Arizona republican., 1917-11-25

thousand inhabitants, where every cltlzen Is man of voting age. Here the men can gather during the even lngs and on Saturdays and Sundays. and during their off periods and amuse themselves, do their shopping, visit or Just Kill time. An average of 12J5 per cent of the gross receipts of the zone Will be divided among the various mess funds.
 The buildings are arranged in four Dlocks, constructed on the exposition type Of architecture, with a mission Ieeling. A boulevard will pass in front or the zone, and 40-foot streets will di- Vlde the blocks. The east end will be occupied by a public library, the Y. NJ. '. A. auditorium, the Knights of Co., lumbus auditorium, the civic theater and swimming pool. All the business buildings will be grouped on the west end of the zone
 Wo bank buildings, each to cost ap- proXimately $20,O00, are being erected. one, known as the Army Bank of camp Funston, is a branch of the Ma tlonal Reserve Bank of Kansas City- The other, the Bank of Funston. is a. branch of the Central National Bank at Junction City. The second floor of both bcildings will be equipped as iv- ing quarters for the employees. Both buildings will be completed within a week. At present the banks are housed in temporary structures.
 Three theaters are going up a vaudeville theater a theater to play only stock and movie theater. Each building will have a main floor and a balcony with 6 seating capacity of 1900 persons
 billiard and pool hall, the largest one In the state of Kansas, will open about the end of next week. It will contain ninety billiard and pool tables. The barber shop that is going up will contain fifty chairs, and be all white enameled on the inside.
 The Arcade building will be a dis tinctive feature in itself It will cover one entire block and will contain forty small stores all of which have already been contracted for. There will be op- ticians, delicatessen stores, confection- cry stores, soda fountains, athletic goods, manufacturer of candy, the di- vision exchange stores. kodaks and ko- dak supplies, a wholesale jeweler a roastery, where chickens pork veal and beef are barbecued right in the window and sold in the back, and many other kinds of stores. The cigar store will contain a humidor sixteen by sixteen by fifty feet big, large enough to keep l million cigars moist at one time.
 Restaurants will be dotted all through the zone. There will be one where nothing but hot waffles are sold; another where nothing but fish and oysters will be served; another will handle nothing but chile, and another first class restaurant that will handle most anything an up-to-date restau- rant has on its bill of fare. Negoti- ations are now going on to build an S0-room hotel for the accommodation of civilian visitors.
 Mai. Gen. Leonard Wood, command ing the division, is trying to get the consent of the war department to al- low the employment of women in the zone. At present no women are al- lowed in camp. But General Wood be- lieves that the wives and mothers of many of the men here would be glad to come here and work, if for no other reason than to be near their relatives. and this class of woman labor would