Arizona republican., 1917-09-19
ACCIDENTALLY LOST
 TRIGGER FINGER

HAYDEN, Sept. 19.-Sam Simms, a brakeman on the switch engine for the mill and smelter met with a pain ful accident Friday at 1l:20 a. m. While blocking d car his glove caught under the wheel of the car and be- fore he could remove his hand the wheel passed over his first finger Of the right hand. He was rushed to the Hayden hospital where they ann putated the finger at the second joint MT. Simms was examined a short time ago for the army and passed with a high percentage and vas to have left for F'irt Riley, Kan sas the third of October. but the finger lost by the young man being the one used for trigger purposes it will probably be the means of his exemption.
 MT. and Mrs D. D. Moffatt are eceiving congratulations over the arrival of @ baoy daughter who made her appearance on the night of Sep tember 15. As there are three sons in the family, both parents are mor- than proud of the fine daughter.
 Miss Celestine Phillips, Hey Phil lips, Joe Koestner and Billy Oxnam left for Oracle Saturday afternoon where they furnished the music for a dance given at the Oracle hotel Saturday night.
 Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Lansing are the happy parents of a seven and one half pound son who was born on the morning of the fifteenth.
 Word has been received that "Ketch," (F. l.. Ketchum) one of tine prominent young men of Hayden has
 been accented in the engineering
 corps of the army and is now in training in Massachusetts
 Of the men examined for the se- lective draft Hayden has furnished "A free from exemption and Winkel-
 man ten.
 Of the ones examined and accepted
 quite a number have already gone ard teh others have been notified to ap-
 pear at Globe, the county seat of Gila county on October to entrain for Fort Riley, Kas. The boys have q | local organization to keep in touch with the county board and have
 named Glenn Weaver of the mill time office and Sam T. Green of the Winkelman Times as the intCrma tion
 bureaus, who will keep them posted on all details pertaining to what steps to take.
 Mrs. F. w. McQuiston accompanied | by Jack left for Phoenix Sunday | where Mrs. McQuiston will visit for
 a week and Jack will resume his
 studies in the Phoenix high school Lou Bailey, Mrs Bailey. Louis IT., Helen and Doug left last weel, for
 an automobile tour of the northern
 nart of the state and will visit the l Grand Canyon and other points or | interest before returning
 l Sunday the mill and smelter base hall teams met on the Havden dia | ~rond for anothar hattie which iackod like a good game up to the sixth in i hing. Johnson started for the mil and for three innings WIS in fint | form but in the third inning after l two men were out he walked three
 men filling the bases and then Bender hit for three bases bringing in thrnc runs. Johnson lasted until the sixth inning when the shelter hit for two | home runs which gave them a lead of five over the mill.
 Forsvthe of the mill team played
 sensational ball making several v-on- derful catches and getting three bits
 two of them two baggers. A large
 crowd was out to see the game | which lasted until dark
 Why send way off wonder for your hicvcles and supplies when you can get them at Monrad's Quality Cyclery Mesa. Mail orders shipped promptlv Adv. If