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Show FRIENDLESS AT 96 j It seema rather strange that David Lewis aged 96 and a p oneer of 1847 should have attempted to walk from Conter e to Albion Idaho to seek ass stance from his sons and grand U.U I - J I ll . I 1L miiuen wuu resiue m mat vicinity The old man actually did walk as far as Ogden and was compelled to pass the night in the eounty jail having no other refuge To the credit of the commissioners of Weber county be it said that as soon as they learned of the sad plight of the veteran who is near ing the century mark they furnished him with a railroad ticket to his des tination But few of the men and women who came down into the valley with the first companies in, 1S47 survive The communit es in which, they live should see to it that these p oneers be not compelled to endure suffering and pri vation while complet ng the r pilgr m age here below A man of 96 years of age should not have been allowed to attempt a lourney of 100 miles or more on foot or any less distance for that matter Old David Lewis seems to be a hardy spec men of human ty and might poss bly have arrived in Idaho in due course But if he had periBhed by the roadside it would have been a sad commentary upon the Chr stian char ty of the people of Utah |