Show Kansan Wants Data on States State's Old Sod Houses Topeka Kan Kirk Kirk Mechem secretary sec see rotary of the Kansas State Historical listen listen- cal society Is In a n dilemma He wants to build a sod house and doesn't know how The history books say that the Kansas prairies were dotted with sod houses and that thousands of ot early day Kansans lived In them Mechem whose Job calls for tor much familiarity with the history books decided to build a n sod house In t the le state museum But now he cant can't find nn anyone one who knows what the buildings were like Other states have log houses stone houses and other types s of pioneer pioneer pio pio- neer structures In their- their state museums museums mu mu- but Kansas wants one of ot the typical But how to build One Is the question How thick were the walls and of ot what were the roofs made What kinds ot of windows and doors did ditl the saddles have and were the rooms plastered Inside What kind of grass makes the best sod nn and what time of year should the sod be he cut cut cut- |