Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, September 30, 1918, Page 4

i - Tam only a cog I am only a cog in a giant machine, a link of an end-, X less chain:— _ . and the empties return again; _ ' Railroad, lorry 'and limber; battery, column and park; To the shelf where -the set fuse waits the breech; from the quay where the shells embark. We have watered and fed, and eaten our beef; the .~ long:dull day drags by, s ~ As | sit here watching our “Archibalds” s;rafing;,.an}, s 4 empty sky; “ _one guesses t-h%pla_ne— e i "'JSrr‘noke and spark of the gunzm\achine‘ that is f‘edf'by; the endless chain. g The ammunition carrier is only a link in the great war machine, but he is as vital a link.~ in.the chain as the man who goes over the top. And back of the ammunition carrier’ comes the ammunition maker and the rail- road worker and the thousands of varieties: of war workers until it all comes straight. home to the individual man and woman 0 >ARMERS STATE BANK HARDING-WHALEY CO. BEMIDJI ELECTRIC CO. EDWARD JACKSON And the rounds are drawn, and the rounds are fired, | - From the ‘wagon-limber to gunpit dump; from At the tail of a blood-red afternoon; so the flux of : ‘V&”:";3, Folf and fladh onihe fotibie S & ‘Sp';eCk : " Bears back the wagons we fill at dawn to the sleep- - who helps save the necessities of life and re- frains from wasteful spending in order to_ == _ help our fighting men. 0 . Let us buy the ‘Bonds we know they want us to buy! his Space Subscribed o Winning the War by - SECURITY STATE BANK GUST. BROWN : DR. E. W. JOHNSON DR. D. L. STANTON o g e machine, but a vital link of theichaing "= = i And the captain has sent from his wagon-line to fill PRI I'am only a cog in a giant L b~ 'his' wagons again; ~ loader’s forearm at breech . To the working party that melts away when the - shrapnel bullets screech. : : So the restless section pulls out once more in colum of route from the right | B L “-another night .ing column again— : ; Cog oncog in the gun-machine; link on link in the chainl C—, by Gilbert Franksu GILBERT FRANKAU Every link in the fighting chain, every cog in the war machine must be of the strongest:steel.. Every heart must be-steel against waste these days. We are all part of the great battle—let us each do our part and make it a great part. BEMIDJI BOX CO. ~_ @ TAGLEY & WOLD J. C. PENNEY CO. FAIR STORE O’LEARY-BOWSER CO. FRED BRINKMAN 0. G. SCHWANDT THIRD STREET CAFE ABE GROSSMAN ST. HILAIRE RETAIL LUMBER CO. , BARKER'S DRUG STORE S TRy P. J. RUSSELL BAZAAR STORE HOGANSON BROS. C. W. JEWETT CO. MINNESOTA ELECTRIC LIGHT & POWER CO. GRAY BREAD CO 2 A DS STORE JOHN A. DALTON GIVEN HARDWARE CO. BEMIDJI MFG. CO. NORTHERN NATIONAL BANK C. E. BATTLES C. A. KNAPP GEO. T. BAKER GILL BROS. KOORS BROS. CO. FIRST NATIONAL BANK E. F. NETZER SCHAVITCH BROS, 0. J. LAQUA SCHNEIDER BROS. CO. HENRY MILLER 1 ! | | | f Defective |