The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1917-09-15
CYRUS LELAND, JR., is DEAD
After Long Illness in a Hos
pitaI at ST. Joseph, Mo.

Cyrus Leland, Jr., of Troy, for
fifty years a prominent figure in Re-
publican politics in Kansas, died at
Noyes hospital in st. Joseph, recently.
He was rs years old. He was brought
to st. Joseph last May and underwent
an operation.
Mr.. Leland was born in Sank coun-
ty, Wisconsin, in 1841, and when II
years of age removed to Kansas with
his father He served with the Union
forces throughout the Civil war. AT
ter the war, in which he won a cap
tain's commission, he returned to Kan
sas and began his career in politics
there. He was long the head of the
Republican party organization in this
state
He made an unmade more men, po-
litically, in Kansas than any other half
dozen men. For many years he was
called King Cyrus on account Of his
state and at Washington. His remi-
niscences of Kansas politics and poll
ticians would fill a big book.
Almost since the days when the first
pages of Kansas history were written
Leland was part of the history maxi
ing in the state. Before he came home
from serving in the Civil war, he was
elected to seat in the legislature.
This was the election of 1864, the Sec
ond election following Statehood.
A great book could be filled with in
stances of Mr. LeIand's kindness and
help to the poor and needy Of Doni-
phan county. No worthy man or wo-
man ever appealed to him for help in
vain.
For more than forty years the Le-
land general merchandise store in
Troy was the headquarters for all who
suffered from sickness, crop failures
or other misfortunes.
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Don't Like U. S. Inspection.-Fed-
eral inspection of wheat, which has
been in effect in Kansas since July 1,
| is causing losses to farmers in Doug
las county. The reason is that the fed
era1 government requires that cracked
wheat. wheat slightly moist and wheat
slightly mixed with other grain or
weeds be sold at lower figure. Ac-
cording to J. P. Chess, local govern
ment inspector, there is less wheat
coming into the mills at Lawrence
than at any previous time in many
years. This is due both to the I'M
usually small crop and the fact that
many farmers are holding their grain
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Fire in Arrinston.-Every business
house in Arlington, seven in all, burn
ed down in fire that started in an
empty store building at 2:30 O'Clock
the other morning. Only the Odd Eel
lows hall is left standing.
Lumber Dester bie:lEFormer Sen
ator B. F. Baker of P1easanton, head
of the Baker Lumber and Grain Com
pany, with a dozen lumber and grain
enterprises in Kansas and Missouri
towns, is dead at his home there.
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Dead Man Fcund-The body of 6
man, believed to have been murdered
was found in an alfalfa field, north
east of Wichita, recently Decompo
sition made Identification difficult
Coroner Hickman discovered marks
that may lead to Identification. A bul
let hole through the mans breas
showed how he came by his death.
EIectrocised . Roy-Luther Gibson
| Is years old. son OF o. S. Gibson o
Salina, was electrocised the other al
ternoon while changing the bulbs il
an electric light socket at his home.
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} Chase County Recruit Dead.-Th
/ first death among Chase county's re
!, cruits occurred when Sergeant DeIan,
t Earl Bates, son of Mr.. and Mrs. ]. N
: Bates OF Cottonwood Falls died of ar
, pendicitis. Bates was 81 years oil,
D and enlisted last July
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Frank 8olin to France-FTank Bolil
d of Junction City. who was commits
: stoned second lieutenant of infantr
e at the recent officers training cam
e at Fort Riley, left recently for Hobo
+ ken. N. J., from where he viii sail TO
France.