The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1911-08-17

the gable ends are measured and
made. After putting them in position,
the saplings can be knocked away and
the weight of the roof allowed to
come on the gables. Hooks will be
needed at the caves to utilize the top
wall-strip as tie.
The doors are made Just enough
smaller than the opening to permit a
sill and Intel of hemlock to be nailed
in the doorway. They are covered
on the inside with gauze or bobbinet.
tackled to the frames with galvanized
tacks. The windows are made in the
same fashion except that the lower
three feet is filled In with . solid
panel of roofing material and similar
piece let in up above to permit the
window to swing clear of the caves.
After swinging the door and window
awnings with rustic" frames cut IN
the woods. the house is ready for oc-
cupancy except for the floor. 1t is
worth while to take along q can OF
the powder Of some good cold-water
paint, so as to finish of the wood
work Of the panels
The easiest floor to make In the
woods is to choose some lazy after
noon when everyone is tired Of fish
ing and door the whole Of 1t with nat
stones taken from the natural rock Of
the forest
Though the three-foot window vain.
scot permits four cots to be arranged
along the sides Of the shack. prefer
this space for living room, and sky
the beds Pullman car fashion, Just q
little under the roof. The easiest way
to do 1t is to cut two straight four
inch hemlocks. trim. and gain to posts
set upright from the floor to ceiling
against the front and rear walls. They
thus make q sort Of rustic inside door
jamb. 80 do not take any useful room.
while the berths can be made In the
space behind the four-inch log by
tackins across ten-ounce duck with
20-ounce galvanized iron tacks. spaced
three inches apart. A spreader Is let
in at the middle, thus making two six
foot berths on q side. They are filled
with several inches Of balsam browse
and are then ready for the sleeping
bags The whole floor space Is. by
this arrangement Of sleeping accom-
modations. available for living room;
canvas camp chairs. log tables. etc.
can be put in and one has q comforta
BILE lounging and eating room lin bad
weather).
C,,nh h,,n Inn nf haS
fire any more than any summer cot
tage or seaside bungalow has. but
while a canvas tent seems to have a
fatal way of getting cold after the sun
goes down. the bungalow will hold its
heat SO as to never have the damp
chill of the forest in it.
The principal use OF such wood
land shack is in the promotion of what
Doctor Van Dyke has aptly named
days on" Without it. many a holi
day, especially the combination ones
occurring on Thursday or Friday,
when Saturday and Sunday are thrown
in for good measure, are wasted be
pared and disinclined to break q new
trail Tor SO snort time. But II II is
merely a matter of packing some pro
visions and the sleeping kit, whis,lng
up the pups" and taking train to
the nearest iumping-off place in the
vicinity OF "Loafers' Glory" or what
ever you have named the shack. you
will get out of 1t many a pleasant lit
tie outing. each one a diamond point
in your memories
The beauty of making some sort OF
beginning for a forest home is tina:
each year 1t gets better and more
serviceable as you return to 1t year
after year for your summer
outing and keep on fixing and improv.
ing it 1t is one of he cheapest solu
tions Of an all suramer home and the
perennial summer problem yet de-
viEed