THURSDAY, NOVEMBER IS. 1962
MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD, OREGON
Home Gardens Should Be Designed for
Families in House, Not as Showplaces
Corvallis Home gardens
and yards should be designed
for the families who live in
the houses and not as show
places for passers-by nor as
museum pieces based on what
was good 50 or 150 years ago.
Richard Blakcley, Oregon
State university landscape de
signer, believes Oregonians
can make better use of con
temporary ideas, plants and
man-made materials in plan
ning their gardens.
He said past cultures don't
provide a workable pattern
for landscaping today's homes.
The English formal garden re
quired a lot of care and looks
out of place in Oregon, yet
many new homeowners follow
the English. They plant large
expanses of lawn, formal
flower beds, and hedges, put
shrubs at corners of the house,
on each side ot the front door,
or on two sides of the walk,
and ring the foundation with
more shrubs, many which out
grow their useful size.
Can Steal Ideas
Blakeley agrees that we can
steal some ideas from other
cultures but does not recom
mend copying another's de
sign. The Japanese garden
was meant to be looked at but
not to be used, he notes. Yet
some things found in Japanese
gardens lights, sculpture,
water, rocks, gravel, sand and
many plants, bamboo and nan
dina are useful.
Considerations in designing
the garden are given by Blake
Icy. 1. Fit outdoor areas to
needs of family members.
Plan an area for children's
play that fits their needs.
What looks good to an adult is
not always useful to a child.
Pre-schoolers love to climb be
hind, into, and over things.
Avoid plants with thorns, pois
onous berries, and those that
attract bees.
2. Plan outdoor areas in re
lation to interior of the house
The patio or eating area
should be somewhere near the
kitchen. Divide outdoor area
into Imaginary rooms some
will be used for eating and
conversation, others for play,
others to view.
Conversation Areas
For conversation areas, use
canopy type trees to contain
the space and provide some
shade. A silk tree, amur cork
tree, tea crab, redbud, shirof
ugan cherry and yellow
wood are possibilities. Check
with county agent or nursery
man for those hardy in east
ern Oregon.
Coloring Book
Lampoons Buyer
New York - lUI'U Coloring
books have come into their
own for adults since one pub
lisher dreamed up the JFK
coloring book. Now, a Kansas
City, Mo., dress manufactur
er is out with one called "The
Dress Buyer's Coloring book."
Its producers, Gay Gibson,
Inc., have sent it "with apolo
gies to everybody."
Excerpts: "This is my mer
chandise man, He's smart. He
knows everything. He keeps
records. I hate him.
"This is a markdowri. Mark
downs are bad numbers. My
assistant bought it.
"This is a customer. She
asks for things I haven't got.
She makes me ill."
TEARS BOOTH DOWN
Clophill, England-tUPIl-Rcsl-dents
complained today that
a town crew tore down an
outdoor telephone booth two
days after other workmen gave
it a new coat "of paint. "I can
not explain the painting,"
said the official in charge of
the wrecking. "It was not our
department."
3. Consider maintenance.
Large expanses of lawn gen
erally require more regular
care than areas of gravel,
ground cover or concrete.
However, ground covers and
gravel areas are not altogther
maintenance free.
Blakeley recommended that
new homeowners plant grass
immediately to provide a
quick ground cover, solve win
ter mud problem, and give
time to plan yard design. Be
ware of package deals oh
shrubs. They probably won't
fill your needs, Blakeley.
4. If planning a patio, make
a dry run of activities you
will want to carry out on it.
This will give you a more ac
curate idea of the size needed.
5. Plan for circulation from
one area to another. Know
how much space a tricycle re
quires along a path, where
benches might be placed for
rest or to view.
Keep Things Simple
6. Keep things simple. A
few basic plants, materials,
and geometric forms repeated
throughout the yard, are eas
ier to work with and look bet
ter in the end than a confused
mixture, says Blakeley.
7. Keep plantings in scale
with the house. A low-style
ranch house usually looks best
with trees that don't grow ov
er 50 feet. Be selective in
choice of plants. For example,
don't plant a silk tree near a
drive. The blossoms are acidic
and may take paint off ears.
Apple, cherry, black walnut
and birch trees are not good
street trees. Dropping fruit or
aphid drip is messy.
Certain trees may not be
desirable near a patio unless
it's easily cleaned. Madrona
and willow drop things most
of the year. Elms and birch
trees attract aphids and are
not recommended for use
where people will be walking
or eating underneath them.
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WHAT GIVES? - Heifers and mares are one thing but queens
are something else again as cowboys Bob Edison, left, and
Wick Perth wonder what gives as they watch attractive
Linda Kcnnon apply a bit of makeup from a kit built into
the horn of her saddle. Linda, a consistent winner in beauty
contests and an accomplished horsewoman, will reign over
the Rodeo World Series in Los Angeles Dec. 4 through Dec.
0. (UPI)
WHISTLE DELAYS MATCH
Skipton, England - IUPII - A
soccer match between two po
lice teams was delayed 15
minutes Wednesday because
neither the players nor the
referee - a policeman - could
find a whistle. They solved
their problem at a nearby po
lice station.
FALL PROVES FATAL
Gloucester, England - IUPII -
Leslie Dally, a gardener at
Prinkna?h Abbey, died Wed
nesday of a broken spine. He
received the fatal injuries
when Brother Christopher, a
monk, fell on hi: i from an
apple tree.
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Hatfield's Prospects Seen
Greater Via Senate Stint
tain places
By A. ROBERT SMITH
Mail Tribune
Wathinglon Correspondent
Washington The impres
sive reelection margins ot vic
tory gained by Sen. Wayne
Mors e and
Gov. Mark
Hatfield may
signal greater
political glory
for each of
them - but
what kind of
glory?
Both have
exhibited am
bitions to at-
on their parties'
national tickets; and although
Oregon is a small state in the
national strategy of a presi
dential campaign, the mem
ory of Sen. Charles McNary
gaining the GOP vice presi
dential nomination in 1940 is
enough to stimulate and
justify the hopes of any able
Oregon political leader.
Morse's handicap now, as
before, is his damn-the-party-politicians
approach which
may delight many voters but
chills the politicians whose
support is essential in a con
vention. Moreover, the sen
ator is now 62, and so his age
becomes an added adverse fac
tor. May Be Chairman
When the returns were
coming in from Alabama elec
tion night, Morse was entitled
Dr. Bartlett Attends
Willamette Conference
Ashland - Dr. J. Kenneth
Bartlett, associate professor
of science at Southern Oregon
college, attended the Confer
ence on Cnrricular Problems
of Small College Chemistry
Departments recently at Wil
lamette university in Salem.
The conference consisted of
group discussions of problems
faced by small colleges relat
ing to facilities, curriculum,
staff, and specific handling of
chemistry courses, particular
ly laboratory, Dr. Bartlett
said.
to wonder whether he hadn't
come closer to what is his
brightest prospect for greater
glory: Chairmanship of the
Senate Labor Committee. The
present chairman, Sen. Lister
Hill, trailed his GOP chal
lenger much of the night and
narrowly escaped defeat.
As No. 3 Democrat on the
committee, Morse now is
chairman of the education
subcommittee; but because his
elders, Hill and Sen. Pat Mc
Namara (D-Mich.), are near
ing 70, it is quite possible that
Morse will outlast them both
and reach this powerful full
committee chairmanship.
Hatfield has attracted much
national attention as a good
vote getter, a reputation he
reinforced In this election.
Much political comment now
centers on the new faces in
the Republican gubernatorial
stable - Romney, Scranton
and others but at 40, Hat
field can afford to be patient.
Perhaps the governor's
greatest handicap is not geog
raphythe tendency of ticket-makers
to look first to the
large states for their candi
dates but the fact that his
experience has been limited
to the problems of the Late
house at Salem.
Credentials Wanted
Today the voters, and the
convention delegates, want
more impressive credentials,
if they are available. McNary,
after all, was the Republican
leader of the Senate; Garner
was speaker of the House;
Truman, Nixon, Sparkman
and Kefauver were senators
when they were tapped;
Lodge was an ex-senator serv
ing as UN ambassador; and
Vice President Johnson was
his party's leader of the Sen
ate. So, while lightning strikes
in strange and unexpected
ways, Hatfield's prospects are
probably greater via the Sen
ate. Had he challenged and
defeated Wayne Morse this
year, he would be a party
hero to those Republicans
who despise Morse so intense
ly. If he is to reach the Sen-
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ate, it appears it will have to
be by capturing the place now
held by Sen. Maurine Neu
berger. Fight Indicated
The Hatfield srategists,
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that Mrs. Ncuberger is in all
likelihood a single-term sena
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the senator looks more and
more like she means to keep
her job indefinitely and the
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Morse's reelection campaign
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as her possible need for his
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come up again.
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most promising of the Repub
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head the ticket in 1964, but if
a westerner is sought for sec
ond place it could also go to
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who is the GOP whip of the
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convention might go for the
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