Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-08-08
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Thy Ora williams.l
Des Moines, Aug. S.-That there IL
great need of somebody engaging sys-
tematically in the task of putting
Iowa on the map" was made apparent
to company Of ladies a few days age
when they visited San Francisco
among them lady employed In re-
sponsible place In the state house ano
very loyal to the state. The party
went out to the exposition grounds &c
look them over and get q line on Wha'
is to be expected next year when the
exposition invites the world, OF sucf
Fart OF 1t as may be at peace. TheS
wanted to see the Iowa building. or the
place where the Iowa building Is 60
ing to be. They started out to lind It
They walked along a main avenue par
allel with the shore line of the pay
They saw the California building loom
up big. They saw the Ohio building
completed. They saw an Idaho build
ing long ago finished. They saw
where others are to be.
There were guides along the way
One of them said it was at the Other
end, but Iowa couldn't be found. Fin
ally they found an intelligent looking
cop" standing by a fence.
Can you tell us where the Iowa
building is to be located? they asked.
'Sure, right this way" he said; ano
he led them to the Ohio building.
mo, that's not what we asked for
said the spokeswOman of the party
1--WE want to see the Iowa Building"
20, I understand he came back
BEG your. pardon but you'll find the
Idaho building right over there by the
bay" ss~
Then a bright idea came over the
state house girl. They hadn't pro-
nounced the name in western fashion
Ono OF them good with her tongue
gave Iowa with the extra twist on the
way" part of it. That caught the
guide.
"Now I get you.' he said. as he led
them down the avenue and showed
them the Hawaiian building. That was
too much. The girls were indignant
See here" said one of them. 1--WE
want to see where the Iowa building Is
Iowa. Iowa Iowa. 1oWA9
IowaAAA."
The befuddled man stopped minute
There amt no such place. he said
That was adding insult to injury.
"Where did you come from, anyway,
demanded the leader.
Me; o, came from Canada"
Canada! o, piffle. fiddlesticks;
there amt no such place. You're
fraud" That was the way they got
back at him.
Then they went back to the head Of
fees and one of them said they wanted
to see the site of the Iowa building, and
that they had understood pumpkin
and corn shock had been placed there
and they wanted to take picture OF the
same. They were told where to go
But after a half hour search they re-
turned.
Its gone." she said to the clerk IN
charge. "The pumpkin isn't there. The
Iowa site is not on the grounds"
And they never learned anything
more about the Iowa building. The
man in charge said they had no record
Of any building for Iowa.
The problem OF how to Offset the dis
tressing and baneful effects of dema-
gogic criticism Of public officials is one
which confronts public officials and
all who serve the general public, In
Iowa as elsewhere; and a fair illustra-
ton of this came to hand the othel
day in connection with vicious attacks
on the state college and its work in one
direction. Tho circumstances were
these: In Adams county early in the
season the presence Of the destructive
Hessian fly was reported in several
fields. The intelligent and alert farm
ers were aroused. The state college
was appealed to. Now nobody In Iowa
had had any actual experience with the
Hessian ny. for it Is q new thing here
But the agricultural extension depart
ment sent one Of the very best men
from the botany or chronological sec
ton to investigate. In fact, a man OF
unusually high standing was available
one who. If he had been brought from
some distant state, would have been
costly to those needing expert advice
He was thorough and painstaking. He
found several fields infected. Some OF
them were badly infected. Others not
so badly. Few were in danger of de-
struction Of the crop this year. But all
were in danger for the future. He ad-
vised turning under the crops of wheat
as 1t was early and getting in q catch
crop. All did this. save one farmer
who knew more about 1t than any ex-
pert from any college could know. He
let the wheat grow.
And that one farmer got twenty six
bushels of wheat to the acre. He Is
tickled now and gloats over it. He
is laughing at the farmers who turned
under their winter wheat in early
spring.
The critics get in their work at this
point. Doesn't that prove that those
college fellows up at Ames don't know
anything at a1l?"
The twenty six bushels of wheat tc
the acre is the sticking point. IF that's
the best the college bunch can do they
had better save the dear taxpayers
money" echoes the curbstone poll
ticians.
But the fact is that where the wheat
was turned under and crops that re-
quire much cultivation will follow, the
inroads of the destructive fly have
been stopped completely. The future
is safe.
And equally the fact is that the one
field where the crop of wheat was Sc
cured is to be henceforth a center
from which will radiate next year ant
perhaps for many years q dangerous
plague threatening many fields. A croI
was secured this year but at the price
Of much labor and loss for the fu-
ture.
Now what can the people at the
state college do with criticism of thai
kind2
Those people Of Iowa who are hail
ing the new judicial primary system
as necessary thing for establishment