Southern Oregon News Review. Thursday, March 10, 1949
. ft. ft.
Washington Di9CSt>
Weather Vane
North, South Fought Hard
Over President Buchanan
By BAUKHAGE
N cu r .liu /y s l
jh J
C o n tm m ljlo r.
by Carl Starr
No Crystal Ball Needed
To Tell Needs oi Soil
Nine years later a band of
armed ruffians from Baltimore
entered the city bent on help
ing the "Know Nothing" candi
dates in the local election. (We
had local elections then.) The
marines had to be called out:
six men were killed and twice
as many wounded.
The tide continued to rise and no
President, from Tyler to Buchanan,
could or would do anything about
it. It was an open secret that Bu
chanan's sympathies were largely
south of the Mason-Dixon line.
Historians agree that he learned in
advance the decision in the famous
Dred Scott slavery case which was
one of the last of the explosions
W’hich started the C ivil War. To
day supreme court secrets are kept
secret.
But Buchanan knew the
court had ruled that Dred Scott was
not a citizen under the meaning of
the Ccnsitution, and could not be
made a citizen; fuither that the
Constiution affirmed a property
right in slaves, and such slave prop
erty was protected by the "due
process of law” clause.
Buchanan realized what the
effect of this decision would be,
but in his inauguration speech
piously advised the country to
accept the verdict, no matter
what it was.
Later when southern sentiment
grew in the capital, Buchanan did
try to organize a m ilitia, but con
gress would have none of it. The
regular army troops in the city
were known to be of doubtful
loyalty. The m ilitia, much larger
on paper, could muster only 150
men.
Meanwhile the southern
group, the M ilitant Jackson Demo
cratic association, was d rilling 800
men.
F inally the m ilitia managed to get
a thousand men under arms. But
feeling ran high, and on Washing
ton's birthday following the election
of Abraham Lincoln by the elec
toral college but before his inaug
uration, the miBtia paraded. Ex-
President Tyler, a Virginian, went
to Buchanan and protested the fact
that they had been allowed to dis
play the Stars and Stripes, and Bu
chanan is said to have apologized.
Most people have forgotten the
northern animosity toward Buchan
an, but it was to crop up again in
my time when it was the subject
pf one of those asidulous debates
for which Sen. Cabot Lodge was
notorious.
Many Presidents are
memorialized in stone in Washing
ton, but not all, and in Lodge’s
time, Buchanan was one who was
not
Buchanan had been a bachelor
and had taken his niece with him to
the White House as hostess to as
sist in the b rillia n t entertainments
for which he was noted. She later
"
z -
.
z z ;z
To soils that need it, lime is the
keystone of any well-planned soil
building program. Lime adds needed
calcium. Lime boosts the efficiency
of fertilizers. It neutralizes acid
soils and makes possible the growth
of sweet clover and alfalfa. These
deep-rooted legumes add precious
organic m atter to the soil.
But lim e by itself cannot do the
whole soil building job. It has to be
supported by the generous use of
phosphate and potash fertilizers, by
plowing under deep-rooted legumes,
by the return to the soil of all
possible animal manure and crop
residues.
I t was there—in an inconspicuous
Plowing w Under
Organic
spot, a huge bronze statue, of good
j
ex • j«
workmanship, backed by a wide M a tte r A ids O xidlZdtlO n
exedra which is defined as "a seat
Plowing under some organic
with a high back” —but this would m atter in the field or garden is a
seat several squads of infantry.
good way of disposing of crop resi
I t is a huge piece of stonework dues because the microbes "b u rn "
flanked by two symbolic figures in or oxidize them.
classic style, one representing dip
They do this slowly, yet the pro
lomacy, in which Buchanan was cess of microbial combustion of
skilled (he had served well as min- such materials may have disastrous
ister to Great B ritain) and one effects on a crop planted soon after
representing the law in which, if plowing, in which case it is said the
we may judge by his breach of i crop was "burned out.”
ethics in connection with the su
Microbes need more than energy
preme court decision, he was not of , "go” foods. They need the "grow ”
equal stature. Perhaps his niece foods, too, just as humans do. They
was sensitive on this point for she do not demand that the nitrogen be
specified the inscription—the only ! given them in the complete proteins
words on the statue beside the dates or the more complex compounds of
of his term and the single word this element as humans do; never-
“ Buchanan"—It reads: —
! theless, they are just as exacting in
their needs for nitrogen, at least, in
"The incomparable statesman
its simpler forms.
whose walk was upon the moun
tain ranges of the law.” (Al
D r. W illiam A. Albrecht, chairman
though it isn’t indicated, it was j of the department of soils, Univer-
Buchanan's own attorney-gen I sity of Missouri college of agricul-
eral who said that.
i ture, in discussing how soil microbes
There is a certain ironic touch in get their food, points out that they
the fact that Buchanan’s memory j get it before growing crops get
had to be perpetuated in stone by theirs.
fam ily subsidy, for from 1820 to '
1830 he was one oi the few members
of congress who pursued the futile
attempt to get congress to approve
a suitable memorial in the capitol
to George Washington.
Efforts in this direction either
were circumvented or ignored until
1831, the centenary of Washington's
birth. A t that time, the public was
so aroused over the indifference of
congress that George Watterson,
then librarian of congress, formed
an association which raised the
money for the Washington monu
ment which was eventually com
pleted on the spot originally chosen
for a statue of Washington by M ajor
L ’ Enfant who drew the plans for the
city.
* • •
The President said recently he
didn’t depend on opinion polls un
der any circumstances. Well, if
anybody has a reason for that at
titude, it certainly would be Harry
Truman.
,
e e-
7
7
7
7
7
I
7
?
r
T h e A n s w e rs
C H EST
COLDS!
relievo
mwadw
relieve cwugkaachiwg
M
MUSTEROLE
| | O W T0?""IT
B y T om G regory
SORETONE Liniment’s
H e a tin g P a d A c tio n
G iv e s Q u ic k R e l i e f l
W hether of the manufactured
or h o m em ad e v a r ie t y y o u CAN
INC R EA SE TH E U S E F U L N E S S OF
YOUR M E T A L P A IN T -S T IR R IN G
PADDLE B y SIM PLY B E N D IN G
THE END OF THE PADDLE AND
SHARPENING THE BENT EDGE.
YOU’LL FIND IT'S EASIER
TO SCRAPE LOOSE THE
PIG M E N T THAT S ETTLES
AT THE BOTTOM. THE BENT
EDGE ALSO MAKES A HANDY
MASHER FOR LUM PS AL
READY LOOSENSO.
Whcnf*iigue.npu»uiepuim««ciyin mine Ira. ten
don« mid hatk. (tlwvc «uch »ymptoim quwkly
with Ihc limmenl «penally made lot Ihi» put pot*.
Smclonc I inimeni contain« effective tubefa-
cient mgtrdienli llu t t d like glowing waimik
11ran > heating pad llc lp t elliecl lin n luilacs
blood «upply
Sotclone n In ■ clew by iixelf Fail. gentle,
unifying reliel a««utcd ot pile« refunded 50c.
Economy uze $1 00
Tty Sorclone lot Athlete’! Fool Kill« *8 1
types ot common (ungi — on conlactl
T o A V O ID G E T T IN G
W HEN
FLAT SPLIT
2*
X
Y
D O IN G
MUSCLE
STRAIN?
P A IN T ON YOUR HANDS,
O D D J O B S O F P A IN T IN G
A-
R O U N D YO UR H O M E , M AK E A HANDLE
FRO M S P R IN G BRASS OR S T E E L W ITH A
Fi at SPLIT RING TO HOLD IT TO G ETHER
LIK E A CLAM P AN D M A K E IT ADJUSTABLE
FOR VA R IO U S S IZ E 0 CANS.
Are you gulug through the fune-
Uonal 'm lddla ago' period peculiar
to women 138 to 52 yr* , T Dora this
m alt* you Buffer from bot flnahaa,
feel to n trvo u t, hlghatrung. tire d !
Then do try Lydia E riiik h e m '*
v»g»,«h!e compound to relieve such
symptom* P ln kh aia't Compound
aleo has w hat Docapra call • eto
macblo tonic effect'
LYDIA E. PINKHAM’S
M tllk ttl I
By JOE
MAHONEY
N A TU R E ’S REMEDY (N R ) TAB
LETS—A purely vegetable laxative to
relieve conitipatioo without the utual
griping, sickening, perturbing lenia-
lions, and does nol cause a raih. Try
N R —you w ill gee the difference. Un-
coated or candy coaled—their action
ia dependable, thorough, yet gentle at
tnilliona of NR'a have proved. Get a
25c bog and uae at directed.
FUSSY STOMACH?
RELIEF FOR ACID
INDIGESTION, r
GAS AND
HEARTBURN
-’ " " for
j f
THE TUMMY1
RELIEF AT LAST
For Your COUGH
T
Creomulaion relieve« promptly bccauae
it goes right to the aeat oi the trouble
to help looacn and expel germ laden
phlegm and aid nature to soothe and
heal raw, tender, inflamed bronchial
mucous membranes. Tell your druggist
to sell you a bottle of Creomulsinn
with the understanding you must like
the way it quickly allays the cough
or you are to have your money back.
Elwood Swanson of Turlock,
Calif., with his grand champion
turkeys at the Far West turkey
show. The 24-lb. hen on the left
was grand champion and sold
for $30.50 a pound. The 41-lb. tom
on the right was reserve grand
champion and sold for $10.75 a
pound. The birds were finished
on a grain and mash ration to
which pelletized m ilk product was
Added.
Livestock Sanitation Gets
Credit for Avian TB Curb
B U C H A N A N ’S O N L Y M E M O R I A L
ASK ME
ANOTHER
a
1. A tomb or monument erected
in memory of u person -or per
sons—buried elsewhere.
2. Governor Bricker of Ohio.
3. Houston, Texn — with over
$80,000,000 Invested there during
IBM »7.
4 . 25,000,000.
only a levelling off process and probably nothing a sensible compromise
cannot cure.
He chose to dig up all the un
savory memories
his scholarly
brain could muster to block the do
nation of the site. Naturally hot
southern blood grew hotter, and
what some of Mr. Lodge’s opponents
lacked in data, they more than
made up in oratory. The motion was
passed, but not until tempers had
been thoroughly ruffled.
The site chosen for the statue was
not conspicuous. In fact, I had never
seen it until it was brought to my
attention by a gentleman fully con
versant with the details of the dis
pute and likewise fam iliar with
every nook and cranny of the capi
tal city. I asked him to show me the
statue. He said he knew where it
was. In Meridian Park. But just
before we arrived at the scene,
he paused and said: “ It ought to be
here.”
It developed that he had never
seen it either.
r
fx. O- <>• <*- f'-
1. A’liut ia u centographT
2. Who wu.i Governor Dewey's
running mote (candidate for vice-
president on the Republican tick
et) in 19447
3. In what section of the United
States ia industry udvuncing inoat
rapidly?
4. What Is the approximate
total of Protestant Sunday-school
membership in the United States?
Tests Will Give Farmer
WASHINGTON.—Democratic harmony, so far as the Dixie-
Answer to Question
erat revolt is concerned, remains an uncertain quantity. Demo
crats, basically, are still Democrats, but there will always be cer
You don't need a crystal ball to
tain fundamental differences between North and South which tell you whether your soil needs
existed even before slavery and secession became issues.
A soil test w ill give you the yes
Beyond that, however, recent clashes with the Dixiecrats are largely
People outside of Washington are
often surprised that differences
still arise between
North and South
over ancient m at
ters which most
of the country has
f o r g o t t e n . The
country has also
forgotten that it
was here that the
earliest outbreaks
of sectional feel
ing took place. As
e a r ly
as 1848,
there was a riot
following an "un
derground”
slave
R U K H U 'iF
running incident in
W’hich 76 household servants were
spirited off to freedom. The Abo
litionist Weekly was stormed and
the capital suffered the biggest at
tack of jitters it had had since the
British burned the White House 34
years before.
ft.
A G e n e r a l Q u iz
W IN G IC E
or no answer. Where a deficiency,
exists, a test w ill indicate how
much lime your soil needs. County
agricultural agents, vocational agri
became Mrs. H arriett Lane Johns cultural teachers or agronomists at
ton. lived to an affluent old age and state colleges and experiment sta
when she died, left the sum of tions are glad to cooperate in
$50,000 (which bought a lot more making such tests.
marble and bronze then than it
Testing is always the safest
would now) for the erection of a
course in applying lime. Some soils
statue of her uncle.
have plenty lime.
Adding more
The donation of a site required
might be harm ful rather than help
the approval of congress. This
ful to crop production.
donation was cheap, consider
ing that, unlike sim ilar tributes
VOU DON T NE ED A
to the nation's hero, all ex
CBvoTAL B A IL TO FINO
penses were provided. Congress
OUT TME FEBTILITV o r
VOUQ 6OIL
was w illing enough, but not that
stalwart yankee. Lodge, who
lived perhaps nearer to the age
of Buchanan to his own genera
tion.
ft. fN.
Professor F. E. Mussehl of the
University of Nebraska poultry hus
bandry department credits the work
of the U. S. livestock sanitation as
sociation with doing much to re
duce losses from avian tuberculosis.
The livestock sanitation group
comes into the picture, he explains,
because avian tuberculosis was
quite often found responsible for
condemnation of hogs. Swine reten
tions for tuberculosis are lower.
CREOMULSION
for Coughs,Chest Colds, Bronchitis
WNU—13
10-48
Watch Your
Kidneys/
H e lp T h e m C leanae th e Blood
o f H a r m f u l Body W aste
Yoify kidney* are constantly Alterin'
w a it* m atter from the blood atream. Bui
kldneye sometime* lag In their work— dc
not act as Nature Intended— (ail to re
move Impurities th a t, II retained, may
poison the system and upeet the whole
body machinery.
Symptoms may be nagging backache,
peralatent headache, attacks of dlr.xineaa.
getting up nights, «welling, pufdncsa
under the eyes—a feeling of nervous
an xiety and loss of pep and strength
Other eigne of kidney or bladder dis
order are sometimes burning, scanty ot
too frequent urination.
There should be no doubt that prompt
"treatment la wiser than neglect. Use
D oan't 1‘illi. Doan't have been winning
new friend* (or more than forty year*.
T h ey have a nation-wide reputation.
Are recommended by grateful people the
country over. A ik your ntiahborl
M
i
ILLS
*