Other days

100 YEARS AGO Feb. 22, 1921

ARKADELPHIA — Ralph Hatfield, Margaret Wells and Marguerite Reid, Little Rock young people arrested near here Thursday on charges of grand larceny and assault with intent to kill, had their day in court today. They escaped much lighter than they expected. Two charges against the young women were dismissed, while Hatfield was fined $15 for driving an automobile without permission of the owner. He promptly paid the fine and the trio departed from Justice Asa Townsend’s court.

50 YEARS AGO Feb. 22, 1971

■ At least two tornadoes touched down in Arkansas Sunday and caused extensive damage to houses, barns and several mobile homes. No personal injuries were reported. The police said a tornado hit north of McGehee shortly after 3 p.m. and heavily damaged six or seven homes. Numerous trees were uprooted and power lines were blown down, they said. Authorities said occupants of the homes were “extremely lucky to escape injury.” Most of the state was under a tornado watch at mid-day as heavy thundershowers covered much of Arkansas.

25 YEARS AGO Feb. 22, 1996

■ North Little Rock may set up a system to inspect rental properties, but it won’t be any time soon. Ward 3 Alderman Dan Carter, who has taken the lead on getting a rental inspection ordinance drafted, said Wednesday that he didn’t expect such a law in the immediate future. But Carter said he would like to tackle the issue “in some form or fashion this year.” Meanwhile, the city should consider stricter enforcement of existing housing codes to bring all properties into compliance, he said. Carter said the problem with trying to establish a rental property inspection system is the issue’s sheer complexity.

10 YEARS AGO Feb. 22, 2011

■ Scientists are installing more seismic monitors this week in an area north of Conway that has been the center of hundreds of earthquakes that began rumbling last fall. The U.S. Geological Survey will place two additional sensors near Guy and Greenbrier to record the earth’s movements, said Scott Ausbrooks, geohazard supervisor for the Arkansas Geological Survey. The monitors are used together to pinpoint seismic activity, he said. Geologists have measured more than 750 earthquakes since September along a fault system between Guy and Greenbrier in northern Faulkner County. Scientists have not determined if they are caused naturally, or if fluid injections by gas and oil drilling crews play a role.