Home of two feeble-minded families of the Jones-Smith group. 
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Out of 50 rural homes, 20 are old-fashioned log; houses. 
They are the homes erected by the original settlers of the 
country. A few of them are still in good condition; many 
of them are rapidly going to pieces. Those left standing and 
now in use as a rule consist of 2 small rooms, poorly lighted 
and still more poorly ventilated. Some of these houses which 
originally consisted of only 1 room have within recent years 
had a “lean-to’' added. Most of these additions have been 
on the box order. 
In the poorer districts, the newer homes are practically 
all on the order of the box house. By a box house is meant a 
small square or rectangular cabin, cheaply constructed of 
An Old Log House, 
