Mar 7, 1905 | Snowed, rained. We all moved from Cass place near Allison where we had lived since Mar. 14, 1895 to the farm 1 mile W. of Lenora, which was 18 miles east of Allison. We brought 2 loads and sprung wagon. Got here at 2 P. M. |
Mar 12 | Went up to Cass place at Allison with 2 wagons & the next day brought 2 loads chickens and turkeys. |
Mar 21 | Went up to other place at Allison and brought down 20 cows. |
Mar 24 | Went up to other place with 2 wagons and brought 21 young sows. Essie took Co. examination. |
Mar 27 | I and Roy went up other place and brought 17 swarms bees. |
Mar 30 | I, Roy & Kent, Huey went up to other place & brought 37 cattle. |
Apr 2, 1905 | Sun. Kent got his eye hurt. Home. Guy Foster rode Mellie down. |
Apr 3 | Planted potatoes in orchard. Took cattle to stock yards in Lenora. |
Apr 4 | Got up early & I and Roy went and loaded cattle & I went to K. C. with cattle. Got $5.75 hundred lbs. for 37 head. Average weight 1272 lbs. each. |
Apr 6 | I got home from K. C. |
Apr 14 | I and Roy went up to other place and staid all night and next day hauled hogs to Jennings. 76 head average weight of each 226 lbs. Got $5.37½ hundred lbs. Hogs brought. |
Apr 16 | Went to meeting at square top P. M. To funeral afternoon. |
Apr 28 | Took John Bennett and Henry Swendener up to look at other place. |
Apr 29 | Got scales. All went to Town P. M. |
May 1, 1905 | Got 1 load corn. Washed. Worked on scales. |
May 3 | J. H. Wilson came & I and Huey went up to other place. Staid all night and brought 2 calves & 102 pigs down here. Sold Wilson 2 mares. Beauty & Floss for $350.00 and 60 hogs at $5.00 per hundred lbs. |
May 5 | Bought black horse team of Mr. Turner for $162.50. I and Boys went to other place and got 40 fat cattle & four cows. |
May 7 | Went to meeting at square top school house. |
May 8 | Began to dig cellar for new house. Big revival meeting began in Lenora. |
May 9 | I started to K. C. with stock. Roy & Huey went up to other place. |
May 10 | Roy and Huey got home from other place with 94 pigs. Big wind storm. Mr. Swisher and boy got killed north of town. |
May 11 | I got home from K. C. Got $5.20 for cattle. Boys worked on cellar. |
May 12 | Hauled rock. Worked on cellar. Lloyd helped. |
May 27 | Big rain & hail. River up highest its ever been. Up to corner of barn. |
| [From May 27 till now nothing was written, but during this time the building of the New house.] |
Aug 12, 1905 | I went up to Mr. Bennetts. Got load corn. |
Aug 13 | Sunday hot. Went to meeting morn. Ross and Stella got whooping cough. |
Oct 9, 1905 | Butchered 1st hog. Got steers of Fraziers. |
Oct 10 | Got 40 steers. Cutting. |
Oct 11 | Boys got cattle from other place. Sold 16 bu. apples. Bought 1st load corn of Thompson. |
Oct 12 | Finished inside of house & scrubbed floors. Got light plant. |
Oct 13 | Commenced porches. Paid Mr. Tuggle. |
Oct 14 | Cold day. Went town. Worked on house. |
Oct 15 | Sunday staid at home. Mr. & Mrs. S. Barrick Dan Lottei here. |
Oct 16 | Monday. Washed. Hauled hay. Worked on house. |
Oct 26 | Mr. Mellon got painting done. Paid $26.00. Made balester. |
Oct 27 | We commenced to move into new house. Ross got his boots. Snowing. |
Ot 28 | Moving all day. |
Oct 29 | Sunday staid home all day. Raining & snowing. |
Oct 30 | Moving and fixing. Snowing. |
Oct 31 | Done chores. Went to meet Mrs. Dochow. |
Nov 1, 1905 | Mrs. Dochow & children went home. Jim came to work on porch. |
Nov 2 | Mr. Little fixed hot water pipes. Mr. Tuggle got done on house. |
Dec 17 | Aunt Viola Cover died at her home in Calif. (Riverside). |
Dec 24 | Staid home. In eve went to Xmas tree at Lenora in eve. |
Dec 25 | Christmas day at home. Took hogs to ship. |
Dec 26-27 | Washed. Shipped hogs. Took roosters to town. Made hominy. |