SUNDAY. MARCH 13. 1960
HERALD AND NEWS. KLAMATH FALLS. OREGON
PARE FIVE
DO-IT-YOURSELF
Work Center And Desk
Easily Installed Now
By J. RALPH DALZELL
Modern housewives need a work
center and desk where they can
plan meals, project purchases of
groceries and other supplies, keep
their household and budget ac
counts, file recipes, have cook
books handy and, in general, be
able to run their houses to better
advantage. The desk can also be
used as a study center by children
and as a place to write letters.
When new houses are being
planned and built, or when kitch
ens are being completely remod
eled, it is an easy matter to plan
space for a work center desk and
related shelves or cabinets. In ex
isting houses or apartments,
where remodeling is not being
planned, an ordinary closet space
can be converted into an efficient
work center and desk. When this
is done, another closet can be
built anywhere in the house or
apartment using plywood and
easy-to-follow plans.
The picture shows a work cen
ter and desk in what originally
was a closet which had a door
three feet wide. The closet is three
feet nine inches deep and of the
same width. Larger or even some
what smaller closets may be used
18 to 24 inches deep, from front
to back. The length of the desk,
end to end as it is faced, is de
termined by the width of the clos
et space. The end of the desk.
above the stool opening, may be
fastened to the wall with a brack
et or cleat.
Accordion type folding doors
(see picture) may be purchasd
at hardware stores or buildin
material dealers. These doors are
easy to install. They are attached
to the door jambs and run along
a track attached to the top of the
door opening. Directions for in
stalling come with the doors. When
the work center is in use, the
doors are folded (stacked) against
the door jambs (sides). They can
be pulled shut, to hide the work
center, when so desired. They are
available in several colors and in
cloth, metal and wood. Tell the
dealer the sue of the door opening
and he will select the proper size
folding doors.
All of the work center woodwork
may be painted or given a natur
al finish. Good enamel, in any
color, makes a pleasing finish that
is easy to keep clean. Or, use any
of the clear finishes to preserve
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First, remove the old door. If
it is a flush door, cut it down
in size and, by the addition of
iron legs and some refinishing.
make a desirable coffee table for
your living room. Remove the old
hinges from the door jamb.
Three or more shelves (see pic
ture) spaced about 12 inches apart
may be made using pine, birch or
Douglas fir wood boards that are
about 12 inches wide and at least
three-fourths of an inch thick. The
ends of the shelves may be sup
ported by metal brackets or by
one by one inch wood cleats which
may be fastened to the walls using
star type wall' grips, all as shown
in picture A. 'The grips expand,
as shown, after being pushed
through drilled holes and turned
with a screwdriver. The distance
between the surface of the desk
and the first shelf should be at
least 18 inches. All shelves should
fit against the rear wall of the
closet.
Wood desks, having five or six
drawers (see picture), may be pur
chased from furniture stores
where unfinished furniture is for
sale. Depending on the depth of
the closet, the desk can be from
the grain and pleasing appearance
of the wood. The walls can be
painted to contrast with or match
the woodwork. The floor can be
covered with colorful tile. Any
kind of a kitchen stool can be
used as a desk chair. When not in
use, the stool may be placed in
the opening under the desk.
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Q. Where can we obtain plans
and directions for building small
storage cabinets of the kind that
could be used in bedrooms?
A. The Douglas Fir Plywood As
socialion, Tacoma 2, Washington
will send free plans and directions
if you will address a post card to
il)cm and ask for closet or storage
plans.
Q. Some time ago you men
lioned patching old linoleum on
floors. Would that process, using
a mixture of finely ground cork
andQwhite shellac, be economical
in cases where the linoleum is
badly worn in several places?
A. No, the patching process is
worthwhile only in cases where
small areas are involved. Large
areas would not have a nice ap
pearance. Would be best to buy
new linoleum.
California Deer Situation
Still All Messed Up; Group
May Meet To Talk Problems
SACRAMENTO (UPD-Califor-
nia's citizens committee on deer
hunting, appointed early in Feb
ruary by Chairman Pauline L. Da
vis of the Assembly Fish and
Game Committee, may meet dur
ing March.
If it does, the 20-member com
mittee will begin a study of meth
ods which could be used to con
trol the stale's deer herd and at
the same time conserve it.
Ben Glading, wildlife manager
for the State Fish and Game De
partment, who wasn't included on
the committee, probably could
give some suggestions.
He told DPI that right now doc
hunts are held across the nation
with the exception of some south
ern states, where there is a real
shortage of deer.
From the no doe hunt stales, it
ranges up to states like Idaho and
.Maine where a hunter can use!
his license for either a buck or a
doc.
Then, there's the permit method
used in some states. The stale de
cides on a certain area fur a doe
hunt it may be the entire state
and then issues the number of
permits necessary to harvest 'he
crop.
Sometimes the permits are han
dled on a first come-first served
basis. The distribution point is the
county seat or the slate capital
and in some cases this system is
handled by mail. When the right
number of permits are sold, that's
ii.
Then there is the lottery sys
tem, where the permits are hand
ed out in a drawing. This system
on doe hunts is allowed in Cali
fornia by the Busch Bill. It also
is possible in some states to pair
applications for a party shoot.
A system used in California dur
ing MM and in the 1959 Los An
geles Archery shoot involves letting
a hunter take either a doe or a
buck on one of his tags.
But before all this is done, there
is one necessity a count of the
deer. And that is not easy.
Glading said there are a num
ber of systems now being used
but none of them are absolutely
accurate down to the last buck,
doe or fawn.
For so-called "absolute" counts,
there are two major methods used
now aerial counts and track
counts.
The limitations of an aerial
count are obvious. Ail planes can't
see deer in dense undercover or
trees only in open meadows and
the like.
The drawbacks of track counts
are also obvious. Glading said thai
there is only one major area in
California, a road along the bor
der of Oregon and California,
where this type of count is used
extensively now.
Then there's the "Lincoln In
dex" count, primarily used for
ducks but applicable to deer, too
To explain this system, Glading
used the example of a bottle of
beans. You know how many black
beans you have and you put them
in a bottle with white beans, then
shake up the whole bottle. Then
you take out a handful of both
black and white beans and count
them. From that, since you know
the ratio of white beans to black.
you can estimate how many beans
theft; ace in the whole bottle. In
deer counts, you mark a known
number of deer and they repre
sent the black beans.
Also, there in the "Kelker In
dex" way of counting deer. To
use this, you find out the ratio
between male and female deer be
fore the season and keep track of
the male kill. Then you make a
sex ratio count after the season
and come up with the total. -
There are two other, more posi
tive, methods but they can be used
only on a limited basis. They are
the effect on forage and the pellet
count.
All of this indicates that game
management is far from a posi
tive job. And it shows the major
problems that will confront the 20
citizens when they begin their stu
dy of deer hunting.
CONVERTED TO COl.F
GUOSSINGliH. N.Y. (DPI)
Golf pro Mike Souchuk converted
7ti times in 88 attempts as an
extra point specialist while play
ing football for Duke University.
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