December, 1917 
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FOREST AND STREA M 
Interior .— The interior walls may be left 
with the exposed studs or may be covered 
with y 2 " x 3" wainscoting. Build five 
bunks 6' 6 long by 2' 4" wide built of 
2x3 yellow pine or spruce and hinged 
to wall studs by 3 heavy hinges and fold- 
rel. Make an 18" lounging seat on porch 
built of plain boards or artistically fash¬ 
ioned from cedar tree limbs. 
Surrounding conditions may permit other 
artistic additions and the interior may be 
decorated to suit the owner. 
to the floor. In cold weather fir or spruce 
boughs should be piled around the walls 
of the camp as a “banking”; this covered 
with snow keeps out the cold winds. 
With the built-in furniture indicated the 
only necessary furnishings are chairs, 
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ing legs so that they may be raised or 
lowered against wall as the case may be. 
Build the center table of same material 
in cabinet style with drawers and cup¬ 
boards underneath. Provide for kitchen 
a 3 burner kerosene stove, and build yy 
countershelf across the opposite side 14" 
wide, cut out a hole in the left hand end 
of diameter to hold a large sized hand 
wash basin and fit to the basin a 1" lead 
pipe soldered thereto for drain. Cut a 
hole in center of wash basin y in diam¬ 
eter, erect a 3" x 4" platform in back of 
kitchen and mount there on a 50 gallon 
barrel (water tight) provided with a 1" 
galvanized pipe and faucet as shown. 
Under the countershelf provide two 12" 
wide shelves entire length of kitchen and 
Plan of Foundation, Main Floor and Roof 
If it is desired to build the camp lodge 
in a latitude where the winters are severe, 
sheathing the inside with matched boards 
is almost imperative. Heavy sheathing 
paper should be placed over the studs be¬ 
fore nailing the boards. Sometimes birch 
or hemlock bark is used instead of boards, 
and when well put on and paneled with 
split saplings the effect is very pleasing. 
If the camp is to be an all year habitation 
comfort can be secured without sacrificing 
the smallest detail appropriate to the woods. 
Extra room can be secured by building 
closets at each side of the chimney instead 
of placing windows in these spaces. The 
four remaining windows are ample to light 
the camp. Some of the bunks may be made 
permanent in locker style and used as 
which can be made of cedar with seats of 
interlaced strips of deer hide. For use 
at table provide folding camp stools, if 
the party is a large one. These are out of 
the way when not in use. A hammock, 
swung from wall to wall, is a great com¬ 
fort and takes the place of a rocking-chair. 
It is very important that all doors and 
windows be fitted with screens to keep out 
mosquitoes and other pests. Frames may 
be made of 1" by 3" wood joined together 
with triangular blocks at the corners to 
give strength. The frames may be cov¬ 
ered with mosquito bar or cheesecloth but 
wire-screen cloth will give longer and bet¬ 
ter service. On this detail of careful 
screening depends much of the comfort of 
camp life. This is one of the “kinks” 
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above countershelf build a 12" wide by 36" 
long cupboard with glass doors and 4 
shelves. 
If it is not possible to feed the water 
barrel with spring water or drinkable 
brook water build a x" x 3" gutter as 
shown on roof plan discharging into bar- 
trunks for bedding, etc. They should be 
lined with tin to protect the contents from 
the ravages of mice and squirrels. A trap 
door may be made in the floor in front 
of the fireplace, and a hole dug to store 
vegetables against winter use. They will 
not freeze if the dirt is heaped up flush 
which every camper learns through a sea¬ 
son’s experience in woods life. 
The camp, unpretentious as it is, will 
prove a lodestone to the owner’s thoughts 
during the hours that necessity forces him 
to be away from its solid comfort and 
the satisfying charm of a primitive home. 
