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100 YEARS AGO

Sept. 2, 1915

MOUNTAIN HOME — K. V. Loba, president of the Ozarks Railway Company, has arrived from Springfield, Mo., where he had been to attend a meeting of the company. A charter has been obtained in Missouri and a license will be secured in Arkansas this week. The company has a capital stock of $ 900,000, with the statutory amount required under the Missouri laws paid up. Actual construction work on the road will likely be started by the middle of this month. It is estimated that the first ten miles from Rothville to this place will cost $ 250,000 to build and put in operation.

50 YEARS AGO

Sept. 2, 1965

More than 4,000 adults will receive training provided by public schools in Arkansas this year through the Adult Basic Education program under the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964, according to Curtis R. Swaim of the State Department of Education, director of the program. At least 50 training centers throughout the state will conduct classes in reading, writing, speaking, English, arithmetic, citizenship, health practice, human relations and home

and family living.

25 YEARS AGO

Sept. 2, 1990

A test burn of hazardous wastes in Jacksonville is expected to begin today after two days of postponements, a spokesman for Vertac Site Contractors said Saturday. “Basically we’re just making some more adjustments,” said Laura Nelson, a company spokesman. Workers planned to use the extra time to test and lubricate the equipment that will convey hazardous materials to the incinerator, she said.

10 YEARS AGO

Sept. 2, 2005

Arkansas allotted $ 10 million to help refugees of Hurricane Katrina on Thursday and launched a registry to track the growing number of people who have fled into the state from Louisiana and Mississippi. State and local officials are struggling to determine exactly how many people have fled to Arkansas as housing and employment needs grow for the refugees of Hurricane Katrina. Gov. Mike Huckabee said the $ 10 million would come from a disaster- relief fund and he expected federal emergency officials to airlift people from Louisiana and Mississippi into the state as early as Thursday night.