Ogden Daily Standard | 1918-12-04 | Page 2 | Emford Burkland

I" EMFORD BOILS! ' Mr. and Mrs. I. L Durkland, 170 Twenty-seventh street, have just received re-ceived a letter from their son, Emford, -telling them that lie Is now recuperating recuperat-ing in a French hospital, after a recent re-cent illness. Young Burkland relates some of his experiences while In service over there and among them is nn account i of himself hecoming lost while doing ! scout duty in a French forest. ' "For a "day and . a night, I wandered around and stumbled into shell holes where bodies of dend Germans and horses had fallen. But don't worry about me for the -war is too nearly ovbr. I hardly think it will last anoth er month although I haven't seen a pa-i pa-i per for two weeks." Mr. Burkland, prior to his enlist j ment was a locomotive fireman on the Oregon Short Line.