LITTLE ROCK — 100 YEARS AGO Oct. 17, 1912 ROGERS - Steps are being taken here to build an auto road from Rogers To Eureka Springs, a distance of 35 miles, across the Ozark hills. A meeting was held here a few days ago to meet with Dr. C. E. Davis, who is promoting the Eureka Springs end of the road. Eureka Springs proposes to build to Rogers at the county line a first-class auto road.

50 YEARS AGO Oct. 17, 1962

Heading the agenda of the Jacksonville City Council meeting tomorrow night is a proposed ordinance which would prohibit hunting inside the city limits. Specifically, the ordinance is aimed at bow hunters who have been hunting squirrel and other small game in the large woods inside Dupree Park.The city already has an ordinance prohibiting the discharge of firearms, but there is nothing on the books at present which would apply to bow and arrows, traps, or any of the other methods of “silent hunting.” 25 YEARS AGO Oct. 17, 1987 BEEBE - Parents, studentsand others who have been picketing the Beebe High School since Wednesday because of five expulsions put down their signs Friday morning after making a proposal to the school administration. The proposal, delivered by a parent, student and grandparent carrying an American flag, was given to Superintendent Floyd Marshall at his office. Friday was Beebe High School’s Homecoming Day. The proposal requests an open meeting with the Beebe School Board.

10 YEARS AGO Oct. 17, 2002

The price of jackets worn by the state’s prison guards has an employees’ union at odds with prison officials over who should foot the bill. A union representing state Department of Correction officers filed a grievance earlier this month challenging a new policy requiring them to wear a state-issuedjacket if they want to wear such apparel. The jackets, made by prisoners, will be provided free of charge to new security officers, but the state’s 2,400 current security officers will have to buy their own at a cost of $22 to $32. Prison officials said they can’t afford to buy all the jackets all at once.

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