Show J’iiIiIMiwI Weekly by I’tali Am it nldiral ( UOtiW nlleye UTAH I ill l'si M 11 (i t!)( J W TIIOHXTOX MT LOGAN TAKEN French BY ASSAULT -- i “Dear Godfather “I received your letter with much joy It is the first I have had since October 1914 I read it with great happiness for now V o: i u-i- j i ck -j reinforcements The main army then swept forward under the general’s personal command At 9:15 a m the final charge was made and the coveted hill was taken by the vanguard By II :00 the entire allied army was in full possession of the stronghold and was feasting on the spoils All had fallen before the victors The kingdoms of Utah Professor ( aine He has ofiiciat-fie- d Bulging cvens Utah and nwrtr every town horses beet cattle and has judged at the (’ahtornia Oregon Ida- I" and I 'tali stale fairs as well as at the hs ict ns t jom-- a I t a nes inst tu t wo k mtr has not been confined to this Mate alone: by special invitation he has rendered service in Mon- tana Idaho Nexada and Washington and had charge of the Three State” agricultural dem-- i at ' I vi c mu vi v' ' ' ' of alone He spent a number months studying the live stock of England and France and isited noted live stock centers in I Belgium Holland Germany and Scotland Mr Caine will assume active 190( when he assumed the of the barns In Sep- control of the Extension work tember of the same year he was September 1st of this year He made head of the Aiiimal Hus- - D widely known throughout the fore-mansh- ip that I feel v Caine also did special worl at the Union Stock yards in Chicago and at the experiment station barns at Aimes The A C has claimed the services of Professor Caine since May 10th C The French department of the College has adopted two French soldiers as godchildren This is part of the “marraine” ystem which started in France and through the efforts of the New York Evening Post and the Nation is spreading over the United States The French soldiers who come from the north of France where the Germans have taken possession are cut off from their friends and relatives and to keep up their courage during the war various people in France and America are writing them letters and sending them small presents It is a worthy work as a soldier’s life is hard enough even when he receives letters from home but lonely enough without them We give the translation of a letter received in Logan this spring from one of these soldier godchildren f i Mr en For The U A The first raid was made or I)r Linford’s oilier Saturdav afternoon when fifteen or twenty canteens were captured With this equipment it was expected1 that “Dead Man’s Hill” (MU Logan) would fall easily before the offensive Sunday afternoon the winds advanced and by even- ing the attacking party had been put to rout by the shower of rain in the counter attack The offensive finally regained formation and the old ruins under the hill was stormed and taken at 4:30 a m (Monday) This sue-- 1 cess spurring them on the was charge up the steeps begun with vigor but with reduced forces Avoiding the heat of tliej day the college allies made rapid early morning gains Hill after! trench and trench after hill fell before the victorious few Gen-- ! eral Stewart cammandeed and was ably assisted by the red- cross service The armv becom- ing exhausted halted for rations1 to tak and them over the most difficult hill They could see the captured dis-- 1 made in the Extension Division tricts below Smart’s camp lying of the Agricultural College at the foot of tiles erics of fort:-- ! president-elec- t E G Peterson embankments Deep gorges! 11 Ik m tie' a " from assault them protected ate b either side and their own loved exknslul work m the s Professor John T Caine III air fatherland lay below As the enemv tlireatened to Caine is well titled for the wort many years he cause a the charge was before him train resumed with even more lias been connected with the nsuccess After an hour the army stitution both as a student and wasd ivided into four companies a teacher lie did his high' school The vanguard — three strong — work as well as his college work was scaling clifrs (glaciers) (?) here and graduated with liL P md neve fields in an attempt to degree the spring ol H'y W unearth all the enemy’s mines That fall he entered Aunes (o set-ba- God-Childr- Editor ami I am no longer alone since have a sympathetic heart to whom I may tell my troubles I Staying here long without news from home whs very hard for me I am 38 years old and an electrician by trade I am mar- ried and have a hoy of eight and a little girl of four My home is in Lille and all my family stayed there while the city was invaded by the Bodies (slang’ for Germans) in October 1911 Since then I have had no news of them and that is the worst cf my troubles My four brothers who went into the war with me have disappeared and I don’t know what lias become of them “All the same my courage has not weakened for I know that f am fighting for liberty and also for the future of our children In pile of their asphyxiating gafes and flaming liquids theI Bodies will not defeat us have faith in a final victory 1 am glad to know that the great American nation docs all it can to help our unfortunate country and I trust in a happy future t “Dear godfather if it isn t asking too much you might send do me a watch' Living as wc like wolves in the ground it is how time goes bright sayings Institutes and eeptionally competent to man- hard not to knowdear Ellsworth had completely sub- the Farmers godfather I ih age and direct the important While fighting the of work the and Schools dued the plant kingdom and had Extension Division shall think that beyond the seas taken many captives to prove parlincnt in livestock He is nLo work of the of there is a heart that loves our the College of Agricultural livestock state specialist the his conquests Mascot W’idtsoe beautiful France and that thinks Utah man no other is there on Perhaps (Continued Pago Four) y 9 f |