100 YEARS AGO April 25, 1913
POCAHONTAS - Farmers of Randolph county have begun to realize the value of using fertilizer, especially those of the upland districts. During the past two weeks several carloads of fertilizer have been unloaded here. Only a few years past fertilizer was scarcely used, but through the demonstration work and educational bulletins mailed to the farmers by the Agricultural Department, they are beginning to see how they can produce more crops and cultivate less acreage.
50 YEARS AGO April 25, 1963
An eight-inch alligator named Pogo is the pet of the B Company of the First Battalion of the 6th Infantry at Ft. Hood, thanks to a West Memphis woman. Gary L. Hardesty of West Memphis wrote his wife, saying the company had tried unsuccessfully to obtain an alligator symbol to the outfit, while on maneuvers in south Georgia. Mrs. Hardesty mentioned the problem to Mrs. Dean Smith, a sister in-law, and while she was in Florida, she had the alligator shipped to the company. Hardesty reported that the only problem now is how to get the gator to learn to smoke a cigar since the emblem of the outfit shows its mascot doing so.
25 YEARS AGO April 25, 1988
University of Arkansas at Little Rock athletics may save $100,000 by eliminating or reducing the tenure of graduate assistants and by using cheaper transportation, UALR officials say. Those are among the economic trimmings UALR officials are considering as their self-imposed May 1 deadline to draw up a plan to finance athletics without tax dollars approaches. A plan announced two weeks ago calls for corporate sponsorship and a massive increase in ticket sales to raise $1.2 million and make the athletic program self-sufficient.
10 YEARS AGO April 25, 2003
Little Rock’s newest grime fighter, Cowboy Slick, hit the streets this week. The plunger-packing buckaroo was created by leaders of the Little Rock Wastewater Utility to educate schoolchildren on the proper way to dispose of household grease. Residents disposing of cooking grease are creating a sloppy problem for the sewer utility, Slick explained to children gathered for Earth Day events at the Main Library of the Central Arkansas Library System. The utility spends thousands each year cleaning up overflows caused by grease buildup. The costly problem has led the utility to kick off the “Can the Grease” campaign.
Arkansas, Pages 12 on 04/25/2013