3Thu Dec 22: [Nettie]Papa and Grant came home today. The boys have gone to Bay View. Quite windy to day. Rained most of the night.
1904 Jan 1-8 (pp 1)
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January 1904
Fri Jan 01: Opened will(?). A pleasant A.M. but rain before noon. Grant went to LaC with Chris Esary & then home with him. I went over to Frank White's and staid to dinner & till 4 P.M. Frank & Nettie spent the day at home.
Sat Jan 02: Clowdy but no rain. Spent the day at home choring & reading. Rec'd a letter from Ida. Grant still away. The past December has been about the warmest & finest I remember of in Washington.
Sun Jan 03: Windy & Clowdy. Frank Wright & Grant started for Tacoma at noon.
Mon Jan 04: Showery - Doing chores - & reading. Fixed fence down where the hay balers tore it down. Wrote to Ida in the eve. Tides not high for the season.
Tue Jan 05: Showery & clowdy but not very cold. Doing chores, reading and went after the clothes.
Wed Jan 06: Went after the sugar & to LaConner. Settled up with Goldsmith. Sent M.O. to Laird & Lee, Chicago. Calkins paid his interest and I got a money order with it. Weather damp. Fulk just sold his oats for $21.00.
Thu Jan 07: Warm wind all day but no rain. Cut wood some, fixed platform by the barn. Bot mining stock of the agent who was here with Mr. Oslong. A letter from Ida.
Fri Jan 08: Heavy south wind in the A.M. & northwest in the P.M. and heavy rain. Cutting wood & choring. [margin: 29 3 49 - g - Grant C Sisson - N.W.]
1904 Jan 9-22 (pp 2-3)
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Sat Jan 09: Threatening storm & in the P.M. a cold drizzling rain with a few flakes of snow. Cut & split wood some and fixed up the barn some. Went to the station in the P.M. Put the horses in the barn tonight for the first this winter. Highest tide since November on the 8th but it was not very high.
Sun Jan 10: Warm & spring again. At home all day except going to the station to get the new of the wreck of the Clallam which occurred Fri night in the strait west of Lopez Island. Nearly 60 people drowned & the boat sunk.
Mon Jan 11:Nettie Self went to B.V. and took the washing down to Jorgensons. Sent for the R. of R's. Rainy part of the day. A letters from Geo & Ida.
Tue Jan 12: Rain nearly all last night & some today. Fixing "Foonders" stall & doing the chores.
Wed Jan 13: Nettie went to Whatcom. Self did chores & went to LaConner with Mrs. Kalso. Stormy, heavy rain last night. Sullivan got his leg broken.
Thu Jan 14: At home alone all day. Readying & doing chores. Rained lots more last night. This is a decidely wet month and also very warm so far.
Fri Jan 15: Dito yesterday. Clowdy but no rain. Mailed a letter to Geo. Heard Bessners(?) other horse died. Nettie in Whatcom. The first half of Jan gone without a frost.
Sat Jan 16: Clowdy & Windy. Nettie came home on the 9 oclock train. Did the chores & went to Bay View in the P.M. Took 90 lbs bacon to sell. Osborne got 8 sks oats & paid his pasture bill. Fred Kalso had his dyke Com. Bond fixed up.
Sun Jan 17: Cold & windy but no rain till eve. Self & Nettie went to B.V. to go to church but Mr Owens was not able to be there. Wrote to Ida. Grant not home yet.
Mon Jan 18: Sent check to the hospital which pays to Feb 1st. Began to snow this AM and kept it up most of the time till 7 oclock and began to grow cold.
Tue Jan 19: Mercury at 16° degrees & snow about 4 inches on the level. Clear & cold all day. Grant came to LaConner & I had to go after him. Got a letter from Geo. stating he had been sick a week. Avery Browning & Charles Gardner dead.
Wed Jan 20: Warmer M at 28° and snowing again. Snowed part of the day & turned to rain in the eve. Doing chores & not much else.
Thu Jan 21: Kalso & Stearns sold their oats at $21.00. Steamer Swinomish here after them. Spent most of the day reading.
Fri Jan 22: A fine mist most of the day. Doing nothing but chores & reading. Some snow on the ground yet and the ground full of water. Heard Mr. Seabert was dead.
1904 Jan 23-Feb 9 (pp 4-5)
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Sat Jan 23: Rain more last night. Land full of water.
Sun Jan 24: Self & Nettie went to the M.E. Church dedication and to the Bap Church meetin. Hear Rev. E. M. Randall preach. Took dinner with the Carters. Pleasant day.
Mon Jan 25: Pleasant. Sent a letter to Geo and to Ida. Oats worth from $21.50 to $22.00.
Tue Jan 26: Grant went to B.V. & got Nell shod. Self up to Osbornes to see about getting D. Osborne. Also saw Price about wood.
Wed Jan 27: Went to La C. with Nettie also went to a Telephone meeting. Heard from Ida that she had another back set. Good oats worth $22.00. Clear & pleasant.
Thu Jan 28: Went up to Kalsos & got dyke warrant signed. Then went down with Otto to the Bal. Co. dock to see a pile driver.
Fri Jan 29: Pleasant day. Grant went coon hunting. Self, Fred Kalso & Peth went clam digging. Got home at 11-30. Peth stuck in the mud.
Sat Jan 30: At home all day doing chores &c. Frank Wright came. Fulk was here to pay me Abbott's threshing bill. Self went to Whatcom. Drama in Bay View.
Sun Jan 31: Spent the day in Whatcom and came to A. at night. Ida worse than ever since living in Whatcom.
February 1904
Mon Feb 01: Very pleasant and frosty in the A.M. Self & Grant got home. Began moving trees and bushed from the orchard. Frank & Grant working in the P.M,
Tue Feb 02: Working in the orchard. Transplanted 14 trees and pulled up the bal. Pleasant.
Wed Feb 03: Clowdy & light show in the A.M. Sent tax check to Mt. Vernon. Working in the orchard cleaning up brush and moving fence & fenced the raspberries. Rain some towards night.
Thu Feb 04: Worked tearing down the fence east side of the orchard in the A.M. Rain in the P.M. & the boys began washing harness.
Fri Feb 05: Rainy most of the day. Cut up & split a log for posts and worked at the harness the bal of the time.
Sat Feb 06: Still working at the harness. Rained most all last night. Land soaking wet. Snow some. Boys cutting wood some in the P.M.
Sun Feb 07: Snowing a good part of the day. All at home. M at 22°.
Mon Feb 08: Cold & snowing considerable last ight. Grant & Frank washing & oiling harness collars &c. Self went to the station & got a M & W order. Lee Bradley here to dinner. Coldest day of the season.
Tue Feb 09: Great fire at Baltimore Sun & Mon. Cold, not doing much but chores. M. at 22°. Jap & Russia war began. [margin: Got letter from Geo.]
1904 Feb 10-25 (pp 6-7)
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Wed Feb 10: A letter from Ida. Grant & Frank hauling manure. Self went to town. Everett Wallace here. Warmer & the snow going. I could take 23.00 for the oats now.
Thu Feb 11: Everett went home. Grant & Frank hauling manure in the A.M. Rain in the P.M. Strong S.W. wind in the eve. One of the worst for many years.
Fri Feb 12: N. & F. went to Neeley's. The boys hauling manure. Self fixing up fences after the wind and choring. Dug and grated some horse radish.
Sat Feb 13: A letter from Ida. Self & boys building fence by the old orchard lot. Grant went to B.V. & got the washing.
Sun Feb 14: Self went to LaConner to church & then called a pastor Rev. Mr. Pace. Cool & no rain.
Mon Feb 15: Bad weather. Showery all day. Put wire on the fence. Put 5 scks feed oats in the barn. The boys cleaned out the old house & cut wood.
Tue Feb 16: Rainy day not doing very much. Marc Hanna died last night. A letter from Ida. She has made different arrangements about coming home.
Wed Feb 17: Frank & Grant hauling our straw from the stack. No rain but windy. Self went to LaC. with John Wilson. Nothing new. Hay dull at 8 to 10 dollars. Oats 22 to 23 for the best.
Thu Feb 18: Arthur Darcy here. The boys hauling straw. Self went out to Gorton's mill. In the PM. stopped a muskrat hole and fixed a gate by the old orchard to 18 acre field.
Fri Feb 19: The boys hauling straw. Finished this side & began across the road. Self trimming up trees & bushes in the yard & sawed up the orchard tree wood. Clowdy & shower towards night.
Sat Feb 20: The boys hauling straw in the A.M. & went to down in the P.M. Rainy P.M.
Sun Feb 21: Rain hard in the A.M. & some in P.M. Pearl & John came up. Wrote to Ida.
Mon Feb 22: Grant brot the washing down. Frank rigged up the wagons & in the P.M. then went to Gortons mill for lumber to side up the hay shed. Plowing & windy all day. The folks went to Crumrines to a party in the Eve. Hard rain in the night.
Tue Feb 23: Rainy a good part of the day. All working on the hay shed putting on lumber. Land full of water.
Wed Feb 24: Grant working on the telephone line. Frank choring. Went to the mill to order more lumber and white washed the fruit trees.
Thu Feb 25: Frost this A.M. Frank cutting up rails & we worked on the dyke some. Fixing lumber near the hay barn. Grant working on the line.
1904 Feb 26-Mar 12 (pp 8-9)
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Fri Feb 26: Rainy windy miserable weather. Grant went to work on the line. Frank choring weather not fit to do anything. Party this eve
Sat Feb 27: Rain this A.M. & last night. Cold raw wind all day. Went to LaConner Oats $22. Hay $10.00 & dull. the boys hauled a load of wood lumber each 14.00 ft.
Sun Feb 28: Very windy & rainy all last night & today. Went to Whatcom and spent PM with Ida.
Mon Feb 29: 1 inch snow. Self and Ida came home from Whatcom at 9 AM. (She bays putting.) The boys not doing much to day but chores.
March 1904
Tue Mar 01: More snow & light frost. Not doing much in the A.M. The boys finished nailing boards on the hay barn in the P.M. Self reading. Frank & Grant went to La C. in the eve. N. also went. Miss D. Osborne started today.
Wed Mar 02: L.A. supper in B.V. The boys hauling dirt in the slough out by the hay barn slough. Self not doing much.
Thu Mar 03: Took the plow up to Kalso's to get them fixed with jointers. Self helping fix them. The boys hauled dirt some. Nettie & Frank went to LaC. in the eve for basketball.
Fri Mar 04: Strong S. wind all day. Tried the breaking plow. It works very well. Frank plowing. Grant went to Samish to shoot geese. Pearl & son came up and staid all night. Sod land in fair order but stubble very wet.
Sat Mar 05: Still blowing and some rain last night. Ida in bed to day with a cold. Frank plowing till 2.30. Quit for rain. Grant down to Wilson's yet. Frank, Nettie & D. went to LaConner to see basket ball.
Sun Mar 06: Mrs Regenwetter died. At home all day. John & Pearl here but went home at 4 P.M. Ida in bed.
Mon Mar 07: Grant went & got Fred's plow & took a load of feed oats to Jennes to be ground. Frank plowing in the P.M.
Tue Mar 08: Showery Grant & Frank breaking in the Whitney field. Self went to Mrs. R's funeral at LaC. Went with Otto.
Wed Mar 09: The boys plowing. Self choring. Mrs Nynook buried. [margin: ]
Thu Mar 10: Showery & windy. Barometer lowest I ever saw it 29 1/10. The boys plowing.
Fri Mar 11: The boys plowing till 4 P.M. & quit for rain. Strong wind all last night & to day.
Sat Mar 12: Still showery & windy. Plowing some in the fore noon. Finished the Whitney piece all but three round on the head loud(?). The Denner here for oats sold. Geo Andres 700 sks at $23.00. Showery as usual. The young folks went to a party at B.V. in the eve. Land still very wet & not much prospect of plowing stubble.
1904 Mar 13-29 (pp 10-11)
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Sun Mar 13: At home all day, Pleasant but cool. Ida up to day.
Mon Mar 14: A regular blizzard all the fore noon. Lots of wet snow and the land full of water again. Grant sleeping & hunting. Frank did the chores & went to Bay View in the P.M.
Tue Mar 15: Snow squalls in the A.M. & last night. Frank plowing 3/4 Grant 6-10. Frank began on the east side of the road.
Wed Mar 16: The boys plowing. Grant finished the old orchard piece & went across the road. Nettie went to town. Stubble land still very wet. Earthquake to night.
Thu Mar 17: Another rainy day. Not plowing. Fanning oats for seed. 92 sks. Self went to town in the P.M. Social in Bay View to night.
Fri Mar 18: Cool raw wind but not much rain. Grant & Frank breaking sod. Self choring & went to Kalso's to get whiffletrees fixed.
Sat Mar 19: Self & Grant went to Seattle. Otto Kalso also. Frank plowing in the A.M. Rain P.M. Saw the Old Horsehead & called on McGinnis'.
Sun Mar 20: Came from Seattle- home at 2.30 P.M. Rain most all the A.M. Everything soaked. John's folks & Frank White's here.
Mon Mar 21: Another miserably cold showery day. Frank finished the sod plowing. Clint Stearns got his leg broken.
Tue Mar 22: Cool but pleasant. Frank choring in the forenoon & hauling out straw in the P.M. Finished reading "Ishmael".
Wed Mar 23: Frank finished the straw & helped me drive Fay. Working around the house in the P.M. Cleaning the kitchen & kitchen loft. Grant came home.
Thu Mar 24: Drying day. Finished fanning oats. In the P.M. Frank & Grant plowed the headlands to the sod piece across the road. Frank started for Everett. Nettie took him to town.
Fri Mar 25: Drying day. Grant goose hunting. Self not doing much but chores. Frank in Everett.
Sat Mar 26: Rec'd a letter from Geo. Moved stone out in the wood house last night. Grant burning, weather fine. Frank off basket balling. Work shut down. Self painting dining room & pantry. Pearl & John here on their way to Lockharts.
Sun Mar 27: Clowdy & misty. Frank got home from E. Self went to LaConner to church. Heard Rev. Mr. Pace for the first time.
Mon Mar 28: Rain all night & most all day to day. Not doing anything but chores.
Tue Mar 29: Ditto yesterday. Frank & Nettie both got sore throats. Outlook for farmers slim. Doing nothing but chores.
1904 Mar 30-Apr 13 (pp 12-13)
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Wed Mar 30: Frank & Grant hauling wood & Grant got one load of Lumber for the scow.
Thu Mar 31: Grant not working. Went to LaConner to get his tooth fixed. Frank hauling wood. Pleasant. Str. Fidalgo launched.
April 1904
Fri Apr 01: Warm & pleasant. Frank hauling wood & in the P.M. began disking sod. Grant hauling wood & helped me hitch up the colt. She behaved well.
Sat Apr 02: Grant went to Anacortes to get his tooth fixed. Light Rain. Not doing much but chores. Frank went & got Nell shod in the P.M.
Sun Apr 03: Easter Sunday. Self & Frank went to LaConner to church. No rain but not very pleasant.
Mon Apr 04: Frank disking. Grant plowing but it is too wet to plow.
Tue Apr 05: Rain again last night. F. & G. hauling manure. Self working at Nettie's room taking up matting & painting.
Wed Apr 06: Grant not working in the A.M. Frank hauling dirt in the A.M. & they were papering Netties room in the P.M. Pleasant. Cheatum sent a message that he would take the oats at $25.00.
Thu Apr 07: Finished the room & in the P.M. Frank disking. In the P.M. Grant plowed the gardens & rolled the sod in the orchard. Self went to LaConner & Miss Brownton(?) came home with me for a visit. Lots of farmers plowing but the land is none to dry.
Fri Apr 08: Frank disking across the road. Grant plowing in the A.M. - Self too Miss Brownton(?) to Calkins in the P.M. Fine day.
Sat Apr 09: Another drying day. Grant plowing Frank disk 1/2 plowing 1/2 Self planted some vegetable in the A.M. & went to the primary meeting in the P.M. Grant in Bay View all night.
Sun Apr 10: Very drying day. Grant in B.V. all day. Nettie & Frank went to Anacortes. Self at home all day.
Mon Apr 11: Dry day & strong north wind. Grant plow. Frank disk. Began working "Fay" the colt.
Tue Apr 12: Frank disk 1/2 plow 1/2. Grant plowing. "Toombus" sick with distemper & Charly out of whack also. Nettie went to town in the P.M. Sold Millard 1/2 ton hay. Warm & dry. Land nearly all fit to plow now.
Wed Apr 13: Plowing with two teams. Warm & dry. Planted sweet pears & other garden stuff & set out some cabbage plants. They finished the 15 acre piece.
1904 Apr 14-30 (pp 14-15)
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Thu Apr 14: Plowing with two teams. Toombus & Nell not able to work & Charly not well. Self went to town to get wheels fixed & got horse medicine. Rain at 5 P.M.
Fri Apr 15: Plowing with two teams. Mr. & Mrs. Darcy here. Self planted potatos. Fine weather.
Sat Apr 16: Rain some. The boys plowing 3/4 Self went to Woolly to the convention.
Sun Apr 17: Clowdy but no rain. Came from S. Woolley this A.M. at home all day.
Mon Apr 18: Rainy. Plowing after 9.30. Self & Nettie went to town after noon. John Chilberg's house burned up last night. Self went to town in the P.M. on Wheel & got grass seed and a suit of clothes. Nettie went to town also.
Tue Apr 19: Drizzling rain all day but the kept on plowing - began across the road - Meadows looking fine. Set out the 2 bushes of roses.
Wed Apr 20: Still drizzling. The boys went to town in the A.M. Ewing & Peth plowing but it is mostly(?) wet to work. Self mended sack and counted up the oats left. Found 110 sks. besides Elmer's & my seed. The boys plowing in the P.M. Self fixing the box to dip oats.
Thu Apr 21: Rainy again this A.M. They went out to plow about 8.30
Fri Apr 22: Rain all A.M. & most the PM. Not plowing. Ewing plowing. Dipped 30 sks oats in the PM. (diary says Fri 22.)Both teams plowing.
Sat Apr 23: Grant plowing. Frank disking the sod the second time after seeder.
Sun Apr 24: Went to B.V. to church. No rain but clowdy.
Mon Apr 25: Fred K. seeding. Grant plowed. Frank harrowing the 18 acre piece. Cold north wind.
Tue Apr 26: Self rolling 1/2. Both of the boys plowing 3/4 day, then began harrowing sod after the disk. Self dipped 30 sks more seed oats. Strong cold north wind. Land drying out too fast & caking.
Wed Apr 27: Two teams harrowing. Self choring & working around the house.
Thu Apr 28: The boys harrowing 1/2 Rainy P.M. Mr Owen's folks here in the evening & staid all night.
Fri Apr 29: Both teams harrowing in the AM. & one in PM. finished rough harrowing & the sod after the disk. Grant seeding in the P.M. Self rolling rough land to mash clods. Owens went home.
Sat Apr 30: Hard frost. Frank disking. Grant seeding. Self dipped 30 sks more oats. 26 acres seeded. Dry & cool. Basket Ball game in B.V. tonight.
1904 May 1-16 (pp 16-17)
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May 1904
Sun May 01: Pleasant drying day. At home all day. Mr. & Mrs. Tillinghast here to dinner and staid the P.M. - Peth's teams working.
Mon May 02: Frank disking. Grant finished seeding the sod (30 acres) and began harrowing it at 10 A.M. Self choring & working in garden - Planted beans & squashes also cucumbers.
Tue May 03: Frank finished disking across the road. Grant harrowing; finished the sod this side of the road. Self dipped 30 sks more oats. Grant lost 1/4 in the A.M. for rain. Frank 1/8. Cold & windy all the P.M.
Wed May 04: Grant seeded the haybarn piece. Frank harrowing across the road. Cold, drying wind. About 38 acres left to seed yet.
Thu May 05: Frank harrowing across the road 1/2 - finished the sod & the other 20 is ready to seed. (at noon) Self rolling & Grant harrowing with two horses in the A.M. Rain in the P.M. doing nothing with teams. The boys went to town. Self finished dipping oats 14 sks.
Fri May 06: Nettie went to town. Grant seeding. Frank harrowing by the hay barn. Self sowing grass seed 1/2 Geo Jenne's folks here in the P.M. also the assessor J.M. Shields. Cold not not growing weather.
Sat May 07: Grant seeding 1/2 finished across the road. Self rolling. Grant rolling in the P.M. Frank harrowing. Nettie went to town.
Sun May 08: Clowdy & misty. Self went to LaC. to church. John & Pearl here.
Mon May 09: Grant finished seeding. Frank harrowing. Self rolling. Dry & cool.
Tue May 10: Grant & Frank disking on the piece by the stack (17 acres). Self choring & helping clean house.
Wed May 11: Rep Convention at Tacoma. Frank finished disking (17 acres). Self rolling across the road & Grant harrowing after the roller.
Thu May 12: Frank harrowing & finished. Grant harrowing 1/2 & roll 1/2. Self roll 1/2. Warm & dry. Land dry & dusty. Peth finished seeding.
Fri May 13: Self helping clean house & went to town in the P.M. Frank rolling - Grant with team and seeder helping Ed Crumrine. . Bot paint for sitting room & porches.
Sat May 14: Clowdy but not much rain - Self painting on the sitting room. Grant at Crumrines seeding. Frank finished avolling(?) in the A.M. & putting down carpet in the P.M. Oats worth $26.00.
Sun May 15: Went to church in B. View - No rain. Wrote to Geo.
Mon May 16: Frank cleaning house. Self painting sitting room. Grant loafing. Showery towards night, but rain light.
1904 May 17-Jun 2 (pp 18-19)
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Tue May 17: Self & Frank went to town & drove "Fay". Got a sk sugar & a lot of paint & oil. Painting in the P.M. - Frank & Grant choring. Grant mowed the lawn. Clowdy & a few light showers.
Wed May 18: Self & Frank painting. Grant hauled a load of wood in the P.M. Mrs. Carter here in the eve.
Thu May 19: Self & Frank painting outside. Grant helped some in the A.M. Piling(?) porch floor. Fixing his gun in the P.M. Warm & pleasant.
Fri May 20: All hand painting out side. Pleasant.
Sat May 21: All painting in the A.M. & self in the P.M. The boys went to B.V. in the P.M. to play ball. Warm & pleasant.
Sun May 22: Went to church in LaC. John & Pearl here. Pleasant & no rain. Land getting pretty dry & rain will be needed soon.
Mon May 23: Self & Frank painting. Grant & team working on the road. Frank started for Tacoma this eve.
Tue May 24: Grant on the road. Self painting. Warm & dry.
Wed May 25: Team on the road. Peth's man driving it. Self painting. Grant sick.
Thu May 26: Self painting & choring. Grant not working. Went to town. Warm & dry as usual.
Fri May 27: Frank came home from Tacoma. Grant helped haul away the grass from the lawn & mowed it again. He went to B.V. in the P.M. for a filter ??elt. Frank working in the P.M. Clearing off lawn &c. Self painting & working on the house.
Sat May 28: Went after sand for a filter. & cleaned up about the place. Plowed the potatos in the P.M. Around Wrights folks here in the P.M. Self went to town in the P.M. "I Rathlieu(?)" came home with me. Dry no signs of rain.
Sun May 29: Self went to Memorial service in LaC. The young folks went down to Pearls. Mr Jorgenson here to dinner.
Mon May 30: Self went to Decoration exercises a Pleasant Ridge. Warm & dry. Frank & Grant working around the house getting ready for the coming event.
Tue May 31: Clowdy day & light rain in the P.M. Self not doing much but chores. Grant went to town in the P.M.
June 1904
Wed Jun 01: Fine rain last night 1/2 inch. Frank & Nettie married. About 50 people here all told. Rev Mr Pace did the work. They started for Seattle in the Eve via Anacortes.
Thu Jun 02: Mr McGinnis folks here. Cleaning up after the shin-dig. Nice weather.
1904 Jun 3-20 (pp 20-21)
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Fri Jun 03: The McGinnis folks, self & Ida went to Frank Whites - Very pleasant & fine day. Oats looking fine for the age of them. Grant not working.
Sat Jun 04: Doing chores & cutting thistles in the A.M. Grant helping two or three hours. P.M. Self & Mr McGinnis went to the B.L.C. camp - Grant hunting.
Sun Jun 05: All went to Guemes Island in Kalso's boat. Had a good time & a pleasant day.
Mon Jun 06: Cold north wind all day. McGinnis's went to LaConner at lentus(?). Self went to Mt. Vernon on saloon business. Milk O.K.
Tue Jun 07: McGinnis's went to Pearl's. Made the filter & went up to the Holstrups in the A.M. Went up to the station to see "Ottos" tower.
Wed Jun 08: Went with Mr McGinnis to see Elmer's place. Came back via Pleasant Ridge. Mr McGinnis folks went home this A.M.
Thu Jun 09: Self went to LaConner- Let Roy have $500.00 on his place at 7% payable in three years. Nettie & Frank came home. Rain in the P.M. Went & saw the well rigging at Paul Paulson's.
Fri Jun 10: Clear & pleasant. All working on the dyke in the AM near the horse barn. In the P.M. cutting thistles, working in the garden, splitting wood, &c.
Sat Jun 11: Working on the dyke in the A.M. The boys playing ball in the P.M. Self in B.V. in P.M.
Sun Jun 12: At home all day. Pearl & John here also Clyde horse. Fine growing weather.
Mon Jun 13: Took a load of oats to Richardsons'. The boys working on the dyke some. Grant went for a load of lumber. Frank painting in the A.M.
Tue Jun 14: Working on the dyke. Loaded the scow and it sunk.
Wed Jun 15: Self worked on scow some. Working on dyke 1/2 Painting & choring. Put in a scow load of mud after supper.
Thu Jun 16: Self working on scow. Grant hauled a load of threshing wood from Lovels. They loaded the scow in the P.M. & self & Frank unloaded it after supper. Grant 3/4
Fri Jun 17: Heard Arthur Neely had gone. Self working on scow 3 hours. The boys choring in the A.M. & on the dyke in the P.M. by the hay barn. Rain in the eve.
Sat Jun 18: The boys mending sacks in the A.M. & at a ball game in the P.M. About one inch of rainfall last night. Grass badly lodged.
Sun Jun 19: Went to LaC. to church and staid at Carters for dinner. Nettie & Frank also.
Mon Jun 20: The boys worked on the dyke three hours. Self & Frank three hours in the P.M. Grant went after wood but did not get any. Pleasant fine growing weather.
1904 Jun 21-Jul 6 (pp 22-23)
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Tue Jun 21: Self & Grant spinning oakum in the A.M. for dyke scow. Grant not working. Frank not working in the P.M. Self went to town for scow spikes in the P.M.
Wed Jun 22: Self & Grant working on scow. Grant part of the day & went for lumber in the P.M. Rained a light shower this A.M.
Thu Jun 23: Self & Frank working on the scow. Grant working some. Very fine day - Fred Kalso helping in the P.M.
Fri Jun 24: Self, Frank, Fred & Grant working on scow. Grant 3/4. Finished it & put it in the water. Warm & pleasant.
Sat Jun 25: Self & Frank cleaned the roof of the old house & took down the old chimney then put up a new one that came from the old school house. Mr & Mrs Darcy here in the P.M. Grant helping Ed. Lovel -- Party here this eve. John & Pearl came up. Fine day - the oats across the road look tough. The stubble ground across the road will make about 15 sks per acre and sod 30. Pulled must a while in the P.M.
Sun Jun 26: At home all day. John & Pearl here also E. Axelson's folks & Kathleen Brazeale. Nice pleasant day.
Mon Jun 27: Self not doing much. Frank choring & painting the upper porch floor. Grant went after lumber but did not get any as it was not cut. Self was up to Fredonia to see Fulk about machine men.
Tue Jun 28: Grant not workng. Frank choring & painting the buggie and milk house roof. Self went to LaConner & to Paul Polsons to see the well machine. Warm.
Wed Jun 29: Grant hauling dyke lumber. Frank & self choring. Sawing up dyke lumber & ground sickle for the mower. Warm. Fred took the scow down to the dam this eve. Concert in Bay View this eve.
Thu Jun 30: Self & Frank working on dyke. Self & Grant combined 4 hours. Frank 8. Very warm.
July 1904
Fri Jul 01: Self Frank & Grant working on dyke. Eight hours each. Warm & dry.
Sat Jul 02: Frank, Nettie & Grant went to Bellingham. Self in La Conner in the P.M,
Sun Jul 03: Went to church at LaConner. Warm. John & Pearl here this eve.
Mon Jul 04: John & Pearl & self went to Anacortes. Fine day.
Tue Jul 05: At home. The folks got home from Whatcom this eve. John & Pearl went to Mt Vernon & then home.
Wed Jul 06: Grant hauling wood. Self & Frank went to Fred for rock to Hat Island. They unloaded it after dark, one scow.
1904 Jul 7-21 (pp 24-25)
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Thu Jul 07: Self & Frank fixing dyke 2 hours. Grant hauling wood. Frank helping in the P.M.
Fri Jul 08: Mr Wagner came. Grant doing nothing. Frank piling wood in the A.M. & in the P.M. went with me to LaConner to get the new tedder.
Sat Jul 09: Fine day for drying hay. Grant cut the hay on the Whitney piece 8 or 9 acres. Frank went to Samish for Cherries. Kalso, Peth & Byron mowing also.
Sun Jul 10: Pleasant. Fine hay weather. Self went to church in B.V.
Mon Jul 11: Haying. Grant mowing all day. Self raking some. Frank tedding & shocked hour. Crew: Grant, Frank, Clark Wallace 1/2, Maxwell 3/4, H Maxwell 3/4, Wagner 3/4, Daniel 1/2.
Tue Jul 12: Cool & clowdy. Hay not making well. Grant mowing. Frank tedding 1/2 Self rake 1/4. Crew: Grant, Frank, Wallace, Maxwell Jr., Maxwell Sr, Wagner Daniel. 8 days 8 1/2 hours. Stacy girls here.
Wed Jul 13: Haying. Clowdy most of the day, hay cures very slowly. Grant mowing 1/2, shocking 1/2. Crew: Grant, Frank, Wallace, Maxwell Sr., Maxwell Jr, Wagner, Daniel. Self raking. Six days shocking to day. 14 days 8 1/2 hours to date.
Thu Jul 14: Rain last night & showery all day to day. Lots of hay down all over the country. Went & let water out of the scow & unloaded the rock in the eve.
Fri Jul 15: Still raining this A.M. and was at it most all night. Bad prospect for hay, that down cut. The men doing nothing. Self made a wagon seat in the A.M. Cleaning up some & blowing in the P.M.
Sat Jul 16: Weather still bad doing nothing. Nettie sick. They think she has measles. No rain to day, but clowdy & windy. Self went to B.V. to church.
Sun Jul 17: Went to B.V. to church. Nettie in bed with measles. Clearing up some. Peth put up some hay.
Mon Jul 18: Haying again. Frank tedding 1/2 self raking 3/4. Crew: Grant mowing 1/2, Grant, Frank, Wallace, Wagner, Daniel 3/4 Maxwell Sr, Maxwell Jr, shocking 4 1/2. The men stiring out wind rows 1/4.
Tue Jul 19: Haying. Fine weather. Crew: Grant(mowing and shocking 1/2), Frank, Wallace, Wagner, Daniel, Maxwell sr, Maxwell Jr. Self tedded & raked out shock row around the 20 acre field. New meadow. Shocking 6 days. Total 25 - 3/1/2 hours. Nettie pretty poorly today, Dr Howe to see her.
Wed Jul 20: Fine day. Self went to town to estimate warehouse piles. Grant finished mowing this A.M. Frank tedding 1/2. Crew same as yesterday. Shocking 6 days. Finished the 23 acre piece at noon. It took 21 days.
Thu Jul 21: Nettie some better. Hay crew: Grant, Frank, Wallace 1/2, Wagner, Maxwell Sr., Maxwell Jr, Daniel. Hot day. Mercury 83. Shocking 6 1/2 days. 37- 8 1/2.
1904 Jul 22-Aug 4 (pp 26-27)
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Fri Jul 22: Haying finished shocking about 4 P.M. Clowdy in the A.M. but no rain here. Crew hauling in hay. Crew same as yesterday. Total 42 6/10 shocking, 1 1/2, stirring, 5 days mowing, tedding 3 days, Raking 3 days. Wagner quit. Clark & Frank cutting.
Sat Jul 23: Self & Grant went to Gortons Mill for tank plank. Clark & Frank fixing up hay shocks & cutting thistles, in the P.M. went blackberrying. Grant not working in the P.M. Self went to town. Pleasant. Peth & Byrons hauling in hay. No demand for hay. No buyers nor no price.
Sun Jul 24: Self went to town & to church. After church went to Tillinghasts to dinner. Nettie sat up some.
Mon Jul 25: Hauling hay. Crew see time book. Got in 30 loads. Fine weather.
Tue Jul 26: Hauling hay. Crew same as yesterday. 30 loads in old barn. Total to day in old barn 60.
Wed Jul 27: Hauling hay, New meadow, 34 loads in new shed. Crew same. Clowdy & some mist, but kept on hauling.
Thu Jul 28: Hauling hay 6 hours. Quit for rain from 830 to 12. Willard here in the P.M. Got in 21 loads. Byron finished hauling to day.
Fri Jul 29: Hauling hay. Fine day. 36 loads. 74 in the big shed. 70 of the new meadow. 17 in the bale barn of the hay that got wet. Total to night 151.
Sat Jul 30: Hauling hay. 20 loads in the bale barn 2d quality. 5 loads in the big shed making 79 all told. & 6 in the stable. Total for the day 31 all told to date 182.
Sun Jul 31: Clear & pleasant. Went to church at B.V. at home the bal. of the day. No one here. Grant in Bay View as usual and had to send after him.
August 1904
Mon Aug 01: Hauling hay to Osborne 6 loads. Chellis(?), Frank, Clark & Grant & three teams. Self feeling tough up most of the night last night. Began framing the tank by the Granary.
Tue Aug 02: Hauling hay to Walker & Osborne. They also hauled posts from Gortons 95. Self working on tank.
Wed Aug 03: The boys hauled in 7 loads of hay in the stable. Self working on tank & helping mow away hay. Pleasant. Dry. Oats beginning to turn some. Loads hay in Old barn 60 Bale barn 37 Big shed 85 Stable 13 Sold 18 1/2 Total 213
Thu Aug 04: Hauled in 6 loads of the wet hay in the big shed & finished. Mr. Calhoun & Ida here, also Frank White. Warm. Self helping with the hay.
1904 Aug 5-23 (pp 28-29)
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Fri Aug 05: Warm. Self making eave troughs in the A.M. Self & Grant setting fence posts & Grant helping in the A.M.
Sat Aug 06: Clark went to Bellingham. Frank & Grant finished setting posts along the lane in the A.M. Not working in the P.M. Self went to Sedro Woolley to the Pioneer meeting & to VanFleets in the eve.
Sun Aug 07: Came home from Woolley on the 807 train. Pearl came up. Grant went after her.
Mon Aug 08: Self made eave troughs in the A.M. Getting ready for camping in the P.M. No one working Foggy A.M.
Tue Aug 09: Fred went camping with a boat & scow load started at 6-30. Nettie, Ida & self went to the campground via train arrived at 5 P.M.
Wed Aug 10: Cold & Windy. Clark & D. Osborne at home all the others camping on Guemes Island. Pleasant.
Thu Aug 11: Camping. Self went with Fred to Cypress Island for deer but did not get any.
Fri Aug 12: Camping. In the P.M. went to Anacortes to see a game of ball. Still dry & dusty.
Sat Aug 13: Camping. Self came home with Fred in the P.M. Oats turning fast.
Sun Aug 14: Warm & dry. Went to Bay View to church. Reading the bal of the day.
Mon Aug 15: Did the chores & made a water trough. Fred went back to the Camp. Delia & Clark went with him.
Tue Aug 16: Went to town. Bot binding twine, 250 lbs at 15 ¢ "Clover Leaf" Armstrong sold his shock baled hay at $7.00. Waggles came home.
Wed Aug 17: Did chores & went to Gorton's mill for tank lumber. The folks came from camping. Ida sick with sore throat.
Thu Aug 18: Dry & smoky. Began on the tank. Frank went to La C. for sacks in the P.M. Will have to haul water next week. Pastures very short.
Fri Aug 19: Self & Frank working at the tank. Warm & dry. Al Risbell died this A.M. from heart failure after three weeks run of typhoid fever.
Sat Aug 20: Turned the tank over to put the 2x4 stuff on it. The campers hame home today at noon.
Sun Aug 21: Self went to Risbell's funeral at Mt Vernon. A large crowd present. Dry & dusty.
Mon Aug 22: Clark came home to day. Frank went for lumber. Grant helping on the tank some in the A.M. & to LaC. in the P.M. Self & Frank finished the tank & putting up eave troughs.
Tue Aug 23: Grant hauling water in the A.M. & Clark in the P.M. 3 loads. Clark cleaning out the tanks in the A.M. Self & Frank finished putting up eave troughs & put in the pipe to the tank at the hay barn. Got the binder out in the P.M.
1904 Aug 24-Sep 6 (pp 30-31 Duplicate of next)
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Wed Aug 24: Frank went to town to get the tank wagon fixed. Sorenson, Clark & Grant mowing & binding around the Whitney oat field. Still foggy & smoky. Grain not very ripe. Ida in bed yet ever since she came home from camping.
Thu Aug 25: Grant binder. Very wet could not work in ght egrain in the A.M. Cutting in the P.M. Sorenson, Clark & Frank shocking. Grain pretty green & very heavy.
Fri Aug 26: Cutting oats. Sorenson, Clark & Frank shock. Self twining & binding what the binder missed on Acct of poor twine. Oats green but thot best to keep cutting.
Sat Aug 27: Sorenson, Clark & Frank shocking. Grant cutting 3/4 finished the 15 acres in the "Whitney Field" & cut around the field by the hay barn. 5 times & twice around the 10 acres sod. The latter very heavy. Self went to town in the A.M. & changed the twine. Mrs. VanFleet here this A.M.
Sun Aug 28: Rain a good part of the day. Light. Frank & Nettie went down to Pearl's. Ida miserable.
Mon Aug 29: Rain hard all last night about an 1 1/2 in. Not working in the A.M. Cutting & shocking in the P.M. Too wet though. Self went to Freds & got an iron leturn(?) faucet to the tank.
Tue Aug 30: Cutting oats from 10 A.M. Sorenson 7 hours. Clark. Frank, & Grant also. Self went to Mt. Vernon & LaC. Edna Whitney here to day and to night.
Wed Aug 31: Cutting oats from 10 A.M. Grant 3/4 Clark & Frank 3/4. Self running binder from 10 A.M. Sorenson from 10.30. Edna Whitney here. She & Nettie went down to Pearls in the P.M. Pleasant but wet in the A.M.
September 1904
Thu Sep 01: Pleasant. Heavy dew. Grain wet till 10 A.M. Cut after that till 6-45 with five horses. Sorenson, Clark & Grant shocking. Frank turning & shocking. Edna here yet. She & Nettie went up to Tillinghasts this P.M.
Fri Sep 02: Cutting oats from 9 A.M. to 7 P.M. Five horses. Grant, Clark, Sorenson shocking 3/4 or 8/10. Frank turning & shocking. Fine day. Grain in fine shape to cut.
Sat Sep 03: Crew same as yesterday. Harvesting finished across the road at 3 P.M. & began on the down piece near Peth's. It is a bad one. They finished shocking at 6.
Sun Sep 04: Went to La Conner to church & took dinner with Bailey's- Warm. Lots of people cutting oats. Pearl here to day. Ida sick as usual.
Mon Sep 05: Harvesting the down piece near Peth's. Sorenson, Clark, Frank Grant, Self with binder.
Tue Sep 06: Cutting oats & finished. Self running binder with five horses. Crew: Sorenson, Clark, Frank, Grant 1/2 [margin: Sorenson $22.50.]
1904 Sep 7-23 (pp 32-33)
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Wed Sep 07: Grant & Clark shocking 1/2 & finished Frank went for a load of lumber. Self over to Byron's & down to Fulk's to see about threshing. In the P.M. Grant & Clark nothing. Frank & self fixed & put away the binder & finished covering the tank.
Thu Sep 08: Rain some to day. Not doing much. Grant & Fred went to Cypress Island.
Fri Sep 09: Grant not working. They got home with three deer. Clark & Frank digging a ditch in the slough in the Whitney Field. Self out Gortons' getting ditch timber or rather ordered some cut at the mill. Fellow here.
Sat Sep 10: Fine threshing weather. Clark & Frank finished the ditch & dug potatos. Self helping on ditch & went to town in the P.M. Graham took the machine over to Bell's. Oats sold to day at $24.00. Mrs. Woodburn's.
Sun Sep 11: At home all day. Pleasant. Nettie & Frank went to Neely's.
Mon Sep 12: The machine started to day at Bells. Frank & Clark driving teams. Grant tending screenings & slacker. Tate sold his oats at $25.00.
Tue Sep 13: Threshing at Bell's. Fine weather. Thresher at John's to day.
Wed Sep 14: Threshing at Bells & finished at 11 A.M. At Fred's in the P.M. Self down to Wilson's. Lots of oats sold to day at $25.00. Fine threshing weather.
Thu Sep 15: Threshing at Kalso's. Fine weather. Nettie went to town. Oats $24.00 per ton.
Fri Sep 16: Threshing at Kalso's & Fulk's. 1410 sks. 760 in the P.M. John sold today at $25.00. Fine weather. Over 100000 sks have been sold.
Sat Sep 17: Threshing at Fulk's. Fine weather. Self cleaning out Granary & barn & went over to the machine in the P.M.
Sun Sep 18: Still nice weather. Finished Fulk's at 10 A.M. & moved to Byron's. Began at Byron's at 11-30. Carter's folks here to day.
Mon Sep 19: Frost- Pleasant & strong north wind. The shaker in the separator broke & they did not start up till 10 A.M. Finished Byron's home ranch & moved onto the Purdy ranch at 4 P.M. Byrons sod made over 40 sks per acre.
Tue Sep 20: Finished Byron's at 11 A.M. & moved to Peths. Self went to town in the P.M. Fine weather. Oats still worth $25.00 but not many selling.
Wed Sep 21: Threshing at Peth's. Windy & a little rain in the eve. John Wilson's here tonight.
Thu Sep 22: Clowdy & threatening rain but they threshed all day at Peth's. His grain making about 32 sks on an average. Ida went to Bellingham with John's folks. She has been a bed all this week. Self getting ready for threshers.
Fri Sep 23: Began threshing here at 8.30 & got over 1100 sks. [From next image]The ten acre sod piece across the road made 53 sks per acre or a little better. Got through across the road & moved. Went & got Mrs Killman to help cook. Fine weather. Sold oats to Fulk(225) Jost(20) Martin(105)
1904 Sep 23-Oct 15 (pp 34-35)
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Sat Sep 24: Threshing at home about 1300 sks. Broke the starter at 535. Graham went to town in the eve to get it fixed. Pleasant.
Sun Sep 25: Finished threshing at 2 P.M. 2942 sks. The Whitney piece 18 acres went about 50 sks. The machine went to Freds.
Mon Sep 26: Threshing at Crumrines after finishing Kalso's at about 8 A.M. Self went to town. Misty & damp.
Tue Sep 27: Rainy. No threshing. Rains light.
Wed Sep 28: Threshing in the P.M. at Crumrines. Damp & misty. Self & Frank went to La C. Clark went for a load of ditch stuff to Gorton's mill.
Thu Sep 29: Pleasant day but damp in the A.M. Began threshing at 9-30 & finished at 4 P.M. Put the separator in the shed & Graham took the engine to LaConner. Settled with Jost & Fulton. John Wilson & young Best here to dinner. Went up to Jenne's to see a hay press in the P.M.
Fri Sep 30:
October 1904
Sat Oct 01:[margin: Sat 1 getting ready to go east. Sold the hay at $10.00]
Sun Oct 02: Went to the burial of Carrie White in the P.M.
3Mon Oct 03:[Nettie]Papa and Grant started East this morning. Carrie White buried yesterday. Frank & Clark digging ditch. Pleasant day.
Tue Oct 04:[Nettie]Frank went to town to see about baling hay. Pleasant weather.
Wed Oct 05:[Nettie]Frank & I are going to Tacoma this morning.
Thu Oct 06: No entry
Fri Oct 07: No entry
Sat Oct 08: No entry
Sun Oct 09: No entry
Mon Oct 10:[Nettie]We came home this morning. The balers came about noon. Raining quite hard this evening.
Tue Oct 11:[Nettie]Chellis working here this afternoon. Mr. McGinnis came down to day. Rained quite hard all morning and pleasant this after noon.
Wed Oct 12:[Nettie]Fair weather. Ed Crumrine working here to day.
Thu Oct 13:[Nettie]Pleasant day. Ed Crumrine working here this afternoon.
Fri Oct 14:[Nettie]Mr McGinnis went home this morning. Rainy in morning but pleasant this afternoon.
Sat Oct 15:[Nettie]Stormy nearly all day to day. Raining and blowing.
1904 Oct 16-Nov 2 (pp 36-37)
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Sun Oct 16:[Nettie]Ned Fowler & Mr. Tozier here today hunting. Bakers left this morning. Pleasant weather.
Mon Oct 17:[Nettie]Clark went away today. Pearl and Mrs Powell here to spend the day. Frank went to town. Wag came home. Pleasant but quite cold.
Tue Oct 18:[Nettie]Fred Crumrine & Vic MacMillan are driving a team on the road.
Wed Oct 19:[Nettie]Nothing much to write about. Pleasant weather.
Thu Oct 20:[Nettie]Mama and Mary Stacey came home to day. Nice weather.
Fri Oct 21:[Nettie]Lee Bradley here to day. Pleasant weather. Mary went away to day.
Sat Oct 22:[Nettie]Boat in for hay to night. Good weather.
Sun Oct 23:[Nettie]Quite cold to day. Frank and I went to church.
Mon Oct 24:[Nettie]Pleasant but cold. Nothing happened.
Tue Oct 25:[Nettie]Blanch, Marguerite and Teddie here, also Mr. Tillinghast. Marguerite stayed over.
Wed Oct 26:[Nettie]Marguerite and I went up to LaConner yesterday. Very pleasant weather.
Thu Oct 27:[Nettie]The boat came for hay today. I took Marguerite to the station this afternoon. Very pleasant but foggy mornings.
Fri Oct 28:[Nettie]Nothing much to write about. Fair weather.
Sat Oct 29:[Nettie]Pleasant. Frank drove Fay in the cart to LaConner.
Sun Oct 30:[Nettie]We had a League social here last night. Not a very large crowd were present. Very stormy this morning blowing and raining.
Mon Oct 31:[Nettie]De went home to day. It has been raining nearly all day. Holtum came up for the gun. Frank and Freddy went to LaConner this evening to Club meeting.
November 1904
Tue Nov 01:[Nettie]Raining nearly all day. Frank and Freddy fanning oats.
Wed Nov 02:[Nettie]Ned Fowler came down this morning to hunt. Pleasant weather. and quite windy.
1904 Nov 3-20 (pp 38-39)
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Thu Nov 03:[Nettie]The boys making garden. Pleasant weather.
Fri Nov 04:[Nettie]Frank took Ned down to Pearl's this morning. Raining this after noon. The boys went to LaConner. Anna & Clara Nelson spent the day.
Sat Nov 05:[Nettie]Pearl and John came up this afternoon. Rainy.
Sun Nov 06:[Nettie]Rainy this evening. Stayed home all day. Pearl and John went home this afternoon.
Mon Nov 07:[Nettie]Frank went over to Neelys this morning. Rainy part of the day.
Tue Nov 08:[Nettie]Frank went to LaConner this afternoon to bank check. Pleasant.
Wed Nov 09:[Nettie]Mama and I making pickles. Frank had to go to town again with check. Fair weather. Roosevelt, Mead and Bradley elected.
Thu Nov 10:[Nettie]Frank fanned a few oats and helped me. Art Whitney here. Cool morning but very pleasant days. Mr and Mrs Gaches here.
Fri Nov 11:[Nettie]We moved into the dining room to day. Very pleasant weather. Frank went to LaConner to night.
Sat Nov 12:[Nettie]Beautiful day. Frank went to sale at Neelys.
Sun Nov 13:[Nettie]Pleasant this morning. Rainy this afternoon.
Mon Nov 14:[Nettie]Frank finished fanning oats today. Rainy this afternoon.
Tue Nov 15:[Nettie]Very windy last night strong all day. Frank went to LaC. to night.
Wed Nov 16:[Nettie]Stormy all day. Frank and I cleaned up the parlor and put up the stove.
Thu Nov 17:[Nettie]Stormy all day. Frank put wood in the wood house and hauled oats to barn.
Fri Nov 18:[Nettie]Stormy. Windy and rainy. Frank cleaning up in granary and making post holes.
Sat Nov 19:[Nettie]Very bad weather. Busy getting ready for tomorrow. We are going to have out Thanksgiving tomorrow.
Sun Nov 20:[Nettie]John and Pearl came up today. Very stormy. Rainy and windy.
1904 Nov 21-Dec 9 (pp 40-41)
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Mon Nov 21:[Nettie]John and Pearl went home to day. Pleasant day.
Tue Nov 22:[Nettie]Rained all night. Frank making fence around stack. Went to town in afternoon. Fair weather.
Wed Nov 23:[Nettie]Frank finished fence. Have five young chickens. Fair weather.
Thu Nov 24:[Nettie]Thanksgiving. Pleasant day. Raining this evening.
Fri Nov 25:[Nettie]Rainy. Nothing to write. Frank went to LaConner tonight.
Sat Nov 26:[Nettie]Frank got apples at Byrons. We went to a fair and chicken supper this evening. Fair day. Rained this evening.
Sun Nov 27:[Nettie]Pleasant this morning. Warm wind. Raining in P.M. and evening.
Mon Nov 28:[Nettie]Went to LaConner to day. Rainy in fore noon.
Tue Nov 29:[Nettie]Not much to write. The black heifer had a heifer today. Frank went to LaConner.
Wed Nov 30:[Nettie]This is my birthday, 24 years old. Mrs. Woodburn and Mrs Richards came up to day. to celebrate. Very windy. Rainy this evening.
December 1904
Thu Dec 01:[Nettie]Pleasant this morning. Lettle rain this afternoon. Frank hauled wood.
Fri Dec 02:[Nettie]Beautiful day. Frank hauled manure this morning and went to LaConner to night.
Sat Dec 03:[Nettie]Nice weather. Frank and Anna washed clothes to day. Pearl and John and Carroll came up this afternoon. Quite a frost last night.
Sun Dec 04:[Nettie]Pleasant this morning and afternoon. but rainy to night. Heavy frost last night.
Mon Dec 05:[Nettie]Beautiful but rather cold. Not much to write. I dressed two chickens for LaConner fair.
Tue Dec 06:[Nettie]Frank hauled wood this morning and went to LaC. in P.M. Heavy frost last night but warmer today.
Wed Dec 07:[Nettie]Rainy a little last night and this A.M. Quite cloudy all day.
Thu Dec 08:[Nettie]Not much to write about. Fair weather.
Fri Dec 09:[Nettie]Pleasant weather. Frank went to LaC this evening Mrs. Peth called.
1904 Dec 10-27 (pp 42-43)
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Sat Dec 10:[Nettie]Fair weather. We cleaned up the wood house today.
Sun Dec 11:[Nettie]Mama went down to Peths. Frank and I went for a ride. Rainy this evening. Cloudy all day.
Mon Dec 12:[Nettie]Two of Lee's friends stayed with us last night. There were five men over here hunting. Rained nearly all night, but fair today.
Tue Dec 13:[Nettie]Rained nearly all day. Not much to write about. Frank went to LaConner tonight.
Wed Dec 14:[Nettie]Hard west wind today. Rainy and cold.
Thu Dec 15:[Nettie]Rained most all day. but pleasant evening. We went to M. E. Fair in Bay View.
Fri Dec 16:[Nettie]Not much to write. Windy and cold. Raining this evening.
Sat Dec 17:[Nettie]Pleasant day. Frank took Mr Dillon an agent down to Pearls.
Sun Dec 18:[Nettie]Pleasant day. Frank and I went to station and send ten ducks to Tacoma.
Mon Dec 19:[Nettie]I went to LaConner to day and stayed all day. Art Whitney was here. Very pleasant.
Tue Dec 20:[Nettie]Bad day. Rainy and windy. Mrs Giles and Stella Gale here.
Wed Dec 21:[Nettie]Bad day. Windy and rainy.
3Thu Dec 22:[Nettie]Papa and Grant came home today. The boys have gone to Bay View. Quite windy to day. Rained most of the night.
Fri Dec 23: At home to day. Grant hunting. Frank went to town. Rainy most of the day. Sawed a wheel barrow load of wood. The first work in ten weeks.
Sat Dec 24: Self went to town. Light frost. The boys home. Self went to town. Called on Tillinghasts. Pearl & John came up and staid all night. John, Grant & Frank went to the tree at Bay View this eve. Lots of people plowing.
Sun Dec 25: Cool day but no rain. Blanch & Marguerite White here also Clyde Howe. Had a pleasant time.
Mon Dec 26: Cool but pleasant. John & Pearl went home at 11 A.M. All went to Peth's for C Dinner.
Tue Dec 27: Grant & Frank hauled two load of wood. In the P.M. Self & Frank fixed a musk rat hole. Grant went to Wilson's. Frank to LaC in the eve.
1904 Dec 28-Jan 9,1905 (pp 44-45)
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Wed Dec 28: Frank hauled wood 2 loads. Self took a walk down the dyke & fixed up the machine shed. Clowdy & showery. Mercury at 44°. Grant at Pearls.
Thu Dec 29: Strong south wind and the highest tide for ten years. It ran over the dyke in some places and broke Arie Balls dyke in two places. Moon full a week ago. Highest tide dur on the 26th according to tide table. Frank hauled a load of wood in the A.M. We fixed a rat hole and some dyke in the P.M. Tide 1 1/2 inch short of the big tides of 1886 & 1895. Mrs. Tillinghast here to day & to night. Grant at Pearl's.
Fri Dec 30: Hard wind all night and another tide to day within four inches of the tide yesterday. Self went to town to Roll call meeting and took Mrs. T. home. LaConner flooded.
Sat Dec 31: Frank hauled a load of wood & did the chores. Self mended the rocking chair & fixed up for killing pigs.
Sun Jan 01: Stormy & windy. Self went over to Frank White's. Wrote to Geo in the eve.
Mon Jan 02: Went to LaConner with Otto Kalso to a telephone meeting. Weather still warm. Myners wants 225 lbs. seed oats.
Tue Jan 03: Strong west wind. Self, Frank & Fred Kalso put a scow load of dirt on the dyke in the A.M.
Wed Jan 04: Frank & Nettie went to town in the P.M. Mr & Mrs Peth here this P.M.
Thu Jan 05: Nice pleasant day - Killed the pigs this A.M. & Fred Kalso helped - & we got through before noon. Began building a new chicken yard.
Fri Jan 06: Lovely day. Temp 45 noon 37 A.M. John Wilson got hurt yesterday P.M. Ankle sprained. Cut up the pigs. Cut lard and made sausage.
Sat Jan 07: Frank at B.V. Self reading and fixed a shovel to work on the dyke with. Light rain in the A.M. but pleasant P.M.
Sun Jan 08: Frank & Nettie went to Bay V. last night and from there to Johns and are there to day. Steamer Edison here for Krutzmans oats, Majarus oats & John's oats. Clear & pleasant. Krutzmans weighed 21869 = $284.29 Majurus weighed 23210 = 301.73 Wilsons weighed 12321 = 160.17 Mercury at 26° this AM
Mon Jan 09: Mercury at 24° Clear & pleasant. Frank helped unload scows on dyke two hours. Went & took the washing up & did the chores. John killed his hogs.
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