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

trict, and an excellent bench was Sc
cured. Two OF the nominees Of the two
conventions are now on the supreme
bench where their records are of high
character. One OF the others is dead
and the fourth is still on the district
bench.
How strangely and Unexpectedly a
name sometimes recurs in the busy at
fairs Of life! And again how easily a
name may be lost to sight. The other
day a letter turned up at the state
house in search Of the addressee or.
writer. 1t had been addressed to
Charles j. Murphy, as commissioner OF
Iowa" and 1t had gone to San Francis
CO and several other places. Nobody
could fathom its mystery. Nothing Ill
the offices where commissions are is
sued showed any such commissioner,
for Iowa. The name represented no'h-
ing to anyone about the state house.
But 1t was the pleasure of the writer
to solve the mystery and send the let
ter to its proper destination. Twenty
years ago and more the name OF
Charles ]. Murphy was we'll known In
every newspaper office. We called him
"Corncake" Murphy. He lives in New
York City; but he carried to Europe
and especially to the central nations
the propaganda of corn and how to
use it in the solution of the high cost
OF living in those countries. He opened
the eyes of the world to the fact that
corn meal Is a valuable food for hu-
MANS and nobody will ever know the
great good he did. Maybe his teach
ings will have something to do with
solving the food problem for the pres
ent greatest war of all history. < His
card indicates that ne has been quite
active in other directions It contains
the following:
eek. Com. in Europe. U. 8. Dept. of
Ayr. Indian corn propaganda, U. S.
congress medal of honor. Loyal leg
ion and G. A r., Knight OF the order Of
St Stanislaus. (Russia) Pioneer OF
1919. Order of General Boliver. Veter-
an OF Mexican war. Order de la Mis-
ericordia."
But it is probably true that he is
proudest Of being "Corncake" Murphy.
An Iowa newspaper the other day
read an indictment against the school
the method of conducting examina-
lions for teachers certificates with a
text which showed that at the June
examinations in the state 6,532. who
were examined, received certificates
and 1884 did not get them. This was
pointed to as a horrible example Of in
efficiency or something else. Surely
the schools Of the state ought to be do
ing better than that. But the bare
startment of the figures only told
small part of the story. and when it Is
completed it looks different. The fact
is, as the educators all know, that at
the spring examinations great many
enter as sort Of try-out. They do
not expect to get thru. But they know
that trial will show them where they
need Strengthening. Hence a great
many who fail are not very much dis
appointed nor surprised. And then.
this Is also true. that of the 2.544 who
failed. practically every one will try
It again In the summer, and a great
majority will succeed. Those finally
left at the post will then be In position
to prepare themselves all the better
for the trials Of another year The
corps of readers is now at work on the
second batch Of papers from the coun-
ties, when the record for the whole
year u made up it will lock better.
When the secretary Of the Des
Moines chamber of commerce, or or
ganization Of big business which does
the advertising, attacked the food and
dairy department Of Iowa and defend
cd the creamery trust and said there
was no such thing. and anyway it was
a great thing for butter making in
Iowa and ought to be encouraged, and
that the cooperative creameries are
not very much good to a community
anyhow-why. he was able to get be-
fore the people Of Des Moines thru the
journal of the c. Of c. But when Com
missioner Barney gave the record and
showed where the Observation-Disclosures
Of tho trust was dead wrong. and gave
facts Of deep interest to the entire
creamery interest Of the state-why.
he was passed up as far as publicity
in Des 'Moines is concerned. So far as
Des Moines people have been informed
thru the usual channels of informa ton,
the state Of Iowa, thru its dairy depart
ment. is making unholy war on an in
dustry that ought to be encouraged and
is fighting against an individual
creamery system that ought to be
crushed.