Arizona republican., 1909-03-04
CAREER AND DEATH
 OF 4 NEWSPAPER MAN
Short Sketch of the Life of c. w. Hague, at One Time Circulation Manager of The Republican.

The Republican has received a num-
 Der of copies of the Des Moines Capi-
 tai and the Bad River (S. D) News. containing various references to the
 death and funeral of C. w. Hague MT. Hague was formerly circulation man.
 aSer of the Caoital, came to Phoenix
 for his health returned to his former work for a few years, then failing
 health drove him to the open again
 and he settled on farm in South Da-
 kota, later interesting himself in the
 Bad River News, being so interested
 at the time of his death. In the issue
 of that paper of February his death is referred to as follows:
 e. w. Hague, one of the publishers
 and managers Of the Bad River News.
 Wednesday evening. On Monday he
 was well and about town looking after
 business matters connected with the
 paper and Monday evening attended
 the l. O. O. F. installation and banquet
 in which he took an active part. Tues
 day morning he was taken suddenly i'll
 with a violent attack of pneumonia and in less than thirty-six hours was dead
 Funeral services were held at the house of the deceased ThurSday after noon, and that night Mrs Hague. ac- companied by Mrs. H. W. Edwards, left with the body for Des Moines, Ia., where the interment will take place.
 50 sudden was the death here re- corded that it is hard for us to realize that the friend and co-worker of only yesterday is gone. Gone like a flash in the prime of life. Gone before his sun had reached its meridian. and long before the shadows had begun to lengthen toward the east. Yet, after all, it may be better so. Who will say that fate is less kind to him who dies at the high tide of life, when every hope and prospect is fair, than she is to him who drags on and on the weary weight of life through unnumbered years.
 "Cy' Hague. as he was familiarly known to friends everywhere, who loved him, was in many respects a man out of the ordinary. Mere words can not do the kindliness of his nature justice. He was a painstaking worker, an unfailing friend, a public spirited citizen, a splendid neighbor. and above all, cOnscientiOusly honest man. We who worked with him day after day found his mood always the same The rest of us sometimes grew impatient. and found it hard to preserve our calm amid the difficulties naturally at tendant upon newspaper life, but his soul seemed a never failing source of sunshine and good nature. And so it was to the end of his life.
 Prior to the time when he became enc ot the owners of the Bad River News. over rear ago. MT. Hague re- sided on homestead seven miles south of town for, nearly two years. Before coming to Stanley county he was for a number of years circulation manager Of the Des Moines Capital. where he secured his training in the newspaper business.
 The deceased "as born in Des Moines. Ia, September 20, 1873. died February 3, 1909, age 8 years, months and IA days. He leaves a wife, | father, Joseph Hague of Des Moines; l and two sisters, Mrs. Rosa Thomas l and Mrs. Lillie Bailey of Valeria. la, i to mourn his death. June 22, 1898, he | was united marriage to Miss Myra | Gaines Roberts. One little boy was born to them but died in childhood. | MT Hague was a member of the local | L O. O. F., and also of the NJ. w. A. ] and I. T. NJ. A. of Des Moines. We | joint with other friends in extending | sincere sympathy to them in their loss, | which is even greater than the almost l personal one that we feel"