deep. First, spread over the lawn area a balanced commercial plant food at the rate of four pounds to 100 square feet. Dur ing the spring thaw, when the soil alternately freezes at night, and thaws during the day, the surface is pierced by tiny holes, extending several inches deep. This condition is commonly call ed "honeycombed." Seed "Muds In" When plant food and grass seed are spread on a "honey combed" surface, both find their way down into the soil. Farmers say the seed "muds in." by sow ing at this stage you avoid the necessity of loosening the soil of bare spots, and top dressing the seed, and also avoid any danger of the plant food burning the grass. The early start gives your new grass plants a chance to grow up in the cool, moist weather of early spring. Having fed your lawn Its first meal and sown seed with a minimum of labor, your next saving comes from not rolling your lawn. Research has estab lished that grass does not thrive in compact soil; it needs a loose, porous condition, which a heavy roller harms. If you try to level off the lawn surface with a rol ler, harm may result. The only reason for rolling the lawn is to press down the sod against the subsoil, from which it may have been separated by frost heaving. There has been plenty of such heaving this year, but use a light roller, and wait until the soil be gins to dry, so that it is moist, not wet. Don't Dig Weeds Next, don't dig weeds. The weeds of spring are easily de stroyed by spraying the lawn with 2.4D as soon as the grass begins to grow vigorously. Spray before the dandelions flowers, If you still have dandelions. And do not mow your grass, unless it is creeping bent, closer than oni and a half inches. This avoids in juring the crown of the grass plant, and permits a rich green color to be maintained, with vig orous growth. Do not remove th clippings on a lawn, except in hot weather, when they are very heavy, and if left to dry might smother or overheat the grass beneath. Mrs. Tom Ginn Opens Newberry Flower Shop A new cut-flower department, operated by Mrs. Tom Ginn, hat been opened in the J, J. New berry company store, according to a statement by Robert Agard, manager. The new department, just inside the south entrance, will feature cut flowers, potted plants, and corsages every day in the week. Mrs. Ginn, who was credit manager of the local Montgom ery Ward store for a number of years and on the credit staff of Frederick and Nelson's in Seattle during the war, is a mem ber of the pioneer Eads family, which has had at least two mem bers in business here for the past 50 years. It is Mrs. Ginn's plan, according to Agard, to make flowers easier to purchase so that more people can enjoy them. The flower de partment at Newberry's is oper ated in a manner similar to the San Francisco sidewalk flower stands. The growing of flowers has been Mrs. Ginn's hobby for many years. She took training in floral work and design in Seattle. Savoy cabbage is a fine home gardui vegetable. It is not often found in markets though its crinkled -leaves have a special flavor. Tuberous Begonias Fibrous Begonias Fuchsias Petunias Geraniums Chrysanthemums Vegetable Plants W Givt S. & H. Green Stamps ROGUE VALLEY GREENHOUSE AND FLORIST SHOP 625 Franquetre Just off South Riverside Turn right at 12th St. or Earhart St. 111 II Ma Ji SsS MINERALIZED MADS SPECIALLY FOR THIS AREA Mlntroliisd MORCROP it a fertilizer eipecially VX arta ,f, a "O" fact fhtr is no oniver lal ferfiHzerl Soils differ due Icol feotvrej, manner of use, etc. That It why I -, have prepared a tpecial new Mineralized Morcrc; .3 help gordeneri here achieve succejiful flower end vegetable garderu and healthy, lush lawns. Minerollzed Morcrop it a complete, all-purpose plant food. 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