The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1917-10-13
Funston to Have Commission
Form of Government With
a City Manager.
new BUILDINGS ASKED FOR
Captain Herman Wants Place to Carry
on Admin strative Work-More
Trucks Are Needed.


estimated there Will be approximately
sixty thousand men in camp, making
this one OF tie largest cities in
Kansas.
Capt. Fred ] Herman, constructing
QuartermaSter, has sent to Washing
ton a copy of the city's organization,
with acquisitions for the necessary
buildings and supplies. Captain Her
man has been selected to take charge
CT the administration Of the utilities
at the camp.
The present plans call for three new
barrack buildings to house 497 men
and nine buildings for shops. Captain
Herman has asked for an immediate
appropriation of 100000 and permits
sion to buy at once twenty-five motor
trucks.
The system of government will be
divided into six departments, with the
city manager at the head of them all.
All the officers and men will be select
ed from the QuartermasteT corps. A
captain will be in charge Of each OF
the following departments: Fire pro-
lection, sanitation and street cleaning,
building and grounds, steam heating,
water supply and sewerage, light and
power. The shops to be built are:
Carpenter, plumbing, blacksmith,
steamfitters, electrical rapair, sad
dler, general machine shop, sheet
metal workers and a paint shop. The
work will be started as quickly as a
reply to the plans is received from
Washington.
The question of transporting sup
plies has become quite a problem with
the limited number of motor trucks
and wagons on hand. There are only
III motor trucks in camp, and these
must be used in hauling supplies and
materials for the Fuller Construction
Company, the cantonment builders,
taking equipment to the enlisted men,
hauling food, collecting and disposing
of garbage.
Water Heater ExpIoded-William P.
Waggener, general attorney for the
Missouri Pacific and a son of Bale P.
Waggener, of Atchison, was badly
scalded when a water heater exploded
il the bathroom of his residence. He
was in the bathtub and his back was
exposed to the scalding spray.
Atchison Mills Change Hands--A
contract has been signed to turn the
big mills of the old Cain Milling Com
pany at Atchison over to A. L. Jacob
son, formerly sales manager of the
Abilene Flour Mills. Jacobsen is said
to represent the Seaboard Milling
Company of Boston.
Brakeman Injured at Florence.-H.
Fe1ker, a brakeman on a Santa Fe
westbound freight, was run over at
Florence while switching. He is 70
years old and his home is in Topeka.
His chance for recovery is believed
slight.
Arthur Simmons Is Dead.-Arthur
Simmons, former owner of the Sim
mons cigar store, is dead at his home
in Leavenworth. He would have been
SO years old September %.
Plant Big Wheat crop.-The Sher-
man Ranch is planting several thou
sand acres of wheat this fall. probably
the largest acreage on one farm in
the Central Kansas wheat belt. This
is much larger acreage than was ex
pected, as the ranch was compelled to
give up seven of its best men by the
draft.
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Gave Departing Soldiers Lunches
Five thousand people watched Com
pany D entrain for Fort Sill at Caney.
The men had been in camp there since
August 5. Women of the town pre-
pared lunches to be carried on the
train.
Pioneer Woman Dead.-Mrs. Ada B.
Oldroyd, IS years old, wife of T. B.
Oldroyd, pioneer undertaken and fur
niture dealer Of Arkansas City, is
dead at Geuda Springs. She came to
Kansas thirty-three years ago
Her Dollar to Red Cross.-Elinor
Gard, of Anthony. 10 years old. washed
dishes for ten weeks for her mother
and was rewarded with dollar. She
gave the dollar to the Red Cross Fund.
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Meningitis at Camp Funston.-Two
cases Of cerebro-spinal meningitis have
| been discovered among the wOrtmen
employed on the construction work at
| Camp Funston Both men have been
] sent to the base hospital for treat
ment- 1t is doubtful if one of them
will recover.
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Motor Car Killed Giri.-Fern Wells,
8 years old, while on the way home
from school at Kiowa, was struck by
a motor car driven by Mrs. Ross Per
~ and her skull fractured. She died
almost instantly.
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Hog Cholera Epidemic.-A serious
outbreak of hog cholera is being
fought in Leavenworth county by 10
cal. state and national officials. The
infected area now lies between Boiling
and Jarbalo, several miles southwest
Of here. but the disease is steadily
spreading.
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