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Show ' CLEARFIELD COURlfcR, July 8, 1 979. Page 8 1 ObtqBII rrmuaviran P m l $ . Chris & Dick's & H 1; POO EAR SPRUCE 6 Fl. Combed 14 & Stained FLATTOP CEDAR i Select ) FLATTOP CEDAR 6 Ft . Stand x4 - 1 97 a. PECKY CEDAR 117 6 Ft. PECKY CEDAR 2" J Ft "r1DWCR1 . 1x4-f- CHAIN LINK 6.491 2.941 Ft. 4x4-- 1 log cabin. The log cabin, unique in every sense, stands on property purchased by the Moss family some years ago, high in the northwest corner of the Uinta Mountains. 549 a. 8 Ft. 4 a. frontier-lookin- CEDAR 1 4 a. J69 a. 4 - 8 Ft. 4 x4 - moss family has better enjoyed their summer stints to mountains and hills of the Bear River Drainage area, thanks to the innovation their father frontiersman. During those summer months, and even a few wintery days, the family has enjoyed the orginality and uniqueness of a dwelling in a modern-da- y built, but I79 a. CEDAR 1 2 half-serio- a. 58 3 4 - 6 Ft. a. 76 ( Better FLATTOP CEDAR t 89 For President Lincoln it would have been a luxury, for President Carter you might call it a sustaining vote for bare necessities and his new energy plan. But for Orrell Moss of West Point, his newly built log cabin brings nothing but and quest of accomplishment. Mr. Moss, who resides at 193 South 2000 West in West Point, has once, on a note, referred to himself as a Modern-Da- y Mountainman. The term is completely fitting, nothing deviating. For the last two years, the it 1 6 ft. lx 4 common rough - IX 4 6 ft. m2I combed. liftFt.GAUGE Rolls 50 4 Ft. 6 Ft. g Ive always been an and will outdoorsman probably never change, said Orrell, The cabin means a lot of things to me, but the uniqueness of it is the 4 Ft. $27.95 98 Fi By Keith Duncan oWfflrtlL,. !1 $34.95 $39.95 . thing of most worth. The outdoors and mountain life are unique and this building doesn't take much away from the beauty and splendor which mother nature intended. Started in June OVIR SO TYR1S OF RANIllNO TO CMOOM MOLDINOS AND FROM IAROEST QUANTITY AND COLORED NAILS VARIETY IN THE INTERMOUNTAIN WEST. GREEN 4il 316 sis simulated on lauan plywood. 1st grade Vinyl Simulated woodgrain on lauan plywood. on REGAL' WALNUT is x 4 x 0 54 CASTLE CROSSCUT BIRCH 1 x 4 x 7Vi gcod. siroUoltd wood groin on logon plywood. lit " Miligord finish on lauan plywood 64 OAK finish 41lauan 846 - RIDGECREST BIRCH 1 st grade. 1st print dreams become realities plywood. 649 316 Orell and his youngest son, Clark, began to make their DESERT SUNSET MONOWALL Real 316x4x0 Wood Veneer 1st Grad. $C49 back in June of 1977. Some 34 days after that first June date, the Moss cabin was ready for chinking (filling in cracks between fogs). Sixteen hour days weft not an uncommon thing. 'Tor Mr. Moss and his fifteen year old son as they worked hand in hand to complete the log building. Forest rangers thought we were crazy and never gave us a chance to get such a project completed, and in such a short time, com- mented Orrell, Actually Im grateful for the rangers and theyre help. $y t . - though, . 'floss: Wodlem WaDunsioiniinniSiini layed with big ends on the with the petitions that divide two bedrooms, a bath, kitcorners every other time. The chink to fill the cracks chen, amf living room were contracted by Orrell and his was a mixture of pearlite sand silica insulation and QJ' (ocean sand). The mortar Composite asphalt was put between the cracks shingles cover the rooftop. both in and out of the cabin. In total the log cabin The large nails between the covers 600 square feel, 20 x logs helped to secure the 30. mortar in place. Only 10 to 12 Abraham Lincoln and miles from the cabin site are Jimmy Carter would both be numerous cabins built 80 to pleased. 100 years ago. The drive to Besides building beautiful is log cabins, Orrell and Clark see such places breathtaking. In the early are both avid hunters. Both days the pioneers used are sharp bow hunters. Mr. grass, horse manure, mud Moss has shot at least 18 to 19 and other such things to deer in his lifetime with a chink. bow, while Clark being only A deck was later con16, shot his first deer with a structed for the front porch. bow last year. They are just Inside the cabin, which has as accurate with a rifle. The outdoors life will electricity available, but no water, handmade lighting always be a part of Orrells fixtures dot the dwelling. recreation and satisfaction. These lighting fixtures along He may be bold and manly Wed never had completed the cabin without the Forest and Services help a are They cooperation. great bunch of men tending , those mountains. Orrell and Clark werent trying to break a fastbuilding record when they set about to construct the cabin. To know the Moss family and particularly their father, when a goal is set there is little time wasted in achieving it. After 25 years as a railroad worker, if anyone knows the value of hard work, surely Orrell does. Selecting the right logs for the home became a fussy task for Orrell and Clark. If it meant dragging and hauling a log seven miles to the cabin site, the task was As Mr. Moss closest log the remembers, they found to the site of construction, was a half-mil- e away. When running into a nearby town for wood and nails, undertaken. into enough to lift a hugh log his patience and but lace, is shown each kindness when morning he fills a container with water and sits off a distance to watch the squirrels drink from it. His wife Diane, when not busy with West Point clerk woric, spends many summer days and a few cold winter nrm at the cabin alongside her husband. For the past 25 years Diane has served as the city secretary for West Point. Other children in the family include Mark, who recently returned from the Little Arkansas Mission; Lance who is training in Provo to leave on an LDS Mission to Italy and Amber, the only daughter. IF the retailer once comWhat are you mented, The building, a bridge? lumber used on only sawed the cabin was on ceilings, the floor, and window and door casings. Three inch wood slabs make up the ceiling which is supported by two pearling support beams and a ridge pole, all natural logs. Eighteen cement pillars, with logs as floor joists, make up the underneath of the cabin. The cabin is situated on a slight hill which made the pillars necessary. Mr. Moss, who subcontracted his own home in West Point years ago, knew somewhat in his mind what he wanted the cabin to lode like when finished. But never having undertaken such a task, it was a work and learn task from start to finish. I remember asking a number of builders what they could tell me about building a log cabin, but I didnt receive too much advice, remembered Mr. Moss. Once the logs were brought to the cabin site, they were shaved by hand scrappers. One by one the logs were, layed atop each other with spikes driven down to secure the logs. An ax was used to shave off knots and fit corners together. Window and door spaces were pur- made smaller posely in the beginning, but later made their present size with a power saw. Logs would be that was used to build the Moss cabin was shaved In the manner trim Orrell Moss shaves this one. Mr. Moss build a log cabin In the northwest corner of olW rr the ulntas alarm with hi I EVERY LOG INSIDE OF LOG cabin. Everything and the celling. W YOUR KITCHEN Well show you how to do A yourself ehd save money Is logs except window and door casing, the floor GMEBaecW J PL CORNER OF log cabin that Moss built. M Wl m 1 1979 FIAT 124 SPIDER y DIMENSION LUMIR AT DISCOUNT RRKII IRKIAL ON a FULL UNIT LOAD PNOM 344474 IMS WASH. BIVD,, OQMN, UTAH 14401 1979 PORSCHE 924 4 c ALL ITEMS SUBJECT TO RBIOO SALE C3 trppJy cxi wiril CHRIS & DICK'S Tobies 6 Chain Dhhos, IRvarwara Punch lowb, Cups Cafloa Makon linene Paper Ooodi OlaMwara "THE WAU PANtLINO KINOt' WoHcar Bonkord Visa Cord Master Charge Bank Card e.m. la 7 p.m. RW 0714717, T7147M, 9714719 I Sit Wsst SMO tag (I Oledi last d Isdwtsd Id.) OR1N SUNPATE 10 a. at. te S p.m. L , ' t fri , V to ! 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