Mon Jan 01: Warm & pleasant. At home all day. Elmer Axelson here to dinner. Grant went to a party in the eve. [margin: New moon.]
Tue Jan 02: Clowdy with light rain. Nettie started for Whatcom again this A.M. for school. Hay & grain markets very quiet and no sales being made. Ida feeling some better than for a week past.
Wed Jan 03: Stormy day. Nothing worth recording. Tides not very high.
Thu Jan 04: Clowdy & a little rain. Road very sloppy. Self went to LaConner & got some fence nails & got Nell shod and some irons for a wagon rack.
Fri Jan 05: The highest tide of the winter this A.M. About 5 inches short of the big tide of 1895. Str May Queen here and got 23 1/2 tons hay for Mr McLean of Anacortes. Strong south wind. The steam boat folks and Lee & Jessie were here this evening. Showery.
Sat Jan 06: Still warm and the land very wet. I have 40 tons of hay & 12 hundred sks of oats to sell yet. Doing chores & splitting wood. Grant & Pearl went to Esary's to party.
Sun Jan 07: Another high tide same as Friday's tide. Showery & windy, but warm. Mercury at 54. A bright rainbow this A.M.
Mon Jan 08: Strong wind all night, but the tide not so high this A.M. Self fixing barn door, pumps, &c. Mr Jorgenson here for oats.
1900 Jan 8-27
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Mon Jan 08: Ida miserable as usual. Rec'd a letter from Geo. Grant & self went to B.V. in the eve to a ???ger & violin. Good. Grant at school.
Tue Jan 09: Cold blustery with showers & east wind. Mr McKinley here from Everett and bargained for the hay at $8.50.
Wed Jan 10: Pleasant. Self went to LaConner & got a new mattress & a box of crackers.
Thu Jan 11: Doing chores and making over a wagon bed. Ida moved downstairs.
Fri Jan 12: Rain hard all last night. The Clan MacDonald here for the hay. Williamson & Lee helping load it. Pleasant in the P.M. Grant & Pearl at parties.
Sat Jan 13: Self went to LaConner on the steamer and came home with Mr. Bessner. Mr. Brger here to dinner. Pleasant. Total sales of hay for the year 1899 amt. to (111700) $1170. or $25.00 per acre.
Sun Jan 14: Pleasant day. Land & roads very wet & windy. Grant and self went to church on foot. Axel here in the P.M.
Mon Jan 15: Pleasant A.M. Rainy P.M. Tom Esary hauling hay. Rec'd check from S.?.C.
Tue Jan 16: Pleasant. Tom & Dave Esary hauling hay. Self went to town in the P.M. Was offered $20.00 for my oats.
Wed Jan 17: Esary's hauling hay. Tom finished his & Dave has 4750 lbs left yet.
Thu Jan 18: Rainy day. Not doing much but chores. Tides very low for this time of the month.
Fri Jan 19: Pleasant. Elmer here to day. Self went to town in the P.M. I contracted my oats for $20.00 to Mr Bagardus. Stump sold his at $19.00.
Sat Jan 20: Light frost. Pleasant & warm. Done chores, split wood & fixed a plank walk between the two stables. Lee sold 12 tons of hay at $8.50 to Esary's.
Sun Jan 21: Stormy part of the day. Grant went to church. I did not.
Mon Jan 22: Not doing much but chores. Rainy.
Tue Jan 23: Blustery & stormy. Mr Wright came today from Tacoma. Spent today & eve with visiting & music. Heard that Eddi Neely died last night.
Wed Jan 24: Mr Wright & Pearl went to the funeral. Self at home doing chores. Pleasant & frosty A.M. [margin: Sent of Eva L Reeds notes at 2% 3 years $756.40]
Thu Jan 25: Frost. Pleasant & clear. The LaConner here for my oats. Loaded them in the A.M. Lee & Callahan helping.
Fri Jan 26: Not doing much but chores. Pleasant.
Sat Jan 27: Frost. The May Queen here for hay. Crumrines.
1900 Jan 27-Feb 13
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Sat Jan 27: Lilly cow. Frost 26. Self helping Till cover cabbage.
Sun Jan 28: Frost 26. Went to Bay View to church. Rev Harrington preached. The Denver here in the P.M. for Lee's hay.
Mon Jan 29: Helping Lee load hay. Coldest A.M. of the season. Mercury at 24°. Peter came down to hunt ducks. Conrad & Elmer came down. [margin: Fine weather.]
Tue Jan 30: Daisy had calf. Frost 32°. Beautiful weather. Conrad began work. Peter here yet. Conrad ditching.
Wed Jan 31: Conrad ditching. Self went to town with Peter. Frost 25°. Clear & pleasant. Grant & Pearl up to Osborn's in the evening.
February 1900
Thu Feb 01: Pleasant A.M. Clowdy P.M. & rain in the evening. Conrad & self ditching in the field north of the house.
Fri Feb 02: Rainy part of the day. Conrad ditching and clearing out the chicken house. Mrs Scott & Grandma here to dinner & Georgia Carter & Nellie here this eve.
Sat Feb 03: Conrad ditching. Self helping & in the P.M. went to town & took Mrs Carter and saw Mr Baker. Pleasant.
Sun Feb 04: Mr Jorgenson & Mrs Lewis buried today. Self & Grant went to the funerals. Self took dinner with Mr Polson.
Mon Feb 05: Pleasant day. Stormy day. Conrad helping stearns load oats in the A.M. ditching some in the P.M. Elmer came this P.M. & staid all night.
Tue Feb 06: Had a heavy wind last night & this A.M. from the N.W. Elmer helping kill the pig in the A.M. Pleasant P.M. Mrs & Mr Baker came down to day.
Wed Feb 07: Conrad done the chores. Went to LaConner with the Baker folks. Self went to Mt Vernon with Lee & paid taxes for 1899.
Thu Feb 08: Little snow this A.M. Rainy A.M. Conrad choring & oiling harness. Self went to town & cut up the pig. Rec'd dft for the oats yesterday & went to town to day to get a N.Y dft. for Geo.
Fri Feb 09: Conrad oiling harness. The Rustler here for Esarys oats this A.M. Self went up to the station to get Myrtle & Belle Stacey. Rainy.
Sat Feb 10: Still clowdy & showery. Grant & self fixing fence out by Purdy's granary and fixed up the hay barn wharf. Conrad working at the harness. Social for selling baskets this eve. Grant & Pearl went. Stormy night.
Sun Feb 11: Pleasant Grant & self went to S.S. & church. In the P.M. Elmer & some LaConner folks here and for the evening also.
Mon Feb 12: Conrad & self splitting & hauling ditch timber from across the road to the field north of the house. Ida sick again. She weighed 86 1/2 today.
Tue Feb 13: Frost 28° Conrad finished hauling the timber & I worked on the ditch. Clear & pelsant with north wind. Self ditching a little while then in the house. Ida in bed all day again.
1900 Feb 14-Mar 6
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Wed Feb 14: Conrad ditching & self in the A.M. Went to town in the P.M. to get moving order for Eva Reed. [margin: Temp 20°.]
Thu Feb 15: Conrad hauling manure. Self making fence in the P.M. Clear & cold. [margin: Temp 18°.]
Fri Feb 16: Conrad went & got some wood (maple). Self making fence in the A.M. Snow in the P.M. I went to station and sent morth $20.00. Ground froze and the roads pretty good. [margin: Temp 22°.]
Sat Feb 17: Conrad & self hauling out fence panels for pasture fence. C went & got the fanning mill & in the P.M. we began fanning seed oats. 35 sks. [margin: Snow gone off.]
Sun Feb 18: Snow gone. Pleasant. Grant & self went to church & then went up and spent the P.M. at Mr. Barr's. He is very poorly.
Mon Feb 19: Clowdy & windy. C. ditching. Self made some gates for sluice box. Mrs Klingenmaier died this A.M.
Tue Feb 20: Fanning oats & ditching. Showery, a heavy rain in the eve.
Wed Feb 21: Fanning oats & Conrad ditching. Mr H.J. White here to dinner. Rain P.M. Land fearful wet. Self went to Mrs Klingenmaier's burial this P.M.
Thu Feb 22: Fanning oats in the A.M. Have 125 sks cleaned of very fine seed oats. Ida in bed most of the time this week. Conrad ditching in the P.M. Self & Grant working on the road fence some.
Fri Feb 23: Conrad & self working on the road fence. Self 3/4. Pearl & Grant went to Bay View in the P.M. Warm & spring like today. Party at Bradleys to night.
Sat Feb 24: Conrad & self finished cleaning oats and finish nailing rails on the fence out by the road. Rainy part of the day. Pleasant P.M.
Sun Feb 25: Pleasant. Ida worse today. Sent for Smith. Mr. Nord???er here this P.M. C. went up to Elmer's & LaConner.
Mon Feb 26: Annie Jorgenson began work. Dr. Smith here & self took him to B.V. Conrad digging out fence posts & splitting wood. Steamer here for Byron's hay. Oats worth $20.00 yet.
Tue Feb 27: C. & self working on the fence putting on wire & wiring up panels. Windy & cold.
Wed Feb 28: Rain last night. Conrad hauling in old rails from where we built the fence. Self not doing much but chores. Cool & damp.
March 1900
Thu Mar 01: Hard rain last night but pleasant to day. Conrad working on the dyke. Lee & Williamson also & self in the A.M. & went to town in the P.M.
Fri Mar 02: Conrad working on the dyke. Self choring. Mrs Bailey & Mrs T. here this P.M. also Mrs Osborn & Mrs Seamans. Party here this eve.
Sat Mar 03: Conrad dyking in the A.M. Rainy P.M. Grant & Pearl went to Esary's to a party to night. Rec'd a letter from Geo with mortgage & note.
Sun Mar 04: Stormy day. At home all day. Ida about the same.
Mon Mar 05: Stormy. Conrad doing chores, cutting word out of old posts.
Tue Mar 06: Stony A.M. In the P.M. went up & got the posts ready to drive. Mr Thompson here this eve.
1900 Mar 7-22
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Wed Mar 07: Conrad cutting wood in the A.M. and hauled some planks for the dyke in the P.M. Party at Wilsons, Grant & the girls went.
Thu Mar 08: Stormy night & hard wind today. Lee, Williamson, self & Conrad drove the dyke posts this A.M. & worked on the dyke putting on lumber in the P.M.
Fri Mar 09: Still windy & rainy & no prospect of plowing. Dr smith here in the A.M. Conrad choring & working on the ditch replacing timber where it floated away.
Sat Mar 10: Self pruning the orchard in the A.M. Conrad at the ditch & cutting sod away from the trees. Land very wet. Mr Congleton & Frank White here also May Bradley. Grant went to Bay View with eggs.
Sun Mar 11: Stormy last night & to day. Warm but wet grass growing quite fast. No prospect of plowing yet for two weeks.
Mon Mar 12: Conrad splitting wood & doing chores. Self & Pearl went to town. Clear & pleasant drying day. Skagit River very high from chinook wind.
Tue Mar 13: Clear & pleasant. Self & Conrad topping out dyke.
Wed Mar 14: Clear & pleasant. Land drying off fast. Conrad working on the dyke. Self 3/4. Dr Smith here to dinner. Mr Ban some better. Pearl went to B.V. with the Dr. Old Mrs Fulk, Andy Moore & Delia Osborn sick.
Thu Mar 15: Conrad & self working on the dyke in the A.M. In the orchard in the P.M. Fine drying weather.
Fri Mar 16: Pleasant. The Str Rustler here for hay(Izett). Conrad working about the house in & garden in the P.M. Self & Ida went to town in the P.M. on wheels. Roads fine.
Sat Mar 17: Heard Mr Cousier was dead. Conrad went to LaConner with a load of oats & hay for Gaches. Self working about the house fixing flowed beds, &c. C. plowing over slough bank in the P.M.
Sun Mar 18: Pleasant, but looks like rain. Self went to LaConner to Church and in the P.M. to Mr Cousier's funeral at Pleasant Ridge. Took dinner with Mr Francis folks.
Mon Mar 19: Conrad plowing & scraping in slough & filling ditches with self & "Charley". Clowdy but no rain to speak of. Self went to B.V. with Mr. Ferguson.
Tue Mar 20: Conrad scraping in sloughs. Self tinkering & fixed up a team for Grant to plow with. He began in the field by the house. Land in fine order. Old Mrs Fulk died last night.
Wed Mar 21: Clowdy & began to rain at 4 P.M. Conrad & Grant plowing 3/4 self went to Mrs Fulk's funeral & got home at 2 P.M.
Thu Mar 22: Rain some last night but plowed to day with two teams. Self went over to help Callahan load hay. G. & C. plowing. Grant & Anne went to Miss Garlett's wedding last evening.
1900 Mar 23-Apr 7
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Fri Mar 23: Self striking out lands in the A.M. Conrad plowing. C & Grant plowing in the P.M. Self & Williamson made & hung gate to sluice box in the P.M.
Sat Mar 24: Grant & C plowing 3/4 Self ditching & went to the Primary at B.V. in the P.M. Showery.
Sun Mar 25: Rain nearly all last night. Strong wind all day to day and a thunder shower.
Mon Mar 26: Pleasant most of the day. Conrad plowing with the breaking plow & Grant plowing across he road. Pearl came home from Whatcom. Self choring.
Tue Mar 27: Conrad & Grant plowing. Self went to town & got the buggie fixed.
Wed Mar 28: Grant & C plowing. Self choring & cutting thistles.
Thu Mar 29: Self & C. plowing. Grant went to town. Clowdy but no rain to speak of.
Fri Mar 30: C. plowing. Self 1/2 Grant 1/2 Self went to town in the P.M. & got Annies wheel. Pearl went also. Warm & pleasant.
Sat Mar 31: C. & Grant plowing. C. plowed the garden. Self went to Anacortes in the P.M. to attend the Rep. Convention. Went on wheels & arrive home at 11 P.M.
April 1900
Sun Apr 01: Went to church & punctured my wheel & had to walk home. Thunder shower in the evening & quite a heavy rain.
Mon Apr 02: C. hauled load of manure to marshland. Land quite wet but not too wet to plow. G. & C. plowing. Self went to Mt Vernon to the Bryan meeting. Pleasant. Great crowd.
Tue Apr 03: Rainy some in the A.M. C & self plowed dead furrow with 2 horses some. In the P.M. C. & G. plowing. C. began across the road about 4.30 P.M. Self struck out the new lands with Grant's team. Folks went to B.V. to a lecture on ??????. [margin: Self cutting thistles 1/4]
Wed Apr 04: Foggy. C. & G. plowing across the road. Clowdy & threatening rain. Self choring, working in the garden &c. Mrs Sorrenson here to day sewing. Folks went to lecture again. Raining some this eve. Mr Gilmore of Edison buried to day.
Thu Apr 05: Rain quite a good deal last night. C. plowing. Grant hunting. Nettie came this P.M. Elmer came down and was here to dinner.
Fri Apr 06: Rain more last night. Conrad & self working in the hay barn laying the floor over again & taking out old rotten hay. In the P.M. C. plowing. Weather miserable & very windy.
Sat Apr 07: Rain more last night. Cold & windy to day. C. working at the hay barn floor some. I plowed in the P.M. Land too wet to plow. Self & Nettie went to LaConner in the A.M. Grant took Grandma over to Franks in the P.M. & they all went to B.V. In the evening. This is going to be a late spring as regards getting in crops but grass & fruit trees are two weeks in advance of last season.
1900 Apr 8-24
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Sun Apr 08: Pleasant. At home all day. Carter's & Woodburn's folks here to dinner.
Mon Apr 09: Pleasant. C. & G. plowing. Self striking out headlands 1/4.
Tue Apr 10: Pleasant. Land drying fast. G. & C. plowing. Self choring. Dr. Smith here.
Wed Apr 11: Pleasant. Clowdy but no rain. G. & C. plowing. Self harrowed the garden & planted onions, radishes, beets, peas, lettuce, turnips, spinach, flower peas, &c.
Thu Apr 12: G. & C. plowing. Rain some last night. Misty some today. Land none to dry to plow. Self cutting thistles & not much else.
Fri Apr 13: Cool & clowdy & some rain last night. Ida & Pearl started for Seattle this A.M. via Burlington. G. & C. plowing.
Sat Apr 14: Pleasant. Conrad began disk harrowing with 4 horses. Grant plowing & finished across the road. Self clipped chicken wings & went to town in the P.M. Weather warm & pleasant. Grass looking fine & leads fair to be a large crop.
Sun Apr 15: Easter Sunday. Weent to the Bap C. in LaConner in the A.M. Spent the P.M. with Roys folks & in the eve went to B.V. to Easter Exercises. Pleasant drying weather.
Mon Apr 16: C. disk harrowing. Finished the piece by Purdy granary. Grant harrowing in the A.M. by the house & plowing in the P.M. 3/4. Self went to B.V. & up to Kalso's.
Tue Apr 17: C. disk harrowing. Grant plowing. Self choring & went up to the station to Fred Jenne's. Fine weather.
Wed Apr 18: C. disk harrowing. Grant plowing. 3/4 scraping balance of the day. Self scraping, splitting wood, fixing up seeder, splitting wood, &c. Dry day but clowdy. Mr Rosserman here last night.
Thu Apr 19: Grant plowing till noon, finished, Grant harrowing in the P.M. c. disk harrowing. Self went to town in the P.M.
Fri Apr 20: Grant harrowing 1/2 C. disk all day. Self went to town in the P.M. with hay for Fisher (4270 lbs). Very drying weather. Land harrows very hard.
Sat Apr 21: C. disk. Grant drag. Self & Lee went to P. Hallorans sale. Saw lots of men & a runaway. Stuff sold high.
Sun Apr 22: Went to church in the A.M. Pearl came home from Seattle this A.M. Quite a shower of rain last night.
Mon Apr 23: Self went to town in the A.M. & got money for the bull. C. disk. Grant harrowing 1/2 self 1/2.
Tue Apr 24: C. disk. Self harrowing 1/2 Grant 1/2. The Wrights came this A.M. from LaC. Mr W Armund & Frank and remained all day. Saw Dr. Smith & settled with him.
1900 Apr 25-May 10
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Wed Apr 25: C. disk 1/2, drag 1/2, self drag 1/2, Grant 1/2. In the P.M. self fixing up seeder & setting strawberries where the Marshalls died. Wrights starter for Whatcom this A.M. Showery but we kept on harrowing. The land is very dry & clowdy & unless we get lots of rain the crop will be short. Show in B.V. to night. Grant & Pearl went & Grant staid at Bows(?) to night.
Fri Apr 27: C. seeding. Self seeding 2 hours & broke Olsen's seeder. Went to town & bot a new one. Grant harrowing 1/2. Mr Bow died this A.M. at 2 oclock. Land very dry. Hard & rough. The new seeder came at 4 P.M. & I used it till night. It works all right. Have about 36 acres sowed tonight. The new seeder cost $50.00.
Sat Apr 28: Another dry windy day. C. seeding 1/2 self all day. About 55 acres seeded. Finished across the road. C. disk P.M.
Sun Apr 29: Pleasant. Strong N. wind. In the P.M. went to the funeral. Large attendance. Everett Wallace here.
Mon Apr 30: Self seeding 1/2 finished the Purdy granary piece sowed 16 sacks on it. 8 acres. Grant harrowing in the P.M. C. disk.
May 1900
Tue May 01: Grant harrowing 1/2, rolling 1/2, C. disk. Self choring & went to town for garden seeds. Still very dry. No prospect of rain. Holstrup got five sks oats.
Wed May 02: C. disk across the road. Grant harrowing 1/2. Finished the Purdy G. piece. Self sold hay & oats to Griffin $13.00 unpaid. Planted beans, peas, squashes &c. In the P.M. seeded hay barn lot & north of the house. Warm & dry. [margin: Nettie's address 1593 Elk St - W.]
Thu May 03: C. disk. Self dragging 1/2 across the road & Grant 1/2 in the P.M.
Fri May 04: Light shower rain this A.M. C. dragging & self D. one half. Self seeding on the 17 acre piece in the P.M. Ilo Whitney here.
Sat May 05: Finished seeding. Sowed an average of 1 3/4 sks per acre. Frank White here for seed oats. Showery all day, but kept on working. C. dragging across the road & finished. A Social in B.V. to night.
Sun May 06: At home all day. Shower last night. Elmer here. Temperance meeting in B.V.
Mon May 07: C. disk. Grant harrowing & rolling. Self went to town & got wheel tires. Shower in P.M.
Tue May 08: Hard rain last night. C mowing the lower in the A.M. Disk in the P.M. Grant rolled 1/2. Self working in the garden. Perry Seamans here to dinner. Mary Moore died last night.
Wed May 09: Conrad disk 1/2. Light rain a good part of the day. Grant rolling three hours & quit for rain. Miss Moore buried this P.M. Pearl, Annie & Grant went.
Thu May 10: C. working with disk most of the day. Land pretty wet. Self working in garden some. Set out cabbage plants. I got in Lee's patch. Very encouraging weather for those who are not through seeding.
1900 May 11-26 (Duplicate of next)
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Fri May 11: Conrad finished disk harrowing & began dragging. Finished the hay barn lot & began on the 17 acre piece. Too wet to roll.
Sat May 12: Conrad harrowing & finished. Grant rolling across the road. Grain coming up well. Self went to town in the P.M. Pleasant.
Sun May 13: Quite a heavy rain this A.M. Did not go anywhere to day except to the station. Wrote letters to Geo & Ida.
Mon May 14: Clowdy but no rain. Grant & Conrad rolling had Olsen's roller. Self set out some tomato plants & worked in garden & cut thistles along the road. Frank White here for seed oats. He has had 38 sks. two tons & paid $15.00 on them.
Tue May 15: Conrad working on the road. Grant & self rolling in the A.M. finished. In the P.M. self fixed ground for Grants cabbage plants. Rain from 4 P.M. Clowdy all day.
Wed May 16: Pleasant day. Good growing weather. Conrad went to LaConner with a load of oats. Self working in garden & mowing the yard. Williamson planted the Boy's cabbage seed.
Thu May 17: Waikle here to D?? the colt. Conrad went to the island to shovel gravel. Grant, Pearl & Annie went to Mt Erie. Self took a load of oats to town. Pleasant. Oats growing fine. Got sack sugar, sack beans, & &c.
Fri May 18: Mowing grass in the orchard & went to town in the P.M. with a load of oats. Warm & pleasant.
Sat May 19: Doing chores, hauling wood & making hay rack. Went to the School exercises in B.V. in the eve.
Sun May 20: Warm & dry. Mr Abbot staid here all last night & went to Mt. Vernon this A.M. Self went to B.V. to church this A.M.
Mon May 21: Finished the hay rack & worked in the garden some. Summers here this eve. Grant went to Bars to stay all night.
Tue May 22: Miss Marshall here cleaning grass off the law & burning it. Went to Kalso's to get irons for the hay rack. Went to the Good Citizen's League meeting in the eve. Grant came home with a bad cold and two pigeons.
Wed May 23: Terrible wind all day. Self making hay rack. Summers came this evening. Chelis Osborn here this evening.
Thu May 24: Pearl went to town. Perry Summers began work. Hauled two loads hay to B.V. for Arnold Holstrup $15.00. Rain. Quite a hard shower this A.M.
Fri May 25: Windy & clowdy all day. Summers & self & team on the road. Hauling off & burning planks. Griffins man here and got the bal. of the baled hay. Bill $5.25. Old bill $13.00. Total $18.25.
Sat May 26: Cool & windy. S. & P. worked on the road 1/4. then laid plank walk in the garden. Perry cut thistles 3 1/2 hours.
1900 May 27-Jun 12
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Sun May 27: Some oats look very well & some are rather thing. The past week has been too cold & clowdy for them to do well. Went to Memorial services. Pleasant & warm.
Mon May 28: Self working on wagon rack & hauling wood. Summers here in the P.M. Miss Tollefson here visiting.
Tue May 29: Perry & Grant hauling wood in the A.M. Perry on the road in the P.M. Self finished the wagon rack in the A.M. & hauled a load of wood in the P.M.
Wed May 30: Perry & self went to Decoration at Pleasant Ridge. Pleasant day and a large turnout.
Thu May 31: Perry & team working on the road. Self cutting thistles.
June 1900
Fri Jun 01: Perry & team on the road. Self washing wagons. Painted hay rack & working in the garden. Pleasant & dry. LaConner school closed.
Sat Jun 02: Perry & team on the road. Self went to town with Lee & got oil & paint for house roof. Painted racks in the P.M. Weather warm & dry. Oats not looking very well for the time of year. Cream & berry social in B.V. tonight. Road work to date 6 days for men 3 1/2 for team.
Sun Jun 03: Went to church at B.V. & in the P.M. went to Ridgeway but there was no preaching. Clowdy & light rain in the eve. Wm Johnson died to day at 1 oclock.
Mon Jun 04: Perry not working in the A.M. Rainy most of the day. In the P.M. we moved the stove over to the old house & mended & bunched up the sacks.
Tue Jun 05: Perry & Grant hauling bark. Self choring in the A.M. & went to Mr Johnsons funeral in the P.M. at Pleasant Ridge. Warm day & good growing weather. The piece of oats by the hay barn is very weedy and don't look as if it could make more than 15 or 18 sks per acre.
Wed Jun 06: Perry & Grant hauling bark. Self cleaning up the old wagon & painting it some & made a new wagon jack.
Thu Jun 07: Perry & team hauling gravel on the road. Self helping dump gravel. Raining some in the P.M. Pearl went to LaConner to take Grandma.
Fri Jun 08: Perry & team hauling gravel. Self on the road dumping gravel, pleasant this eve.
Sat Jun 09: Weather same, work as yesterday. Party for Pearl.
Sun Jun 10: Went to LaConner to church. Home with Elmer. To Ridgeway to church & to B.V. in the eve. Grant & Perry went to Burlington.
Mon Jun 11: Perry working on the road 1/2. In the P.M. hauling manure on the cabbage patch. Self painting & oiling wagon wheels.
Tue Jun 12: Perry, team & self working on the road. Warm & dry.
1900 Jun 13-30
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Wed Jun 13: Perry hauling manure and harrowing the yard & chicken yard. Self went to B.V. & to LaConner in the P.M. Grandma came home. Warm & dusty. Went down to Bradley's in the eve.
Thu Jun 14: Ida 43 to day. Grant & Bob Barr started for Whatcom with team & wagon for Netties stuff. Perry mowing the yard.
Fri Jun 15: Perry and self building boat house. Was up to see Fred Kalso about building a boathouse & making shakes.
Sat Jun 16: Rainy last night & to day. Grant & Nettie came about noon. Perry not working. I went to Burlington. Self went to B.V. to union school meeting in the P.M.
Sun Jun 17: Clowdy day & some light showers. Did not go to church.
Mon Jun 18: In the A.M. Perry & self went to the Ridge to get a piece of fir for hammer to post driver. In the P.M. we put roof on the boathouse. Self went to town & got Charley shod & settled up with Gaches & bargained for sacks 4800 at 6.75 per hundred.
Tue Jun 19: Finished the boat house & picked strawberries. Clowdy & showery. Quite a hard rain last night.
Wed Jun 20: Rainy day. More rain fell today than on any day this month. Perry took Grant & Nettie to Mt. Vernon on their way to Seattle. Grandma not very well & gave up going.
Thu Jun 21: Perry not working. Setting traps. Self cutting thistles & choring.
Fri Jun 22: Pleasant. Perry helping Lee set cabbage plants. Self cutting thistles & picking berries. Picked 14 quarts Red Raspberries. The earliest on record.
Sat Jun 23: Pleasant. Grant 15 today. Perry helping Lee. Self set out some onions & planted some onion seed and went to town in the P.M.
Sun Jun 24: Oats looking much better than a week ago. Are a good color & growing fast. Self & Pearl went to B.V. to church. Shower in the evening.
Mon Jun 25: Self helped Warren rig up to plow cabbage patch & picked berries. 10 qts Raspberries. Got 25 lbs cherries of Ava Bodgely.
Tue Jun 26: Grant & Nettie in Seattle yet. Self & Warren Williamson setting cabbage plants. Warm & pleasant.
Wed Jun 27: Self & Warren transplanting small cabbage plants & planted some seed in hills. Painted the wagon & done chores in the P.M. Fine weather.
Thu Jun 28: Light shower last night & some to day. Mowing done, fences in the A.M. Not doing much in the P.M. Pearl went to LaConner this P.M. to the races.
Fri Jun 29: Cold & clowdy. Self went to the races with Jessie & Lee. Grant came home from Seattle.
Sat Jun 30: Not doing much. Worked in the garden 2 hours. Went to LaConner to see the ball game in the P.M. In the eve went to Neelys to a social.
1900 Jul 1-17
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July 1900
Sun Jul 01: Still clowdy. Went to Church in the A.M. at B.V. Perry and his friend from Nome here to supper.
Mon Jul 02: Oiled the wagon wheels & picked some berries. Heard that Maud Barr died in Seattle also heard from the Wrights at Dawson. Pleasant day and looks like hay weather.
Tue Jul 03: Warm, but clowdy towards night. Went to Maud Barr's funeral. Mr McEvers from LaConner preached the sermon. Very sad funeral.
Wed Jul 04: Went to Anacortes on the cars. Grant also. Pearl went to Everett. Weather bad & rained all the A.M. Got home at 7.30. Celebration N.Y.
Thu Jul 05: Perry here again. Hauled wood and worked in the garden. Pleasant, but clowdy some. Not good hay weather. Hay damaging badly in the bottom.
Fri Jul 06: Still clowdy & damp. Perry hauling gravel. Self choring & went to LaConner in the P.M. Pleasant P.M.
Sat Jul 07: Perry hauling gravel for lane in front of the old house. Self fixing up haying machinery and picked two gallons of raspberries.
Sun Jul 08: Went to LaConner to church. Found Nettie there. Grant came home.
Mon Jul 09: Perry hauling gravel. Self went to LaC. for Nettie. Elmer & the boys came this eve.
Tue Jul 10: Began mowing. John Oldenburg & Conrad working at Grants cabbage. Perry & Grant went for blackberries. Not very pleasant.
Wed Jul 11: Clowdy more or less, but people mowing. Conrad tedding 1/2 & putting up 1/2. Oldenburg cocking 1/2. Perry helping Grant 1/2 & cocking 1/2. Axel cocking 1/2. Elmer mowing all day.
Thu Jul 12: Rain last night & this A.M. but light. Elmer went to Anacortes. Mowing 1/x. Conrad, Perry & Axel cocking each 1/2. Pleasant P.M.
Fri Jul 13: Will Woodburn here last night. Haying. Elmer mowing. Axel, C., John O., & Perry each shocking hay. Self raking. Grant tedding 4 hours each. Fine weather.
Sat Jul 14: Fine day but damp & foggy till 4.30 A.M. Elmer mowing finished across the road and began on the 8 acre Whitney piece at 11 oclock. Perry, Axel, John & Conrad cocking all day. Self & Grant raking and tedding.
Sun Jul 15: Went to Bay View with Nettie to church. Frank Whites folks here this P.M. Fine drying day.
Mon Jul 16: Haying. Elmer mowing. J. Oldenburg, Conrad, Perry & Axel shocking. Grant and self tedding & raking. Self went to town in the P.M. Fine hay weather.
Tue Jul 17: Haying. Fine weather. Crew same as yesterday. I have about 11 acres to cut yet. Marshall girls here to dinner. Crumrine's & Byron hauling in hay.
1900 Jul 18-Aug 2
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Wed Jul 18: Haying. Shockers the same. Grant & self tedding & raking. E. mowing. Weather fine.
Thu Jul 19: Haying. Finished mowing. Axel, Conrad, John, Perry shocking. Elmer mowing 1/2 & putting up on half.
Fri Jul 20: Haying weather still fine with strong N. wind. Crew same as yesterday, till noon when John, Conrad & Elmer quit. Axel & Perry working till night. finished raking & tedding.
Sat Jul 21: Self went to town. Axel putting hay in the A.M. Perry till 4 P.M. & finished. Several people baling out of the shock. Hay worth 7 to 9 dollars per ton. Fine weather.
Sun Jul 22: Went to church in the A.M. Erick Anderson here in the P.M. with his violin. Fine weather & pretty warm.
Mon Jul 23: Hauling hay (32). Crew Axel, Perry, Conrad, Elmer, Chellis, Neal Jorgenson, C. Oldenburg (Elmer's man Thor). Pleasant weather & hay in fine order. The folks went to Bay View in the eve to an Entertainment, Elocithonist.
Tue Jul 24: Hauling hay. 36 loads. Crew same as yesterday. Clowdy, but no rain. Esary hauled 9 loads hay. Olsen 2 loads.
Wed Jul 25: Hauling hay. Crew same with Earnest Osborne added. Got in 35 loads in the old barn. Weather clowdy & warm.
Thu Jul 26: Hauling hay. Crew same as yesterday. Light rain in the A.M. but kept on hauling. 140 loads to date. [margin: Finished old barn 67 loads. 72 new shed to night.]
Fri Jul 27: Hauling hay. Crew same except Axel who worked 1/2 32 loads or 172 all told. 67 in Old barn, 88 new shed. 17 stable, Esary 3, Olsen 6, Axelson 9 Johnson 3.
Sat Jul 28: 193 all told out of the field. Perry helping Axel. elmer & self went to Mt Vernon to convention & ?????? to Cushmans speech. Dry & warm. Road very dusty. Arthur & Arlie Whitney here.
Sun Jul 29: Went to B.V. to church in the A.M. Warm & dry.
Mon Jul 30: Elmer came down & got his team & oiled his wagon tires. Conrad & perry hauling hay to Osborn & Pavet. 6 loads. Self went to town & ordered the wire at 14¢ & sold the white cow for $44.80.
Tue Jul 31: C. & Perry hauling hay. Two loads to Osborns making 6 & two to Creighton & two loads to my barn. Self went to B.V. & sprayed cabbage 1 3/4 days. Weather looks like rain.
August 1900
Wed Aug 01: Conrad wages in haying $28.25. Hauled in one load & pitched off 3 in the new shed making 91 in it. Began to rain at 9 A.M. & was showery the balance of the day. Perry & Conrad worked 1/4 only. Have only one load of hay out.
Thu Aug 02: Perry went to LaConner for a load of lumber for dyke. Self not doing very much. Went to B.V. & took a tank down to Lu's well for watering stock. Pleasant most of the day. Quite a good deal of grains went down with the rain.
1900 Aug 3-19
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Fri Aug 03: Loaded a load of hay for D. Esary. The last load of the season. Then we fixed up the tank & fence in the Whitney meadow & took the horses down there. In the P.M. self & Perry began painting the house roof. Pleasant.
Sat Aug 04: Slef & Perry painting house roof. Grant still in Whatcom C. Lee's folks have been camping this past week. Grain turning some but it will be two week before mine is fit to cut.
Sun Aug 05: Began cutting oats last year Aug 26th. At home all day.
Mon Aug 06: Self & Perry painting all the A.M. But it rained at noon. Making ?? ?? horse water tank down by Lee's well in the P.M. Pearl started for Seattle this P.M.
Tue Aug 07: Lee dyke. 1 man 1 day 1 man 1/2. Perry & self working on the dyke sluice box.
Wed Aug 08: Lee 3 men 3/4 each dyke. Perry & self working on the dyke 3/4 day.
Thu Aug 09: Lee 3 men on dyke. Perry & self working on flume by the big dam 1/2 day in the P.M. Both of us painting roof. Finished.
Fri Aug 10: Self went to Anacortes & perry painted the upper porch and cleaned out the garden. Ida went to Anacortes via Burlington & train. Pearl came home & Don Palmer also.
Sat Aug 11: Self up to Kalso's & to town in the P.M. Perry not working today. Races to day. Grant came home from Lynden & Nettie from Anacortes. Bot binding twine at $13.50 per hundred. Bot sak sugar.
Sun Aug 12: Don Palmer here yet. Self went to Anacortes. Pleasant & dry. Spent the P.M. at Mrs Whitneys.
Mon Aug 13: Went to Clyde Rutter's funeral & then to LaC. Fred & Carrie White here. Palmer & Pearl went to Mrs Whitneys. Amos Ball & J Callahan cutting oats. Mine not quite fit yet.
Tue Aug 14: Perry back again helping Grant with his cabbage till 11 oclock. & hauled a load of wood from from Molkins in the P.M. Self painting the porch floor & front door. Roy Carter came this P.M. & Palmer went to LaConner.
Wed Aug 15: Perry & Grant hauling wood from Molkins. Finished. Showery part of the day. I quit for rain. Party here this eve. Mr & Mrs Carter & Don Palmer here also.
Thu Aug 16: Spent the day visiting & playing croquet &c. Georgia went home. Roy & Don here yet. Frank Wright also.
Fri Aug 17: Self not doing much. Took the binder out & fixed it ip & in the P.M. went down in the field & turned oats. Perry also.
Sat Aug 18:[margin: Don & Roy went home today.] Perry went and filled the horse tank then sprayed the cabbage till noon. In the P.M. began cutting oats. Cut around the piece across the road 5 times. Oats rather green. [margin: Social in Bay View. Grant & Grandma went to Anacortes.]
Sun Aug 19: Pleasant. Self & Mr Wright were to LaConner to Baptist church & to Carter's in the P.M. Lots of people cutting oats today.
1900 Aug 20-Sep 3
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Mon Aug 20: Sunday Aug 19th Self & Mr Wright went to church at LaConner & in the P.M. was at Roy Carter's. Pleasant. Aug 20th Mr Wright & Armund here. Cutting oats. Hans Janson, Frank Wright & Perry helping. Oats rather green. Weather fine, Had music in the eve.
Tue Aug 21: Oats heavy & green. Cutting oats. Crew same as yesterday. Clowdy & south wind. Miss Knox here.
Wed Aug 22: Cutting oats. Hans, Perry, Frank & Grant. Clowdy but no rain. 100 lbs of lime gone tonight.
Thu Aug 23: Heavy rain last night & this A.M. Doing nothing in the A.M. In the P.M, all sitting up wet oats. Got through at 6 and all got soaking wet. Grant & Frank went to town in the P.M.
Fri Aug 24: Rain most all day. Everything soaked. Doing nothing. Went to town in the P.M.
Sat Aug 25: No rain to day and quite a wind. Frank, Perry, & Hans turning oats in the A.M. Cutting & shocking in the P.M. Rec'd a letter from George this eve.
Sun Aug 26: Pleasant day. Everyone cutting but me. I went to Anacortes & to Mrs Whitneys. Miss Know went away. Perry to Burlington.
Mon Aug 27: Nettie went to Anacortes. Self cutting oats. Hans, Perry & Sorenson shocking. Frank turning.
Tue Aug 28: Cutting oats. Callahan & his binder helping. Finished across the road. Crew same as yesterday. Fine weather.
Wed Aug 29: Cutting oats with two binders. Sorenson, Perry, Hans, Everett shocking & Frank & Grant turning grain. Fine weather.
Thu Aug 30: Freds engine came. Cutting oats most all day one way. Crew same as yesterday shocking. Frank turning & making roads. Light shower in the P.M. Grain heavy damp & tough. Bad cutting. Grant went to town for more time.
Fri Aug 31: Rain last night. Too wet to harvest this A.M. Cutting in the P.M. & finished. Sorenson, Hans & Perry shocking in the P.M. Grant & Frank gone to the circus.
September 1900
Sat Sep 01:[margin: Pearl took Nettie over to Mrs W's] Perry, Hans & Sorenson shocking 1/2 Perry & Hans went to Axels with team in the P.M. Self went to LaConner & to Dolis Machins. Pleasant. Frank & Grant came home this eve.
Sun Sep 02: Pleasant. Lots of people threshing to day. Pearl & self went to church at B.V. in A.M. In the P.M. was over to Axels. His grain turning out very slim. He will have over 1000 sks less than last year.
Mon Sep 03: Legal Holliday. Perry a Axel's 1/2 day. Self went to Maxwell's then to town. Pearl took Grandma to Woodburns.
1900 Sep 4-15
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Tue Sep 04: Frank & Grant went to LaConner & got the sacks &c. Self choring getting ready for threshing. In the P.M. went & got a load of wood at Maxwells. Sorenson got the machine this P.M. at 4 oclock. Axel short over 1300 sks of last years crop. Clowdy all day but no rain. Got a new pump for Lee's well.
Wed Sep 05: Perry & teaml at Soreson's till noon. Hauled straw & wood in the P.M. Frank hauled a load of wood from Esary's. & helped get ready for threshing. Grant took Nettie to Anacortes & got Mrs. Whitney. The machine arrived this eve at 6 oclock. Dales outfit. Mr Wright & Armund here to supper.
Thu Sep 06: Threshing. 1013 sks. Poor turnout to the straw, but good grain. Perry & Frank driving team. 3 teams from Lee's. Axel 1, Sorenson 1, Olsen 1, Elmer 2. Fine weather.
Fri Sep 07: Threshing teams same as yesterday. Perry not working in the P.M. Sick. Got out 1032 or 2028 in the barn. Grain in the 17 acre field very tough & green. Was offered 21.50 for the oats by Gaches.
Sat Sep 08: Finished at noon. 2389 sks of 100 each. Teams same as yesterday. Smith driving and was at Lee's in the P.M. Looks like rain. Got 175 sks of Lee. Mrs Whitney went home on the train. Hazen baling straw. Strong S. wind & threatening rain.
Sun Sep 09:[margin: Smith & Frank with team.] Lee Threshing part of the day. Light rain this A.M. Self at home most of the day.
Mon Sep 10: Smith & Frank with teams. Lee threshing. Self fixing fence & went to town & sold 800 sks oats at $22.00 per ton. Fine threshing weather with north wind.
Tue Sep 11: Machine at Lee's. Smith & Frank driving team. Lee finished at 6 P.M. Grain turned out well. Splendid weather. Bot two tons of oats of Lee at $23. per ton. Johnson heifer came in the A.M. with heifer calf.
Wed Sep 12: Fine weather still continues. Olsen threshing. My 2 teams helping. Self lame with rheumatism & not doing much. Perry came back this eve. Still sick. Settled up his acct. He worked 25 1/2 days at 1.00, 17 haying, 12 1/2 in Aug at 1.25 & 9 1/2 harvesting, 5 1/2 threshing making $98.05 cts. Good weather still with us but the barometer falling.
Thu Sep 13: Threshing at Olsen's. Self about crippled with rheumatism. Olsen finished at 4 P.M. 1945 sks. Lee was offered 22.00 for oats to day. Sprinkled a little but no rain to stop threshing.
Fri Sep 14: Mr Smith here hauling in the screenings. Self went with Lee to see Woodburns machine & the hay press. No rain but clowdy. Took dinner in Edison.
Sat Sep 15: Have no help at present. Not doing much but chores. Rain some in the P.M. A steamer here to get Hazen's straw. Oats still work $22.00 per ton & no more.
1900 Sep 16-Oct 5
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Sun Sep 16: Self & Nettie went to LaC. to church. Rev Mr Randall preached. Pleasant P.M. Anna Jorgenson quit & went home.
Mon Sep 17: Sorenson baling hay. Self went to LaConner got flour, sugar & sack potatos. Fine weather. Jennings & Peth threshing. Oats quick sale at 22.00 & hay worth ten dollars.
Tue Sep 18: Self hauling gravel on county road. Fine weather. Perry Summers here to night.
Wed Sep 19: Hauling gravel 1/2 day. Rained some in the P.M. Kalso & Amos ball sold their hay at $10.00 per ton. Perry here & got a team.
Thu Sep 20: Self hauling gravel 1/2 Conrad came & hauled in the P.M. Clowdy but no rain. Was offered $10.00 for my hay & $9.00 loose.
Fri Sep 21: Rain some last night. Conrad & self tearing away the old tank by the hay barn. Conrad hauling gravel in the P.M.
Sat Sep 22: Stormy most of the day. Cleaned out the chicken house. Pearl went to Anacortes in the P.M. Equinoxial.
Sun Sep 23: Ida & Pearl arrived on the train this A.M. Pleasant. Str Smith left with 800 sks of my oats this P.M.
Mon Sep 24: Conrad hauling gravel. Pleasant day. Sullivan, Peth & Jennings threshing. Self went to town & settled up with Andrews for the oats & paid Gaches, sack. Goldsmiths & Polson's bills.
Tue Sep 25: Conrad hauling gravel. Self went & settled up with Olsen & hans & sold 70 tons hay at 10.25 per ton. In the eve went to hear W.L. Jones.
Wed Sep 26: Frost. Pleasant. Conrad hauling manure on stock bottom. Self went to Samish to see Joe Hannah about hay baling.
Thu Sep 27: Conrad hauling out stock bottom till 4 P.M. then went to help move the hay press. Self over to Bell's & Callahans & in the P.M. helping Lee fan screenings. Pleasant.
Fri Sep 28: Lee began baling hay. Conrad helping him. Self went to town & got hay wire for self & Lee.
Sat Sep 29: Conrad at Lee's. Self went to town & got a ton of potatos & a pony for Grant. No rain this week. As fine a week for work as could be. Oats are now worth $23.00 per ton.
Sun Sep 30: Went to LaConner to the Baptist church. Fine day.
October 1900
Mon Oct 01: Lee baling hay. Self went to town & got the wheat, also brot Mendenhall's 7 sacks. Rain some in the A.M. Mr Red Finn's folks here to dinner.
Tue Oct 02: Pleasant weather. Self went to Samish with Elmer to dinner with Miller's or Watters folks. The balers came this eve.
Wed Oct 03: Elmer here last night. Baling hay. About 19 tons. Conrad stowing bales. Self choring & not much else. Fine weather with north wind.
Thu Oct 04: Baling hay. About 24 tons or 44 all told. Weather still fine. Hay seems to be weighing well.
Fri Oct 05: Baling hay finished the old barn 66 3/4 tons. Rain a little this A.M. Grant & Pearl went to the fair.
1900 Oct 6-24
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Sat Oct 06: Not baling today. All hands went to the fair. It was not a great success.
Sun Oct 07: Pleasant day. Went to Anacortes to see Mr White. Found him feeling comfortable. Nettie went to Mr Neely's.
Mon Oct 08: Baling hay. Have about 87 tons out. Began on the new shed. Weather sill fine. Mr Wright & Armund here this eve.
Tue Oct 09: About 108 tons to night. Baling hay. Wrights folks left to day. I loaned him $200.00 & took his note for it at 6%. Rain this P.M. most of the time.
Wed Oct 10: Baling hay. Fine day. Upwards 23 tons. Nettie went to town this P.M.
Thu Oct 11: Oats 24.50 to day & Billy Bell sold his hay at $12.00. Baling hay but broke down in the P.M. & lost 2 1/2 hours. 150 tons out tonight & more to follow. Pleasant weather. [margin: Frost.]
Fri Oct 12: Finished baling hay at 11 oclock. Total 159 tons. Conrad took a load of hay to Esary(LaConner) Frank Wright working in the P.M. picking smut(?). Byron baling & storing hay in my barn.
Sat Oct 13: Conrad & Frank & self hauling straw part of the day & fanning screenings two hours. Rain some in the P.M. Went to Road election. Otto Kalso elected.
Sun Oct 14: Rainy this A.M. Pearl & self went to church at Bay View.
Mon Oct 15: Sold Esary brothers 65 tons hay at $12.00 . Conrad cleaning oats & hauling straw. Frank helping wash & hauling straw.
Tue Oct 16: Conrad & Frank hauling straw in the stable in the A.M. & working on the road in the P.M. Self getting & splitting posts for hay barn wharf. Hoard(?) spoke in B.V. tonight.
Wed Oct 17: Frank at Balls baling hay. C. hauling gravel with 4 horse team. Self choring & not much else. Byron baling hay. Looks like rain tonight.
Thu Oct 18: Conrad hauling manure in the A.M. & helping Byron in the P.M. Self over to Billy Bells to see hay press. Windy.
Fri Oct 19: Conrad hauling manure but quit for rain. Self helping Byron a little while. Both fanning screenings after 10 A.M. Finished & had about 117 sks got oats all told. Heavy rain in the P.M.
Sat Oct 20: Rained some. Conrad & Self hauling manure. Finished the stock bottom & hauled some in the garden. Grant away all day & all last night, had to go after him. Made one trip last night & two today or tonight.
Sun Oct 21: Stormy day. At home all day.
Mon Oct 22: Went to town with Pearl & Grant. Conrad took a load of hay for Esary. Showery. 3300. & 3200. & some ones.
Tue Oct 23: Windy & clowdy. Some rain. Conrad helping Lee weight oats. Self did the chores & made a storm door for the door up stairs.
Wed Oct 24: Storm. Conrad helping Lee 1/2 weigh oats. Self choring & went to town with Nettie.
1900 Oct 25-Nov 9
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Thu Oct 25: Conrad hauling manure & wood. Rain in the P.M. Self splitting & sawing wood. Lee's folks up in the eve.
Fri Oct 26: Self, Lee, Conrad & Chris driving posts for hay barn wharf and some for the dyke. In the P.M. Chris & Conrad hauling straw on the dyke. Self fixing the wharf. Pleasant. Grant staid out of school to hunt.
Sat Oct 27: Tom Esary got 2.5 tons hay. Am 51 today. Choring around and fixing up the post driver for winter. Chris & Conrad working on the straw for dyke by Purdy's granary. A birthday party here this eve. [margin: Windy.]
Sun Oct 28: Windy and a hard rain towards eve. Elmer, Miss Carter and Chet(?) Marshall here this P.M.
Mon Oct 29: Conrad & self took a scow load of mud out of the boathouse. Then to load the scow down to Lee's dd warehouse. Conrad hauling straw on dyke in the P.M. self up to Kalsos in the P.M. & got some scow poles.
Tue Oct 30: Stormy day. Conrad worked some on the boat ditch & helped me fix braces in the hay baling shed. In the P.M. worked on the dyke loading scow, &c. Self went to Bay View with Grant and in the P.M. went to LaConner with Nettie.
Wed Oct 31: In the A.M. self & Conrad unloaded the scow. He went to help Axel in the P.M. Self putting braces under the hay shed. & went to Republican Rally in the eve at BayView. Rainy.
November 1900
Thu Nov 01: Self & Christ Polson put another scow load of dirt on the dyke by the old ware house. In the P.M. making rigging to hang the boat up with. Rainy P.M. & eve. Conrad at Axels.
Fri Nov 02: Finished the boat rigging. Conrad at Axels. No rain.
Sat Nov 03: The black heifer had a calf. Conrad & self dug the vegetables in the A.M. & plowed the garden. In the P.M. both went to LaConner to Chushman's speech. Pleasant & cool.
Sun Nov 04: Frost clear & pleasant. About 30°. Self & Nettie went to church. Mrs Whitney's folks here this P.M.
Mon Nov 05: Frost. Clear & pleasant. Conrad began plowing. Tried Queen but had to give her up. She kicked worse than ever.
Tue Nov 06: President Election. Conrad plowing. Self on the election board at B. View. Very pleasant day.
Wed Nov 07: Got home this A.M. at 2.30. Everything indicates Publican victory. Conrad plowing. Fine weather. [margin: Nettie went to town on wheel.]
Thu Nov 08: Conrad plowing with Queen & Corbet & Prince. Self choring. Hailed some posts & lumber for stack fence. Fine weather. Gov Rodgers re-elected. But everything else Republican.
Fri Nov 09: White heifer had a calf. Self went down & got it in Lee's field. Conrad plowing. In the P.M. making fence panels for stack fence. Beautiful weather. Wet frosty nights.
1900 Nov 10-26
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Sat Nov 10: Conrad plowing. Self working at the fence panels & in the P.M. went to Avon to see about hired girl with the usual result. John Miller died in California last week and is to brot home to night.
Sun Nov 11: Went to church at B.V. & went down to Millers to go to the funeral but he did not get there in time. Pleasant day. Went on bicycle & the road are good.
Mon Nov 12: Conrad plowing. Weather still fine. Self went to Bay & visited with Wordhazen this P.M. Hay 14.00 per ton now.
Tue Nov 13: Conrad plowing. Self finished up the stock fence and went to town.
Wed Nov 14: Self choring & cutting wood. Conrad plowing. Burger here talking pianos. Foggy most of the day but no rain.
Thu Nov 15: Conrad plowing. Self & Lee put a scow load of dirt on the dyke in the A.M.
Fri Nov 16: Conrad plowing in the A.M. Rain in the P.M. Self working at the shop some.
Sat Nov 17: Snow this A.M. 2 inches deep. Conrad went to Axels. Self making a sled & seat for Nettie. Knee sore & stiff.
Sun Nov 18: Colrd & disagreeable. Some snow yet. All staid at home.
Mon Nov 19: Mercury at 24° this A.M. Conrad & Grant working at the cabbage. Williamson & women also. Some more snow this A.M. on leds? fair? to be colder tomorrow. Wrote to George. My knee is pretty sore!
Tue Nov 20: Mercury at 14°. Coldest I ever knew it at this date of the month. Clear with good indications for it to last. Conrad & Williamson covering cabbage. Nothing done to Lee's cabbage yet. From one to two inches of snow left on the ground yet.
Wed Nov 21: Mercury at 14° again. Williamson & Conrad at the cabbage. John Oldenburg helping them.
Thu Nov 22: Growing some warmer. Conrad doing chores & went to town with Pearl. Dr. Appleby here to see my knee. Lee here to get a dyke warrant(?).
Fri Nov 23: Some warmer. Conrad choring & splitting wood. Mr Williamson & Tillinghast here this P.M. for a short time. Self improving. Finished reading "Richard Carvel." Rainy some. Nettie went to Fredonia.
Sat Nov 24: Stormy most of the day. Conrad splitting wood. Exhibition in Bay View of the school. Blanche & Margarite came here to stay all night.
Sun Nov 25: Rather pleasant. No rain. Frank White here. Steamer Denver here to Kalso's hay. Mr Negley came in for a while.
Mon Nov 26: Pleasant day. Conrad helping load Byrons hay on the steamer LaConner. Burger & Prof David came with the piano & gave it a good trial. Bradley's folks here in the eve. [margin: Pearl & Miss Williamson went to town.]
1900 Nov 27-Dec 15
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Tue Nov 27: Conrad doing the chores & went to town with Nettie. Sold Byron a ton of oats at $25.00.
Wed Nov 28: Rainy again. C. not working. Settled up with Conrad to date. Paid him up. Warm & no rain.
Thu Nov 29: Warm south wind but no rain. Mr Noordlinger(?) & Clyde Howe here to dinner. Chris esary here also. Esary's Mill burned up last night. Grant went home with Chris.
Fri Nov 30: Clowdy with a little rain. Self doing chores & not much else. Nettie went to Fredonia.
December 1900
Sat Dec 01: Pleasant day & no rain. Self done the chores & went to town with the calf. Got a sack of sugar. The Whitney folks here this P.M. & evening. Rain in the eve.
Sun Dec 02: Warm & wet. At home all day. Grant & the girls went to church in the eve.
Mon Dec 03: Warm & wet. Doing chores & not much else.
Tue Dec 04: Warm & wet. River up some. The girls went to town. Wrote to George.
Wed Dec 05: Rainy day. Elmer & Mrs Carter here this P.M. She tried the piano & said it was all right. Grant & the girls went to the League basket social this eve.
Thu Dec 06: Pleasant this A.M., but foggy P.M. Did the chores & read the Ministries Mooring. Heard that Arthur Leighton died Nov 28th.
Fri Dec 07: Pleasant to warm for the season. Self went to town. Mr Ferguson's folks here to dinner.
Sat Dec 08: Pleasant day. Clear with signs of frost. Self done the chores. Went down & fixed up the plow for winter. Washed & oiled the single harness.
Sun Dec 09: Pleasant & clear & some cooler. Self & Nettie went to church at Bay View. A.J. Stacey & family here to dinner.
Mon Dec 10: Foggy & cool. Self choring cleaned out the tank. Burger & David here this eve & I settled up for the piano.
Tue Dec 11:[margin: Frost.] Pleasant but rather cool. Nettie & self went to LaConner. Waggles gone all day since Sunday. Alf Stacey paid his interest to Jan 12, 1901.
Wed Dec 12: Stormy. The black cow had a calf. Went to the station to get money orders.
Thu Dec 13: Windy & showery. Perry Summers here to dinner. Nettie went to Fredonia. Waggles came home last night. Some what worse for his trip.
Fri Dec 14: Rainy most of the day, but quite warm. Self doing chores & not much else. Went down to fix a sluice box this evening and was at Lee's a while. Perry Summers here.
Sat Dec 15: Stormy & windy. Perry Summers here to get a team to move his things to the station. Fair in Bay View this eve. Grant & the girls went.
1900 Dec 16-Jan 1, 1901
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Sun Dec 16: Windy & stormy. At home all day reading &c.
Mon Dec 17: Doing chores. Windy. Reading. Pearl & Miss Williamson went to town.
Tue Dec 18: Rain part of the day. Lee & Stearns killing the pigs. Nettie & self went to town in the P.M.
Wed Dec 19: Took Pearl to the station & did he chores then cut up the pigs. Windy & rainy.
Thu Dec 20: Heavy wind all last night. Highest tide of the season & the highest I have seen in 5 years. Salted the meat & went to town for Pearl. Tide about 3 1/2 inches less than the s lake of the 1886 tide & 1895 also.
Fri Dec 21: New moon. Daisy had a calf. Strong west wind all night & another high tide this A.M. about 1 inch less than yesterday. The dyke broke by Lee's line towards Bay View. Mr McPherson here from Iowa who has not been here for 20 years. Self & Nettie went to Bob Gunther's to see about hired girl with the usual result. Pleasant in the P.M.
Sat Dec 22: Calm & still this A.M. & the tide much lower. Grant hunting ducks. Redfin(?) boy here.
Sun Dec 23: Pleasant most of the day. Self & Nettie went to church. Conrad here this P.M.
Mon Dec 24: John W. & Frank Wright here. Grant went to town & all went to Christmas tree except the old folks. Pleasant & warm. Pearl went to town.
Tue Dec 25:[margin: Tide medium.] Christmas. Rather a dull Christmas. Clowdy & stormy last night. John Wilson & Frank Wright here. Turned Daisys calf out with her. She does not give milk enough to pay to milk her.
Wed Dec 26: Pleasant day & warm. Frank W. & Nettie went to town this P.M. Self choring & reading. Miss Knox arrived last night at 8 P.M. The Crumrine boys took a load of oats to LaC. for Esary. Took 40 sks.
Thu Dec 27: Fair warm day. The Crumrine boys took another load of oats which is all this is due him(Esary). This has been as warm a December as I ever saw. There has not been a frost yet but will be some to night. Grant & Frank in Bay View to day. Grant went over to Wilson's this eve with the Williamsons. Mrs Mendenhall & Cloyd here this P.M.
Fri Dec 28: Pleasant most of the day, but rain in the eve. Party at Bradley's this eve. Pearl & Miss Knox went to town.
Sat Dec 29: Light frost. Pleasant & clear. Knee getting sore again. Arthur W. here this eve. Went to B. View this P.M. & signed R.O. Welts Insurance bond for $5000.00.
Sun Dec 30: Frost 26deg; Clear & pleasant. Frank Wright & Miss Knox here yet & John W. also. Will Woodburn & his girls also.
Mon Dec 31:[margin: Frost 22°.] Clear & cool. Self went to town. Rheumatism getting bad again. John & Pearl went to Seattle. A party at Esary's home. Grant, Nettie & Frank went.
Tue Jan 01: Stormy snowy. Frank went home. Self laid up with rheumatism.
John Miller died in California last week and is to brot home to night.