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Show f , iuro nor Dowrra LOGAN BOY ; GIVES LIFE ! FOR COUNTRY i . Laot Wedncsdny afternoon, No- vombcr 20tli, tho sad tocws was( I brought to Mr. and Mrs. II, J. Do- ' Witt of this town, telling of tho dor.tU of tholr bou Kob Hoy DoWltt, who mado tho supremo bacrltlcj on tho battlefield front In Trance Ha I -was born In, Logan February 17, H 180C, uhoro ho spout his boyhood H; days. Ho attended tho Now Jersey Hi Academy, and Rafter his graduation r at that bchool ho entered Uio U. A. f " H .Itoy DoWltt was always popular In H' tho younger circles of Logan as well H as Cacho county. ILo was a frlond j H maker, duo to his congenial dlspo- sltlon. Ho was sturdy, ambitious, ' and always on hand to help promote I anything that would tend to innko a ) better community to llvo in. I m ' j On Juno 12th of this year ho mar . 1'l rLo1 MiBa Cabell Olson of Hyrum'.j II and shortly aftor his marrlago he ( l left for Camp Lowls, Wash., whoro 11 ho entered tho services of Uncle Sam. '1 He volunteered for sorvlces In tho 'I 145th Infantry to 'help fill tho 40th. I division to war Btrongth for over- I seas duty, and set' ball for England, August 6. As soon as tho 40th division di-vision landed in England, thoy woro sent to Pionco and tho 145th infan try of tho '40th division was than sent to the front line tronches. Mr. DoWltt has since been fighting with his comrades In tho trenches on Fronch soil, whero ho mado tho su promo sacrifico October 8. Tho news If hla death did not reach his lovod onos at homo until 'six woolen had passed. The sympathy of tho cntlro community com-munity Is cxtonded to Mr., and Mrs. DoWltt, their family, and tho wlfo of Mr. Itoy. DoWltt. JIo haa mado1 tho fight bravoly and given for tho causo of Liberty all that any ono iman Is nblo to glvo. Below la a poom to tho memory i of this young man whlch,was written by his grand-father: Ho Hvos and still unbrokon ,; i Is that raagnotle chain, That In our fearful bllndnosa f ' We thought waa tent In twain. . ' That chain of lovo was fashioned, Dy more than human art, And nvory link Is welded, So firm it cannoti'paiU t On g9ldon streot3 without1 alloy, Or by somo winding atrcam of Joy Wq'll meet again our dear sou Roy, " ' Doth you and mo kind friends. Both you and mo I 'II. I.-and Minnie DoWltt. |