Desolation of War

680 IMPROVEMENT ERA W. S. Hansen, Collinston; S. O. White, Beaver; Lars P. Oveson, Castle- dale; L. N. Marsden, Parowan; John Reeve, Hinckley; John Halls, Hunts- \ille; E. W. Southwick, Lehi. It is thought that Utah, through its Church organization, can more effectively meet the present apparent emergency than any other state in the Union. Let us prove ourselves worthy to be called sons and daughters of the Pioneers. Logan, Utah Copyright by Underwood & Underwood, N. Y. DESOLATIONS OF WAR This is one of the first photographs connected with the German retreat in France to reach this country. As fast as the Germans retreated, in their recent wholesale evacuation in France, the French engineers rushed in and started to repair the horrors inflicted upon the towns for "military purposes." The photograph shows an army of engineers at work in the streets of Noyon, one of the French towns vacated by the Germans. The photograph gives an idea of the apparently unneeded havoc and ruin wreaked on the town. The picture is the signal of the new era that is sweeping over Europe. Let us pray that the desolation and ruin may soon stop, and labor to the end that the might of the world will be turned to the, greater and nobler work of reconstruction.