June 17, 1936, Wednesday
North and N.E. breeze, cool indoors, bright, warm outside. I got meals, slept in p.m. and mopped kitchen, our room floors and finished the woodwork, that is, wiped kalsomine from it. The men put some calves in round corral to wean, then counted the rest out into big pasture and LeMoyne rode in p.m. and Will and Thomas fixed the pipe that drained the overflow from the first windmill to lake-bed. They had to go to Chauncey’s to get pipe cut but got it fixed. The Seed-Feed Loan Collector of White River was here to see what Will could do about his loan. A heifer to have calf was gone so LeMoyne looked until late for her and Will and Thomas went in car after supper to Ben’s and Lattimores but did not find her.
June 18, 1936, Thursday
Bright, hot, dusty South wind until towards evening clouds from the north but no rain, and wind changed to N.W. before bed-time. I got meals but Will did most of supper, for I washed and hung out clothes. Will got in water and carried clothes to line and hauled out waste water, for he finished the painting in our room on the wood-work and went to the store to mail letters and get groceries and took eggs, then he got in the clothes and washed dinner dishes and fixed supper. I put potatoes on to fry, folded the clothes and made the beds upstairs, for I washed the bedding, and the boys managed to sleep by caring for the beds other times.
June 19, 1936, Friday
A south-east wind, bright, cool. I got meals and Will varnished the Chiffonnier, and I gilted the handles to the same. Will in forenoon had to go to the pasture to help Lemoyne get a calf, then he came for the car and brought the calf home, and Lemoyne got the cow in the evening. Will fed the calf some milk and ginger. Frank Van Epps got the lard press and later the hay-sweep, he also helped Will, Thomas and Lemoyne get a cow out of the river. Lemoyned looked for hogs at Ben’s, found them at Wisenbergers, then he went to the pasture and Thomas took lunch. They fixed fence, but Lemoyne was not at the ranch for he had to ride on the stock. Andrew Night-Pipe and Leslie Wade were here this early afternoon.
June 20, 1936, Saturday
A terrible south-east wind and warm. I got meals, baked bread, ironed clothes and mopped floors. Will chored, and he and Thomas and Lemoyne pulled out the cow from Rock Creek again, and after dinner the same cow was near the creek, so Frank Van Epps and Glen Lattimore, who brought home the sweep, pulled her out with their team as Will went down with the car.
He put root-beer on ice, then varnished center table and painted our toilet. Thomas and Lemoyne took lunch, rode on cattle, and finished the Big Pasture fence. Lattimores butchered a hog and they got it all cared for, so Frank brought the lard press back. Will went to the store and mailed letters and came right back after telling Ora Daywitts they had chickens at the post office.
June 21, 1936, Sunday
Cool S.E. wind changed to the south and back to S.E. and remained cool. I got breakfast and for dinner we ate ice-cream that Will froze after he and the boys chored. The boys went to dance at Hidden Timber Bowery and came home in Tom’s car, for Stanley got them last eve, they went to store, got Mose (Hinley) Boyd, then to Ed’s for dinner and on to Mission to Mission vs. Hidden Timber ball-game. Mission won 16-10. They weren’t home at bed-time. Ben Clausen came on his way to have Bonus Papers fixed as a mistake last time he was at Sazama’s, so went back to-day. After we ate ice-cream Will and I gave the cow that had been getting in creek some water and on out via Ben Clausen’s and on to Ed’s. Met them west of Couser Place, Ed, Rena, Edward, Charlotte, Clarence and Yvonne so they came down here, we ate ice-cream, then supper. Mr. Manhurst came horseback to see about not moving the Whiting School.