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Egg Prices Up From Low Level Farm News Roundup WASHINGTON IPI) The Agriculture Department hai re ported that egg prices in early September we-e up considerably from t!ie very low levels of four to five months ago. ' But the department also warned that producers may be in trouble again later this year. A report sa d per capita con sumption of eggs has not gone up in response to the low prices. Per capita figures for June aid July are the lowest on record for those months. Kgg production was expected to rise later this fall and winter. If this happens, the department said, commercial markets will not ab sorb the output unless egg use goes up substantially. Meanwhile, the department pre dicted that bo ler prices will drop this fall, partly because demand usually decreases in cold weather and partly because broilers will be competing with larger supplies of pork and beef. WASHINGTON iL'Pli -The Ag ricullure Department has an nounced a change in its method for setting basic annual rental rates fur 10 contracts with formers in the soil bank conservation re serve. . The department said the change was being made as a result of an amendment approved by Con gress as a rider to a farm sur plus disposal bill. Announced at the same time was another extension of the deadline for applications by farmers who want rental rates established for their land under the program. The deadline was fixed at Sept. 30, but now has been extended to Oct. WASHINGTON (UPI) Govern rnent economists predicted today that total farm output in 1959 will go slightly above last year's record-breaking figure and some 25 per cent above the 1947-49 aver ' age. The Agriculture Department said crop production this year was expected to be a shade below the enormous harvest of 1958. But production of livestock aid live stock products was running above the year-ago level, bringing the prospective total of both crops and livestock to a new peak. Department economists added that farmers probably will finish 1959 with less net income than uiey got last year. They said the reasons were lower prices, higher expenses and a cutback in soil bank payments. WASHINGTON UPI The Agriculture Department forecast today that prices of deciduous fruit crops in the fresh market will continue below 1959 levels in the early fall. Supplies were expected to be sea sonably heavy with the pear, grape and cranberry crops la ger than they were in 195S. VFW Confab At Enterprise ENTERPRISE (Special) VFW Posts and Auxiliaries of Distrct 6 (Enterprise, Elgin, La Grande, Baker, Huntington, Ontario, Un ion, and Halfway), met Sunday at the Veterans' Memorial build ing here. Dinner was served to 85 per sons at the lOOF hall by Sigma Alpha Epsilon Sorority, with Department Commander Leon Bennett as speaker. Mrs. Janet Bennett, department conductress, was the speaker at the meeting of the auxiliaries and she conducted a school of in struction. District President Helen Trump advised Eagle Cap Auxiliary that she would make her oificial in spection visit on Oct. 6. District I Senior Vice President Cecilc Lay was requested to make the offi cial inspection of the Elgin Aux iliary on Oct. 13. Following the meetings of the posts and auxiliaries. Eagle Cap Auxiliary of Enterprise served cake and coffee to the guests. Wallowa Group Holds Instruction - WALLOWA (Special) Jessica Chapter 68, OES, held its school of instruction recently. Mrs. Florence Jaeger of Condon, grand conductress, was in charge. Mr and Mrs. Claude Clark cf Mil ton-Freewater attended. On Wednesday evening, Mrs Glenn Tulley and Mrs. Willis Mil ligan were hostesses of the West minister Circle at the Tulley res idence. Twenty-nine members and guests were present. Mrs JR. Morton led the devotional Tlins were made to hold a lunch eon in the church basement Oct. 14. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Edwards of Us Altos. Calif., have been visiting Mrs. C. A. Hunter. F.d wards Is Mrs.' Hunter s grandson The couple is honeymooning. Observer, La Grand, Or., Pi-,; 7 A 7 ; SEPARATION SOON Opera star Maria Meneghini Callas walks with Greek shipping magnate Aristotle Onassis in Milan, Italy. The tempermental Callas con firmed that her marriage to Italian millionaire Battista Meneghini is on the rocks and that there will be a legal separation. She said that her desire for a movie career, not her alleged romance with Onassis, caused the breakup. Forrest Masters GOP Delegation To Meeting Uniun County GOP Chairman Forrest Masters, La Grande, will head a delegation of workers and party officials attending a Repub lican leadership workshop at the Marion Hotel in Salem, Oct. 2-3. Highlight of the two-day ses scsion will be a Friday night New Jersey Worries Over Encephalitis TRENTON. N.J. (UP1 Gov Robert B. Meyner described as "serious" today an epidemic of deadly encephalitis that has taken 12 lives in southern and central New Jersey. However, he said it should be treated "without creating undue alarm.'' The governor noted that several state agencies were bat tling the outbreak that has hit five counties. Latest figures from the state Health Department show that 12 persons, most of them children, have died as a result of a disease believed to be eastern equine en cephalitis. The department said that five of 22 suspected cases have been comirmeo. as eiicepna-' litis including four deaths. Meyner said he has "been in touch" with health authorities from the onset. He expressed a "great deal of confidence" in Dr. itoscoe P. Kandle, state health commissioner who is directing the drive against the dread disease. Meyner said the health depart ment was "doing everything pos sible" to stamp out ' the disease. lie noted that in addition to the health department, the Agricul- uie and Conservation depart ments and state Fish and Game Division also were I ghting the outbreak. Handle said through a spokes man Monday that Hie spread ol the disease could now be consid ered an "epidemic 6f moderate pronort ions." Pop Bottles Are Filling Ocean WASHINGTON (I'l'll - The Const and Geodetic Survey began tossing 2.000 empty soda bottles into the Atlantic Ocean last week to find out -where the currents will carry them. The rubber-stoppered glass bot tles are being released 10 to 35 miles offshore between the east ern tip of Long Island and Host on. Inside each bottle are two ca:ds. One, visible from the out side, says "break this bottle." On the other the finder is asked to write the dale and place the bottle was found, then mail it to the Coast and Geodetic Survey's Washington headquarters. Postage is prepaid. Enterprise Woman To Convention ENTERPRISE (Special) Mrs. W. S. i-trickler left Saturday foi La Grande to join the delegation of the Oregon state chapter ot the I'EO sisterhood to the 44th convention of the supreme chap ler. Monday, in Milwaukee, Wis Mrs. Strickler plans to be gone .even cr eight days. Among the delegates is Mrs. A. E. Welch of 1'oniann, corresponding secre tary (or the supreme chapter. Mrs. Welch Is the Tormer Amy Olmsted, a native of Enterprise. Tui., Sept. 29, 1959 Paga 8 Will Head speech by Republican National Chairman Thruston Morton of Kentucky. Gov. Mark Hatfield is slated to deliver the principal address at a Saturday night banquet. Feature of a Saturday luncheon will be a round-table discussion of GOP activities by national com mittee members and state cen tral committee chairmen from neighboring western states. I National Young Republican Chairman Ned Cushing of Downs, Kansas, is also to speak. Joint Venture State Chairman Peter M. Gun nar, Salem, said the affair will be a joint venture of the state party organization and the Repub lican Women's Federation, with YR groups also participating. Workshop sessions and panel discussions for all county officers and committee chairmen are to be held both days. Meetings of the state central committee are planned for Friday at 1:30 and Saturday at 12 noon. 1 Gunnar said all Republicans are invited to the banquets as well as the workshop sessions. Work ers will have an opportunity to' meet Chairman Morton at a so-: rial hour starting at b:JO p.m. on rnuay. State FFA Heads Are Speakers At Lions Luncheon Three slate officers of the Ore gon Chapter of the Future Farm ers of America provided the pro gram at the regular Monday noon luncheon meeting of the La Grande Lions Club, at the Sacaja- wea hotel. Edwin Glenn, Lostine. stale president: Lonnie Fendall. New berg, vice-president; and Paul Seaqiiist. Vale, slate reporter: ac companied by Norman Koopman. local vocational agricultural in structor, told of the activities be ll carried on currently in hold- ina district and chapter confer ences to prepare farm youths for careers. They outlined the activi ties to he pursued at the coming National FKA convention to be held in Kansas City, and inform ed Uons club members of the I FA creed and aims. . Club guests for the day were Grady Panned. Hugo Harding. Vern and Waller Bean. Louis Samson was program chairman. Medic Says President Very Healthy Person MKMriiih. tenn. ii-i ur. Paul Dudley White said here Mon day President Eisenhower is a "really healthy man" but has "had enough" of the presidency The statement from the Presi dent's former chief medical advis er was an answer to a newsman's question about Eisenhower's fit ness for a third term il it were legally permitted. Cash Grain Mart CHICAGO 1 UPI 1 Grain prices were irregular today on Ihe Board of Trade. Wheat was up l to V corn off l to S: oats off ' to ; rye up 4 to 1: soybeans off to 1, and lard off 2 to IS po:nts. DOW-JONES Dow-Jones 2 p m. stork aver ages: 30 industrials 639.72. up 3 25 : 20 railroads 136 M. up 2 0i: 15 utilities 87 60. up 0 40,- and 65 stoc ks 212 22. up 1 43. Market Quotations NEW YORK STOCKS NEW YORK IPI Stocks extended Monday gains on moder ate activity early today with de mand for Studebaker continuing to feature. Studebaker, up 14 points Mon day following a forecast for good earnings, rot another H to 19". Studebaker preferred climbed 4 to 439 at the opening and held hall the rise. Chrysler gained over a point and other motors improved fractionally. DuPont, up a pojjjj. and Union Carbide, nearly a point higher, featured chemicals. Lukens rose a point, Youngstown nearly 1 in a generally iirm steel group. Among electronics, Texas Instru ments fell nearly 3 points but Motorola improved nearly 3 and Ampex gained ll. White Motor rose close to 2. Polaroid Hi "'nt. Kevnolrls Metals a point, Fansteel Metellurgical m. Amer ican nome Products 3V. Rails showed improvement rang ing close to 2 points in South Pacific and Commonwealth Edi son highlighted utilities with a gain of more than a point. t's So When You Want To BUY, SELL, BENT Anything Of Value And We'll Do The Order Your Ad On The 6 2 Lines For 6 Days Cosls Only $1.50 (Cash or Dissounl Rale) , . . And You May Kill The Ad (Any Time Before Deadline) When You Get Results, Paying Only For The Number Of Days Actually Run . . . What Could Be Easier? MORE PEOPLE ARE USHIG Aim READING KOBE OBSERVER CLAS SIFIED ADS THAN EVER BEFORE . . . DAIRY MARKETS PORTLAND L PI 1 Dairy market: Eggs To retailers: Grade AA extra large. S3-55c doz. ;, AA large, 30-51c: A large. -48c; AA me urn, 40.41c: AA small, 26 . 28c. cartons l-3c additional. Butter To retailers: AA and grade A prints, 70c lb:; carton, lc h gher; B prints, 68c. Cheese 1 medium cured 1 To re tailers: A grade cheddar single daisies, 41-51c; processed Ameri can cheese, 5-lb. loaf, 40-43C. PORTLAND LIVESTOCK PORTLAND 1 ITU Livestock: Cattle 300: no early tales fed stee-s and heifers; canner-cutter cows down, mostly 10-11.50; Holr stein and beef type cutters to 15; few utility cows 15.50-17; utility bulls 22-23; light cutters down to 17. Hogs 500; 1 and 2 butchers ac tive, strong to 25c higher: other butchers and sows steady: 1 and 2 butchers 190 230 lb. 15.50 -16; mixed 1, 2 and 3 lots-14.50 -15: mixed grade 350 400 lb. sows 10 50. Sheep 700; includes 2C0 head eastern Oregon shorn spring lambs: market not establishes . EASY Even A Child Can Place A CLASSIFIED AD With The OBSERVER Simolv Call W0 3-3161 m DAYS For The Old Commie Mao Says Chinese Reds 'Have TOKYO 1UPI1 A decade ago Mao Tse-tung, chief architect of the Chinese Co:nmumst revolu tion. declared triumphantly: "The Chinese people, one quar ter of the human race, have now stood up." His words were confident and defiant, despite the fart that his nation lay in ruins after 22 stra'ght years of war and civil strile. Next Thursday Communist Chi na celebrates its 10th birthday, more confident, more defiant and more dangerous than ever. In Peiping's enormous Tienan men "square of heavenly peace") hundreds of thousands of spectators will look to a raised platform set amid gaudy pen nants and banners where the men who made the revolution will be standing. Men In Spollig'it Here ae some of the men who are almost certain to be in the s.-otlisht on Oct. 1: Mao Tse-tung. 65, chairman of the Communist Party, guiding snirit of the revolution a:d hitn- ih i, i A? Finally Stood Up' self a living myth. The moon- 1 fared son of a Hunan farmer. Mao retired as president of the government last April, but he re mains unchallerged as the top man in China. Liu Shao-chi. 54. or 61, Mao's dour first lieutenant, the new president of the government and a bit of a mystery man, whose age is not even known for cer tain. This tough, Moscow-trained administrator now stands as Mao's heir-anparent. Chou En-lai, 61, the nimble premi-r. a suave, handsome man who somehow has managed to land on his feet through thiee decades of shifts and purges and even now may be working bis vxay out from under a cloud. Plotted In 1921 These are the men who swept one-fourth of ma .kind into the Communist camp. They are the first generation of Chinese Com munism, the men who began plot ting back in the 1920 s in Shang hai and Paris and are still around today, holding the reins. A decade ago they were gaunt Or EXCHANGE Rest For You. bargain PRICE Of from years of retreat and defeat? of guerrilla warfare and the aus tere life of the caves of YenaJ where they fled from Shanghai il the "long march" of the 1920s: They were probably also a bf amazed at their sudden success. In 1947. Chiang Kai-shek's N tionalist armies had the Commu nists on the run. As soon as tlis civil war resumed at the end of World War II the Reds were roufe ed from urban strongholds an) appeared headed for defeat. But up in Manchuria, the indus? trial heart of China, a slendor young general named Lin Piaas then not yet 40 years old, waj whipping a powerful Communis! army into shape. It was armed with almost unlimited guns anj ammunition captured from the Japanese by the Russians an! given to the Chinese Reds. i By 1948 he had an iron grip oil the rural regions of ManchuriJ and was ready to reach for the cities. Once he began moving hi never stopped. Lin turned the t for the Communists. Rate