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Cuau 0 Of ORSGOJI LIBEABt EU3SDS. ore. jgy If lyjliiiW Wm& Mir llr IMMMe) MM I Smlft Mill '1 tin I By FRANK JENKINS The San Francisco chronicle car ried a story this morning in which this sentence appeared: "This will be the 32nd day ol rain In the 4 days since December 15, and ' the seventh day of rain In the last eight days." I've heard that statement re- peated today at least 40 times always in tones ol deep disgust. In Northern California, the weath er is beginning to get on people's nerves. It Is generally conceded that In Its proper place and in rea sonable quantities rain is good, but the concensus is that 32 days of It out of a total of 42 days is tco much of a good thing. Tales of woe are forthcoming , whenever two or more persons get together, a friend down lu San !Mateo awoke this morning to find that a Cottonwood tree in a neigh bor's yard had let go all holds during the night's dowpour and had .crashed down right in the middle of his pet plot of shrubbery. The only consolation In his hour of sor row lay in the fact that the neigh bor was in a hurry to get to work and offered to donate the tree for fireplace wood. He figures that it will yield at least a cord, and at present prices for firewood that is something. On ' the other hand, the cost of getting it sawed up will be -something fearful to contemplate. So he's afraid he's going to have to saw it up himself, since he was so brash as to accept his neighbor s offer. That thought isn t adding anything to the gaiety of ine occasion. Another citizen who" lives on Tiburon Island looked out this morning and what he saw ruined the day for htm. on the west side of his property he had planted last year a row of eight lancy imported pine trees. During the night a play ful zephyr wandering in from the stormy Pacific had toppled all eight of them over on their sides. Since most of the roots on the down-wind side had remained in the ground, he thinks maybe he can prop the trees up and with luck they'll go on growing, but the prospect of getting out in the wet and doing the Job wasn't giving him any pleasure along about the lunch hour today. But these were minor catastro phes. Down in Redwood City a normally dry gully had gone on a bender during the night, and come morning the waters were two feet deep In the living room of a newly - built home. Not only "was the furni ture floating around in a woe be gone way. The room was panelled, and the commuter who was telling . the tale was pretty certain that when the water subsided the panel ing would warp and he'd have to do the whole job over again. ' What was giving him acute pain was the news, just broken to him by his insurance agent, that his policy didn't cover flood damage. That raises an interesting Issue. In most of the flooded towns, little if any flood insurance was carried The reason is that in the very nature of things flood insurance. is expensive. , If your property is located in a place where floods are likely to occur, it is a foregone conclusion that you're going to be flooded if old Jupiter Pluvius goes on a ram page. Since insurance rates are based on the probability of loss, it follows that if you live in a place that Is subject to floods in times of abnormal precipitation the cost of flood Insurance is going to be pretty steep. . It appears that down this way nearly everybody relied on Cali fornia's sunny climate and failed to take out flood insurance. The result is a lot of unhappiness in mis particular year. That brings up another thought. In this campaign year which fol- lows a year of rather spectaculu- Srods in various parts of the rwtry, bongress is doing a lot I. talking about government flood insurance. I can see where people living In the river valleys and the creek bottoms are going to be all ior it. om i can t nein wondering how the people who live on the hills will feel about it. Elmer Deetz Files Senate Candidacy SALEM M State Rep. Elmer Deetz, Canby dairyman, filed Thursday for the Republican nom ination for U.S. senator. He seeks the position held by Sen. Wayne Morse. Democrat. Deetz is the first person in either party to file for the office. Gov. Paul Patterson has said he would have a statement in the next week or so on whether he will run for the Republican nomi nation for the office. Deetz became, prominent two years ago when he was active in the successful fight against state milk control. His initiative meas ure was approved by the people- wiping out 21 years of milk price regulation. 'Peanuts For Polio' To Be Held Tomorrow The Girl's League of Klamath Union High School will hold "Pea nuts for Polio Day" tomorrow on the streets of Klamath Falls, an nounced Wally Wunder, Teens Against Polio chairman, for the couniT. , The girls will be selling fresh pesnuts on the streets of down town Klamath Falls all day Satur day with the proceeds going to the March of Dimes. This is one of the many events staged by the Teens Against Polio in Klamath County this year. I .Hi Price Five Cents 34 Pares " ' KLAMATH PALLS, OREGON,' FUDAY, JANUARY 21, IKi Telephone Sill' No. 3385 Davis Says Sarena Patents Not Illegal WASHINGTON 11 An Interior Department official's contention that the disputed Al Serena mining patents complied fully with min ing laws was studied Friday by a Senate-House committee in prep aration for further inquiry next week. Clarence A. Davis, under sec retary of the Interior Department, Thursday placed before the com mittee his denial of charges that US:, Soviet Pact Asked By Bulganin WASHINGTON Iff) The heart of Soviet Premier Bulganin's letter to President Eisenhower is reported to be a proposal for a treaty of friendship between Russia and the United States, coupled with the suggestion that this would promote world peace. United States officials are study ing this latest Soviet move seri ously but skeptically. They feel it is almost certainly a propaganda maneuver. Bulganin is understood to have, proposed a pact pledging the United States and the Soviet Un ion to settle differences within the framework of the United Nations Charter and to avoid Interference in each other's internal affairs. LATEST INITIATIVE This latest Moscow initiative is puzzling to' diplomats. Just last year Russia canceled somewhat similar treaties with Great Britain and- France in angry protest over formation of the Western European Union. The WEU is part of the arrangement under which wes Germany is being ' rearmed as r. member both of WEU and the North Atlantic Treaty Organiza tion. Bulganin's letter was delivered to Eisenhower Wednesday. Its con tents have been closely guarded although publication . is expected eventually, perhaps after Elscn hower has prepared and dis patched a reply. It seems unlikely that will be done before his talks here next week with the British Prime Min ister, Sir Anthony Eden. The White House had no com ment on the authoritative report that a proposed friendship treaty in the main Doint of the communi cation, which It described Wednes day as a "friendly letter." PROBLEMS 6ET The proposition appeared to con front Eisenhower and Secretary of State Dulles with problems of both policy and propaganda. They want to take advantage of every soviet move which offers a hope of mak ing some real improvement in re lation? between East and West. At the same time, they oppose participating in any kind of agree ment which would simply raise surface hopes about peace and ere-1 ate an illusion of greater security. ( V 41 I ' si TOMMY AND BEVERLY POTTER of 2425 Autumn Street, were snapped by the 9 o'clock photographer this morning while the youngsters were buying candy et Maryann's Cafe, 121 West Main Street. Tommy is in the sixth grade a.t Riverside School end his sister is a third grader. ( the grant or 15 patents was a "timber grab." He will return for further ques tionlng next Tuesday. Davis declared the matters in volved in the patenting of land in Oregon's Rogue River National Forest to Al Sarena Mines, Inc., in 1954 were "not matters of dis cretion .or of political action." Instead, he said, they are "mat ters of law and evidence." The patents gave the Sarena company ownership of the land and title to the timber on it. Crit ics of the grants contend the pat enting was "a giveaway" because the timber Is estimated to be worth far more than what the firm paid for the patents. - -TELLS COMMITTEE Davis told the committee the pat ents had to be approved. Mining law, he said, provides that a pat ent must be issued to anyone who stakes out a claim, proves a valid discovery of minerals and does at least $500 worth of development work. He said the Sarena com panyin its appeal from earlier rejections met those requirements and declared: "It is Just that clear. There is no reference to timber in the min ing laws; whether there is much, little or no timber makes no dif ference whatever as a matter of law." In a 7,000-word statement read to the committee, Davis assumed full responsibility for the decision reached by him as department solicitor in 1054. In that decision he overruled the Bureau of Land Management's rejection of the pat ent applications. He described the company's ap plication for patents in 1948, and the land bureau's rejection of 15 patents In 1950 on grounds there was not enough mineralization in volved... An. appeal from .that de cision, he said, was pending when he became solicitor, -f- NO FAIR HEARING ' Subsequently, he continued, Charles P. McDonald and Herbert McDonald president and secre tary of the mining firm told him they had not been given a fair hearing, that the Interior Depart ment was prejudiced against min ing patents, and that some docu ments. Including favorable assay reports, had been left out of the case file. "It was perfectly obvious to any lawyer" upon examination of the records, Davis said, "That the evi dence of the claimants was not in the file and that, on the state of the record as it then existed, judgment on the claimant's evi dence could not be made." He said that after discussion of other possible methods of proced ure it was decided to get an inde pendent assay. It was on the basis of that assay that the grants were made. Davis' statement brought com ment from Sen. Barrett (R-Wyo) that "You have completely blown out of the water these so-called charges against you. . . There Is not a single scintilla of evidence in all the voluminous record that reflects on your handling of this case." - i t ' " d If REP. SAM COON Coon To Seek Reelection In a telephone call from Wash ington, D.C., this morning, Repub lican Congressman Sam Coon of the second congressional district, announced his candidacy for re election. Coon, a Baker County rancher, was first elected to Congress in 1952 and is now completing his second term. He is a member of the Education and Labor Commit tee and of the National Forest Reservation Committee. He served in the, Oregon state senate and was chairman of its Agriculture Committee. He has gained nationwide notice as the sponsor Of the John Day Dam bill and has been successful in getting several reclamation bills passed by Congress. He strongly advotes taking action to meet our future power needs. Coon favors forest service ap propriation Increases for more timber sales activity and better recreation facilities. ' Oregon forest highways benefited by an' appro priation a mendment he had passed. Hi miDPorftid blua in Oongress last year . improved federal highway systems. Coon' advocates a . balanced budget with something paid on the national debt before reducing taxes. Lie Detector Plans Dropped LOS ANGELES (UP) The dis trict attorney's office today dropped plans to give lie detector tests to the crew of a Santa Fe commuter train which overturned In California's worst train wreck in history. The Sunday crash claimed its 30th victim yesterday. Mrs. Laura Brynlng. 32, Camp Pendleton, Calif., died In Good Samaritan Hospital. The woman's son also was Injured when the two-car train tipped over while speeding 10 miles per hour on a curve. Dist. Ally. 8. Ernest Roll said train fireman. Howard Smith, 42. had refused to talk to his investi gators about taking a lie detector test and Conductor George R. Splckard, 68. refused to take it on "advice of counsel." Engineer Frank B. Parrish, 61, agreed to take the test. Parrish accepted responsibility for the wreck. He said he blacked out at the train's controls. Smith insisted however, that an emergency brake which Parrish applied failed to work and the wreck resulted. Roll said It would be useless to give only Parrish the test if the other crew members did not take it. Viaduct Job Pact Studied The Salem bureau of the As sociated Press said today that ne gotiations for the awarding of the bids for the Klamath Falls South Sixth Street viaduct are entering lh final nhav I The low bidder for the Job was I Tom Llllebo of Reedsport who bid S8P9.BM. His bid wss presented early In December to the Btate Hnrhway Department. The award has been held up pending final agreement with the Southern Pacific Co., reported the Associated press. The SP's drafted agreement was received by the highway department Thursday. The department's legal staff will study the agreement and P. M. Stephen son, commission bridge engineer, says the contract should be award ed In about a week. Paul W. Harvey, Salem AP cor respondent, said that this delay was not unusual as It lakes a month or so from the bid opening to the final award of the contract to work out all the agreements. CANDIDACY FILED PORTLAND District Judge Richard J. Burke said Thursday he will be a candidate for the Multnomah County circuit court seat now held by Judge Alfred P. Dobvm. Dobson has not said whether he will seek reelection. . Abbott Eyed For Possible Suicide Try OAKLAND (UP) A suicide watch was posted today around ine Alameda County jail cell oi Burton W. Abbott, who is await ing .to be sentenced for the kid-nap-murder of Stephanie Bryan. Lt. L. D. Temple, superintendent of the jail, ordered a demitv sher iff or trusty to accompany Abbott on any and all occasions that he leaves his cell. He specified that a deputy stand guard while Abbott shaves. - In addition, Abbott's three cell mates were "alerted" to prevent any attempt by Abbott to do away with himself. Jail attendants made a frequent check of his cell at night. Abbott clnlmed the flash lights disturbed his sleep. PRECAUTIONS Temple stressed that these pre cautions were "routine" in the case of a man condemned to death and in any case in which a pris oner Is ."emotionally upset." Whether Abbott was upset could not altogether be told from his demeanor. He apparently spent an untroubled night Wednesday after a Jury of seven men and five wo men returned a verdict of guilty. Yesterday morning, he had no stomach for breakfast. Guards said he was "surly" with them. He read with consuming interest newspaper accounts of the trial outcome. Later, he held a news confer ence at his own request in the office of Sheriff H. P. Gleason. He appeared relaxed and at ease. SUSPECTS He told reporters he suspects some one person of slaying the teen-age Berkeley girl, but de clined to name him or. her. "II is only conjecture at this point,'! he said. "I'm not Ilka the police. I don't make unfounded ac cusations." " "But you are "' convinced- - you were framed'" - ."Absolutely yes." ttt' ' "!' "Is lt a man or a woman?" "I would rather not discuss 11. now aio you going 10 piovo it?" "That's my problem. My attor neys are well aware of It." Abbott also accused the Jury of 'completely disregarding" all the defense witnesses and defense evidence. He said he thought the fact the Jury was out so long meant "only one thing acquit- tal." NEW EVIDENCE He hinted his attorneys are tn possession of evidence which was not brought out at the trial. He said the defense had thought "a number of things" to be inslgni- flcnnt. but which now have "as sumed monumental proportions." Harry A. Whitehead, foreman of the Jury, said he had no more compunction about voting for Ab bott's execution "than in stepping on the head of a rattlesnake." 'He's Just a mad dog who has to be put out of the way," he said. Abbott's attorneys will move for a new trial when he comes up for sentencing a week from today. If Superior Judge Charles Wade Snook denies the motion, the case goes to the California Supreme Court for automatic review Crater Skiing Reported Fair Skiing is expected to be excellent over the weekend at Tomahawk Ski Bowl at the junction of the Rocky Point-Lake of the Woods roads. Don Dlvens reported this morning. Twelve Inches of powder snow has fallen on a good snow base Two tows will operate Saturday and Sunday and the warm-up hut will be open. Skiing was reported fair today at Crater Lake National Park with deep powder snow on the trails. Six and one-half Inches of new snow fell during the 24-hour period ending at 8 j,.m. todny, bringing sn-jw depth to 132 incites, exactly double the snow depth on this date last year. Highway 62 Is open through the paik with chains or abrasive snow tread tires advised. The road from Annie Springs to park headquart ers is open today with chains re quired, from neadqtiarters to the lake, the road Is closed but the rangers expect to have It open for travel Saturday and Sunday. The warming hut will be open weather permitting. Maximum temperature at park headquarters Thursday was 22 de grees: minimum last night. 16. and 19 degrees at 8 a.m. today. Prospects for excellent weekend skiing at Warner Canyon ski area near Lakevlew were reported this morning. Twelve Inches of new powder snow covers the ski area and both tows will operate Saturday and Sunday. The snack bar will' be open for the convenience of skiiers and spectators. V . -v 'jf.' '' ,-. f . " V MRS. LELA WOODS Mothers Plan Dimes Event The mothers of Klamath Falls will contribute their part to the March of Dimes Drive Tuesday, January ' 31 when they stage Porchllght Night" In the city, an nounced Mrs. Lela Woods, chair man of the event, today. The Eagles Lodge is sponsoring the event with many women's or ganizations of Klamath Falls co operating. On the night of the event all householders of Klamath Falls who wish to contribute to the March of Dimes are asked to turn on their porchllghts between 7 and 8 o'clock. Mothers from various or ganizations will call on the homes and collect the funds, Mrs, Woods said. Wage Increase Pact Signed A conlrnct calling for a 4'A pen cent wage Increase and increases In benefits was signed this mom- lnir between representatives of the Klamath Basin Pine Mills com pany of Klamath Falls and Local 6-12 of the International Woodwork- era of America (CIO), Hnl Gelger, local union business agent, report ed. The agreement was ratified by the union members at a special meeting Thursday. It will cover approximately 250 men, Geiger said. He said that the minimum wage at the plant would be 8190 per hour. There will also be Improve ments In holiday and vacation benefits, he said. The minimum time to be worked before men become eligible for paid vacation has been reduced 200 hours, he explained. Anniversary date on the contract has been extended from April 1 to June 1, he said, with the cur rent contract expiring on June 1 1957. He added that the agreement whs similar to one recently reached with five associations in the fir industry. Tills one, he said, covers about 30.000 men. W'gMW,, K a t-f -"T ' "V V'-V'f" - 'W PLANNING THE BLOCK OF DIMES to b staged this Saturday on Main Street between Eighth and Ninth streets, were these two members of the Klamath County Junior Chamber of Com merce. Chuck Boleyn, right, is chairman of the event and Don Christy, co-chairman. The Jaycees are challenging the record set by the Exchange Club's Block of Dimes record of last Saturday on the same location. The Exchange Club collected $285 for the March of Dimes anti-polio fund in its event. LOS ANGELES (UP) Southern California today mopped up flood ed areas following a two-day down pour that dumped more than nine Inches of rain at many points. The Weather Bureau termed the storm the worst In nearly 20 years. Forecasters called for a clearing trend with intermittent showers decreasing in frequency and in tensity through tomorrow. Los Angeles County Flood Con trol District spokesmen said "the situation looks In pretty . good shape." The Weather Bureau pre dicted heavy rainfall and snow only for mountain areas with most of the state getting moderate rain, turning into showers in the after noon. The storm, third worse on rec ord for Los Angeles, disrupted the area's industry, snarled traffic, but caused no deaths. . More, than 1000 persons in met ropolitan Los Angeles were forced to evacuate their homes yesterday as the area was drenched. INTENSE STORM The sudden, Intense storm hit Southern California on the heels of heavy rains which have plagued the state since the Christmas sea son and produced disastrous floods in Northern California. - By 0:30 a.m., the storm had poured . 7.97 Inches of rain on downtown Los Angeles. . Other storm figures- included Lake Arrowhead 12.20 inches. Si erra Madre 10.38, Crestline 10.00, Beverly Hills 8.64, San Bernardino 7.74. Whlttler 7.16, Olendale 6.08, and San Diego 1.04. Numerous city intersections were flooded. Many industries and businesses closed down yesterday afternoon and sent workers home early. Most of the area's huge air craft industry ordered awlngshlft and graveyard shift workers not to report because of the impas- sablllty of many streets leading to plants. SCHOOLS CLOSED ' The board of education let out more than 500,000 students from classes as schools closed down during the downpour. The area's police, flood control, Civil Defense and Red Cross per sonnel went on an emergency basis yesterday as the steady rain produced rapidly rising waters and a potentially- serious flood threat, -Elsewhere ' in - the state, most seriously' affected, flood, regions were in tne central valley, borne 76, blocks of .yisalta were under water wo dod persona, evacuated Farming arcs . near Porterville were flooded when a levee broke three miles west of the Frlant. Kern Canal. The city Itself was not aamagea. r CRITICAL THREAT -More than 400 families were evacuated from homes In Long Beaoh. Most of the runoff was concentrated in the south and west sections of Los Angeles County. What was termed a "critical flood threat existed In the Long Beach area when a levee by the Los Angeles River flood control channel threatened to give way and inundate a two-square mile area of about 35.000 persons. Sol diers and civilians Joined In sand bagging the levee. Late last night Weather FORECAST Klamath Falls and vicinity: Occasional snow throufh Saturday. Highs 10-35; low Friday nlghl 23-28. High yesterday 30 Low last nliht 15 Prerlp. last ?.i bours ....... 0.11 Prerlp. since Oct, 1 15,23 Rame period last year .....3.57 Normal for period -...6.19 normally a trickle, recede, erasing the started to threat. Some 200 families evacu ated in that area then returned to their homes. Individual property damage es timates in LOs Angeles County ex ceeded one million dollars. Row boats and helicopters were used to help evacuate some residents flooded from their homes. Intermittent heavy rainfall in Ban Francisco marked the 33rd day of the last 43 In which the city has had rain. Transcontinent al highways 40 and 60, after being blocked by 40 Inches of new snow, were reopened by highway crews, Three Killed During State Snowstorm By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Three persons were dead in the wake of the heaviest snowfall of the season, which bad drifted down on Western Oregon Friday morn ing.' Mrs. Vernon Ward, 32, Roseburg, was injured fatally when' her auto mobile skidded out of control on Highway 99 outh of the city. John A. Strand, Portland, died while attempting to get nil car started after lt had become stuck in a drift. - At McMinnvllle, Cathy Johnson, S, was killed when she ran in front of a school bus while playing in the snow Thursday with other children. The Weather Bureau aaid more snow was, expected In aome sec tions before nightfall. Nearly a foot of anow blanketed the Portland area, slowing traffic and causing a number of power failures. - Telephone lines were down In some suburban aeotlons ot the city. Portland schools were closed aa were most ol those in outlying communities. . State police reported anow from the coast to the mountains and aa tar south aa Salem where three to four Inches fell. ' f',- , Nn Hflrilt.lnnnl Innw.vwtl t'tmnrted men ran nao me;yy. masy morning. .J, , : . FORECAST' ' ' ' V ' All major highways Were open and were being plowed, wwever. chains were needed throughout' most of the snow area. The heavy snow in downtown Portland Thursday night snapped some power lines near the south west Park Blocks causing trans former explosions. Sparks show ered on some nearby parked cara and one of them burned. The forecast for the Portland area was for more snow through the day with continued cool weath- Rainy, warmer weather Is ex pected to return to the region Sun day or Monday. Baker and Burns in Eastern Ore gon had the coldest temperature readings in the state reported early Friday nine degrees. Else where In Oregon mlnlmums were reported at freezing or below. A full moon broke through tne clouds early Friday providing Northwestern Oregon early risers with a seldom seen nature display moonlight on a heavy snowfall. This was followed by a spectacu lar sunrise early Friday, SNOW DEPTH In downtown Portland the official snow depth was reported at 10', inches, the heaviest since Jan, 21, 1943, when 16.5 Inches fell. The all-time record for Portland was set Jan. 31-Feb,' 1, 1937, when 16 Inches was reported. To the north, Western Washing ton was a patchwork with snow to Toledo In Lewis County. Longvlew had 10 Inches of snow between noon and 9 p.m. Thursday. Kelso and Longvlew schools were closed. Seattle and the Puget Sound area had sunshine. Final Polio Auction Set The Klamath Falls Lions Club Polio Radio Auction over KFLW will enter its final phase tonight from 9 to 10 o'clock. The civic club has collected $525 so far in Us Wednesday and Thursday night broadcasts, reported Denne Sach er, chairman of the event. At 10:15 tonight the auction will be re sumed and will run until all Items to be sold are auctioned. Tuesday at 2:30 p.m. a steer weighing between 1.DO0 and 1.150 pounds, donated by ZJen and Mabel Henzel: will be auctioned at the Klamath Stockmen's Commission Co. yards. All the proceeds of this sale will go to the March of Dimes. Carl Woods of Carl's Su perior Meats. In Orlggs Grocery Store, will kill and wrap the beef free of charge. The yard Is auc tioning the steer free of charge. Prior to the auctioning of the steer on Tuesday, the Klamath Stockmen's Commission- will auc- lon a lamb, given by them, with proceeds going to the polio drive. MOZART'S BIRTHDAY TOKYO i-Pelping radio today observed the 200th anniversary of Mozart's birthday by broadcasting the third movement only of the Mozart Symphony No. 39. Without mentioning who played it. the ' river,