Southern Oregon News Review, Thursday, November
1948
B eautiful R»»urr«ction P lan t
or (R o s t of Jericho)
Washington Dipesi?
Elections W ill Bring Out
Those Cave Man Instincts
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T H E WEHTCOAST M U I A / I N E
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P a ,a lia s . »»»h.
Business Principles
Required on Farms
By BAUKHAGE
Mem e Feepi
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THE general collision of the
I N World
Series and a new football
season, a crash between a budding
cvclone and a dying tornudo. sev- j
N 'ruj Aujlysl and CommentMor.
cral baseball details have come up
WASHINGTON.—I know you may find it hard to believt.
inspection.
Operation by Guess or for One
but I was not greatly stirred' up over the election campaign
Is that Casey Stengel, as good J
and its outcome. I have a job and it’s as tough under one
'By Neighbor* Deplored as he is. isn’t going to win any pen- j
nant or run second
party as another. I have no vote, and between you and me,
Cash, credit, equipment, soil fer
w it h t h e t e a m
I am not agitating for a civil rights bill which will get me one. tility and human strength are in- '
Bucky Harris car- !
Like all of the citizens of the District of Columbia. I share the delight- ! volved on the ledger of assets con
ried on his back—
ful irresponsibility with minors, idiots and criminals who don’t have a trolled by the farmer and rancher !
largely aided by j
vote either.
— assets that become liabilities '
Joe DiMaggio.
when management is lacking.
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Everyone knows j
Thus, 1 am without political af
Probably
90
per
cent
of
the
differ-
’
that Bucky Harris
filiation, obligation, or prejudice. World Series game—If it weren't
ence between a poor farm or ranch
wasn't fired for in- J
Well — sometimes for the old cave-man?
efficiency. He was
I do have one
I have heard it said that base
fired because he is
i prejudice—a race
ball
has
become
the
monarch
of
a friend of Mac-
I , prejudice. Some-
Phail’s. In our book
’ times 1 get awful sports because it brings into play
m TM u >.
a J .3
it was a stupid
ly
p r e ju d ic e d so many of the primitive emotions.
First, we have pursuit, without
move, as Bucky has
against the human
which primitive man could not get
always been a high-grade manager
race.
Another reason the food necessary to sustain him
and the type of man baseball needs.
self and his family (or even a wife
that I am not po
The selection of Casey Stengel
to
raise
the
family).
litically e x c it e d
was a smart move, following a
Then—another primitive pastime
dumb one, which doesn’t often hap
this year is that I
have been watch used in baseball—pity the poor
pen. Stengel is also a high-grade
ing the Washing cave-man who couldn’t accurately
manager who knows his trade. But
ton v a u d e v ille heave a rock! It only requires
there won't be as many laughing
stories written about Casey in 1949
show from a good plenty of practice in a summer
seat in the gallery camp plus what was learned in the
—not with the job he has ahead.
Baukhage
press and radio sandlot to turn that basic desire
Cleveland, the best team in base
gallery—most of the time for the into the ability to pitch a no-hit, no
ball, won the 1948 world series. The
past three decades, and although run game.
Indians should be the best team in
1JJJ 44 «1 42 «3 44 45 « ’41 "“I"“ »
Take one more example. As the
the performers have changed, there
baseball in 1949 and should win
hasn’t been to much alteration of cave-man progressed, he learned
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again—unless the Red Sox can lo
the script. A Republican or a Dem to use a club. So there it is—base
cate a few pitchers. Then it would
ocratic politician, to a reporter, runner, pitcher, batsman.
and a profitable one Is in the man be different.
smells no sweeter by any name.
agement. Good business principles
Primitive Urge»
The Yankee farm system has
lead a farmer ahead, whereas one
It Is my business to report
bogged down in recent years,
Basic in Democracy
who operates by intuition, by guess
what they do and say, and, of
and no matter how Stengel hus
Just as the sublimation of primi or "by neighbor” never gets ahead.
conrse, from my standpoint,
tles, he doesn’t know where his
tive
instinct
has
formed
the
great
Here are a few points necessary
the more they do and say, the
players are coming from. He
sport of the greatest democracy in to good farm or ranch manage
better—let the brickbats fall
needs one outfielder, three in-
the world—so the sublimation of ment:
where they may.
fielders, a catcher and three
some of these instincts behind an •I KEEP RECORDS. This as-
pitchers—all good.
1 have observed a good many cient tribal customs has made our 1 • sures factual data to use in de
acts on the Washington scene that democracy itself possible.
This makes a total of some eight
termining production possibilities
got top billing—and deserved i t I
of the farm or ranch. See that ball players, good ball players, bet
In a successful democracy,
have also listened to a lot of pret
yields of crops, production of live ter ball players than most of those
Instincts are not repressed.
ty sad comedians and seen a lot
stock, cash expenses and receipts he has except DiMaggio. Henrich,
They are merely modified so
Lindell and Raschi. Yogi Berra is
of hams.
are recorded properly.
that they fit into a human and
But on the whole I believe that,
a useful fellow • to have around.
WATCH
MARKET
TRENDS.
humane society.
regardless of who happens to be in
• By consistently reading market
As you know, by the time man i outlooks or discussions on prices, Infield Lacks Hitters
the cast, taking it all in all, it’s a
pretty high class drama. In fact, had reached the point where he which reflect the most probable fu
Last season Stirnweiss and RIz-
I think as we compare the Wash had organized himself into a clan, ture situations, farmers and ranch zuto drove in 82 runs. Gordon and
it
was
the
"papa”
who
ran
things.
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ington program with most of those
ers will have a guide to use in plan Boudreau drove in 252 runs. Steph
that are offered by the other capi He was the chief because he had ning production. Thus they will be ens and Doerr drove in 250 runs.
tals of the world, it’s really the the one quality most essential in , able to have produce ready to sell
We are speaking now of second-
those days for self and group pro- : at the right time to realize the high
greatest show on earth.
base combinations. Rizzuto and
However, during campaign time tection—strength.
est price and still have livestock and
His term of office was not lim land more fertile for the following Stirnweiss were a brilliant defen
1 must admit I would rather be
sive team. But they were so far be
right (where I am) than President. ited by statute. Some of the chiefs year.
hind
Stephens and Doerr, Boudreau
even
ran
for
a
fourth
term.
On any ticket.
PLAN LABOR. Make it tie in and Gordon, there was no compari
But as the "papa" grew older— ( • with seasons for care of ma
Now don’t think 1 am object
son. You could trace at least 10
if not wiser—he also grew weaker. chinery and equipment, time for
ing to onr good old knock-down,
games, in a nip-and-tuck race to
But his sons were growing stronger. planting, care of crops, harvesting :
drag-out method of electing
this missing clutch hitting. Maybe
Finally they felt it was time to hold and marketing.
Presidents or any other officials.
15 games.
an election. (They had had their
I not only think it’s a wonderful
PLAN THE FARMSTEAD AND
The Yankee infield, plus er
primaries
of
course,
and
had
thing that we have this free-
• FIELDS. Make rotations easy, !
ratic Yankee pitching, kept the
picked a candidate). Then the save labor and increase yields by
for-all every four years, but I
Yankees from winning by 10 or
campaign, began. It was usually adapting crops to land.
think both parties would wither
15 games. There was certainly
quite short—but very snappy. Both
on the vine if we didn’t.
no outfield to match Joe DiMag
candidates were armed with good-
In fact I think the abandonment
gio, Tommy Henrich, Lindell,
sized clubs. The debate took place
of our method would probably bring at some point where the non-vot
Study in Contrasts
Keller and Berra. They drove .
crashing to the ground the palla ing but interested electorate (this
in over 400 runs, far more than
dium of our republic, would de was before women’s suffrage) could
the Red Sox outfield hammered
stroy our opportunity to pursue life,
watch with as little personal danger
In.
liberty and happiness—and the
as
possible.
Here they are: DiMaggio, 156;
weekly pay envelope—and would
Of course the best man finally
Henrich, 100; Berra, 98; Keller, 45;
reduce these United States to such
won. Inauguration ceremonies
Lindell, 55. Total: 454.
s condition that the Indians
took place immediately, attend
What about the Red Sox? Wil
wouldn’t take the property back if
ed by all of the tribe except a
liams, 128; Dom DiMaggio, 83; oth
we offered it to them.
couple who were delegated to
ers, less than 80. Far below the
I base this statement not upon
bury the defeated candidate.
Yankees. So was Cleveland. The
mere guess but upon sound scien
Then the younger brothers and
Yankees had the outfield.
tific studies of the question of why
• • •
the females settled down to
we behave like human beings
maintain
peace,
prosperity,
and
(when we do).
Long a standby of agriculture in Outlook for 1949
the pursuit of happiness.
Now I don’t know how far you
the
South, “Sally” views with In
The middle of the 1948 football
will go along with the psychiatrists
Let me quote one or two para
terest the “new look” In Georgia
season seems to be a somewhat
who claim your athlete’s foot is due graphs from the work of that very
farming. Latest figures show a early date to be discussing the Sep
to a complex created when you fascinating book by Dr. Gregory
steady decrease In the number of tember finish of pennant races for
were two years old by having your Zilboorg — "Mind Medicine, and
mules used for farm power in this
1949. But no one can be arrested
Dig brother drop a baseball bat on Man.”
your toe. Nevertheless I think one
“It is difficult to find any func state. Replacing them are Jeeps, and shot for trying.
representing another step forward
thing has been established by tion of our democratic society which
The two American league
In farm mechanization. Equipped
psychiatry—a truism confirmed by surpasses or even approximates an
teams to beat In 1949 should be
with hydraulic lifts and numerous
writers and poets of all ages and electoral campaign in intensity and
the Cleveland Indians and the
other special Implements and at
which you can confirm yourself by blatancy of aggression. Acrimony,
Boston Red Sox. They have, by
going over some of your own inner anger, hate, slander, venality ap tachments, jeeps have speeded up
far, the better Infields, which
farm operations and eased the
thoughts. Especially when you pear — everything except actual
are the basic strength of a
think what you’d like to do to the homicide. The proverbial lid is lit work burden for both farmer and
baseball team, especially the
mule.
man who crumpled your fender erally off the reservoir of patricidal
play around short and second.
while you were attending prayer drives, and society hurls itself on
There isn’t a chance the Yankees
meeting.
its symbolic victim with all the en Mysterious ’X Disease*
will have anything to match Bou
ergy of a primitive cannibal. It is
I refer to the accepted truism
dreau and Gordon or Stephens and
primitive cannibalism, whether it Termed Serious Threat
that even the most benign and
Doerr when you consider both the
expresses itself in campaign slan
mild-mannered Mr. Milquetoast
"Hyperkeratosis” is the jaw
offense and defense. Both sets are
der,
whispering
campaigns,
political
has a caveman deep within
breaking name of a baffling cattle
maneuvering, or flattery of the in disease now causing trouble on standouts.
him.
Cleveland has the better of the
One has only to observe one’s dolent who do not care. A father is thousands of farms, particularly in pitching with Bearden, Lemon, Fel
own angel-child who, on his way to be killed by way of democratic southeastern states.
ler and Gromek. Neither the Red
Known also by the simpler terms
home from Sunday School, and in ceremonial, and a new one will at
Sox nor Yankees have a dependable
cooperation with the angel-children once be set up by way of the same of “X disease” and “double X dis pitcher. The Tigers still have pitch
ceremonial.”
ease,”
the
new
malady
has
caused
of one’s neighbors, will tie a can
ing possibilities, but little else.
serious loss in at least 26 states and
to a dog’s tail or engage in a dozen
In other words, we had a
The Athletics can finish fourth or
poses
a
serious
threat
to
output
of
other “humane” activities that
healthy fight in November and
meat, milk and other animal prod fifth—no better. Majeskl and Joost
would give a visiting cannibal from
got it out of our systems. The
are hardly likely to Lc as good as
the South Seas something to write
ucts.
cave-man within us was satis
they
were this year. Both were
One symptom of the disease Is
home about.
fied. We’ve got ourselves a
extra good.
a
marked
thickening
of
the
skin.
We DO have a caveman within
President, and nobody has com
The Yankees only strength is In
So far, efforts to transmit It and to
us; we DO have primitive, aggres
mitted murder.
sive instincts. We have the Instinct
treat It with drugs have been un the outfield—the section, headed by
And there in we have an advan
Joe DiMaggio that carried the rest
to give pain, to destroy, to take
successful.
tage
not shared by some other coun
advantage of our fellow-man. The
Agriculture department scientists of the team — DiMaggio, Henrich,
early period of our lives is spent in tries. For here, even between elec are cooperating with specialists of Lindell, Keller and Berra. Keller’s
being taught to turn these instincts tions, we allow the cave-man to several southeastern states in an health is still uncertain.
Cleveland’s outfield Is only fair
to good purpose. The psychologists roar unmuzzled in the press, over intensive study of the disease.
call It “sublimating” them. The the radio, and from the rostrum.
even with an Improving Doby. The
sadistic inclination of a medical He can brandish his verbal club and
Red Sox could use new pitchers.
student can be transmuted, under hurl his barbed epithets in the very Portable Elevator Saves
the Influence of civilized society, face of the President, the congress, Labor and Time on Farm
National League
and the town meeting.
to make him the finest surgeon.
In the older league, the Braves
Easily
constructed
on
the
farm
And thereby, likewise, we prove
The desire to plunder and rob
our strength, a strength which de and powered with a fractional horse and Dodgers have the call for 1949
and destroy, » common to even
rives not from the atomic bomb, power motor, the portable elevator- —with the Dodgers well In front.
the most angelic little ones, can
but from a power that can and conveyor saves much back-break The Braves need infield and outfield
be channeled Into the Ingenui
does penetrate peacefully even ing labor as well as time in the Improvements In rather large quan
ty by which the engineer moves
tities. In Sain and Spahn, they have
handling and storing of grains.
through an iron curtain.
mountains and captains of in
Cost of construction is estimated the two best pitchers in their league
dustry push railways through
A married man is a better adapt at about $1 per lineal foot, com —the best nucleus for a winning
the forest, and thus benefit In
er than a single man, says the pared with $1.83 per lineal foot for staff.
The Dodgers have added another
stead of harm mankind.
American Machinist. He probably ready-made equipment. Cost of op
year’s
experience which is all they
eration
also
Is
low.
Plans
are
avail
has
learned
that
it
is
adapt
or
in
Do you suppose we could put on
able through rural electric co-ops needed—plus some saner handling.
that greatest of all exhibitions-a crease Fido’s housing problem.
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CONTAINS ABOUT
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AS fiv e
1-i.BCANS
“Why pay fw water?
save while giving your dog nourish-
tng Oro-Pup, only Ribbon-type dog
food Oro-Pup has 33 wholesome In
gredients. is #2% /<>od by dry weight
ined foods are 70% water
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“many canned
water».
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