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S o u th ern O regon News Review, T hursday, Jan u a ry 6, 11H9 Washington Digest? Presidential Inaugurations Are Mostly Circumstantial P h y s ic s By BAVKHAGE N »ul Aeelytl ‘ "J Coentfrelelor. „ WASHINGTON.—“The King is dead, long live the King. Thus the ancient rite proclaimed a new sovereign who by the crace of God” must take up the scepter. At once a hundred nail's of hands are busv preparing for the coronation. Courtiers and commoners, the noble m asters and m istresses of cere mony seamstresses and workmen, knights and stable boys, each trained to his task begin their work for the great event. Ringoici Lady Dora Tops Hampshire Sows Raises Total of 71 Pigs to Weaning Age Strange F ru it I I I’Jl m H t > W " -h e n Two little gil ls were being taken I light ilrik e i ihe el ee «»g it of away from London, and as a spe / i »hr greet? cial treat som eone had given Brighi Y oulb— l l m il go out. Shootirift at C obbs .36» them a couple of bananas - the HERE is a certain mark in first they had ever had baseball, and there are only As soon as one child had taken two ballplayers now h a n g i n g a bite of her banana the unlighted C h e c k t h a t C o u g h around who hove even n faint train ran into a tunnel. from a cold wisp of a chance to equal or beat “ Oo, Mary," she said, "have you it. The mark is Ty Cobb's life Before It Gets Worse yours yet?'' time batting average of .367. Here eaten "N o,” replied Mary. — and get w all quicker is one of the greatest records that "W e ll, d o n 't." added Jane w ith the M fW r O l lV ’S sport has ever known. ’They make you blind." The 367 is high enough. But when you figure this represents Matter of Opinion 24 years of play HKV Al*1 »'«»Ihe» K ill A I» O ' W M U lirw throat, cI’^'ha.rouMh- ------ ---------- - - "Were you ever disappointed In Ins against t h e l o p Abo d elirivi«. narcotic, < <*>• not u i Ï m ' I Ion But o w l h i i p u i I »nt. N h IV pitchers from al love?" KO I-KV 'S Arip« y»« »'< u rli «ul<irr from "Y es, twice. The first Jilted me. coush most three dec- «lu» tu cola A t your ilru s s lit ades, the picture and the second didn’t." added takes on greatness. The two players referred to are Ted f eter ain knots up with Williams of the Red Sox and Stan M u s ia l o f th e Cardinals. Neither will ever last for TY CO11B any 24 years. But each has at least a long shot, out side chance of meeting the .367 challenge by hitting from .380 to .390 for the remainder of what would have to be a miracle career. You might be interested in select ing the leaders from past cam paigns. Here they are— Ty Cobb—24 years, .367. R ogers Hornsby—19 years, T First of her Hampshire breed to become a •’seven-star" sow. Rin- gold Lady Dora No. 753,056 has raised a total of 71 pigs to wean Pnrm and nroaram may differ, but where kings and emperors reign, ing age, an average of 10.1 pigs the feremo"y according to ’the stern law of tradition, seldom vanes in any per litter. This record is more Impressive when compared with but the smallest degree. national averages. According to U. Only a cataclysm can effect a S. department of agriculture re change 1 heard about my first cor cases of death in office. Five times ports, the national average is 6.18 on ation w hen 1 a President has taken the oath with eas 12 years old. out the usual ceremony for this rea | I remember it for son. President William Henry Har two reasons, one rison came into office as a hardy being the fact that military hero, and. scorning a car it almost didn’t riage, rodt bare-headed to the Cap come off. On the itol on horseback. A month later he very eve of the died. Vice-President John Tyler was c e r e m o n ia l day, in Williamsburg and did not reach the heir to the Washington until two days after the throne fell ill. All appointed date. Tyler took the oath c e le b r a tio n was on April 6. 1841, in Brown’s hotel in c a lle d off. And the presence of members of the then on the day cabinet. after the e v e n t The next emergency installation was to have taken took place when Andrew Johnson place, as the na took the oath in the Kirkwood hotel BAVKHAGE tion waited anxi- a few hours after Abraham Lincoln Here, with her seventh “»tar” iously to hear the fate of its sov- had died from an assassin's bullet family, is Ringold Lady Dora ereign-to-be, a shocking and ludi The first time that a President was No. 753,056, champion production .359. sworn in away from Washington crous thing occurred Joe Jackson—10 years, .356. sow in the Hampshire breed and One of the country's leading news since it had become the nation s the first of her kind to qualify Billy H am ilton — 11 years, papers came out with a report of capital was when Vice-President as a "seven-star" sow. .353. the coronation, mentioning even Chester Arthur took the oath in his Dan Brouthcrs, Ed Delehanty, minor details just as if it occurred own home in New York City shortly spring pigs and 6.39 fall pigs per Willie Keeler. Tris Speaker, Babe after the news came of President litter raised to weaning age. land just as it did occur later). Ruth, Harry Heilmann, Bill Terry James Garfield’s death at Long To qualify for a star In the Hamp and George Sisler follow in order This journalistic faux-pas was shire production registry a sow from .348 to .341. Lou Gehrig fin Beach. forgotten by most people outside When President William McKin must raise a litter of at least eight ished at .340, two points under of the profession, but I was to ley was shot at the Pan-American pigs, without fault or defect, to Babe Ruth’s .342. be reminded of it when I went to exposition, Vice-President Theodore weigh 320 pounds within 56 days Ted Williams, today, is slightly work on a rival newspaper in Roosevelt hurried to Buffalo in time of farrowing. And of course to gain over .350 and Stan Musial's life London many years later and to take the oath in the home of Ans a "seven-star" record Ringold time record to date is .345. heard the tale retold as a grim ley Wilcox on the same day the Lady Dora has repeated this per Ted Williams is 30 years old and warning to pressmen and Jour President expired. And most of us formance seven times. She is the ' should have at least seven or eight nalists. are familiar with the scene in the first sow in the Hampshire breed good years left. The war cut into The editor of the erring journal little Northampton home where by to be listed for either the sixth or his chance for any longtime mark, didn’t think he was taking much lamplight a father, as the witness seventh "star" litters I and it also hit him just as he was of a chance He knew the corona ing notary, took the oath of his In her seventh “star” litter, this j approaching his peak. His aver tion program never varied from the son. and Calvin Coolidge succeed sow farrowed 15 pigs, nine of which age was .356 when he gave three reign of one sovereign to another. ed Warren Harding who had passed were saved. The eight selected for I years to the service. Up until that time. I suppose, no away a few hours before in a San registration weighed 443 pounds ' Musial Is onlv 28 years old English king had ever been rash Francisco hotel. at 56 days after farrowing. and should have 10 seasons left. enough to become ill and change The production champion was fed His mark is .345. Both Williams When Franklin Roosevelt died the program. a ration containing com, oats, al and Musial could launch their at Warm Springs in 1945, Harry falfa and pelletized milk by As a matter of fact, 1 didn’t take wiry frames on batting splurges Truman took the oath in the products prior to farrowing. Her the warning seriously. Later 1 was and finish close. But it would White House executive wing. pigs were creep fed early and aule to insert much color in my take miracle hitting. This was “public" in the sense raised on a ration of seven parts report of the wedding of a royal One thing to their advantage is that the door to the little office com and three parts oats, with 8 they don’t have to hit against such German princess by the simple ex was open, and photographers per cent milk by-products added. pedient of translating a story of the pitchers as Johnson, Young, Joss, and newsmen, this one among Ringold Lady has been owned Walsh, Wood, Donovan, etc. nuptial ceremonies of her brother them, looked over each other’s and bred by William C. Goodheart, which had appeared in a Berlin Joe DiMaggio is out of the race. heads from the crowded cor Jr of Eaton, Ohio, since 1944, and Joe is now 34 years old. He has newspaper some years before. ridors. was sold to Meadowlark Farms. been around as an active pro since But no one could attempt to write Inc., Sullivan, Ind. up the inauguration of an American Some Variations 1932 when he was with San Fran President from the account of a Took Place cisco, and that was 16 years ago. previous ceremony. A mere two He can have only a few big years Another circumstance has affect centuries is short enough in a na ed the procedure of the accession to Farm Production Costs left and his lifetime average is tion's history, to be sure, but many office. Because of the variability of only around .331. changes have taken place in our the calendar, March fourth has four So only the Red Sox and the Farm production costs have near Cardinal aces have any chance to habits and customs since George times fallen on Sunday. Until Wood- Washington took over the presiden row Wilson took the oath on Sun ly tripled since the pre-war years mingle with the Cobbs and the of 1935-39, according to U. S. de tial oath of office. day, March 4, 1917, in the Presi partment of agriculture statistics. Hornsbys, the Joe Jacksons and dent's room in the Capitol, no Presi These costs totaled 14.9 billion dol the Billy Hamiltons above .350. It is sair that George Wash dent had ventured to keep the law lars in 1947, compared with 5.2 bil ington never considered himself and violate the Sabbath. America’s first President, never lion before World War II s out Two Greafesf Records President Monroe on succeeding referred to himself or was re Ty Cobb set more records than break. Farm wages are now three himself had announced simply that ferred to by his contemporaries and a half times the 1935-39 aver- an adding machine can handle in a he would take the oath on Monday. as such, since others served be day. But there are two that are March 5. In 1849, the same thing age. fore him under the first consti Meanwhile, farm prices have almost unbelievable. The first of occurred in the case of President slumped and many economists ex tution. The United States was his incredible performances has Zachary Taylor. But for some rea already a nation, recognized as pect a further easing in months already been named—that of fin son, President Rutherford Hayes ac such by the presence of foreign ahead. Corn and wheat are already ishing with a lifetime average- tually became President before his ambassadors on \pril 30, 1789, 25 to 40 per cent under their early taking in 24 years—of .367. time. He was secretly sworn in on the day Washington took the Here are two leading examples Saturday, the third, the ceremony 1943 peaks. oath of office. Farmers can best meet the im Hans Wagner and Nap Lajoie are being repeated on the fifth in public. pact of higher production costs and still remembered as two of the The position of the previous , For some years it has been lower prices by good soil manage- greatest hitters of all time. I saw “presidents” was largely honorary , both Wagner and Lajoie in the and not filled by popular vote, and , considered necessary for an out years of their prime. Both were when the day came to invest Wash- I going President, if there is one, to take part in the ceremony. masters of the ash. Yet, after 21 ington with the new powers, there His presence has been as much years, Lajoie’s all-time mark was was no precedent, no set of rules expected in the carriage or au .338 and Wagner’s was .329. to follow. tomobile which carries both Here’s another angle. After New York was the capital, and j men to the Capitol as the Presi 16 or 17 years, both Lajoie and General Washington set out from , dent-Elect. This was not always Wagner began to fade away Mount Vernon to New York on the i so, and both the Adamses made from their twin peaks. But, long journey which turned out to I it a point to absent themselves, after Cobb had completed 20 be a spontaneous tour of triumph 1 the former leaving the city be years, his batting averages for with a reception at every city along fore the ceremony, and the oth the last four years were: .378, the way. er taking a horseback ride at ,339, .357 and .323—the last There was no dearth of ideas as the moment when the guns mark was In Cobb’s 24tli cam to the social program. A flower-be boomed out the salute to his paign. At the end of 20 years, decked barge, accompanied by a bitterly-hated opponent. Cobb’s mark was around .372. whole flotilla of private craft, car Perhaps the inaugural day first Cobb’s other high mark was Just ried the President-Elect across the ment that steps up crop producing a- amazing Hans Wagner led the began to take on its present com Hudson, and he was wined and efficiency and lowers output costs National league in batting through dined and welcomed with gaily- plexion with the advent of Presi per unit. dent James Madison. People eight seasons. Hornsby led his bedizened guards of honor sur Good soil management involves league seven times. But, from 1907 thronged into the capital and the rounding him. no magic or mystery. It simply But when it came to the actual first inaugural ball was held. Presi means playing fair with the soil by through 1919, Ty Cobb led the dent Monroe, who followed him, American league in 12 out of 13 ceremony, a deadlock occurred. returning organic matter and plant The senate argued for an hour as to gave us another precedent — the nutrients used up by constant crop years. He led nine consecutive whether it should receive the new presence of the marine band But it production. Organic matter can be years, was finally stopped by Tris chief executive seated or whether was left to Martin Van Buren to restored by growing deep-rooted Speaker in 1916 and then cam.* the members should rise. Indeed, bear a unique honor. He was the legumes such as alfalfa or sweet back to the front In 1917, 1918 and they might be talking still if the first American-bom citizen to hold clover in the rotation and plowing 1919. In 1922, Just 17 years after he re house of representatives had not that office. Up until his time the them under for green manure. Presidents were all former British ported to Detroit, Cobb made his suddenly appeared. Washington When the soil is restocked with final challenge He batted .401 that then entered the building with due subjects organic matter and plant food you year, but George Sisler’s .420 was Because of the war and a desire pomp and finally wa • led to an out will get higher yields and you will more than the veteran could match. door balcony where the crowds of to emphasize the “fourth-term” as cut your production costs. little as possible, the 1945 inaugura Check back and you'll find few Broad street witnessed his oath. tion ceremonies of Franklin D ballplayers still around after sev That part of the ceremony— Roosevelt took place on the White Dry Skim Milk Retailed enteen major-league years. To find the taking of the oath out of House portico instead of on a plat one good enough to pass .400 Is doors — is now an established form on the east front of the Capitol Now in Small Packages something else again. precedent, although it was ei Now that dry skim milk—official building which is now accepted as There are a few records that ther forgotten or ignored until ly called non-fat dry milk solids— the usual location. will not he broken that anyone Jam es Monroe s day. The cham No outgoing President will ride is on retail markets in small pack now living will ever know ber of the senate or the house with Harry Truman this year, but ages for home use, thrifty home about. where It took place until Mon one ex-President may attend the makers have a convenient, eco One Is Babe Ruth’s output of 714 ceremonies. The warm feeling nomical product to build up the nu home runs. The other is Cy Young’s roe’s time was, however, usual which exists between the former tritive value of family meals. ly open to as many of the pub pitching record of 510 big league The ease and convenience of its victories The other two belong to small-town boy from Missouri and lic as could find room. Circumstance has contributed to the wealthy retired engineer will use as well as its high nutritive Ty Cobb; .367 for 24 years—lead undoubtedly assure Herbert Hoover value justify its place along with variations in the program. Besides a place of honor If he wishes to flour, sugar and salt on the pantry ing the American league in 12 out of 13 consecutiv seasons. the moving of the capital In the shelf of every homemaker. accept It. early days, there have been the I P , P you MUSCLE ACHE relief from muscular soreness und pain. Ben-Gay con tains up to 2 Vi times more methyl salicylate nnd menthol-famous pain-relieving agents known to every doctor-than five other widely offered rub-ins. 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