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Transcription of George Pierce Jr. Diary from UC Davis Special Collections

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D-022 4:13: Transcription of George Pierce Jr. Diary, 1903

This transcription from the original diary contains language contemporaneous of the time

and is being presented as part of a historical record. Please note that the transcription

has not been reviewed for final editing.

Preliminary notes by transcriber:

Written lengthwise on the titlepage of the volume are the following: L.

Gottheimer

Dixon

Nelson Brown

Pierce used the first page of the Memoranda section at the end of this volume to record

some notes about the weather in various times of the year and a bit about his trip

East in February and March of 1903 as spokesman for California Promotion

Committee.

Compared with earlier volumes Pierce did not make much use of the

"Memoranda', "Cash Account," "Bills Payable," and other pages at the end of the

volume for records.


Thurs 1 Jan 1903

Sue, Gardner, Dixwell Misses E. Gilmore & J E Gray and self left 2336 Channing way

at about 7 a.m. to attend wedding of Maud Loveless - and Horace Crocker at 12th &

Peralta Sts Oakland at 8 a.m. Bridal party left on 9.35 train for Los Angeles -

All went to San Francisco and spent p.m. at "The Chuttes" [or "The Chutles"?]

Lunched at the "Call Cafe"

Fri 2 Jan 1903

Sue, the children and a little 5 year old orphan girl & self sent day in San Fran.

Went to Pacific Mail Dock, Golden Gate Park and Cliff House -

Bought an overcoat

Gardner and I left for Davisville an 6 p.m. train - staid at Mothers

Sat 3 Jan 1903

Home at 7.40 - sent for Gardner -

Worked on pump and pipe connections at the new tank house -

Boys set posts, and stretched some wire in east field.

Gardner went to town twice in p.m. on wheel for pipe fittings -

Sun 4 Jan 1903 [Inserted.]

Gardner went to Sunday school

- Got creek pump to working -


Mon 5 Jan 1903

All hands built fence across east field at mile line from road -

- nearly finished -

Tues 6 Jan 1903

Two tramps quit - two teams hauled wood

Jack and I finished fence across field in p.m.

Went to town in a.m. - got 6 bunches shingles and some ceiling

Brown and & Brady finished tank house

Wed 7 Jan 1903

Started two ten mule teams at re-plowing the 30 acre alfalfa field out north.

Went on 10.25 a.m. train to Sacramento to attend the inauguration of Governor elect

Geo. C. Pardee

- out at 6.10 -

Thurs 8 Jan 1903

Tore down old tank frame at windmill. Fixed manger at east barn -


Fearfully foggy

Fred Schmeidt painted cuts on almond trees.

Sue and Dixwell came back to Davis from Oakland where they had been since Mauds

wedding

Fri 9 Jan - Sun 11 Jan 1903 [No entries.]

Mon 12 Jan 1903

Went to San Francisco to attend a meeting of the Advisory Board of the Water and

forest Association. A lunch given at the Merchants' Club 222 Sansome.

Tues 13 Jan 1903

Dipped about 600 sheep -

Wed 14 Jan 1903

Went to San Francisco on 7.25 train to attend meeting of Employment Committee of

Cal. Promotion Committee relative to going East -

Hecke & I attended Alcazar -


Thurs 15 Jan 1903

Wrestled with Eastern trip problem

Attended Burton Holme's lecture on Portugal.

Fri 16 Jan 1903

Home on 7 a.m. train.

Dixwell has bad cold & cough -

Sat 17 Jan 1903

Set out some trees and got hams into smoke house -

Sun 18 Jan 1903 [Inserted.]

No one went to church -

Drove over to Mr. Goodwins in p.m.

Schmeidt brought out man to help burn brush.

Mon 19 Jan 1903

Jack Henderson, Choreman, quit


Went to town in a.m. got sugar, mush fish etc.

Set out trees in east orchard

Boys burned brush in east orchard -

Caught 14 more roosters - have 72 all told caught now -

Tues 20 Jan -Mon 2 Feb 1903 [No entries]

Tues 3 Feb 1903

Left Sacramento on 4 p.m. train

Rained -

Appeared before Dairy Committee of Legislature advocating the Yolo Dairy Bills

Left on 10.10 train with Gardner and Geo. B Lorenz for the East on business for

California Promotion Committee -

Wed 4 Feb 1903

Across Nevada


Thurs 5 Feb 1903

Arrived in Odgen 7 a.m.

Spent all day in Salt Lake

Thermometer was 21 degrees below zero at Ogden this a.m. Froze my ears as did

some of the others of our party.

Staid over night in Ogden

Fri 6 Feb 1903

Left Denver - about 10. a.m.

Sat 7 Feb 1903

Arrived in Cheyenne about 8 a.m.

" " Denver " 11 "

Left " " 9.40 p.m.

Sun 8 Feb 1903 [Inserted.]

Arrived in Manhattan [Kansas]11.30 a.m. Found no trains out so were compelled to

stay - Cedar Park Hotel -


Mon 9 Feb 1903

Went to State Agricultural College in suburbs of Manhattan

Tues 10 Feb 1903

Joint exhibition of Pierce Crandall troups in "Auditorium"

Manhattan Kansas

Wed 11 Feb 1903

Gave entertainment at Kansas State Agricultural College

Crandall left for Beatrice

Thurs 12 Feb 1903

Left 7 a.m. for Kansas City.

Changed cars and arrived in Auburn about 4.15 p.m.

Fri 13 Feb 1903

Gave exhibition in Court Room overflowing hall.

Auburn Nebraska


Sat 14 Feb 1903

Left about 3.30 for Shenandoah

Changed cars at Nebraska City & got into Shenandoah about 8 p.m.

Sun 15 Feb 1903 [Inserted.]

Very cold near 20 degrees below zero

Blizzard

Lorenz sick.

Mon 16 Feb 1903

Left for Clarinda bout 9.30 a.m. arriving before noon -

Tues 17 Feb - Fri 27 Feb 1903 [No entries.]

Sat 38 Feb 1903

Left for Columbus at 9 a.m.

Staid over until 1 p.m. Got into Iowa City after midnight


Sun 1 Mar 1903 [Inserted.]

Arrived in Iowa City at 12.30 a.m.

Mon 2 Mar 1903

Prepared for entertainment

Tues 3 Mar 1903

Gave exhibition in Smiths Armory and had about 18000 people present -

Wed 4 Mar 1903

Remained in Iowa City.

Thurs 5 Mar 1903

Left about 9 a.m. for Cedar Rapids

- staying 3 hours - thence for Independence -

Fri 6 Mar 1903

Left Independence for Oilwin [?] staying 3 hours -

Drove out to Mr. Uttey's [?] in evening.


Sat 7 Mar 1903

Spent day trying to locate Lorenz -


Went to Congregational Church with Ida -

Lorenz came in p.m.

Mon 9 Mar 1903 [No entry.]

Tues 10 Mar 1903

Gave exhibition in New Hampton

Wed 11 Mar 1903

Left at 9 a.m. for St Paul where arrived about 1 p.m.

Thurs 12 Mar 1903

Went to Minneapolis and "did" St Paul -

Left for Menomonie on 6 p.m. train.

Fri 13 Mar 1903

Saw Menomonie -


Sat 14 Mar 1903

Exhibited at Menomonie - final "show" -


Left at 10.20 a.m. for Chicago travelling in parlor car -

Mon 16 Mar 1903

Roamed about Chicago

Tues 17 Mar 1903

Went to Antioch on 1.30 p.m. train

Rained

Wed 18 Mar 1903

Returned to Chicago on 11.17 a.m. train

Left for Los Angeles on Santa Fe train at 10.10 p.m.

Thurs 19 Mar 1903

Stopped 3 hours in Kansas City

Rained -


Fri 20 Mar 1903

Through Colorado & New Mexico -

Sat 21 Mar 1903

Through Arizona. Needles at 7.30 p.m.


Arrived in Los Angeles at 8. a.m. -

Took "Observation Car" in a.m. - and went to Santa Monica in p.m.

Mon 23 Mar 1903

Left Los Angeles for Pasadena at 8.30 a.m. - returned at 11.30

Left for San Francisco at 12.10 p.m.

Tues 24 Mar 1903

It rained in Fresno last night

Got into San Francisco at 8.25 a.m.

Went to Promotion Committee's rooms and to Mr Horsburgh's & Mr. McCormicks

Home at 3.30. Sue met us -


Wed 25 Mar 1903

Men (2) are cutting wood.

G (Gardner) & I - each have frightful colds

Thurs 26 Mar 1903

Rode over ranch and called on Hext Bros -

Fri 27 Mar 1903

Sue & I went to Sacramento -

Sat 28 Mar 1903

Attended Euchre meeting at Dr Bate's

Miss Grace Livingston went with us -

Am almost sick abed -


Miss Livingston went home -


Mon 30 Mar 1903

Worked on the remodelling the [word missing - tank?] of the sheep dipping plant -

It sprinkled some in a.m.-

Tues 31 Mar 1903

Rained did not work today -

Mrs. J. B. Scott came. Fred & Jean went for her -

Wed 1 Apr 1903

Finished up sheep dipping plant -

Sue & Mrs. Scott went to Ladies Whist Club at Mrs. Wm Chiles

Thurs 2 Apr 1903

Dipped sheep -

Fri 3 Apr 1903

Began building fence on Hext line -


Sat 4 Apr 1903

Went to Davis in p.m. Staid over night and attended Odd Fellows -

Sun 5 Apr 1903 [No entry.]

Mon 6 Apr 1903

Boys finished up fence along Hext line in west side of field north of west orchard -

Began plowing in East orchard.

- three teams -

Tues 7 Apr 1903

Henry Fred & I began building fence on Hext line from road south -

Wed 8 Apr 1903

Henry, Fred, & I went to Davis and worked in Mothers yard - Took a load of wood

and some wheat -

Dr. [Name not given], Veterinarian was out at LaRue's and I took my four year old

stallion and had him castrated.


Thurs 9 Apr 1903

Sprinkled some, chiefly in a.m.

Boys finished first furrows in orchard in a.m., and then we began plowing with three

plows.

Henry, Fred & I worked on fence on Hext line -

Frank came out from Sac. and staid over night-

Changed young cattle and castrated a small bull.

Fri 10 Apr 1903

Tade went home. Fenced -

Got two new men -

Sat 11 Apr 1903

Tinkered - Davis & Bordeau quit

Sue & I went to Frank Wilbur's at the Slayback place to a "hard times" euchre club.



Mon 13 Apr 1903

Worked on fence across knoll field -

Tues 14 Apr 1903

Went to Woodland taking Beauty & colt to Mastins - Had two teeth filled -

Went to Davisville and attended lecture of Col. H. Weinstock on Jesus the Jew - Home

at 11 p.m. -

Mrs Vaughan & Miss Gray went to Sacramento.

G. W. Chapman sent for the goats.

Sold spring clip of wool at 14c - 3046 # @ 14c 426.44

Wed 15 Apr 1903

Chapman got goats.

Sent Henry with 13 bales wool to Woodland

Went to Woodland with buggy - Paid 2nd installment taxes, gave in assessment &c

Drove to Davisville and went to Sacramento on 7.15 train & attended degree meeting

of Eureka Lodge No. 4. I.O.O.F. - Staid at Western [?]


Sue went to Sacramento to attend land trial of Gilmore Lake matter -

2d inst Taxes mine $98.81. Mothers 58.92 $157.73

Thurs 16 Apr 1903

Left Sacto on 6.20 a.m. train

Home at 9.30. Boys finished Hext line fence to South corner of orchard at noon.

Henry plowed in vineyard and orchard with single plow and Fred plowed with four

animals in west orchard in p.m. Two men and self worked on fence across island

Sue came home from Sacramento.

Fri 17 Apr 1903

Worked on fence at creek.

Pilliner came & laid off at noon -

Boys finished second plowing in orchard except plowing next to trees and began that

this p.m.

Sue went to school house in p.m.

Thundered & looks rainy -


Sat 18 Apr 1903

Boys plowed, harrowed & pulled suckers.

Went to Davis in p.m., took Fern & Jumbo mare to Audy Martins -

- got coal oil, groceries, rope &c - Miss Gray came from Sacto and walked to ranch

Let water out of tank expecting Lytle here tomorrow to solder it -


Mon 20 Apr 1903

Left on 11.45 a.m. train for Colusa to attend meeting of Sacramento Valley

Development Association. The Co[l]usa people had free entertainment at hall

Tues 21 Apr 1903

Left Colusa at 12.50 a.m. home at 5.30

Got up two more mules for plowing.

Boys finished plowing east orchard about 9 a.m.


Wed 22 Apr 1903

Began plowing alfalfa land in north field -

Thurs 23 Apr 1903

Put fence in across creek at Bank line -

Fri 24 Apr 1903

Put in a little fence and wire across creek at upper line -

Old soldier came at noon -

Sat 25 Apr 1903

Boys finished plowing alfalfa field south of north wind mill field and harrowed some -

Sun 26 Apr 1903 [Inserted.]

The Tallman's left for Sacto.

Rode to town to post letter

Mon 27 Apr 1903

Not very well today.

Started another gate


Tues 28 Apr 1903

Finished 2nd gate-

Boys finished harrowing west orchard, and other crew finished suckering -

Wed 29 Apr 1903

Went to Davisville in a.m. took two mares to Andy Martin and mowing machine to

Luft

Henry plowed potatoes and cultivated vegetables -

Thurs 30 Apr 1903

Dipped the stock sheep and marked lambs 45 ewes and 44 weathers -

There are a few unmarked

Boys finished first harrowing in east orchard about 9 a.m. and began cross harrowing

-

Fri 1 May 1903

Gardner and I went to Woodland to see our dentist, but as it was a holiday, being field

day for the High Schools of the Valley we did not get the work done, but went to the

exercises -


Sat 2 May 1903

Worked at gate - building

Henry & I took two gates into field and brought in four more in a.m. In p.m. Henry

went to town with load of wood and got the mower and a new washing machine.

Went to Odd Fellows meeting - staid at Mothers.

Sun 3 May 1903 [Inserted.]

C. A. Wilder quit, old soldier wanted to quit - Went to Davis to meet some Odd

Fellows. Home at night - Jumbo mare got our of windmill lot out north.

Mon 4 May 1903

Sue and I went to Sacramento

Got $300. of D. O. Mills & Co -

Home on 6.35 P.m. train -

Fred cut the ten acre pieces of foxtail north of east orchard -

Tues 5 May 1903

Fred & I made two gates in a.m.

Foggy until 9 a.m.


Henry finished digging out dead trees in orchards - 14 all told 10 in w [west ?] - 4 in e

[east ?]

Castrated 8 yearling past bulls.

Marked 34 pigs - 12 sows 22 boars -

- two of the barrows died within a few minutes. Killed a mutton sheep -

pumped and started another gate -

Fred raked foxtail and broke shaft to rake.

Wed 6 May 1903

Took rake shaft to Davis for repairs. Saw Dr. (Bates) and had him come out to see a

yearling that is low.

Fred & I bunched hay (foxtail) - pumped water

Very foggy again this morning -

Thurs 7 May 1903

Clear. North wind this a.m.

Fred cocked the foxtail, raked along fence and began mowing in north field -


Fixed engine, belt & pump.

Boys finished suckering at noon -

Henry finished digging around trees at noon -

Boys sawed wood & build gate Henry hauled manure.

Sue & folks went to Mrs. Swingles to Ladies Aid meeting -

Fri 8 May 1903

Strong north wind & warm.

Sawed wood, started hay rake -

Ed. Howard quit -

Sat 9 May 1903

Boys began bunching hay.

Bob went to town in p.m.

We all went to the picnic of the Davisville Euchre Club in Putah Canyon

- home about 9.30 p.m. had a fine time.



Had restful day.

Mon 11 May 1903

Haying in full blast

Tues 12 May 1903

Finished cutting hay in 95 acre field and began north of east orchard -

Put two gates in place in east field.

Boys cocked hay in a.m. and bunched in p.m.

Wed 13 May 1903

Sue and I went to Oakland & San Francisco

Did not go to the Alumni Reception as we were both tired & late.

Thurs 14 May 1903

Commencement day at Berkeley

President Roosevelt delivered the oration. I had the program at the alumni luncheon -


Sue staid in Oakland and I went home on 3.30 train. Joe Stein [?] met me -

The wind blew so that the boys worked in hay but half of the day - sawed wood.

Fri 15 May 1903

Bob. Thomson quit - Put on hay rack -

Mowed around barley -

Went to Davis in evening - Sue came on 7.10 p.m. train. We staid at Mother's.

Sat 16 May 1903

Left on 5.25 a.m. train for San Francisco

Attended meeting of Employment Committee of the Promotion Committee -

Staid at Grand #118 - Very windy -

Boys could not work at the hay -

Sun 17 May 1903

Very windy again -

Went to "Nob Hill" and the Cliff House -


Home on 3.30 train. Got a man from Andy Martin's -

Mon 18 May 1903

Boys finished cocking hay and got in one load - cow barn -

Tues 19 May 1903

Began hauling hay - got in 8 loads -

Went to Woodland and had dental work done - Was in dentist's chair from 9.30 a.m.

to 4.30 save noon hour.

Miss Gray left for Sacramento and Placerville -

Wed 20 May 1903

Hauled hay & fixed hay rigging

Filled cow barn

Dick Alge came to look after sheep -

Boys broke large pulling rope at hay barn.


Thurs 21 May 1903

Sue, Dixwell & self went to Sacramento on 10.25 a. m. train.

Borrowed $700.00 of Peoples Savings Bank and turned in ["in" repeated] to Glen

Alpine account -

Bought spring wagon of Brown Bros, for the Glen, for $191.50

Got barrel of lime - home late -

Fri 22 May 1903

Mowed around 140 acre wheat field -

Went to 7. p.m. train for Mrs Pierce but she did not come -

Sat 23 May 1903

Went to Davis to meet butcher coming to see sheep. He did not come -

Went to Sacramento and got new man for haying - Bunched wheat hay -

Went to Davis for Sue & Dix at 7 p.m. -


Jake - left. Pilliner drew his money -


Gardy, Dix & Yen went to town.

Sue put 41 little chicks in box in sun and 39 died -

Mon 25 May 1903

Helped at getting hay into horse barn

Gardner went to Davis in p.m.

He started on his wheel, but a tire burst and he took Prince & buggy -

Boys finished hauling hay from north field, all but one load before noon.

Very cool & pleasant

Tues 26 May 1903

Cloudy - looks like rain -

Put mules and young cattle out of field north of west orchard -

Fixed gate and ponds [?] in fence across East field - fixed pipe outlet to trough. Put

the hogs 81 head into north knoll field -- 2 here yet -

Gardner & Dixwell waded and played in creek all the p.m. and Sue put them to bed

before supper.


Wed 27 May 1903

Went to Davis and got flour spuds &c.

Thurs 28 May 1903

Got hogs into windmill field and fixed fence -

Fri 29 May 1903

Sue and I went to Davis in evening and joined the Rebeckas. They had a banquet

afterward. Home a 2 a.m.

Sat 30 May 1903

[First sentence here inserted from the entry for the 29th.]

Boys finished hauling hay around grain fields and got in all the hay save a few loads of

foxtail.

Went to Davis in p.m. and took Nellie, the Glen Alpine saddle mare and shipped her to

Sacramento. Attended Odd Fellows meeting - Very warm 102 degrees at depot -

Sun 31 May 1903 [inserted.]

The boys and Yen went to Davis -

Warm again.


Mon 1 June 1903

Finished haying at noon -

Wm Thomas quit and Henry Law went to Sacramento.

The Taxcollector came -

Sue & Dix went to Sacramento -

Boys hauled gravel and brought trough in from Mother's barn to sheep barn.

Tues 2 June 1903

Set trough - started boys to putting fence along west side of vineyard -

Went to Woodland to attend meeting of Board of Supervisors to ask for funds for a

Yolo County exhibit at World's Fair at St. Louis -

Lunched at Mr. Dopkings -

Bought grain sacks of Balfour for 5.85

Wed 3 June 1903

Dipped sheep - Counted ewes and lambs - make the number 1009 -

Went to Odd Fellows meeting in Davis -


Thurs 4 June 1903

Fixed fence in east field - Began repairing harness -

Fred hauled manure and wood -

Fri 5 June 1903

Took load of wood to Mother and 3 mares to Any Martin

Got 3000 Calcutta grain bags & bale twine from Balfour & Garnette - sack sugar

candles, lotion &c - Had pipe cut and union put in -

Sue went to school election and was elected School Trustee of Fairfield District.

Sat 6 June 1903

Very hot north wind - thermometer 107 degrees -

Got out harvester. boys built fence across creek. tinkered at harness str. [?] Got

hogs in from north field

Two died in east orchard -

Went to Davis to Lodge. Jeff. T. Donnenworth was initiated. Had 2 visitors from

Sacramento.


Sun 7 June 1903 [Inserted.]

Fred Garr drew $2.00 & Yen $40.00

Mon 8 June 1903

Brown began overhauling harvester -

Fixed Harness, gate at east of tool house, ground barley for harvesting and moved

vinegar from store house to woodshed attic. Had to put in two posts to hold up floor

joice -

Tues 9 June 1903

Sue and the children left for Glen Alpine - took them to 10.25 a.m. train - Paid Lulu

Roos' fare.

Lunched at Mother's - went to see Mr. Spark's new harvester -

Brown sick in p.m. and did not work -

South breeze tonight -

Wed 10 June 1903

Fixed harness and tinkered

Got harvester into field - Made truck of old mower frame for header -


Very cool & pleasant -

Henry finished suckering in West Orchard - at noon -

Thurs 11 June 1903

Made two panels - Went to Davis in a.m. - took butter - got extras for machine.

Fixed pump and blacksmithed -

Cloudy - sprinkled a little

Boys roached mules -

Fri 12 June 1903

S. G. Brown finished getting harvester in order and then worked with me making over

the sulphur house - which we finished.

The boys finished roaching mules and then sawed wood the rest of the day -

Mr. Currey's harvester started today -

Sat 13 June 1903

Sawed wood and fixed walk to new tank frame, barn doors etc. Turned very cool -

Pilliner drew $5.00 and went to Sacramento at noon -


Sent two mares to Davisville by Fred.

The young big mare was in season -


S. A. Brown drew 6.00 & went to Dixon. Looks rainy -

Mon 15 June 1903

Cloudy - looks like rain -

Started harvester

Barley is very light -

Tues 16 June 1903

Began hauling barley - fixed corral

" painting tank house at windmill

Went to Davisville in p.m. - got oil, metallic nails &c. Called at mr. Henry Oeste's to

see about grain cutting -


Wed 17 June 1903

Joe began painting windmill and tank -

Thurs 18 June 1903

Went to Davis in a.m. Engaged to cut 200 acres barley for Robt. Armstrong -

Fri 19 June 1903

Worked about place.

Sat 20 June 1903

D. N. Edwards came for some sheep and I sold him 129 weathers @ $3.75 each.

Left on 10.35 train for Yuba City where I want to assist in organizing an Almond

Growers' Association. Took tea with Mr. B. F. Walton and went to Oroville on evening

train.


Eli Snyder & I drove about country adjacent to Oroville, saw dredgers, visited Odd

Fellows Home &c and returned to Davis in p.m. A fire on a big trestle delayed us 3

hours -

Mon 22 June 1903

Went to Davis in p.m. for paint, oil &c -


Tues 23 June 1903

Boys finished cutting barley about 9.15 a.m. - and went to Mr. Robt. Armstrong's

place to cut. Began cutting about 3.20 p.m.

Got hay rack at Miner place -

Had King shod - got new collar.

Wed 24 June 1903

Drove to Davis then to Woodland to attend meeting of St Louis Fair Committee -

Henry hauled wood to Mother's

Thurs 25 June 1903

Went to harvester in p.m. they were nearly through first piece -

Henry hauled wood to Mothers and we burned foxtail in her yard -

Fri 26 June 1903

Fixed windmill and tinkered about shop -

Very warm

Henry hauled wood to Mothers -


Sat 27 June 1903

Boys broke down in first round -

ran feeder into cylinder - did not get started until afternoon - took extras to them.

Attended almond growers meeting - are to sell Aug 1st.


Warm in a.m. - breeze in p.m.

Mon 29 June 1903

Was at machine in a.m.

In p.m. went to Geo Hamels and engaged to cut 150 acres -

Tues 30 June 1903

Tinkered about place -

Wed 1 July 1903

North wind blew a little today and in evening it increased to a gale -

Thurs 2 July 1903

Frightful north wind. Much grain is being wasted, and fires are doing heavy damages

-


A fire broke out, from a locomotive, in R. B. Armstrong's field and burned over a strip

of territory from 1/2 to 2 miles wide & some 10 miles long. Many barns some houses,

stock & poultry were burned -

Boys finished cutting at Armstrong's.

Fri 3 July 1903

Moved harvester to Geo. Hamel's

Went to Sacramento on 11.12 out on 6.35 -

Sat 4 July 1903

Went to harvester in a.m.

Sun 5 July 1903 [No entry.]

Mon 6 July 1903

Brown, the Separator man dismissed Flannigan the sack sewer -

Henry and I went to machine and got the Miner feed wagon and took it home to Miner

place.

Dipped prunes in p.m.

Boys broke sprocket No 60. and laid up -


Tues 7 July 1903

Went to harvester at Hamel's early -

Finished dipping prunes in p.m.

Wed 8 July 1903

Began sawing wood.

Mr & Mrs G. H. Hecke of Woodland called - driving over in their automobile -

Went to harvester in p.m.

Thurs 9 July 1903

Sawed wood all day, or at least tried to. The engine behaved badly -

- did not get quite through -

Fri 10 July 1903

Sawed wood in a.m. and went to harvester at Geo. Hamel's in afternoon. Boys moved

into wheat just before noon -

Sat 11 July 1903

Ground rest of old barley about 20 sx.


Went to Woodland to attend meeting of World's Fair Commissioners.

Home by way of harvester. Boys finished just at night -

Sun 12 July 1903 [No entry.]

Mon 13 July 1903

Boys came home with harvester from Geo. Hamel's - got machine together and made

3/4 round before dinner in wheat -

Tues 14 July 1903

Went to town and got chest of blackberries - home at noon -

Wed 15 July 1903

Went to Davis to meet Major Berns [?] [Berry?] of World's Fair Commission and then to

Sacramento - out at 3.30.

Thurs 16 July 1903

Tried spring wagon and worked on almond rig -

Very cool and pleasant -

The nights are unusually cool -


Fri 17 July 1903

Went to Davis & to Geo. Hamel's and settled for harvesting.

Sat 18 July 1903

Finished harvesting and got harvester in shed at 12.20 p.m.

Went to Woodland to attend meeting of Sac. Valley Development Association.

Staid at Julian

Sun 19 July 1903 [Inserted.]

Mr. Crandall & self went to Yolo Orchard and other places, lunched at home, went to

Davis vis Palmer's & Crandall left for San Francisco -

Sue and children returned from Glen Alpine.

Mon 20 July 1903

Started Henry at hauling barley to town and then went to town and got two men for

hauling -

Sent three teams in p.m. and went to see that they got into warehouse as the drivers

are very awkward -


Tues 21 July 1903

Sent two teams to Jack Snyders for 125 sx seed barley - Went to Swingles' to see

about bucks -

Had Hughes fix Mother's windmill -

Wed 22 July 1903

One teamster quit - Went to town early and got another man.

Worked on almond machine in p.m.

Thurs 23 July 1903

Got out track for packing house yard in a.m. and gathered almonds for St Louis

World's Fair -

Sue, Dix & I went to Davis via Solano orchards -

Got new slats for wipers in almond machine -

Fri 24 July 1903

Worked on sulphur house -

Sat 25 July 1903

Worked on huller in a.m. and sacked prunes in p.m.


Sue and I went to Odd Fellow's ins[t]allation -

Sun 26 July 1903 [Inserted.]

Sue, Children and Yen went to Davis -

Mon 27 July 1903

Hauled 10184# prunes, crop of 1902 to Woodland - sold to Guggenheim & Co for

$17.50 per ton

Drew money for barley - paid R B Cranston, W. L. Wood and E. E. Leake -

Sue went to Sacramento on Glen Alpine business.

Tues 28 July 1903

Finished hauling wheat at noon.

Berryessa sends word that he will be here today to shear sheep -

Henry & Charley cleaned out sheep barn.

Joe & I put fence across slough at sheep barn

Put straw racks on for hauling -

J. Berryessa came to shear sheep -


Wed 29 July 1903

Berryessa & John Reardon & Wm Culver are shearing -

Henry & Charley began hauling straw

stacking in north windmill field -

Thurs 30 July 1903

Boys began putting straw into Mothers barn.

Fri 31 July 1903

Worked on almond rig -

Sat 1 Aug 1903

Messrs Walton & Clark of Yuba City called and were shown about the orchards of the

vicinity.

The Davisville Almond Growers held their annual sale - had 5 bidders and sold to

Guggenheim & Co - Nonpareils 10.75 IXL 10.12 1/2

Ne Plus 9.87 1/2 Peerless 9.00 Drakes - 8.80

Sun 2 Aug 1903 [Inserted.]

Sue & Children went to town

Interviewed [?] almond machinery -


Mon 3 Aug 1903

Went to town early and to Swingle's. Bought two Shropshire bucks - for $16.00

Got another man and set him at straw hauling -

Worked on almond separator -

Got 15 almond poles from John W Anderson for $2.25

Tues 4 Aug 1903

Sue & I went early to Dixon - sold hogs at 5.75 to Kirk Amis -

Had grain in Balfour's Warehouse reinsured -

Wed 5 Aug 1903

Fixed sheep dip gate and cooked 3 kettles dip - worked on separator

Boys finished putting straw into Mother's barn.

Berryessa's boys were here after wool

Thurs 6 Aug 1903

Sacked wool already shorn -

- about 14 sx -

Got up 25 hogs for market -


Fri 7 Aug 1903

Henry and Andrew took two loads of hogs to Dixon to E. C. Eamus -

wt - 2150 @ 5.75 $296.12 1/2

Sheep shearers finished about 10 a.m.

sheared 999 @ 6c -

Began dipping sheep - ran through about 486 -

Very warm

Sat 8 Aug 1903

Finished dipping sheep about 8.20 a.m.

Boys began hauling straw into sheep barn -


All went to town -

Deposited $200.00 with G. B. Hoag -


Mon 10 Aug 1903

Henry Law got his hand caught in pulley on straw [word not clear] and his little finger

on right hand was badly cut -

Went to town in p.m. - got gasoline and extras from Best - and hoped to find another

man but did not -

Sue went to school meeting at I. Quimis [?] -

Tues 11 Aug 1903

Jas Clark came and wanted me to handle the Currey almonds

- am to do it if help can be had -

Wed 12 Aug 1903

Cut straw into sheep barn.

Thurs 13 Aug 1903

Henry went to town and got 12 Chinese almond workers and Sui [?] to cook for Yen a

while.

Gardy took Yen to Davis -

Yen drew $50.00 - Henry $20.00

Finished putting straw into sheep barn -


Fri 14 Aug 1903

Chinese made dining room shed -

Mr. Clark & Mr. R. Currey called -

Tinkered on almond machine -

Put one load of straw into cow barn -

Went to Davis in late afternoon -

got 4 Chinese, battery supplies etc.

Henry got back from Sacramento.

Sat 15 Aug 1903

Yen came back with butcher -

Began knocking almonds - 16 men.

I. Haims [?] was here and bought the fall wool for 10 3/4 cts.

Men knocked about 100 sx almonds -

Started almond machine and huller behaved badly -



Sue & children went to town.

Gardy took wagon to town - A. J. Pilliner came and brought 4 Chinese.

Mon 17 Aug 1903

Ran almond machine most of day -

Fired up for sheep dipping -

Tues 18 Aug 1903

Dipped sheep and put bucks with flock - Put 90 old Ewes in east field to fatten -

Wed 19 Aug 1903

Ran almond machine until middle of afternoon when we caught up with pickers, then

put gang into orchard -

Loaded wool preparatory to shipping

Sue went to Ladies Whist at Mrs. LaRue's -


Thurs 20 Aug 1903

Took 15 sx wool 3465# to Davis -

Sold to I Haims @ 10 3/4 c -

Got sugar, flour, sulphur, oats &c -

Did not run almond machine today - no almonds -

Fri 21 Aug 1903

Went to F. W. Palmer's and got 4 boxes peaches for canning - took Gardner & Dix -

Had almond gangs move into east orchard.

Ran Separator in p.m. - got out 16 trays - put first batch into sulphur -

Gardner went to Davis with peaches and almonds for St Louis Fair.

Sat 22 Aug 1903

Ram 107 sx my almonds out in a.m.

Judge Currey sent 90 lug boxes of Nonpareil almonds & Jas Clarke sent 9 lug boxes &

125 fruit boxes of almonds.

Engine bothered some this p.m.



Sue and children went to Davis - Wing Hai came out late and brought out 5 Chinese -

Mon 24 Aug 1903

Ran out the Currey almonds by about 3 p.m. - 40 trays all told.

Clark & Robt Currey called today

Rig ran nicely -

Tues 25 Aug 1903

Ran out 30 trays my Nonpareils

Am not well today -

Sue went to town in p.m. and got 50 almond sacks -

Judge Currey sent two loads, 90 sx Nonpareil almonds -

Wed 26 Aug 1903

Currey & Clark each sent in a load of almonds -

Ran all day on them

Bert Ellston [?], sheep inspector called.


Sent Pilliner with 28 sx Nonpareil to Davis - He got tank gasoline -

Thurs 27 Aug 1903

Pretty warm - Ran on Currey almonds until about 3 p.m.

Currey sent in 3 loads and Clark one - had good run.

Fri 28 Aug 1903

Ran through 43 trays of almonds and quit 5.40 p.m.

Mr. Clark called - Currey sent about 70 sks Nonpareil & 40 trays -

Henry Hamel brought 14 sks barley home to return borrowed grain -

Sue and Dixwell went to Sacramento to do shopping for Glen Alpine -

Sat 29 Aug 1903

Ran on Currey I. X. L. Some were mouldy and they took 41 large boxes back and

brought two loads of sacks - Clark sent one load of Greiner's almonds 200 Routier

66 Nonpareil.

Had poor run in a.m. and good in p.m.

40 trays altogether - 18 clean, 20 unpicked -


Sun 30 Aug 1903

Sue & children went to Davis -

Dixie & I called on the Hext's -

Mon 31 Aug 1903

One load of 47 boxes (large) came in from Judge Curreys - They are largely sticktights

and cause much trouble

It was quite warm today -

Tues 1 Sept 1903

Warm. Ran on Currey almonds

Pilliner drew 5.00 and went to Sacramento to Fair and circus -

Wed 2 Sept 1903

Gardner, Dixwell, Yen & I went to Sacramento to see the Ringling Circus, in at 9.30

and out at 6.45 p.m.

Day was very warm -

Thurs 3 Sept 1903

Cleaned up yard and ran on my own almonds -


Fri 4 Sept 1903

Ran in a.m. on my own and in p.m. on Currey & Clark almonds -

Cool and strong south breeze for a change.

Sue had Ladies Whist meeting -

- the Ladies visited the packing house -

Sat 5 Sept 1903

Clark hauled 345 sx Nonpareil to Davis from Judge Curreys almonds - took 12 lbs off

color home - Sent in 1 load from Greiner's and 1 from R. J. Currey -

J. A. Harby came and bought 6 sheep -

Sun 6 Sept 1903 [Inserted.]

The children & Yen went to Davis -

Mon 7 Sept 1903

Ran out two loads of my Nonpareils one of Clark's Routier, 1 of R. Currey's

Nonpareil's & 28 sks of eighty Currey's Nnp [Nonpareils ?] that they sent in -

[Sentence unclear.]

Judge Currey's man, Van - took 100 almond bags -


Tues 8 Sept 1903

Strong north wind -

Currey sent in two loads of almonds and Clark on[e]? - some Languedoc that were too

green

Ran all day on outside nuts.

Sue went to Davis in p.m.

Wed 9 Sept 1903

Ran in forenoon on Languedoc two hours and until noon on my Nonpareil finishing

up that variety -

In p.m. worked on Currey & Clark [unclear word]

Currey sent one load & Clark one -

Thurs 10 Sept 1903

Sue & children went to State Fair on 7.25 a.m. train and Gardner had a very narrow

escape from being run over by car he was trying to board at Davis -

Ran last of Clark's almonds out and went to Sacramento on 11.15 a.m train to attend

Grain Grower's Meeting[

Paid note at Peoples Bank - out at 6.35 - Got gasoline, groceries &c -


Fri 11 Sept 1903

Had a most fearful north wind -

Chinese did not work -

Boys worked in packing house -

Judge Currey's team brought in load and loaded up 50 sx I. X. L. leaving them here

and taking 18 sx & 1/2 sk [word? barley ?] home -

Ran out about 18 trays of Clarks almonds in p.m.

Sat 12 Sept 1903

Ran all day until 5 pm on outside almonds - Sue went La Rue's.

Went to Sacramento on 7.15 pm and attended the Pavillion.

Sun 13 Sept 1903 [Inserted]

Called at Currey's - put up telephone line - fixed discharge pipe - barn doors etc

Sue, children & Yen went to town -


Mon 14 Sept 1903

Ran on Currey almonds until about 2.30, then began on my NePlus -

Sent 49 sx Nonpareil & 11 sx I. X. L. to Davis -

Tues 15 Sept 1903

Had hard time with engine this a.m.

Left at 9 a.m. for sale a M. S. Currey's - bought a 12 ft roller for $20.00 an 80 gallon

cauldron kettle & furnace, and 98 almond trays @ 8c $41.34. Got them all home

before night -

Boys ran on my NePlus -

Wed 16 Sept 1903

Left on 7.25 a.m. train for Sacramento and took Oak Park train for Mills where I met

Mr. J. E. Beach and went to see his almond huller and separator work - Returned on

3.30 train from Mills and reached home about 8.30 p.m.

Boys cleaned up trays set out - as far as they could -

Thurs 17 Sept 1903

Finished cleaning up and ran out 23 trays my NePlus - and 2 trays Curreys beside

some scraps -

Sue went to Davis -


Fri 18 Sept 1903

Was sick today and had to quit work

- tried to stay at house and rest but had to leave and got to packing house -

Ran out Currey almonds -

Clark took load of almonds to town -

Sat 19 Sept 1903

Was too sick to get up. Sue got into one of her tantrums and bit me -

Mr. Clark called - Our bull got away and we sent Gardy for him. I had to go finally to

hunt Gardy up but did not get the bull - Currey & Clark each sent almonds


Joe & I got bull and fixed fence

Went to Davis - got tank gasoline -

Mon 21 Sept 1903

Sent 10 sx Nonpareil & 42 NePlus to Davis - got Black Oil & Rivets -

Ran on my own and scraps until middle of afternoon - then on Clarke's Routier until

night.


Clarke sent in a load and so did Currey -

Very cool - breeze sprang up -

Tues 22 Sept 1903

Had a miserable day in packing house.

- ran on Clarke's Languedocs and got only about half of usual output.

Boys finished gathering about 2.30 p.m.

Sue & Dixie went to Davis -

Clark & Currey each hauled a load to Davis.

Wed 23 Sept 1903

Ran on Clark Languedoc until nearly noon - In p.m. ran on Currey NePlus until about

5.15 p.m.

Sue went to town

A cow had a calf and mules killed it -

Mr. Goodwin called to say that he did not want the Chinese here -


Thurs 24 Sept 1903

Ran all day on my NePlus -

Had a new crew - 5 men - Alfred took rest to Agee's - Wing was here.

Clark & Currey each sent a load -

Got up hogs for market - have 26 -

North wind today -

Fri 25 Sept 1903

Henry & Andrew took 25 hogs, weighing 4475# to Dixon to E. C. Eamus - sold at 5

1/2c $246.12 1/2 [?]

Bought 60 redwood fence posts @ 20 c

Mr. Jas. Clark got 50 almond sacks -

Began building sheep shed in northwest field

Had one load of Peerless hauled in -

Sat 26 Sept 1903

Finished hauling almonds from orchard and nearly finished hulling my own. Currey

sent in one load -



Sue & children went to Davis -

Mon 28 Sept 1903

Looks rainy. Finished hulling all my own, save some Peerless that I am to hull by

hand -

Ran on Currey NePlus & I. X. L.

Loaded 58 Neplus on wagon & hauled it into sheep barn -

Currey sent in one load I. X. L.

Tues 29 Sept 1903

Owing to lecture (?) did not sleep much –

Finished Currey's I. X. L. about 9 a.m.

Began on Clark's Languedoc -

Left at 10.30 for Sacramento.

Attended meeting of Auditing Board to Commissioner of Public Works -

Saw Governor. Out on 3.30 p.m train.

Looks rainy -


Wed 30 Sept 1903

Straightened up odds & ends and just at night started machine. Was at new sheep

shed which is nearly completed -

Looks like rain - Sue went to Ladies Whist -

Sent 58 sx NePlus to town - got gasoline bluestone &c. Clark took load of almonds to

town & sent in load from Currey -

Thurs 1 Oct 1903

Currey sent in two loads almonds.

A Mr. Hearth, agent for the Cox Little Giant, jack, wirestretcher, stump-puller &c

called and I ordered one -

Fri 2 Oct 1903

Looks rainy. Finished hulling about 3.30 p.m. Began preparation for sheep dipping.

Hauled wheat into granary - Killed a mutton sheep.

Sue went to town -

Sat 3 Oct 1903

Currey sent in 52 sks, the last of crop - and took 52 sx to Davis -

Alfred & Dick hauled barley into packing house. Chinese did not work in a.m.


Cooked 4 batches of sheep dip

Finished hulling for season. Looks rainy

Sun 4 Oct 1903 [Inserted.]

Chinese left - Sue & children went to church. I went to Davis with wagon - borrowed

30 almond sx for Clark of Wing Hai -

Mon 5 Oct 1903

Hauled in last of barley -

Began straightening things up at packing house -

Boys finished up sheep shed and began on straw stack again

Tues 6 Oct 1903

Sent load of almonds to Davis & went to town. Settled bills at lumber yard, Almond

Factory and tin shop.

Got some lumber for hog pen some lime, flour

Boys finished straw stacking

Am getting trays into house.


Wed 7 Oct 1903

Am soaking stick tights

Boys put straw into bedding shed and calf pens -

Miss Sullivan, our school teacher staid with us over night -

Currey took last load of almonds away -

Sue went to Davis

Put hay racks into barn

Thurs 8 Oct 1903

Ran stick tights through almond separator in a.m.

Sue Dix and I drove to Woodland

stopped at Julian and attended Rebecca Lodge meeting

About twenty attended from Davis -

Fri 9 Oct 1903

Had tooth pulled - Rained in a.m. a little.

Home at about six p.m.


Sat 10 Oct 1903

Fixed wind mill pump - got in last of trays. Rained some -

Killed mutton -

Went to town in p.m. with Gardner -

Paid J. C. Luft and Geo. Hoffman


Strong north wind

Yen went to town

Mon 12 Oct 1903

Fixed cauldron furnace

Ground barley 4 loads in a.m.

Haltered Beautie's colt

Put last batch of almonds in sulphur house -

Sue, Dix & I went to Davis - attended Cemetery Meeting - paid dues -


- got 100# cement

Paid P. Pedrazzini -

Tues 13 Oct 1903

Finished grinding barley -

Went in a.m. to Schmeiser's looking for almonds for the St. Louis Fare (sic) -

Separated almonds -

Got ready to dip sheep -

Wed 14 Oct 1903

Dipped sheep

Sold 100 sheep to J. A. Harley for $250.00

A. M. Elston, sheep inspector was here -

Sue went to Mrs. Wilbur's to Ladie's Whist -

Went to Jas Clark's to see some almonds. Returned I. X. L. almonds to Schmeiser's -


Thurs 15 Oct 1903

Jas Stein drew $30.00 and went to Sacramento.

Took 5 sx almonds to Davis -

- got 50 almond sx for Jas Clark -

Sue went to Davis in p.m.

Alfred, Dick & self worked on pig pen

Fri 16 Oct 1903

Went at 5.45 a.m. to see Henry Goodwin about NePlus Almonds for St. Louis Fair.

Finished hog pen -

Got big harrow into summerfallow field -

Put seeder on wagon -

Cleaned and bluestoned 30 sx wheat -

Sue and I went to Euchre Club meeting at Etta Bullards -


Sat 17 Oct 1903

Began harrowing summerfallow

Dick work on roofs in a.m. - drew $25.00 and went to Sacramento in p.m. Joe got

back at noon -

Went to town in p.m. got 9 rolls Elaterite [roofing]

Staid at Mothers and attend Odd Fellows meeting. The Grand Master & Dist Deputy

were there - refreshments


home in p.m.

Paid Plant insurance on packing house.

Mon 19 Oct 1903

Sowed wheat on 30 acre summerfallow piece -

Fixed sheep shed & fences -

Dick is fixing roofs -

Tues 20 Oct 1903

Dick & I put Elaterite roofing on east side of house roof-

Joe cleaned chicken houses.


Wed 21 Oct 1903

Sowed on hay ground around the center volunteer field - Alfred finished harrowing

summerfallow and harrowed on hay ground just sown -

Dick and I got roofing about on -

Thurs 22 Oct 1903

Finished up roof -

Sue went to town -

Alfred hauled gravel - Two men worked at east barn -

Fri 23 Oct 1903

Sue, Dix & I went to Sacto on 10.20 train

Paid interest at Peoples Bank - got shoes etc & Sue got a new bed for Mother.

Staid at the Lorenz's and attended Lilliputian Opera -

Sat 24 Oct 1903

Out on 7 a.m. train

Men took load of wood to Mothers and fixed fence and roofs -


Had birthday dinner for Mother.

Got 320 rods Elwood fence and a barrel of lime - Left 3 peices (sic) sx almonds at

Plant's -

Sun 25 Oct 1903 [No entry.]

Mon 26 Oct 1903

Sue and Dixwell went to Sacramento.

Sue bought suit - I took them to 10.20 train, and returned home -

Left home at 6 p.m. on wheel for Davis - Staid at Mother's -

Tues 27 Oct 1903

Sue, Dix & I left on 7.25 a.m. train for Byron Springs, which we reached about 11.30

a.m.

Took hot salt bath -

Wed 28 Oct 1903

Bathed lame knee in hot water -


Thurs 29 Oct 1903

Took Mud bath and Massage -

Fri 30 Oct - Sat 31 Oct [No entries.]

Sun 1 Nov 1903 [Inserted.]

Took mud bath and blanket sweat -

Mon 2 Nov 1903

Sue took mud bath

Tues 3 Nov 1903

Left at 7.30 a.m. for San Francisco.

Bought suit of clothes from Roos Bros.

All went to Cliff House -

Sue, Dix & I attended the presentation of Ben Hur at the Grand Opera House.


Wed 4 Nov 1903

Rained a little in a.m.

Visited various engine shops and had ride in Orient Buckboard Automobile. Left at

3.30 for Davis - The train was delayed by defective brakes and was an hour or more

late - staid at Mother's.

Richard Hext died suddenly this morning -

Thurs 5 Nov 1903

Rode home on my wheel before breakfast -

Went to Hext's and then to town - got my baggage and a keg of staples.

Fri 6 Nov 1903

Attended R. Hext's funeral -

Kate Tuttle rode to funeral with me.

Went to Jas Clarks on collecting trip - He is to come to my place on Monday -

Sat 7 Nov 1903

Called at Hexts - Tinkered about place.

Rained a very little about noon - North wind in p.m. -



North wind. Heavy frost -

Mon 9 Nov 1903

Went to Davis for Sue & Dixwell who came on 11.30 train from Oakland.

R. J. Currey & Jas Clark called and straightened up their almond accounts -

Mr. C. left check $332.40 for his - Clark to send his later -

Tues 10 Nov 1903

Went to Sacramento on 11.10 train

Paid Mother's interest $683.55 at Sacto Bank.

Got oilcloth for wagon, euchre prizes wood basket, thread, medicine &c -

Got tank of coal oil from Hoag -

Wed 11 Nov 1903

Looks rainy. Had 30 sx wheat put in packing house & brush hauled -

This is Gardner's birthday and he invited his schoolmates to visit him - They had

games and a dinner -


Called on Thos Hext -

Put surrey together and varnished it -

Thurs 12 Nov 1903

Put new side curtains on spring wagon.

Rained a little in p.m. and boys quit work about 3.30 p.m.

Sue went to town - got mail and remittance from Jas Clark for almond work -

Fri 13 Nov 1903

Tinkered about shop and buildings

- put away roller & disc harrow -

Yen went to Sacramento and returned.

Sat 14 Nov 1903

Rained in a.m. Boys did not work.

Dick Wright drew $20.00 and went to Sac -

The Euchre Club met here - only 6 besides ourselves present -



Creek rose considerably

Alfred drew $10.00 and went to Sacto

Sue & I called at Hext's and then I went to Davis attended church and staid at

Mother's over night -

Mon 16 Nov 1903

Left on 7.25 train. Went to San Leandro, then to San Francisco

Attended Alumni banquet - at Merchant's Club 222 Sansome St

Staid at Grand Room 320 -

Sue and Dix went to Woodland

Sue attended Hawkins reception .

Tues 17 Nov 1903

Shopped in a.m.

Left for Davis at 3.30

Staid at Mother's.


Wed 18 Nov 1903

Went home on wheel -

Mrs. Loveless is visiting Sue

Burned stubble in p.m. until it rained about 3.30 p.m.

Boys quit pruning on acct rain.

Went for Gardner with buggy.

Thurs 19 Nov 1903

Rained most of day - Took Gardner to school in spring wagon and then went to

Woodland -

- got cups, saucers, stove board and umbrella.

Draw $1000. on wheat security at Bank of Woodland.

Paid 1st installment State & County taxes $264.15 & $34.80 City taxes.

Had wet ride home.


Fri 20 Nov 1903

Rained most of day -

Got up 9 fat hogs for butchering.

Fixed halters & harness -

Sat 21 Nov 1903

Mrs. Loveless went home. Sue, Dix and I went to Sacramento. I got a saddle and

bridle for Gardner. Got a man to drive team. Took butter to Cash store and got

vegetables etc there.


Got up teams for plowing. Sue & children went to church -

Mon 23 Nov 1903

We had a thunderstorm last night

Took plows into field and started single plows - too wet -

Bluestoned 60 sx wheat -

Began plowing with three teams in p.m. made but one round -

Sue went to Davis -


Tues 24 Nov 1903

All teams plowed - Very foggy

Adobe is too wet though we strike dry dirt in may places.

Sue Dix and I went to Davis. Sue & I attended Ladie's Whist Club meeting at Etta

Bullard's -

Wed 25 Nov 1903

Fixed creek tank discharge -

Thurs 26 Nov 1903

All went to Mother's to Thanksgiving dinner taking our dinner with us.

Mr & Mrs [name not filled in] the minister and his wife took dinner with us.

Fri 27 Nov 1903

C. Howell, the boy driver left this a.m. - Sue went to town and got Mose Johnson.

Mose started after dinner

Sue went to the Fairfield School to hear program rendered -

Dixwell made his debut, delivering his first declamation.

Miss Sullivan, teacher came home with us.


Sat 28 Nov 1903

Not well today. Fixed harrow &c.

Sue, Miss Sullivan & I went to La Rue's to Euchre Club meeting

Very foggy - Boys finished plowing in north 95 acre field - commenced in field to

south -


Sue Children & Yen went to Davis - Sue & I called at Mr Hext's.

Tom is unconscious and bad off -

Mon 30 Nov 1903

Foggy in a.m.

Began harrowing in 95 acre field at noon.

Sowed a little in p.m.

Tues 1 Dec 1903

Very foggy in a.m.

Mr & Mrs Col Sam Taylor and two little girls called and staid to dinner


Sowed in p.m. and boys began second harrowing -

It was very foggy toward evening -

Wed 2 Dec 1903

Beautiful morning -

Finished sowing 95 acre piece.

Boys finished harrowing about 2.30 p.m. and began plowing in 85 acre field north of

west orchard.

Sue went to town

Mr. Campbell & Major - [name not entered] from Winters called.

Thurs 3 Dec 1903

Henry is raking stubble in hay field -

Took Sue to town to Collonial (sic) Bazaar of Ladies Aid Society -

Fri 4 Dec 1903

Bluestoned 60 sx wheat for sowing -


Fixed hydrants and pipes to heater on tank in kitchen

Gardner is about sick abed with a cold -

Sat 5 Dec 1903

Boys finished large land at north side of 85 acre piece in a.m.

Went to Davis in p.m. to annual meeting of the almond grower's Association. The old

officers were reelected. Got 1020# Egyptian corn of F. W. Palmer. Sue and Dixwell

came home with me -

Took six chickens to Mrs. Hunt -

Sun 6 Dec 1903 [Inserted.]

Sue & Yen went to town -

Dixwell is sick today.

Mon 7 Dec 1903

Dixwell is quite sick - has fever - temperature 104 1/2.

Got a bull from Hexts, that belonged to Jas A. Harby, that I bought for $75.00

Put ring in bull's nose -


Got ready to butcher -

Henry began plowing in east field.

Tues 8 Dec 1903

Heavy frost. Butchered 9 hogs.

Cleaned sausage casings and then began sowing in field north of West orchard -

sowed three rounds -

Dixwell is better today -

Wed 9 Dec 1903

Finished sowing in 80 acre field

- last wheat sowing of year.

Sue went to town -

Thurs 10 Dec 1903

Teams moved into east field about 10.30 a.m.

Cut up some of meat -


Fri 11 Dec 1903

Finished cutting up meat - and salted it -

Sat 12 Dec 1903

Made sausage

Sue and I went to the Wilburs to Euchre Club meeting - very dark and foggy -


Fixed Mose's plow -

Gardner & Yen went to town.

Mon 14 Dec 1903

Went to Sacramento on 10.20 & out at 3.30.

Collected of W. F. Peterson $82.20

Got wreath for T. Hext funeral -

Saw Gov. Pardee -

Got man for plow team.

Took out 5 sx spuds and sack salt.


Tues 15 Dec 1903

Sue, Dixwell & I attended funeral of T. Hext -

A. J. Pilliner left -

Wed 16 Dec 1903

Rained - Went to school-house with Gardner but there was no school -

Joe went to Sacramento - drew 30.00

Mose drew $10.00 & went to Davis -

Thurs 17 Dec 1903

Worked in shop -

Joe got back late at night -

Fri 18 Dec 1903

Fixed creek pump and caught 19 turkeys -

Boys began plowing again -


Sat 19 Dec 1903

Went to Davis - took 6 roosters to Hunt House.

Chickenfeed to Mother - sold Turkies (sic) 18c -

Got sack salt 2.75 5 sx spuds 1.35 &c -

Henry finished with single plow in east field -


Sue, Yen & children went to town -

Mon 21 Dec 1903

Boys finished plowing for winter grain about 9 a.m. and began harrowing -

Sue & children went to Sacramento -

Henry took 22 turkeys to town. sold at 18c live - Got a gobbler of Cassell 14 1/2#.

Paid Guggenheim $9.00 on error in almond weights.

Drove to Woodland. Saw Dr. Lawhead & Dr. Grant - made appointment for Jan 11th

10 a.m. -

Got hardware etc -


Tues 22 Dec 1903

Sue and children came home at noon.

Tried to sow barley in a.m. but it was too foggy - sowed in p.m.

Wed 23 Dec 1903

Sue went to Whist Club at Mrs. J. W. Anderson's. Eva Gilmore came out with Sue.

Too windy to sow barley - had to quit harrowing and began plowing summerfallow in

east field near Mother's barn.

Thurs 24 Dec 1903

Sowed barley - finished for season -

Went with family to Davis to attend Xmas tree - staid at Mother's.

Fri 25 Dec 1903

Home about 11 a.m.

Boys finished harrowing in a.m.

Rev. Merrill & family took dinner with us -

A yearling bull calf got a leg broken and we killed him -


Sat 26 Dec 1903

Went to Davis to get pipe threads cut for use on island - later Gardy had to take it

back for changing -

Eva Gilmore left for Placerville -


Yen & boys went to town

Called on Chas Griffin -

Am not feeling very well -

Mose drew $9.00

Mon 28 Dec 1903

Foggy in a.m.

Sue went to Sacramento to meet Eva, who fell from street car -

Am not well.

Began smoking bacon -

Henry finished digging dead almond trees - got 8 in east orchard, 3 in west -


Tues 29 Dec 1903

Foggy. Telephone out of order -

Gardy & I went to fix it -

Found Mothers stove out of gear and took it out cleaned and repaired it -

Got 1 bbl flour 1 sk sugar, rolled oats &c -

Wed 30 Dec 1903

Two plow teams finished the 30 acre piece near Mother's barn and got into the 40 acre

alfalfa field.

Thurs 31 Dec 1903

Began raining a little early in the morning. Boys went out but it began raining and all

save Dick Wright unhitched.

Dick worked until noon and laid off in the afternoon. About 2 p.m. we had a heavy

shower -

I drove to Woodland, leaving home at 2.10, getting back at 7 p.m. -

- got medicine, socks, gloves etc and left guesses for automobile drawing -


Our rain fall up to this time has been very light - about four inches.

Still we have had a fine time to plow and get in grain. We are through putting in grain

and are now plowing summerfallow -

The weather has been cool, though not cold and grain & grass has grown slowly -


Memoranda [p. 1]

Jan 1st 1903 Unusually cold-

Rainfall to date light - have all grain in but plowed dry dirt much of the time -

Jan 9 We are having long continued and fearfully foggy weather -

Feb 3 - Gardner and I left for the East with George Lorenz as the

representatives of the California Promotion Committee.

We took double lantern, dissolving view stereopticon to do

advertising work.

Mch 24 We reached home after our trip to Kansas, Iowa, Nebraska,

Wisconsin, and Illinois - We returned via Los Angeles over the Santa Fe

railroad -

May 8 Strong hot north wind that shrunk grain badly

July 2 Frightful north wind - much grain threshed out and destroyed.

Nov 4 Rained a little -

" 14 Rained quite a shower -

" 18 Rained


19 "

20 "

Dec 31 " a little.

Cash Account [p. 7]

July

18 Sue & children returned from Glen Alpine -

Cash Account [p. 8[

August

7 Dipped sheep -

15 Began knocking almonds -


Cash Account [p. 9]

September

22 Finished gathering almonds -

Cash Account [p. 11]

Meats

lbs -

Sept 30 Jas. Clark 147

Judge Currey 40

R. J. Currey 170

Cash Account [p. 12]

Sacks Received

My own 300

Jas Clark 150

R. J. & J. Currey 450


Dec 8 Butchered 9 hogs -

Heavy frosts -

" Began sowing wheat in field north of west orchard

Bills Payable [p. 1]

[Pierce labelled this page:

"Currey & Clark almonds delivered - "]

[Pierce wrote in:

"Aug -

Sept" here.]

Sent 1 sack Routier to Fair 1

Sept 5 Judge Currey to Davis 34


[In the entries immediately below, Pierce has bracketed the "20" and the"100",and in

the regular diary entry for the 7th of September

notes that Judge Currey's man, Van, took 100 almond bags.]

" " Hauled home sx - 20

7 " " " " Van 100

10 " " [Hauled home]1/2 barley sk. [and hauled

50 [sks] to D[avis] - [hauled] 18 home 68

18 J. Clark

Grenier Almonds

Routier 8

I. X. L. 7

Nonpareil 7

22

Routier 22

Nonpareil 6 28 50

22 Clark NePlus 11

Routier 6

I. X. L. 10

Languedoc 7 34 34

22 R. J. Currey


Nonpareil 53 53

[Inserted in pencil:] 360

25 J. Clark empties 50

30 " " Languedoc 23

" " Routier 9

" " 1/2 sk " 53 lbs 1

30 Judge Currey NePlus 10


" " 13 lbs Nonpareil 1

Oct 3 R. J. Currey Nonpareil 2

" NePlus 50


Sept 30 Jas Clark empties 50

Oct 7 " Languedoc 7

" 44# 1


6 R. J. Currey I. X. L. hauled myself 10


Bills Payable [p. 2] [Continuing account of

Currey and Clark almonds.]

574

Oct 8 R. J. Currey I. X. L. 25

Peerless 9

5 full & 1 wt. 69# Drake 6

John Currey Ne Plus 2

R. J. Currey 1 I. X. L. St Louis 62# 1

[The "1" above overwritten in pencil by "606".]

John Currey 26# Ne Plus [In pencil'] 617

" Empty Sacks 13

630

GLEN ALPINE


1903 Glen Alpine

Jan 19 To Cash for Felix Stall & Van Bergen 545 Market 8.80

26 " J. E. Parmeter for Felix 30.00


Apr 14 " Cash Sue 21.00

" 28 " " Felix Kuchler 30.00

May 21 " " [According to regular diary entry for that

date, the $700 was borrowed from People's

Savings of Sacramento and turned in to

Glen Alpine account.] 700.00

" " " Expenses trip to Sacramento 2.50

June 9 " Lulu Roos fare [She accompanied Sue to Glen

Alpine on that day.] 3.00


Cr Dr

Mrs. W. H. Jordan

Jan 5 15 15.00

Feb " 15 15.00

Mch " 15 15.00


Apr " -- ----

May

Page for Entries for January 1904

Cr Dr

Jan 5 Fannie Smith 15.00 15.00

Feb 15.00 15.00

Mch 15.00 15.00

Apr 5 30.00 30.00

May 5 15.00 15.00

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