Diary of Jacob Custer Mauer & his wife DeVona Lorena Dickinson Mauer for the year of 1910
Jan
Day Wind Information
1 NE New Year Colder hauled water & filled house cistern Seen
the New Year come in last night
2 NE Cold changed to N W PM
3 NE Clear & Cold Chil. stay home Sold Hannah boy 26 bu corn
Recd pay 15.60 cold SE wind PM
4 SE Change to NW PM cold as blazes did not do much but
chores ground Graham this eve Blizzard
5 WNW Pretty cold clear mill pumping good Blowed snow last Night
6 NW Clear But did not thaw any. Pump Froze Mind Mittin Vona
Make a waist Moderated little this eve
7 W Warmer hauled 3 loads hay Sun dogs & Rain Bowcolor
west of them Mill would not run
8 NW Clear went to well found pump froze Went to Walfords Butcher
pig Delno & Me
9 SE Clear & pretty cool thawed pump
10 NW Clear Cool got jag green wood thawed pump in evening
11 NW Not enough to Run mill last 6 days Went to Dalton 2 sk
Flour No coal in town lots snow
12 NW Clear Mill Pumping Water Vona Went to Ferichs Mrs F
Not very well Thawed very little
13 NW Not Blowing thawed some Vona washed I fixed Delno
shoes Pretty Nice Day
14 SE Cold & Blowing fog in air & Frost Cold all day done some
soldering abt noon
15 SW Warmer Fost on everything got potatoes out of cave
16 NW Sunday hardly any wind clear & fineWent to Ferichs in evening
all of us
17 NW spitting snow later clearing off Delno & I went to Ranch
hunting horses didnt fi d them 2 Fericks & Hob came past
18 NW Went hunting Horses found them on ridge 3 ms north Went
to 'Walfords got 5 1/2 bu at 40 = 210 Paid
19 NW Bergis got Blocks & Pulleys we hauled 3 bbl water got some
dry wood & 3 more water PM Blowing hard t night
20 NW Colder & Blowing little Walford & I went to Broadwater
Roads little icey Hazel first see Halleys comet this eve
21 SW Hauled 2 loads water got 1 load dry wood crows nest
22 NW Com thawing 10 am thawed More than for long time Went to
Thompsons for old buggy 40 above zero
23 NW Pulled Pump Walford Ferichs & I & sand pumped
Chil. started to school again
24 SW Chil to school went to Sollies got dog to put down pipe
Walford helped this aft Bargained for 2 sows at Sollies
25 SW Got 2 sows from Lorenz Saali 44 pd drove biggest one &
hauled the other with 6 pigs
26 NW Fixed pigs nest Cleaned out mangers Blizzard last night
Berges surprise party
27 NW Turned mill in gear Pumped sand for while then was OK
got 2 bbl water for house
28 NW Started mill again & was OK wrote letters to Comstock & Ward
nice & still this eve Sprinkled 8 PM
29 NW Blowed hard last night light Bliz this morn Nice at Noon &
rest of day
30 NW Cloudy but cleared PM Manee Schuler & Boys was here on visit
31 NW Hauled hay fine day not much wind put some of cows in
correll Bull calf last night
Feb 1910
Day Wind
1 NW Got jag green wood this forenoon got bbl house water aft noon
cows ok some water
2 NW Blowing Snow colder ground hog seen his shadow this afternoon
ground grain quit snowing 1 pm Chil. home
3 NW Clear & Cold Chil to school warmer at noon turned stock all out
2 Statens or O -Skins cousins here looking at sec. 12
4 NW hauled stock water 2 bbl Vona baked bread Mrs Ferichs was here
for dinner thawed some
5 NW To Dalton Walford to lift sand point with Davis to sell dep $80.00
Dis money
6 S Nearly clear not very cold
7 NW Chil to school Jake about sick with cold & coff Vona water stock
at noon
8 NW SWAN colder Mina sick chil stay home Delno got coff & cold Swan
went to school
9 NW Chil Not well stay home I went to Pools & Paid Mrs Pool school order
not very cold
10 NW Chil to school helped pull Ferichs pump Vona came aft noon
windy cooler PM
11 NW Chil last day to school got swan got 2 bbl water for house
12 NW Snowed last night Vona in bed with cold
13 SW Sunday Clear AM Blowing NW at noon cloudy 4 pm warm
Mrs Ferichs came this PM
14 W Mrs Ferichs stayed all night Vona went to F at 2 PM Mrs sick I went to
ranch PM & found horses fine warm day
15 NW Cold blowing it blowed hard from SW at 10 last night 7 pigs Moved
sow & pigs to stable to keep warm
16 NE Coldest for some time Sun little warm at noon did not do much today
sundogs
17 NW Cold hob got tongue pumped tank full clear & cold sharp wind
18 NW Cloudy went Dalton sent for pipe dog got good from Ward Paid
school warrants
19 SE Cold hauled 2 Bx hay & 2 BBl water for stock Wind NE tonight
look like blizzrd
20 SW Snowed last night just enought to cover ground thawing SE this eve
21 SW hauled 2 loads house water Blowed hard at noon wased all overalls
22 NW Coldest night for some time Hob brought mail past Fixed shoes
23 SW Cold this morn Warm at noon cooler aftnoon got 2 jags wood
set hen pd Walford 50 cents River Hen
24 NW Went to river nice day J & A was on thier claim seen J & Mrs Hall
25 NW Cloudy & warm hauled water for stock Put 6 1/2 bbl in pond took
top off of tank
26 NW Snowing clear before noon pumped some in tank
27 NW Clear & nice shaved thawing all went to mill abt noon Sunday
28 SW Cloudy took ice out of tank & hauled it up here & put it in pond
Clear at noon blowed hard
Mar 1910
Day Wind
1 SW Clear this Morn Blowing hard at noon Cleaned out tank & starte mill
PM Vona washed
2 NW Clear seen train at river 10 min of 9 Com dig south room hauled brush
from tank
3 NW Clear Plowed sod h ot day ground froze a little but plowed pretty good
4 SW Nearly west little hazy warm day Fixed wagon box hauled sod 3 loads
Sprinkled pm
5 SW Hazy 5 loads sod Vona & Delno went nearly to eagle nest for cows
Blowed hard this pm
6 NW Clear & fine ice 1/4 in mill did not pump much Hen
7 W Hazy but cleared off got 5 loads sod & 2 bbl house water Walford &
his bro Charlie here abt noon
8 NW Clear 5 loads sod nice am turned cooler pm
9 W Spitting snow Meadow lark this am 2 2/3 loads sod worked on house
all day clear pm
10 NW Finished south gable got 4 loads sod for petition cool am clear
warmer pm sun north of crib
11 W Clear hot 4 Bx hay am hauled 2 loads sod Mrs Ferichs was here
for seeds nice day
12 NW Clear & Warm took out old & put in new sod petition dusty job
13 NW Clear nice finished gable on petition & put indoor cleaned up
14 SE Cool Clear trimmed wallam hauled 9 bbl water pm & cleaned up
around tank greased wagon
15 W Clear & Cool went to Dalton got lumber Flour sent for Eggs & Roofing
16 NW Nailed on finish Boards Run out of nails
17 NW Went to Broadwater got nails & door & window traded John grain
for calf
18 NW Put on roof put in door & window got some water Nolte went past
19 S Plowed hot day planted sweet corn
20 NW Went down to Johns got calf (paid) 1.00 change
21 NW Plowed am calf got out & hunted it part of pm plowed in evening
22 S Plowed got 3 bbl water for house after dinner then plowed till night
23 NW Blowing hard went to Dalton got eggs & sent 3.90 for roofing
Mt gom Was a little icy
24 S Butchered Pig am plowed pm windy Ferichs pulled Dnld home
Vernon Went past
25 NW Plowed all day Vona baked & cut up pig rinderd lard made
sausage fried it (finished it) ?
26 S Blowing hard at noon Plowed am _se t_hen_ sprinkle 730 pm
Hen hatched 12 chicks
27 NW Clear colder Mark Strickler was here & Chas Winshall in
28 SE Hazy & cool sweet corn sprouted Plowed am Blowed 3 bbl water am
& well tools pump choked with sand
29 NW rain hail sleet last night and raining & spitting snowat noon today
Blizzard 2 pm Cows came home to roost
30 NW Clear did not freeze very hard Blowed hard last night tried to start
pump but it was tight with sand
31 SW Clear froze last night Pull pump not much sand in cyliinder done at
11 am plowed aft noon
April 1910
1 SE Plowed all day cold wind am warmer pm
2 SW Plowed about all day got 2 1/2 bbl house water
3 NW Got cows from ranch hauled 2 loads water cool
4 NW Cold windy got 2 loads sand & plastered some on house Delno
got mail from J. Ws
5 NW Clear plowed Vona plastered Dlno mixed mud
6 SW Plowed Vona washed Delno plastered a little
7 NE Plowed Vona plastering Delno mix mud
8 SW Cool Plowed all day Vona baked & plastered
9 SW Clear Went to Dalton for roofing hauled water pm
10 SW Sunday Put roofing on hazy at noon Ferichs got sein & went
fishing 2 fish
11 S Put few sod on roof I plowed Vona plastered Delno mix mud
12 SE Plowed & made drag & draged some pm Vona & Delno lay
floor I help some Moved beds in
13 SE dragged am come rain at noon come smoke meat Delno got
9 bbl water raining 11 pm
14 NW Cloudy Raw cold wind turn to blizzard about 9 am and kept it up
all day But very wet
15 NW Blowing hard Sunshine am ground white set out trees & bushes
Vona baked
16 W lots of snow yet Cloudy ice 1 in thick got 16 bu wheat8 bu of oat Walford
80 for wheat 45 for oats total 16.40 pd Blowing hard
17 NW Ice 1/2 in still some snow in spots Blowed hard all day but clear
18 NW clear ice 1/4 in finished floating am harrowed rode on harrow pulled hard
19 SW Clear nice Delno got cows from ranch sowed oats & harrowed &
draged
20 NW Clear warm sowed wheat 14 bu 48 lbs Vona white washed
21 NW Cool cloudy hard wind from north harrowed pm broke harrow
Vona white washed
22 NW Nearly clear windy harrowed in wheat
23 NW Clear pretty windy harrowed am planted potatoes pm
24 NE Sunday Clear nice went to ranch for cows got stock water Geo &
John came
25 S Clear ice 1/4 in Geo & John went home aft dinner
warm & nice set hen (pictrure of hen drawn in border)
26 SW Clear nice sowed flax & harrowed some on sod got 1/2 bbl
house water in evening
27 SE Clear & cool enough for coat thi Morn got 2 bbl house water hot
at noon harrowed in flax
28 W Clear finished harrowing & got box hay am got hay pm turned
grinder moved hay rack
29 NW Cool Blowing hard plowed sod pretty day
30 SE Sprinkling Rained some last night Nice rain this eve Delno seen
rattle snake planted sweet corn
May 1910
1 NE Raining rained about all day snowed some pm went nearly to
ranch for cows did not get them Vona & Delno got them
2 NE Froze little last night sunshine this morn plowed sod went to north
end place
3 SE Froze 1/4 in last night raw wind plow sod
4 SE Cloudy with Raw wind & mist all day didnt plow went for cows
couple times
5 SE Foggy & damp went to ranch looking for cow & calf am plowed pm
6 NW Clear in East stayed pretty cool Linberg here assessing value
1085 1/5 of that 217
7 NW Nice day went to Dalton got lumber & flour 2 sks listed land
8 NW Sunday Clear & warm John was at place for water
went to river everybody
9 SE Hauled water am plowed sod pm Vona plant beans
Delno & hazel plant corn
10 SE Foggy plowed sod sprinkle Paid Ferichs 35 cts my 1/3 of dog
Vona planted squash popcorn sweet corn cucumbers etc
11 NE Cloudy Ferichs s cylindr this mon then plowed sod
Vona plante corn & melens sprinkled pm Delno cut his toe
12 N Clear nice plowed sod Vona washed D. planted corn finished
plowing sod at this end of place this eve
13 E Clear rained little last night plowed sod north end of place
Killed R. snake got 30 eggs from Walford
14 SW Cloudy Sprinkled last night plowed sod am looked like rain pm
fixed door killed R. snake
15 NW Blowing cool clear rained last night Delno & I measured to NE cor
but did not find it
16 NW Cold cloudy raw wind blowing hard snowed wet shelled seed corn
ground wheat kept up fire
17 NW Frost clear ice 1/4 in plowed sod laid out 40 step land pm
Mrs F. was here pm
18 SW "Clear cold raw wind got trucks from Jno, W. am Planted corn pm"
Comet nearest to earth 8 am
19 W Clear Cool seen Tail of comet 2.30 this morn Planted corn
killed little R. snake
20 NE Cool cloudy horses got out last night finished planting corn 4 pm
come cold rain 430
21 NE Rain & snow mixed did not do much but keep up fire
22 NW Clear big frost ice thick as window glass Nice day went to
J Walfords got mail school orders
23 NW Cloudy cool helped Walford pull pump hauled water in evening
24 S Clear cool took Mares to Schulers and went on to Dalton
Sent 2.50 to pay tax 1909 river place & school wts
25 SE Hazy cool got 300# potatoes pd Walford 50 cts took his plow home
tended to pigs got 4 bl water
26 SW Hazy cool went to river took up fince Blowed & sprinkled down there
27 SE Foggy & little frost at river got my load & started home at noon
got here 4pm
28 NW Cloudy got load chips am sowed millett Plowed patch sod pm
gnats thick
29 NW Sunday jarrowed & sowed patch millet set stake on west hill
abt noon nice clear day rested this eve
30 NW Went to river place Delno & I got big load post & little wire &
cultivator J & A was there
31 NW Clear & warmColts got out last night & went to ranch cows stayed
out last night in margin Gate Broke
June 1910
1 S Cool some clouds Made c wall Rained at 5 pm light
2 SE Clear warm went to river and got last of fence rained on us coming
home Blowed hard SE
3 NW Cloudy cool rained some last night marked out North fence line
am hunted pigs & cows pm
4 SE Cloudy cool Sprinkled some last night dug post holes first
radishes Made road down canyon Ferichs brought 5 fish
5 S Cloudy cool Delno killed his first R. Snake Run West line Went
to Walfords got mail PM raining at 8pm looks like more coming
6 SE Cloudy in spots cool rained some early paret of night Ferichs went
fishing Set post north end Vona dug for west door cool all day
7 SE Foggy cool & wet rained little last night hunted cows abt all afternoon
Foggy all day with wind
8 SE Foggy & Wet turned Bell in Walfords cleared at 9 am warm
W. changed to NW & blowed hauled post worked at fence pm
9 NW Clear blowing pretty cool set post Vona helped
PM got West line & part of north set
10 NW Clear & cool Finished setting post & put on some wire Went to
Walfords got 20 eggs Walford hawl off hogs tomorrow
11 SE Clear Cool Stretched wire am got 1 roll tangled hawled 2 loads
water & cultivate potatoes pm
12 SE Clear & cool Bell 8th Black Beauty 16th this month
13 SE Clear cool blowed went to Dalton finished plowing potatoes
14 SE Clear cool worked on fence Walford was here for dinner he was
hunting cattle
15 SE Clear warm Smokey worked on fence hot about noon and looked
little like rain in evening
16 SE Cleaar warm Smokey Pump stuck noon Fencing today Rained
little last night Rained shower & blowed hard aft dinner Raining
330pm from SE
17 SW Clear Worked Mill & got pump working again fixed fence past mill
18 E Clear warm Worked on fence took team along Blabed steer aft dinner
Fence rest of day
19 SE Clear warm & dry Sunday Put little ducks in water lots fun
20 SE Clear & warm worked on fence pretty good cloud from west but
not much rain got mail from J W
21 SE Clear warm rained little last night mostly wind & thunder Extra hot
& dry at noon pulled weed pm
22 E Some Clouds sprinkled last night fixed fork & mower painted some
on wagon looked afetr mill
23 SE Clear cool thundering from little cloud NW finished painting waggon
& Buggy Vona put in west door
24 NE Cool some clouds flying filled both cisterns sprinkled at times all day
25 NW Cloudy cool got Mares from Schulers pulled little mustard out of
flax got R. Snake
26 N Sunday Clear Warm dry helped Walford with cattle & had Beer
got all rain we wanted on 29 & 30
27 SE Clear & cold this morn got potato bugs am school meeting pm
got pump working again washed duds
28 S Clear but smokey & cool hoed potatoes Delno helped this pm
Vona greased chicks
29 S Clear cool some clouds noon glorious good raincome pm about 530
still rainging 8 pm hoed & got wire from stak
30 NW Clear in spots Big rain last night run down all the draws & a still
heavier rain at 1 pm lightining killed pig
July 1910
1 S Sunshine damp cool fixed fence killed R. Snake pulled mustard out
of flax pm Cloudy 6pm no rain glad
2 NW Nearly clear heavy dew cool plowed potatoes pulled mustard
out of flax
3 SE Clear Cattle eat north end corn went to Olof Lindberg to see about damage
for corn got home about 5 pm
4 SW Clear Nice Mom shooting fire crax went to Walford fix irons for mower
not home Blowed ion evening
5 NW Clear cool sprinkled last night Pull Ferichs pump ours choked up
worked at itpart of aft noon till night
6 NW Clear cool worked with pump got it going alright stayed with it till
nearly night to see it didnt choke
7 NW Clear cool went to Broadwater and by place & got floor hot about
noon got home 6 pm
8 NE Clear got 37 steps wire from Ferichs fixed fence mend harness
Walter Wickrd got bbls
9 NW Cloudy cold shot at coyote pulled weed out flax fixed corner post
10 SW Cold few clouds went over & filled up coyote hole
11 NE Cloudy cool went to Ferichsgo bbls hawled house water am & hay pm
& fixed tug calf gone
12 S Some clouds cool pump choked got it loose again filled tank fixed
road west of mill
13 SE Few clouds cool 149 chicks drove 13 O Lindberg horses off
of ridge started pig lot fixed tugs hot at noon
14 NW Clear went to ranch looking for yearling had dinner at ranch
came passt Olaf cattle did not find her
15 SW Clear went to Berges to help raise pump up on new platform hot day
16 SE Smokey pulled Ferichs pump hot rained little evening had mill in
all night
17 NW Clear Went to Seifers got mail at Pools Walford was sick
18 SE Clear got 2 loads water went to Dalton sent warrant to co Treas
got 25 of bank 10% for 2 months
19 SE Clear Cool Went to ranch found Mack Radcliff had killed my
heifer in the dip first new potatoes
20 NE Clear sprinkled last night built wire pig pen Pretty hot middle of day
21 NE Cloudy this morn sprinkle little last night got pail new potatoes 10am
22 NE Clear Chased some Y\ horses through west gate hot at noon
corn wilted load water
23 NW about clear Rainbow this Morn got load chips fixed chair & painted it
Painted little on Buggy
24 0 Scarcely any wind clear plenty wind at noon SE Pulled Ferichs pump
Put on new cylinder pumped sand to beat the band
25 NE Clear Painted Buggy wheels helped Vona wash comforts Put mill
in gear didnt run much
26 E Clear pumped tank full hot wind aft noon some clouds this eve in
north & west
27 SW Nearly clear mowed between wheat & Oats Vona & Chil went to
Ferichs got cat
28 NW Some clouds com cut Flax Com rain 630 Fine rain slow & steady
No lightning
29 E Cloudy nice rain last night mowed the rest of flax this aft and raked
some of it
30 SE Cloudy damp sprinkled some Com Binding wheat 11 am
Delno & Me shocked this aft Walford came past
31 S Sunday Cool Clear Pretty warm about noon
Aug 1910
1 S Clear Finished cutting wheat at noon shocked little aft dinner
Set trap this eve
2 NW Clear Raked flax hauled t bx hay 1 load house and 1 load stock water
3 NE Clear smokey cool sprinkle last night Mowed on NE 1/4 Vona
watched Mill & filled tank
4 SE Smokey few clouds Raked what hay had cut Put rack on
5 S Sprinkling 5.30 am first roasting ears drizzled most of day got mail
from Walfords
6 SE Gathered Flax forenoon Olbert Bound Oats abt noon paid Ferichs
7.50 for Binding 50 cts @ 15 acre
7 SE Misty this Morn still cloudy at noon tried pump but wind not blowing
hard enough
8 NE Cloudy Cool hauled hay thought was goin to rain pm but was just a
sprinkle 120 chicks
9 NW Cool some clouds I load hay stacked Flax rest of day Ferichs
brought us 1 sk fm Broadwater
10 S Tried to get pump to run am No go so pulled it this aft Ferichs
all here this eve until 8 oclock
11 S Clear not enough wind torun mill this morn cut millet got 1 load
Flax am
12 S Cloudy went to John & A & on to river place sprinkled abt noon
got home about dark
13 NW Clear Smokey 2 loads stock water 1 house water stkd Oats
14 S Cool Cloudy Damp pump water tank full
15 SW Cool Clear Com stacking wheat hot at noon didnt go out until 2pm
16 NE Some clouds & thunder in spots finished stacking at noon hawled
in millet took Ferichs 2 pail corn
17 NW Cool Cloudy nice little rain last night to Dalton got lumber Shoes flour
sugar dresses aprons
18 SE Foggy damp 640# Potatoes to Dalton $9.60 got home 10 pm with
940 coal chgd
19 S Clear cool damo Picked up little potatoes Thunder shower this aft
with hard wind
20 NW Clear fine Ferichs go Rake went to Johns 2 times not home
eighter time
21 NW Clear fine started mill Sunday Oats 85 Flax 17 wheat 130
22 NW Threshed at Olberts till 3pm then pulled here got nearly done
23 SW Smokey to Seifers 4/5 dat threshing probably call it 1 day
got home 8 oclock
24 NW Cold Smokey to Seifers 1 day blowed hard aft noon smoke hid
sun colder
25 NW Clear Cold ice thick as window glass went to Walfords not home
Mowed millet & hay
26 SW Clear Helped thresh at Pools 1 day shoveled Oats
27 NW Clear helped thresh at Pools 1 day hawled bundles
28 NW Cloudy Sunday
29 NE Went Sollies got pipe ring pulled pump Delno Vona & Me dont
know if it will work or not
30 NW Cold about clear worked with pump stuck full of sand
31 SE Went to Statens for Sand bucket & sand Pumped well got pipe
down again by night
Sept 1910
1 SE Started Mill pumped fine put 2 loads water in stock cistern hawled
2 Bx hay Rain at 7pm
2 SE Hwled Millet & Hay mowed bx full abt noon & hawled it got Berges
wagon
3 S Took Berges wagon back front wheel tire loose went to Olafs &
Past Ranch rained at noon at ranch
4 NW Sunday Went to J & A all of us and they came up here met them
half between here & ranch
5 NW Cold Blowing J & A started home 9 am got wagon Walford snap
jag corn Put load wheat on
6 SE Hawled 57 Bu wheat to Dalton @ 70 cts loaded up again this eve
7 W Hawled 57 bu again today same price both loads came to
$79.80 Recd same Pd. bank 22.20
8 NE Mowed fore noon Brought up mower & snaped corn aft noon cold
this eve
9 SE Got Ready to pull pump tightened up tank
10 SW Pulled Pump Walford & Olbert helped Warm
11 NE Cool but warm last night Sprinkling 8 PM Vona 30 today Sunday
12 SE Cool damp cloudy sprinkled last night Snap corn dug potatoes
13 SE CoolCloudy finished digging north potato patch sprinkled this
eve wet out potatoes
14 SE Wet fog Mowed fodderpm got rake from Ferichs
15 NW Fine went over & plastered patch on school house am got home 2pm
16 SE fine morning to Broadwater came by place Listed land with Tom
Haisten for 90 days came by Johns
17 NW 25 Due at bank Pd 7th scrubbed school house fixed coal shed
snap corn Ada came this eve
18 N Rained little lat night went down with Ada she took rake
19 NW Rained little last night fine this morn got 1 1/2 bbl clean water wind
went down then
20 SE finished filling both cisterns threshed millet went to Walfords Mail
21 S Rained pretty good last night got jag brush & wood am Rained pm
little went to wedding party
22 NW Clear cool got home 11:o5 last night snap corn pm
23 N Damp cool rainlast night starte to Johns 9 am via Broadwater
took Birthday dinner he 54
24 SW Clear fine got home 25 of 8 last night fixed straw pile
25 N Sunday Cool mist damp Rained some indoors about all day
26 NW Froze just little last night took pipe to town cut it off sent 16.30 to Ward
got Black S to make pipe lifter
27 NW Clear cool put pipe down snaped corn took Ferichs tools home
28 SW Clear Putied in 5 glass school house pd Berges 1.00 for 3 hrs
threshing /////////////////
29 W Few clouds ent to J & A got there about noon dug on well aft noon
got water in eve ning for stock
30 W Fine morn dug on J well dug some poratoes aft noon thn on well
till night
Oct 1910
1 W Dugdug on well then got some water 10 am also struck water in
well loaded in old stable
2 NW got old stable yest eve windy abt noon pulled for home this morn
got home little aft 11 am wind
3 SW Clear & cool frost Chil start school I went to Walfords got mail
snap corn pm
4 NW Dug potatoes am wind came up 10 am Blowed hard went to
Walfords pm tend pigs
5 NW Hd hrd time to catch Deck started dig Pots about 10 Dug rest of day
nice day
6 NW Froze ice thick as glass Eunice pretty sick last night got 14 apples of
Ferichs to be pd back Pd dug potatoes
7 NW Clear dug potatoes got water at noon Delno helped aft school
8 NW Finished dig potatoes Chil helped done at noon Saturday
9 SW Clear got 4 rows corn went to Pools & Ferichs aft noon for mail
10 NW Went to Walfords this morn took Chil that far hawled fodder Hot day
11 SE Went to Siefers came by Ferichs filled cisterns Hotday
12 SW Went to Dalton got good s sugar applesflour etc Hot day
sent letter to Clinton
13 NW Clear Jake went to Johns with caseing 2.00 oclock got there
about 5 talked with J Hall
14 SE At Johns put down gasing 21 joints 49 ft night when we got done
Big rain at home
15 NW Sand pumped got 6 or 7 ft water Put in pump came home
16 S Snaped some corn got home from Johns after dark warm
17 NW Went to Johns & Broadwater 3 times to fix pipe & rods
Sold hay to J Hall
18 NW Worked with John pumping till noon then give it up for while
Hard bottom
19 N Cool went to Dalton took 50 squash got coal 2 bu apples cold
N wind all day 2340 coal 945
20 NW Icxe 1 inch Put spuds in pit Went to Johns took Bu apples
& Flax for Broadwater
21 NW Stayed at Johns turkey last night to Flax to Broadwater this
morn got 5 sk flour
22 NW Took 2 hogs Dalton wt 650 shipped with Schulers Denver
23 NW Clear & Cool Sunday Ferichs here this morn to see if I got express
24 NW Snap corn pump water Pump stop went to Walfords this eve got
order signed & got mail
25 NW Clear fine snapped corn got 3 bbl water at noon for stock had mill
running Nice day
26 NW Finish snap corn rain little at noon Berges Fred went past with sand
sent $1.00 to JohnBerges with him Eunice school
27 NW Cool ice 1 in Co Supt Schoolyest fixed fence horses out Went aft
Eunice this Eve she got pretty cold hard wind
28 N Chase cattle off of ridge Went to Statens took casing back pd
him 1.40 for 4 joints used Laid sod windbreak pig pen
29 NW Found horses west of mill got house water went to ranch seen
Milt Ahrens didnt make any deal with Mack Huler
30 NW Sunday Clear Went to Schulers abt noon Hog brought 820 our
part 8.80 in Denver got home 530 this eve
31 NW J Went to Johns I washed children & sewed J. went to Broadwater pm
Got John lumber for house
Nov 1910
1 NW ice & frost at Johns None at home rained worked on Johns well
all day put pump in got 11 or 12 ft water
2 SW Pulled pump out this morn took sand pt off Pumped out sand &
was OK came home pm
3 SW Took Ferichs sand bucket home Butchered pig turned pig out
in eve little while on grass
4 NW Cool got brush for Pig shed tried mill it would not pump Earl Stevens
here this morn
5 NW Cool Went to Dalton got cylinder $6.00 went to sale Helvies
Got lumber for Wardrobe
6 NW Sunday Mrs Ferichs was here this aft Nice day Looks stormy this eve
7 NW Walford was here to get me to husk corn Fixed pig pen went to Berges
& Alberts to Pull get them tomorrow
8 NW Election pulled pump am 3 1/2 hrs drop pipe Fred Berges &
Walter W helped
9 NW Had mill fill tank Made Wardrobe Pretty windy about noo shut mill
out at sundown
10 NW Frost put doors on Wardrobe Picked cobs went hunting etc
seen 1 chicken
11 SE Nice morining 93 chicks seen big bunch grouse Pulled Nails
Cow Chips out of corral Sorted apples
Piece of paper stuck in Diary our 13 Aniversary 11 th
12 S Cloudy helped Soali Raise mill 14 men there had good luck
Was there all day
13 NW Cloudy cool Sunday All went to Ferichs to fix pump there for dinner
Pump no go got to be pulled
14 NW Frosty & clear hawled 2 loads stock water & fodder nice day but
little cool pm
15 SE Spittting snow this am helped Ferichs pull pump done 230 shot
pm porcupine north of house
16 SE Cool took gun and went around & turned mill in No wind cleaned
cistern shot at some grouse pm
17 NW Frosty & pretty cold getting house water only got 1/2 bbl no wind
18 S Frosty this morn went to Wickison to look for milk cow came by
Anderson & Olof & Linquist
19 NW Cloudy sprinkled am 5 bbl house water Raw wind had horses in
stalks 1st time
20 SW Clear this morn cool Sunday
21 SW Went to Dalton Vona Jesse Eunice & Jake got cow 40.00 cash
led her home bad blisters on my feet -U-bet
22 NW Cloudy & blowing some didnt do much feet sore Rainbow this eve
Shot at grouse
23 SW Cool Scraped up wheat cleaned out privy Vona making big dinner
for take John
24 NW Sleeting early but clearing We start for Johns 9 am got there little
before 12 Eat dinner started back at 4 pm got home 7
25 NW Not much wind nice day Fixes clock put salt out wrote letters to
Pierce & Geo & card to John
26 NE Cloudy went to Libs Reg letter to Pierce had dinner at Olafs he
gave me check 15.00 for crop destroyed
27 NW Snow 1 in last night thawed some of it today Sunday
28 S Cloudy but thawing some Still some snow Vona cut out Ina waist
had cow loose
29 SW Cloudy put salt on ridge Fixed door on house & Wardrobe
Vona finished waist Signed Childrens reports
30 NW Cloudy took Children 15 Min from here to Walfords chased cows
back in North pasture this eve
Dec 1910
1 SE Cold fixed fence Mouse traps stable Got mill pumping
2 SW Had mill pump filled Bed ticks Ferichs butcher pig this eve
3 NE Nice Morn Put dirt & manure west side dam
4 NW PM NW AM Sunday Sunchine at noon Blizzard this eve Stock
in hills
5 NW Bliz over qhite little snow Chil stay home Put cows in stalks did not
thaw much
6 SW Chil to school I fix fence Mill would not run had cows in stalks snow
melted some warm at noon
7 SW Clear 89 chicks had mill run wind this time went down about 1 pm
Made Jesse overalls Went to Berges see about male pig
8 NW Hawled manure around tank thawed some around noon
9 NO Wind Put cover on tank & straw & manure
10 NO Went to Dalton got letter from Geo 5 sks flour Soape with Woolsey
11 NO Wind to speak of snowed little last night went to Pools for mail
12 SE Snowed last night hawled straw mill run today Chil stay home stormy
13 SW Clear frosty Mina stay home today fix fence Vona took cows over
on ridge
14 NW Thawed lots of snow shelled corn hawled water 1 bbl for house
15 SW Clear nice shelled corn Box straw to cows went for water But mill
didnt run
16 NW Went to river got garden fence came by Johns Ada hawling water
But pump was OK John feeling bad
17 NW Went to Dalton got Bu apples 1.25 2 traps 150 sent card Soph
letter Geo & Lottie Ferichs Brot mail this eve & card
18 NW Got 3 BBl house water Sunday pretty fair day Set 2 traps this eve
19 NW Blowing hard Put cows out 130 pm Vona washed thawing did
not hang clothes out on account of wind
20 NO Wind Nice day warm got clothes dry fine tinkered around watched
Cows fixed stove pipe
21 SE 1 in snow last night & this morn Chil stay I n I HOME
Thawed about all snow
22 NW Snowed 1/2 in last night made straw rack Gave box straw to stock
pretty windy
23 NW hawled straw for pen Mill running Vona baked bread thawed some
24 SW hawled straw put 1 load manure at tank Chil got Xmas tree this aft
Vona Fixing it now 5 PM (Saturday)
25 NW Clear & Blowing Got tree in kitchen A L Ferichs & H. Hippen here
this eve Wanted turkey & ducks So they Said
26 SW Clear Went down to Johns they were gone to Omaha came by
Johnsons and Whitscums got home 330 pm
27 SW Nearly Clear Wrote some letters got horses also got cold got
Xmas things from Lottie
28 NW about clear Vona turned mill in didnt do much Bad cold quite little
Bliz & snow 2pm didnt last long
29 NW Colder & clear Was going to get house water but wind quit Blowing
wrote Moll Geo Lottie
30 SW Blowing & pretty cold went to Dalton sent batch letters
31 NW Warm Nice Com Snowing this eve got 3 bbl stock & 1/4 house water