1936 April 26th Sunday
Very chilly S.W. wind and cloudy but no rain. I got meals, baked a cake before church also cooked meat and potatoes. Will washed dishes and took me to church at 10:30 a.m. and I was late, he came for me at noon and in p.m. took LeMoyne and Thomas up to store to practice ball, then he went to look at cattle, had to get LeMoyne to get in an heifer and her new-born calf for mother wouldn’t claim it, as they took it out on State Land and Lemoyne got in cow and Will got the calf in car. Thomas walked home in eve and the men chored and 5 yearling colts gone so Thomas and Will in car and Lemoyne horseback found them N.W. corner State land.
1946 April 26th Friday
Bright warm day. Will chored and he looked at cattle and fussed so much, never went out to disc. I went with him, some looking at cattle, got eats, played solitaire, read some, listened to radio and had an awful cough.
1956 April 26th Thursday
Bright a.m. but got cloudy late p.m. in Northwest, was hazy and not so bright going to Valentine via Littleburg so not so bad on Will’s eyes to drive to Valentine. Athel, Danny and Patsy were here yesterday on way to Johnsons to get census then on to Carmen to clean dishes, floors. We got to Valentine. Will saw Dr. and he fixed bows on Will’s glasses, got Vet Medicine for cows, got battery etc. for Tractor & Pick Up repairs, groceries. Saw State Bank about Helen Holtman land and deed sent back for witnesses and notarized so will be here soon. We got bananas, boiled ham, and I took some bread and rolls given to us by Jerry Johnson. They are delicious. I put butter on rolls, also on bread, took chicken and carrots boiled together for me as Will did not eat. Went to Crookston, Nebr., on to Rosebud to a tax meeting of Indians being taxed. Them Whiting Sr., Wm George and Loyd Pierce, Herman Haukaas or maybe Hank (Henry), Tom and Louise Colombe, Mrs. Wm Colombe and Gus Knob of Norman and a lot I do not know will ask Attorney General at Pierre legal advice if we have to pay taxes. We came home just as was spitting rain on windshield but quit before we got home, came to Mission, South to west of Sells on 83, then to our road and to Hidden Timber and home. Vere fed bulls & calves hay in barn lot. Others out in home pasture N.W. North and up My Creek, had to get a calf backward and fix a cow that had wethers out. Mrs. Johnson and children home. Flat tires, we got patches. Billie Abbott came for 3 of their cows in River.