Meade County news., 1917-10-11
Funston to Have Commission
Form of Government With
a City Manager.
NEW BUILDINGS ASKED FOR
Captain Herman Wants Place to Garry
on Admin strative Work-More
Trucks Are Needed.

The administration OF the PUBIC utl!-
ities at Camp Funston will be on the
commission government order with a
city manager at the head. When all
the troops and workmen are here it is
estimated there will be approximately
sixty thousand men in camp, making
this one of the largest cities in
Kansas.
Capt. Fred j. Herman, constructing
quartermaster, has sent to Washing
ton a copy of the citys organization,
with acquisitions for the necessary
buildings and supplies. Captain Her
man has been selected to take charge
of 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 permis-
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 quartermaster 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 problem with
the limited number of motor trucks
and wagons on hand. There are only
Ill 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 Exploded William p.
Waggener, general attorney for the
Missouri Pacific and son of Bale p.
Waggener, Of Atchison, was badly
scalded when water heater exploded
in the bathroom Of his residence. He
was in the bathtub and his back was
exposed to the scalding spray.
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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.
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Brakeman Injured at Florence.-H
FellSer, brakeman on a Santa Fe
westbound freight, was run over at
Florence while switching. He is 10
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
90 years old September 20.
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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 M by the
draft.
Gave Departing Soldiers Lunches
Five thousand people watched Com
pany ID entrain for Fort Sill at Caney.
The men had been in camp there since
August S. Women of the town pre-
pared lunches to be carried on the
train.
Pioneer Woman Dead.-Mrs. Ada B.
Oldroyd, 66 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
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Her Dollar to Red Cross.-Elinol
Gard, of Anthony, 10 years old, washed
dishes for ten weeks for her mother
and was rewarded with a dollar. She
gave the dollar to. the Red Cross Fund
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Meningitis at Camp Funston.-TwC
cases of cerebro-spinal meningitis have
been discovered among the workmer
employed on the construction work a
Camp Funston. Both men have beer
sent to the base hospital for treat
mcnt. 1t is doubtful if one of then
Will recover.
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Motor Car Killed Girl Fern Wells
8 years old, while on the way hom'