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

UC Davis Special Collections D-022 4:19: Transcription of George Pierce Jr. Diary, 1908

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:

Diary format Pierce introduced a new form of diary book this year, with one whole page for each

date. He used several of the initial alphabetized blank pages for some of the financial records of the ranch. Also he made entries on the Memoranda page (367) at the end of the diary.

The Diggs and Pierce Company On 30 of January Pierce mentions explicitly for the first time the "Diggs and Pierce Company" whose real estate activities have been reported in previous diaries, especially dealing with the Hext property. On the 30th they declared a dividend for the company. November 8th Pierce notes that Diggs sent a statement and check to account of Diggs and Pierce with Pierce.

University Farm (UC Davis)

Picnic on campus on 30 May 1908. See list of people present. On Oct 28 Wheeler gave a lecture at U. C. Farm, and on Nov 6th Judge Shields gave one. Several other references to U. C. Farm. Farmers' Institute held there in October at which Pierce gave speech. Pierce had horse operated on there on Nov 3. They removed "snag" from mare's shoulder.

First Mention of Sikhs as Almond Pickers On August 4, “Shaam Singh phoned he was in Davis with almond pickers. “

Eunice Pierce

Eunice Pierce (87) died on October 26 of this year. On the titlepage of this diary volume Pierce wrote the following notes: Hindoo acct at index M. Shaam Singh " " S [These refer to alphabetized blank pages at the beginning of the diary volume.] Also on the titlepage Pierce registered the following "Geo. W. Pierce Davis Jan 1st 1908 -"


Blank Page A Almonds shipped. Non[pareil] IXL Ne Plus Net Aug 25 11c 234.42 Sept 1 25 10 1/4[c] 116.58 " 14 52 "[c] 33 9 1/4[c] 667.82 " 8 54 9 1/4[c] 368.00

23 89 9 1/4[c] 598.63 Blank Page B Almonds delivered at Plant's - NonP. IXL NePlus Peerless Aug 25 95 [These numbers apparently all represent sacks of almonds.] " 26 60 36 28 100 Sept 3 100 7 37 64 16 100 16 20 22 89 11

392 36 253 31 Deakes Sept 24 4 6 1 396 - 36 - 259 - 1 - 31 Total 723 sks.


Blank Page H Mrs. Green acct Sept 17 delivered Jackson almonds 18 sacks NePlus 1526 " " 19 1/2 " " 1619 " 18 77 " B.B.T. " 6698 " " 1 " Mrs. G. 75

23 14 1/2 " Texas 1782 Paid 130 11700 Blank Page M [Identified on titlepage as "Hindoo acct"] Monchee & Bogosin [in 1909 vol. spelled "BogaSingh"] Dr Mch Evaporated cream 1.00 Spuds 25 onions 25 .50 18 Sugar 1.00 WW. Flour 40 1.40 20 Graham Flour broken sk 1.40 " Eggs 15 Coal oil 1/4 gal - 10 .25 22 Roll butter .50 27 " " 50c butter 50c 1.00 30 1 sk wheat flour 1.60 Apr 14 Butter 1.00 Flour 80 1.80

sugar 1.00 Onions 25 spuds 25 1.50 flour 1.00 tea 50 1.50 15 butter 40c 21st Butter 40 .80 May 4 W. W. Flour 1.70 soap 25 sugar 1.00 2.95 6 butter 35 eggs 15 13th butter 35 .85


20 " 35 26" hobnails in shoes 20 .55 28 " 35 June 1 1 doz eggs 15 .50 June 3 Sugar 1.00 milk 1.00 flour 1.70 onions 25 3.95 [Inserted sum in pencil]: 22.30 3 2 Poll tax 4.00 9th butter 40 4.40 20 butter 40c 40 July 4 butter 40c 5# lard 50 1/2 gal c. oil 10 1.00

12 butter 40c W. W. flour 1.70 sugar 1.00 3.10 " 1 doz eggs 15c 15 22 qt coal oil 10c 1 lb tea 50c 60 " W. W. flour 1.70 l lb tea 50c sugar 1.00 3.20 [the tea entry crossed out here, although amt. added in.] 23 1 dozen cans milk 1.20 [subtotal inserted here in pencil]: 36.35 Aug 1 Roll butter 45 doz eggs 15 .60 6 sugar 1.00 spuds 40c salt 20 1.60 38.30 Blank Page O Monshee & Bogosin Aug 8th Roll butter 45c doz eggs 15 .60 2 chairs 1.00 each 2.00

12th Cash 20.00 15 butter .45 17 W. W. flour 1.60 1 doz cream 120 can coal oil 1.35 4.15 20 1 doz eggs .20 21 spuds 15c bean 25 stamps 20 .60


22 1 roll butter .45 29 1 doz eggs 25 .25 Sept 1 WW flour 1.60 1 doz milk 1.20 " Sugar 1.00 3.80 " 7 spuds .25 5 Butter .50 [crossed out.] 12 Sugar 1.00 Milk 1.20 soap 25 cabbage 15

onions 25 2.85 13 sheep - 2.75 15 1 doz eggs .30 21 sugar 1.00 cabbage 20c 1.20 23 milk 1.00 1c stamps 10 1.10 28 Curry (sic) powder 75 thread 10 .80 Oct 3 5 lbs lard 50 1 doz eggs 30. .80 " 8 1 doz cream 1.20 cayenne 20 beans 25 spuds 25 1.90 12 1 roll butter .50 " Env. .05. matches. 05, vaseline 10 .20 16 W.W. flour 1.60 sugar 1.00 tea 50 onions 25 2.85 g. beans 25 ink 10c .35 86.65

Blank Page P Oct. 16 Amt food 86.85 19 Postage stamps .50 28th sugar 1.00 cabbage 15 Lettuce 10 1.25 Tomatoes 10 5 can salmon 50 .60 19 spuds 25 beans 25 .50


29 1 sk spuds 1.20 1 " W W flour 1.60 Nov 22 1 " " " 1.60 Currey powder 75 sugar 1.00 1.75 Cabbage 20 tea 50 .70 23 butter .50

Dec 1 6 pr gloves 90 5 5 lb lard " cabbage 15 w. w. flour 1.60 1.75 " 6 cans salmon 60 soap 25 .85 settled book ac[c]t 14.20 Dec To 1 watch 7.50 122.05 1908 Dec 1st Cr. By work 636.55 less book acct 122.05 Cash to balance $514.50 Blank Page T Mrs. H. A. Shelton 519, 2d St Woodland.

Shaam Singh Aug 1 watch 1.50 15 sheep 2.75 Paid 35c 21 Env. 10c stamps 25c tab 5 .40 22 1 sheep 2.75 " Cash 95.00


29 Quinine [?] 25c .25 30 1 sheep 2.75 John Elmont 7 1/2 day Board 52 11.25 Aug 31 Kings Cough Cure .50 Sept 1 Stamps .05 " Dave Suwalsky 20 days 20.00 3 Roll butter .50

6 sheep 2.75 10th telephone .80 151.25


Wed 1 Jan 1908 Butchered six hogs Had all boys help - Beautiful day - Thurs 1 Jan 1908 Cut up meat - Jeff hauled hay from Davis -

Fri 3 Jan 1908 Met E. C. French at 7.25 train and showed him Lot 29 Diggs tract - Jeff plowed with 4 teams - Sent for Review of Reviews, Literary Digest, Famous Orations and U. C. Chronicle - Wrote H. C. Kirk and Twitchell regarding tule lands - Ground sausage Rained a little in night - Sat 4 Jan 1908 Stuffed sausage, made head cheese sause etc. Jeff plowed in afternoon - Sun 5 Jan 1908 Jeff plowed - 4 teams -

Ned Galt came from Davis in livery rig - Took him to 3.50 train Mon 6 Jan 1908 Warren Doll sick. - worked in afternoon - Went to Sacramento on 12 M. train. Saw G. W. Lorenz regarding the Humphrey lands and Mr. Kirk regarding overflow lands east of Swingles - Saw M. Diggs


Tues 7 Jan 1908 Worked in shop getting harrows ready. Jeff hauled harrows out with Lige & Beck - Went to Davis in p.m. and met P. N. Ashley by appointment. Mother and I gave right of way for irrigating canal through east field to the Ashley place - Wed 8 Jan 1908 Went to 7.25 train to meet M. Diggs - Tried to find Guy Miner to rent pasture land on Hext place.

W. D. & I went to Shorty Thomas' to settle rebate on taxes for 1907. W. W. T. owes $64.25 Went to Russell's to try to get renter for Hext land - Russell not at home - Had dinner at Edgewood - Left for return to Davis about 1.30. It sprinkled most of p.m. Sold lots 43 & 44 to B. C. French for $4000. Diggs left on 4 p.m. Brought Dixwell home - Bought 2 geese of Tuft for 50c. Jeff hauled 30 sx wheat for seed from Davis with Lige & Beck, King & bay mare -

Thurs 9 Jan 1908 Dixwell drove Star today - Lined inside of smoke house - Two Hindoos pruned in p.m. Monchee & Bogosin - Jeff hauled two loads wheat from town in a.m. and sowed in p.m. Telephone rang many times today -


A heavy fog came in with strong north wind and the day was one of the coldest of the season - Fri 10 Jan 1908 Put sheep into west Diggs field - Have 15 or 20 lambs - Two Hindoos pruned - Hauled 30 sx barley to packing house - Put small fanning mill in granary -

Cleaned out a driver's [?] stable - Sue & I went to Davis in auto - on return had a blowout - Made appointment with B. C. French for Monday in Woodland to get deed to lots 43 & 44 Diggs tract - Got coffee, rolled oats, vegetables meat etc - Guy Miner telephoned from Winters that he would take the 140 acre field in S. E. cor. Diggs field @3.00 per acre - [For pasture? See Jan. 8.} Sat 11 Jan 1908 Resalted meat - Looked after sheep - Moved sausage into smoke-house - Cleaned up in yards burned brush - Two Hindoos worked in p.m., gathering brush and pruning vineyard - they worked a little in a.m. but thought the day Sunday -

Jerry hauled gravel to culverts and to walks at house - Gardner hunted, looked after sheep and fixed beehives - Two men are on rampage tonight - Sun 12 Jan 1908 Rained this a. m. Jas Miller quit -


Put mules in lower barn - Got sheep into home field - Jeff went to town - Mon 13 Jan 1908 Went to Woodland to see Mr Breckenridge regarding rent of 3/4 block, Oak & Lincoln 3rd & 4th Sts - Took Dix to school and brought him home in evening -

Jeff Hauled ground barley - and brought Mose Johnson out to drive team - Tues 14 Jan 1908 Jerry and I got electric wire out of creek It rained some today. Wed 15 Jan 1908 [Displaced in Tuesday space.] Went to Woodland and closed lease trade with Breckenridge - Sue went as far as Davis and staid at Mother's - and went to Mrs. Fred Smith's to card club - Thurs 16 Jan 1908 Went to Davis early - took 7.25 a.m. train for San Francisco. Attended meeting of California Fruit Growers who met to protest against the ruling of the department of Agriculture against the sulphuring of California Dried Fruit.

A committee was chosen to go to Washington, D. C. to intercede with the Secretary of Agriculture - the President and members of Congress. Col. Royce of Chico and myself were chosen to go from the Sacramento Valley - Went to Melrose and staid at Cousin Frankie's Warren Dull left New Man came with two horses - Fri 17 Jan 1908


Left a 8.40 for San Francisco. Took observation car at 10 a.m. and went "seeing San Francisco". Back soon after noon. Lunched at the Market Cafe opposite the Spreckels building - Called at the Fiske Rubber Cos office 1030 Golden Gate Ave. regarding an auto tire sent to them - Took 3.00 p.m. train for Davis - It was nearly an hour late in its arrival at Davis - Attended the joint installation of Odd Fellows and Rebecca's - - was Toastmaster.

Staid at Mother's - Dixwell staid there too - as Sue has gone to Placerville on Glen Alpine business - Jeff started teams - 2 of his & 2 of mine plowing in my 134 acre field - Sheep were moved into 135 acre field - Sat 18 Jan 1908 It rained a little last night - Dix and I went out about 10- a.m. Shorty Thomas took Dixie's wheel - which had a flat tire - Teams plowed today - Jerry plowed into water pipe and broke it near auto - I fixed it partly - Put out 5 Crimson Winter Rhubarb, 6 Horse Radish, and 25 Cabbage plants - Sheep got out of 130 acre field - put them back and took walk to plowing and around fields -

Sun 19 Jan 1908 re-Salted meat - Worked on auto some. Mose Johnson drew $2.00 - he has worked two days - Mon 20 Jan 1908 Dix not well today.


I went to Sacramento on 10.20 train. J. DiSoli going too - Got pair pants, wire cutters, Skat [?] 3 in 1. stationery books etc - Attended for short time the Chamber of Commerce meeting at hearing of Congressmen sent to look into river conditions. It began raining in afternoon - Hired new man Sam - for Choreman - It rained in night last night -

Paid Lee LaRue for turkey gobbler $3.00 Tues 21 Jan 1908 Dix sick. He walked around barefooted asking irrational questions. Sent for Dr. Bates who came and prescribed for the little man. Mose took Jerry to Davis. Sam and I finished fixing the water pipe that Jerry plowed up - Jeff Donnenwirth returned from San Francisco where he went to testify for the Schmeiser Mfg. Co - Jeff paid board bill for December $48.50 Jeff and one of his nephews went to J. Snyder's place to sit up with remains - Synder having died Saturday evening - Wed 22 Jan 1908 Jeff and man home about 9.30 Went to see about sheep - Saw Guy Miner about land rent -

Went to Davis to meet Sue who returned from Placerville on 4 p.m. train Got auto tire from Fiske Rubber Co. 1036 Golden Gate Ave - Paid Hoag's bill - my own and Mother's $156.20 & 163.40 getting credit for one car hay (alfalfa) ["alfalfa" seems lightly crossed out, though] $118.62 Got groceries and vegetables fish and meat - Ed. Leake published my Fresno. Cal Promotion Committee speech in today's Democrat -


The two Hindoos worked, in yard, burning brush etc in afternoon. Thurs 23 Jan 1908 Jeff went to J. Snyder's funeral back to supper - Blacksmithed some, put new tire on auto, and helped Soon pack sausage - Went into 2134 acre field about 9.30 a.m. to see if we could possibly plow. Found it too wet -

It began sprinkling about 10 a.m. and rained at intervals throughout day. Toward night the wind got into southeast and it rained hard for a while but quit about 10 p.m. Fri 24 Jan 1908 Clear in forenoon Sprinkled in p.m. Sue started to go to Mrs. F. Chiles to card club but was so late she gave it up after going to Davis She got Gardner at 4 p.m. train and took him home. I took mule team in p.m. and went to Davis with butter, eggs & empty gasoline tank Got 4 sx spuds, 100# bbl corn beef [?] from Sacramento, syrup vegetables etc. Home late Sat 25 Jan 1908 Mose Johnson quit - Took Gardner to Sacramento

Got suit $19.00 for a $27.50 suit, hat shoes stockings etc. Saw Alden Anderson Rained at intervals all day - Sun 26 Jan 1908 Put stove in dining room. Opened up drains in wheat field -


Took Gardner in buggy to Davis to 6.30 p.m. train Mon 27 Jan 1908 Fixed pump at porch - Fixed wagon tongue Re-salted meat - Cleaned up auto. Began the work of moving brooder house -

Jeffs man went to Davis for load of hay - Jeff brought out choreman from Davis, also bunches of vines from the California Nursery Co - at Niles - The Red Cross Employment office sent a choreman and Jeff took his new choreman back and got the one from Sacramento - Sent for draft on San Fran to pay for grain bags @ 6 1/2 Tues 28 Jan 1908 Moved brooder house into chicken yard between to long houses - Wed 29 Jan 1908 Jeff started 4 teams this a.m. one sowing 3 harrowing - It rained a hard shower about 4.30 p.m. Jeff sowed wheat N. E. of windmill and did not finish cross-harrowing it - Sue had a Ladies' Whist Club meeting and ladies went home in rain -

Jeff went to Davis in evening. I drove to Davis in evening and attended meeting of I. O. O. F. to greet Grand Master Ogden of Oakland - Thurs 30 Jan 1908 Went to Sacramento on 10.20 train to meet M. Diggs to have annual settlement of the Diggs and Pierce Company. We declared a dividend of $2047.11 each - Deposited min [?] in D. C. Mills bank.


Got Sue's shoes, my vest Munyons Rheumatism etc- Out at 3.30 p.m. Jeff Donnenwirth had a fight with Mose Johnson. Had interview with representative of Continental Building & Loan Society of San Francisco. Fri 31 Jan 1908 Got last two bucks into west orchard - fixed fence-

Had Sam Irwin [?] help fix harness in p.m. Choreman finished digging post holes for chicken yard and got posts and boards on ground - getting boards from north windmill field - Jeff Donnenwirth returned with a dunn colored horse he got of Del Grieve - Tom and I rode about among the sheep - Sat 1 Feb 1908 Soon went to Chinese New Year at Davis. I went to Woodland on lat 10.30 train - stopped at Julian. Attended Odd Fellows meeting at which Grand Master Ogden was present - They had a banquet - It began raining last night about 8 p.m. and has rained almost ever since

Sun 2 Feb 1908 Rained all day - Went to Davis on 2.55 train - Gardner came to Davis on way to Woodland - took his wheel - Drove home got there about 6.30 Rained very hard some of the time - In east a heavy storm and great cold prevail


Mon 3 Feb 1908 [No entry.] Tues 4 Feb 1908 Men worked on fence along road beginning at N. E. cor in a.m. and on cross fence near old alfalfa field in p.m. Rained toward evening - Sue went to [word?] [train?] and got Miss K. Chandler

Wed 5 Feb 1908 Men worked on cross fence in a.m. in p.m. helped Ed Lehe put electric wire across creek - Went in a.m. around Diggs tract - Sue took Miss Chandler to 12 M. train. Thurs 6 Feb 1908 Went to San Francisco on 7.25 train. Attended meeting of California Fruit growers relative to use of sulphur. Lunched at Louvre with McCall, Scott & Jones - Called at office of the Continental Building and Loan Association. Dined with McCall & Scott at the St. Mark in Oakland - Attended theater - Fri 7 Feb 1908 Went to Cousin Frankie's this a.m.

Am not well - have frightful cold and sore throat - Had Physician Dr K. B. Smith of San Leandro and Melrose - Sat 8 Feb 1908 I am better today - but was not up much - The Dr. came again today.


Sun 9 Feb 1908 Very cold day - Am much better. Miss [name omitted] an old Milwaukee friend of Frankie's came and we all went with W. L. to ride about Piedmont - Mon 10 Feb 1908 Left on 9.37 train for home. Sue came in after me -

Tues 11 Feb 1908 Boys cleaned barley for seed - Jeff experimented with one team on plowing - too wet in my field - moved to Hext field - Wed 12 Feb 1908 All four teams started plowing for Jeff on Hext place near Russell's - Jeff was not here this morning - came before noon - Thurs 13 Feb 1908 At night Tom brought his team to my 134 acre field - Fri 14 Feb 1908 Jeff brought his two teams and Sam's team from his place to my 134 field at noon.

Sat 15 Feb 1908 Plowed garden patch and planted some garden seed west of house. Worked on auto finally. Telephoned to Armfield to send a man - He sent Percy who got the rig running and left for home about 8.15 p.m. Jeff went to town. Sun 16 Feb 1908 All teams plowed today


Jeff returned toward night - Sue, Dix and I went to Davis in auto. Sue and Dix attended Sunday school - got express package for Tom Waistell and sk early rose spuds - Percy [name not given] Armfield's man who came to fix my car last night ran off the culvert in county road near my gate. Helped him get straightened up again - Mon 17 Feb 1908 Sue and I went to Sacramento on 10.25 train. Had intended to take storage battery to Sac. but forgot it -

Took tobacco seed to O. H. Miller got sponges, steel brush etc Visited Capitol building. Sue got matting for sitting room floor - Took Dixie to school with us and two Hindoos who pruned and spaded in Mother's yard - Left $100 in safe deposit Paid Dr. Bates $4.50 for attending Dixwell and got new prescription for after-grip effects. Paid Rowe & Wire Mothers bill $7.00 and own $8.00 Got meat, vegetables etc tobacco, Union Leader for Sam. Tues 18 Feb 1908 Sent two Hindoos to Davis to work at Mothers with Dix in the surrey - Dix got his wheel and Hindoos came back in surrey bringing sk early rose spuds & sk beans -

Planted 1 sk spuds on pacing house yard. Wed 19 Feb 1908 Plowed more ground for potatoes in a.m. In p.m. Jeff and I sowed barley in 134 acre field - Sue had Monshee and Bogosin help clean house this afternoon - sitting room -


Thurs 20 Feb 1908 Jeff and I finished sowing 134 acre field - The little black Glen Alpine filley (sic) that Jeff got up to break got cut on barb wire - North wind blew quite strong today Dix did not got to school. Sue and Hindoos cleaned house - parlor & bedroom - They are having unusually heavy snows in East -

There are no almonds in bloom yet - Fri 21 Feb 1908 Tom finished planting potatoes. Went to Sacramento on 12.05 train to meet Uncle S. B. French and his son but missed them as they came last night and staid at Capital Hotel going to Davis at 3.30 p.m. today. Out to Davis on 6.10 p.m. Met M. Diggs at Davis - he has been sick - is on track of a man who wants some creek land - Sat 22 Feb 1908 All four teams moved to Jeff's field and plowed - Sam brought Larney, mare to house with colic and took Beauty. Doctored Larney. Tom broke casting on plow -

Took Uncle Sam French and Cousin Sam to ranch. Showed them about place - took them back to Davis in p.m. Sue going in with us. They are to start Monday morning for San Francisco and Los Angeles - Choreman plowed vineyard and family orchard. The two Hindoos spaded front yard - Sun 23 Feb 1908 Dixwell went to Sunday school.


Just at night Sue and I rode over to J. Maier's place. He is going to finish putting in the lots 7 & 8 Diggs tract. Mon 24 Feb 1908 John Maier came for some seed barley - got 23 sks weighing [figure not given.] Tinkered about home - went over to Maier's place about 11 a.m. He has not yet started plowing - is to start this p.m. Began resetting vines in vineyard on knoll.

Tues 25 Feb 1908 Marked lambs - have about 410 Set out vines on knoll. Am short of vines for the job. Wed 26 Feb 1908 Put out 10 Malaga vines Went to see Shorty Thomas about seeding the 80 north of him. He had agreed to do it but is backing out - Sue went to Whist Club at Mrs. Read's. Sent for 250 Tokay vines - order by phone - Tom, Monchee and I strengthened levee along west side of orchard in Diggs tract field - Got returns from one car of wheat hay shipped to Scott & Magner. But $9.25 per ton was realized, gross - leaving me $7.20 per ton. From this warehouse, loading, hauling, baling, cutting & stacking must be deducted. I figure that after making

these deductions I will have $2.80 per ton for producing the crop. A losing business - Thurs 27 Feb 1908 Got ready to go to San Francisco to attend Fruit Grower's Committee meeting under the impression that today is Friday - In p.m. Sue went to town Went to see Oeste about putting in grain on the Hext place -


Went to Mother's and staid over night - Fri 28 Feb 1908 Left on 7.25 for San Francisco - It began raining about as we got to Benicia. Went to Thos. B. Jeffrey's for Rambler extras - Harvey and I lunched together. Attended Sulfur Committee meeting. It decided to sent Arthur Briggs and Brailsford to Washington.

Staid at Grand Hotel, Taylor and [street name not given] streets. A. E. Drucker is one of the proprietors - It rained most of the day - Sat 29 Feb 1908 Left on 9 a.m. train for Davis - Sue attended Rebecka social last night - Home at about 2 p..m. Rained at intervals - Sun 1 Mar 1908 Rained at intervals, about 10 a.m. it rained very hard for a while and hailed a little. - at Davis it hailed hard - Fixed, cleaned and put new ribbon in type-writer - Tinkered some on automobile -

Mon 2 Mar 1908 Blacksmithed in a.m. - got plows in order - Tom turned weanling colts out - In p.m. started to Woodland - to attend Board of Supervisors meeting in interest of sheep-growers -


My automobile balked when near Mr. Ed Bullard's - Phoned in to E. W. Armfield who came out with Percy and helped get it to going - - gasoline supply was not delivered to engine and gears stuck - Ran into Woodland - put up at Amrfield's garage and left rig for repairs - Staid at Julian hotel Got some medicine of Dr. Lawhead for Gardner who is sick at home. Tues 3 Mar 1908

Went to Davis on 7 a.m. train. It sprinkled at intervals - Sent Dr. Bates out to see Gardner who has measles - Went to Sacramento on 10.25 - Saw M. Diggs - my storage battery is not yet recharged. Drew $1550 and paid $1500, on note at Peoples Bank. Out at 3.30. Monshee and Dix drove old mules to Davis - Dix returned on Gardner's wheel. Got bale of rooted Tokay vines, meat, bananas etc. Paid Mrs. Rogers and left money with Mother - Home late - Gardner is apparently better - Jeff started sowing and harrowing at noon. He finished sowing on creek piece - Wed 4 Mar 1908 Very heavy frost this a.m. ground frozen.

Went to Woodland on delayed 11.30 train hoping to see M. Dozier Jr - All trains were delayed by wreck at Foster's. Got my automobile and ran home taking wool sacks wool twine pruning shears and arctic grease. It rained at Woodland about 3 p.m. but did not at home. Thurs 5 Mar 1908 Heavy frost this a.m.


Got up sheep and sorted out 37 head for butcher. sold @ 4.50 per head. Jeff took his two teams out north and left mine to finish harrowing, which they did about 2 p.m. Ass Jeff left them without instructions I put them at work just north of alfalfa field - Toward evening rode out to see country about north Hext tract . Put sheep into north windmill field -

Hindoos finished re-setting Tokay vines - Rained a little about 7 p.m to 9 p.m. Fri 6 Mar 1908 Tom drove the 37 mutton sheep to Davis - Went in auto and collected $165.50 from Mr. Knox of Napa. Waited to see Mr. Dozier of Vallejo and Northern Electric railway - but missed him - Home at 1 p.m. and started two plows on C. French's beet land - Went to Davis to see Mr. Dozier again but failed - Got new choreman - Dix and Hindoos planted garden and Grape Fruit trees near auto house - Strong north wind today - Heavy frost this a.m.

Sat 7 Mar 1908 Took hay to Shorty Thomas' for men to feed at noon - Set new choreman to plowing vineyard. Went to Davis to meeting of Fairfield Ditch Co - Took Sue to 10.20 train. Tom Cavanaugh choreman left - Home in time to take men to dinner and back again. Burned a little stubble on lot adjoining Fried -


Went to 4 p.m. train for Sue - S. got wedding present for Gladys Kron - Dix and Hindoos planted berries, tomatoes etc and dug up alantus tree south of auto house - Heavy frost this a.m. Sun 8 Mar 1908 Mr. Walker, of Nonpareil Store Sacramento, who is bargaining for 20 acres of Hext creek land came out and I went with him to look at the land -

Fixed auto in p.m - After dinner Sue and I went to see land in N. E. cor Hext field - called at Mrs. Greene's and Kate and Tuttle went for a ride to Romanger's. Jeff and Carl went to Sacramento I think. Frost this a.m. Beautiful day - Mon 9 Mar 1908 Dix went to school for first time since Gardner came down with the measles - The auto tied up and as I had to go to Davis I drove Lady [?] - Sue going with me. Took plow shares and case eggs - Worked on auto in p.m. - got it going - Lett sheep into summerfallow wheat field - Tues 10 Mar 1908

Put Ambrose to plowing with old Beck in knoll vineyard - Hindoos digging Alantus trees - Teams plowing for French Went to Davis to see about corn cultivating and to hear from Diggs. Met Ashley Saw Geo. Sanders and declined to rent land to the Jap who want to rent 10 acres adjoining Sanders. The Jap is crazy -


Went to Gernushausen's and rented 80 acres to him for Egyptian corn giving me one third delivered in Davis - He begins work Monday or Tuesday - Saw Mr. Brown about revolving harrow - Saw Joker horse, he is badly crippled - the 3rd one Jeff has used up this winter - Wed 11 Mar 1908 Cleaned 60 sx barley for seed for Lot 1 & 2 Diggs tract -

Started two teams plowing in p.m. in lots 1 & 2 Diggs tract. Tried to get teams of Oeste and Greene - Quit on French beet land at noon - worked two teams 4 days - Thurs 12 Mar 1908 Ground 30 sx barley - Went to Sacramento on 12.08 train. Saw M. Diggs about land - Out at 5.05 Got battery of Schneider - Theodore Oeste sent me one 8 mule team at noon to help out on the plowing - Fri 13 Mar 1908 Tom broke casting "B1" on Bonanza - the second one for him this season.

Finished hauling ground barley - Took harrows to Diggs tract. Borrowed Mr. Brown's revolving harrow to try it - Went to Davis for B. 1 extra and put it on Tom's plow. Had Sam plow around the last 80 - lots 2, 3, & [ number left blank]. Took ratched (sic?) off Sam's plow for fixing.


Sat 14 Mar 1908 Finished fixing Tom's plow then had him plow the drainage ditch. Boys finished plowing Lots 1 & 2 - - left surplus grain 8 sx at Frieds barn - Two teams harrowed - did not quite finish 2nd harrowing - Sue and I went to Woodland in auto after dinner - I attended the dispersion sale of the Ashburner Short Horn cattle.

Home at dusk - Sun 15 Mar 1908 Sam drew 5.00 & went to town. Miner's sheep got out into Shorty's and the County road - Shorty got wild over them - Sue, Dix and I went out in auto to drive them in and the transmission stuck - had to return on low speed - Fixed auto - T. Tsujii, Sander's Jap called again wanting to rent land - Gardner and Hugh took Mr. Brown's harrow home - Mon 16 Mar 1908 Jeff put Fred with team into my field in a.m. and Carl at noon - Boys finished third harrowing of lots 1 & 2 -

Cleaned 46 sx barley for seed - all I have - Went to see T Tsujii in evening but missed him as he came up here - saw him later. Marked 5 calves - 2 bulls - Gardner returned to the High School for first time since his attack of the measles - Tues 17 Mar 1908


Went to measure ten acres of land for T. Tsujii west of Sander's - wrote out agreement - Tsujii paid $50.00 on acct - He is to pay $450.00 for 10 acres from now until Dec 31st 1910 - and fence the place. Hugh & I sowed twenty acres north of Fried in a.m. Henry & Fred Gernushausen pulled into my field after dinner - from Shorty's - Hugh & I tried to pump water from creek pump but belts bothered badly - Mrs. Brown called. Sue and I rode out to the plowing after dinner this evening -

Wed 18 Mar 1908 Very strong north wind - Jeff and Hugh sowed in forenoon - Jeff went to town in p.m. and got 25 sx barley 2850# for J. H. Oeste & Sons pile for seed for Diggs Tract. Took Dix in auto to the LaRue corner - The Gernushausen boys took their plowing rigging home this evening. Settled with them at rate of 8.00 per day each. Returned to Davis for Sue - Took in 24 doz - eggs - got 12 1/2 c. T. Tsujii gave me a draft on the Jap Bank of Vacaville for $100.00 balance rent of land (10 acres.) -

Thurs 19 Mar 1908 Heavy north wind - Jeff and I finished sowing barley on Diggs tract at noon - Finished plowing Diggs tract. Fri 20 Mar 1908 Finished harrowing in Diggs tract Sent Tom with team to plow for T. Tsujii for vegetables -


Laid out Tsjuii's fence. Took Dix to school. Hugh took load of wood to Mother - got gasoline, coal oil flour 2 bbls, 2 sx sugar, chick food etc - Got plow share pointed. Emptied coal oil. Sue & I went to Diggs Tract - P. N. Ashley telephoned that he would come tomorrow to survey west Hext field -

Took out disk plow to try - one belonging to Geo B Hoag - Sue & I went to Hext place and around east field - Called at Mrs. Brown's - and at Shorty Thomas - and at latter place got one sk. Egyptian Corn - Sat 21 Mar 1908 Fearful north wind - Sam & Carl plowed in summerfallow west of alfalfa - Went for Mr. Ashley and party - and worked with them most of day - Mr. Ashley, Percy Campbell and Mr. Proctor staid over night with us - Sun 22 Mar 1908 Moderate north wind - Mr. Ashley finished surveying this a.m. Took him and party to 11.30 train. Attended M. Miner's funeral - Made iron pins for center post in county road north of west Hext field and Sue Dix

and I went out and drove in three of them - Gardy went to Woodland on this wked. Mon 23 Mar 1908 Started Sam Irwin in east orchard with the disk plow - It did not work well and it was abandoned - Tried the two horse plow and it did not work - got out the Moore Orchard plow and it went - M. Diggs telephoned out to me to meet him at 10.20


Sue and I went down - met Mr. Nichols of Oakland Chamber of Commerce - Diggs went on to Woodland to meet Mr. Richards who wants to buy 50 acres of Hext land - Home at noon - Tom finished with Tsujii at noon and with Carl plowed summerfallow north of alfalfa - Hugh brought sheep from the summerfallow grain to east orchard - Put sacks at stakes on my line fence to mark Hext subdivision.

Tues 24 Mar 1908 Went to Davis to meet M. Diggs. Bob Armstrong and Mr. Richards went in buggy to west Diggs tract. All stopped to see place where County is putting in culvert at Thomas' - Diggs, Richard[s] and self went to Woodland in auto to see P. N. Ashley - Old Bob Armstrong with tender-footed mare drove to Woodland - Bob kicked about putting culvert across slough and made so many objections that Diggs threw up the trade. Diggs went to Sacramento on 3.30 and I came away soon after - Stopped on way home and paid Mrs. John Maier for boarding men while plowing Lots 1, 2 etc - Men finished plowing summerfallow north of alfalfa - Wed 25 Mar 1908 Started two teams plowing in east orchard, one of mine one of Jeff's - Jas. A. Harbs & Fred Roos came and got 2 cows and 1 calf for beef gave $75.00 for cows and $20.00 for calf -

Got up Falrose mare that has fistula and little horse that is lame. Attended ditch meeting at Shorty Thoma's. Hired Rogers to put in culverts and bulkheads - Jeff hauled hay from town - Looked after plowing - Sue went with Dix to Davis to attend W. C. T. U. meeting -


Went in evening to Demorest Silver medal contest in Davis - - was one of the judges - Staid at Mother's - Thurs 26 Mar 1908 Jeff began plowing in my east fields for irrigating canal on Ashley's account - Dr. Alexander came today about noon and operated on mare "Easter" for fistula - He also trimmed two year old horses foot and looked at Joker's lame foot -

Came out from town this a.m. leaving there at 5 a.m. Went to Fairfield ditch on Hext place where Mrs. Greene has team plowing - Went to Davis - got 26 stakes for land corners on Hext place - Little Bill Montgomery came for pasturage bill on mares for season 1907 - Paid him $20.00 Andy Montgomery, his brother was with him - they drove a colt in a cart - Fri 27 Mar 1908 Put weight on off wheel of disk plow for orchard use - Took Sue to Mrs Wilbur's to a Whist party, then returned to Davis and took 12.05 train for Sacramento. Paid note and premium on my policy for one year to the Pacific Mutual Ins. Co. Thos Fox agt - Amt $907.50 [?] Out at 3.30. Went to Wilbur's for Sue. Mrs. Tuttle rode out with us - Sat 28 Mar 1908 Sam Irwin drew all his money and went to Sacramento.

Had Tom hitch on to roller and rolled east end of west orchard - Fixed up auto in p.m. - Looks very much like rain - Sun 29 Mar 1908 Heavy north wind - Took Jim [June?] Plant home and Dix to Sunday school -


Gardner rode on his wheel - Stopped at Mother's - South wind in evening and looks rainy - Mon 30 Mar 1908 Sprinkled a little early this a.m. Tried to use the orchard plow in west orchard but it was too light and had to quite - Stopped rolling and started disc plow - Went to south ditch crossing on west Diggs Avenue to direct men who are building culvert [and getting road graded for ditching -]? [this line stands isolated at end of the

entry for the 30th and was probably intended for insertion here.] then to Mrs. Greene's to get teams for hauling but had to go to Charley's house to get information - Hugh and I tried to get some of the loose horses into east field but failed - Gardner went to town taking empty coal oil tank and getting road graded for ditching - [see above, second paragraph.] Tues 31 Mar 1908 Jeff took Carl and team - put them on Fresno scraper. Tom and I plowed road on Diggs tract out west in a.m. - tried to plow for summerfallow but ground was too hard - In p.m. tried to harrow the summerfallow - but it too was too hard and we quit - Turned out some work stock and Tom took the Fresno scraper out north to Fairfield Canal -

Sam plowed in west orchard in a.m. and harrowed in east orchard in p.m. Strong north wind - grain needing rain - Hugh took Sander's revolving harrow home - Wed 1 Apr 1908 Started Tom scraping on Fairfield Ditch at junction of Greene's canal - Fearful north wind -


Dix did not go to school today All of us and Mrs Tallman and boy went to Winters to the celebration - dedication of the new concrete bridge - The transmission in auto stuck twice on me. Thurs 2 Apr 1908 Heavy wind - Gardner and I left about 8.15 with auto for San Francisco - Reached Vallejo about 12.15 and San Fran about 2.15

The transmission stuck again after we got to boat - After getting dinner we worked on machine most of the time while crossing the bay. Got it so that it would go again - Ran to 121 Valencia - Took grip to 113 Duncan and staid there over night going in the evening with the Chandlers to a "settlement house" concert given by Columbia Park boys - Fri 3 Apr 1908 Gardner and I were at shop in a.m. Then went to Cliff House and beach - back to Ferry Depot - got shirt for Gardner, back to shop - over to Melrose on 3.20 train - Found Pierce sick again - Sat 4 Apr 1908 We went to Berkeley in a.m. saw W. R. Pond - got pointers on realestate (sic). Dined in Berkeley - took 1 p.m. Key Route train for San Francisco. The auto is not done - will not be finished today -

G. G & I went to Depot expecting to go home on 3.20 train but time had been changed to 3.00 and we missed boat - Went to Grand Hotel for night - Were both barbered and went to Orpheum - Sun 5 Apr 1908 Left on 7 a.m. boat for Davis -


Sue & Zoe came down for us - Capt and Mrs. Tuttle called - Sue and I drove about almond orchard - Crop is good in east orchard. Nice day - but we are very much in need of rain - Mon 6 Apr 1908 Fearful north wind -

Helped run road grader in ditch running to Mrs. Greenes, both forenoon and afternoon - Tues 7 Apr 1908 Fearful north wind - Ran grader of [?] Greene canal in a.m. and finished job - In p.m. was sick - Went to east field - T Tsujii plowing his rented land - Dix did not go to school - Wed 8 Apr 1908 Got up mares for breeding - Put surveyors stakes for west Hext field in place - Sue and Mrs. Tallman went to Whist Club at Mrs. Pel Montgomery's -

Thurs 9 Apr 1908 Light north wind - Hugh and I took two mares to Davis for Fortuny - - load of wood to Mother - saddle mare Nellie to shoer - Got 1 bbl sheep dip - shy one - 10 sx barley - 1.36 1 - 2 x 6 timber 14 ft -


Man got "Rose" to break - P. N. Ashley came to resurvey west Hext piece - Sue had the Ladies' Aid meeting - about 17 came - Hindoos hoed garden - Got 60 ft 4 in rubber belting from R. B. Cranston. Fri 10 Apr 1908

Strong north wind again - Hindoos hoe potatoes - Drove Lady to Davis, Lorain [?] going with me. Left rig for Dixwell to take home and went to San Francisco on 4 p.m. train. Staid at Grand Hotel - Sat 11 Apr 1908 Took auto out to try on Mission hills - Did some shopping - got hat at Emporium and pants at Roos Bros - Went to Oakland on 12.20 boat and to Melrose. Took the Porters to U. C. - Stanford baseball game at Berkeley - Sun 12 Apr 1908 Left at 8.15 for boat - Left San Fran at 9.45, Vallejo at 12.30 - arrived home about 5 p.m. Mon 13 Apr 1908 Had Sam & Tom work on drainage ditches on Diggs tract, Lots 1, 2, 3, & 4 - with county grader & ten mules -

Went to Woodland to have auto examined - find two cylinders in bad shape - Took Mrs. J. B. Tallman and Lorain to Woodland en route to Nicholas - Jeff has begun fencing in a piece of his land - for pasture - Fried is building a house - Looks rainy


Tues 14 Apr 1908 Put two Hindoos to hauling gravel for headgate on Fairfield ditch at Greene branch and filling in at crossings - They hauled (8) sacks cement to cement workers at Greene crossing - Spent considerable time at cement workers - had them get tank of water to finish another batch. Sue and I went to town took 66 squares honey to Haag @ 15c. Ordered cement to finish culverts also iron grooves for headgate.

Looks a little like rain - Wed 15 Apr 1908 Sprinkled a very little about 7.30 a.m. first time since March 3rd last - Went to R. Schmeiser's and got 6 sks cement - took it to Greene crossing on Buckeye road - In afternoon prepared speech for Rebeckah's - Sue, Dix and I went to Davis Sue and I going to Rebeckah's meeting - It was the 7th anniversary of the Lodge - Sent Monshee in p.m. to haul more gravel to headgate at Greene branch - Thurs 16 Apr 1908 Went to San Fran on 7.25 a.m. train - Sue got $30.00 and went to Sacramento shopping - Called at Thos B. Jeffery's for replacement of injured parts to auto -

Attended meeting of Executive Committee of Fruit Growers - at Ferry Building at 1.30 p.m. Left on 3 - p.m. train for Davis - Met Sue at Depot on her return from Sacramento - All went home in auto - Began sheep-shearing - Fri 17 Apr 1908


Went to grading outfit on west place and to cement workers on head gate M Diggs telephoned for me to meet him at 10.20 train - Went to 10.20 train took flowers for Mrs Eva [last name not recorded] and G. G's best suit so that he can attend birthday party at Phil Bruton's [?] Diggs came out with man from Illinois - showed him Lots 1, 2, 3, & 4 - up past Greene's and to almond orchard - - back to Davis at 11.45.

Sat 18 Apr 1908 Went to east field in a.m. and to cement workers who are putting in bulkhead at Greene branch on Diggs tract. In p.m. boys finished grading and plowing for road on Diggs tract and opened up ditch on 140 acre piece north of county road - Went to Davis in evening - attended I.O.O.F. Lodge - Sheep shearers got through Sheared 730 sheep - Sun 19 Apr 1908 All attended Easter services at Presbyterian Church Dixwell spoke and did nicely - Mon 20 Apr 1908 Tom worked Fresno on Fairfield Ditch at road crossing, west avenue on Greene line - Sam ran clod masher in east orchard.

Hindoos cut wood and worked in garden. Went to Davis - got Diggs Contract and went to Woodland - Had Percy Goyet adjust car - It does not run well - Saw N. A. Hawkins about Diggs-Hext land contract - Home at 6.30 p.m. car not running well.


Hindoos got roll butter. Tues 21 Apr 1908 Settled with Jeff Donnenwirth for team work and board. Tom worked on Fairfield Ditch as did two Hindoos with two [?] hauling gravel for Guile head gate and fill in at head gate & crossing. Cloudy Auto did not do well today

- did not get it going until 4 p.m. today - Went to ditch crossing on Buckeye road - with Hindoos put lumber into Schlegel field - It sprinkled a little toward evening - from about 5 o'clock. Wed 22 Apr 1908 Had Hindoos help grinding 10 sx barley - Hindoos worked on road crossing at Greene place. I went there and had Tom go there with Fresno - Finished culvert at noon - Tom & Hindoos worked on central culvert and headgate - Went with Sue to Davis - she going to Mrs. Weise's to a card party - Cold and cloudy - Thurs 23 Apr 1908

Sprinkled a little at intervals in a.m. Moved scaled to creek barn, and marked wool - sending it to C. M. Co. Berkeley - Hindoos worked in a.m. on Greene headgate and fence across ditch at Ruane [or Ruam?] - Tom finished culvert at Shorty's - Sent wool (2912#) to Davis to Century Mercantile Co - Berkeley - Monchee taking it -


Bogosin helped Hugh herd sheep in orchard - in p.m. Fri 24 Apr 1908 Monchee plowed little orchard and vineyard - Bogosin and Hugh herded sheep - Bogosin helped shine brass on auto - Started two teams, one mine one Jeff's at filling crossing at big slough at Shorty Thomas'. Jeff went to town in p.m. - got lumber and cement - took one of my wagons to Luft for

repairs - Sam stopped cultivating in knoll vineyard at noon and started roller in east orchard - Sue & I rode out to new culvert at Thomas' after dinner - Sat 25 Apr 1908 Heavy north wind - Put sheep into east field - Bogosin helped clean auto then worked in vineyard - Monchee worked in family vineyard and orchard - Sue and I went to Woodland in auto after lunch. Auto did not work well - left it with Percy - We staid at Julian - Attended 89th Anniversary of Odd Fellows at I. O. O. F. Building - spoke on history and possibilities of order. Sun 26 Apr 1908

Took Mr & Mrs. Dopking for ride - Nelson's bridge, Yolo and return - Home at 1.30 Very warm - Sue and I went to Davis to Presbyterian church to Odd Fellow anniversary - The Officers responded and I gave an address - Mon 27 Apr 1908


North wind - stronger in p.m. than in a.m. Went to Woodland, via Davis to see N. A. Hawkins regarding the proposed Diggs contract - Took auto to Percy's shop and helper and self took cylinder No. 4. off and sent it to San Fran ordering a new one - Percy away to Rumsey with machine stranded at Madison - Went to Davis on train Home with Dixwell -

A. M. Elston telephoned that sheep inspecter(sic) to dip sheep will be here on Wednesday - Del Grieve want my hay now stored in Dodge's - Tues 28 Apr 1908 Got sheep dipping outfit ready. Fixed broken scraper Wed 29 Apr 1908 Sent Sam to Davis for G. E. Lamborn, Government sheep inspector. We dipped sheep today about 1200 head, Sam, Hugh, Monshee & Bogosin helping - Thurs 30 Apr 1908 Boys finished fill at Donnenwirth bridge at noon. Tom opened up drain at N. E. corner of Lots 1, 2, 3, & 4 - in p.m. Sue took me to 5.35 p.m. train. Went to Woodland expecting to get auto but it was not ready -

Sam began mowing alfalfa in a.m. Monschee & I got out rake - Staid at Julian - Fri 1 May 1908 Left Woodland soon after 11 a.m. for home - Car runs well.


Dixwell is sick and did not go to school today - Sam broke both knives on mowing machine - took them to town in p.m. and got them mended, also got monkey wrench of E. J. E - It began light rain about 4.30 p.m. and continued a couple of hours - Gardner got wet, as it rained on him from Plainfield home - Big picnic in Dixon today - Tom Waisted went to Dixon.

Sat 2 May 1908 Attended ditch meeting at 9.30. Sue & I went to Sacramento - Sue got coat etc. I saw M. Diggs & got him to sign new paper regarding ownership of Hext Tract - Out on 5.05 Sam went to Sacramento. Sun 3 May 1908 Took Dix to Sunday school - Expected Uncle Sam & cousin Sam but they did not come - Mon 4 May 1908 Sue & Dix started for Melrose on 7.25 train to attend Fleet ovation -

Sam returned - badly used up by his trip and I let him go - Jeff & Fred went to South Putah - Tues 5 May 1908 Gardner & I left with auto about 8.00 a.m. for Vallejo - Had an annoying trip - running on 3 cylinders much of the time. There were 4 autos on boat - Ran to Thos B. Jeffery's and had work done on machine -


Left for Melrose about 6.40 p.m. Gardner injured his right arm while trying to start auto on the ferry - Called in Dr. K. B Smith Frankie's physician - Wed 6 May 1908 Will, Rose, the children and self went, via Key Route to see incoming fleet, intending to go to Goat Island. The boats did not run and our trip was a failure - Went to Oakland got refreshments and went out to Cousin Frankie's. Sue and I went to San Francisco and out to Mrs. Chandler's.

Misses Kitty and Mabel went with us to Metcalf-Evans reception at Fairmount Hotel - It was a fearful jam It sprinkled a little as we left the Fairmount - Sixteen battleships and attendant cruisers, torpedo boats etc came in from cruise from Hampton Roads - joining the Pacific fleet making about 45 ships - Thurs 7 May 1908 I left before breakfast for Melrose. Got auto and took it over to Thos B. Jeffery's - Gardner going with me - Got auto going - Sue, G. and self got away, late, for Melrose - waited an hour and a quarter at ferry - got out to Frankie's about 10 p.m. Gardner & I saw the big parade from a stand on Van Ness Avenue. Fri 8 May 1908 Sue, Frankie, Rose, Gardner, Dixwell, Mildred and self went in auto to Rincon Hill to witness the inspection of the Fleet by Secretary Metcalf - Cousins Late and Pierce went on cars and met us at Hill - Later we went to the ocean

beach via Golden Gate Park - Rose, Dix and Mildred went home by train - we followed - Lunched on beach - Sat 9 May 1908 All, save Late and Rose went to see parade at Oakland. They had Barbecue day - light fireworks etc -


Sun 10 May 1908 Went with Gardner to Broadway where we breakfasted - Gardner then took 12th St car for 16th St Station en-route home. Returned to Frankie's and Sue, Frankie, Late and I left at 10 a.m. for San Jose - Went via Mission San Jose arriving in S. J. about 12.15 - Did the town - lunched on the Alameda and returned via San Francisco. Went through the Stanford Grounds - It began sprinkling before we got to Belmont and rained most of time until we got

home - We went via the passenger boat this time - for four days we had to go via the creek route - Mon 11 May 1908 Sue Dix and I left Frankie's this a.m. Late going with us to business - Sue & Dix stopped at Mauds 1601 12th St - I took car to shop - Could not get car together today so we staid over and went to Edith Cobb's at 54 Commonwealth Ave - Tues 12 May 1908 Left for home on 12.30 boat. Changed one outer casing at top of hill above Cordelia - Went via Pleasant Valley, Vacaville and Winters - Arrived home about 9 p.m. Wed 13 May 1908

Looked over the work Sold hay on lat 29 to W. H. Brown for $50.00. Went to Davis in a.m. Thurs 14 May 1908 Started Waistell mowing in N. E. cor of west Hext field - It began sprinkling about 8.30 - had to quit -


Sue & I went to Davis and I went to Sacramento on the 12.07 train - Attended Republican State Convention for election of delegates to National Convention. The Lincoln Roosevelt League made a good fight for control but were beaten by 76 votes. Fri 15 May 1908 Two Hindoos and self went to headgates at Guile place to fix gates. Schmeiser had taken nearly all the lumber. We did what we could with the material on hand - Tom broke sickle in a.m. and as Monshee started with rake it broke the shaft at noon -

Took both to Davis and had them repaired - Got 2 sx flour & 1 sk sugar of Hoag - 1.00 coffee 1.00 tea etc of Anderson. Sat 16 May 1908 Geo. E. Allen agent for "Inner-player" piano called, lunched, and sold us a piano $750 red to 565. Went to Lodge in evening - home late - Sun 17 May 1908 Went to 10.20 train to meet M. Diggs, son Jack and two prospective purchasers - Returned to Davis in time for late dinner then drove to State Farm Saw John Maier & W. H. Brown and got them to sign Local Option petition - Mon 18 May 1908 Monshee took mower to town for repairs.

Tom got Jeff's mower but it rained so that he did not mow much - Monshee & I went to Cemetery and cleaned lot - Hugh began irrigating after dinner - Tues 19 May 1908 Tom mowed Hugh & Bogosin tended water on alfalfa -


North wind & cloudy - Wed 20 May 1908 Irrigated windmill alfalfa field - Thurs 21 May 1908 Fixed horse-barn hay rigging and moved hay out of driveway - Cut along ditch in west field -

Hugh & Bogosin finished irrigating alfalfa field - Fri 22 May 1908 Started for Sacramento expecting to go on 10.20 train - Met H. Metcalf and Jones, of Los Angeles late of Port Royal, Virginia. They came to see land and I took them to see the Kirk land also past Diggs tract and to Greene orchard - Lunched and dined at Grieve Hotel with Mr Metcalf - Boys began hauling hay into horse barn - Sat 23 May 1908 Went to Sacramento on 11.30 train. Soon went also, drawing $70.00. Took storage battery to Electrical Supply Co - Saw Dr. Jackson regarding tule lands in Sutter Co - Sun 24 May 1908

Went to W W Thomas'. H M. Bracken and W W Fisk and got each to sign local option petition Bracken afterward requested the erasure of his name. Took Mrs & Miss Fiske for short auto ride - later had ice-cream with them. Wrote some letters - Did type-writing for Sue for her paper on temperance "The silver lining of the cloud." All of us attended the Presbyterian Church exercise.


Sue, Misses Flaa, Grieve Gasteiger & Brady read papers. The attendance was large. Cool south wind this evening. Mon 25 May 1908 Took Metcalf and Jones through Woodland, picking up C. T. Bidwell and going up to north end of county to see San Francisco Savings Union land -

Left gentlemen at train at 7.05 en route for Chico - The lights on auto did not work well - Tues 26, Wed 27, Thurs 28 May 1908 [No entries.] Fri 29 May 1908 Went to Sacramento on 7.25 a.m. train with P. N. Ashley and called at Mrs. J. H. Glide's to make inquiry for land - Could get none. Sat 30 May 1908 Fearful north wind. Had picnic at State Farm - pleasant gathering - Present Prof. & Mrs Leroy Anderson, Rev. Stage, Mrs. Keating of San Fran. Mrs. C W. Thomas Henrietta Thomas Miss Dr. Newton, Phil Bruter & [name not recorded] of Woodland, Mr & Mrs Geo. W. Lorenz of Sacramento and the Pierces -

Sun 31 May 1908 Hard north wind in a.m. At 2.15 p.m. Sue, Dix the Lorenz's and self left for a ride in auto 147 - Mon 1 June 1908 Pleasant day - Took the Lorenz's to 10.20 train - Called at Jas. Campbell's


Got Charley's signature to Local Option petition - Had puncture in auto - a two in[.] nail - J. A. Harby called to see hogs - did not buy - Boys finished hauling hay in a.m. Got out harvester this a.m. Tues 2 June 1908

Dix went to Davis to get first piano lesson of Mabel Philliber - took 1 sk 105# spuds to Hoag 1/2c Hugh took 23 hens to Hoag and got 2 sx barley. Tom plowed ditch on spud land - Hindoos began pulling suckers in east orchard. Sue & I went to Woodland to attend meeting of board of Supervisors - We presented petition of people asking to have local option question submitted to the voters of the county. It was granted by Board by vote of 4 to 1. Wed 3 June 1908 Tinkered in a.m. Sue & I went to Davis in p.m. Sue going to Card Club at Mrs. Read's - Thurs 4 June 1908 Went on 7.25 train to Sacramento. Hired scrub horse of Tom Paine and drove to Mr J. E. Beach's place a couple of miles east of Mills. Ordered an almond huller and separator of him to be delivered about July 15th next -

Back to Sac in time for 5.05 Got berries Sue attended Ladies Aid Fri 5 June 1908 Sue, Dix and I left on 9.15 a.m. train for San Fran. en route for Santa Cruz - Left S. F. at 3 p.m. - went via Gilroy, Pajaro & Watsonville changing cars at Pajaro and arriving at Santa Cruz about 7 p.m.


Stopped at Sea Beach Hotel, room 67 - Met Dr Benj I. Wheeler in lobby and had pleasant evening with him - Sat 6 June 1908 The 9th semi annual meeting of the Counties Committee of the California Promotion Committee met in Casino at 10 a.m. Was on program for talk on "Good Roads from a Farmers' standpoint." Sue went out to the Kron place for a call this afternoon.

Sun 7 June 1908 Sue sick today - Dix and I went at 9.30 to cement works a dozen miles or so from Santa Cruz, on train of Ocean Shore railroad. Back at noon. In p.m. at 1.30 took train to Giant Redwoods and Brookdale Fish Hatchery. Back at 4 p.m. and took carriages and autos for Dr. [name not recorded] Orchid hot houses, a ride about beach and to Tochiltama's [?] place, Sue going to latter - Mon 8 June 1908 Twenty or more took auto ride through Pajaro valley - Dix and I went in Maxwell 2 cylinder car. Fine ride and fine section. - Missed train at Watsonville and ran to Pajaro, where I took train for San Francisco and Dix returned to Santa Cruz in company with Mrs. E. P. Heald of San Francisco Mr Starboro [?] and I going on - Sue went to Henry Kron's place for a visit. Left San Francisco on 6.20 train - reaching Davis about 10.20 p.m. Staid at Mother's -

Boys began cutting alfalfa the second time - Tues 9 June 1908 Left at 5 a.m. for home Looked over place and went to Davis in p.m. Wed 10 June 1908 Went to Davis in p.m. for hay-barn cable -


Sue & Dix came in from Santa Cruz - Thurs 11 June 1908 Tom cultivated vineyard Monshee fixed bridge approach - helped get hay barn ready and got in harrow from summerfallow field - Went at 11 a.m. for cable at Hoag's - Put it in barn in p.m. Got out and fixed equalizers for harvester -

Fixed up stretchers etc - Fri 12 June 1908 Boys began hauling alfalfa into creek barn - Carrier did not work at first. Mr. H. Metcalf phoned that he would be in Davis at 1 p.m. and I went to see him regarding the H. I. Kirk place and other lands - Saw Mr. C.[?] W. Foster and family in their auto while visiting the State Farm. Sue & I attended the Rebecka meeting - Messrs (sic?) Stage, Henning and [name not recorded] were initiated and the application of Miss Winnie Covell was received - Sat 13 June 1908 Beautiful day - not feeling well - caught cold last night - Gardner gathered cherry plums fixed bee hives and made spring board at swimming pool - Sun 14 June 1908

Took Sue & Dix to Sunday School and church - Met [name not recorded] and Son of San Francisco, late of Tulare and took them to see the "Martin Wiesler" or Ross place - Gardner went to Woodland Sue, Dix & I went to Davis to song service in church - Mon 15 June 1908 [No entry.]


Tues 16 June 1908 Went to Davis - met [name not recorded] and took him to Woodland - He is looking up exhibits for State Fair - Saw about mutton, got extras, interviewed Hursts on Drummond liquor drinking notices - Gave Mrs. I. A. Huston 40 names for Home Allianc[e] at Davis and paid her $20.00 - Wed 17 June 1908 Fixed harness, tank float etc

Got up mules Went to town in evening for extras and mail. Thurs 18 June 1908 Worked on harvester - prepared up-stairs rooms Started harvester in p.m. - grain is fairly good and yield rather better than was expected - Fri 19 June 1908 Went to 6.10 a.m. train for Cousin Will en route home from Oregon trip - Papered and helped Sue - Went for Maud Crocker at 2 p.m. She came from Oakland at 12 m - Went to 5.30 p.m. train for Cousin Frankie Porter, two children and maid Rose -

Sat 20 June 1908 Heavy south wind Cloudy. Sue took folks for a ride in surrey - Gardner got 2 doz almond poles from Mr. LaRues - Sun 21 June 1908


Mr & Mrs W. L. Porter, Mrs H. Crocker, Sue & I left at 11 a.m. for ride through Pleasant's Valley, Vaca Valley to Elmira - Lunched in Vaca Valley Will took train at Elmira for Oakland. Home via Winters and south side of creek. Saw oceans of apricots - Mon 22 June 1908 Started Tom Waistell hauling to Davis with two mules & two horses - Sue, Maud, Rose Gardner and I went to Woodland to attend the High School

presentation of "The Rivals" home at 1 p.m. Tues 23 June 1908 Had Hindoos stack grain in bags on knoll Took trough from windmill lot to north pasture field. Sue, Maud, Gardner and I went to Commencement of High School at Opera House at Woodland - Home at 12 p.m. Shorty Thomas & John Maier called - Painted water keg. Wed 24 June 1908 Repainted water keg - Thurs 25 June 1908 [No entry.] Fri 26 June 1908 Worked on pump at creek -

Maud Crocker left on 5 p.m. train for Sacramento - Dix and Mildred went to Davis for Music lesson. Harvester finished wheat at noon and began on barley - 3/4 round - Sat 27 June 1908 Heavy north wind -


Had meeting of Davis Almond Growers - We decided to sell through the J. K. Armsby Co - on commission basis - 7 1/2% - Sun 28 June 1908 Went to 7.25 a.m. train and met Diggs and two men who pretended to want to look at Diggs tract - Took Rose Kohl to Davis to church - One man quit - hired another. Ivan walked past way to town and I brought him back.

Very hot 101. Tanak, Tsujii & another Jap were here to get almond picking Tues 30 June 1908 Got out track at packing house - Creek pump is out of order - Began work on it - Wed 1 July 1908 Went to Woodland in p.m. to attend Executive meeting of Anti-Saloon League - Sue & Frankie went with me - Thurs 2 July 1908 Boys finished cutting barley on my place this afternoon - moved into Jeff's and made one round - getting 34 sx - Worked on creek pump - Fri 3 July 1908

Worked on creek pump in a.m. and on auto in p.m. W. L. Porter came up on 5.20 train. Frankie and I went down after him - Hugh is getting boxes and trays out of houses and is repairing them. Sat 4 July 1908 Wheat in Store at Balfour's 1269 Sx 171840 -


Will and I decorated the auto before breakfast. Mr & Mrs W. L. Porter, Mildred, Rose Kohl Sue and I went in auto to Woodland and drove in parade - Gardner & Prince drove over - Lunched at Barbecue - took tea with Mrs. Dopking - home at 10.30

Gardner home about 12.30 Very warm day - Parade & celebration a success. Sun 5 July 1908 Went to town at 9.30 a.m. to attend meeting of Percheron Horse Ass'n but there was no meeting. Took 4 boxes fruit to express for Will - Left at 3.25 p.m. with the Porters for train en route home - Gardner took 5 grips and two boxes eggs & fruit (canned) to train We were late and could not get baggage checked - Mon 6 July 1908 Burned fox tail and cleaned up packing house yard. Monshee hauled straw and covered wheat pile -

Got saw ready and Hindoos began sawing wood in p.m. Got plow and scraper that Tom left at his "ditch" Sue & I went to Davis for meat - Tues 7 July 1908 Hindoos sawed wood. Hugh & I fixed track in packing house yard - in a.m. and got sulphur house cut - [?]


Hugh cut apricots in p.m. I went to Davis at 4.30 - got meat and bananas - Cancelled insurance on wheat with Plant and reinsured with Hilman - Sold 24 squares honey for Gardner to J. B. Anderson @ 10c Gardner went to Woodland on horseback sand got Easter (mare) some bee hive extras and Tom Waistell's watch - Wed 8 July 1908 Sue, Gardner, Dix and self went to Sacramento on 7.25 a.m. train.

I left at 9.30 on Auto-stage for J. E. Beach's place - Did not find Beach at home - returned to Sac. at 12.30 Lunched at Sutter Club with C. H. Dillman Saw Sacramento Valley Development people regarding their desire to have me go east to attend several State Fairs to do promotion work - Met Sue and children at Weinstock's Got suit for self at Elkus' Sue got suit for Dix, one for Gardner, shoes for G. hat for D and an alligator travelling bag - Out on 6.05 train - Hired new man for sack tender Hindoos sawed wood - Hugh cut apricots -

Thurs 9 July 1908 Frank Talbot, sack tender quit Fri 10 July 1908 Sue & I went to Woodland Sue to look for boarding place for Gardner and I to the dentist - Had one tooth filled - Back, right - Paid A. M Eaton for Himalaya berries. Van Zee for gnase [?].


Jeff finished cutting barley on Diggs tract and began on wheat same tract - He moved the crew to Thomas' for board - Sat 11 July 1908 Went to Davis to attend Ditch meeting, but there was no a quorum present - Sue, Gardner, Dix and I left at 4.30 p.m. in auto for Samuel's Springs. arrived about 8.30 As we stopped some gasoline about carburetor caught fire and gave us a great scare - The damage was slight -

There is another auto here, that of Mr [name not recorded] of Orangevale Sun 12 July 1908 Spent forenoon in cleaning and repairing auto - A "Franklin" ran in here for a short visit today. Mon 13 July 1908 Left Samuels about 2.30 p.m. for home - Auto worked badly until after leaving Minticello (sic?) a mile or so when I took out storage battery and put in dry cells. after that it ran well. Stopped at Winters and got some fruit - Home about 7 p.m. Tues 14 July 1908 Got up sheep early S. R. Shelford, buyer for U. M. Stater stockyards. Cal [?] came and I sold him 266 lambs, 116 old ew[e]s and 10 weathers @ 3.00, 3.00, & 3.25

Hugh and Gardner drove them to Davis, leaving about 5 p.m. Sue & I went to Davis in auto and helped drive sheep - A very warm day - Wed 15 July 1908 Gardner & I surveyed slough in west Diggs tract Was at harvester.


Re-drove stakes in creek field - Diggs tract. Not well today - Sue went to Mrs. Russell's to Whist Club - Dix and I went to Davis - got hair cut, auto tire flour, grease, soap-stone etc - Jeff finished harvesting wheat for himself and took machine apart for moving - Warm day -

Thurs 16 July 1908 North wing - Jeff finished harvesting in west field and moved north of road - Fixed seeds - Fri 17 July 1908 Jeff ran in a.m. an winter barley - got 16 sx quit at noon. Returned and stored machine in afternoon - Worked on sleds Had a wild goose chase with a man from San Benito recommended by F. P. Smith as a possible land buyer - One day late - (16th) Sat 18 July 1908 Worked on seeds -

Jeff came for some of his goods - had settlement with him. Sun 19 July 1908 Worked on auto - Mon 20 July 1908 Sue and I went to Sacramento. Sue on 10.20 (late) I on 12.08


Fixed up bank books of the boys, Saw about corporation tax - took storage battery to E. S. Co - etc - Out from Sac on 5.05 Sue on 6.10 Sam'l Watson Secretary Cal. Dairy Bureau came out to look at Diggs tract - Tues 21 July 1908 Took Watson to see land - he is a frost - Took him to Davis - took Dix to Davis for music lesson -

Sue & I left for Woodland at 1.30 - Saw Yolo Bank people about Diggs pastureship. Settled with Armfield - Dined at Dr. Lawhead's Sue lost her breast pin at Percy's Garage and we went back to look for it - found it on floor. Wed 22 July 1908 Boys finished hauling hay at noon. Fixed for straw hauling and began hauling straw to creek bank and stacking barley straw. Hugh & Tom hauled straw dump home from Hext field - Sue & I went to Davis in p.m. - took box eggs - got meat, vegetables and groceries -

Thurs 23 July 1908 Got up bucks for shearing Shearers finished before noon - sheared 226 lambs and 7 bucks - - left after dinner. Gardner & I worked on auto this a.m. Dix and I went to town Dix ran auto -


Got 1 doz cans mild for Hindoos - nails etc for self - Fri 24 July 1908 Went to Davis in a.m. and bought lumber to make almond shed - got Hartman Hamel to hand it out to gate. Had Tom hand it in. Began making shed. Tom put straw in barn shed - was sick & quit for afternoon -

Sue & I went to the Rebeckah meeting - installation of officers. Miss Barr & other Esparto lady installed - Sat 25 July 1908 Worked on sled - Went to Odd Fellows installation in evening - Swinney [?] of Capay is Installing officer - Sun 26 July 1908 Chinese Louie came to look after horses - wants team for vegetable wagon - Rested much today Sue, Gardner & I took ride in auto across Diggs tract Gardner running the auto - Mon 27 July 1908

Went to Davis and met Mr. Loomis of Fancher [?] Creek nursery who is looking for land for nursery purposes for Geo. C. Roeding - took him over east field - back to 12.08 train for Sacramento. Got auto battery, box peaches etc. Out at 6.05 Took John Drummond out and he began work on harvester at noon. Tues 28 July 1908 Worked on seeds in a.m.


In p.m. sent Tom and Monschee to town for almond machine from J. E. Beach Mills - Took Sue to Temperance meeting at Mrs Eggleston's Took two men Messrs [names not recorded] out to see Diggs lands- Got case Bartlett Water and Stephenson cooler from Altman of Martinez - Wed 29 July 1908 All of us left for Capay in auto at 8.30

Attended "Harvest Festival" about 3000 people present - Was one of the speakers - They had a barbecue base ball, barbecue races, games etc - Very warm day - Home about 8 p.m. Thurs 30 July 1908 Set up almond machine Went to Davis in evening - Very hot - Fri 31 July 1908 Worked on sleds and almond machine - Attended almond meeting in afternoon Most of our almonds have been sold - Nonpareil running fro 10c to

11 1/2 c. Sat 1 Aug 1908 John and I worked on seeds for a time this a.m. then on machine - Began spout and draper for clean almonds - Hindoos sewed sheets - Very hot -


Sun 2 Aug 1908 Thos Waistell drew $10.00 Fred Schaffer came from Jeff Donnenwirths and is going to quit there - wants to come here - Mon 3 Aug 1908 Worked on almond machine -

Tue 4 Aug 1908 Tom & Fred fixed the fence around N. W. Hext field - Two sows got into Russell's field. Hugh went after them and Russell would not let him have them until he paid $5.00. Hugh returned and Sue sent the money - I went to Davis then to Woodland to have auto repaired by Percy Goyet - Car ran nicely in return until I got near home when one cylinder went out - Shaam Singh phoned he was in Davis with almond pickers. Sent two wagons for them - but four men came. Wed 5 Aug 1908 Put Fred at mending almond sheets - Took Shaam to 4 oclock train. He goes to Vacaville for more Hindoos - Got chair etc from J. E Beach - meat, berries corn, coffee tea etc for house and - spuds, tomatoes etc for Shaam - Paid Mrs. Rogers $20.00

Thurs 6 Aug 1908 Started Tom with sled and 3 Hindoos gathering almonds - 4 more Hindoos came this a.m. Tom had 7 men this p.m. Boys finished almond sheets about 4 p.m. and Monschee & Bogosin started another sheet - Changed style of sleds somewhat making sides higher -


Shaam telephoned at noon that he had some men there and I sent Fred down. He got 5 men and a few pieces of lumber. Sue went to Ladies' Aid - Started almond machine It ran nicely. Ran out 3 trays and Dix did the hull-picking - Fri 7 Aug 1908 Fearfully hot day 103 degrees

Ran two sleds all day - Shaam Hindoos 13 - Ran huller & separator ran short of almonds - - got 30 large trays out - Machine runs nicely Two picker handle them - one man at dump - Mr Trossman's son-in-law of Williams, in Colusa county called looking for land to rent. Dix took music lesson. Two more Hindoos came today. Sat 8 Aug 1908 Coller today -

Sue and I went to Woodland in a.m. Got valve and coil regulated - P. G - 50c. Got shirts, shovel, sprinkler bucket nails etc - Sue got sandals and hat for Dix and two chairs for Monschee and Bogosin - Home by way of Davis about 1.30 p.m. Ran three sleds for a time having no almonds to work on -


Ran up close on almonds at night - 26 small trays. 15 Hindoos worked all day - Got watch for Shaam - Sun 9 Aug 1908 Strong south wind - Hugh, Gardy and I let horses and mules, 30 head, into north west Diggs field and fixed fence at Russell corner.

Young man came to look after harvester extras for gasoline engine - Sue and I went to see Archie Robson who broke his leg by falling from a load of hay, his team having been frightened by Blanchard's automobile. Shaam returned bringing only two men both whites - Mon 10 Aug 1908 Shaam left early looking for more men. Mr Beach came on 10.20 train - met him at Davis - Mr. B had inner with us and I took him to 4 p.m. train. Machine did not run in a.m. Hired a man in a.m. but he quit before I got back in p.m. Hired another, Alfred - Tues 11 Aug 1908 Sue went to town with Dix and then to Sacramento shopping - $50.00 She got some duck for almond sheets. Machine did not run in a.m.

Took out hull carrier and reversed it - Ran out three trays of Ne Plus gathered by mistake Got out about 30 trays. Went to Davis for Sue who came on 6.30 p.m. train. Some Afgans came looking for work I hired them - They are to bring their men tonight.


Wed 12 Aug 1908 Afgans came some time in night, 8 of them and began work this a.m. Fred, Bogosin, Alfred Boloi and I put extension on sheets this a.m. Started fourth sled this p.m. Have 6, 7, 8 men on sleds - 6 in packing house, including Hugh. Gardner is there too - Sue & Dix are for a while. Went to Davis - took two sx graham flour back to exchange for whole wheat flour - got 3d sk whole wheat 50# rice cabbage, overalls, shirt, stamps etc

Brought out meat melons and 200 almond sks - Beautiful day - Tried to get some more men. Cashed a University of Cal. draft of $40 - favor Dave Horse Ass'n - for breeding two mares. Thurs 13 Aug 1908 Sue went to Sacramento with Dixie. Dix left on 3.25 p.m. train for Placerville Started two sleds in east orchard - on I. X. L. Alfred sick after 9 a.m. Fri 14 Aug 1908 One Afgan short today. Worked on I. X. L. almonds today -

Sat 14 Aug 1908 Alfred sick again today - laid off in p.m. Sue & I went to Davis and got Ross Pierce and wife who came from Sacramento to spend Sunday - Fine day - Sun 16 Aug 1908 Shaam got sheep for mutton for Hindoos -


Drummond took Star and went to town - Cleaned up auto - Took Pierce's (sic) to 6.20 p.m. train - showed them through State Farm grounds - A tire blew out on auto - Sue and Gardner went with me - Mon 17 Aug 1908 Tom finished knocking almonds on south side of west orchard near evening and went to east -

The Afgans, 8 in number came to me after quitting time and asked for their time. All left after supper - Shaam Singh and I went in auto to a place near Vacaville looking for Hindoos - Got none - Shaam staid over night - Went to town before noon - two Hindoos rode out with me Got new almond sheet from Hale's - Tues 18 Aug 1908 Shaam came at noon with 3 men - Put Jew with his crew into east orchard - Wed 19 Aug 1908 One Hindoo came at noon. Mr. Robbins came for samples for J. K. Armsby Co - Sue & I went to Woodland to attend meeting of Executive Committee of Anti-Saloon League -

Called on Mrs. D. Balfour and Mrs. Shelton. G. G. is to board with Mrs. S the next term. Had supper at Julian. Mr. Ashley sat [at] our table. Auto lights worked very badly Shaam went to Vacaville for more men -


Thurs 20 Aug 1908 Shaam returned at about 7 a.m. with 4 more men - 3 worked in forenoon 4 in p.m. Ran but three sleds - Went to town and got 200 almond bags, meat etc. Fri 21 Aug 1908 Put new sheet on sled and started Shaam with it with 6 men, all told - Sue and I went to Mr. Forrest's on McMahan tract and got two boxes Alberta peaches for canning paid 1 1/2c per lb.

Gardner went to Zane's to surprise party for Zane boy - drove Lady - Went to town in p.m. got sk sugar and groceries for Hindoos - Four more Hindoos came late tonight - Sat 22 Aug 1908 Shaam had 30 Hindoos one white man, Dave. Shaam drew $95.00 and got a mutton sheep - Mr & Mrs Charlie Greene called to see almond machine - Shaam & I straightened out our time books - Sun 23 Aug 1908 Tom Waistell and I sewed a 40 inch addition to three sides of his almond sheet - At 11.15 Sue, Shaam, and Tom Waistell went to Davis.

Got package from Frankie - Deposited $100 with Gastinger. Five Hindoos left early this a.m. for Fresno. Sewed a two width piece of canvas into one of sheets. Dave made round trip to Vacaville. Mon 24 Aug 1908


Loaded 95 sx Nonpareil - Sue went to Sacramento to get dress and do other shopping - Shaam has 26 men including Dave. Tom Waistell was sick and laid off this p.m. Tues 25 Aug 1908 Fred took 95 sx Nonpareil to Plant's warehouse. I went down and we got Bbl. Panhard oil, tank gasoline, sk spuds 2 sx flour for self and 4 sx flour and other supplies for Hindoos

Wed 26 Aug 1908 [No entry.] Thurs 27 Aug 1908 Our motor burned out a box and was laid up at noon. Met Mr. Lake [?] at 4 p.m. train. He also loaned me a motor and Gardner and Fred went to Dixon and got it - returning about 10 p.m. Sue went to Melrose on 4 p.m. train Fri 28 Aug 1908 Fred took 100 sx Nonpareils to town - George Gordon came and got two iron wheels, old harvester drive wheels to experiment with for a gasoline traction engine, paying $10.00 for same with privilege of returning them if a failure. Sat 29 Aug 1908 North wind today. Moved two sleds into east orchard.

Finished gathering Nonpareils - Went to town in p.m. - went via Johnson sale Put two sleds into east orchard - Tom and Monshee are working on Nonplus in west orchard -


Sun 30 Aug 1908 Frightful north wind - Fully two thirds of remaining almonds are on the ground - Mon 31 Aug 1908 Pleasant day. Went to Sacramento at 10.25 with armature and boxes of motor- Had repairing done through Mr. Schneider and got out on 6.20 train

Lee LaRue rode out with me - Moved Monshee into east orchard. Tues 1 Sept 1908 Went to town in evening - got 50 almond sax - melons meat etc - My storage battery gave out on me and when near Jeff Donnenwirth's quit - I telephone for help from Thomas' and Gardner and Fred came for me - Wed 2 Sept 1908 Gardner went to town in p.m with Lady and buggy - Got 6 batteries from Cranston's etc - Arthur Foster and M [?] Lee LaRue & Jake called today to see almond machine - Thurs 3 Sept 1908 Went to 12.05 for Sue who came from cousin Frankie's Rose Kohl came with her -

Fred took load, 100 sx Nonpareil almonds to town - Fri 4 Sept 1908 Took Sue and Rose to 7.25 Sacto train en route to State Fair. Put my motor into place in p.m. and it did not work at all. It heated and stopped. Sacked hard shell almonds 18 sx, ran screenings through fanning mill etc.


Phone to Lehe about motor - he is to come over tomorrow. Got kettles on drying grounds for prunes - Sat 5 Sept 1908 Gardner and I accompanied by Fred Shaffer went to Sacramento to attend Fair. Took storage battery to Electric Supply Co - Did not find Sue until night - Rose Kohl went home at 3.30 p.m.

All attended Pavillion in evening - Ross Pierce and wife going - Staid at El Phoebadora. Mr. Lehe came to regulate motor - Sun 6 Sept 1908 Sue, Gardner and I went to Davis on 10 a.m. train. Sue went to Mrs. McDonald's to engage May to take care of Mother - Home about 3.30 p.m. Sprinkled a little and looks like rain - Tom Waistell took Gardner's wheel and did not return in time for Gardner and Sue & I took him over in automobile - Lost one top auto strap - Mon 7 Sept 1908 Cleaned up about yard -

Sent load of 101 sx almonds to Davis in p.m. Hurt my back today - Am so lame I can scarcely navigate - Tues 8 Sept 1908 Went to town in a.m. to meet Dixwell who came in from Tahoe and to get Mr. - Z. Fish of Colton to see land.


Took Fish to Davis after lunch. Got crackers, celery salt, cheese etc for Sue's party - Got 50 almond sacks - Got 1/2 dozen watermellons for the Hindoos Had to take our motor out and put Lehe's in. Wed 9 Sept 1908 Got prune rig ready -

Went to Davis in a.m. - got ice cream, cake, ice lettuce, bread, Lye etc. for Sue's party. Sue had Ladies' Whist meeting - Finished gathering almonds - Began picking prunes - Mrs. Greene wants me to hull some almonds for her - Thurs 10 Sept 1908 Sue went to Davis with "Lady". Mrs. Rogers left Mothers. May Bracken took her place. Picked prunes - about finished - Got last of almonds hauled into packing house - Mrs. Greene sent 220 sx NePlus almonds, belonging to Mrs. Jackson for hulling -

Sue got 50 almond bags - It looks very much like rain - Settled with Shaam - Fri 11 Sept 1908 Finished hulling my own almonds at noon - Began on Jackson NePlus at noon.


Shaam & I went to Davis got money to pay men - Hauled some almonds to creek barn - Tom took 20 odd Hindoos to town - 6 remain with me - Sat 12 Sept 1908 Finished Jackson NePlus at noon - ran on Tuttle NeP[l]us in p.m. Shipped 22 head hogs - sold to Sam Lillard

- wt 5100 @ 5 3/8 274.12 Mrs. Rogers and Grace spent day here - Dix rode Gardner's wheel to town and sent it by express to Woodland. Sun 13 Sept 1908 "Lady" got hurt by running a snag into her back - Tom Waistell drew $10.00 Sue sick - Took Ivan to town in auto - Mon 14 Sept 1908 Put out 63 trays of Tuttle Neplus - turned all the prunes - Mrs. Greene sent load of Texas Prolific in a.m. and one in p.m. Charlie brought 25 sx marked Jackson NePlus - Tuttle brought about 1/2 doz, some

not marked. Sue and I went to Davis in p.m. - got 15 almond sax of Foster meat, peaches my hat fro Lodi etc. Dix drove Star to school and got 2 new books - Tue 15 Sept 1908 The Texas Prolifics are tough - Mrs. G. sent two loads of windfalls that hulled well.


Wed 16 Sept 1908 Fred took 100 sx almonds to Davis. (NePlus). Went to Davis to meet M. Diggs, who had - Thoms and two relatives from Grand Island. Home about 1 p.m. Dismissed Hindoos as Mrs. Greene failed to send load of almonds as she had said she would. Tom too 20 Peerless and the Hindoos to Davis.

Dix went to Davis with me and came home with Tom. Thurs 17 Sept 1908 Picked up odds and ends Cleaned up packing house - Crushed about 100 sx barley, putting it in horse barn. Had Tom haul fencing to new almond-sled shed - haul in cauldron kettles, fanning mill etc and get feed barley into packing house - Fri 18 Sept 1908 Mrs. Greenes wagon made two trips for almonds getting all the Texas stick tights and 37 1/2 sx NePlus, (Jackson's) 3145# Drummond fixed straw-dump and elevator on almond machine Fri 18 Sept 1908 John Drummond left this a.m. Began building a shed for almond sleds at west end of tray house

Sacked Tuttle almonds 77 sks 6698 & Mrs. Greene 1 sk 75 lbs - They came for them today Put trays into shed Looks rainy - Sat 19 Sept 1908 Family all went to Sacramento on 7.25 train -


Attended "Good Roads" meeting of Sacramento Valley Development Association - Introduced resolution favoring state aid for road across tule from Sac. to Davis - I drew 48.00 Bought Racycle $50.00 for Dix - Solar lamp & carbide and overcoat for Gardner - Shoes for self - Out at 6.10 Dix rode his wheel home -

Sun 20 Sept 1908 Went to Davis - took Sue & Dix took Tom Waistells blankets - Got watermelon and 6 almond sacks - Mother is not at all well today - Mon 21 Sept 1908 Mother better - Sue & I went to Woodland - I was in dentists chair until near 12.30 Saw Balfour regarding grain - was offered 1.22 1/2 for barley and 1.52 1/2 for wheat - Got 6 wool sx and an ax - also inner tube left for repairs at Goyet's - Sue called at the High School, Dopkings and Thomas - returned via Davis - Tues 22 Sept 1908

Fred took 100 sx almonds NePlus & Peerless to Davis - Fred and Hugh took windmill pump at house up for repairs - did not get it back - Attended Percheron Horse Ass'n meeting in p.m. Paid for breeding two mares and also $60.00 collected from State Farm for 3 mares - Sue went to Davis with "Star" and staid with Mother while May Bracken went to Sacramento to dentist. Wed 23 Sept 1908


Mrs. Greens man got Texas Prolific almonds, the last she had here. Sue and I went to Davis Sue to Ladies Whist Club I to Sacramento to sell almond meats and prunes - sold neither slow sale - Called at Geo. Lorenz's Out at 5 p.m. Fixed pump in morning. Made granary in packing house and Hindoos emptied wheat into it -

Thurs 24 Sept 1908 North wind blew a gale Hindoos finished putting wheat into packing house - Fred & Hugh prepared sheep shearing pens fixed north gate on county road - repaired sheep cote Fri 25 Sept 1908 North wind again - Bull got out - Fred got him - Fred & Hugh worked on sheep shed - Dick Bainbridge came for Tom's wagon - Answered numerous correspondents - Sent Monshe[e] with 11 sx almonds - the last - to Davis - Got sk sugar 3 - 2 x 4 scantling 80c - two barn door hangers -

Mrs. Gardner sister of Dr. Gardner and daughter are at Mothers and I took them out to State Farm. G. H. Hicke wants me to help arbitrate matter of sale of prune crop to J. K. Armsby Co - Sat 26 Sept 1908 Heavy north wind -


Sue, Dix and Fred Shaffer and self went to Davis and took excursion train for Hamilton to see sugar factory - Gardner joined us at Woodland - Lunched at "the Oaks" Hotel, visited factory and went to Chico on Northern Electric - Reached Davis on return at 9.15 p.m. Sun 27 Sept 1908 Sue & I took Gardner to 6.30 p.m. train - Sheep shearers came -

Broke front spring on auto - Mon 28 Sept 1908 Began shearing sheep - Went to Davis with Sue at 1 p.m. Got auto spring fixed Sue attended Improvement Club meeting - Tues 29 Sept 1908 Sue and I left with auto at 7.45 for San Francisco. Had nice run near the 5 mile house when an old tire gave out on us. Changed and threw it away. Stopped twice because gasoline was shut off - got 12.30 boat at Vallejo - Ran to T. B. Jeffery's and left car. They want to trade us a new one a 1909 model and are to have it from storehouse on Monday next - Stopped at Grand Hotel and went to "Cameraphone" show -

Wed 30 Sept 1908 Went to Byron on 8.20 train. Was given room 233 - Took hot tub bath - Thurs 1 Oct 1908 Had mud bath this a.m. Wrote address for State Farm Institute at Davis on 8th inst -


Strong south wind. Fri 2 Oct 1908 Took hot tub bath this p.m. Wrote address and questions for almond growers. Fearful north wind. Sat 3 Oct 1908

Left Byron at 1.30 arrived at Melrose at 5 p.m. Staid at Frankie's. Sun 4 Oct 1908 Sue went to Christian Science Church - Will and I went to Granada and Half Moon Bay and I bought three lots - one business for $2500. Two residence for 700, and 475 respectively - Home at 7 p.m. Mon 5 Oct 1908 Sue and I spent day looking-up automobiles - had demonstration in Stoddard Dayton Finally got back to T. B. Jefferys' and saw their 1909 car - Took matter of trade under advisement Tues 6 Oct 1908

Went to city with Sue and Pierce Porter - Made trade of auto, or rather Sue did. I went to morning session of Trans Mississippi Congress - Went to T. B. J's at 12.30 Men had begun work on new car - It is to have many modern attachments - glass, Jones Speedometer, Gabriel Horn, air tank - tire irons - extra tire and two extra inner tubes etc. All lunched with Mr. Harvey at the "Bismark."


Sue & Pierce went to the Congress. Settled with C H Kindrick for 1st payment on lots - Wed 7 Oct 1908 Sue, Mildred, Pierce and self went to City to T. B. Jeffreys' Went to 73 Webster st for mantle lam[p?] - did not get it - man later brought part of it - Got car in time for 12.30 Vallejo boat -

Harvey, L. D. - went with us to Suisun where he took train for San Francisco. Paid $1500 difference on trade of autos. Reached home about 7 p.m. Dixwell, who has been staying at Mother's is here. Thurs 8 Oct 1908 Went to Davis with Sue to attend Farmers' Institute at State Farm, where I had [made?] welcome address State Grange attended. - good crowd. Ladies gave dinner in shops - Fri 9 Oct 1908 Attended institute Fewer out today -

Arrangements were made to banquet Dr. Curtis of Iowa and they wanted me to take W. C. Russell in my auto to Woodland and I declined - They phoned to Woodland for auto and got Wm Vanzee - Staid to evening exercises. Home about 10 p.m.


Sat 10 Oct 1908 Institute closed at 12 m. Was Chairman of Committee on Resolutions Took Mrs. Barlow of Sebastopol, Mrs. Leroy Anderson, Mr. & Mrs. W. D. Chiles for ride through farm, to LaRue vineyard and Chiles place where we got 4 large watermellons (sic) - - had great feast at shops for attendants. Hugh Lamont left for a week vacation at Suisun

Sun 11 Oct 1908 Sue and I went to Davis to see Mother who is not as well as usual. Mon 12 Oct 1908 Fred is sowing summerfall (sic) next to Maier's Monshe[e] took load of barley to Fred. Mr. Keith, a friend of the Mr. Walker who bought a piece of land in N. W. cor Diggs tract was here to look over land. I brought him out and took him back. Took 54 squares honey for Gardner to Davis 24 Anderson 30 Hoag. Got my overcoat and a robe, sent by Harvey by express Tues 13 Oct 1908 Monshe[e] moved 24 sx hardshell almonds from creek barn to packing house. Monshe [Pierce is spelling the name with one "e"for a while now] and I burned straw piles in packing-house yard.

Sue and I went to Woodland in p.m. Settled with R. B Cranston $117.50 got transmission grease, leather and rivets. Saw Dr. Lawhead and got medicine for self - Jeff Donnenwirth called to see about land. He is to volunteer the 80 north of Thomas -


Wed 14 Oct 1908 Started Fred harrowing on the 100 acres summerfallow at Maier's place - Tinkered at home until late in p.m. It began sprinkling in p.m. Dixwell staid at Mother's Sue and I went to Davis -

Sue staid at Mother, I went to Sacramento to "Boosters" meeting. Stopped at State House had attended Booster meeting at Clunie Theater - Rained hard during evening. Thurs 15 Oct 1908 Was quite sick last night - late about getting up this a.m. Attended Realty men' meeting in a.m. and again the general meeting at Chamber of Commerce rooms in p.m. Saw M. Diggs and Mr. Walker of NonPareil Got my Panama hat, some stationery, and a Gillette safety razor for Gardner. Out at 5.05 train Mr. P. N. Ashley was aboard. Sue went to Ladies' Aid meeting at Mrs Albert Ross'. Auto ran out of gas and electricity and I was hung up at my gate.

Wm Vanzee came along and sold me a battery to come home on. Fri 16 Oct 1908 Cleaned up auto Chinese peddler Loui came and I got up Joker and Easter for him Fixed bed for Dixwell took out G. G's window -


Went to Davis in p.m. took 6 rolls butter got groceries for Hindoos and box apples for house - Paid A. C. Hillman storage on D & P. wheat Paid F. P. Smith 42.40 hardware bill and also rented $5.00 safe deposit box - Stopped to see Jeff about going to Capay sale, but he will not go - Sat 17 Oct 1908

Gardner and I went to sale at Moore place near Capay - going by Woodland and returning by Winters - We went to head of Yolo County Consolidated Water Co's ditch North wind blew a gale - Sun 18 Oct 1908 Nice day - Went to see Mother. Mon 19 Oct 1908 Mother quite sick - Tues 20 Oct 1908 Mother sick Wed 21 Oct 1908 Staid at Mother's.

Thurs 22 Oct 1908 Mr & Mrs. T. F. Dopking called to see Mother - they go into Colusa for a visit tomorrow. Fri 23 Oct 1908 Mrs. [name not given] of Dunnigan called Sat 24 Oct 1908 Today is Mother's birthday - 87 years old -


Mother was practically unconscious all day. - was wholly so from about noon or before when she refuse to take further nourishment. Sun 25 Oct 1908 Mother still lingers unconscious and apparently complaining at times - Mon 26 Oct 1908 Mother breathed her last at 2.30 this a.m.

Telephoned for Mr. Kitto and he came before 6 a.m. Sue, Mrs. Campbell, Mrs. Wright & Mrs. Pugh went to Woodland with me - engaged casket - got flowers [?] etc. Tues 27 Oct 1908 Mother's funeral was held at 2 p.m. from her late residence in Davis - Attendance was large - Floral gifts were exquisite May Bracken, the girl and nurse left - Family went home. Wed 28 Oct 1908 Sue and I went to Davis - had Monshee go with wagon. Brought some things home - Went to U. C. Farm to hear a little of Dr. Wheeler's speech

Mrs. Pel Montgomery was buried this a.m. Thurs 29 Oct 1908 All worked at Davis home - Fri 30 Oct 1908 Fred Schaffer drove "Rose" Falrose mare to Davis - Fred helped "clean up"


Sat 31 Oct 1908 [No entry.] Sun 1 Nov 1908 [No entry.] Mon 2 Nov 1908 All at Davis home Tues 3 Nov 1908 Election day.

All hands cleaning up. Had "Lady" driving mare operated on at the State Farm - They took out two pieces of snag from her shoulder - pieces were 8 inches in length. Wed 4 Nov 1908 Fred Schaffer began painting porch step[s?] Thurs 5 Nov 1908 Worked at Davis and went home at night - Fri 6 Nov 1908 Worked in Davis Went to Woodland in p.m. took Mr. & Mrs B. E. Hutchinsons trip about county - north of Cache creek Sue & I took Mr & Mrs. Andy Martin to U. C. Farm to hear lecture by Judge Shields - Sat 7 Nov 1908

Painted, cleaned and practically finished at Davis home. Had "Lady's" wound dressed and sent her home at night - Sun 8 Nov 1908 Sue, Dix Soon and I went to Davis - Telegraphed to J. Allen Osman my inability to go to Washington D. C. to meet Ways and Means Committee of Congress on Almond business - W. dn sent statement and check to close account of Diggs and Pierce with me -


Mon 9 Nov 1908 Went to Sacramento to see M. Diggs but he had gone to San Francisco. Alden Anderson had also gone to city - Sel Nourse was not in office Saw Joe Stephens of Hale Bros. regarding tule road from Broderick to Swingle. Sue went to get material for old upholsterer. Fred took to Falrose mares to town for Ah Louie but as he did not have the money with which to pay I sent them home -

Fred cleaned up the tank house and took some things home - Tues 10 Nov 1908 Almost sick abed with severe cold. Went to Woodland via Davis at 11.20 Took 5 rolls butter Paid for salt and sugar. Paid 1st installment Taxes 384.10 Taxes are about $200 higher than last year. Got Highway bill for road to Broderick to Swingle from C. W. Thomas. Consulted E. E. Leake and J I McConnell. Got pants and tie for G. G - Fred & Hugh got flume lumber up creek and fixed culvert near sheep shed - Sue had Hindoos at house cleaning - Foggy this a.m. and very cold -

Wed 11 Nov 1908 Helped at housecleaning etc. [In another hand, possibly Mrs. Pierce's:] Gardner's birthday: Sweet[?] good boy - who is beautifully devoted to "Father" Thurs 12 Nov 1908 Sue & I left for San Fran. on 9.15 train.


Stopped at Grand Hotel. Went to Thos B. Jefferys' and to see Alden Anderson. Georgie and Mr. Trowbridge called and staid until 11.45 p.m. Hindoos finished hauling manure and are to prune in east orchard - Fri 13 Nov 1908 Sue & I left San Francisco with California Promotion Committee excursion, about 200 people, on fine parlor, observation and dining car train -

Ran late and reached Los Angeles about 2.30 a.m. Stopped at Hotel Alexandria room 348 - Sat 14 Nov 1908 Attended forenoon and afternoon meetings of Promotion Committee - Was Chairman of Resolutions Committee and had to tilt with Isidor Jacobs regarding Government ships from San Francisco to Panama. Sun 15 Nov 1908 Sue & I went to Tropico in a.m. In p.m. our party went to Long Beach Saw Hotel Virginia, beach and Craig shipbuilding plant - Mon 16 Nov 1908 Went to Mission San Gabriel Monrovia for lunch and auto ride - and Pasedena (sic) for auto ride, then to Ostrich Farm.

Tues 17 Nov 1908 Went to Mt. Lowe with about 60 of our party - Wed 18 Nov 1908 Went to Redlands and Riverside via Santa Fe 8.30 a.m. Mr. & Mrs. W. E. Woolsey and Mr. & Mrs [first name not recorded] Hinman of Oakland were our company - Had carriage at Redlands and auto [at] Riverside.


Lunched at Redlands at Hotel Hillcrest Arrived at L. A. at 6.30 Thurs 19 Nov 1908 Left Los Angeles at 8.00 a.m. Mr & Mrs. Vincent Hook were on same car. Arrived at S. F. at 11.45 Staid at Grand Hotel.

Fri 20 Nov 1908 Left San Francisco for home at 10.40 Arrived at Davis at 1.45 Signed almond checks Saw Ah Louie Home at 4.30 Sat 21 Nov 1908 Worked on telephone in a.m. - got it working - Sue and I went to Woodland in p.m. Called at Mrs. Greene's to leave package for Sue - Got storage battery Called to pay City tax but Stephens was not in - Paid T. H. Kitto for Mother's funeral expenses -

Stopped at Jack Cecil's for a few moments for Sue to see the babies of Pearl and Grace. Took 6 rolls butter to Davis. Got $4.05 worth goods for Hindoos - Sue got tomatoes - Sprinkled at times today and tonight rained -


Rain .23 Sun 22 Nov 1908 Cleaned up auto and went to Brow's trying to get bill for rent - Mon 23 Nov 1908 Rained last night .25 Fred took 25 turkies (sic) to Davis - wt 24 = 248# one shot in tree - Took "Silvertail" filley (sic) to Luft for hoof treatment -

Left auto tire chains with Luft for lengthening. Home at 12 M. Killed and dress five turkies (sic) - Sue, Gardner & I went to Davis to attend "Farm Commission" session at State Farm. Made speech on reforms demanded. Met M. Diggs and discussed the renting of the 140 acre field to W. C. Russell - Sent turkeys by express to Mrs. H. A. Shelton, Marion Atwood and Mrs. Lorenz - Got tank of coal oil - and box of apples - Tues 24 Nov 1908 Sue, Gardner, Dixwell and self left in auto 1909 Rambler at 8.15 a.m. for Cousin Frankie Porter's at Fruitvale. The roads are muddy and in bad condition in many places We went to Benicia and got to wharf just in time to see the ferry boat Solano leave for

Port Costa and had to wait an hour and a quarter. The road out of Port Costa is very hilly in San Pablo - On way over the hill the water pipe over engine parted and w lost the water - Filled up at a market on San Pablo Ave. and reached Frankie's about 6.20 p.m. We took two tukeys, a roll of butter and 3 doz eggs - Wed 25 Nov 1908


Rained quite hard this forenoon. Gardner and I took auto to city via creek route. Bay was rough. Stopped raining about 11 a.m. Gardner & I shopped some and returned at 6 p.m. We took mantle lamp - back to Du Bose at 73 Webster St for exchange Du B was not in - left lamp - Rained at home.

Hindoos did not work. Thurs 26 Nov 1908 Beautiful day. Strolled about hills this a.m. Heavy frost - Frankie's Thanksgiving dinner was very fine - Will and I tramped over hills to east of town. Sue, Gardner, Frankie Will and myself "Ye Liberty" Theater Oakland, 13th & Broadway and witnessed production of David Harum. It was well staged - Sue and Frankie drove Frankie's "Thomas flyer", the rest of us went on street cars - Frosty and north wind at home. Fri 27 Nov 1908

Gardner and I went to City for auto Called on Du Bose about lamp - He is to forward one later. Took auto to Fruitvale - Sue and Frankie had gone riding - so took Rose and Mildred to Fruitvale, then out 14th St - All attended Musical at Mrs [name not given] home in Melrose, going in auto. Called for Mrs Indig, at Allendale and took her home after entertainment. Program good -


Auto not doing well as throttle and spark lever go together. North wind at home. Sat 28 Nov 1908 Gardner and I took auto to San Francisco for adjustment - Bought shirts etc Left for Fruitdale at 3.20 No one at home so Gardner and I took run to and through Berkeley, Claremont etc. Rose attended musical and dance by her church (Catholic) people.

Sun 29 Nov 1908 We left for home in auto at 8.10. Will went with us to Richmond street car line terminus. Near Pinole while trying to pass a buggy we ran into a miry place up to axle. Three Italians near by helped us out after half or three quarters of an hour work - We reached Port Costa at 11.20 transferred soon after - At Benicia got 5 gals. gasoline At Suisun got 2 qts oil - Went via Vacaville and reached home at 4.45 - Mon 30 Nov 1908 Set Hindoos to burning brush in west orchard - Sue and I went to Sacramento to attend session of Farm Life Commission appointed by President Roosevelt. Spoke in p.m.

Lunched with Mrs. Walton and Mrs. Smith of Yuba City. Got shoes fixed for Sue and had suit pressed - Out on 5.05 train Tues 1 Dec 1908 W. C. Russell is the to farm the 160 acres in S. W. cor. north of road in Diggs tract.


Went to Davis - enroute (sic) to Sacramento, but getting letter from M. Diggs that he was out of town I went to Woodland instead - Sue went to Sacramento - Paid city taxes - Wed 2 Dec 1908 Fred began plowing ditches in east field - Went to Sacramento on 12.05 out at 5.05 Saw M Diggs.

Thurs 3 Dec 1908 Went to field. Donnenwirth's and Sander's - Hired or rather contracted for a team of Jeff to help put in winter grain. Fri 4 Dec 1908 Rained at intervals most of day and some in evening - Sue, Dix and I went to Davis to Ladies Bazaar - Gardner came from Woodland Got evening meal at Bazaar - Home about 12 p.m. Put all side curtains and chains on auto - Sat 5 Dec 1908 Fred Shaffer went to Sacramento - drew $100 - Went to Davis in p.m. attended Fairfield Ditch meeting -

Old Board of Directors were re-elected with old officers - Sun 6 Dec 1908 Beautiful day - win north - Took Gardner to 5.35 train for Woodland - Left one hand saw and three pruning saws with Mr Covell Sr for filing - Fred Shaffer got back -


Mon 7 Dec 1908 Fred plowing in east field - too dry - Tues 8 Dec 1908 Fred & Hugh plowed at drain ditches etc. Wed 9 Dec 1908 Rained at intervals - Went to Woodland on train

Borrowed $1000 on wheat of Bank of Woodland - Saw Armfield, Boye [?] [Boys?] about hay and Thomas about S & B. [Swingle & Broderick] road Thurs 10 Dec 1908 Fred and I again tried plowing but failed - Began scraping out drains - north of east barn - Fri 11 Dec 1908 Went to Sacramento on 10.20 train - Saw Mr. Ellery, State Engineer about Swingle - Broderick road - Got another teamster - James - Got watch for Monshee and one for D - Monshee & Bogosin drew their money to Dec 1st

Sat 12 Dec 1908 Started James - plowing - Broke moundboard - and spring off lever - Had two men Pepper & [name not recorded] to see Diggs Tract - showed lots 1. 2. 3. 4 - 16. 19. Sue and I went to 500 Club meet at Mrs. Weise's - taking Mrs. Guy Miner - The first meeting of club for about 1 1/2 years - Sue and I each won first prizes - My score was 3540 "on" 500 "off"


It was very foggy - Monshee & Bogosin went to Sacramento - Sun 13 Dec 1908 Fixed halters & harness in a.m. Went with auto to Davis to meet Marion & son at 12.05 Made rings for line -

Mon 14 Dec 1908 Got up third plow team of eight - got them hitched up before noon. Had to got to Davis for plow lever, line etc in a.m. Saw Frank Campbell and hired two teams for plowing at $5.50 each per day - Had lunch taken to barn in east field - Went to Davis to 3.58 train taking Marion Atwood and Galt - Hindoos are back - Tues 15 Dec 1908 Butchered two hogs - Jas Campbell sent two 8 mule teams at noon to plow for me - Cut northeast 40 acre piece in two, 5 teams plowing on it - Hugh made new bunk Hindoos began bluestoning wheat -

Wed 16 Dec 1908 Rained some last night - While it was slippery on top we plowed - Frank & Len finished their land at noon - others finished at night - 60 acres piece is too wet - moved on to 30 acre piece south & east of barn - Went to town in a.m. and got extra "B.3" for plow - put it on at noon -


Sue went to Ladies Aid at Mrs. Ellsworth's Blacksmithed and cut up meat in p.m. Thurs 17 Dec 1908 Gardner took Sue and Dixwell to Davis in auto for 10.20 train en-route to Sacramento. Later he cleaned auto up and went to Davis again for folks who came on 5.05 train Very cold and foggy in a.m. Fred & I went around land south and east of slough 180 acres -

All plowed on 34 acre piece Fred and I marked out the 60 acre piece and took 4th plow off his gang - Fri 18 Dec 1908 Cold and foggy Thermometer this 5.30 a.m. registered 22 degrees. The frost was the heaviest I ever saw in California. The pepper trees and wire fences were beautiful. Frost was heavy at noon in shady places and in well protected spots frost did not disappear today. Finished up 34 acre piece at noon with Campbell teams and have all on 60 acre piece - Frank Campbell called today Last day of school for Dixwell. He spoke "An old Christmas stocking." Hugh and Gardner ground sausage meat 20 lbs, this p.m. Salted meat -

Sat 19 Dec 1908 Foggy. Thermometer 30 degrees - Cold all day. Took Ah Soon to 1.45 Sacramento train. Soon drew $50.00 and went to see a doctor. The annual meeting of the Davisville Almond Grower's Association was held this p.m. and I was elected President - Sun 20 Dec 1908


Mended harness. Went to 4 p.m. train for Ah Soon. He came back to[o] full for utterance, but got better later. He brought home much Chinese medicine. Mr. Campbell sent another 8 mule team to plow - Will Fisher was with it - Mon 21 Dec 1908 Set three teams harrowing 40 acre piece - Sowed in afternoon -

did not quite finish piece. Tues 22 Dec 1908 Began raining about 4 a.m. After 8 a.m. but little rain Boys did not work today Fred got in sowing wagon with grain on it - Hugh and Fred went to LaRue's looking for stray sheep - got none - Gardner and I went to Sacramento - G - "shopped" I saw Mr. Joe Stephens, Mr. Hale et al in re - Broderick-Swingle road - Out at 5.05 Sam Lillard gave me draft for car hay to C Swanson & Son $193.63 Gardner & I turned about 100 head of sheep into field from French's field - Wed 23 Dec 1908 Stared 6 teams plowing, in middle of field.

Got 12 peach trees of Geo. Sanders and Hugh got 150 Tokay rooted vines in p.m. Gardner & Hugh fixed sheep fence at nursery - Went with auto to 12.10 train Met Cousin Frankie, Rose Pierce and Mildred Porter. Gardner & Pierce went to Davis for Xmas tree and supplies - Went to field when plowing is going on -


ground plows well. Thurs 24 Dec 1908 Frankie and I went to Davis to 12.10 train. Met Cousin Will - Sue went too and she & I attended Mrs. Burlin Cecil's funeral - We had a Christmas tree in parlor and the children had many presents and a fine time - Fri 25 Dec 1908

Charley Campbell went home today and his men came in at about 4 p.m. Had fine dinner - Was at vineyard and helped set out grape vines - Sat 26 Dec 1908 Foggy Harry broke his plow - fixed lever guide - Went to nursery - engaged 265 more rooted vines and 2 Wickson plum trees - Hugh got nursery stock in p.m. Will, Rose, Mildred and Dixwell went with me to Woodland in p.m. - got battery from Dahler films for camera etc. Will, Frankie, Sue & I attended 500 Club meet at Mrs. Wilbur's. Mrs. W. D. Read went with us - We got stuck, for a time, in a mudhole at corner south of Mrs. Read's. They had five tables and a nice time.

I read a chapter of "That Pup." and "recent legislation". Sun 27 Dec and Mon 28 Dec 1908 [No entries.] Tues 29 Dec 1908 Heavy fog - Sowed the 34 acre piece south & east of barn in middle field in a.m.


Gardner and I went to Woodland in auto in afternoon. Met two men who want to buy a lot in the Diggs tract. Think I can sell them lot 29. Telephoned to M. Diggs at Yuba City regarding the sale expense 45c. Returned by way of Davis Frankie had Dr. Gallian out to see Pierce, he diagnoses the case as scarletina. Wed 30 Dec 1908 Went to Woodland in auto Gardner going too.

Sold lot 29 to Mr. Weste & Son for $11800. They paid $600 down and gave mortgage for balance at 6 % interest net - Home via Davis - Campbell's teams finished plowing in northeast corner - Thurs 31 Dec 1908 Campbell's teams went home - Hugh left for a vacation. Gardner went to town with mule team taking Hugh, Harry, a driver I discharged and two empty gasoline tanks - He brought back a tank of gasoline and a sixteen foot water trough ordered from Cranston - Memoranda Sprinkled Mch 3d, next April 21st vegetation suffering - May 15th only a few light showers during last eight weeks - Jan 1st 1909 Rainfall to date has been light about 4 inches.

We have plowed dry dirt at all times - It has been very foggy of late -

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