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Show . PRECIPITATES - Genuine regret is generally expressed ex-pressed throughout the community at the transfer of Grant Merrill, popular Safeway Store manager. Grant has been at the local store for over five years, during which time he has been effective in building build-ing up an excellent business for the company and establishing a reputation re-putation as an efficient, accomodating accomodat-ing and likeable unit head. Always Al-ways interested in community affairs, af-fairs, Mr. Merrill will be missed in the Business Men's organization, in which he has been a progressive, energetic member. The Bulletin is voicing a community commu-nity sentiment in wishing Mr. Merrill Mer-rill every success in his new location. loca-tion. . ' New Humor. As long as Miss Ethel Dean contributes con-tributes weekly to the Bingham high school news it will be unnecessary unneces-sary for us to hunt for humor for our columns. Miss Dean's "Paris-sery "Paris-sery Fables" in this issue is refreshingly refresh-ingly original and a sample of the writing she has been weekly furnishing furnish-ing the high "school page. High school news is a regular feature and is always complete and carefully care-fully written. Straw Poll. We declared a cessation of our straw ballots this week, due to Trade Day rush business. In view of the huge November ballot which is to be marked in three weeks, it may be difficult to get folks to use pencil energy on straws. One of the things which will be of interest in post-election news will be a comparison of the number who scratched their official ballots as compared with the percentage of straw vote scratchers. A seven column, 27 by 23 inch ballot will present complications for any confirmed con-firmed scratcher, offering a temptation tempta-tion to vote a straight ticket. Everyone Makes Them. A reader was talking the other day about typographical errors in papers. Contrary ' to belief, most newsmen are very conscientious about proofreading for mistakes, and when a bad one slips by until -too late ; for correction, their dis-j'may dis-j'may exceeds that of the offended parties. - Two amusing errors seen recently recent-ly were these: A capital daily in reporting a scathing campaign talk referred to the denouncer as "ICrank Knox." A weekly reported the illness ill-ness of a well-known townswoman in this fashion: "Mrs. So-and-So has been confined to her bed the past two weeks. Spending her summer sum-mer vacation." Then there is the almost classical story about Brete Harte, when a ver young editor, as related by Edmund Pearson in Vanity Fair. Harte wrote the obituary notice of a most respectable lady, closing i with: "above all the ladies of this , town, she was distinguished for her charity." This came back from the composing room: "distinguished for her chastity." Instead of making the ! correction he merely put a mark of query on the margin of the proof, with the result: "Mrs. McGilligan, above all the ladies of this ' town, was distinguished for her chastity (?)". Certain words are a standing peril to the typesetter. A collision b- tween a train and a cow, reported in a newspaper, ended with the remark that the engineer "putting on full steam, dashed up against the cow and literally cut it Into calves." 1 (Continued on page fourteen) Infratitude. We can be thankful to a friend for a few acres, or a little money; and yet for the freedom and command com-mand of the whole earth, and for the great benefits of our being, our life, health, and reason, we look upon ourselves as under no obligation. obliga-tion. Seneca. o Money and time are the heaviest burdens of life, and the unhappitst of afl mortals are those who have more of either than they know how to use. Johnson. texts. Senator Thomas says these ; centuries-old fables are full of wisdom wis-dom of. vajue In interpreting events and analyzing situations. As an example ex-ample he tells the story of the eagle which was pierced by an arrow ar-row and brought to earth from soaring flight. The arrow which felled fell-ed the powerful bird was tipped with eagle feathers. "That which is a part of me caused my destruction." destruc-tion." Senator Thomas aptly compared com-pared the story of the eagle to the situation within the Democratic party. par-ty. Moral for Democrats is pretty obvious. - O . Carefulness. For want of a nail the shoe was lost; for want of a shoe the horse was lost; and for want of a horse the rider was lost; being overtaken and slain by the enemy, all foi want of care about a horseshoe nail. Benjamin Franklin. (Continued from Page 1) PRECIPITATES Political Science. Aesop's Fables are recommended by Senator Elbert D. Thomas as political science and psychology |