Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-11-16
COMMISSION INSPECT.
ING IOWA COLLEGES MAKING
RAPID PROGRESS.
GIVING OUT NOTHING
AS TO CONCLUSIONS
All Educational institutions Declared to
30 in Transitory Professionalism
to Point Out Efficient Methods to
Meet New conditions-liIeeal Weigh.
ing Of Corn Being Praetieed.
Special to Times-Republican.

Special to Times Republican.
Des Moines. Nov i6-The survey
commission appointed by the federal
bureau of education which Is now
making survey of Iowa's three state
educational institutions called on Gov
ernor Clarke yesterday afternoon for
an informal conference on educational
problems in connection with the pres
ent survey. The commission finished
it's inspection at the state university
at Iowa City and the state normal
school at Ames last week and will de-
vote the first half of this week to in
vestigations at Ames. While making
its survey at the state agricultural
college the commission is staying at
the Chamberlain in Des Moines.
The commission is giving out moth
ing in advance with reference to the
present survey. In fact its members
say they are just now collecting the
facts and that its report will not be
given to the state board of education
until next April. 1t Is an expert ex-
animation, board members say, to help
keep our state schools thoroughly eff
ficient and up-to-d date. The board
members point out that all educational
institutions are In transitory period
just now, for education is adjusting
itself to changing conditions and
adapting itself to modern demands as
thoroughly as possible To know just
what are the most efficient methods to
follow expert advice is needed. And
f@1o
vey ought to provide this if any agency
could.
Every assistance is being given the
members of the survey in gaining the
information they need by the school
heads and officials. Dean Curtiss, OF
Ames, and Professor Mortensen were
committee having the butter trade
mark matter in charge at Des Moines
this week because of the visit of the
commission. This conference has been
set by Commissioner Barney for Tues
day Of next week
A. C. Gustafson, secretary to Cow
ernor Clarke returned yesterday from
a visit to the Panama-Paciffc EXPOSE
ton at San Francisco. He declares
there was great disappointment ex-
pressed by visitors to the exposition
that cattle from the middle west were
not shown at the cattle show and that
their exhibit was necessarily small
one as it included only the cattle of
the Pacific coast.
The people wanted to see the great
show herds from Iowa which they have
heard so much about" said Mr.. Gus
tafson '"They have heard of the
famous prize winning herds from Iowa
and they wanted tossee them.
the state of California bonded it
self to the extent of $20000,OO0 to put
on the exposition and while the expo
sition has paid operating expenses and
more than done so it has not paid off
this bonded Indebtedness.
Il think it has been paying invest
ment for California to bond itself to
build those fine roads which lead to
SO many of the important places in
the state. These roads attract people
to the state. Visitors to California
get a view of California by making
automobile trips over these roads that
is worth great deal to the state in
an advertising way"
The weighing in of corn at this sea-
son of the year at eighty pounds to
the bushel instead of the legal weight
of seventy is contrary to the law and
Commissioner Barney declares he will
prosecute grain buyers who follow the
practice Last fall several cases were
prosecuted for this offense 1t makes
no difference If this custom has pre-
vailed heretofore. Commissioner Bar
ney says, it is in direct violation of
the law and his department proposes
to see that the law is enforced.
Commissioner Barney also says that
many dealers in selling cranberries are
using liquid measure and this. too. will
be prosecuted. Dry measure and pound
under the law.
Three pure bred hogs. shipped from
Washington Iowa. to Honolulu, are
being held up at Reno. New. because
the California authorities will not per-
nit Iowa live stock to pass thru that
state All Iowa stock is barred from
entering California 1t is possible that
the porkers will have to be routed
some other way in order for them to
reach their destination in Honolulu.
The state board of control has desig-
mated Louis Eschenheimer to take on.
in addition to. his duties as farm SUI
perintendent at Mount Pleasant. the
additional work Of supervising dairy
ing in the state institutions. This is
because of his success in dairying at
the Mount Pleasant institution. Dur
ing the past month he made profit
of $S24.62 on the milk from fifty eight
cows which constitute the institution
herd. These fifty-eight cows gave
total of 59.406.12 pounds of milk val
ued at $1.1Ss12. The feed cost $S63.50.
thus giving profit Of $S24.62.