4Mon Oct 09: Conrad & team went to Alansons to get the hay press. They began baling in the P.M. Pearl came home this P.M.
1898 Dec 1-Jan 7, 1899
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Thu Dec 01: S.W. wind all day. The highest tide so far this season. Self & Nettie went to town. A.J. Stacey paid me $50.25 to apply on Eva Reed's mortgage.
Fri Dec 02: Self choring & in the P.M. sharpened posts. 3 1/2 hours on the dyke. Pleasant day & low tides.
Sat Dec 03: Sharpening dyke posts & setting post some in the P.M. Rainy.
Sun Dec 04: Pleasant. At home all day. Alf Stacey here this P.M.
Mon Dec 05: Went to town. Got a sack sugar. Miss Johnson came. [margin: Frosty.]
Tue Dec 06: Went to town to get the stove fixed. Nettie went too. Elmer here this eve.
Wed Dec 07: Setting up the stove & helped drive posts & work on the dyke. Elmer covering cabbage. [margin: Frosty.]
Thu Dec 08: Went to the station & sent for Lee's Roerio Horn. Raised up the door to the old barn in the eve. Our papers, &c by Mendenhall also the F&F x W.H.G. [margin: Frost]
Fri Dec 09: Elmer went home the A.M. Finished his cabbage yesterday. Self choring & in the P.M. put dirt on the dam by the hay barn with old Nell & the sled. Social in B.V. to night. [margin: Frost 32°]
Sat Dec 10: Pleasant & clear. Choring & in the P.M. went to the hay barn dam & hauled dirt - three hours. The girls went to town. [margin: Frost 23°]
Sun Dec 11: At home all day. Clear & pleasant. Went to church in the eve. Miss Blood spoke for the children society. [margin: Frost 22°]
Mon Dec 12: Clear & pleasant. Lee & self killed a pig a piece. [margin: Frost 26°]
Tue Dec 13: Self put posts under the hay shed & then went to town clowdy. Got an order for Pearl's ticket. Mr & Mrs Daniel was here. [margin: 23°]
Wed Dec 14: Warmer. Started for Seattle with Pearl via Mt. Vernon. Staid all night with the McGinnises. [margin: Little rain.]
4Thu Dec 15: Was in Seattle all day. Pearl started east at 4 P.M. Went to Mr Palmers for tea and staid at the Dillers all night.
Fri Dec 16: Came home on the Gt. Northern via Burlington & walked home. [margin: Rain A.M.]
Sat Dec 17: In the A.M. cut up & salted the pig & in the P.M. Grant & self went to town.
Sun Dec 18: Staid at home all day. Clowdy & windy.
Mon Dec 19: Doing chores & fixed the walk by the old house.
Tue Dec 20: Done the chores & went down to help move the scow & drive posts 2 1/2 hours. [margin: Warm.]
Wed Dec 21: Went to Bay view in the P.M. with Nettie. Not doing much but chores.
Thu Dec 22: Went to LaConner. Clear & pleasant.
Fri Dec 23: Cutting & splitting wood & went down to drive a few posts by Lee's warehouse. [margin: Frost.]
Sat Dec 24: Warm & pleasant. Christmas tree in B.V. tonight. Elmer here & the young folks went to the tree.
Sun Dec 25: Very quiet Christmas. Elmer here to dinner. Ida sat at the table today for dinner for the first time in 16 months. [margin: Warm.]
4Mon Dec 26: Done the chores & finished Elmer's trough. Put the horses up for the first time tonight. Heard from Geo & Nettie that Pearl got through all right.
Tue Dec 27: Still warm & springy. Nettie start for Fairhaven this A.M.
Wed Dec 28: Doing chores and not much else. Ida poorly to day.
Thu Dec 29: Stormy day. Elmer here with some lumber for a pump.
Fri Dec 30: Made a pump for Elmer & done the chores.
Sat Dec 31: Snowing most of the day. Done the chores.
January 1899
Sun Jan 01: Snow all night & some to day. The steamer LaConner here for Ball's & Massey's hay.
Mon Jan 02: Snow again most all night. About 10 inches now deep. Arlie & Edna Whitney here today most of the day.
Tue Jan 03: Clear & cold all day. Good sleighing. Self not using it any. Elmer down after his sled. [margin: Mercury 13°]
Wed Jan 04: Clear & cold. Lee took the Whitney girls to Anacortes. Fine sleighing. [margin: Mercury at 10°]
4Thu Jan 05: Nettie came home this A.M. via Anacortes. Self went to town with the bobsled in the P.M. Rec'd a letter from Pearl. [margin: Mer at 26.]
Fri Jan 06: Choring & not much else. Slaying good as ever. [margin: 26°: cold.]
Sat Jan 07: At home all day -- Frank Whites folks here in the P.M. & all night. Warmer at night. [margin: Cold 23°]
1899 Jan 8-Feb 13
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Sun Jan 08: Warmer & the snow going off fast. Franks folks went home at 3 P.M.
Mon Jan 09: Raining some to day and the snow nearly gone. Doing chores, &c.
Tue Jan 10: Snow gone. Doing chores & made a seat for the bay window. [margin: Warm]
Wed Jan 11: Warm. Doing chores &c and went to town with Nettie. "City of Denver" after Ball's oats.
Thu Jan 12: All same yesterday. Mr Denney buried today. Nettie & self went to Bay View in the P.M. & lost Waggles.
Fri Jan 13: Strong south E. wind all day. Sawing wood & doing chores. Lee went to Seattle.
Sat Jan 14: Windy all last night. Self at home all day doing chores. Nettie & Grant went to B.V. & got the dog. Elmer here this eve and staid all night. [margin: Rain most all night.]
Sun Jan 15: Highest tide of the season this A.M. and about 6 inches (short of the big tide of '95) most of the day. [margin: Rain]
Tue Jan 17: Doing chores & smoking meat. Went to the station in the P.M. Rainy.
Wed Jan 18: Clowdy & warm Chinook weather. Self fixing horse stalls in the A.M. In the P.M. hauling manure on the asparagus.
Thu Jan 19: Cleaned out the chicken house & done the other chores. Wrote to A. & Z. about selling hay on Com.
Fri Jan 20: Rainy day. Cut slats for binder drapes &c.
Sat Jan 21: Terrible wind all day. Not doing much but chores.
Sun Jan 22: Went to church with Nettie. Mr Daniel preached. Maud Barr up here in the eve & P.M.
Mon Jan 23: Weather warm & wet. Self making fence along the calf pasture. No inquiry for hay yet and none sold to speak of, of the crop of '98. Oats worth $22.00 per ton. It look as if we were going to have an early spring.
Tue Jan 24: Rainy day. The Flour Receiver came to day.
Wed Jan 25: Pleasant day. Looking for a steamer for the hay. Zerwekh has offered to sell mine on consignment for $1.00 per ton to have it in case of fire. Went out to the steamer Lake in the P.M. with Grant's boat. [margin: Warm clowdy weather.]
Thu Jan 26: The steamer Lake here for Zerwekh's hay. Loading hay -- Sorenson & Lee helping. Finished at 3 P.M. 58 tons @ 7.00
Fri Jan 27: Went to town to get Nell shod. Nothing encouraging about selling hay. [margin: Rain some.]
Sat Jan 28: Bessner here to settle up threshing bill.
Sun Jan 29: Stormy day in the P.M. Did not go to church.
Mon Jan 30: Pleasant part of the day & rain in the P.M. Otto Kalso here to see about school.
Tue Jan 31: Stormy again. doing chores and cleaned out the old house. Wrote to George.
February 1899
Wed Feb 01: Cold again and an inch of snow last night. [margin: Mercury at 20°]
Thu Feb 02: Mercury at 12° Clear & cold all day. Done chores & made a drag to know down stubble.
Fri Feb 03: Mercury at 10°. Spent the day dragging the meadow to break down stubble but it did not do any good work. Coldest day of the season. Mercury at 12 at 8 P.M.
Sat Feb 04: Mercury at 12° but clowdy & looks like a change some. Doing nothing but chores.
Sun Feb 05: Mercury at 14° -- Clear & pleasant. Mr Anderson here.
Mon Feb 06: Mercury at 20°. Snowed in the P.M. Self went over to Axel's & worked with Williamson on the tank. Got the bottom nearly on. Disagreeable day to work.
Tue Feb 07: Snowed all last night about ten inches deep this A.M. Mercury at 30° in the A.M. Conrad came over to day.
Wed Feb 08: Warmer. Conrad Axelson began work to day. Hauling manure with team & sled. Self & Nettie went to B.V. in the P.M.
Thu Feb 09: Rainy. Conrad washing & oiling harnesses.
Fri Feb 10: Conrad oiling & washing harness. Self & Nettie went to town. [margin: Rainy A.M.]
Sat Feb 11: Conrad oiling harness. Self & Williamson calking Axel's tank. [margin: Frost 28°]
Sun Feb 12: Self & Nettie went to Bay View to church.
Mon Feb 13: Self & Conrad went down to turn over Axels tank. Conrad & Annie went to town to get teeth pulled.
1899 Feb 14-Mar 14
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Tue Feb 14: Conrad oiling harness in the A.M. & self fixing up fanning mill. In the P.M. Elmer came and we all fanned oats. Dickey's men here & hauled two loads of hay.
Wed Feb 15: Fanning oats finished my seed at noon & began on Elmers. Dickie got another load of hay. Elmer & Nettie & Grant went to the lecture at B.V. [margin: Stormy.]
Thu Feb 16: Finished Elmer's oats & began on the screenings. Got 60 sacks out of them. Rain all day and about all night.
Fri Feb 17: Finished the screenings & in the P.M. went to Mount Vernon with Tholstrup to pay taxes. Ground full of water & roads bad. Conrad & Nettie went to B.V. to get the machine & the plows.
Sat Feb 18: Stormy day. Not doing much but chores. Took the roller up to the barn & took it apart. Put ten sacks feed oats in the bin. Annie went to Dalsteads. [margin: 8 pigs hatched?]
Sun Feb 19: At home all day. Clowdy & cool.
Mon Feb 20: Began breaking sod. Conrad driving. Self & Nettie went to town & sold my oats at $22.00. Bot a carpet for the parlor.
Tue Feb 21: Conrad breaking sod. Self fixing up breaking plow and began on the pasture in the P.M. Pleasant.
Wed Feb 22: Breaking with two teams. Land in good shape. Went to the station to telephone Zewerkh about hay.
Thu Feb 23: Rainy 1/2. Self not doing much but visit & fool with carpet. Grandma, Mrs Scott & Mr OLaughlin here. Conrad plowing in the P.M.
Fri Feb 24: Rainy day. Self fixing roller & helping Nettie some. Conrad doing chores and not much else.
Sat Feb 25: Plowing sod with two teams. Conrad took a load of manure up to Mendenhall for a hot bed.
Sun Feb 26: Stormy most of the day. Self went to church on foot. Mr Stearns pretty sick now. Geo Esary got hurt last Fri.
Mon Feb 27: Very windy to day & all last night. Plowing to day. Conrad also. He finished the piece by the hay barn.
Tue Feb 28: The steamer Rustler? here for the oats. Loaded the oats 400 sks at 22.50 & put down carpet in the A.M. & in the P.M. Conrad plowed & self hung window shades. Muncy had a calf. [margin: Rain last night.]
March 1899
Wed Mar 01: Stormy part of the day. Plowing with two teams across the road.
Thu Mar 02: Conrad went to town to get his tooth fixed & plowed in the P.M. Self all day.
Fri Mar 03: Plowing with two teams. Shower in the P.M. Cold disagreeable weather. Elmer here in the P.M.
Sat Mar 04: Clowdy but not much rain. Plowing all day with two teams.
Sun Mar 05: Pleasant & warmer. Nettie & self went to church. Elmer here in the P.M.
Mon Mar 06: Conrad had to go to town in the A.M. for his tooth & plowed in the P.M. Self plowed all day in the P.M. tried the stubble but foud it too wet. Elmer here & brot the harrow from town also Ida's couch.
Tue Mar 07: Strong wind & a small shower. C. plowing. Self hoing in the A.M. & went to town in the P.M.
Wed Mar 08: Self plowing in the A.M. & rollng sod in the P.M. C. plowing with two horses in the A.M. & with the breaker in the P.M. Plowing 21 days to date.
Thu Mar 09: Conrad breaking. Self fixing up harrow & whiffletrees for it and was up to Kalso's. Stubble too wet to plow yet. [margin: Rainy.]
Fri Mar 10: Conrad plowing sod. Self choring & fixing up roller for three horses. Everybody breaking sod. [margin: Weather looks bad.]
Sat Mar 11: Conrad plowing self rolling sod in the A.M. Shower at noon. Both plowing some in the P.M. Frank White after Lee's plow.
Sun Mar 12: Stormy part of the day. Did not go to church.
Mon Mar 13: Rain most all last night. Conrad hauling wood from Willards. 6 cords. Ed Stacey here.
Tue Mar 14: Conrad cleaning out ditches. Self helping in the A.M. & went to B.View in the P.M. Mr & Mrs Gaches here.
1899 Mar 15-Apr 9
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Wed Mar 15: Conrad working on the road with team hauling gravel. Self choring and went down & took the water out of the scow. [margin: Fine frosty weather.]
Thu Mar 16: Conrad began with disk harrow & four horses. Pleasant. Self rolling in the P.M. [margin: Frost.]
Fri Mar 17: Conrad disk harrowing. Self plowing head lands and rolling sod. Land drying fast. Mr Willard was here to day & paid the Soderburg mortgage & I took it to the station so send to Soderburg. The roads drying up fine. Ball plowwing stubble for the first. Mine is pretty wet yet, the sod is in fine order. Oats worth 25.00 per ton now. [margin: Frost.]
Sat Mar 18: Fine day. Conrad disk harrowing. Self rolling sod finished. The road fine & land in fine order to sow.
Sun Mar 19: The steamer Lake here for hay. She took 58 tons. Rain some this A.M.
Mon Mar 20: Snow last night & to day. Farming at a standstill. Conrad & self went down to ditch but had to quit for snow. Ditching in the P.M.
Tue Mar 21: Ditching & covering ditch in the A.M. and in P.M. self went to town. Conrad covering ditch. [margin: Cold.]
Wed Mar 22: Ditching some. Self went to Bay View in the P.M. Snow this A.M. ???tis weather to do anything.
Thu Mar 23: Conrad & self loading Conner's hay this A.M. In the P.M. Conrad took a load of hay to B.V. for Smith & Brighton. Miss Burdon & Edna W. here. Blanche White here last night & this A.M. Geo Jenne here to dinner. [margin: Cold raw weather.]
Fri Mar 24: Conrad disk harrowing. Self went to town with hay for Gaches. Got timothy seed. Case tomatos & sack beans. Went to the Concert in the eve. [margin: Clear & cool.]
Sat Mar 25: Conrad disk harrowing. Self plowing. Grandma came home with Mr Chilberg. Land pretty wet to plow yet. [margin: Frost 26°]
Sun Mar 26: Went to B.V. to church. Conrad & Annie went to the Ridge to church. Pleasant day. [margin: Frost 30°]
Mon Mar 27: Conrad disk harrowing. Self plowing. Warmer. Land pretty wet yet to plow.
Tue Mar 28: Plowing and disk harrowing. Self took a load of manure up to Mendenhalls & got a sack of E. Rose potatos. Fine weather.
Wed Mar 29: Plowing & harrowing(disk). Warm & pleasant. Nettie went to LaC. on her wheel. Mrs Carter came home with her. Land in fair order to plow, but none too dry.
Thu Mar 30: Self plowing. Conrad harrowing. Pleasant. Mrs Carter here.
Fri Mar 31: Self plowing. Conrad finish the sod at noon. In the P.M. he cut up the sod for a strawberry patch & began plowing.
April 1899
Sat Apr 01: Plowing with two teams down near the Purdy ranch. Land hard & stiff and full of blue grass. Self have a bad cold. Threatened rain all the P.M. Grant went to town & got some strawberry plants.
Sun Apr 02: Easter Sunday. Nettie & Grant went to B.V. to Sunday school exercises. Woodburns folks here in the P.M.
Mon Apr 03: Plowing with two team on east end of "the 80" showery. 15 acres left to plow to night. Finished setting the strawberries 300 hills. Sold all but 2 pigs at 1.30. Land generally in good shape to plow.
Tue Apr 04: Elmer here & got 3 sks oats. Plowing with two teams. Fine weather. Self went to B.V. in the eve.
Wed Apr 05: Plowng with two teams. Conrad went to town in the P.M. for his tooth. Grant plowing in his place. Finished all but the hay barn piece.
Thu Apr 06: Conrad disk harrowing down by Purdy ranch. Self plowing. Planted onion, lettuce & beets. [margin: Callahan sowing.]
Fri Apr 07: Conrad harrowing with the disk harrow. (stubble) Self plowing in the A.M. & rolling stubble in the P.M. Fine dry weather. [margin: Byron seeding.]
Sat Apr 08: Conrad rough harrowing. Self finished plowing. Plowed headlands in the P.M. Dickey got 2 tons more hay.
Sun Apr 09: Rain last night & some to day. Mr Stearns died this A.M. Nettie & self went to B.V. in the eve, but there was no church.
1899 Apr 10-May 5
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Mon Apr 10: Stormy A.M. Went to the funeral in the P.M. Mr Abbott was here to supper & I took him to LaConner in the eve. Still bad weather.
Tue Apr 11: Raining again this A.M. This revokes(?) seeding out for this week. Stormy most all day land very wet.
Wed Apr 12: Conrad ditching. Self went to town in the P.M. No rain to day but very cold west wind.
Thu Apr 13:Rainy day not doing much of anything Ditching some and in the P.M. Conrad hauled 4 cords wood. Self went to the station.
Fri Apr 14: Conrad hauling out stack bottom. Fine weather. Self planted potato, turnips & spinach. Isaacson finished seeding Byron's sod land. D. Peth's baby died last night.
Sat Apr 15: In the A.M. self & Conrad hauling out straw stack bottom. Conrad hauling harrowing in the P.M. Finished rough harrowing. Self seeding the Miller ranch. Rain in the eve.
Sun Apr 16: Cold & windy. Went to Dick Peth's babies funeral at 11 A.M. Mr Daniel preached.
Mon Apr 17: Cold & clowdy. Self & Conrad harrowing in oats in the A.M. & seeding the lot by the stack in P.M. The deputy assessor here this P.M.
Tue Apr 18: Conrad disk harrowing in the A.M. & smooth harrowing in the P.M. Self rolling in the P.M. Cold but no rain.
Wed Apr 19: Cool & clowdy in the A.M. & raining in he P.M. Seeding & harrowing across the road in the A.M. Mrs Elliott went to Seattle for an operation Monday, had it yesterday & died. The body was brot home to day. Not doing much in the P.M. [margin: Cold backward spring 24 acres seeded.]
Thu Apr 20: Seeding in the A.M. & Conrad harrowing. In the P.M. went to Mrs Elliotts funeral. Mr Abbott preached. He was here to supper & dinner & started for Anacortes.
Fri Apr 21: Seeding finished the sod. 47 acres. Mr Wrights folks came this A.M. on the train. Still cold & disagreeable.
Sat Apr 22: Cold north wind all day. Conrad harrowing with disk. Self rolling with A.M. & went to town in the P.M. Mr Wright also.
Sun Apr 23: Mr Wrights folks here in the A.M. Self & Nettie went to church morning & eve. Mr Wright preached. Dry weather but cool. Ida sick abed.
Mon Apr 24: Conrad disk harrowing. Self seeding in the P.M. Grant harrowing in the A.M. Wrights here yet. [margin: Very dry wind.]
Tue Apr 25: Seeding & disk harrowing. 70 acres seeded to night. Wrights went home. Mrs Daniel here. Ida in bed yet.
Wed Apr 26: Conrad disk harrowing 1/2 finished -- Dragging in the P.M. Self harrowing all day on sod.
Thu Apr 27: Hard hail & rain this A.M. Conrad hauling manure in the A.M. Self choring. In the P.M. self seeding C harrowing.
Fri Apr 28: Finished seeding at noon 86 acres. C. harrowing all day. Grant & self rolling in the P.M. This has been one of the coldest Aprils on record. It takes oats over two week to come up. [margin: Bal on Dickeys hay 8.5 21.95. Creighton 950 32.5]
Sat Apr 29: Rainy most of the day. In the A.M. self & Conrad took a load of hay and a load of oats to T. Esary & his team came & got two loads also. Mr McKenna here in the P.M.
Sun Apr 30: At home, but going to the station. Pleasant in the P.M. [margin: Rainy A.M. Cold.]
May 1899
Mon May 01: Elmer here this A.M. for this oats. Conrad mending sacks. In the P.M. self rolling C harrowing. [margin: Rainy A.M.]
Tue May 02: Conrad harrowing. Self not doing much in the A.M. & went to town in the P.M. Mr. Hazen sowing grass seed in the P.M. Whitney piece. [margin: Cold.]
Wed May 03: Conrad harrowing finished. Self rilling in the A.M. & Grant in the P.M. Self went to B.V. in the P.M. Mr Allen here & staid all night last night. [margin: Warm & pleasant.]
Thu May 04: Conrad finished harrowing rolling. Grant & self planting garden & in the P.M. went to LaConner & got the buggie & took 2500 lbs hay to Gaches.
Fri May 05: Took the balance of Dickeys ten tons hay. Rain A.M. Conrad rolling. 3 hours in the P.M. Frank Wright here this eve. Self painting kitchen.
1899 May 6-May 31
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Sat May 06: Self clothing(?) and planting lettuce. Conrad rolling. Pleasant. Ida still poorly.
Sun May 07: Mr. Abbott here. Went to B.V. in the P.M. to preaching by Mr Abbott. Pleasant & quite warm.
Mon May 08: Hoing in the A.M. Conrad choring in the A.M. & rolling in the P.M. & finished. Self went to view the Donny Road & then to LaConner. Settled for the buggie & Nettie's wheel. Mr & Mrs McGinnis.
Tue May 09: Went again to view the road. Took dinner with Elmer & then went to Gordon's to see the new mill & see about getting lumber. Conrad setting fence posts in the Whitney field.
Wed May 10: Fixing the Whitney field fence. Stormy most of the day. Put the stock in the Whitney field meadow. Conrad washing wagons in the P.M.
Thu May 11: Conrad put sod on the dyke on John Ball line fence. Self & McGinnis down to look at the dyke & in the P.M. was up to Dickey's logging camp.
Fri May 12: Conrad same as yesterday. Self & McGinnis folks went to Anacortes & Frank White's. Cold west wind.
Sat May 13: Conrad topping out dyke near Purdy warehouse. In the P.M. went to LaConner. Self went to Mrs Scott's with McGinnis then took them to LaConner on their way home. Saw a wheel race & ball game. Cold north wind all day.
Sun May 14: Went to church morning & eve. Pleasant.
Mon May 15: Conrad fixing the dyke in the A.M. & hauling dirt in the Olsen road in the P.M. Self planted garden & send to Esary's camp. Planted corn & squashes. [margin: Rain in the eve.]
Tue May 16: Rained all last night and part of the day. Cold every body looking for a prospect(?).
Wed May 17: Conrad & Grant cutting thistles. Self went up to see Ball's Fredonia dyke. Elmer here this eve.
Thu May 18: Conrad fixing dyke in the A.M. Self & Elmer a B.V. in the A.M. In the P.M. Conrad & self went to Whitney Island for road plank. [margin: Rainy some.]
Fri May 19: Rain again last night. Conrad finished hauling plank & work on the dyke in the P.M. Self went to town with Grandma. F. Wright here.
Sat May 20: Conrad hauling hay to Esary's. Two loads. Self went to town in the P.M.
Sun May 21: Pleasant. Frank White's folks here.
Mon May 22: Conrad hauling hay. Two loads to Esary's. Self made shakes some & went to B.V. to get a tire for Grant's wheel. Pleasant.
Tue May 23: Conrad hauled a load of hay to Esary's & 4 loads to Creighton. He has had 1950 lbs now that is not paid for. Warm part of the day with south wind. Self making shakes and sent some rhubarb to Jesse Francis. [margin: Mercury up to 70° at noon.]
Wed May 24: Rain again last night & today cool & cloudy. Conrad hauling dirt in the Olsen Road. Self & Grant making foundation & floor for a cow stable. The queen is 80 years to day.
Thu May 25: Rainy A.M. In the P.M. C & self working on the dyke by the hay barn. Taking sod from the inside.
Fri May 26: Conrad hauled a load of gravel in the A.M. & worked on the dyke in the P.M. by the big dam. Self was up to Fredonia. Ball has done nothing to his dyke yet to speak of. He can work better when he sees the water coming. [margin: Misty all the A.M.]
Sat May 27: Conrad working on the dyke in the A.M. & working for Lee in the P.M. Self went to LaC to complete the Donny road view. [margin: Pleasant by cool.]
Sun May 28: Self went Memorial meeting in LaConner. Rev. Nelson preach a good sermon the 1st Samuel 18 ch & 5 verse. Pleasant most of the day.
Mon May 29: Riny morning & evening & cool. Self painting the porch kitchen. This May is a record breaker for cold & wet. Conrad cutting thistles in the A.M. & helping Lee in the P.M. [margin: Rain in the eve.]
Tue May 30: Rainy A.M. & clowdy all day. Cold also. Went to Decoration services at Pleasant Ridge. Grant & self in town in the P.M. & got him a suit of clothes. Took dinner at Mr. Baileys. Conrad rolling the meadow.
Wed May 31: Grant went to LaC to get teeth fixed. Conrad working on the road with team. Self went to Bayview. In the P.M. was down to Mrs Crumrines hay barn. [margin: Sprinkling some all day.]
1899 Jun 1-23
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June 1899
Thu Jun 01: Sprinkling rain most of the day. Conrad working on the road with team. Self choring.
Fri Jun 02: Warmer. C. on the road 1/2 and hauled 6285 lbs hay to Dickey in the P.M. Fine day for oats to grow. Self planted some turnips, peas & beans.
Sat Jun 03: Conrad working on the road in the A.M. Not working in the P.M. Self went to Anacortes. Grant also and went to the school exercises. [margin: Cool]
Sun Jun 04: Clowdy & cool. Went to the catholic church dedication in the A.M. Grant not home yet. Strong west wind this eve.
Mon Jun 05: Pleasant again. Oats looking well much better than last year at this time. Conrad fixing fence in the A.M. & hauling dirt in the Olsen road in the P.M.
Tue Jun 06: In the A.M. Conrad & self hauled a load of brush for the dyke & Conrad worked on the ditch by sluice box in the P.M.
Wed Jun 07: Annie Johnson quit. Conrad on the dyke ditch in the A.M. & hauled a load of lumber from Jacobs mill in the P.M. Self cultivating garden & went to the mill in the P.M. Skagit not very high yet. [margin: Fine farming weather.]
Thu Jun 08: Conrad went to work for Axel. Self & Grant working on the cow shed. [margin: Warm]
Fri Jun 09: C. away yet -- Self & Grant working on shed. Ida went out for buggie ride. The 2nd time in seven months. Mrs. Carter & Mrs Alverson here to tea.
Sat Jun 10: Rainy most of the day. Went to school meeting in the P.M. & was elected school director for three years. C. at Axels yet.
Sun Jun 11: Clowdy & showery & cold. Nettie & self went to quarterly meeting at B.V. Mr Massey preached.
Mon Jun 12: Still rainy & clowdy. Setting cabbage plants & choring. Conrad at Axels.
Tue Jun 13: Conrad home to work on the road but Tholstrup not ready. He worked on the dyke ditch by sluice box. Self & Grant working on the cow shed & put the wagon.
Wed Jun 14: Ida 42. Self went to town and out in the Beaver Marsh. Fine weather. Conrad went to town for lumber & in the P.M. on dyke ditch.
Thu Jun 15: Self & Conrad putting lumber on the hay barn & down to the dyke in the P.M. Georgia Carter here & gave Grant a music lesson. Grant started for the circus via Anacortes.
Fri Jun 16: Conrad went to the Olympia Marsh for lumber and took Nettie to the Samish in the P.M. & went to town to get his hair cur. Self went to hunt a girl & broke my wheel. Staid to town until eve & went to the show.
Sat Jun 17: Nettie & Grant & Conrad all gone to circus. Self choring & working in the garden. Sold the hull? & my dictionary to latter to Otto Kalso. Subscribed for the new Century dictionary & Cycolpedia yesterday for which I am to pay $88 & 5.00 for the case to be paid in installments of $5.00 per month. Went to Durants(?) Tuccuan(?) social in the eve.
Sun Jun 18: Oats looking fair & the old meadow avg looking. Went to church at B.V. The Bay View granary burned up last night. Went to Woodburns in the eve to get Nettie on her return from the circus. Conrad came home also.
Mon Jun 19: C. working on the road. Self hoing garden. Grant came home this eve.
Tue Jun 20: C. on the road with team. Self & Grant working on the hay barn putting on side boards.
Wed Jun 21: C. on he road 1/2 & pulling weeds 1/2 self making stalls in the new stable. Fine weather. Mrs Carter here to give Grant a lesson in music.
Thu Jun 22: Self working stable making stalls & boxes. Conrad helping Bradley set cabbage plants. [margin: Fine]
Fri Jun 23: Conrad helping Bradley. Self up to Kalso's to see about going to Seattle & Grant & self & Lee & Otto started went to Mt. Vernon & got left there went via Anacortes. [margin: Weather.]
1899 Jun 24-Jul 28
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Sat Jun 24: Self & Grant went to Port Orchard to see the Iowa & to the Christian Endeavor Concert in the eve. [margin: Conrad at road 1/2]
Sun Jun 25: Came from Seattle via Burlington & Woolley & M.V. Rainy most of the day. Mist. Str Lake here this eve and took on the bal of the hay.
Mon Jun 26: Quite a heavy rain this A.M. Conrad working on the road in the P.M. [margin: Rainy A.M.]
Tue Jun 27: C. working on the road. Self & Grant cultivating & hoing garden.
Wed Jun 28: Working on the barn some. C. same as yesterday.
Thu Jun 29: C. on the 1/2 & one load gravel besides(?). Got the horses shod in the A.M. Self over to Pecks in the P.M. to look for a girl.
Fri Jun 30: C. hauling gravel. Self pulling mustard in the A.M.
July 1899
Sat Jul 01: C. hauling gravel. Self hoing potatos & making tank for Elmer. Went to the social in the eve.
Sun Jul 02: Went to church & to singing practice in the P.M. & to League in the eve. Warm & pleasant. Oats looking well.
Mon Jul 03: Conrad hauled gravel in the A.M. & on load after dinner. Rained part of the day. Self worked on tank some & in garden some.
Tue Jul 04: Grant & self went to LaConner. Heavy rain last night & to day which spoiled the celebration. Heard a good speech which was all there was to day by Hismon? W. Craven? of Seattle. Conrad not working.
Wed Jul 05: Fine growing weather. Grass down in bad shape. C. mowed the orchard & wheeled wood in the yard. Martin Tellefson(?) here & said his sister was coming to help us. Mr Wrights folks came this eve.
Thu Jul 06: Conrad not working. Wrights folks. Nettie went to town in the P.M. [margin: Fine day.]
Fri Jul 07: Conrad up at Elmer's. self choring & picking cherries up at Huffs. Wrights' folks went down to Hannah's(?) this A.M.
Sat Jul 08: C. up at Elmer's. Self not doing much. Was up to Peth's in the P.M. to see the well machine but it was not working today.
Sun Jul 09: Went to church morning & evening and to choir practice in the P.M. Mr Wright preached this eve from the Parable of the Wedding Feast.
Mon Jul 10: Conrad hauling gravel. Self picking berries, cutting thistles, &c. Grant went to town to get Mrs Peck. Fine weather. The sod oats too heavy & falling down.
Tue Jul 11: Conrad hauling gravel. Self working in the garden.
Wed Jul 12: Conrad went to help Elmer in the hay.
Thu Jul 13: All went to picknic at Mt Erie.
Fri Jul 14: Conrad went to help Elmer again. Grant picking cherries. Self choring. Miss Tellefson came.
Sat Jul 15: Conrad at Elmer's. Self went to town. [margin: Fine weather.]
Sun Jul 16: Had hymn(?) company. Mr & Mrs Darcy, Frank White, Elmer, Alf Stacey's folks. Went to church in the eve.
Wed Jul 19: Elmer mowing. C. & J. Oldenburg, Axel & Conrad cocking. Self raking & shaking out bunches.
Thu Jul 20: Crew only worked one hour & quit for rain.
Fri Jul 21: Elmer working 1/2. Axel 8 hours. The Oldenburg's & Conrad all day storing wet windrows and cocking. Grant tedding 1/2 Self raking two hours. Have 35 or 40 tons of hay down getting wet. [margin: Rain again this eve.]
Sat Jul 22: Conrad & self fixing fence & taking up wire. In the P.M. C, Elmer & self cocking up some wet hay. No drying weather to day.
Sun Jul 23: A fine day. Went to church morning & evening.
Tue Jul 25: Same as yesterday. Weather fine. Finished mowing across the road & begun on the Whitney piece.
Wed Jul 26: E. mowing. Crew same as 24 & 25th. Finished raking & tedding across the road. John Oldenburg quit tonight. [margin: Fine weather.]
Thu Jul 27: Fine hay day. Axel, Conrad, C. Oldenburg & Hans Jensen cocking. Axel went to town 1/2. Elmer mowing & finished about 4.30. Self & Grant raking & tedding.
Fri Jul 28: Finished raking & tedding hay. Axel, Conrad, Elmer, C. Oldenburg & Hans Jensen shocking hay. Warm. Roy Corho(?) here to night. Ed Stacey got 2 loads hay.
1899 Jul 29-Aug 20
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Sat Jul 29: Light thunder storm this A.M. but not enough rain to stop us putting up hay. Finished cocking up about 11 oclock. Elmer & Conrad went to town this P.M. Axel & Oldenburg home. Grant to Anacortes. Lee hauling in hay today. Self fixing up hay ricks in the P.M. The hay so far has taken 40 days work besides self & Grant. [margin: Mowing this year 7 days, cocking 33]
Sun Jul 30: Self at home all day. Not a good day for drying hay.
Mon Jul 31: Conrad & team helping Axel. Self & Elmer hauling hay to Osborn 3 loads. Olsen hauled three (3), Marihugh (1), Axel(5), Ed Stacey hauled 2 loads last Friday.
August 1899
Tue Aug 01: Hauling hay in the old barn 31 loads. Axel, Hansen, Conrad, Charley Oldenburg, Paulson, Elmer. Grant driving fork team.
Wed Aug 02: Hauling hay with three teams. Crew same as yesterday with Olsen added & Wendell tending gates. Got in 33 loads, 47 in the old barn, 17 in the new, total 64. Total loads out of the field 77.
Thu Aug 03: Hauling hay from Whitney field. 31 loads. 108 total. Total in the open shed to night 48. Crew, Olsen, Peterson, Hans, Axel, Oldenburg, Elmer & Conrad. Grant & self. 95 loads in nine days. The best ever was done on this ranch.
Fri Aug 04: Hauling hay. !5 loads in the open shed making 63 all total. In the P.M. put 11 loads in the stable. Crew, Axel 1/2 Oldenbug, Olsen, Elmer, Polson, Hans, Chris, Polson some for Axel making him 3/4, Conrad.
Sat Aug 05: Elmer & Conrad hauling hay to Esary. 6 loads. Axel hauling also 8 loads.
Sun Aug 06: Pleasant weather but dusty & dry. Went to church in the A.M.
Mon Aug 07: Charley Oldenburg & Conrad hauling hay.
Tue Aug 08: Self helping on Mrs Stearns barn. C. & Charley hauling hay to Esary's. 4 loads & got some post for the road fence. Axel finished his hay.
Wed Aug 09: Rain last night & some to day. Conrad hauling manure. Self went to work on the Stearns barn but had to quit for rain. Worked on Elmer's tank in the P.M. Charley not working.
Thu Aug 10: Conrad hauling manure. Self working on tank 1/2 & on the Stearns barn 1/2. Pleasant today but a hard shower last night. Lee's, Stearn's & Kalso's folks gone camping.
Fri Aug 11: Conrad & C. Oldenburg finished hauling Esary's hay. Got two loads of bark of Marihugh & hauled to loads to Marihugh. Pleasant day.
Sat Aug 12: Conrad & self hauling a load of hay to Millard & a load of bark from Marihughs. Self went to town in the P.M. Gordon's had the wagons & got two loads of hay. Conrad cutting thistles in the P.M.
Sun Aug 13: Went to Sunday school & to church at 3 P.M. Mr Randall preached from Luke 5-5. Mr Jorgenson here with his phonograph this P.M. Rainy eve.
Mon Aug 14: Heavy rain most all last night & to day. Not doing much of anything. Grain in bad shape.
Tue Aug 15: Rain again last night & today. Grain in bad shape and hay about spoiled. Conrad cutting & splitting wood some.
Wed Aug 16: Rain again last night. This is the worst spell we ever saw in August. In the P.M. Conrad & self went up and got the Champion binder bot of Kalso.
Thu Aug 17: Conrad went to help Axel move his binder home. Self went to town & got the twine.
Fri Aug 18: Conrad went to Marihughs for a load of wood & began mowing around the first field of oats in the P.M. Self fixing the drapers & went to B.V. Went to church in the eve. Marihugh had three loads of hay delivered @ $15.00 & hauled one himself 4.00 total. $19.00 I have had three loads of bark & one of wood.
Sat Aug 19: Conrad mowing & binding oats in the P.M. Olive McGinnis came this P.M.
Sun Aug 20: Clowdy & rainy this A.M. Grant & the girls went to church this A.M. Pleasant P.M. Miss Carter here this P.M. Went to Daniels final sermon this evening.
1899 Aug 21-Sep 13 (Duplicate of next)
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Mon Aug 21: It started to rain this A.M. at 4 oclock and kept it up all day. It looks as though it would be impossible to save the oat crop and all the hay that is out will be a total loss.
Tue Aug 22: A mist has been falling all day to day, so that no work of anykind can be done. Everything looks discouraging about having the oat crop. Conrad splitting and cutting wood.
Wed Aug 23: Wet again to day doing nothing of any acct.
Thu Aug 24: Self & Conrad cutting & binding a long the fence. Noon and in the P.M. fixed up the binder & tried to cut some out by the hay barn but it was too green & wet.
Fri Aug 25: Cutting & binding with scythe and in the P.M. Cutting with the binder had pretty good luck. Mr Thompson working in the P.M. Mr Wrights folks here this P.M. & eve, also Georgia Carter & Lee's folks.
Sat Aug 26: Rain again last night. This year does beat the second. Pleasant P.M. Cutting oats one way. Conrad shocking. Mr Wrights folks here. Went to the fair in the eve at B.V.
Sun Aug 27: At home in the A.M. & to LaConner with Mr Wright in the P.M. & eve. Went to Mrs Carters & to the M.E. Church. Lots of people cutting oats. Pleasant.
Mon Aug 28: Cutting oats after 9.30 then P.M. Thompson & C. shocking. Frank Wright began work. Finished the piece by the Purdy Granary.
Tue Aug 29: Cutting oats after 8.30 Thompson & Conrad shocking. Frank & Grant turning grain. Grain very flat but the binder gets it pretty well.
Wed Aug 30: Cutting oats on the piece by the old pasture. Finished. Alf came down with his binder & a man. Thompson, Conrad shocking. Frank turning.
Thu Aug 31: Cutting oats. Af cutting across the road. Self on the Whitney piece. Thompson, Conrad working for me. Alf's man for him Frank turning. All had to quit for rain at a little after four P.M. Hard storm this P.M. Mrs Crumrine & Lucy Risbell here.
September 1899
Fri Sep 01: Conrad & self turning oats in the A.M. & choring. All hands cutting & shocking in the P.M. too wet in the A.M.
Sat Sep 02: Thompson, Conrad, Gregory(?) & Frank shocking. Self & Alf cutting after 9.30. Grain nice & ripe now.
Sun Sep 03: Day most every one cutting oats to day. Alf went home. Miss Tellofson sick.
Mon Sep 04: Cutting oats till three oclock and had to quit for rain. Thompson, Johnson, Gregory(?), Conrad & Frank shocking. Frank turning part of the time. [margin: This season takes the cake.]
Tue Sep 05: Too wet to cut oats. Doing nothing in the A.M. but shocked up the grain that was cut in the P.M. Gregory(?), Frank & Conrad & self turning oats. Thompson & Johnson not here.
Wed Sep 06: Cutting oats 3/4. Pleasant but very heavy dew. Thompson & Gregory(?) 3/4 each. The bal full time. Alf broke his draper & Frank went to town & got a new one.
Thu Sep 07: Finest day of the season, but wet in the A.M. Cutting with two binders after 8.30 A.M. Crew Thompson, Gregory(?), Frank, Conrad, Alf. D.M. Woodbury of Anacortes shot today. Lloyd Mendenhall found.
Fri Sep 08: Looks like rain again. Cutting with two binders after 9 A.M. Crew same as yesterday. Finished all but about two acres or so.
Sat Sep 09: Loaded up Alfs binder & then finished cutting oats. Thompson 3/4, Frank Wright 1/2 , Gregory(?) 1 day, Conrad went to town in the P.M. & got the sacks. Self went up on wheel. [margin: Fine weather.]
Sun Sep 10: Stearns, Bradley, Mowry, Ball cutting yet. [margin: Fine day.]
Mon Sep 11: Byron threshing. Conrad & Gregory & teams with the machine (Maloy's). Self looking for a machine & engaged Ovenells.
Tue Sep 12: The men & teams at Kalso's. Self making horse stalls and went to Frank Whites. Mr Woodbury buried. [margin: Fine weather.]
Wed Sep 13: Went to Franks & up to Callahan's to see machine. the men & teams at Kalsos till 4 P.M. then hauled two loads of straw.
1899 Sep 14-Oct 12
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Thu Sep 14: The men & teams helping Byron 3/4 haul sax. Self went to LaConner to Fred Egbers(?). The men went to move the machine in the eve. A.G.T(?) here 6.30. Frank White came to do the cooking. [margin: Fine weather.]
Fri Sep 15: Threshing about 950 sks. Had Stouda's & McFarlands, Kalso's on sacks (Bradley 2) Mrs Whitneys & Callahans teams & Mr Williamson in the granary.
Sat Sep 16: Threshing. Have 1850 sks out. Stouda's team not here. Finished across the road and began on this side at 3.30.
Sun Sep 17: Threshing finished at 4 P.M. 2630 sks all told and about 50 screenings. Mr Hayton & Mrs Campbelll here. Weather fine. Grain is all hauled in and in good shape.
Mon Sep 18: The men & teams at Bradleys. Weather fine. Self went & took Frank White home. Sold 1000 sks at $20.
Tue Sep 19: Threshing at Bradleys. Fine weather. Self went to town and on to Lee. Elmer, two men & two teams at Bradleys.
Wed Sep 20: Men & teams at Bradleys. He finished & had 2900 sks. Self loaded steamer 1000 sks weight 107 lbs per sk. This make the crop out to 283560 lbs or 8860 bushels of 32 lbs or 103 bu per acre. [margin: Threshing bill $156.34.]
Thu Sep 21: Conrad not threshing to day. Hauled screenings & choring in the A.M. To town in the P.M. Self also. Gregory(?) at McFarlands not working for me.
Fri Sep 22: Self & Conrad setting fence posts out in the road.
Sat Sep 23: Conrad & team at Olsens. Self setting posts and in the P.M. went to the Beaver Marsh to see about a hay press. Still good threshing weather.
Sun Sep 24: At home all day -- except to take Ida out riding in the P.M. All machines threshing. Conrad at Olsen's & Callahan's.
Mon Sep 25: Still fine weather. Conrad at Callahan's 3/4 day. Self went to town got dft. cashed & paid up store bill and bot a dft for Geo Sisson of 595. Worked on road fence some in the P.M.
Tue Sep 26: Conrad working at home and road fence & digging potatos. Self not doing much. Was up to Abbotts & Jennes. In the P.M. at the machine.
Wed Sep 27: Conrad & team went to Abbott's to thresh. Self went to Bay View in the A.M. Clarence Marihugh had Charley & Prince.yesterday. [margin: Fine weather.]
Thu Sep 28: Conrad digging potatos in the A.M. Self & C. went to town in the P.M. & got stove, baling wire, sugar & flour & matress. [margin: Fine day.]
Fri Sep 29: Conrad digging potatos. Self putting up stove, changing beds, &c. It rained and stopped threshing to day at 11 P.M. All done in the vicinity except Ball & Stearns.
Sat Sep 30: Stormy most of the day. Conrad finished digging potatos. Self fixed up the celery & made some horses for the croquet board. Pretty heavy rain last night.
October 1899
Sun Oct 01: Pleasant. Went to B.V. & to Esarys in the P.M. Mr Elliott very sick from rupture troubles.
Mon Oct 02: Conrad went to drive team for Axel. Self not doing much. Was up to Staceys in the P.M.
Tue Oct 03: Went to B.V. in the A.M. & to LaConner in the P.M. Fine weather. Elliott no better. Conrad hauling wood in P.M. [margin: C. at Axels in the A.M.]
Wed Oct 04: Hauling straw in the A.M. 2 hours on dyke. Miss Green(?) & sister here. Self went out Buggie riding in the P.M. Conrad hauling wood in the P.M. Mr Elliott died this A.M.
Thu Oct 05: Conrad & self hauling straw in the P.M. & I went to the funeral in the P.M. Conrad went to LaConner with the women. Mr Abbott here to dinner. Mr Judah Wells died.
Fri Oct 06: Conrad helping wash 1/2 hauled a load of straw 1/2 & helping Osborn 1/2 with team. Self helped haul straw & choring & up to see Willard & Kalso.
Sat Oct 07: Conrad helping Osborn 1/2 & hauled a load of wood. Self went to town.
Sun Oct 08: Self went to town to the Baptist church. Pleasant but windy.
4Mon Oct 09: Conrad & team went to Alansons to get the hay press. They began baling in the P.M. Pearl came home this P.M.
Tue Oct 10: Baling hay.
Wed Oct 11: Baling hay. Bojardus offered $8.00 for a boat load.
Thu Oct 12: Baling hay. Finished the shed about 69 tons. Have ober 80 out to night. Fine weather. First frost to kill squash vines.
1899 Oct 13-Nov 7 (Duplicate of next)
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Fri Oct 13: Light frost. Baling hay. The press broke down at 2.30 and had to quit with about 20 tons to bale yet. Fine weather.
Sat Oct 14: Barr's folks have the team & wagon to day to go to Whatcom. Conrad hauling wood. Self choring & went to road election in the P.M. No hay press men here. Otto K. elected. [margin: Frost 29]
Sun Oct 15: Rainy day. Spent the day at home reading &c.
Mon Oct 16: Rainy 1/2 Baling hay in the P.M. Conrad pitching. Self storing bales.
Tue Oct 17: Baling hay finished (Rainy P.M.) at noon. Conrad driving team in the A.M. Self storing bales. Conrad helping move hay press & went to Bay View in the P.M.
Wed Oct 18: Self & C. set out strawberries in the A.M. & in the P.M. Conrad hauled a load of dyke posts from Willards. Self went to Bay View. Massey baling hay. [margin: Rain all last night and some this eve.]
Thu Oct 19: Stormy some. Conrad hauling dyke posts.
Fri Oct 20: Conrad hauling dyke posts. Self fixed cow stantions & went to Mount Vernon then to Avon & so on to Anacortes where I took the Bay City for Seattle. Conrad hauled posts & took Grandma to LaConner. [margin: Stormy.]
Sat Oct 21: Conrad not doing much but chores. Self in Seattle at Mr McGinnis'. Went to the Expedition & Hibernians meeting at night. [margin: Pleasant day.]
Sun Oct 22: Mrs Wilkie died. In Seattle went to meeting three time & heard three women preach & took steamer "State of Washington" for Anacortes at 10 P.M.
Mon Oct 23: Arrived from Seattle at 9 A.M. Then went to LaConner, Pearl also. Mrs Wilkie buried in the P.M. Mr Abbott preached. Conrad hauling gravel on the road by Herff's(?) till 4 P.M.
Tue Oct 24: Self & Conrad grading down ditch bank. Self sharpened 50 dyke posts in the P.M. Sold 40 tons hay to James Izot at 9.00 per ton. [margin: Rainy A.M.]
Wed Oct 25: Self & Conrad moving fence in the A.M. Steamer here for Lee's old hay price $6.75. [margin: Rainy P.M.]
Thu Oct 26: Self & Conrad moving & making fence part of the day. The hay press at Lee's. [margin: Stormy.]
Fri Oct 27: Clowdy & misty. Conrad filling posts holes, ditching & in the P.M. loading hay for Izot, self helping load hay. Crumrines & Lee baling hay. George Abbott here to dinner. Zerwekh want a load of hay for $9.00.
Sat Oct 28: Conrad went to take Grandma to Woodburns. Self sharpening posts for dyke. Sent Nettie a satchet. Conrad ditching in the P.M. Self went to the saw mill & ordered 1000 ft cedar fencing. Elmer here to supper & all night. [margin: Pleasant.]
Sun Oct 29: Foggy & damp. Ida rode out went up to Mrs Osborn's. Self went to Esarys & had a church meeting. To Grant, Nettie a letter.
Mon Oct 30: Self & Conrad ditching & cutting ditch timber. Crumrines & Lee baling hay. [margin: Misty.]
Tue Oct 31: Ditching & went to Keson's(?) to get some apples. Pearl went to town. Miss Kat Marshall here this eve. [margin: Pleasant.]
November 1899
Wed Nov 01: Ditching & plowing in the slough banks in the 5 acres field by the hay barn. No rain.
Thu Nov 02: Conrad ditching or plowing slough banks and hauled 1400 ft cedar lumber from Savages mill. Self went to LaConner on wheel in the P.M. Crumrine finished baling hay & had 118 tons.
Fri Nov 03: Conrad helping Byron with teams haul baled hay. Self making fence panels.
Sat Nov 04: Conrad & team helping Byron & old Charley also. Self making fence in the P.M. Frank & Blanche here to dinner. [margin: heavy rain last night.]
Sun Nov 05: Blanche & self went to B.V. to church. Pleasant. White's folks went home in the P.M. & Miss Marshall also.
Mon Nov 06: Rainy part of the day. Conrad went to B.V. & hauled dirt in the wagon shed, took Kalsos rack home &c. Self sharpened posts for dyke & choring.
Tue Nov 07: Conrad hauling dirt in the slough in the Miller piece. Self finished making fence panels & sharpened dyke posts.
1899 Nov 8-Dec 2
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Wed Nov 08: Conrad & self went down to get the scow and put on 200 post & took them up to the Purdy granary Cridel driving posts that could not work with an other man. Heard from election Ohio & Kentucky Republican.
Thu Nov 09: Self & C. took two loads of manure down the dyke and put five loads of wet straw behind the big dam. Strong S.E. wind by not much rain. Very warm.
Fri Nov 10: Conrad hauling dirt for the bridges down by the dam. Self making wheelbarrow & hauling dirt in the slough out by the Miller ranch. James Dunlap here to dinner.
Sat Nov 11: Conrad, self, Lee & Williamson driving posts in the A.M. Went to school meeting in the P.M. Conrad hauling dirt in the P.M. Isaac Dean came this eve. [margin: Showery P.M.]
Sun Nov 12: Went to church. Mr. Dean also. Woodburn's folks, Tom Esary's folks, Elmer & the Marshall folks here in the P.M. The preachers boy was shot in LaC. last night. [margin: Pleasant.]
Mon Nov 13: Driving posts all day. Bradley & Williamson helping.
Tue Nov 14: Driving post in the A.M. Went to town in the P.M. Grandpa Dean also.
Wed Nov 15: Rainy good part of the day. Not doing very much. Conrad fixed a musk rat hole. The Olsen's here.
Thu Nov 16: Grandpa & Pearl went to town. Conrad & self hauling straw on the dyke. The "Home Comfort" man here & staid all night. Elmer & Bradleys folks here this eve.
Fri Nov 17: Conrad hauling straw. Self went to B.V. to school meeting in the P.M. Rainy. Bot a H.C. Range $67.00.
Sat Nov 18: Another rainy day. Conrad washing & oiling harness. Grandpa came back from Tillinghasts. (Axels time haying 10 1/4 days $20.50. Making tank & pasture & team & wagon one day.) [margin: ]
Sun Nov 19: Stormy pretty high tide Mr Dean started for Seattle. Tide 10 inches short of the '95 tide.
Mon Nov 20: Conrad cleaning out ditches & choring. Self went to Massey's sale.
Tue Nov 21: Conrad went to town for flour & sugar & shorts for the cow. Self went to Mount Vernon to witness on the Ranns case & paid taxes. [margin: Highest tide of the season so far.]
Wed Nov 22: Conrad hauling dirt in the slough. Self went to Bay View and choring about. The stove man came and got his team. Party at Benson's to night. [margin: Wind but no rain.]
Thu Nov 23: In the A.M. C. & self went after a load of brush for the dyke by Purdy's granary. C. hauling dirt in the P.M. Self & Pearl went to town.
Fri Nov 24: Conrad not working. Went over to Axels. Self went to town with Pearl yesterday. Choring and not much else. Tried to stop a muskrat hole.
Sat Nov 25: Fixing up gates and doing the chores. Pleasant. Conrad not home yet.
Sun Nov 26: Grant & self went to church. Mr Gorton died today at 3 oclock. Aunt Mary Wallace came this P.M.
Mon Nov 27: Conrad cleaning out ditch. Storing party of the P.M. aged last night.
Tue Nov 28: Conrad digging a ditch by the barn & helping Elmer butchered the pig in the P.M. Self went to Bay View and also to Mr Gorton's funeral.
Wed Nov 29: Stormy A.M. Conrad doing chores. Elmer went to Anacortes for Nettie and came home in the night. Self & went to shooting match at B.V.
Thu Nov 30: Thanksgiving day but a very rainy & stormy A.M. Elmer, Nettie & Aunt Mary here in the eve. Lee's folks & the Osborn folks here.
December 1899
Fri Dec 01: Elmer went home. Aunt Mary went to Jennings. Pleasant, land full of water and much of Lee's flooded. Gaches here and offered 21.00 for oats & 9.00 for hay. Conrad took Aunt Mary to Jennings, done the chores & sawed wood.
Sat Dec 02: Conrad & self down helping Lee drive wharf posts in the A.M. & in the P.M. down fixing dyke some & in the eve Lee & self went down & fixed a sluice box. Fresh water very high in the field. [margin: Pleasant, frost.]
1899 Dec 3-31
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Sun Dec 03: Frost. Pleasant day. did not go to church. Went over to Mrs Whitney's in the P.M. with Nettie on here way to school.
Mon Dec 04: Frost. Conrad not working. Self went to town in the P.M. Stormy in the P.M.
Tue Dec 05: Doing chores & went over to Stearns with Sunday Law(?) Paper. In the P.M. cleaned out the tank.
Wed Dec 06: Was out with Law Paper & in the P.M. took Grandma over to Frank White's. Clowdy & windy.
Thu Dec 07: Was out getting names on the Sunday paper. Highest tide of the season so far. The Callahan dam went out up towards Fredonia. About 7 inches short of the high tides of 1886 & 1895. Ida sick abed all day. [margin: Rain some.]
Fri Dec 08: Dr. Power here. I went to LaC. to take him home. Rainy part of the day.
Sat Dec 09: Self in Bay View getting names on Sunday paper. [margin: Rainy.]
Sun Dec 10: At home all day. Weather bad.
Mon Dec 11: Dr. Powers here and I went to town to take him home. [margin: Rainy]
Tue Dec 12: Not doing much but chores. Weather still wet & sloppy.
Wed Dec 13: Not very well. Ida ditto. Doing chores & reading.
Thu Dec 14: Doing chores. Mr Welts here to get me to sign his bond. Grant went to Bay View this eve.
Fri Dec 15: Worked on the road in the A.M. letting the water out of the gravel. Snowing most of the day, but melted. In the P.M. made a wood box. [margin: Snow.]
Sat Dec 16: Self picked over potatos & done the chores. Snowing some but did not accumulate much.
Sun Dec 17: Pleasant day. Mercury at 30° and 1/2 in snow. Ida still poorly. The new Dr. no benefit so far.
Mon Dec 18: Warmer & quite pleasant. Alf Stacey here with books, Miss Tellofson went to the Samish with McCullough.
Tue Dec 19: Self done the chores & went to town with Pearl. Cool south east wind. Ida no better.
Wed Dec 20: Went to the station & got medicine for Ida. Heavy rain in the P.M. Wrote to Zerwekh about hay. Hay & grain are very dull. No buyers. [margin: String south wind.]
Thu Dec 21: Doing chores & not much else. Rainy.
Fri Dec 22: Rain. Much land flooded & soaked with water. Went to the station this P.M.
Sat Dec 23: Nettie came this A.M. about 2 A.M. With Marnie & Ann Ball via Anacortes. Frank White brot Grandma home this A.M. Christmas tree in B.V. tonight. Grant & the girls went. Ida in bed sick all day. [margin: Rain, warm mercury 59°]
Sun Dec 24: Mr D.L. Moody died Friday noon at his home. Grant & Nettie went to church. Ida same as usual.
Mon Dec 25: This is a very sorry(?) Christmas. Grant in B.V. the balance at home. Warm & misty.
Tue Dec 26: Showery part of the day & pleasant some.
Wed Dec 27: Pleasant. Finest day on the month so far. Frank Wright came this A.M. from Tacoma. Frank & Grant went to B.V. to get oil and get Nell shod. This is written with a fountain pen which I got for a Christmas present. Settled up with Osborn and start a new acct from date. A party at McKennas to night. The young folks went. [margin: Frost 30°]
Thu Dec 28: Self went to town, doing chores & not much else. Morris Campbell got his arm cut off in the mill.
Fri Dec 29: Self went to the Ridge to take Grandma & then to town. Ona Carter died this A.M. with diptheria & Will Wells little girl yesterday.
Sat Dec 30: Stormy day. At home. Ida poorly.
Sun Dec 31: Self went to B.V. to church. Pleasant. Mon Jan 1st, 1900 see next book.
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