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...counted on to keep his head in any situation. Cheek, though not known as a quarterback, has achieved considerable fame as a ball-carrier. It is almost impossible to say which of these two will direct the team at the opening of today's contest. A guess, based largely on Coach Fisher's usual tendencies, favors Spalding. The other, whichever he be, will undoubtedly be tried before the end of the game...
...defense", can be his motto. If Mr. Davis is elected President, no need then for a secret service guard. His personal experience will clothe him safer than any linked mail. Even the open season on Follies' Queens may end. Who can tell? Tact, if nothing else, forbids a guess...
...House as a guest. The press intimated that the President intended to make him chairman of the proposed Agricultural Commission which the President has spoken of and Mr. Dawes dilated upon. Inasmuch as Mr. Lowden has been interesting himself in farm problems for some time, it was a good guess. ¶Mr. and Mrs. Coolidge motored up to Baltimore on LaFayette's birthday and unveiled a statue of the General...
...station by Henry M. Dawes (brother) with whom they motored to the White House. At the door, General Dawes turned aside to meet the newspaper men, many of whom he knew. A question was popped at him. He answered: "I wonder." He grinned and went on: "I guess that sounds strange coming from me, but you fellows will get used to it. I must talk sense and must be cautious in my replies. This is different business from being Director of the Budget, and, much as I like gassing with the White House correspondents, I must forego that pleasure...
...wheat forecast made on June 1 each year by the Department of Agriculture is of course an estimate only, and sometimes a quite faulty one at that. Nevertheless, it usually indicates clearly enough prevailing tendencies relating to the new crops. The Government's guess as to the size of the total current crop is only 693 million bushels - less than any other year's back to 1916 and 1917 when the crop was very disappointing. It is evident that the low wheat prices have led to considerable curtailment of the farmers' plantings. This year's cold...