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
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Aeelytl ‘ "J Coentfrelelor.
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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