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OR E1T: !!!! TOXICAL I 7 v p : b l i c i ; 7 q r ? p : h r : .-. : ' - r " Crated Volume 48, Number 13. HEPPNER, OREGON, THURSDAY, June 11, 1931 Subscription $2.00 a Year teette FOSTER COMPLETES IE5T (HAS ILL Not Possible to Shut Off Water Coming Below Gas ; Vein Located. PROSPECTS BRIGHT Location of Water Stratum, Indica tion of Structure, Lead to Advice To Drill Next Higher Up. On finishing his test of the gas well at Wells Springs, Saturday, Sam Foster, engineer retained by the Wells Springs Oli and Gas com pany, outlined the conditions of the hole and declared that the best pros pects are shown for a productive gas field that he has encountered anywhere in the northwest. While the flow of gas from the test well is large, Foster did not recommend going to the expense necessary to shut off the water in this hole, ad vising rather the drilling of another hole higher up and shutting out the water from the start. In this way the gas may be brought in free of the water, he .said. In making his test of the well, Foster used a packer and trap. The packer is an enlongated rubber in strument which can be made to fit tightly against the walls of the hole so as to hold the water above it. The center of the packer is fixed so that tubing may be screwed into it to allow water or gas which may be below to come through. The trap, as the name indicates, is a jacket placed over the top of the tubing to catch the gas. Finds Two Veins of Water. At the time the well was tested it had been cased down only 27 feet. With a reduced pipe Foster went down to a depth of 150 feet where the first water was struck. With the packer set at this depth the mixture of gas and water came through in the same proportion as before the packer was set, showing that the gas was coming from be low this vein of water. At 320 feet a crevice was entered and more water encountered. The packer was set just above this crevice, shutting out everything from above, and practically no gas came through with the water, indicating that the gas was coming into the well somewhere between the 320 and 150 foot levels. The packer was again moved and set about half way between the two levels and lota of gas came through with the water. The formation at this point Is real gas sand, Foster said. To shut off the water below the packer from the gas it would be necessary to put a concrete bridge above the crevice and below the gas sand. Placing of such a bridge would be quite expensive and it is . doubtful if It could be made to hold. Foster advised, as the formation there is spongy and considerably cracked up. His advice to drill an other hole was given for this rea son, and other facts which his test also brought out. Formation Desc,rlled. The present hole was drilled in a dip between two hills right Into the heart of historic Wells Springs. It is, however, on the top of a knoll of sand. In completing his test, Foster set his packer so as to completely shut off the first vein of water encoun tered at 150 feet. It was left un touched for eight hours. When it was removed the water shot up to a consdiorable height and flooded the ground all about, running over the road some distance away and making a large mud hole. This showed that when the water was held back a pressure was created. This pressure was caused by the water being backed up on cither side of the well and Indicated that the strata ' carrying the water dip ped from both sides toward the well. This Is the reason for the water coming out at the spot in the first place, Foster said. And as It boil ed up it brought out the sand wnicn through millions of years had form ed the mound on top of which the well was drilled. K.xplulns Drilling Advice. Foster has learned through years of drilling experience that there Is a certain uniformity in the earth's structure, and that the contours of the various strata retain a fixed re lationship. Therefore, he says, that as the water vein runs upward on either side of the well, It Is natural to suppose that the stratum con taining, the gas also runs upward and that it may be found on the hill approximately the same dis tance below the water vein as Is in dicated In the present hole. This being the case, it would be possible to drill on the hill without being bothered by the water, as the water would drain away from the well, and the gas would be brought In at the same or less depth. H. G. Harris of Osago, Wyoming, a veteran driller who was In charge of production for the Standard Oil company for seventoen years and held a like position with the Union Oil company for three years, visited the well Friday evening In company with Foster. Harris also declared the Wells Springs prospect to be as good as he had seen in the north west. Foster and Harris both declared the Wells Springs hole to be Ideal' 4-H Club Winners Leave For School at Corvallis Mrs. Algott Lundell, leader of Gooseberry 4-H club, Is chaperoning the Morrow county 4-H club cham pions who will spend two weeks at the 4-H summer school at Oregon State college. The party took the train at Messner on Sunday to ar rive in Corvallis that night Two special coaches were on number 19 when It arrived at Messner, and these carried the club winners from other part of eastern Oregon. The Morrow county contingent was made a special rate of $7.50 to Cor vallis and return by the Union Pa cini railroad and this enabled all the winners to take in the summer school. Those going from the county are Boyd Redding of Eight Mile, poul try; Joe Stevens of Heppner, gar den;; Billie Markham of Irrigon, cooking; Clarence Frederickson of Irrigon, calf, scholarship presented by Farmers &, Stockgrowers Na tional bank of Heppner; Bessie Wil son of Irrigon, sewing; LaVerne Ba ker of Boardman, homemaking; Francine King of Boardman, sheep, scholarship presented by First Na tional bank of Heppner. LEXINGTON NEWS By RUTH DINGES. The Lexington grange will hold its regular meeting Saturday, June 20. The lecturer will not present her usual program, and Instead will be initiation into the third and fourth degrees. The Lexington grange is making preparations for the Morrow County Pomona to be held June 27. On Saturday Miss Mildred San- ford accompanied her uncle, Mr. J. C. West, to his home in Salem where she will visit for some time. Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Hunt and daughter, Louise, returned home on Saturday from Milton-Freewater where they had been visiting Mr. Oliver Thompson, Mrs. Hunt's bro ther. Mr. and Mrs. Joe Devine are spending the week attending the state grange convention at Medford. Miss Naomi McMillan, who has been visiting her aunt and uncle, Mr. and Mrs. George McMillan of Cherryville, returned home on Sat urday. Mr. McMillan accompanied his niece to Lexington and return ed to Cherryville on Monday. Mrs. Charles Pierson and son Tad of Moscow, Ida., have been visiting during the past week with her mo ther, Mrs. Sarah Thornburg. They departed for their home in Moscow on Monday. Mr. and Mrs. Ray White of Oak land, Cal., are visiting friends and relatives at Lexington. On Sunday the Lexington town baseball team defeated the team from Boardman. The score was 13-7. Battery for Lexington was Palmer and Beach. Miss Cort Johnson of Oakland, Cal., has been visiting with Miss Opal Leach. She is a former Lex- ngton girl and now holds a position in Oakland. Prior to her visit at Lexington she was visiting with friends and relatives in Gresham and Portland. Miss Johnson and Miss Leach motored to Arlington on Tuesday morning from which place Miss Johnson will leave for Oakland. On Thursday evening of last week Mrs. Earl Warner and son Vernon and daughter Peggy, and Mrs. J. McMillan and Mrs. George Broad ley returned to their home In Lex ington. They enjoyed a visit with relatives in Elk River, Idaho, and Spokane, Wash. Mrs. Sarah White has returned home from Hermiston where she has been visiting with her Son, Ger ald White. While there Mrs. White and Mrs. Gerald White motored to Dayton, Wash., to visit Mrs. Sarah White's daughter, Mrs. Lee Gil braith. Miss Ruth Dinges left for Port land on Saturday morning where she will visit friends and relatives. Laurel Rhul, Merritt Gray and Llewellyn Evans spent the week end fishing on the Potamus river. The boys report a good catch of fish. Considerable damage was done last Saturday when a Aire swept over a large raea of country north of Lexington. Many acres of grass Innd were burned and portions of several wheat fields. The real or igin of the fire was not known. Volunteer fire fighters were called from Lexington and the surround ing community. A large number responded. Orlow and Randall Martin, Keith Gentry and Wlnford Duvall spent Sunday fishing in the mountains. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Wilcox and small daughter Patricia Ann spent the week end visiting at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Wilcox. Charles returned to his station In the mountains on Monday and Mrs. Wilcox will visit at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. R. A. All stott of Rhea creek. Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Jackson and son Kenneth and daughter Marcella left Tuesday morning for Hubbard where they will visit at the home of Mr. Jackson's parents. Misses Mary and Patricia Mona han were visiting at the home of MIhs Mae Gentry on Sunday. For Sale 15-foot Holt steel Com bine; has cut about 1000 acres; good condition and a bargain. See Frank Shlvely. 10-15p. ly situated as a test hole to show the water and gns veins, saying that It was easily worth $25,000 for the gas it will produce and the in formation It has given. OBITUARY. ANDREW JACKSON COOK. Another Morrow county pioneer was summoned by death when An drew J. Cook answered the final summons at his home in south Heppner on Friday, June 5. He came to eastern Oregon as a young man, and for more than 40 years has resided In and near Heppner. For a great many years he follow ed sheepraising, and as a young man he was engaged in ranching, also following sheepshearing for many seasons when the profession was carried on with blades, and reached the distinction of being one of the fastest shearers in this part of the country. Some thirty years ago Mr. Cook bought property In Heppner, and his home has been made here since. Death was the re sult of heart trouble, from which Mr. Cook had suffered for a long time. Funeral services were held in I. O. O. F. hall this city, Sunday morning at 10 o'clock, wtih Rev. Glen P. White of the Methodist church officiating and interment followed in Masonic cemetery, Phelps Funeral Home In charge. Andrew Jackson Cook was born August 12, 1853, in the state of New Jersey, and departed this life June 5, 1931 at his home in Heppner, aged 77 years, 9 months and 23 days. In 1879 he was married to Sarah Johnson in California and they came to Oregon in 1884, locat ing in the eastern part of the state. He is survived by his wdiow and one son, George. Mr. Cook was a member of the Woodmen of the World. ALFRED E. BATES. Alfred E. Bates, for a number of years a resident of Heppner, passed away suddenly In this city Friday. He was found sitting at the table and had apparently been taken with heart failure after eating his noon lunch. He had been at work in the timber, and becomnig ill was brought to town, and W. F. Mahrt stepped In Friday evening to see how he might be getting along, when he found bim as stated above. Mr. Bates was a native of Nebraska where he was born April 12, 1875 and died June 5, 1931, aged 56 years, 1 month and 23 days. He came to Oregon in 1892 and lived in Un ion county some years, then came to Morrow county where he made his home since at Hardman and Heppner. He was unmarried and is survived by two brothers, M. A. Bates of Portland and Oliver Bates of Bend. Funeral servcles were held at the I. O. O. F. cemetery in Hardman at 2 o'clock Monday, Rev. Glen P. White of Heppner officiat ing, and arrangements in charge of Phelps Funeral Home. LANA ALFERETTA DEOS. Lana Alferetta Deos was born March 21, 1850, at Yale, Michigan, and departed this life at the family home at Willows, Oregon, June 5, 1931, aged 81 years, 2 months and 15 days. Her maiden name was Lana Alferetta McMartin. In her early twenties she was married to John F. Deos and shortly follow ing their marriage Mr. and Mrs. Deos moved west. They were pio neer residents of Morrow county, living for many years In the north end of the county where Mr. Deos secured land near Wells Springs. They later moved to Willows, set tling near the mouth of Willow creek where they continued to re side for a period of over 30 years. Mr. Deos died about a year ago. The surviving members of the fam ily are one son, J. F. Deos and one daughter, Rosetta Sarrard, both of Willows, and 11 grandchildren. Funeral services were held at the Episcopal church in Heppner on Sunday at 2 o'clock p. m., Rev. B. Stanley Moore officiating and Inter ment was In Masonic cemetery with Phelps Funeral Home direct ing. ABNER CANTWELL. The death of Abner Cantwell of Mt. Vernon occurred at the hospital here last Saturday evening. He had been ill in the hospital for over a month and his death was due to a stroke of paralysis. Mr. Cantwell who was about 65 or 70 years of age, lived in Prairie about 30 years ago. From here he moved to Mt. Vernon where he bought a small ranch and lived there until his re cent Illness. He is survived by a brother and two sisters, Mrs. Martha Wright, Heppner, and Mrs. Lottie Brown Walla Walla, Wash. He was never married. Funeral services were held at Prairie City. Grant County Journal, Prairie City. MAKES BASEBALL NUMERAL. Oregon State College. Corvallis, June 10 Rod Thomson of Heppner is one of the 23 freshman baseball players here recommended for nu merals to the board of athletic con trol by Les Avrlt, coach. The fresh man team won five of the seven games played, splitting even with the University of Oregon frosh in a four-game series. Thomson play ed first base for the rooks and Is expected to make a strong bid for this position on the varsity next season. CHANGE IN MANAGERS. A change In managers for the Tum-A-Lum Lumber company is announced fro Heppner, Albert Ad kins, who has ben in charge of the yards ncre for a number of years, resigning, and Earl Eskelson of Lexington appointed to the place taking charge tomorrow. He has been manager of the Lexington yaras ror tne past few years. GAME GIVEN LOCALS BY RUFOS-BL ALOCK Bevy of Errors Responsi ble for Heppner's 10 Scores to R-B's 6. PHIFER WORKS GOOD Visiting Pitcher Gives Plenty of Trouble"; Sneeve Clouts Homer And Thomson Two-Bagger. Pitcher Phifer from Rufus-Bla-lock is one of the best heavers In the Wheatland baseball league. He showed plenty of stuff Sunday when he let the Heppner boys in for only six hits when the R-B gang met the locals on Rodeo field. His team mates piled up 11 errors and allow ed Heppner 10 runs which were sufficient to give Heppner the game as the R-B boys tallied but six times. On earned runs the visitors had the game won 2-1. Mr. Phifer did let himself in for a little trouble, however, by walk ing six batsmen, four of whom scor ed. There were strikeouts aplenty with Phifer whiffing 9, Wilcox 7 and Gentry 6. Gentry went into the box in the sixth. Heppner's scores were all made in the first four inings, two in the first, six in the second, one in the third and one in the fourth. Ru-fus-Blalock's scores came one in the thrid, four in the sixth and one in the eighth. Her earned runs were made on a home run by Sneeve, and by V. West who tallied on Phifer's hit in the sixth after taking first base on a clean bingle. Thomson made the only earned run for Hepp ner in the first inning when he knocked a double-bagger, stole third and scored on Correl's sacri fice fly to left field. Next Sunday Heppner plays its last league game at home when Arlington, the league-leaders, come here. This should be one of the very best games, as Manager Mc Crady is preparing to give the Riv er boys a tough tussle.' A week from Sunday Heppner closes the league season at Fossil. Box score and summary: HEPPNER .kTRH O A E H. Gentrv. s 5 1112 1 Crawford, 1 1 2 0 10 0 Hayes, r 1 0 0 0 0 0 Thomson, 1 5 2 2 4 0 1 Correll, e 3 1 1 14 1 0 Turner, m 4 0 0 2 0 0 Bucknum. 3 3 10 3 10 Robertson, 2 5 1 2 2 2 2 Anderson, r ....... 1 0 0 0 0 0 Ferguston, r-1 3 110 0 1 R. Gentry, p 1 0 0 0 6 0 Wilcox, p 3 0 0 0 8 0 34 lu d It 20 6 RUFUS-BLALOCK Cyrus, m 5 0 12 11 tsartiemay, 1 , 4 1110 0 Kirby, l a 0 3 7 0 1 Leach, c 5 0 1 8 3 1 Sneeve. 2 4 113 0 4 Vertrees, s 5 13 0 13 V. West. 3 5 1 2 2 3 0 West, r 2 0 0 0 0 0 J. Bartlemay, r 2 0 0 0 0 0 R. Bnrttemay. r 1 0 0 0 0 0 Phifer, p 3 2 2 1 10 0 41 6 14 24 18 11 Umpires. Haves and Fouts: scorer. F. J. Doherty. Earned runs, R-B 2. Henimer 1: first base on balls off Wil cox 0, off Gentry 0. off Phifer 6: left on bases. Hennner K. R-B 10: wild nitrhes Phifer 2; first base on errors. Heppner 10. R-B 3; two base hits, Phifer, Thom son; home run. Sneeve: struck out by Wilcox 7. by Gentry 6. by Phifer 9; hit by pucner. Bartlemay. sneeve. Mrs. Turner's Pupils Presented in Recital The piano pupils of Mrs. J. O. Turner were presented in recital at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. F. W. Turner on Monday evening, and those who attended were delighted with the performance, which re vealed the fact that the pupils were possessed of musical talent that is being well developed. Following the program, the guests were served with punch and wafers. The pro gram follows: Duett, "Alumni Reunion," Anabel and Jeanette Turner; "Spanish Gyp sy Dance" (Mowry), "Melody" (Dawes), Elaine Sigsbee; "Little Waltz" (Schubert), "Happy Farm er" (Schuman), duet. Jimmy Gem mell; Duett, "Qui Vive" (Ganz), Jeanette Turner, Mrs. Turner; "Minuett" (Beethoven), "Second Valsc" (Godard), "Chnrmantl" (Gro- ton, Anabel Turner; musical read ing, "The End of the Road" (Harry Lauder), Mrs. P. M. Gemmell; "Fai ry Bells" (Streabbog), "Lavendar and Lace" (Williams), Frances Rugg; "Polish Danco" (Scharmen ka), "The Rosary" (Nevln), Velma Huston; "Loves Dream" (Liszt), Jeanette Turner; Duett March, Velma Huston, Frances Rugg. EXAMINATIONS ON. The attendance at the teachers examinations, begun Wednesday at the court house, consists of one ap plicant only, Mrs. Lester White of Lexington. In the absence of Mrs. Lucy Rodgers, county school super intendent, who Is 111 at her home In Heppner, Mrs. Lilian Turner Is con ducting the examination, and is also temporarily in charge of the super intendent's office. Prospective tea chers mostly attend the state nor mals these days, hence the slight attendance at the county examina tions. Mrs. Ellis HonricUson and son Alvln arrived on Sunday from their home at San Leancli'o, Calif., and are visiting at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Jeff Jones, parents of Mrs. Henrlckson, IONE JENNIE E. McMURRAY. Mrs. George Frank was given a happy surprise Wednesday after noon, June 3, when several of her friends came to remind her that another year had rolled around and it was again her birthday anniver sary. The little party was planned and carried out by her four daugh ters who proved themselves to be kindly hostesses. Conversation, games and music made the after noon pass quickly. Delicious re freshments consisting of sandwich es, fruit salad, cake and punch were served by the four daughters, Mrs. Lloyd King, Mrs. Hobert Helms, Mrs. Henry Rowell and Miss Hazel Frank. Mrs. Frank was the recipient of many beautiful pre sents. Guests present were Mrs. Sam Hatch and daughter, Barbara Ann, Mrs. M. R. Morgan, Mrs. Paul Balsiger, Mrs. Walter Eubanks, Mrs. Leonard Larson and daughter Shirley, Mrs. Ray Robinson, Miss Miriam Hale, Mrs. Laxton McMur ray and Mrs. Frank's six grandchil dren, Lauretta and Iris King, Billy and Hazel May Helms and David and Edith May Rowell. Ralph Harris returned the mid dle of last week from a trip to Cor vallis and Portland. While in Cor vallis he was a guest at the home of his niece, Mrs. M. E. Woodcock. People from far and near gather ed at the H. E. Cool ranch on Wil low creek for the 4-H club picnic Sunday. It is estimated that two hundred people were in attendance. A very interesting program was carried out, and the day was alto gether a happy one. The children were served with ice cream, a gift from Sheriff Bauman of Heppner. Mr. Wood, master of Olex grange, extended to the friends here, a cor dial invitation to attend the Olex 4-H Calf club annual picnic to be held on Rock creek next Sunday. The Cecil hall was the scene of a jolly gathering Saturday night when Willows grangers held their old time fiddlers' contest. There were five contestants, Harry Peter son, Oliver Kincaid, Harry Yarnell, Emmet Botts and Oscar Lundell. Emmet Botts and Oscar Lundell ti ed for first place in the first per formance and were forced to play again, resulting in Emmet Botts being given first place and Oscar Lundell second. The judges were Mr. Spaulding and Mayor Montague of Arlington, Lee Howell, Gladys Drake ad Llnea Troedson of lone. Following the contest an old time dance was enjoyed and supper was served. A capacity house was In attendance. The Masonic brothers entertained the ladies of the Eastern Star and other invited guests Wednesday evening, June 3. The gentlemen were genial hosts and the evening was indeed a pleasant one. Straw berries, ice cream and cake' were served. This is an annual affair. A special meeting of the Ameri can Legion Auxiliary was held at the Blain Blackwell home Tuesday afternoon, June 2. At this time Mrs. Catherine Belcher of The Dal les, state committee woman, paid her official visit. She was accom panied by Mrs.' Esther Kuebel, also of The Dalles. Before coming here the ladies had held a similar meet ing in Condon, nad from lone went to Heppner for an evening meeting. At the close of ah interesting ses sion, Mrs. Blackwell served orange sherbet, wafers and coffee to her guests. George Kitching of Morgan re turned Saturday to his home after a few weeks spent at St Martins Springs, Wash., where he was re ceiving treatment for sciatic rheu matism. He is much improved In health. Banker Reisacker and his wife of Condon were dinner guests Sun day at the Park hotel. Fred Buchanan and Orran Grabil were doing jury duty in Heppner this week. Mrs. Hal O. Ely and Miss Edith Ely returned Sunday morning from Portland. Miss Ely is recovering rapidly from her recent operation. Mr. Ely came home Saturday morn ing. Charley Dane returned to lone Saturday after a week spent In Portland. Mr. and Mrs. T. E. Grabill re turned home Saturday. They had been enjoying a pleasant visit In Baker at the homes of their daugh ters, Mrs. Earl Wright and Mrs. Ed mond Bristow. Mrs. J. W. Howk and son Alan went to Portland last Thursday, re turning Saturday. Francis Ely, Charley O'Conner and John Ray spent last week camping in the mountains up Wil low creek. The boys report a plea sant time. Mrs. Dwlght Misner is in attend ance at the state grange meeting at Medford this week. She left Sun day, making the trip by train. John Botts, who is assisting with the haying at Boardman, spent Sun day with home folks. Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Griffith and four children, Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Howk and son, and Miriam Hale were Sunday dinner guests at the Krebs home at Cecil. A truck driven by Louis Ball col lided with a car driven by Ralph Gibson Sunday on the highway near McNabb warehouse. No one was injured, but both truck and car were badly damaged. Mrs. Henry V, Smouse was hos. tess to the Women's Topic club Sat urday afternoon at her north of lone ranch home. Good Literature was the subject under discussion and an Interesting program was presented. Strawberry shortcake and iced tea were served to the (Continued on Page Six.) Health Work, Fiddlers Contest Talked by Lions Discussion of the benefits of coun ty health nurse work claimed much of the time of the Lions club Mon day. C. W. Smith, county agent, reported much interest In the crow magpie contest and In the old-time fiddlers' contest among people of the outlying districts. Rhea Creek, Willows and Irrigon granges have chosen their representatives for the finals in the fiddlers' contest to be held In Heppner under the sponsor ship of th Lions sometime in the near future. Definite arrangements for this event have not been made, but it is expected that all will be "set" shortly. Lions who expresed themselves in regard to the health nurse work were enthusiastic for Its retention. Numerous incidents of the benefits so far obtained were cited, espe cially in connection with school work. No action was taken In re gard to the matter, but the Lions as active sponsors of the health work and largely instrumental In its resurrection here, feel somewhat keenly about letting it go backward after making such a good start. Next week the club will hold its annual election of officers, nomina tions having been held two weeks ago. Enjoyable Program Held For Joint Womens Meet On last Thursday at 12 o'clock the Woman's club and the Wool Growers auxiliary held their Great er Oregon meeting at the fair pav ilion where they enjoyed a pot luck dinner. The program as announced in last week's issue of this paper was carried out with slight changes, the theme of which was, of course, "a greater Oregon,"' and short talks were delivered as follows: sheep, Mrs. W. P. Mahoney; hogs, Mrs. D. E. Gllman; fruit, Mrs. T. J. Hum phreys; paper and pulp, Mrs. Wal ter Moorej- lumber, Mrs. E. E. Clark; mining ,Mrs. E. W. Gordon; fishing, Mrs. W. J. Beamer; manu facturing, Mrs. J. G. Barratt; work done by T. B. association, Miss Ed ith Stallard; miscellaneous Indus tries, Mrs. Arthur McAtee; grain, Mrs. F. W. Turner; musical num bers were given by Mrs. Walter Moore, Mrs. C. W. Smith, Miss Vir ginia Dix, Mrs. J. O. Turner and the Misses Patricia and Mary Mon- ahan. At this meeting the newly elected president of the Woman's club, Mrs. t. w. Turner, assumed her duties. She announced her program com mittee for the year: Mrs. Bert Ma son, chairman, Mrs. Paul Marble, Mrs. Earl Grodon, Mrs. J. O. Tur ner and Mrs. Glen Jones. The reg ular meetings of the club will be resumed on the second Monday in September. SEVENTEN CENTS. What man will come forward and say he is opposed to paying 17 cents on a thousand dollars of as sessed valuation of his property to support a health nurse who will see that the children are not to go through life with a defect which can be corrected when found in early life, and then turn around and spend five or ten times the am ount for candy, tobacco or some similar luxuries he would be bet ter off without? Sickness is the most expensive business we have to deal with; to economize on pre ventive medicine is proved by stat istics, which will show, is the great est extravagance we know of. What would our children think of us if they were defective and learned when they grew up that their defect could have been corrected to norm al but it was neglected because we were not willing to pay 17 cents for this service, and yet thoughtlessly spend the amount and more every day for smoking tobacco, ice cream, candy, etc. These are questions we must ask ourselves. We often say things and do things when we do not realize how far reaching they may be. When times are hard we must economize, and to prevent sickness is economy in its best form. Morrow County Health Association. 4-H CLUBS riCNIC. One hundred and twelve 4-H club members gathered at the artesian well grounds at the forks of Willow creek for the big picnic held there on Thursday, May 28, under the direction of C. W. Smith, county agent, Mrs. Lucy Rodgers, school superintendent and Miss Edith Stal lard, county nurse, assisted by club leaders. Club demonstrations were put on and a big picnic dinner was enjoyed, the day being a pronounc ed success. On Sunday another picnic was held at the Harry Cool ranch below lone and was attended by 187 club members with their directors. Further demonstration work was put on showing advance ment made by the various clubs during the year. The day was great ly enjoyed by all who attended and the dinner spread was a pronounc ed feature of the occasion. CARD OF THANKS. For the kindly sympathy and generous assistance of friends and neighbors In the loss of husband and father, and the many beautiful floral offerings, we are sincerely grateful. Mrs. Sarah Cook, George Cook. Mrs. T. J. Humphreys departed on Monday for Portland and other points, to spend a few weeks of va cation. She was accompanied by Bud Benton, who was on his way to visit at Salem. LEGION CALLS BOYS FOR BASEBALL NIIVE Lexington Athletic Field Scene of Organization Tomorrow Afternoon. 17 YEARS AGE LIMIT Team to Compete In State Match For Right of National Repre sentation; All Boys Wanted. A call to baseball arms has been issued by the American Legion posts of Heppner and Tone. This call is for the assembling of all youths of Morrow county, under 17 years, to meet on the athletic field of the Lexington public school, Fri day, June 12, at 5 o'clock p. m. At this time the Legion posts will or ganize the Morrow County Ameri can Legion Junior club to represent the county in the 6th district try- outs. The 6th district Is composed of Umatilla, Morrow, Gilliam and Wheeler counties. The Morrow county club will take part in the elimination contests of the district and the district cham pions will then participate in the state elimination contests. The state has been divided Into eight districts. The Oregon champions will then enter the northwest con ference and battle against Wash ington, Idaho and Montana. The winner of this series will then en ter the national finals. According to Commander C. W. Smith of the 6th district, the Mor row county legions expect to put a strong team in the field. "We have some splendid material here in the county," says- Commander Smith, "and we want these boys on hand tomorrow afternoon. Here Is a splendid chance for our boys to do some traveling, have the time of their lives, and give our county a lot of valuable advertising. No lad can participate in these contests , who has reached the age of 17 years on June 30. This rule Is rigidly enforced and we do not want any trouble from over age." The Morrow county posts are sponsoring the club and will lend every possible assistance to the players. The selection of a team will be made tomorrow afternoon, and because of this fact the spon sors are desirous of having an un usually large attendance. Every boy in the county under 17 who thinks he can play baseball is re quested to put in an appearance. Representatives of the Legion posts will be on hand to handle all mat ters of organization and selection of players. Two Morrow Dairy Herds On National Honor Roll For a number of years Fred Reiks, one of the original settlers on the Irrigon project, has been de veloping a dairy herd and has re ceived recognition from the Nation al Dairy association, getting the certificate placing his herd of nine cows on the national honor roll. This certificate is issued upon the herd reaching an average yearly production of 300 pounds of butter fat per cow, and the nine cows of Mr. Rieks averaged 312.2 pounds per head during the past year. Another Morrow county herd to reach this distinction and receive the honor roll certificate was that of Mrs. Harry Cool of lone. Mrs. Cool's herd consists of 15 animals that made an average of 307.1 pounds of butter fat According to C. W. Smith, county agent, both these herds have made a fine show ing and their butter fat production has been profitable to the owners. Thursday morning County Agent Smith received these additional dip loma awards, which are exceptional and add further prestige to the pro ductivity of Morow county dairy herds: C. W. Acock of Irrigon, seven cows with yearly production aver age of 402.8 pounds of butterfat. R. V. Jones, Irrigon, eight cows, yearly production average of 341.9 pounds of butterfat A. E. Porter, Boardman, 26 cows, yearly production average of 308.2 pounds of butterfat. These records are outstanding, especially that made by the Porter herd, because of its size. STEVKNS-MUSGRAVE. Miss Cecile E. Stevens, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Wes Stevens of Hardman, became the bride of El mer E. Musgrave at Portland on June 1. The couple left immediate ly following the ceremony for a honeymoon at Seaside and Willam ette valley points, and after spend ing a week, they arrived at Hard man on Monday on their way to the ranch of Mr. Musgrave, their future home. The bride has been a successful teacher for a number of years, and recently closed her work In the Joseph G. Wilson school at The Dalles. She was a graduate of Heppner high school, class of '19 and then received her teacher train ing at the Bellingham normal of Washington. The bridegroom Is the son of E. E. Musgrave of lower Rhea creek, a respected citizen and successful ranchman of the Hard man community, which joins In wishing the young couple much suc cess and a happy wedded life.