Show Thrilling Poem Is Received By Salt Lake Man M. M Walsh of ot West Third North orth has received erl a poem from Jack Pearson who Is 18 now fighting In Europe for En England ll Pearson dlo c grocery wagon for Cor Walsh in 1908 lie He left leCt the United States Stales and jOI joined lCd tho the Canadian arm army when the war broke out out While fighting in tho the trenches at Ypres ho was war wounded Wound cd when a n A hell shell broke twenty feet feel awn away from Crom him Mr p Pearson has recovered reco from Crom his wounds and is now back In ill the trenches rhe The poem follows THE CANADIANS' CANADIANS STAND AT YPRES En England as ns the tho mother and anI Canada as the the- thel eon v vAnd And proud of tho the leeds deeds the they have tou fought and won 1 Yc Yes It W was vas S Ypres where the battle huttle raged raped high And we left on the field many heroes to dl die dh It was not by their shells but b by gas as we Wc all nil kno know That choked and blinded us wherever we WC go But they hung huns to the tho trench till they propped down with pain And the shells sheila burst around them yes CS time and again But move not them the they were game ame to the thc corn core They stood od In n defiance and read ready for tor more moro I We are proud we wc can fla say w we fou fought ht side Ide b by side With our brave Highland laddies to try stem the tide tf t it I 0 I. I. I But they poured clown down upon us liS now nov words WordA cannot tell 4 For around old St. St Jean it was simply liko 0 hell Now Xo Ypres In jio 10 distance w was shelled nl night ht and day ay Ot lt t And the fire from tho the buildings s showed the dead as the they la 4 A hard hard- struggle lc at hand and every cry man the they could find When the tho cry of a a. general soon Oon passed through the lines Kor Icor Gods God's sake sako hang on men mn its it's the ke key to the Ye West l And the boys JoyS from tram dear deRl Canada the they sure did their best Although It proved pro costly the situation was was' saved And those that have fallen are ranked with the brave They have v no now left lett n a name that will stand good and true For they thc died whilst defending the n Red lied d White and arid Blue Composed b by Corporal J J. Vinson Seventh Battalion Canadians V |