Meade County news., 1917-03-22
ADOPTS THE MANAGER PLAN
Wichita 10 First Big City Of State to
Try New System of Municipal
.'..' Government.

Wichita repudiated Mayor" o. II.
Bentley and his police department by
adopting the city manager plan by a
vote Of 5,599 for the proposition TO-,
1878 against it, victory OF to-3 for
better government and cleaner city
morally and politically. f.-,' fa"'
Every one of the six wards in the
city gave the city manager plan safe
majority and in only two of the twen-
ty-six precincts did the opposition have
majority-a total Of only thirty
three votes in the two precincts.
The vote was representative, and
while II was little over half of the
registration, It showed that Wichita
was in for better things. The city
manager plan had the support of the
churches, many of the ministers speak
ing for it last Sunday. Owing to the
brief period in which the campaign
was carried on only few meetings
were held. The Better Governmest
crowd held mass meeting in the
Forum the first of the week, but only
about 250 persons attended to hear
the speeches, One night the opposl-
tion got out a band and banners and
drumned up nearly a thousand people
in, the forum to hear the arguments
against the, city manager plan. Most
Of the time was, spent in abusing the
two papers. the Beacon, and the Eagle,
and their editors, Henry j. Allen and
ViGter' 'Mhrdock, both Sof' whom. had
fought hard for the managSG plan.
Wichita is. the. first big city in KanF
,Sas. ,to adept abe ritJ1arnAHager plaR
and it has. done so so decisivsly that
its example will be followed by others
no doubt.;siTbe men behind the city
manager move here have made Nc, ar,
rangements to employ an, expert in the
me BIT they are s'fRe abIessst business
'Sndfprofessional' 'ihen' OF Sthe'town and
wilEhaVe !h6 ~trouble 'insseeGrjng one.
"A A;salary: :Qf 100000 a year has been hit.
on. as about the proper one for a man
ager ,and q good. one will be available.
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Board Up'for colIegiahs.LTwo thou,
sand students of the Kansas State
normal and the College of Emporia
were affected by the announcement
made the other day by board house
keepers that the price of board would
be increased from $3.50 a week to 81
week.
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Pioneer Dead at 100.-George ".
Jackson, the Oldest resident Of Chase
county, died at the home of his daugh-
ter in Cottonwood Falls, the other
night. following a brief Illness October
80, 1916, Mr.. Jackson celebrated his
one hundredth birthday anniversary.
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Funeral Of William F. sapp.-Fu.
neral services for William F. Sapp,
Democratic national committeeman
from Kansas, were held at the First |
Methodist church at Galena All bust
ness houses in the city closed and
many of the mines suspended oper-
atoms durings the hours of the serv
ices
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Falling Rock Kills Miner.-Jack |
Zagar, a miner, was killed in shaft
at Franklin the other day when large
rock fell upon him.
4
Cow injured WomaH,-While gath
ering, eggs. in the. barn at her home /
near. Assarie. Mrs. Theodore PeatsOR;4
72 years old, was kicked by a COW,
knocked dowh' and btnted over the
floor She suffered a broken hip and |
shoGIder. "'Her condition is dangerous. /
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.QoheEty. Gas Output UP,-The Sen.
tinel Oil. and Gas Company, sub
sidisfy of t6S Henry & 81 io4 h "a
tefests, With Offices IN Ottawa; now
has twenty-five gas wells in the Ottawa
territory, producing approximately
100000 cubic feet of gas daily. !