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Show THE "D0UQHB3Y OF IDAHO" Striking Statue Recently Selected by State's War Memorial Commission, Commis-sion, Is Lifelike Study. It's a fur cry indeed from the stiff-necked, stiff-necked, primly dressed recruit which Hooded America after the armistice as the sculptured representation of the American fighter to the shirt-sleeved, shirt-sleeved, delightfully informal "Doughboy "Dough-boy of Idaho," recently selected by the state's war memorial commission to symbolize Idaho's contribution to the World war. The statue, work of Avnrd Fairbanks, Portland, Ore., and Salt Lake City, Utah, artist, is the most lifelike studv of the A. E. F. infantryman infantry-man as the Boche sasv him that Amer- - .:. &. vti fcM"? ' Hi ' j i y ifM x-f4 If 5rl ( yl ) f ' Statue Adopted by Idaho. lean artists have produced, according to both the ex-infantryman and those who have sought to immortalize him in bronze and stone. . The Idaho commission has ordered that all counties of the state have memorials alike in character with the addition that Mr. Fairbanks' "Doughboy" "Dough-boy" be the main feature of each county's memorial. The American Legion Le-gion of Idaho has been warm In its commendation of the statue and Mr. Fairbanks has returned the compliment compli-ment by informing the service men that : "I am convinced that the American Amer-ican Legion can be a tremendous power pow-er in education and in honor and ln the glory of our great government. I am indeed enthused with the loyal stand on Americanism which the Legion Le-gion is holding out for." |