Meade County news., 1917-08-23
COLLEGE GETS A NOVEL GIFT
Institution at Highland Will Use a
Sleeping Car as a Dormltory
for Students.

A Pullman sleeping car will be used
at Highland next year to supplement
the dormitory of Highland College. 1t
is dissection observation car, accom-
modating forty persons, if two sleep in
each bed, and has reading room and
a vestibule.
Dealing as they do with students
working their way through college, the
trustees Of the institution were hard
pressed this spring when it was an
nounced an addition to the dormitory
would be needed next year to accom-
modate the increasing enrolment. The
college had just finished raising a $780,
600 endowment fund and more money
for building a dormitory could not be
had
Then President w. Gilbert James
learned the Pullman Company had pre-
sented Pullman car to "self-help"
college in the East and he made ap-
plication for a sleeping car for High
land. The request was granted and
the car has been started on its way
there. A wrecking car crew will be
sent to move the car to the college
campus.
The car is old, of course, but It prom
ises to fill adequately the need for
which it is intended. 1t will be placed
on solid foundation and will become
permanent part of the schools equip
ment. ~
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CIoudburst Near SaIina.-A cloud
burst occurred in the neighborhood of
Falun, twelve miles southwest of Sa-
lima, recently, and seven inches of
rain fell. Missouri Pacific tracks were
washed out for more than fifty feet
Lightning burned number of wheat
stacks and several farmers houses
were said to be surrounded by water
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Struck by Lightning Charles Sny-
der, wealthy farmer living me-
Pratt, was struck by lightning recent
.ly. Although his clothing was torn
from his body and his flesh badly
burned, physicians say that he will
recover.
Judge Was commissioned.-Ju
J. W. Finley of the Wilson-Neodesha
district court was one of the officers
training camp students who received
a commission. Judge Finley was
named a captain of infantry. He will
resign from the bench.
| kansans Mustered ln.-Company H
Kansas National Guard, was muster
ed into the federal service at Win
field recently by United States Off
GERS. The ceremonies were witnessed
by only few of the relatives and
friends of the soldiers.
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Brothers Ready for Wharf.-The first
to report in Republic county under the
draft call for examination were Peter
and Otto Jorgensen, sons of farmer
who lives near Kackley. Both passed
the examination and neither claimed
exemption.
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Guard Officer Missing.-Joseph A..
Ramsdell, a young attorney at Wich.
ita, lieutenant in one of the compa.
nies of the Wichita national guard has
been missing since June 1, and rela
tives have asked the authorities to
| find him.
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Girl Killed in Runaway.-Hazel Mod
delmog, IL years old, was dragged un'
der a sled and killed when the team
hitched to the sled ran away in EN-
poria. She was the daughter of Mr..
end Mrs. A. F. Moddelmog, who re-
Gently moved to Lyon county from
New Mexico.
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Brother of a General Dead.-Seth D.
Bartlett, so years old, brother of Brig.
Gen. George P. Bartlett of the United
States army, died suddenly recently at
his home near lola. Heart disease is
supposed to have caused death.