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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-03

A S larry Barr sat on one of the
~ front seats in the crowded hail
IN of the winton Women's Club,
4 waiting for Mrs. Chester Turtle
TO end her talk, SO that he
might give his second violin group
and to get home and to bed, he
felt even worse than he looked. The
room was far too hot. The hall was
noted for its miserable ventilation, and
never had the place been so crowded
with women. They had not come to
hear Larry play: Mrs. Chester Turtle was
the attraction Mrs. Chester Turtle was
not only president of the club, but she
had recently returned from conven-
ton, where the subject discussed was
some plan or other for making the world
better than it ever had been or ever
could be. She was making her report.
Mrs. Chester Turtle had herself asked
Larry Barr to play the two groups OF
violin pieces; she was. in fact. one on
the very few in Winton who knew that
Larry was a yiolinist, and she had her
self suggested the types of compositions
he should play She had said that 1t
might be best for him to play one pop
ular classic selection, followed by two
bright little encore pieces. before she
spoke. but that two merry little popular
pieces WOulQ De DSktST dAOci olAC AAoo
spoken, with a third OF the same sort,
II an encore was insisted upon.
Mrs. Chester Turtle was now talking
and she was evidently enjoying the oc-
casion thoroughly. 1t seemed to Larry.
with his head splitting, that she had
been talking for hours, but that was be-
cause he was in such misery. He should
have been in bed, and he knew it, but
remain for his second group he must
and would, because so much depended
on 1t. In the hall were all the women
of winton, and, If he expected to gather
a class from among their children, he
must make q good impression on this
day. He meant to stay till the end II
it killed him. He glanced at his wife
Lefty who was always his accompanlst.
and he saw that she, too, was feeling
the heat. poor thing.
On the low platform Mrs. Chester
Tuurle stood between two potted palms,
the violet-and-nile banner of the club
draped against the wall behind her as
a background. To her right, behind
small table, sat the secretary of the
club. and to her left sat Mrs. Breklaw,
the chairman for the day, her hands
resting rather nervously in her lap,
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FARM
EAatH Also Sawed Fam-Ce Guards Against

% by 80 feet in floor dimensions, is OF
modern design and consists Of a large
L-shaped living room, hall. dining room
and kitchen on the ground floor and
four bedchambers and bathroom on
the second floor.
The Insulation of this novel home Is
about perfect, the house being cool dur
ing the heat of Summer and warm dur
ing tn. cold of Winter. The entire
house Is heated comfortably by pipe
less furnace, the open design and large
hall and stair well favoring the circu-
lation of air throughout the structure
The house is rooted with boards cut
on the farm. which, in turn. are COW
cred with composition shingles. Cedar
or chestnut shingles probably would
logs of this description, but the COM
position shingles lessened the fire
hazard-an important consideration in
the country, remote from the siren and
organized protection Of our modern fire.
fighters.
The two workmen built the Besley
home In exactly six weeks, the house
being based on durable 8-inch concrete
walls, with a cement doored basement
underneath. The total cost of this at
tractive seven-room residence was less
than standard frame construction.
To build a house of similar size
where frame construction was followed
would cost probably 112 times as much
as this comfortable home made Of
logs.
The writer, visiting the Besley home
recently, noticed the block and tackle
which the workmen had used as a
hoist for raising the heavy logs from
the ground to their various positions
in the wall. The style of construction
facilitated the use Of random lengths
of logs, the upright joints being re-
inforced with the insulating paper SIM
ilarly to the horizontal ones.
The floors of this house are made OF
white oak sawed on the farm. The
floor boards are of random widths vary
ing from 3 to IS inches In surface.
After the floors were laid they were
scrapped by hand, filled and vanished,
and today are as fine as those in the
residence of some Washington mil
lionaire.
The doors and windows in this re-
markable residence are othodox. as the
costs of Stimulating colonial construction
did not warrant making them like the
cumbersome, double thickness. steel
bound doors and hickory dowelled WIN
dows of George Washington's time. A
fine fireplace of brick is feature Of
the living room.
The original house on the Besley
farm, which was destroyed by fire some
years ago, was In its way almost as
bizarre as the coy home OF logs which
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Nobody. Larry" Lefty said. "She
saw yesterday that you looked sick. She
just came for that reason, think. I'm
so glad she came, Larry. I feel so
miserable; just ache all over"
But they were too sick to talk Even
talking hurt their aching heads. and
they lay still with their eyes closed
They heard Mrs. Simmons moving about
below, heard her telephone the doctor,
heard her caring for the baby in the
bathroom, and presently she came up
from below again with a tray-toast
and tea and coffee. And when that
was disposed of she Strengthened the
room, hanging garments in closet, set
ting things to rights generally, and
talked.
"You both got headaches. poor things.
and won't talk" she said.
Then she talked steadily and without
interruption until the doctor came. She
had bitter tongue to match her sour
face, and she must have been gathering
gall since the fire. house in Winton was
built.
And the Turbingtons; yes!' she ex-
claimed. You don't have to tell me
anything about the Turbingtons. There
was woman named Lenty-"
She pulled the bed out from the wall
and bathed Lefty with alcohol 1t was
like q cooling zephyr from shady
glen, but her harsh voice rasped on.
J.. X X
WHETHER he had worn the disease
some time before he was forced
to bed, or whether the treatment or
dered by the genial, red-beafded physi-
clan affected him more promptly,
Larry was out Of bed three days before
Lefty.
The first day he was wabbly on his
legs, but the next day he was rather
himself again. He was able to help
Mrs. Summons. more or less. and was
particularly useful as nurse-maid,
but his greatest use was listener. Let
ting his ears absorb what Mrs. Sim
mons had to say gave Lefty chance
to sleep.
The second day after he was out of
bed there was rapping on the front
door and he answered it, with the baby
in his arms. The chauffeur Of Mrs.
Chester Turtle stood there, cap In hand,
and held toward Larry huge bouquet
OF garden flowers-brown and red and
white and rose chrysanthemums.
With Mrs. Chester Turtles compli-
ments, sir, and she hopes all are re-
covering nicely. Good afternoon, sir"
Mrs. Simmons had come from the
kitchen and she clasped her hands in
ecstasy.
"Ah! The lovely, lovely fiowers!" she
cried. And Mrs. Turtle sent them.
Isn't that like her. now? She's a Won
derful woman. Let me have them and
I'll find vase for them"
Larry'S face was red. If Mrs. Sim
mons had not been there, he would
have opened the door and thrown the
flowers into the street. Culls from the
Big Noises garden, not even dollhouse
fowers He gave himself over to the
luxury Of imagining that he was cast
ing the flowers to the floor in magnif-
icent burst of fury.
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"Never you mind, I'll find vase for
them" he said, and he did find vase
and carried it to Lettys room. She
raised her head and uttered an ex-
clamation of pleasure as she saw the
flowers.
ooh, how lovelyl" she cried. Tears
came into her eyes. Larry, who sent
them? Oh, do love fowers!"
yes? Well, you came mighty near
not getting them" he said. For two
cents I would have thrown them into
the. street. She gets on my nerves,
that woman!"
who, Larry2"
"That Big Noise-that Mrs. Chester
Turtle. Making the world better and
sweeter and all that mushl It made
me sick to listen to her. I know her
kind-she1l talk and talk as long as
she can find women to gawp at her,
and. when 1t comes to doing anything.
she let's some Mrs. Simmons do it. And
when we are all well and Mrs. SIM
mons has worked her hands and feet
off day and night, she grabs handful
of flowers to throw on the dump and
says, oh, dear me! Won't it be lovely
I'll send these to those down-and- out
Bars and they'll be pleased' Two
cents worth OF secondhand flowers
and she'll probably make a two-hour
speech about it the next time she gets
a bunch OF women together!"
They're lovely flowers" said Lefty
stoutly. Let me hold two or three in
my hand. Larry"
Eyes, and you'll write her a letter a
mile long, telling her she brought Joy
into sad places. And so let us all, dear
friends" he said, minicking Mrs. Ches-'
tor Turtles aDrealfnc whine "strv tn
make every one happier and better
and let Mrs. Simmons do the work. The
Big Noise She makes me tiredI''
Lefty propped herself on her elbow.
please let me have couple of the
flowers, Larry" she begged. And
think can take Baby now. Fix my
pillows behind me, will you. please?
Aren't they beautiful, the flowers? I
do think chrySanthemums, coming so
late. are the loveliest flowers! I ex-
pect these are rare varieties she would
have rare varieties. Larry, think I
can get up tomorrow. do feel so much
better
Since the Big Noise sent her floral
Junk, I suppose" he said. "All right;
join the kowtowing sisters. If you want
to. I'll take the Simmonses."
THE next morning Lefty, as she had
L threatened. got up. She sat by the
window with Mrs. Chester Turtles flow
ers on the sill until Mrs. Simmons
brought her lunch, but after lunch she
declared that she was ever so much
better. She said she was quite able to
take charge of things now, and she
thanked Mrs Simmons.
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rts of House Builder Employed in Making Virginia Home

homegrown trees could be utilized most
economically and efficiently in that
form. The cost Of the new home
would have been measurably larger If
the logs had been sawed into lumber
of standard dimensions and an ordinary
frame dwelling built. Such house
would have been devoid of much of the
charm and attractiveness Of the little
mansion of logs.
The BeSley home Is stepped in the
romance of pioneering. If these
United States foster any individual
style of construction which might be
appropriately termed "our national
method of building" 1t is the log house.
Our forefathers, when they landed first
on the Atlantic coast. began forthwith
to fell and shape logs and to fashion
them into primitive and humble homes.
From that day until this Lighthouse
construction in some form or another
has been one OF the guiding stars of
building in many and remote sections
of this country.
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~ VI near ASH Grove, the estate
in the vicinity of Tysons Cor
rers, Va, once owned and oc-
~ cupied by a brother of Lord
Fairfax, a remarkable resi-
dence Of logs has been built recently
by Miss G. A. Besley.
There are three other lodges and
homes of logs in the latitude of of
Washington, but of this curious quar-
tet of comfortable and commodious
habitationS the new Besley house Is by
all odds the most unusual. It is con-
Structed in a new and original manner,
something quite different from the log
cabins in which Abraham Lincoln and
other of our former Presidents once
lived. Permanent log houses which are
built as Summer homes or year-around
residences along the Atlantic seaboard
are made, for the most part, of cedar
and spruce logs imported from the
Maine woods or from Canada Raw
logs shipped in from Canada are free
Of all duty charges. However, If these
Selfsame logs are manufactured into
lumber before being introduced into
the United States they are subject to
the customary import duty.
Miss Besley, who owns an 80-acre
farm speckled with plenty of pine trees,
decided that it was foolish to import
logs from the Northeast when there
were many pines ripe for the ak on the
acres surrounding the site of her pro-
posed home. If you are familiar with
Virginia pines, you will understand that
this soft wood is subject to insect at
tacks and will not weather satisfac-
torily unless fortified against invasion
OF boring pests.
Then there arose the question of log
notching so as to make fairly tight
joints which could be chinked with
cement, plaster, or plugged with strips
Of quarter round. After careful con-
sideration of these various building per-
plexities Miss Besley decided to deviate
from the beaten paths in Lighthouse con-
Struction and to rely on originality to
perfect and produce a residence which
would be attractive on the exterior,
comfortable within and armored ade-
quately against the viciSsitudes OF wind
and weather, heat and cold
Miss Besley contracted with the own
er of a portable sawmill to move his
equipment to her farm and to saw
enough logs necessary for the nome
which she was to build. Previously, she
had hired expert axmen to fell the trees
and haul the logs to the point where
the mill was to be set up The sawyer
on Miss Besley's specification Stabbed
the logs on three sides so as to present
uniform timbered surfaces. The bark
was left intact on the fourth or external
face. The sawed surfaces of each log
were painted thoroughly by hand with
creosote, one of the best know preserva-
tiyes of soft wood such as pine.
Instead of notching the logs for the
usual method of construction, Miss Bes-
ley ordered the man and boy whom she
hired to build the house to spike the
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smooth surfaces together as in the con-
struction of a double or treble floored
bridge. She showed them how to roll
strips of insulating paper and to place
them between logs before the spikes
were driven home. 9-inch spike was
driven at 18-inch intervals throughout
the length of each log in anchoring it
permanently to the next lower log in
the wall This novel type of construc-
ton, which resulted in the building Of
walls of solid pine from TO z inches
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thick, fostered excellent insulation and
weather worthiness 1t also was a type
of construction which did not entail
costly labor but rather facilitated rapid
building The interior Of the house was
ceiled with wallboard which subsequent
ly was papered This resulted in eco
nomical, durable and slightly construc-
ton both inside and out.
The two-story log house which Miss
Besley now occupies and which is
admired by the entire countryside is
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solid wall CT wood il log form six to
eight inches thick is poorer conductor
best insulated home which can be con-
structed where the cracks and crevices
between the logs are properly plugged
and chinked.
The Besleys. after occupying their
new home during the heat of Summer
and the frigidity of Winter, report that
The house is the best insulated structure
in which they have ever resided. They
burn about one-third less coal than
they would in a frame or brick house
of similar size and design.
A second dominant reason for build
ing the log house was because the
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brushes. the material being brushed
into the wood vigorously. Miss Beslev
plans to creosote the exterior of her in
,teresting home once every seven or eight
years. In this way she believes that She
can control insect despoilers which
otherwise might riddle the habitation
with their borings and borrowings. The
results of experimental tests made by
forestry experts substantiate these prac-
tees.
MISS BESLEY stated thet she built
her country lodge CT logs because
that style of construction offers the
best insulation against heat and cold,
according to engineering research. Ex-
perimentS have DEMONSTRATED that q
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HE WAS ABLE TO PLAY HE FOUND, DESPITE HIS DIZ.
ZINESS BUT HE WAS GLAD THAT MRS CHESTER Turtle
HAD SUGGESTED SOMETHING LIGHT; HE, GOULD NOT
HAVE COT THROUGH A DIFFICULT THING.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1929-07-11
In the Churches

In the absence of the. Rev. C. M.
Keefer, there will be no preaching
service at the Methodist church
Sunday, July IA. The Sunday school
and league meetings will be held as
usual.
Communion services will be held
at 1O.15 a. m. at the Bethlehem
Lutheran church Sunday. Regular
services at 1880 and Sunday
school at 9:45 completes the. days
program. The Bible class meets on
Thursday at s p. m. All are wei.
come.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1929-07-11

Mrs. Jonasky and her daughter
of Spokane visited at Mr.. ant
Mrs. Dale Smiths Sunday after.
moon.
] Mr.. and Mrs. r. l.. Banta OF
Spokane, are in Kennewick on bus
mess. While here they are visiting
friends.
Pete Broughton of Yakima drove
down to spend Sunday with his
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. w. M.
Broughton.
The fourth division Of the ME-.
Aid is giving a dinner Friday, July
l12 in the church basement from
$3.50 to $3.50.
Harry Blake returned Sunday
evening from a ten days voyage
to Alaska. He reports very en-
joyable trip.
Mrs. C. A. Florine visited Spo-
kane and spent the Fourth there,
returning to her home here Sun
day evening.
Hrs. Charles Diller Frat is
spending a months vacation in
Clinton, Wash. Their small son.
Charles, is with her.
Howard Beste, who now lives in
Dayton, Wash, spent Sunday in
| Kennewick with his parents, Mr.,
and Mrs. F. F. Beste.
4 Mr.. and Mrs. Eugene Tyrrell and
their daughter, Bernice, with Ches-
ter Washburn spent the Fourth OF
July in La Grande, Ore.
| Mrs. M. Johanson of Seattle is
making a two weeks visit at the
home of her sister, Mrs. Wayne
Mann.
Mrs. Mckinley Desgranges ant
family are visiting in Camas. Mr.
Desgranges drove them over OF
the Fourth.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. L. Marvel have
gone to San Diego where they
will spend their vacation with Mr.
Marvels parents.
| Mrs. Elmer Huppman was driver
to Spokane last Wednesday i.
Mrs. T. WI Payne to enter the Dea
coness hospital there.
! DR.. and Mrs. B. L. Cole enter
tanned Monday night with din
ner party. Three tables Of bridge
were in play during the evening.
/ Mr.. and Mrs. h. P. Aldrich ant
family of Reardon have returned
home following a few days visi
with DIR. and Mrs. L. j. Aldrich.
Billy Henniken, son of Mr.. an
Mrs. Alfred Henniken, was takel
sick Sunday night with summe
flu. He is on the road to recover.
now.
j Six Kennewick boys are at tn,
Scout camp this week. They ar
billy and Richard Wasnburn, Gen.
Shanafelt, John Vibber, John Scot
and Robert Brown.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1929-07-11
Postal Receipts Larger

Receipts at the Kennewick post
office for the fiscal year were
$15,682.24, a gain. of ss71.27 over
the proceeding year, Postmaster G.
ii. Shanafelt said today. Money
orders issued also showed an in
crease, there being LOOT orders
issued for an amount of sS9, 1925. SO.
A total of 2049 orders were paid.
Registered mail sent out includ-
ed 1885 pieces, insured mail 3l6S
pieces and C o D pieces 1852. Pos
tai savings accounts numbered 81
with deposits of s2S, 027.00.
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I ~. r 1. Holcomb is in Seattle
,or several weeks visit. !,
urs Dora Mounsey has been i'll
this week.
- r.oroe Beamer went to Holt to
ssnd The weekend E d ,,.,,.. ar,v.
|. y and Mrs. H. R. vibber drove
!, Va Yakima Wednesday.
" co,ald Campbell left last week
Tor Yakima, where he will WORK.
! WIS. ]. P. Miller left Monday Ia,es for
Two months visit in oaltornia'
, i Johnson returned last week
from q three weeks trip to Alaska :.
=, r. W. Capell is in Portland
-; - veek attending medical con-
vention there.
i. r. Brown took "passer OF
lids to the Scout camp above MIL
ton Sunday.
The A. C. Brown and the I. 3.
u.nschild families spent the 4th
/. n wslla Walla.
Harold Garrett left last Friday
80 for lone. Ore, To take
care Of his weat crop.
Walter Knowles, who was i'll last
week with a touch of summer flu,
i recovered now.
y S. Mcdonald will spend his
vacation in Seattle and other coast
lilies. He left this week.
Mrs. Cora Reed returned last
Wednesday from q ten days stay
IN Seattle with relatives.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jack Hubert and
family spent the Fourth with Mrs
Hubert's parents in Oregon.
The W.C.T.U. will meet with
Mrs. w. j. Harris, TIA LIST Avenue
on Tuesday, July Is, at two o'clock
Mr.. and Mrs. G. II. Shanafelt
dove to the Boy Scout camp above
nilton Sunday with their son Gene
Mr.. and Mrs. w. B. Johnson OF
Spokane spent the Fourth with
Mrs. Johnson's mother Mrs. Alice
|, Garrett.
Mrs. Charles Carpenters Sum
day school class had party on
the lawn of the Methodist church
last night.
Mr.. and Mrs. B. B. Plowman
and son George left today for a
couple of days outing in Oregon
near LaGrande.
NJ. and Mrs. A. C. Boldt OF
Santa Monica, Calf, former resi-
dents of the Highlands, are Wis
ting in Kennewick with their son
Ray Boldt. They will be here 9
week or ten days.
l Layerne Eichner, with his cou-
IN, torrance Callahan, who is VS.
ting at the Eiclner home this sum
ner, took two-day trip to Pen
deton and La Grande the first OF
hst week.