The Green Forest tribune., 1915-04-02

plated Dy AfkauSdS CLUES duu eo"Ho under Amendment No. IA, commonly 1 known as the bond amendment, which was thrown out by the Supreme Court,
 and under the present improvement l district law, according to John o. Gun I ter, of the firm of Gunter & Sawyer, bond merchants. Despite the adverse
 ruling of the Supreme Court on the l bond amendment, many of the pro- | posed improvements, which were to have been made under bonds issued l through provisions of the measure, will be carried to completion, is the
 belief of MT Gunter.
 Definite steps toward extensive mu- | nicipal Improvements had been taken | by many Arkansas towns and cities. Several had held elections and had contracted for the sale of their bonds, the contracts being made on condition that they were null if the Supreme Court ruled adversely on the amend ment. Others had set dates for their elections, while others had made pre- liminary surveys. Proposed improve ments included waterworks, water systems, sewers, street paving and electric light plants. One, that pro- posed in Little Rock, and which form ed basis for the test case, was for the purpose of erecting city hospital.
 MT Gunter is enthusiastic over the prospect of municipal improvements in the state despite the defeat of the bond amendment. Under the improve ment district law extensive improve ments are either under way or are be- ing contemplated in numerous towns.
 A suit to test the constitutionality of the act giving state aid to high schools will be filed in the Pulaski County Chan ncery Court, according to Senator William o. Edmondson of Stone County. The suit will be an in- junction proceeding against the state auditor and state treasurer to pro- hibit them from issuing warrants or paying money out of the common school fund until the constitutionality Of the act giving $50,O00 each year from the common school fund to aid high schools, is established.
 Arkansas is becoming a significant factor in the live stock business of this country, according to figures con- piled by the State Tax Commission, which show that 794,911 cattle, valued at $15,477,3S4, were owned by Arkan- sas farmers and grazed on Arkansas lands in 1914. The assessed valua- tion, representing 50 per cent of the true valuation as given the assessors by the owners, was $7,738,692, making the average assessed valuation of each animal $937.
 The action of the Arkansas Supreme Court in declaring invalid the bond amendment was a severe blow to the residents of Heber Springs, who were preparing to hold an election to vote on issuing $100,000 in bonds to con- struct a system of waterworks and sewers.
 The Jonesboro Strawberry Associa- ton announced that arrangements have been completed with the Arkan- sas Produce Company of this city to begin shipping about May strawber- rles in carload lots that are being raised in this county
 The Daily Jacksonian, published at Heber Springs, was suspended after being published since last November. This was the first and only daily pa per ever attempted in this city. Mr. Baker will continue the publication of the weekly Jacksonian.
 Eighty-fve farmers who attended a meeting of the newly organized truck growers association at Ward pledged themselves to raise 13S acres of straw berries this year and ordered enough plants for the entire acreage
 Through the ruling of the Supreme Court that the bond amendment is un- constitutional, a S9O,0O0 sewer project at McGehee was blocked. The sys- tenn would have included six miles of sewers.
 The city of Harrison, which had planned the putting in of waterworks and sewer improvements under the provisions of the bond amendment will not abandon the project.
 The Running Lake drainage ditch which has been under construction since 1912, has been completed and the water let into Fourche River few miles above Pocahontas
 At a total expense of S108 more than s3,000 worth of zinc was taken from the Morning Star mine in Marion County in one week.
 Business men of Mineral Springs have bought 46 acres of land and plantsd it to strawberries.