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Cost Of 'Living' Hits High WASHINGTON HTIi- Livinu costs cliiiitxxl to an all-time hish in September, t:io civernmcit re ported tcday. Consumer prices rose for all major groups of goods and serv ice except transporlalion. Food, housiiiE, medical tare anil persinal services all cost more. Hi report showed. The Labor Department's con sunicr price index rose four-tenths of a point from Atmust to a Sep tember level of 125.2. The index is based on a 1947-4U average o( prices taken as loo. Slight Dip in August The September i-ulex meant that a market basket of fiowls and services costing ill) a decade OKO cost $12.52 last month. The index has gone up in five of the past six months. It di)Kd slightly in August after setting a record of 124 in July. The Labor Department's price chief, U.K. Hiley, pointed out that some of the increase in recent months was a seasonal thing. He said the outlook for October aid November was for declines in food prices, possibly including big re ductiens in meat costs. Tcxlay's reort means 1.2:i.0(Ki workers whose wages are tied by contract to the price index, will get a pay boost. Some 850.000 railroaJ and rail way express employes will get in creases of three cents an hour Aircraft employes of Douglas, Mc Donnell, Northrop, and Hayes will get one-cent an hour boost, as will electrical equipment workers at Sylvania. Employes of General Electric w ill get pay increases of one-half of 1 per cent. Mora Purchasing Power The department also reiiorted that the purchasing power of em ployed factory workers increased In September. An average weekly increase of about 45 cents in take home pay was reported. Compared to a year ago, take home pay of factory workers was up about 12.75 a week. A worker with three dependents took home an average of $80.21 a week last month. Observer, la Grande, Ore., Frt., Oct. 33, 1959 Page 8 Market Quotations By United Pr.t International CHICAGO CAStTHrVT CHICAGO' 11-1 -C grain: Wh-at: 2 red 200N. Corn: 1 yellow 110;, J yellow 17; 4 yellow 98V103 s vll,. Oats: Sample grade extra heavy white 75. Rye: 2 plump 143N. Hurley: Malting HS-iwiv- f..,.rl ii8-nrN. Siybeans: 1 yellow 2I2V214; 2 yellow 213'i-2l4;3 yellow 213'ii. all track Chicago. EXCHANGE GUNFIRE JERUSALEM, Israel 'LTD -Syrian troops opened fire with machineguns and rifles on an Israeli patrol near Ashmora in the Lake Mulch region Thursday, an Israeli army spokesman announced. He said the Israelis returned the fire and that the shouting con tinued intermittently for about ao minutes. No casualties were suf fered by the Israeli patrol, he .said. LEGAL NOTICe NOTICE TO CREDITORS NOTICE IS HI'.'HEHY GIVEN that the undersigned has been appointed executrix of the Last Will and Testament and Estate of MARY A. BHESIIEAHS. deceased by the County Court of the Slate ol Oregon tor Union County, and has qualified. All persons having claims against said estate are notified to presnt the same, du'y vefified and with proper vouchers. to the undersigned at the office of her attorney, at 6 Somnier lluilding. La Grande, Oregon. within six it) months from the date of the first publication of this notice. Dated and first published Oct. 2 11I59. Date uf last publication, Oct. 23. 1U59. RUTH G. HEARING Executrix ROSS E. REARING . Attorney for Executrix 6 Sommer Building La Grande. Oregon Pub. Oct. 2. 9, lti, & 23, I '.159 NOTICE TO CREDITORS: . NOTICE is hereby given that the undersigned has been duly appointed by the County Court of Union County. Oregon, Admin istratrix of the Estate of Anna C. McNees, Deceased, and has qualified as such Administratrix. AH persons having claims against said Estate are hereby notified to present the same, verified as required by law, to the under signed, at the office of her at torney, Geo. L. Anderson. Jr., at La Grande, Oregon, within six months from the date hernof. Dated and first published at La Grande, Union County. Oregon, this 9th day of October. 1959. LULU V. 1IEASTY, Administratrix GEO. L. ANDERSON, JR. Attorney for Administratrix Tub. Oct. 9, 16, 23. & 30, 1959. PORTLAND LIVESTOCK PORTLAND lUI'liiiiKDA, Livestock: Cattle for week 9i-in. steers Monday 28 for i'KM and l(H It). o;norwlso choice under IHKi lb. scarce: few mlv,l muni. choice to 27: cutter ntiliiv u.9i good heifers 22-23.50; utility cows mostly D-iD.w: canners cutters 11-13; utility bulls 22-22 50. Calves for week 390; good choice vealcrs 27-32; utility-standard 17 25, culls down to II. Hous for week 30A3. I 'y 50c lower on butchers: 1 and 2 butchers 1HO-235 lb. 14.50 15 50; sows 10-12.50. Sheen for week sifin- slmicliter lambs mostly 50c lower: high go' d and choice woolcd lambs 18 18 50. earlv sales In in eood- cho ce feeder lambs 15.50 16 50; ewes 2 5. ueui vrtoif eTrw-rc NEW YORK UPI - Stocks rclwunded from Thursday's sharp decline today. Steel shares came back strong ly. Among those extending earlier gains were Bethlehem. U.S. Steel, Youngstown and Republic, all up around a oint or better. Chrysler, which reported a large loss in the third quarter, was down a oint, but Ford tacked on a major fraction, u.M arounn a half, and American Motors more than a point. Studchakcr-I'ackard cased. Electronics also met supixirt, uiih Texas Instruments adding aiuilher 2 points to Thursday's ti'-i point rise. Motorola jumped more than 2, Litton more than a point, and Raytheon more than a half. Other good gains appeared in Goodyear, Consolidated Electron ics, Standard. Union Oil and Gen eral Tire, all up a point or better. American Home Products coun tered the trend with a loss of around 2. Thiokol added a point 10 feature in its group. COLLISION KILLS NINE JERUSALEM. Isrm.l H'Pli Nine nersons uem LilLvt mid 2'2 severely injured in n collision be tween a bus and a truck near daisies, 41-51c Heersheba Thursday night. PORTLAND DAIRY PORTLAND 'UPli Dairy market: El'l'S To retailers: GraiU- AA extia large. 51 53c; AA large, 47- 4c; A large, 45-4Uc: A A medium. 38-4; AA small, 26-28c; cartons 13c additional. Uutler To retailers: AA aid grade A prints, 70c lb.; carton, tc higher; B prints, 68c. Cheese (medium cured! To retailers: A grade Cheddar single processed Ameri can cheese, 5-lb. loaf, 40-43c. 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Cassill with her Holiday Decorating Ideas Grand Ballroom 2 and 8 p.m., Tuesday Sacajawea Hotel October 27 Admission $1 CONGRATULATIONS To Ford Tire Service On Their Grand Opening La Grande Ready Mix AAount Emily Salutes ... Lumber and Sawmill Workers Local 2851 On Their Whole-Hearled Support Of La Grande s United Fund Drive We're Proud of Our "Family" . l Jl'-i' ... mmm.A. ... mm mir f V& )f m' X '4&r Ifc" ' Is 1 lrhk--'i ail sJivP' 1 i r i T t - Kl iilM ii flit fix VV1,W''vJk.fcM'Jk.J- ikm. Some of the men heading the United Fund drive in their department at Mr. Emily are: front row, left to right, George Moats, Joe Berryman, Otto Cochran and Dean Severns. Back row, W. B. Starmer, Bill Williamson and "Doc" McKay. m2h Li. L MILO VAN BLOKLANO, Personnel Manager Milo has been in the employment of Mount Kmilv Lumber Co. since April 1st, l!5. lie is the chairman of the Mount Emily tinted Fund Drive. DEAN SEVERNS, Pres., Local 2851 Lumber and Sawmill Workers Dean is sparking the United Fund drive at Mount Emily for the entire plant and heads the drive in his own Power House De partment. Dean has been in the Mount Em ily family since Julv, 1940. We pay tribute to the splendid spirit of cooperation and the generosity with which our employes give their time and money to insure the success of our United Fund Drive. No where is the admonition to "Love Thy Neighbor" better followed or more deeply felt than in our family. like th aren ke the man who is too busy getting it done to stop and talk about it, our employe! 't saying they're doing! ' lying they re doing We are proud to say it for them. Well done! Mt Emily umber Co. LA GRANDE ELGIN JOSEPH ENTERPRISE DIVISIONS OF VALSETZ LUMBER CO. An Industrial Family of Manageraenl and Workers . . . Teamed To Do A Beller Job