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Br FRANK JENKINS
As previously related in these
chronicles, the Spreckels brothers
took over the Coronado project
from an Eastern railroad magnate
(name of Mackey, as I recall the
story) and carried the hotel
through to completion. They
pinched no pennies in its construc
tion. They built it around an interior
court that Is a fair-sized city park
in itself. They faced the rooms
on the court on one side and out
ward on the other side, with the
. most favored rooms overlooking
the ocean. From the lowest level
it is five stories in height. I
wouldn't know how many rooms
it contains. I doubt if anyone has
ever counted them. '
As of now, it is a weird looking
affair, with cupolas here and tow
ers there and plenty of ginger
bread everywhere. But it must be
remembered that the period of the
1880's was a period of strange
architectural ideas. The simplicity
and unimpeachable good taste of
early New England and the Old
South were giving way to doodads
and thingumbobs.
But, In spite of the tastes of the
period, in which it was built, the
old hotel has an impressive dignity
of its own.
Its most fabulous single asset is
lis vast main dining room. It must
be a block long, with immense
windows opening on the ocean at
one end and on the inner court
at the other. It has a vaulted roof,
supported by wooden arches.
I'm no good at figures and if I
ever heard I can't remember how
many it seats, but I'm reasonably
certain that an infantry battalion
could be fed in It with plenty of
room to spare.
It was built for the elite of an
ostentatious period and contained
all the facilities necessary for the
upper echelons of the society of
that time. There were extensive
quarters for the servants of the
nabobs of the Gay Ijineties and
the registration books contained
ample space for the listing of the
domestic retainers of the guests
who were brought along when the
well endowed families of the East
ern upper crust came to California
to spend the winter.
The old Hotel del Coronado hRd
plenty of glitter in those glittering
days mat. now are past.
All of which leads me up to
. what really impresses me about
' the-1 old place now. Europe has
plenty of these ancient and time-
honored hostelrles that were built
for the rich and the great. Since
they were built of stone, they nev
er burned,
And
They NEVER CHANGED.
They were built for the rich and
the great, and they have re
mained the habitat of the rich
and the great. At least they did
until a few years ago when Europe
began to be swamped by the Jide
of American tourists.
No European commoner has
ever felt at home In them for
in them he has always been OUT
OF HIS CASTE.
It is true that the old Coronado
was built for the rich and the
great. And It is strangely true that
despite the fact that it was built
of wood it has never burned. That
is doubtless due to the fact that
it was early equipped with auto
matic sprinklers that go on when
a fire starts anywhere and prompt
ly douse the flames, so It has re
mained as a monument of the past.
But, unlike its counterparts in
Europe, it has changed with the
times. No longer is it the exclu
sive bailiwick of those who have
it in wads most of it inherited.
Its stately halls are now trod by
the feet of Americans of all
kinds and Its spacious grounds
now ring with the laughter of the
children of the AMERICAN PEO
PLE. Its swimming pools and Its
tennis courts are used by the teen
agers of parents who never heard
of the Social Register.
Only In America could that hap
pen. So, when you visit the old
Coronado, you get a tingle of pride
in your country, and what it Is
and how it works and what it
A makes possible for EVERYBODY,
that is well worth while.
Cigarette, Sales
Taxes Urged
PORTLAND ifl A 3-cent-a-pack
cigarette tax and a 3 per cent
general sales tax were urged for
the state Saturday by more than
100 Oregon school superintendents.
Attending a meeting of the
Oregon Assn. of District Superin
tendents, they also voted for a
proposal to prevent referendum
attacks on tax programs of the
Legislature.
They also recommended that
teachers' salaries be raised $400 a
year In each category.
Their next meeting will be held
here, July 12-13.
Airmen Found OK
After Sea Mishap
TOKYO i.fi Seven U.S. air
mentarget of a three-day air-sea
' search were found safe and sound
Monday aboard their crash boat.
It had run out of gas between
Japan and Korea.
An Air Force spokesman said
the men had nosed their 85-foot
craft Into a cove of Korea's south
west tip Friday whepa they ran
out of gas and a norm came up.
None of the men was from the
Pacific Northwest.
BILL FORNEY
ill Forney
Seeks Office
Another candidate has entered
the race for Klamath County com
missioner. He is Bill Forney, 5111 Bristol
Street, who filed his intention to
enter the May 18 primaries on the
Democratic ticket.
Forney, a former Lakeview auto
mobile dealer, was employed for
several years by Klamath County
as a maintenance man. He is now
in the excavating business.
The candidate is a native of
Oklahoma and is 52 years old. He
has a wife and four children.
"I believe my experience quali
fies me for the job of county com
missioner, he said, ' If I am
elected, I will work for efficient
administration of county business."
luish White
Meteor Seen
LOS ANGELES Wl A bluish
white meteor with a brilliant or
ange tall flashed across the Cali
fornia sky and was seen from
points more than 600 miles apart
early yesterday.
Observers as far north as Santa
Clara, 400 miles from here, and
south to El Centro, 175 miles
southeast, and east to Winslow,
Ariz., reported sightings shortly
after 1 a.m. Witnesses reported
seeing it lor 10 to 30 seconds
. A sentry at Camp Irwin, the
Army's huge armored equipment
maneuvering base on the Mojave
iJesert, - said blazing objects -ap
peared to fall nearby. Another
soldier on the same reservation
said he saw the same apparent
Dreakup of the meteor.
Two witnesses In the towns of
Barstow and Daggett, near the
camp, said they heard deep boom
ing sounds alter the flash.
A TWA pilot, Capt. Robert C.
Downing of Mallbu. Calif., flying
over Winslow, said the meteor
"looked like It was coming right
under us. It made us duck and
pull up the airplane a little."
Jail Prisoners
Get Free Show
OAKLAND (UP) The 55-vear-
old man, booked at the city jail
as a vagrant, rumaeed through the
trash can m the recreation room
He found a burned-out light bulb
The other prisoners looked up
when they heard a tinkle of glass
Their fellow prisoner was quietly
munching the bulb. He appeared
astonished when police rushed him
to the hospital.
"What's all the fuss." he said,
"I eat them all the time."
They could find nothing wrong
with him at the hospital and his
Jailors then looked up his booking
sneet which read. "Herman Taylor
55, unemployed glass eater. '
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ELDA RUNYAN, a senior at KUHS, was caught by the 9 o'clock
photographer this morning on her way to school. She lives
at 2030 Garden.
Price Fin Cents It Faces KLAMATH FALLS. OREGON, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1956 Telephone 8111 No. 3399
Political Picture
In Oregon Growing
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS 1
Walter Norblad intends to run
for governor, despite a suggestion
It would be safer for the Republi
can Party if he again sought his
First District congressional seat.
The suggestion came from Mrs.
Marshall Cornett of Klamath Falls,
Republican national committee
woman, who said she feared a
Democrat might capture the seat
he is vacating. (
Norblad said Saturday at Klam
ath Falls he thought a Democratic
victory in the First District im
possible. "My district has been Republican
since 1907," he said.
Among possible Republican chal
lengers for the nomination as
governor one new name was men
tioned, that of Tom Lawson Mc
call, Portland radio commentator
who was defeated when he ran for
Congress in the Third District in
1954.
McCatl said he had been advised
an editorial broadcast on radio
station KGW would wge his candi
dacy, but later Gordon Orput, KGW
president, said that was not the
case. He said the broadcast would
not urge anyone's candidacy, but
would mention McCall among a
number of others in the political
scene.
Gov. Elmo Smith still has not
revealed his plans for the election
but Is generally thought to be a
Ukely candidate.
Possibility of a contest for the
Democratic nomination for gover
nor arose Sunday. Atty. Gen
Robert Y. Thornton and Orval
Thompson, Albany attorney and
Gov. Knight
Said Better
NEW-YORK (UP)' -California's
Oov. Goodwin J. Knight was said
to be recovering satisfactorily to
day from influenza in his Waldorf
Astoria Towera suite.
Knight was taken ill Wednesday
night and has been confined to bed
since that time with a fever which
at one point reached 103 degrees.
His secretary, Richard McKinney,
said his temperature was down to
99 this morning and his physician
reported he was "very happy with
the progress he is making."
McKinney said he expected the
governor would be well enough to
return to California by Thursday.
Knight was forced to cancel Lin
coln's Birthday appearances in
Ohio, Washington, D.C., and Okla
homa. Flood Victim's
Body Discovered
SANTA CRUZ (UP) Tile body
of Joe Bayford, 50, a victim of the
Dec. 22 flood, was found Saturday
In Zayante Creek.
Bayford's was the sixth body
found since the disastrous floods.
Still missing is 12-year-old shannon
Esplund, who was riding with
Bayford when his pick-up truck
crashed through a bridge over the
swollen stream.
former state senator, said friends
have been urging them to run.
State Sen. Robert D. Holmes.
Gearhart, is the only Democrat to
announce so far although Terry
Schrunk. Multnomah Countv sher
iff, is reported to be considering it.
Jason Lee, Salem attorney, was
the only Democrat who announced
last week he was after Norblad's
congressional seat. The names of
Republicans who might run began
to be many: secretary of State
Earl Newbry; Dr. Frank Fowler
of Astoria; Agriculture Director
James F. Short; Eugene Marsh,
McMinnville attorney and former
state Senate president. Some
backers told William Healy. assist
ant secretary of state, he should
file for Congress. R.- F. Cook,
Silverton, announced for it.
Sen. Wayne Morse got an oppo
nent for the Democratic nomina
tion when Woody Smith, Hood
River businessman, filed.
Lamar Tooze, Portland attorney,
announced he would seek the
Republican nomination for U.S.
senator. Talk that Philip S. Hitch-
cock also might run Increased. He
is a former Klamath Falls legis
lator and now an aide at Lewis
and Clark College.
There was little other candidate
talk of Importance, but Oust
Anderson said he would not run
for the GOP nomination against
Rep, Edith Green. That left Mult
nomah County Republicans with
no candidate In sight. Some whis
pers were heard that R u d 1 e
Wilhelm was being urged to run,
On other political fronts:
Adlai Stevenson, sounding very
much as though he would not run
in the Oregon primary, spoke at
a Democratic dinner in Portland,
Sen. Neuberger challenged Rep.
Ellsworth to debate the Al Sarena
mine patents; Ellsworth instead
challenged Sen. Morse to debate
partnership building of Cougar and
Green Peter dams; and Morse
.said, .he'd- be- - debating . Ellsworth
all year and would be willing to
pick one specific occasion for a
joint meeting.
Dan Thornton, former Colorado
governor, spoke at a series of
GOP meetings, predicting that
President Eisenhower will win and
saying socialism is the great thing
to be feared if Republicans fail.
Snow Plasters
indy City
By UNITED PRESS
Snow flurries ended over the
Midwest today, leaving Chicago
with the task of digging out of its
worst snow storm in two years.
A weekend storm that started
early Saturday tucked the Windy
City under a 2 to 16 inch blanket
of snow. Side streets were still icy
in the area today and surrounding
highways were snow-packed.
The surprise storm made driving
hazardous throughout a wide Mid
west area. The accident rate
Jumped alarmingly in Chicago and
nine persons! were killed in Indiana
highway crashes, most of them
caused by slippery roads.
Elsewhere in the nation, a cold
wave moved into Montana to the
accompaniment of high winds, and
band of hail and rain pelted the
Southland.
Cops Have Tough
Time With Steer
PHOENIX, Ariz, iff The Sunday
afternoon calm of downtown Phoe
nix was shattered by the snorting
of Brahma steers as police took
potshots at a pack of the beasts
who broke out of their feed pen.
Four were cornered alter about
an hour, the other four were killed.
One steer charged through the
baggage room at union station,
sending redcaps and tourists scat
tering from his path.
Police needed 33 bullet to kill
one, 16 for Bnother and 14 for a
third. Police 8gt. Melvin Weil fired
10 shots at one beast: Weil said
later:
"He Just rshoolt his head and kept
coming. I Jumped in my car."
Four more shots from a high
powered rifle brought him down.
Cooler Days
Hit Oregon
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Cooler weather came to Western
Oregon Monday, bringing snow
showers to some areas.
The ground was covered In some
sections of Portland. The last
patches of snow from the one-foot
fall of two weeks ago had barely
disappeared when the new fiurry
came.
The snow showers in the Port
land area v. ere inters perked with
brlf sunny periods.
The forecast was for more of the
same Tuesday but with cooler
temperatures on both tides of the
Cascades.
PRESENTING THE CHARTER for the new Klamath Reiervation Chapter of the Junior Chamber
of Commerce was the highlight of the charter night Saturday in Chiloquin Masonic
Hall. Don Hageborn, left, Jaycees state vice president, is pictured here presenting the charter
to John Heilbronner, new chapter president. Rex Dye, member of the Klamath County Junior
Chamber of Commerce and chairman of the event, looks on at the presentation. Other of
ficers of the new Jaycees unit are: Glen Kircher, first vice president; Remo Minato, second
vice president; Richard Souers, secretary; Edmund Stanton, treasurer, and Chester Jack,
state director. The board of directors consists of James Rodgors, Victor Sisson and Noble
Sanderville. '. "
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OREGON JUNIOR CHAMBER OF COMMERCE PRESIDENT Ivan Congleton, Portland, loft,
was the speaker of the evening Saturday at the charter presentation of the New Klamath
Reservation Chapter of the Junior Chamber of Commerce held in the Chiloquin Masonic
Temple. Shown here with Congleton are Charles Ekstrom, state director of the Jaycees, and
Leo Morstad president of the Klamath County Jaycees. John Heilbronner is the president of
the Klamath Reservation chapter. !
US, Britain Agree That
Hydrogen Weapons Testing
No Threat To Human Race
LONDON iff Prime Minister
Eden said Monday he and Presi
dent Eisenhower are convinced
countries can go ahead with test
ing of hydrogen weapons without
endangering the human race.
In a report to the House of Com
mons on his recent talks in Wash
ington. Eden said he discussed
with Eisenhower "the possible reg
ulation or limitation of nuclear
weapon tests."
Referring to expressions of fear
regarding possible radiation effects
of iurther nuclear tests, he said:
"But I am bound to report that
Her Majesty's government and the
U, S. government at present share
the conviction that what the radia
tion does to human beings arising
Benson Protests
Freight Boost
WASHINGTON 'UP) Secretary
of Agriculture Ezra T. Benson
iked the Interstate Commerce
Commission today to suspend an
application by motor carriers for
a 7 per cent increase In truck
rates and charges applying to
farm products.
He said farmers are having a
touRh enough time already with
out raising their freight coats.
IGNORED
LONDON Iff Moscow Radio
ignored Joseph Btalln in herald
ing the opening of the 20ih Soviet
Party Congress in Moscow Tues
daythe first session since Stalin's
death.
A broadcast of a lead editorial
from Pravda. the party organ,
confined ail Its praise to "the great
lynin " There was not a single
Telcrence to Stalin.
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from the testing of megaton weap
ons at the present rate is insignifi
cant compared with the rndiation
dose received from natural
causes."
In a general review of the talks
with Eisenhower, Eden said he and
Foreign Secretary Selwyn Lloyd
"were Impressed by Ihe renewed
vigor and enduring friendship of
the president of the United States."
The prime minister said he and
the President agreed on the action
to be taken in the explosive Middle
East and Europe to preserve peace
and Western security. Bui. he ack
nowledged "certain differences be
tween us about Far Eastern pol
icy." Eden said Britain and the United
States are ready to support any
U.N, recommendations to ease ten
sion between the Arabs and Is
raelis. The Prime Minister added thnt
any Palestine settlement "must In
volve some compromise, but there
is nothing dishonorable about com
promise. We and the U.S. govern
ment, as we repeatedly stated,
also are rewdy to help financially
: ad guarantee agreed frontiers."
He said the United States, Fiance.
and Britain ore examining their
obligations under the IflftO three -
power declaration against aggres
slon in Palestine because doubt
about what action the three pow
ers might take to halt aggression
"can itself be a cause of tension."
Weather
FOR EC ART Klamath Falls and
vlt-lnlly: Variable high cloudiness
Mnnday night and Tuesday, Low
tonight 25-30, high Tuesday 33-10.
Low last night .. 25
High Sunday ... 41
I'rrlp. last 24 hours ........ .... T
Slm e Of t. I 15.35
Name period last year .. 3.?8
Normal for period 7.41
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CANBERRA, Australia (ff
Labor members of the Australian
Parliament reelected Dr. Herbert
Evatt as party leader Monday by
one of the biggest majorities of
his career. Evatt. a former presi
dent of the U.N. Assembly, de
feated Allan Fraser, a moderate
with right-wing support, 58-20.
Death Takes Well Known
Attorney, U.S. Balentine
Former State Senator Ulysses S.
Balentine, 55, a practicing attor
ney and political leader In Klam
ath Falls since 1025. died early
Sunday morning, victim of a
heart attHck.
Mr. Balcntinp was stricken at
his home, 647 Eldorado Avenue. He
was taken to Klamath Valley Hos
pital where he was pronounced
dead on arrival.
A native of Ona, Arkansas,
v-here he was born on March 17,
1900, Mr. Balentine taught school
for a short time before he began
the study of law at Cumberland
University in Tennessee. i
After he obtained his law degree,
Mr. Balentine started practicing In
Klamath Falls. He served a term
as police Judge and two terms as
state senator. From 1937 to 1941,
he was chairman of the Senate
Judiciary Committee. During that
same period, he was defeated by
William Pierce In a race for
congressman from this district.
Mr. Balentine was a former
president of the Klamath County
Bar Association and a past pres
ident of the Fraternal Order of
Eagles. i
In commenting on the death of
Mr, Balentine Monday, R. F. Mc
Laren, president of the Klamath
County Bur Association, said:
"The death of Mr. Balentine was
a great shock to all his associates
in the legal profession. He was an
able and popular lawyer."
Besides his widow, Helen, Mr.
Balentine 1 survived by a son,
Rex, stationed with the United
States Air Force at Fort Worth,
Texas: two daughters, Nancyann
and Helen Ulyssa Balentine, Klam
ath Falls; three brothers, Dan, Dor-
Death Toll
Passes 347
Over Area
LONDON Ml Tresh snow,
storms heaped more misery Mon
day on freezing Western Europe.
The toll of recorded weather
deaths climbed to 347 for the past
two weeks and scores were miss
ing. A Greek Air Force Dakota with
17 aboard crashed on a mountain
top while making a mercy flight
to drop supplies to snowbound vil
lagers in Macedonia. Little hope
was held there were any survivors.
Avalanches struck at least six
Yugoslav villages and authorities
said they feared "a great number
of people" were trapoed. At lsast
10 workers were reported killed
at strezimlr, and three at Tor
beskl. Twenty-seven persons died In av
alanches which roared down on
seven mountain villages in south
ern Yugoslavia during the week
end. Thirty-five are missing.
Hardest hit was the Mavrova
power station, which lay in the path
of one of the worst of the series
of weekend snow slides caused by
moderating temperatures. All the
35 missing were listed as workers
at the power station, which Is 10
miles east of the Albania frontier.
Some workers managed to escape.
Among the dead, 13 were report
ed to have bee members of the
same family. Eleven bodies were
found burled alive near the Yugoslavia-Albania
border. An ava
lanche swept over their barracks.
Six soldiers escaped.
The known death toll by coun
tries: Prance 84, Britain 45, Italy 52,
Germany 22, Greece 26, Yugo .
slavia 34, Denmark 10, Turkey 16,
Holland 12, Portugal 10, Austria
0, Switzerland 4, Sweden 4, Spain
2, Belgium 4, Cyprus 2, Tripoli 2.
Western Europe's worst cold
wave of the 20th century went Into
a third week with only temporary
relief In sight.
American military forces on the
continent were mobilized for mer
cy detail, The U.S. Air Force In
Germany sent 22 Flying Boxcars
loaded with relief supplies for
Italy, where more than 100 com
munities are snowbound. Italian
military vehicles were standing by
to rush the blankets, - food and
warm clothing to stricken areas In
central Italy.
At Leghorn, U.S. officers planned
a separate tralnload of food and
I clothing. This was to Include 15,000
weathera, 21,000 sleeping bags,
6.000. yarkas.woplen , underwear
and thousands oK cases oi' food,
dried fruit and dry whole milk.
117 Inches Of
Snow At Lake
Five inches of new snow which
fell In Crater Lake National Park
Sunday night and during the early
hours Monday brought snow depth
to 117 Inches compared with 75
inches on February 13 last year.
Maximum temperature Sunday was
30; minimum 19 mid It was 18 de
grees at 8 a.m. today.
Highway 82 Is open with chains
advised. The road from Annie
Springs to the rim Is open with
chains or abrasive snow tread tires
required.
Weekend travel brought 75 cars
to the park carrying 261 visitors,
55 of whom were skiers.
There was a high overcast this
morning and skiing was reported
fair to good by the park rangers.
NO SKATING
No Ice skating at the Moore Park
rink tonight, announced Recreation
Director Bob Bonney this morning.
He states that the warm weather
has ruined the Ice, and there will
be no more skating until further
notice.
rls. California: Richard, Ysetta,
Texas: and Willis, Big Flat, Arkan
sas. He also leaves three sisters,
Mrs. Dolly Reece, Harriet Ferris
and Cora Balcnluie,
Plat.
Funeral services for Mr. Balen
tine will be held at a p.m. Tues
day at O'Hair's Memorial Chapel
with the Rev. Galen Ousted of
ficiating. Interment will be In
Klamath Memorial Park.
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