Arizona republican., 1913-03-04
DEATH OF HAYES IS
 BLOW ID HAYOEN|1Es

HAYDEN. March 4.-The shocking tidings of the untimely death of Rob- ert r. Hayes reached his sister. Mrs kingsbury of Hayden m telegram Sunday morning sent by his father. John M. Hayes of Salt Lake City. The deceased was in the employ of the Utah Copper Go. of which his father is assistant secretary and cashier, and was located at that com- pany's Bingham plant. The office and warehouse of that company at Bingham was destroyed by fire Sat urday evening and it was while at tempting to eXtinguish the blaze or to save the contents of the building that young Hayes was fatally injured by the explosion of a box of dynamite caps. He lived but a short while after injury For number of months Robert Hayes was employed in the Ray Cons general office al this point and left here last fall to accept position with the Utah people He was young man, having just at tained his majority. and was exceed ingly popular here, particularly in the younger set of which he was DlOHllHtIi Hlti1DtI. l le news Ol HIS sudden and untimely end comes as q shocking blow to Haydenites general ly Immediately following his death the remains were taken by special train 10 the home of his father in Salt Lake City
 Robert Record went to Ray Sunday and will probably be there about ten day compiling railroad reports for the Ray and Gila Valley railroad.
 A. J. Maclean and George A. Sout- ter have gone to Globe for a few days. MT Soutter is just taking few days Of well earned rest and as a member
 of the Globe Lodge B. r. O. r.. ex-
 poets to have an exceedingly large time Mr Maclean, however, goes in answer to the call of pressing busi- ness matters.
 Manager Gates of the Ray Cons spent several days in Hayden the lat
 ter part of last week
 The unusually rainy season now prevailing here is producing excellent results with a number Of lawns re- gently planted about the residences of our town and if there is no return
 of damagingly low temperatures our 1 local landscape will steadily grow more attractive through the donning of it's spring attire.
 O. E. Thorpe. foreman of cleo ! tricians for the Ray Cons. is carrying his chin heavily bandaged as the re- : suit of burns sustained through the 1 explosion of a blow torch For a ] time he will be compelled to foregO | the pleasure of shaving and will prob 1 ably have a splendid crop of facial 1 foliage" by the time that his wounds , are entirely healed
 There was probably the greatest | time of the season al the staff house 1 of the Ray Cons. Saturday evening | when a large gathering of Hayden | folk assembled for q little impromptu 1 dance and made for themselves an | exceedingly merry time until il was noticed that the Saturday had lapped | over into Sunday and the gathering l began to dwindle. IL was Saturday | morning when several of our enter ! prisng young men got their heads 1 together and made all arrangements | for the event and thanks 10 their eff | forts it was a decided success EX- | cellent punch was served throughout the evening and the splendid music
 of the Hayden orchestra was nOta- ble feature.
 l Miss Flora Shoshosen of Tempe
 spent Saturday and Sunday in Hay
 den as the guest of Miss Grace ! Wood
 Miss RoXie Sturgeon went to Tempe Saturday on d flying visit to her
 sister there. returning to Hayden on
 Sunday.
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