
OUR CONVENIENT GRUB 
BOX 
FEW months ago we drove from 
Ohio to the Pacific Coast, and the 
homemade grub box we earried at- 
holes in the top, so there would be no 
uneven surface to wear holes in the 
cover which was made of the same 
material used for auto tops and cur- 
tains and which kept the box dry and 
clean except for what dust as worked 

tracted a good deal of attention from 
fellow tourists. 
It was a box one foot square by 
three feet long, the sides hinged at 
the bottom so they could be let down, 
thus making a table a yard each way 
while the stationary top of the box 
made a shelf on which to set our gas 
stove as well as other things when 
preparing meals. The legs, just long 
enough to make the table a convenient 
height to work at and to eat from, 
were detachable and rode on top of 
the box when we were traveling. 
Women who had to cook on a little gas 
stove set on the ground envied us our 
arrangement which would prevent 
backaches when preparing meals. 
A small piece of white oilcloth cov- 
ered our table when the box was open. 
In one of the upper corners of the box 
was a small drawer for holding cut- 
lery, and the rest of the space was 
filled with large, heavy pasteboard 
boxes that held utensils, some of our 
“eats,” etc., between meals or stops. 
When closed, the sides were held in 
place by nails dropped down through 
up from underneath. It was held on 
the running board by two. straps 
slipped under stationary strap cleats. 
I like this style of a box better than 
the tall ones that are attached to the 
running-board permanently, as it is up 
higher, can be used inside or out of 
the tent, and more people can gather 

around it. Then, too, it could be lifted 
off the car any time we wanted to take 
short side trips and did not need it. 
Mrs. C. W. SHUMAKER, 
Eugene, Oregon. 
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HINTS FOR CAMPERS 
A DISCARDED iron washtub (they 
can be found most anywhere) 
makes a very good camp stove which 
can be used in a tent or a dirt-floored 
cabin. They can be placed on a raised 
platform by first covering the platform 
with a few inches of soil or sand to 
prevent its taking fire. It is the work 
of but a few minutes, with snips or 
hammer or chisel, or even just a camp 
ax, to convert the tub into a serviceable 
stove. 
Turn the tub upside down and cut a 
door on the near side (large enough for 
wood), leaving the bottom of the door 
still clenched round the wire rim of the 
tub. This forms the hinge for the door 
which will open outward and down. 
Flatten the curve out of the door and it 
will then be wider than the hole it was 
cut out of, so it will not fall inside when 
shut. The slope of the side of the tub 
will cause it to remain shut up. The 
door should be made about seven by 
seven inches in size, larger if large 
wood is to be used. A few holes may 
be made on each side of the door to ad- 
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