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Show SEPT. THURSDAY, 26, PAGE 4 Get That Bum Out Isnt What It Really Means revenue unit In Fiscal Year '73 was $91.13. A visitor to one of the' nation's 31,000 post offices who happens to hear someone say, "get that bum out of here, need not take umbrage. A "bum," in post office parlance, is simply a bundle of empty mail sacks. The definition of bum" is one among hundreds included in a new "Glossary of Postal Terms" prepared by the U. S. Postal Service. It is a dictionary for a distinctive post office language that has been evolving since Postmaster General Benjamin Franklin's days. The glossary was prepared mainly for the benefit of newcomers to the Postal Service. THE GLOSSARY goes on to explain a post office of the first class" (the largest class) is one which has 950 " or . morej-eyenueunits.- The glossary likewise defines many words or phrases in the postal "language" which new employes may find confusing. For instance: An employe assigned to work on the pig won't have any butchering chores. Idaho To Observe Old Hunt Tradition One of the nation's oldest hunting traditions will be observed by some Idaho hunters during the general wild turkey season Sept. t. 4. They will savor a sport enjoyed by the Pilgrim BUT, IT IS also designed, T. Postmaster General E. Klassen notes in a foreward to the brochure, for many postal old timers who may not have caught "the latest word." Aside from being the first guide of its kind to such terms as pigeonholes," which even in Franklins day were openings in a case used for mail sorting the new glossary provides many useful definitions of words and phrases that have their own special meaning in the postal fathers. When Benjamin Franklin proposed the wild turkey be adopted as the national emblem, Congress chose the bald eadle instead by a margin of one vote. He commented: I wish the bald eagle had not been chosen as the representative of our Country; he is a bird of bad moral Character; like those among Men who live by Sharping and Robbing, he is generally poor, and often very lousy. "language." For example, even veteran postal employees will generally welcome definitions of such technical postal terms as "revenue unit. The booklet explains that a revenue unit is the average amount of revenue received from postal rates and fees at a post ofice during a fiscal year for each 1,000 pieces of originating mail and special service transactions (such as money order sales). A trapped in the mountains of Colorado and released in The wild turkey is as American as the Indian, though not in Idaho. Seventeen of these bronze beauties were trapped in Colorado and transplanted in the area in 1961. Twenty-tw- o Idaho in 1962-6The birds prospered. From the expanding population, ten were trapped and released in Nez Perce County. That was the forerunner of what eventually became a statewide stocking program in potentially suitable turkey 3. others were Pesky Bee habitat. of America. Naturalists have since proved that, as usual, Franklin knew what he was talking about. The wild turkey is a native American and considered the noblest and most intelligent game bird of the North American continent. Causes$3000 if Will your home be Tanker Rolls mid-brea- Jensen, 24, Day-to- n, was uninjured but the 1973 GMC milk transport he was driving was damaged to the tune of $3,000 in an accident last Friday morning all because of a bee. Jensen told investigating t m today ... far thsir sake. Rational " IrtBljftAhCE 112 East The right door, top of the cab, windshield and tank udiic service M ' shell were all damaged, ' tdrding to the accident COMPANY port. Jensen was cited for ure to use due care. 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But he will receive any bonanza at his not look silly, because he will, post office even if it does be postmarking letters with have a jackpot. This re- ' fers to a batch of mail going a hand stamp. to distant points for which a The newcomer also need clerk does not have immednot be concerned because his ' iately available room in his post office uses killer sorting case. He masse If OR HE MAY be told to burnished coppery sheen, white on wings, rump and tip of tail. A hairlike structure, called a beard, hangs from the of the male. A small beard sometimes is present on hens. Hens weigh pounds and toms Bag and season limit one turkey of either sex. Tags not used in the spring gobbler hunt still are valid for one turkey of either sex. Damage, Eric-R- . together in a box or sack (the jackpot") to be sorted as soon as he has enough space in his case. bars." This is a reference to the parallel lines which appear at the right of the circular postmark that are used to cancel the stamps on letters. THE WILD TURKEY is While he was attempting to .wave it away from him, the truck, which was reportedly only traveling about 15 mph, veered to the side of the Have you checked your insurance paid for (hot) colorfula trim, slender bird whose feathers on the back and breast are black, with a Your coverage lately? ture. The hot house is a place for separating and dispatching preferential mail. 8-- THE TURKEY is a much more respectable bird, and withal a true original Native Did, Its He will work on a piggyback operation involving a truck trailer used for mail on a railroad flat car. Or, if the newcomer's supervisor tells him to report to the "hot house he need not worry about the tempera- - 1974 A Wonderful Expression us come ond look yf your livestock any tlmd! Let . 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