The Spectator., 1915-06-25
AMERICAN BAUX|TE
 GO. WINS VICTORY
SALINE COUNTY ASSESSOR AD JUDGED PROPERTY WORTH
 $49,ooo, ,0oo.
$636, 600 HELD FAIR RATE
The Company Then Appealed and Gained Adjustment on Self
 Made Basis.
Little Rock

Little Rock Victory for the American BauXte Company in it's Saline County assess ment fight, which has caused the com pany to discontinue working it's hold ings In this State, was won in the Supreme Court, when it reversed and remanded the suit of the Board of Equalization of Saline County against the company, and cut the assessment of the companys holdings, originally fixed at S47,000,000, to S492,000, the figures presented by the company. The Supreme Courts decision ln- structs the lower court to make the assessment at this figure.
 The original assessment of the property. made by the assessor of Sa- line County, fixed the value of the company's holdings at S47,000,000. The assessor based the assessment on the value of bauXite which an engineer said was in grounds owned by the company. The board of equalization
 
 and when an appeal from the board S decision was taken to the Saline Cir cult Court the assessment again was reduced, this time to $637,000. The company appealed, declaring that a true assessment should be in the amount of S492,00O This contention was affirmed by the Supreme Court.
 Governor Hays appointed as dele gates to the convention of the Asso- citation of Governmental Labor Off cials of the United States and Canada the officials of the State Bureau of Labor and Statistics and the members of the Minimum Wage Commission. They are: J. c. Clary, commissioner of labor: E. l. Mckinley, deputy con- missioner of labor; Miss Mary H. McCabe and Miss Eva Reiehardt, Of Little Rock. The convention meets in Detroit a week beginning June 2S.
 The State appealed from the verdict of the Pulaski Chancery Court hold ing the Municipal Court bill. passed by the last legislature, constitutional and valid. The measure was attacked by the State, through w. L. Moose, ing it unconstitutional.
 A larger number of teachers than ever before will attend some summer school or normal this year, according to J. L. Bond, state supervisor of ru- 'ral schools, who returned from a trip over the state visiting teachers in- stitutes and meetings. He reports the institutes in Johnson, Franklin, Lo- gan, Clark and Dallas counties well attended.
 J. l.. Bond, supervisor of rural schools, received the catalog and pre- mium list of the Monroe County school fair at 53rinkley. October 14 and IS. This is the third annual school fair that is being held in Monroe County and the contests are much more elaborate this year than ever te- fore.
 President R. H. Baugh of the South ern association has submitted a pro- posal to the club presidents to set aside one day in the season when rhe proceeds of the game shall be dedi- cated to the fund being subscribed to erect a monument to the memory of the late president, w. M. Kava- naugh.
 Hugh Carter. State highway engi- neer, addressed a good roads meeting nt Appleton and helped start work of perfecting plans for a road running from the Arkansas River through At kins and Appleton and on to Hector. where it will meet the RussellviIle- Harrison read. distance of thirty miles.
 No bids for deposits of state funds were accented by the state depository board pending an investigation of the 43 banks making bids.
 The St. Joseph's Hospital Training School for Nurses of Hot Springs filed articles of incorporation with the secretary of state.
 Receiver Lloyd England announced that he will pay dividend of 10 per cont to dopositors of the defunct State National Bank
 w. R. Owen. chairman of the State Highways Commission, received his certificate of membership in the Ma tional Highways Association. The as- snciatinn is comnosed of Highway on.