MED FORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MAY 3, 1961
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EXPERIMENTAL HOME An experimental by four men in only 40 minutes. The above
home called the shell-house is the invention home is shown being used as a supplement
of the Mt. Pitt company. The home com- to a trailer house. One of the homes will
bines strength with portability, and a 16 by be on display at the Crater Lions Sports-
40 version of the home can be put together fair, May 5, 6 and 7. ,
Experimental House Will Be on
Display at Sportsfair at Armory
An experimental "shell-
house" will be on display at
the Crater Lions Sportsfair
and Home and Garden show
at the Medford Armory, May
5, 6 and 7. The house could
be the forerunner of a profit
able new enterprise for the
Mt. Pitt company.
A 16 by 40 foot version of
the shell home has been put
together in about 40 minutes
by only four men. The house
is based on an idea by R. V.
Steuteville, superintendent of
the Mt. Pitt company.
The house has the advan
tage of being both strong and
portable, two factors not pre-.
viously found together in
home construction. Its inven
tors claim it is so simple that
it is virtually impossible for
even an untrained person to
make a mistake.
Self-Aligning
All parts are self-aligning.
Grooves are already in the
studs and plates to receive and
hold the wall components.
Nails are not used in construc
tion, but bolts are placed in
several key locations to hold
the structure together.
No special handling equip
ment is necessary during con
struction, as all components
can easily be lifted by hand.
All the parts of a 12 by 20
foot building can be hauled to
a job site in a pickup truck. "
Possible Markets
Several possible markets
exist for the shell-house, in
cluding use as cabana homes
on house trailers, vacation
homes, farm buildings, ga
rages, carports and low-cost
housing.
But, the Mt. Pitt company
points out that the project is
still under development, and
several problems remain to be
worked out before it could be
marketed.
The Douglas Fir Plywood
association and the Fiddes
Moore company of Portland
have been assisting and en
couraging the Mt. Pitt com
pany in the project.
Wafer Sports Take Prominent Place
Water sports are taking a
more prominent place in the
i.I'f're time activities of many
sou '.hern Oregon and northern
California residents.
Activities connected with
water include swimming, skin
diving, boating, fishing, and
water skiing. And thee are
an abundant number of lake
and streams throughout this
area which provide idem loca
tions. Water skiing is one of the
most rapidly, developing
sports, and with the addition
of Howard Prairie lake, and
the enlarged Emigrant lake,
more water surface is provid
ed. Lake Shasta, in northern
.California, and Klamath lake,
just east of the Cascades, are
popular among many resi
dents of this area.
Another large body of wa
ter will be added to the rec
reation site list in northern
California when the Trinity
dam project is completed. It
will provide a lake about as
large as Lake Shasta.
During the next few years,
lake recreation facilities may
be added in this immediate
area should the Rogue Basin
project be approved. Several
lakes would result in Jackson
county.
The highest camp site In
Rogue River National forest
is at Alta lake-6,820 feet in
elevation-in the Seven Lakes
Basin area.
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