Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-06-08

Special to- Times Republican.
Des Moines. June s.-Reorganization
Of the commission appointed to look
after Iowa interests at the Panama
Pacific exposition is probable. A bad
start was made and unless there is
change of front the work will hardly
meet with the generous support OF all
the people Of the state.
C. II. McNider, Of Mason City. sc"
lected by q committee to DO one OF the
commissioners. has resigned and will
not serve. The committee work IN
making the selections was not all that
was expected. Other changes may take
place.
There has been criticism Of the COM
mission because it has not taken
sufficiently broad view Of the work in
hand and has started out as IL it was
just a chance to advertise few Iowa
made foods instead Of q chance to pre-
sent 60 the world the greatness Of Iowa
and what Iowa is doing for human
ity. There has been q disposition to
have the commission regard Itself as a
close corporation. When 1t met here
it was behind closed doors and nothing
got out save that which was doled
out in formal way. So just what really
happened is not known.
Nominally the governor appointed
the commission, but In fact as he was
of. q M n
could do nothing beyond leave it to a
committee which had been selected to
devise a plan and report to general
convention on a greater Iowa move
ment. The committee named the COM
mission and largely named itself.
Those who started the movement for
a greater Iowa association have never
been consulted. Apparently the work
is to be done without taking the pub
lie into the confidence Of the commits
sion.
Judges of the supreme court. oblivi-
GUS of the turmoil Of a so-called non.
partisan judicial primary, have been
steadily at work on big grist OF de-
cisions to be placed on file this week.
AS it is to be sitting Of the full bench
some important decisions may be ex-
pected.
But somehow the attorneys are not
any better satisfied with the decisions
of seven judges than they were with
six; for on the docket for submission
this week there are thirty-twoN appli-
cations for reconsideration and re-
versal Of decisions already made. The
rehearing nuisance persists.
Last year during the short June SIT
ting of the court forty-flve opinions
were filed, then another batch in July.
finishing up the half years work. Prior
to June last year the court had fled
224 opinions: this year there has been
filed since Jan. total Of 242. The
court is therefore ahead Of last years
record.
John Cownie, who gets around
good deal and pretty nearly knows all
about farm conditions in the state,
says the crops, especially in southern
and eastern Iowa, are unusually good
for this time of the year.
1.-The corn looks well and farmers
have commenced to cultivate" he
said the other day. THE wheat and
oats are looking well. The chief criti-
cism 1 have to make is that the small
grain fields show lack Of care in put
ting in the seed. The use Of the disk
is now common. and the farmers do
not use is so as to get uniform stand.
It shows streaks where the diskings
lap over Where they let the disk lap
over half way so as to get the soil nice
ly mixed and to prevent piling up the
grain the fields looks fine. II has been
fine weather for weed killing and you
know this is the weed killing time Of
the year when every hour in the fields
counts. Iowa is just now beauti-
full garden spot"