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.
January 1905
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.
1905 Jan 10-24 (pp 46-47)
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Tue Jan 10: Self & Frank fixed the foundation under chimney (over) Self & Frank hauled a load of manure & he and Nettie went to town in the P.M. Clear & pleasant. Mercury a 22° this A.M. Coldest for the winter to date.
Wed Jan 11: Temp 21° Coldest day so far. Clear & pleasant. Self helped Fred unload the scows. Frank hauling manure. Self helping some. Martin here & paid for his oats.
Thu Jan 12: Temp 22° Clear & Pleasant. but cold. Frank loading hay for Peth. Self not doing much but chores.
Fri Jan 13: Temp 30. Light snow this A.M. Resalted the pork and demolished the wood shed. Brier bush & grape vine.
Sat Jan 14: Went to town. Paid Polson H. & S.C. to date. Sprinkled rain some & clowdy. Frank did chores & went to basketball game.
Sun Jan 15: Went to church at B.V. light rain most of the day. Mr. Chilberg died to day. Aged 92.
Mon Jan 16: Fred took Martins seed oats and Frank went with him and they went for church in the eve. Self did chores, went to the station and up to Byron's. They are getting ready to go at the well. Sent $1000.00 to Geo for storing in Scranton Bank. Sent interest money to Eva. Warm & spring like.
Tue Jan 17: Fogy. Went with Otto K. to the funeral. Frank choring. John & Grant here. Pleasant but cool.
Wed Jan 18: Self & Frank went to the saw mill & got a load of lumber for wood house. In the P.M. began tearing down the tank house. Peter Miller here this eve & all night.
Thu Jan 19: Roy Carter sick. Rainy day. Not doing much but chores. Self filed the saws. Peter Miller here to day.
Fri Jan 20: Peter went home this A.M. Self & Frank tearing down tank house & moving the tank. Pleasant day. Roy Carter sick.
Sat Jan 21: Carter better. Self working at the foundation of wood house & Frank hauled rocks for foundation & in the P.M. went for a load a lumber. Pleasant. Don Palmer came this P.M.
Sun Jan 22: At home all day. Don Palmer here. John & Pearl came from Bellingham to day. Grant did not come. Gaches sent word he would take the oats at $26.
Mon Jan 23: Frank took Don to Pearl's & went after Miss Gale to work. Rainy day. Self sharpening saws & planes & made a window frame for woodhouse.
Tue Jan 24: Miss Gale began work to day. High tide this A.M. but 6 inches short of the big tide last moon. Self up to Byrons. They started the well yesterday A.M. and were down 36 ft today noon. Frank hauled a load of lumber this P.M. Both working on foundation this P.M. Frank to LaC. in the eve. Pleasant day. Mercury at 50 this A.M.
1905 Jan 25-Feb 9 (pp 48-49)
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Wed Jan 25: Pleasant. High tide. Self & Frank working on wood house - got the studding up. Mrs. Wallace here.
Thu Jan 26: Very windy. Worked on the woodhouse till thru P.M. Quit for rain & took the saw dust out of the partition at the end of the pantry. Mrs. Wallace here yet.
Fri Jan 27: Worked on the wood house in the A.M. showery. Went to town in the P.M. Frank hauled a load of lumber in the P.M.
Sat Jan 28: Self working on woodhouse. Frank helped some & went after Grant.
Sun Jan 29: Pleasant. Self went to town to church & took dinner at Mr Baileys.
Mon Jan 30: Grant sick. Frank went to LaConner for lumber & shingles. Self working on woodhouse & choring. Frost 30°. Clear & pleasant.
Tue Jan 31: Frost 24° Working on building, finished the rustic & put on the cornice. Clear & pleasant.
February 1905
Wed Feb 01: Frost 26° Shingling the wood house. Clear & pleasant. The Fidalgo here for the oats but could not get them all on as the tide went out.
Thu Feb 02: Frost 23° Finished load the oats at 330 this A.M. 700 sks sold to Gaches. Self & Frank finished shingling & corner boards. He went to the mill in the P.M. Self made a window frame.
Fri Feb 03: Light frost. Self making window frames & putting in windows. Frank sawing & putting in lumber, hung up the meat to smoke and fixed the incubator house for pigs in the P.M. Clowdy.
Sat Feb 04: Pleasant & a light frost. Frank washing & oiling harness. Self made a door frame & hung the door in the woodhouse. Grant tore the old tank to pieces by the old house & cut it up for wood.
Sun Feb 05: Frost 30. Pleasant. John & Pearl here to day. Self went to Bay View to church.
Mon Feb 06: Grant went to La C. in the AM for shoes & paint. Frank oiling harness 1/2 & Grant & Grant painted the woodhouse in the P.M. Self cutting doors to woodhouse & pantry & working at odd jobs. Fred Eyer got his seed oats. Meetings in B.V. this week. Pleasant part of the day.
Tue Feb 07: Stormy day. Self working around the kitchen. Boys oiling harness. Mr Moore here to dinner.
Wed Feb 08: Some snow & more rain. Self in the kitchen. Boys finished the harness.
Thu Feb 09: Grant went to Moons & Bay View got some cowfeed & apples. Frank choring & moved the incubator house for a pig pen. Grant hunting in the P.M. Self went to LaConner to the missionary meeting. Baley cow had calf last night.
1905 Feb 10-23 (pp 50-51)
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Fri Feb 10: Frost 21° Clear & cold all day. Choring & working on the kitchen putting on shiplap. Callahan has been working on the Byron well but had had bad luck & broken the pipe at 67 ft. Frank went to LaC. Grant to B.V.
Sat Feb 11: Mercury 15°. The coldest A.M. since Dec. 1900. Not doing much in the A.M. All worked on the bathroom in the P.M.
Sun Feb 12: Temp 16°. Clear & cold. Nettie & Frank went to Jim Neelys. Self went to B.V. to church. Mrs Woodburn sent check for her oats. Meetings in B.V. last week & this coming week.
Mon Feb 13: Temp 18° Pleasant. Grant skating. Self & Frank cutting up old rails & posts for wood. Self up to Kalso's in the P.M.
Tue Feb 14: Temp 20°. Self & Frank working on pantry. Grant not doing much but chores. Roads fine. Mrs John Bessner buried.
Wed Feb 15: Temp 22° Pleasant. Frank painting pantry. Grant hauled a load of wood. Self & Nettie went to LaC.
Thu Feb 16: Temp 28° Warm & pleasant. All painting on new woodhouse. Settled up with peth for milk & butter. Got a letter from Geo.
Fri Feb 17: Temp. 28 Pleasant. Grant went to the saw mill to see about lumber. Self painting window, hung a door & cased a window in the bathroom. Frank putting harness together & finished painting the wood house roof. Mrs Osborne & D. Fulks folks here. Fulk settle for his seed oats. Conrad here for a load of Elmer's oats.
Sat Feb 18: Light rain last night & some to day. Warmer, frost coming out of the ground. The boys getting the plows & harness ready to use. Self working at windows, casing the old woodhouse window & painting pantry. John Walter here. Conrad got the bal of Elmer's oats. 65 sks all told. Wrote to R. Lee B. & J. C. Thomas.
Sun Feb 19: Cloudy & windy. Self went to B.V. to church. John Walter here. Stella Gale went home for a visit.
Mon Feb 20: Frank & Nettie went to town. John & Pearl came up & staid all night. Grant began breaking sod out in the Whitney field. Self painting windows & fixing up plows.
Tue Feb 21: John & Pearl here today. Windy & some rain in the A.M. Began plowing stubble with two teams. Land in fine shape. Self painting & working on kitchen. Callahan trying to get his tools out of the well but failed.
Wed Feb 22: John & Pearl went home. The boys went out to plow but had to quit for rain & it rained hard most of the P.M. Self put the cloth on the Kitchen. Frank painted some & helped in the kitchen.
1905 Feb 23-Mar 7 (pp 52-53)
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Thu Feb 23: Rainy a good part of the day. Self & Frank working about the kitchen in the A.M. & went up to Byron's & Kalso's in the P.M. the well at a stand still. Grant went to Wilsons to hunt.
Fri Feb 24: Warm. Cleaned out the tank and put on the ceiling in the kitchen. Rain most of last night & showery to day. Grant at Wilsons. Grant came home in the P.M. & brot the pigs. Frank went to LaConner in the eve. Got a letter from Perry Summers. Mercury at 52 this eve.
Sat Feb 25: Pleasant spring day. Mercury at 50° Grant plowing sod. Frank went to the saw mill for fencing in the A.M. Self choring. Frank plowing stubble in the P.M. but it was too wet. Self in LaC. in the P.M.
Sun Feb 26: Pleasant Day. Light frost. At home all day. Heard a frog.
Mon Feb 27: Black cow calved. Self & Frank went to the station & got the new fanning mill. Then they plowed the bal of the day. Clowdy in the P.M. & some rain at night. Self putting shelves in the pantry. D. Osborne here.
Tue Feb 28: Warm & pleasant. Plowing two teams sod & stubble. Self choring fixed up the fan mill. Graded a slough some & worked on pantry shelves.
March 1905
Wed Mar 01: Grant went off to work on the sluice. Fred Crumrine in his place. They plowed for two hours and had to quit for rain. Fred & Frank fanned oats in the P.M. Self shelving the pantry. Nettie went to Pearl's. Weather warm & the rain light.
Thu Mar 02: The boys Freddie & Frank plowing. Showery in the A.M. Self working about the pantry painting, &c.
Fri Mar 03: Grant on the line. Fred & Frank plowing. Self finished painting the pantry. and picked over the potatos. Warm pleasant. Land in fine order for plowing. John & Grant here to night.
Sat Mar 04: Work same as yesterday. Self choring & went to see Olson move Donkey Engine and in the P.M. went to Hawkins to see Garlets clear land with a Donkey Engine. They have a pile of stumps & logs 50 ft high.
Sun Mar 05: Self went to LaC to church. Pleasant. Wrote to Geo. in the eve.
Mon Mar 06: Cooler but pleasant. North wind & foggy. Fred & Frank plowing. Grant on the line. Self choring about the house & yard.
Tue Mar 07: Pleasant. Everybody plowing. Bell, Sullivan & Hanson through. Finished across the road & began on the hay barn piece. Frank & Fred plowing. Self went to town in the P.M. on wheel. Left my wheel & got one of Wagens, Nettie went to LaConner & got a sack of sugar. Grant working on telephone line.
1905 Mar 8-20 (pp 54-55)
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Wed Mar 08: Frank & Fred plowing. Self working about the house as usual. Grant still on the line.
Thu Mar 09: Frank & Fred plowing. Self working about the garden and shop in the A.M. In the P.M. went to town and got a wheel & settled (my) our threshing with Wingren, i.e. Engine bill. He threw off the price of lining up and babbiting. Still lovely weather.
Fri Mar 10: Frank plowing stubble. Grant came home and plowed sod from 10-15. Self working at the kitchen hanging a door, fixing safes, & painting, also spaded up a bed for early vegetables. [margin: Grant got a new wheel at Pete's for $30.00]
Sat Mar 11: Frank & self papered the kitchen. Rain a good part of the day. Grant doing shoes. Over one half inch of rain fell. John & Pearl came this eve & the Boys all went to LaC to Basket Ball.
Sun Mar 12: Some rain last night. John & Pearl went home. Self & Pearl went to church at B.V. Cold but no rain.
Mon Mar 13: Grant plowing & finished the sod. Frank went to town & took some oats up to Jenne's for feed & put 6 sks in the feed bin. also got 1/2 ton rolled barley & got the timothy seed, also a new disk harrow.
Tue Mar 14: No rain. Grant & Frank plowing stubble by the stock. Self fixed the chicken yard & did other chores. Grant burned the stack. Pleasant day.
Wed Mar 15: Clowdy & a light rain in the P.M. but the boys kept on plowing. Self tearing down fence and taking out posts out along the lane. Gabriel here and got the big black cow for beef. Preacher Schoomaker & wife here calling.
Thu Mar 16: Foggy most all day. The boys plowing. Self working about the house. In the P.M. moved out in the new kitchen. Took up the linoleum & moved the stove.
Fri Mar 17: Ida in bed with cold. The boys plowing. Damp & misty most all day. Self tearing out the partition between dining room & pantry, making a larger dining room.
Sat Mar 18: The boys plowing. Foggy & damp. Self cut a place for & hung a door to the bathroom. They finished all the plowing except the last two furrows around the fields which must be done with two horses.
Sun Mar 19: Grass has a fine start. Currants & Oregon grapes in bloom. Plums nearly out. At home all day. Ida sick with a cold. Mr & Mrs Gaches here this P.M. Wrote to Geo. Stella went home last night. Mrs Sam Ball died this P.M.
Mon Mar 20: Strong S.E. wind all day. Boys plowing the bal of the headlands and hauling away old fence. Self finished up the bathroom & planted some garden. Peas, beets, radish, spnach, lettuce, turnips &c. Mrs Summers here working.
1905 Mar 21-Apr 5 (pp 56-57)
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Tue Mar 21: Cold & windy. The boys plowed the balance of the head lands & the ball yard & set up the harrow. Self went to Mrs. Balls' funeral & got a window for the dining room.
Wed Mar 22: Rainy A.M. high wind in the P.M. Boys fanning oats. Self making & putting in window frame for the twin window.
Thu Mar 23: Cold wind all day. Self clothing the dining room. Boys finished fanning oats. In the P.M. Frank rolled the meadow. Gran went to Bay View. Mrs O Wingren died this A.M.
Fri Mar 24: Cold raw wind all day. Showery in the A.M. The boys hauled four loads of wood. Self finished clothing the dining room and went to town in the P.M.
Sat Mar 25: Cold & clowdy and a shower in the eve. The boys hauled four loads of wood. Self painting & fixing dining room window. Edna Whitney here to day.
Sun Mar 26: No rain but cold & clowdy. Self at home all day. Edna went home this eve. Ida worse had the earache.
Mon Mar 27: The boys finished hauling wood & Frank rolled the sod in the P.M. No rain. Self cased & painted the double window. Nettie went to town.
Tue Mar 28: Grant went to the saw mill & in the P.M. we all worked building a walk in front of the house. Showery A.M.
Wed Mar 29: Frost. The boys building fence & harrowing the chicken yard & garden. Clear & pleasant. Self painting dining room 1st coat.
Thu Mar 30: Frost 30°. Pleasant day. Grant disking sod 3/4 with new disk. Frank choring in the A.M. Drag harrowing in the P.M. with 4 hrs. Self choring, painting, made a post for mail box & went to Kalsos to get bolts made for disk.
Fri Mar 31: Self choring & painting. Rainy. Light showers. The boys drag harrowing in the P.M. Doing nothing but chores in the A.M.
April 1905
Sat Apr 01: Showers. Damp. Grant laid up with sore throat. Frank went to Jennes for a load of chopped oats. & in the P.M. went to Tacoma. Self painting some & mowed the lawn. Squires & Wilson here this A.M.
Sun Apr 02: Pleasant after 9 A.M. Rain in the A.M. at 7. Self at home except to go to the station for May Knox. John Wilson here for May. Mr & Mrs Tillinghast called in the P.M.
Mon Apr 03: Drying day. Self went to town. Grant sick.
Tue Apr 04: Fine dry day. Grant not working. Frank not home. Self disking in the P.M. sod. Planted sweet pear & nasturtiums.
Wed Apr 05: Fine warm day. Grank disking & harrowing. Self harrowing. The disk came and is OK. Frank came home this eve.
1905 Apr 5-18 (pp 58-59 Duplicate of next)
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Thu Apr 06: Rainy this A.M. Self & Frank papering the dining room. Grant harrowing in the P.M. Stella went to town. Rain light.
Fri Apr 07: Nettie went to town. Grant & Frank disking. Self choring & gardening. Planted onion & carrotts & made a flower bed. Disking across the road double. Pleasant.
Sat Apr 08: Pleasant day. The boys disking across the road. Self went to town for linoleum & put it down & hung curtains in the P.M. Stella Gale went home this P.M. John Ball seeding since Wed. last.
Sun Apr 09: Pleasant. Went to LaC. to church and to dinner with Tillinghast's. Blanch White here to day.
Mon Apr 10: The boys finished disking across the road & then went to plowing the small piece north of the house sod. Self choring and treated 44 sks oats. Pleasant drying day.
Tue Apr 11: Finished plowing the sod & disked it. The boys harrowing. Frank 3/4 Grant 4 hours. Self rolled sod & planted potatos. Still dry.
Wed Apr 12: Grant began seeding on the sod in the Whitney piece. 76 acres all told. Frank harrowing & disking after the seeder. Self choring, planting & treating oats. [margin: Women cleaning house and everything topsy turvey.]
Thu Apr 13: Grant seeding till 2 P.M. and finished the Whitney piece. Frank disking after the seeder. Self choring and in the P.M. set out 160 strawberry plants. Wilson & Marshall. Three rows M. on the east side. Quite windy and a prospect of dry weather. Land pretty dry!
Fri Apr 14: Grant & Frank finished disking in the A.M. & went to dragging in the P.M. Self rolling with Beauty & Jeff. Land in fine order and quite dry for the season.
Sat Apr 15: The boys finished dragging the 27 acres Whitney piece and rolling in the P.M. Self rolled till 11 & went to town in the P.M. Grant went down to Pearl's in the eve. Clowdy & threatening but no rain.
Sun Apr 16: Strong S. wind but no rain. Self went to B.V. to church in the A.M. Grant down to John's.
Mon Apr 17: Grant seeding across the road. Frank harrowing, self dipping oats in the A.M., rolling in the P.M. Clowdy but no rain. Threatening. Mailed letters to Geo. & Eva Reed.
Tue Apr 18: Grant seeding across the road & finished the piece at 4 P.M. Frank harrowing. Self went to Kalso's & got the seeder & sowed 160 lbs (8 acres) of timothy seed. Clowdy & light rain but not enough to stop work. Carters folks & Dennys(?) here this eve. Grant went to night school this eve.
1905 Apr 19-30 (pp 60-61)
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Wed Apr 19: Grant seeding. finished the seven acre piece by the hay barn. Frank finished harrowing across the road. Self fanning & treating oats & in the P.M. rolling.
Thu Apr 20: Grant seeding & finished which is the earliest I remember of. Frank disking piece by the hay barn after the seeder. Self rolling. Pleasant & warm land getting very dry for the time of the year.
Fri Apr 21: Another warm drying day. The boys disking the 18 acre piece & finished. Self choring around and planted some sweet corn & squashes, also beets & lettuce &c. Grant went to night school this eve.
Sat Apr 22: The boys harrowing & finished. Self rolling warm & dry. No signs of rain.
Sun Apr 23: John & Pearl here last night & John went home this A.M. Self went to LaConner to B. Church in the A.M. & to Woodman Memorial services in the P.M. Mr. Williamson made the address. Alf Stacey called a while in the eve. Grant sick with a cold.
Mon Apr 24: Grant went to Wilson's. Frank rolling sold the wild black hiefers to Gabriel. Self began on an addition to the machine shed. Warm & dry. The sod oats coming up thin. A great many not sprouted.
Tue Apr 25: Frank finished rolling in the A.M. Clowdy & a few light sprinkles. Shields here for some seed oats. Self choring. Frank went to Gortons mill in the P.M. for lumber. Gabriel killed the other black hiefer. Grant came home. Had about 1/3 inch of rain this P.M.
Wed Apr 26: More rain needed. The boys & self built the addition to the machine shed & put away the plows & harrows. Clowdy but no rain.
Thu Apr 27: Clear & pleasant & strong west wind with dry prospect. Grant not working in the A.M. Frank hauled two loads wood from Gorton's Mill. Self went to the mill in the A.M. & cleaned out the wood hour in the P.M. Grant helping Frank in the P.M. Ed Crumrine & Anna Jorgenson married this A.M. Grant & Frank went to town this eve to show.
Fri Apr 28: Grant went to Anacortes. Self went to town in the A.M. Frank mending sax & painting Grants room. In the P.M. self put on screen doors. Cold & Dry. Sullivan & John Peth seeding yet. Land very dry for this time of year.
Sat Apr 29: Self & Frank papering & painting Grant's room. Grant got home at noon. Cool & dry.
Sun Apr 30: Light shower last night. Self went to church at Bay View and in the P.M. went to Frank Whites with Tillinghast. Mr White confined to his bed. Nettie & Frank at Wilsons last night & today.
1905 May 1-12 (pp 02-63)
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May 1905
Mon May 01: Working on the hay barn dam putting on new lagging. Grant went to Gortons Mill in the P.M. Byron came & got the tank for Callahan in the P.M. Cool & windy.
Tue May 02: Self & Frank on dyke all day. Grant mowed the lawn in the A.M. Helping on dyke in P.M. No rain all signs fail. Grant went to LaC. nightschool.
Wed May 03: Ida started for Bellingham. Self & Frank worked on the dyke. Grant choring in the A.M. & helped on the dyke some in the P.M. Self went up to see how the well was coming on. Callahan has broken off & bot another drill & it don't look much like getting water very soon.
Thu May 04: Working on dyke down by Peth's in the A.M., scowing & wheeling dirt in the P.M. Clear & pleasant but very dry for oats and grass.
Fri May 05: Clowdy but no rain. All went to the timber in the A.M. for cedar for the dyke by Purdy's Granary. In the P.M. & eve scowing dirt on dam by the hay barn. Put in two loads. Grant went to night school. Sidney Stacey here this eve & tonight.
Sat May 06: The boys hauled another load of cedar for dyke. Frank started for Tacoma in the P.M. Grant not working in the P.M. Self fixing Byron's roller. Still dry. Signs of rain but it does not come. Sidney Stacey here to day.
Sun May 07: Clowdy with north wind but no rain. Self went to LaConner to church. Grant off on a baseball trip.
Mon May 08: Strong north wind all day & eve. Self went to Anacortes to get teeth fixed but bot a new plate. Grant & W. Peth loaded the scows with dirt this P.M. for dam below Peths. Frank in Tacoma.
Tue May 09: In the A.M. self & Grant unloaded the scows. Grant not working in the P.M. Self up to Byrons. Frank came back. Dry & cool.
Wed May 10: FRank painting fence. Grant painted some & went to the depot for the furniture. Self fixing Byron's roller & went to town in the P.M. Mrs. Carter here this P.M.
Thu May 11: Frank painting fence. Grant choring some & went to town in the P.M. Self finished fixing the roller and that's all. A letter from Geo stating that he had been sick.
Fri May 12: Frank painting some & fixing sax some. Self & Grant nailed down the kitchen floor. Grant went to Wilsons in the P.M. Self went to Lauter's Mother's funeral. Went to the station twice for Ida but she did not come. Planted some more corn and peas. The first planting of corn did not come up good. Too cold & dry.
1905 May 13-26 (pp 64-65)
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Sat May 13: Frank finished the kitchen floor & painted some. Grant at Wilsons. Self up to well in the A.M. Went after Ida & did chores in the P.M. Cold south wind all day but no rain. A light sprinkle last night. but it made no show towards wetting the ground.
Sun May 14: At home all day. John & Pearl here. Cool & dry.
Mon May 15: All painting. Self & Grant 3/4 Fence day. Callahan at the well and down 41 ft. on second hole.
Tue May 16: Grant not working went to Seattle. Self & Frank cleaned out the old house. Showery most of the day but not rain enough to help the oats much. Mr. & Mrs. Pace here from 11 A.M. to 4 P.M.
Wed May 17: Pleasant. Self up to the well & painting some in the P.M. Frank painting fence.
Thu May 18: Frost this A.M. which cut potatos, tomatoes, squashed &c. Clear & pleasant. Self & Ida went to town and visited Tillinghasts. Frank painting. They are down 50 ft with the well.
Fri May 19: Frank went to town for linoleum &c. Self choring & help put down the lin. Planted some more beans.
Sat May 20: Frank painting buggie. Self planted more squashes and set out some more tomatos.
Sun May 21: John W. birthday. Self went down to Pearls. Clowdy but no rain. Oats looking better since the rain. Grant in Seattle yet.
Mon May 22: Rain another inch last night & today. Frank painted on the spring wagon some & did the chores. Self choring & reading "Everybuddy's Mag."
Tue May 23: Rain again last night & most of the day over three inches of water has fallen now since Fri night. The most in the same time for over a year. Grant not home yet. Has been away one week. [margin: Big rain.]
Wed May 24: Cleaning & oiling & painting the old farm wagon. Pleasant. Self up to the well in the PM. They are not doing much.
Thu May 25: Frank cleaning up the other wagon, mowing lawn & hoing garden. Warm & pleasant. Fine growing weather. Self in town & got my new teeth. Callahan but the well all up and quit. So out dream of fresh water is only a dream. Settle up with Gaches & Polson. Sent money order for a watch chain.
Fri May 26: Fine growing day. Frank painted the other wagon. In the P.M. we set a gate post & hung & made a gate up at the hay barn. Callahan moved his well machine. Planted some vegetable last night & set out some cauliflower plants.
1905 May 27-Jun 8 (pp 66-67)
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Sat May 27: Frank choring & fixing the lawn. Self & Ida went over to Woodburns in the A.M. & I went to town in the P.M. Fine warm day. Oats looking well.
Sun May 28: Self & Frank went to LaConner to Memorial services. Warm & pleasant. Oats looking fine.
Mon May 29: Went to the Ridge & got some cedar sticks for tank house. In the P.M. self & Frank went to LaC. for tank lumber, two loads. Grant came home this P.M.
Tue May 30: Self & Frank went to Pleasant Ridge and in the P.M. to Mr Vernon. Pleasant day. John & Pearl came up this evening.
Wed May 31:[margin: Skagit Co History man here today.] Self & Frank working on the tank house. Grant 1/2 & went to town for lumber in the P.M. John & Pearl went to Whatcom but started for the circus at Sedro Woolly. Frank White here to night. A light rain this eve, about two or three hours.
June 1905
Thu Jun 01: All working on the tank house. Fine growing weather. Lewis & Clark Fair opened to day. Oats looking fine & better than last year. Got the tank foundation ready for the tank.
Fri Jun 02: Fine day. Working the garden. Made another ladder and three more eave troughs. Frank went to town and got a door for kitchen, windows for tank house, water pipes & cow feed, &c. Also took 15 sks oats to town. Grant went to night school. Hunting pidgeons in the P.M.
Sat Jun 03: 4 inches rain since May 19th. Rainy most all day. Self filed saw and made a door frame & read some. Rec'd a letter from Geo Sisson.
Sun Jun 04: Went to church at LaC. in the A.M. Home in the P.M. & wrote to Geo. Heard that Mrs Stearns died last night in Seattle after an operation for Gall stones & appendicitus.
Mon Jun 05: Not doing much in the A.M. Went to Mrs Stearns funeral in the P.M. at B.V. Pleasant. Fine growing weather.
Tue Jun 06: Self, Frank & Grant digging ditch & laying pipe from Kalso's granary to the new tank. Pleasant day.
Wed Jun 07: Went down to look over dyke with Johnson & Fred. The boys painted the mastic on the tank house & took some lumber down to the dyke. Then began cleaning off the roof of the house.
Thu Jun 08: Cleaning off the roof & choring. Grant working at his books most of the time. Frank went after strawberries. Self went to town in the A.M. Fine growing weather.
1905 Jun 9-22 (pp 68-69)
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Fri Jun 09: Another fine day & quite warm. Grant went to Fox's Mill for Cedar lumber for sluice box at the Purdy hay barn. Self making window frame & went to Arthur Fulk's funeral in the P.M. He was drowned in B.C. working on a boom of logs. Frank not working. Went for Mrs Valentine. Dr. Jackson here to night.
Sat Jun 10: Baby Wright born this A.M. 3.20. Dr here all night. Worked in the garden some. Thundershower in the P.M. about 1/4 in rain.
Sun Jun 11: Pleasant day. John & Pearl here. Self went to church at B.V.
Mon Jun 12: All making and putting in the box by Purdy's hay barn. Nettie getting along all right. Dr. J. here. Johnson began fixing [margin: dyke down towards B.V.] Mrs. Carter here.
Tue Jun 13: Not doing much. Self made a window frame. Self & Frank went to town in the P.M. Shower last night. Grant went to town.
Wed Jun 14: Digging ditch for sewer drain. Mr Averil here getting material for county history. Also clean out the ditch to the John Ball sluice box. John Jenne married. Not doing much after three P.M.
Thu Jun 15: Frank went to Fox's Mill for cedar lumber for box for sewer drain. We afterward made the boxes & put three of them in. History man here again. Self down where Johnson is working on dyke in the P.M.
Fri Jun 16: Hard shower this A.M. 1/2 hour. Put in the rest of the ditch boxes. Grant worked three house doing nothing in the P.M. Frank went to see Dr. Jackson. Self over to see Amos Balls barn & crop.
Sat Jun 17: The tank came last night & Frank went after it to day. In the P.M. took it apart and laid the bottom. Warm & pleasant. Laid a false floor for the tank in the A.M. Grant helping some.
Sun Jun 18: Went to LaConner to church & to Tillinghasts in the P.M. & to dinner. Warm & pleasant. Blanche White here.
Mon Jun 19: Warm & drying weather. All working on tank and tank house. The tank went together all right. Amos Ball and Otto Kalso building barns.
Tue Jun 20: Working on tank house. Warm.
Wed Jun 21: Working on tank house. Frank hauled a load of dyke lumber in the A.M. The boys pulled mustard a while in the P.M. Frank went for Margy Woodburn in the eve. John & Pearl started for the L & C Fair in Portland this P.M.
Thu Jun 22: The boys working on tank house. Baby Wright sick & Mrs Osborn here. Self went to d. Peths & to LaC in the A.M. Working on tank house in the P.M. Finished the cornice & began shingling.
1905 Jun 23-Jul 5 (pp 70-71)
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Fri Jun 23: The boys shingling on tank house. & hilling potatos. Self went on the Excursion to Ft. Casey. Saw the fort & target shooting & a ?????? ????. Fine weather. Misty awhile in the A.M. Mrs Wright came last night.
Sat Jun 24: Letter from Geo. Fine day. Frank painting on tank house. Grant choring in the A.M. Went to town in the P.M. for plumbing material. Self cleaning up & working around tank house. Sprinkling rain a little in the evening.
Sun Jun 25: Rain some this A.M. & clowdy most of the day. Tank leaking badly. Wrote to Geo. At home all day.
Mon Jun 26: Clowdy A.M. Pleasant P.M. Frank went for currants in the A.M. & to town for pipe & stove in the P.M. Self fixing tank and stopped the leaking. Put up a sink & helped the plumber, Mr Mitchell. He came at noon. Grant not doing much in the A.M. Helping plumber some in the P.M. Mrs Wright went home.
Tue Jun 27: Mitchell & Grant plumbing. Frank painting. Self finishing up tank house. Putting on corner boards, taking down scaffold, &c. Clowdy & threatening rain. Baby Wright not well.
Wed Jun 28: Pleasant. Frank painting most of the day. Grant helping the plumber. Self went to town in the A.M. working around the house in the P.M. Mr Wright here with the Miller horse.
Thu Jun 29: Self & Frank working at the sewer. Dug the ditch & laid the pipe. Grant helping the plumber. Put in the flushing barrell & pipes into the tank. Fine weather. Pearl & John came home from the fair.
Fri Jun 30: Self & Frank put the sewer through the dyke & pumped water (18 inches) in the big round tank. Grant helped some & helped the plumber some. Pleasant. Put in the stones & turned on the water for the first time.
July 1905
Sat Jul 01: Self went to town in the A.M. Took dinner with Tillinghasts. Helping Mitchell & picking up around the tank house in the P.M. Mitchell finished the plumbing. Frank & Grant choring a little in the A.M. then started for Linden. Mrs Tillinghast here in the P.M. Clowdy A.M. & pleasant P.M. Heard secretary Hay was dead.
Sun Jul 02: Pleasant. Self went to LaC. to church. Pearl & John here. Frank & Grant away. Baby sick.
Mon Jul 03: Boys still away. Self went to town with Wingren's tools. Then fixed dike & sewer pipes. Mercury at 70. Baby still poorly.
Tue Jul 04: Frank & Grant in Mt Vernon. Self went to Anacortes. Saw two culles(?) games of ball, a clam bake, canoe race & third rate fireworks. Got home at ten P.M.
Wed Jul 05: Put windows in tank house & made a door frame. (over)
1905 Jul 5-16 (pp 72-73)
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Wed Jul 05: Frank came home at noon & was painting in the bathroom in the P.M. Grant came at night. Hired two men for haying. Everett Wallace here. Stella came home at 11 A.M. Weather fine. Fred Kalso received some Monday.
Thu Jul 06: Grant began mowing the piece by the Purdy warehouse. Pleasant. Self took window out of the kitchen and put in a glass door. Frank finished varnishing the bathroom.
Fri Jul 07: Grant tedding, raking & putting up hay. Self working around tank house in the A.M. & making cupola for the tank house in the P.M. Raked a shock row of hay & Douglas, George & Frank shocking in the P.M. Hay rather light, but good quality. Pleasant.
Sat Jul 08: Grant mowing in the east end of the "80". D. & George putting up hay 3/4, Frank tedding & putting up in the A.M. Self raked the bal of the piece by the Granary(Purdy's). Frank went to town in the P.M. for supplies, &c. Self hung a screen door & ground sickles & worked on the cupola. Fine hay weather.
Sun Jul 09: Win Green arrived from Penna.
Sun Jul 09: Pleasant day. Went to B.V. to church. Win Green arrived from Penna.
Mon Jul 10: Fine hay day. Grant mowing. Frank tedding & shocking. Self raking. Jenson & Thompson & Sorenson, Douglas & George shocking after 8.30.
Tue Jul 11: Clowdy. Men not working in the A.M. Grant & Frank mowing & tedding till 9.30 then quit for mist. All working in the P.M. Self raking. Grant began on the last piece. Self & Green went to LaC. in the A.M.
Wed Jul 12: Grant mowing. Self tedding & raking. Frank tedding in the P.M. The men finished the old meadow. 23 acres. The sisters here last night & took the baby to Bellingham today & Ida went with them. Fine drying weather.
Thu Jul 13: Clowdy & showery. Pumped 8 in's water in the tank. Put up one windrow of shocks around the field. Grant mowed 2 rounds only. Rained quite a shower in the P.M.
Fri Jul 14: Rainy this A.M. & clowdy all day. Doing nothing with the hay. The men pitching ???rts. Self finished up the cupola & worked in the garden some. Frank helped on the cupola & painted it.
Sat Jul 15: The men doing nothing weather dull & bad for haying. Choring a little & finished the tank house.
Sun Jul 16: Pearl & Carroll here. Went to Guemes Island in Fred's Launch. No rain but clowdy most of the day. Win Green went along. Came back via Anacortes.
1905 Jul 17-29 (pp 74-75)
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Mon Jul 17: Haying again. Weather fair. Grant mowing 3/4. The men putting up 3/4. Self raking. Frank tedding & putting up. Hay heavy & not very well cured. Henry Nelson sick. Pearl went home. Tholstrup brot us some mutton.
Tue Jul 18: Fine hay weather. Grant finished mowing at 9 A.M. Frank tedding. Self raking 1/2. Grant raking in the P.M. to see about threshing. The Hull Bros. here with Tillinghast.
Wed Jul 19: Self Win & Nettie went to LaC. The men shocking & finished at 4.30 Self went to LaC & fixed up wagons & hay rigging in the P.M. Frank & Grant helping. Win went home with John. Total time to get the hay cur & into shock 43 days besides my own time.
Thu Jul 20: Hauled in 12 loads into the stable. Nellie Carter here & Frank White. Pleasant. Fine hay weather.
Fri Jul 21: Fine weather. Douglas, Geo & Frank hauling hay to Osborn 6 loads. Self went to town & did chores.
Sat Jul 22: Warm & dry. Grant, Geo & Tonney(?) hauling hay for Osborn in the A.M. two load from my field & some from Osbornes. Lester got the bal of his hay. Frank went to town & got a new half truck Bain wagon. (continued) All making fence beyond the hay barn in the P.M. John & Pearl & Win here to dinner & Win went to town in the P.M. Self fixing hay rigging & making fence.
Sun Jul 23: Went to LaC. to church and took dinner with Mr & Mrs Bailey. Win Green also. Warm & dry. Ida still in Bellingham & the baby not doing very well.
Mon Jul 24: Frank sick, looks like measles. Hauling in hay. Fine weather. did not have very good luck, got in 27 loads. Old barn.
Tue Jul 25: Hauling hay. 31 loads, old barn. Geo Fulk helping. Win went to Anacortes on train.
Wed Jul 26: Hauling hay. Crew same as yesterday. Got in 33 loads in the big shed. Win still in Anacortes.
Thu Jul 27: Hauling hay. Same crew. 32 loads. big shed. Clowdy & threatening rain at night.
Fri Jul 28: Another fine day for work. Hauling hay 31 loads, 16 in shed, 11 in old barn, 4 in bale barn.
Sat Jul 29: Finished hauling hay. Five loads in the bale barn. Total B. barn 9. Men all left. Grant & Win went to LaC. Frank out again. Frank & self went over to Ball's new barn in the P.M. and to Fred's barn. [margin: Left: Stella & Margey went home this eve.][margin: Right: Fred Kalso sold his hay for eleven dollars per ton.]
Old barn
69
Shed
81
B. barn
9
Horse barn
12
Sold
10
Total
181
1905 Jul 30-Aug 11 (pp 76-77)
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Sun Jul 30: Self & Win went to Mt Vernon to Sivid(?) church dedication. Went on train & got home at 8 P.M. Very warm.
Mon Jul 31: Grant working for Fulk. Frank choring. Win & self went up in the Beaver Marsh and then to LaC. Lots of people baling hay. Could take $8.00 for my hay baled in Oct.
August 1905
Tue Aug 01: Self & Frank repairing the roof to the bale barn & choring in the P.M. Grant doing nothing. Win went to town in the P.M. at Tillinghasts. Warm & dry. No signs of rain & very dusty. Was offered 8.00 for the hay.
Wed Aug 02: Grant & Frank hauling hay out of the oats & a load of manure in the A.M. Frank hauling manure in the P.M. Grant & Win went to Pearls in the P.M. & self to Roy's Mill.
Thu Aug 03: Grant away. Frank & self went to Gorton's Mill for lumber & wood and in the P.M. to LaC. for wood. Clowdy but no rain. Lots of people baling hay.
Fri Aug 04: Mr Mitchell here and fixed the water tank. Grant & Frank hauling "dressing" & gravel in the P.M. byt the granary, &c. Clowdy & very light showers. Self made a ladder in the P.M.
Sat Aug 05: Self & Win went to the Pioneer meeting at Sedro Woolly. Tillinghast went also. Was elected as secretary of the accociation. The boys hauled rocks to weight the tank down. Went home with & staid all night with Mr. Van Fleet's folks.
Sun Aug 06: Came home at 2 P.M. Warm & pleasant. Nettie has got some kind of measles. Win Greene & the boys started for Portland on the six P.M. train (Frank & Grant) Win bound for PA via San Francisco.
Mon Aug 07: Self doing chores & not much else. Warm & dry. Amos Ball began cutting oats. Grain all ripening fast.
Tue Aug 08: Nettie not very sick. Self went to town & took ten sheaves of oats for Tillinghast to send to Portland Fair. Dry & dusty. Peth brot my binding twine from Mt. Vernon. The grain will all ripen at once.
Wed Aug 09: Clear & pleasant. Byron began cutting oats. Self doing chores & made a wagon bed for the new wagon.
Thu Aug 10: Cleaned out and covered the tank up at the hay barn. Went to town in the P.M. Ida & the baby came to Pearl's today. Conner cutting oats to day. They will all do to cut next week.
Fri Aug 11: Another fine day for harvesting. Went down to Pearl's in the A.M. Cutting some Fair Oats and fixing up binder in the P.M. Peth began cutting and several are cutting on the Samish. Heard from Geo Fulk that he would run separator.
1905 Aug 12-24 (pp 80-81)
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Sat Aug 12: Got the binder out. Fixed it up & cut five rounds in the 18 acre piece. Clowdy but no rain. Henry Thompson helping me. Sent an order to Hastie for Pioneer's Bills. Oats in good condition to cut.
Sun Aug 13: Self went over to Whites. The boys came home from the fair. Pleasant.
Mon Aug 14: Light rain last night & some clowdy to day. Cutting oats in the P.M. Frank & Sorenson helping. S 3/4 of a day. Opened up the Whitney piece and found it full as heavy as it was last year to all appearances. Looks like rain to night.
Tue Aug 15: Cutting from 9 A.M. Had bad luck in the A.M. Thompson, Sorenson & New man in the P.M. Grant binder, Frank shocking & fixing drapers, etc. Oats fine & heavy. Weather damp A.M. Fine P.M.
Wed Aug 16: 1/2 in. Rainy most of the day. Doing nothing. Grain in bad shape. Caught considerable water, nearly a foot in the big tank. Burger(?) here & got the banjo & I bot the phonograph. It looks dubious for harvesting.
Thu Aug 17: Sorenson, Thompson, Fender & Quincy. Damp in the forenoon. Henry & Frank hauled a load of wood each. Self choring. Grant sick but drove binder part of the P.M. The men putting up wet grain in the P.M. & shocked the piece here by the house.
Fri Aug 18: No rain but damp A.M. Fine P.M. Cutting, Grant binder till three P.M. Self till 9 P.M. Got the wet grain all set up. Crew: Sorenson, Fender, Thompson, Quincy. Grain fine. Nearly done with the 18 acre piece.
Sat Aug 19: Rain most of the A.M. steady. Doing nothing in the grain. the boys hauled two loads of wood in the P.M. (Henry & Frank). Grant hunting. Self went to town. Pleasant in the P.M.
Sun Aug 20: Pleasant day. Oats very ripe. Every body cutting. Got along pretty well. Have it over half cut. Grant took Nettie to Wilson's & brot Ida home also Waggles.
Mon Aug 21: Cutting oats. Getting along all right. Grain heavy, weather all right. Fred & Byron finished. [margin: Crew same as Thur.]
Tue Aug 22: Fine day but damp & foggy this A.M. Fred & his crew came this A.M. Got along fine in the P.M. [margin: Crew same as Fri.]
Wed Aug 23: Cutting oats & finished at 3 P.M. Fred worked till 2 P.M. & went to Jenne's. Fred had 3 men shocking. Geo Fulk went back on us & I went with Fulk to see Mr Rector of Bay View who will run the separator. Peth finished today.
Thu Aug 24: The men finished shocking this A.M. & pumped water till noon. Grant hunting. Thompson, Fender 1/2. Frank also. He went for Nettie in P.M.
1905 Aug 25-Sep 5
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Fri Aug 25: Frank & Grant hauled two loads of water and painted some on the wagon bed. Self went to town. Fine weather. Several cutting yet.
Sat Aug 26: Not doing much but chores. Fine day. Frank & Fender went for the sacks in the P.M. Several machines started on the Samish & one at LaConner. Sacks 8 1/4 cts now. Stella Gale went to help Pearl with threshing. Harvesting cost $166 besides board & horse feed & binder repairs or about $268.00.
Sun Aug 27: Pleasant A.M. Clowdy A.M. Went to church at B.V. Blanch White here. John threshing. Ida sick with grippe.
Mon Aug 28: Fired up the machine & got ready to move but it rained after for more or less all day. Mr Highbarger & wife call on us. Had not seen him for twenty-five years.
Tue Aug 29: Pleasant but not drying very fast. Went to see the manure spreader and to see how they were getting on fixing dyke. Moved the machine in the P.M. and threshed 9 sacks for Byron. Grain damp. John finished threshing this P.M.
Wed Aug 30: Rain 1/2 inch last night. Not threshing to day. Amos Ball threshing after 3 P.M. Pleasant most of the day.
Thu Aug 31: Threshing at Byron's. Got out 945 sks. Fine day. Grant & Frank. Art Jorgenson and two teams with the machine. Hamburg here to see about getting grate patterns for engine.
September 1905
Fri Sep 01: Pleasant. Threshing at Byron's. Ida sick with a bad cold. Self choring. Sent some pictures to Pa and Ill.
Sat Sep 02: Threatening rain. Finished Byrons at 2 P.M. 2470 sks about 35 per acre. Moved to Kalso's (Jenne Ranch) & threshed 300 sks. Self setting up shocks in the A.M. & at the machine in the P.M.
Sun Sep 03: Self went to LaConner to church & to Carter's to dinner. Pleasant. The machine at Fred's and not threshing very much.
Mon Sep 04: Self over to the machine in the A.M. & to see Felton in the P.M. up above Woolley. The machine finished Freds & moved to Fulks at 2 P.M.
Tue Sep 05: Fine day. Machine at Fulks. Satterly began feeding & Fender took Fulk's team. Mr & Mrs Pace here to tea. Self in LaConner in the P.M. Grain only $21.00 & none selling. John rented the Carsen ranch on the Samish.
1905 Sep 6-21 (pp 82-83)
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Wed Sep 06: Threatening rain. Machine at Fulks. Self doing chores & setting up down shocks. Sprinkled rain at 4.30 to 6 P.M. but not to stop threshing.
Thu Sep 07: Rain 1/2 inch last night & to day. The teams came home. No work to day. R.H. Ball threshing this P.M.
Fri Sep 08: Rain again last night some & clowdy to day. John Ball threshing. Dick also this P.M. Too wet for Fulk. Self setting up shocks & over to Balls machine in the P.M. Frank & Grant not working.
Sat Sep 09: Threshing at Fulks after 10.30. Damp in the A.M., fair in the P.M. Self over to the machine in the P.M. Edna & Edith Whitney here this eve & all night. Byron had 2469 sks & Fred on the Otto ranch 1587 sks.
Sun Sep 10: At home all day with sore throat. The Whitney girls went home this eve. Machine at Regenwetters. Grain wet & getting on very slow. 6 3/4 hours, 411 sks The slowest sine we had the machine.
Mon Sep 11: Machine at Regenwetters. Still going slow. Threshed 704 sks. Fine weather. Grain tough.
Tue Sep 12: Machine at Regenwetters. Going some better in the P.M. but only got out about 750. Looks like rain. Tate & Byron sold their oats at $23.00.
Wed Sep 13: Clowdy & cool with strong N.W. wind. Still at Regenwetter's. Self laid up with sore throat & cold. Moved to Kalso's at three P.M.
Thu Sep 14: Rainy last night & this A.M. No threshing.
Fri Sep 15: Threshing at Kalso's & finished. Moved to Peths at 5.30 P.M.
Sat Sep 16: Rain again last night & today. Byron baling hay. No threshing.
Sun Sep 17: Threshing at Peths from 10 A.M. Self went to LaC to church. Fine day.
Mon Sep 18: Machine at Peths. 1180 sks. Self choring & went to town in the P.M. Sacks scarce. Hay 8 to 8.50 and oats $23.00. Clowdy.
Tue Sep 19: Machine at Peth's. Threshed till 3.30 and quit for rain. Self fixed tables & gangway to granary. Nettie went to town in the P.M.
Wed Sep 20: Clowdy all day, but no rain to speak of. Threshed in the P.M. but it was pretty wet. Peth finished & the machine went to Crumrines at 5 P.M. Self worked five hours put up down shocks & Frank helped two hours in the A.M. Peth had 2995 sks.
Thu Sep 21: More showers last night & damp to day. Balls machine at Woodburns threshing this P.M. Out machine not running. Self & Frank went to town. Grant hunting. Oats $23.00 hay $8.00
1905 Sep 22-Oct 4 (pp 84-85)
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Fri Sep 22: Threshing at Crumrine's. Grain very wet & tough in the A.M. Fogy A.M.
Sat Sep 23: Damp & fogy. Machine finished Crumrine's & began here at 2 P.M. got out 321 sks. Sold 35 to Fred & 260 to Fulk.
Sun Sep 24: Threshing about two hours and had to quit for rain. Rained about 1/2 inch. Nearly all the crew went home. 460 sks out.
Mon Sep 25: Rainy & windy. Doing nothing. Frank & Grant went to town. The str LaConner here for Fred's oats. The Oat Look is billions.
Tue Sep 26: Lots more rain last night & the shocks well soaked this A.M. Self, Frank & R??? went over the fields & fixed up the shocks. Clowdy all the A.M. & not drying much.
Wed Sep 27: Another soaking rain last night. Tank filled up 9 inches. Some wind & drive off some to day. Frank & Henry digging potatos & picking pears. Went with Ida to look for girls up at Fredonia. Grant went up to O'Leery's for Stitt. Barometer still low.
Thu Sep 28: Clowdy & threatening but did not rain. Threshing 3/4 about 700 total to night & for the 27 acres across the road 1152. The sod made about 510. Frank started for Tacoma to night. Prospect is good to night for a fine day tomorrow.
Fri Sep 29: Damp & clowdy but threshed all but on half hour and got out 1030 sks. Rained a shower at 4 P.M. & again in the eve.
Sat Sep 30: Pleasant day. Threshed till 6.30 & finished. Got out about 1200 of fine oats. This is the best crop every grown on the ranch. 3382 sks besides over 100 sks of good screenings. 82 acres. Had to go to town & got more sacks & twine & beef.
October 1905
Sun Oct 01: Frost. Graham put the machine in the shed this A.M. Afterwards John Jenne phoned for it and Graham took it to his place to thresh. He sprung the shaft on his engine & could not use it. It began to rain at noon & rained the balance of the day & night. [margin: Stella left to got to fair.]
Mon Oct 02: Raining most of the day. This is the heaviest rain of the season so far and it look doubtful about saving any more oats. Frank came home. Mrs Gillam(?) went home and Ella Jorgenson came. Self & Frank wrapping water pipe with socks in the A.M. Wrote to Geo. Grant down to Wilsons. Frank worked since May 1st 57 hay, harvest & threshing 35. $136.00
Tue Oct 03: Wrapping water pipes in the A.M. Sowing grass seed in the P.M. Nettie & Frank went to town. Damp & stormy A.M.
Wed Oct 04: Hauling straw in the A.M. Fixing pipes in P.M. Wet.
1905 Oct 5-18 (pp 86-87)
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Thu Oct 05: Finished hauling straw in the A.M. Self went to town in the P.M. Grant baling hay this week. Wet & showery. Bad outlook for grain that is out. Frank choring in the P.M. Ella Jorgenson went to the Fair.
Fri Oct 06: High tide, high wind & lots of rain. Self & Frank fanning screenings. Warm.
Sat Oct 07: Pleasant most of the day but a shower at night. Finished the screenings & Frank put 40 sks of 82 lbs in the feed bine. Self went to the Mt. Vernon Fair. Lots of oats to thresh yet & they are badly damaged.
Sun Oct 08: Rain lots last night & to day. It has rain some every day for fifteen day except Thurs the 28th of Sept.
Mon Oct 09: Pleasant. Kalso baling hay. Grant helping Frank in LaConner. Self choring. Some threshing in the P.M.
Tue Oct 10: Pleasant. Set posts out on dyke some, burned a straw stack. Cleaned out ditch out by the sewer box. Went up to John Jennes in the P.M. I think his grain will keep but it is damages. Ida & Nettie went over to Frank Whites. Grant hunting.
Wed Oct 11: Showery. Choring. Sawing wood & fixing a dam in the ditch by the sewer box. Grant baling hay some.
Thu Oct 12: Showery A.M. Pleasant P.M. Fulk's boys over & we cleaned out the engine. Downy's boy got 65 sack oats. Fred baling hay. Frank home this eve.
Fri Oct 13: Downy got the bal of his oats. Pleasant. John Peth threshing but has two or three days left yet. Fred baling.
Sat Oct 14: Rain all the A.M. Self burning a straw stack. Pleasant P.M. & Fred baling again. A letter from Geo this P.M. Land is pretty wet.
Sun Oct 15: Rained most all last night, but is pleasant this A.M. At home all day. Frank & Grant here and John & Pearl & son to dinner.
Mon Oct 16: No rain till night. Henry Thompson began work. Hauling manure from the old stack bottom. Ella Jorgenson went home & Stella Gale came back. Peth began baling hay at 4.30. Kalso finished.
Tue Oct 17: Henry Thompson quit to go to school. Clear & strong N. wind. Hauled out a load of straw manure, cut some wood, did the chores & went to Bells to see hay press. Grant hunting. The broke down at Peths. M. at 34 at 8 P.M. Prospect of a frost.
Wed Oct 18: Hard frost 26°. Burning straw & choring. H. Kruse & man here with a drove of horses & staid all night. Hardest freeze ever saw in Oct. except one. John Ball's water pipes burst. John Peth finished threshing.
1905 Oct 19-Nov 1 (pp 88-89)
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Thu Oct 19: Frost 28°. Clear & pleasant. Kruse left this P.M. Self spreading & burning straw.
Fri Oct 20: Frost 30°. Pleasant, choring.
Sat Oct 21: Frost 32°. Pleasant. Went to town to see about baling hay. Let Callahan have the job & agreed to let C. Gaches have the hay at $8.50. Nettie not very well.
Sun Oct 22: Frost 30°. Pleasant. Self went to LaC. to Missionary Davenport & took dinner with Mr & Mrs Esary. Frank home. Grant baling at Peth's.
Mon Oct 23: No rain but threatening. Franks moved & Ida went with them. Crumrine helped & took up a load and brot back a load of wood to bale with. Self went up & brot groceries & baling wire.
Tue Oct 24: Rain last night and showery today. Self fixed a dam for the sewer box. Cut wood & went to Willards to see about cutting wood for baling. Grant hunting & went to LaConner in the P.M. Mrs. Wharton's novel "The House of Mirth"
Wed Oct 25: Johnson began woork at 9.30. Worked on dyke 5 hours. Self on the dyke 2 1/2 hours scowing dirt. Don Palmer here. Pleasant. fixing dyke by the Purdy warehouse.
Thu Oct 26: Pleasant. Johnson hauling stack manure. Self helping 1/2. Self & Grant helped unload the scow in the P.M. Don started for Seattle at 10.45.
Fri Oct 27: I am 56 today. Pleasant a light frost. Johnson hauling manure & straw in the P.M. Plowing around the slough in the Whitney Field. Self & Grant helping unload the scows in the P.M.
Sat Oct 28: Light frost. Grant & Johnson grading the Whitney field slough. Scraping with two teams. Self helping & choring. Schmidt working on the dyke and has been here to dinner the past 4 days.
Sun Oct 29: One of the finest days on record. Went to LaC. & to Carters to dinner. To church Com meeting. In the P.M. at Mrs Gaches. Stella had old Nell & went home to day.
Mon Oct 30: Frost light. Very fine day. Johnson & Grant scraping in the slough. Fulk, D. Esary, E. Crumrine here to settle up. Took bak 150 sks Fulks Seed oats and bot his half of the machine. The men finished the slough. Zerwekh here to see about buying hay.
Tue Oct 31: Fine day. Frost 28° Grant hauling gravel on the road. Johnson & self hauling out straw & manure & cleaning up around the straw stack.
November 1905
Wed Nov 01: Grant hauling gravel. Self & Johnson hauling out straw, cleaning up across the road. Oats up to twenty-five dollars & I sold to C Gaches. Clowdy & threatening rain.
1905 Nov 2-15 (pp 90-91 Duplicate of next)
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Thu Nov 02: Grant hunting. Johnson hauling gravel. Self choring & went over to Kates(?) in the P.M. Rain some in the eve.
Fri Nov 03: Grant hunting. Johnson hauling straw and manure. Self went to LaConner in the P.M. Strong south west wind.
Sat Nov 04: Self & Johnson hauled two load of engine wood from Millards in the A.M. Pleasant day. The hay baler came this P.M. & baled about seven tons. Grant went to Samish.
Sun Nov 05: Went to LaC. to church & to Tillinghasts to dinner. Pleasant. Ida came home.
Mon Nov 06: Baling hay. Fine weather with light frost. They got out 32 tons. Self choring & hauling water. Patterson shot in Mt Vernon.
Tue Nov 07: Frost. Pleasant. Baling hay. Have 70 tons out. Self choring & hauling water. Also hauled a lod of engine wood from Fulks. John & Grant here to dinner.
Wed Nov 08: Frost & foggy. Very damp on the hay this A.M. Baling. Finished the old barn & began on the shed. 97 tons out tonight. Ben Tjersland here for seed oats & got 80 sks.
Thu Nov 09: Tjersland got the bal of his oats & 150 sacks all told. Baling, foggy & light frost. Went to Abbotts for wire. Hauling water & choring. Johnson (Otto & Fred measured) finished the dyke. The job came to $341 besides lumber.
Fri Nov 10: Pleasant. Foggy A.M. Baling hay. They got out 36 tons. Self at the same job. Grant at Wilsons making big money?
Sat Nov 11: Baling & finished at 4 P.M. They had to quit three hours to fix the press in the A.M. Warm & pleasant. Had ____ tons hay. Pearl & John came up & staid all night.
Sun Nov 12: Warm & pleasant for the time of year. All went over to Frank Whites to dinner. Saw Clarence White. Mr White still in bed & about same as when I saw him last. Cost of baling hay this year 183 1/2 tons
Stowing bales
22.00
Board
50.75
Wire
60.00
Wood
13.00
Water
10.00
Baling
183.50
$1.85 per ton
389.25
Mon Nov 13: Pleasant. Self & Johnson hauling dirt away from the Peth line fence into the low sag N.E. from the house.
Tue Nov 14: Light rain last night but pleasant to day. Stella went to town with the buggie. Johnson & self hauling dirt. Steamer Edison here for hay for Wilson & got 27 1/2.
Wed Nov 15: Johnson working at the dirt. Self helping Peth in the A.M. on the fence. Choring in the P.M. Clowdy some but no rain.
1905 Nov 16-28 (pp 92-93)
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Thu Nov 16: Light rain last night & this A.M. The Fidalgo in for Peths oats. Ida went to Bellingham. Johnson & self moved the seed oats over to keep mine from working at them. In the P.M. went to LaC. & Johnson got a load of stove wood.
Fri Nov 17: Strong south wind & light rains. Some thunder in the P.M. Johnson went to LaC for another load of wood. Self choring, wrapping water pipe, piling wood, &c.
Sat Nov 18: Cold raw south east wind. Johnson hauling gravel on my lane. Self went to Dr. Fulks sale. Rec'd a letter from George. He complains of feeling very poorly. Weight of Wilsons 55090 = $234.04.
Sun Nov 19: Quite a heavy rain last night. Clowdy & threatening all day to day. Ida in B. Self at home all day reading & writing to George.
Mon Nov 20: Frost. Self & Johnson hauling brush all day. Two big loads. No rain.
Tue Nov 21: Frost & vey damp & fogy. Self & J. worked on the dyke two hours putting in some posts near the Purdy warehouse. & fixed fence on the dyke by Peths gate. In the P.M. went out down across the road and fixed fence on the Purdy line and the Byron line. Ida came home on the evening train.
Wed Nov 22: Fogy all day. Went to the stain & got the furniture & & Johnson went to Fulks & got the other load of wood. In the P.M. Johnson began cleaning out the dyke ditch on the the south side next to J. Ball.
Thu Nov 23: Frost 32°: Clear & pleasant. Johnson cleaning out ditch. Self went to the saw mill & got lumber for the stock fence panels and work to wood house. Ida sick abed with tonsilitis.
Fri Nov 24: Frost & fog. 30°. Johnson at the ditch. Self went to town & went to Netties to dinner. Ida some better & down stairs.
Sat Nov 25: Heavy rain last night. Johnson not working in the A.M. helping pump water, make and carry out panels for stack fence in the P.M. Cleaned out the 5000 gal tank this A.M.
Sun Nov 26: Cool. Went to Bay View to church this A.M. Was up to Fred Eyres this P.M. to get the telephone receiver fixed.
Mon Nov 27: Frost 28°. Johnson at the ditch. Self hanging doors in the wood house and began on the walk to the wood house.
Tue Nov 28: Frost 26°. Johnson ditching. Self finished the walk and went to clear brush off from the dyke in the P.M. the history man Averill here tonight and read history to me all the eve.
1905 Nov 29-Dec 16 (pp 94-95)
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Wed Nov 29: Pleasant & warmer. Self in the house with a sore side. Mr Averill here reviewing the county history. Johnson at the ditch. Stella to Edison for Thanksgiving.
Thu Nov 30: Thanksgiving - Self, Ida & Grant here and a fine dinner. Cold but no rain. Light rain last night.
December 1905
Fri Dec 01: Johnson working on the ditch. Self enjoying toothache & went to Anacortes to get it fixed in the P.M. Earl VanFleet here to hunt ducks. Cool and light frost.
Sat Dec 02: Rain some last night. Mr Johnson quiet today. Grant & VanFleet hunting ducks. Self choring some. Warm & wet.
Sun Dec 03: At home. Went to station & got a letter from Geo.
Mon Dec 04: Not doing much but chores. Frost 30. Grant went to John's for his boat. Dorty(?) here all night last night.
Tue Dec 05: Reading "Prospector". Warm & windy and some rain in the eve. Cutting wood & doing chores & wrote to Geo.
Wed Dec 06: Warm & spring like. Grant & self made a fence around the stack. Grant went to the Fair in Bay View this eve.
Thu Dec 07: Showery & warm. Stella & Ida went to town. Ida staid at Nettie's. E. Wallace here to dinner. Cleaned out the square tank.
Fri Dec 08: Pleasant day. Grant & self went to town. Bot a pair of pants. Began on a can of oil.
Sat Dec 09: Pleasant. Was down to Byron's to see about ditching. Fixed dyke a little in the P.M. self & Grant. Grant cut wood some in the A.M. Machine man here in the P.M.
Sun Dec 10: Clear & pleasant. Light frost. Went to town and with Ida to church. Took dinner at Frank's & spent the P.M. at Tillinghasts.
Mon Dec 11: Took the scows down to the dam & loaded it, self & Grant. In the P.M. Fred & I unloaded it. Pleasant light frost. Was over to see Amos Ball's dyke & Otto's also.
Tue Dec 12: Frost. Loaded the big scow. (Self & Grant) and did the chores.
Wed Dec 13: Loaded the other scow and went to the Baptist Fair in LaC. Grant also. Staid all night at Tillinghasts. Pleasant.
Thu Dec 14: Pleasant. In LaC. till 4 P.M. Ida & self came home. Grant staid all night.
Fri Dec 15: Pleasant. Light frost. Helped Fred unload the scow in the forenoon. Not doing much in the P.M.
Sat Dec 16: Rainy some this A.M. Choring & in the P.M. was down where Johnson is ditching and fixed fence some on the Ball line dyke. Grant still in LaConner.
1905 Dec 17-Jan 3, 1906 (pp 96-97)
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Sun Dec 17: Rainy in the A.M. and quit a high tide. Grant came home and Francis came down for the day. Self went to Bay View to church.
Mon Dec 18: Grant & self hauled two loads of ditch timber from Callahans to Byrons field. Strong south wind.
Tue Dec 19: Raining some. Grant went to town. Self hauled a load of lumber for ditch. Pretty high tide for this year, but nearly a foot short of some years.
Wed Dec 20: Grant went to Bellingham. Self doing chores.
Thu Dec 21: Showery. Grant in Bellingham. Self hauling lumber for the ditch two loads. 2350 ft all told.
Fri Dec 22: Frost 30°. Grant came home last night. Self did chores and helped Johnson on the ditch in the P.M.
Sat Dec 23: Frost 30° Cool. Self went to LaC. Grant helping on the ditch and they finished it. Frank and Nettie came down. Staid to night.
Sun Dec 24: Staid at home. John & Pearl & son came to day. Strong south wind all day. Tides not very high for the season.
Mon Dec 25: Christmas. Still blowing from the north all day and rainy at night. The folks staid all night & the boys went to Bay View to Christmas tree. In the eve went with Peths to fix a sluice box. [margin: Clyde Howe & Everett Wallace here.]
Tue Dec 26: Windy & rainy. Kids medium. John & Pearl went home this A.M. Frank & Nettie in the P.M. Everett still with us.
Wed Dec 27: Chris Esary here with his launch last night and went away to day after dinner. Everett also went home. Lots of rain last night and windy to day. Grant went to Look's to a party.
Thu Dec 28: Began feeding the pigs chop feed last night. Showery day. Put up the register for the tank. Reading "Hearts Courageous". Ground full of water now.
Fri Dec 29: More rain today. Not doing much, chores. Mr Evans here trying to sell a piano.
Sat Dec 30: Cold north west wind. Evans brot a Cecilian Piano for us to try.
Sun Dec 31: Pleasant & cooler. Self & Grant went to church in the A.M. at B.V. Heard a good sermon from Rev. Mr. Sullivan.
Mon Jan 01: Stormy day. Rain & sleet. Grant doing chores. Self went to Mt. Vernon to talk piano with Berger. Got home at 8 P.M.
Tue Jan 02: Clowdy but no rain. Went to town. Called at D. Peth's and took dinner at Nettie's. Doing nothing but chores.
Wed Jan 03: Was over to Byrons & settled up for the ditch. Misty in the A.M. Don Palmer came this eve to hunt.
Mr. Chilberg died to day. Aged 92.