The log cabin Democrat., 1907-06-13
GOING AFTER STATE NORMAL
Conway will Make Bid for Big
 State School.
The Board of Trustees will Visit This City About June 25-Committee Attends
 Meeting at Little Rock

The first meeting of the board of trustees of the Arkansas state nor nal school was held at Little Rock last Friday, at which organization was effected and the preliminary steps toward the location of the school were taken. Superintend- ent of Public Instruction J. ]. Doyne is ex oficio chairman of the board and Senator Otis T. Wingo was elected vice chairman and Superintendent B. w. Torrey- son secretary.
 At this meeting it was decided to meet again to receive proposi- tions for the location of the school on Monday, June 24, at 10 a. Ill. After bids are examined 1t IS the purpose of the board to visit each city applying for the school. It was unof6cially stated that the board intended to visit Benton on the afternoon of the 24th, return to Little Rock and come up to make an inspection of Conway on the following day.
 Conway was represented at the meeting of the board Friday by a committee from the board of trade composed of Geo. w. Donaghey, Jo Frauenthal, Pres. s. Anderson and Frank E. Robins. Rev. J. J. Hurt, County Clerk J. H. Hartje and Secretary Ben l.. Griffin were also present. from this city. Other towns represented at the meeting were Russellville, Benton, Bates vile and Quitman.
 Our Board of Trade is planning to begin an aggressive campaign for subscriptions to the normal this week and will endeavor to lay a proposition before the trustees on the 24th that will make them a unit in favor of locating the nor nal in this city.
 The official notice of the met ing of the normal board, as issued by Secretary Torreyson, is given below:
 Notice is hereby given that the trustees of the Arkansas State Nor nal School will meet in the office of the state superintendent at 10 a. m. Monday, June 2-, to receive propositions from places in the state desiring the location of said normal school. Said bids must be in keeping with the provisions of the normal school law, and com- pliance with the following resolu- tions will be required:
 "Resolv ed, That no bid for the location of the State Normal School shall be considered unless the same shall be accompanied by a certified check for $I ,ooo, paya- ble to the secretary ot the board of trustees of the state normal school and that each bid shall provide that in the event the same is ac- cepted, the bidder shall within 60 days after such acceptance deposit in a bank to be selected by the bidder the sum of donation bid and further furnish the board an abstract showing clear title to the land offered, and failure to do either shall operate as forfeiture to the normal school fund of the said amount so deposited by certi- fled check with the secretary, pro- vided, the board may extend the time for furnishing abstract to the land if 1t deem proper, but no ex- tension of time for the furnishing of the abstract shall be made : less the amount of the bid is de- posited within the prescribed sixty days.
 The board reserved the right to reject any and all bids, and re- open the question of submitting proposals should no proposition, in their judgment, justify its ac- ceptance. Before passing finally on propositions submitted, the board will take occasion to visit such places as may wish this to be done, in order that 1t may be fully informed as to the desirability of location and other necessary de- tails. B. w. TORREYSON,
 Secretary. "
 Done by order of the board Fri day, June 7, I9o1.
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