Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-02-09
GOVERNOR CLARKE ISSUES PROC
LAMArIoN FIXING DATEFoR a
THOROUGH TESTS.
FEB. 20 TO MARCH
TIME DESIGNATED
Bankers, Merchants and Business Men
Asked to Interest Themselves in Sit
uation- Census Figures For Page and
Guthrie counties-PoIiticians Get
ting Busy.
Special to Times Republican.

Speclai TO meS-RepuDncan.
Des Moines, Feb. 9.-Gov George w
Clarke today issued a proclamation
setting aside the week of Feb. % tc
Mar. 4sas seed corn week. He requests
that during that week farmers make a
test of their seed corn and that bank
ers, merchants and business men in
general interest themselves in the stu
alton and assist in procuring good
seed corn for their locality. The gov
ernor's proclamation follows.
My attention has so very frequent
" been called to the very serious seed
corn situation in Iowa and to very
many tests which have been made
showing very little Of the 1915 crop of
sufficient vitality to justify planting
without making a test Of each ear and
much of 1t so low in termination that
new seed should be produced.
"And it having also been urged that
every ear to be used for planting FROM
the 1914 crop should also be carefully
tested and that the greatest possible
publicity should be given to the situa-
tion and the imperative necessity for
the greatest precautions to be taken.
do hereby name and proclaim the
week from Feb. % to Mar. 4 as Seed
Corn Week.
And request that during that week
= farmers of the state make a thoro
"A It OF their seed and that bankers,
Tchants and business men in gen.
I interest themselves in the situa-
y IN and assist in procuring as far as
pUssible good homegrown seed for
their locality. Nothing can be OF
greater material Importance to the
state
Two More Census Reports.
Two more counties were given out
by the state census departm ent yester-
day, Page county showing a population
of 24.773 as against 24.002 in 1910 and
Guthrie county showing a population
OF 1916 as against 1874 in 1910.
The population for each Of the towns
in the counties given out yesterday
follow Page county-Shenandoah s.
637: Clarinda. ATS; College Springs.
SIS; Bradyville. 326; Blanchard. 422:
Shambaugh. 2sS: Essex, 1877: York.
town. 212: Hepburn, 1l2; Northboro,
219; Coin, 0oS.
Guthrie county-Menlo. 437; Panora,
1.i07: Yale 305: Bagley. 1866: Bayard
70s; Jamaica. 403: Stuart. 1881: Casey.
693: Guthrie Center, 1878.
Politicians Busy.
With number of conventions being
held In Des Moines this week aspir-
ants for political honors are circulating
around more freely than ever. Sena
tor Joseph Allen. Of aPocahontas coun-
ty. out for the republican guberna-
torfal n6mination. is here for a few
days +. Deems, of Burlington. also
0;;t FOR the republican nomination !or
governor. Is here and held a confer
ence with a number OF his friends last
night. Other politically ambitious fell
low citizens are coming In for the con-
vention Of newspaper men held here
Thursday, Friday and Saturday Of this
week.
Dairy Workers Conference.
Dairy Commissioner Barney yester-
day announced that the conference Of
the dairy workers in his department
would be held here Mar. z, 8 and 9.
President Pearson. Of Ames. will be
one OF the speakers.