1926 April 15th Thursday

A strong W. and N.W. wind so quite dry and dry, bright and warm. Louise to school and in even went with William and I to the store. I made bread and so sooty in the stove. Will felt bad but had to clean the stove and I am sick so was a nuisance. Will went to field and George and William came in from discing and George to Wisenbergers and got seeder. Jake Wisenberger, Mrs. A. Elshire & Dan Wagner here to-day. A real bad prairie fire S.E. of here this p.m.

1936 April 15th Wednesday

Wind blew quite strong from the north but was warm and sun bright. The men chored and Thomas got Fritz’s bridle and saddle blanket before breakfast so he and LeMoyne went to Hansen corner in Tripp Co. to get 71 head Rahn Horses but three of these belong to William Abbott or rather sold to Rahn so they got them at Abbotts. Robert Rahn and another young lad brought the horses from Witten to Hansens. The boys were back at 3 p.m. and Will went to Valentine and he came in early, also we had an early supper and just as we were eating Lawrence Wright and Plenty Horse brought 155 poles so Will bought them and they ate supper. I got meals and slept from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. for I never got dinner and Will and I got in from O’Kreek near midnight last night. Mr. Lattimore went with Will to Valentine.

1946 April 15th Monday

Bright, windy from South East and chilly then warm again. Will chored, we went to where we met Lew McKee at his pasture gate and Will talked to him about number of cattle he wanted to put in Winter Pasture after Nov. 1st, 1946 for winter months. We passed McKees, went to Highway, on to Rosebud. Got gas at Rosebud, had only a lunch there at New Cafe of hamburgers, milk and ice-cream and coffee. Will brought Frank McKenzie, Rose Herman’s husband to our car parked near office at Rosebud and he wanted our address for may get Milk Camp Association of Indians to buy Scottie the Stallion. Henry Arcoren was at Rosebud. He came home with us to get his wagon and horses. Will & Hank had malted milk and I a beef sandwich and milk at Hoffine Cafe, Mission. Chas Lunderman was visiting at our car, and Mr. George Cortier of O’Kreek to ride to Mission but Fred Rahn took him and Lucy Little Money to O’Kreek. Rain and Tom Whiting and Dickie ate dinner at Rosebud Cafe when we did. Whitings are getting some cattle into Rahn’s pasture this summer. Will went to Selective Office and we saw Narvin, Donna and Johnny Boyd at Whiting Store. They are here from Seattle, Washington for a visit.

1956 April 15th Sunday

Bright, nice day. Vere looked about cows and calves and chored, did milking and fed stock in Barn lot and Bulls & calves and chickens and got his meals. I got eats and read some, laid down after lunch. Will sept a lot. A Willcut young man and family and several others came in a Washington State car to see if we need help but we don’t need it now. Also Mr. Fairchild (Howard) Pardner as Jack and Cherrie Parker call him. Also Dave Parker and they came up from Broadwater, Nebr. last night but had car trouble so rested awhile in the car. They drank coffee and Dave asked about job and we will decide later and let him know. They went back to Thomas’s and Doris gave them lunch as Athel and Jimmie are at Ainsworth, Nebr. so Thomas, David and Doris are at home. Wm Leo and Billie came to get or ask about plow. Mr. & Mrs. Leslie Johnson, 2 yr. old Billie and 9 mo. old daughter. We gave them coffee, ice-cream and strawberries. Abbotts went home and Johnsons to Chet Weavers late p.m.

1926 April 14th Wednesday

Bright but cool and a very still day as a fire S.W. to Carr’s and Neiss’s and it burned slowly. Louise to school and Will went to Pierce’s but home at noon and took William’s horse in p.m. Mr. & Mrs. Ed Anderson & Ilene were here for hens & eggs. William & George disced barley. Mr. Fred Kaiser was here in eve, also B. Smith for wire stretcher. Will feels quite bad with cold and I did only ordinary work.

1936 April 14th Tuesday

Bright, warm. I got meals, laid down to sleep in p.m. then cut 1 quarter pork for Will cut the rest and went to Clarence Sells in p.m. for LeMoyne was at Schmidt hay, got a load for cattle, and he went along. They bought Sells’ saddle. Thomas disced west of alfalfa all day and he and LeMoyne chored in eve and Will and I salted the pork, put it in the 30 gal. jar we cleaned this a.m. and put it in cellar, for Will took the paper off the door, also our door. LeMoyne and Thomas stayed home and Will and I to Legion Meeting at O’Kreek in eve. Frank Van Epps came yesterday, got his saddle-horse and helped men get the hog for Ben shot the ear and it got away so they got it in the alfalfa. Ben accidentally killed a fat hen in the fricassee and to-day he got one of our horses to put in his oats.

1946 April 14th Sunday

Rainy early forenoon but sun shone and nice p.m. but chilly indoors, a N.W. breeze. Will chored, took me to 8:30 a.m. Mass at St. Therese’s Chapel, Hidden Timber. Fr. Gibbons, St. Francis, and another man were there as Fr. Grether is sick.

We cared for chickens and fixed place on porch so they cannot get out, left them after Will took a bath and we went to Littleburg to American Legion Meeting. After a lunch in large school house we auxiliary members went to small school house to meet. Mrs. Sazama, our secretary brought articles and I got butcher knife, pillow top, picture and doilies for dresser. Some dues were paid for 1947 and we will make wreaths for Memorial Day. Was quite windy when we got home and I made a fire and stayed indoors and we only lunched at night. Van Epps were home this day after they came from church. Will chored, for we looked at cattle on our way from Littleburg and he was late to get in milk cows, etc. I have a cold in head and this chilly damp weather doesn’t do me any good for I cough a lot.

1956 April 14th Saturday

Bright nice day. Doug and Vere gave cattle hay and Vere gave to those in lots while Doug, Will and I went to Mission. Got a battery for M Tractor, back to Boarding School, saw Mrs. Jones, Co. nurse, and her husband George Farner at school, to Winner. Mrs. Doug came for Doug this eve. She fixes dinner for Vere & Doug. Usual eats, rest, solitaire, read on my part.

1926 April 13th Tuesday

Was real cold and a little cloudy at times. Louise to school and got cold going and coming. I washed the clothes yesterday p.m. Will took seeder to shop at Hidden Timber and got fixed at noon so William hauled a load of corn then they seeded and to-day I cooked some beans & the hog’s head and William disced and Will cleaned the coop and took William a horse. Mr. Menz, Fred, and Wm Welch here to-day.

1936 April 13th Monday

Sun shone and was real warm. The men chored and LeMoyne took Rake and went to Schmidt land, raked a load and brought to cattle and gave them cane also. Ben brought disc so Thomas disced west of alfalfa in p.m. LeMoyne and Ben butchered a hog in p.m. Will went to Winner, back at bed-time. I got meals, slept in p.m.

1946 April 13th Saturday

Bright beautiful day. Van Epps and Will cubed the cattle and Van Epps went to Winner to get their pork that is cured there. Home to chore in eve. Will chored, looked at cattle an I went with him in late p.m., for first he took eggs and mailed letters to Dakota Farmer renewal subscription 2 yrs and for a lot of Denver Dry Goods, but they won’t go as too late for mail to-day. I got eats and laid down in p.m., played solitaire, read some, listened to radio. Will is spading a place Southwest Corner of yard to plant some garden.

1956 April 13th Friday

Bright Day and Lillian brought Doug and got dinner for Men and went to take Elizabeth and Foster Janis to Rosebud this p.m. and got Doug in eve, also eggs for them. I am just getting eats and resting, also Will rests. Will’s cataracts are better but he rests a lot. I read and play solitaire and keep accounts up to date.

1926 April 12th Monday

A beautiful morning but real warm at mid-day and cooler eve. Will and William sowed barley and George disced. Will Smith brought Jake Wisenberger’s egg-crate and left for eggs for incubator. I did ordinary work. Louise to school and came late eve.

1936 April 12th Sunday

Sun shone but a strong N.W. wind and quite dusty at times and was chilly in p.m. I got breakfast and Will took me to church at 8:30 a.m. and I went to Communion, then Will and Thomas came and we went to St. Francis to Jake’s 46th birthday, stayed for movies in eve and I went to benediction. We had a lot of eats at Jake’s. His family, Lawrence, Mable, Vivian, Sydney, Vera, Pat, Coogie (John Joseph), Louise, Barney (Vernon Dean), Loretta, Cora May, Raymond and George Herman Everett Haukaas, daughter Beverly and son Wayne, visitors Steve Red Elk and Pearl Clifford and Wm Whiting and George Fallis called for a few minutes in p.m. We all had our pictures taken in p.m.

1946 April 12th Friday

Bright, warm day. This is Jake’s and Leo Whiting’s birthday, also 1 yr. ago today Franklin Delano Roosevelt died, so this day his old House at Hyde Park was turned over to the Government as a Memorial to him, and will be a Museum. Stanley came so he and Van Epps took 17 head of Van Epps cattle to Stanley’s pasture in South Hills. Will helped to Highway, home to go to get car fixed at Valentine. I did usual work and chicks to feed.

1956 April 12th Thursday

Jake’s and Leo Whiting’s Birthdays. Franklin Delano Roosevelt passed away on April 12 at his White House Georgia home and our nation is in sorrow untold and all program on radio are in his memory. Bright & warm day so Vere & Doug fed cattle and Mrs. Douglas went home to take Victoria Prue to Winner to do shopping. She is Mrs. Doug’s sister and Janis’s brother Froster’s wife Elizabeth of Alliance, Nebr. came to Janis at O’Kreek Tuesday night. Athel came this a.m. but did not wash as she went home to give Thomas & Vere dinner because men gave our cattle hay and Vere to help. Thomas and Dick sprayed cattle and came home from Valentine. Will got a front quarter of beef and our meat stored since R.E.A. was out. Lillian brought Doug and went away so he had coffee and sandwich here and we had dinner at Valentine. Lillian got supper at Vere’s.

1926 April 10th Saturday

Another nice day. I made bread and finished most of meat. Louise cleaned house and washed clothes. William went to Rosebud with Tom and home in eve. Will and George disced in barley. Several cars went by to-day. Louise went to Menz’s dance with E. A. Elshire.

1936 April 10th Friday

Sun shone but was windy from N.W. at times, a freeze last night but warm to-day. I got meals and made 2 night shirts for Will and laid down awhile in p.m. but no sleep. Thomas and LeMoyne hauled load of hay to the stock in a.m. and p.m. they put 1 load on the stack at wind-brake. They did all the chores, for Will came in just at supper time, he stayed at Winner last night for he came back to Wooster’s yesterday from Winner and got stuck so Lee Larmer pulled him out, he broke at Weiner’s, got fixed at O’Kreek.

1946 April 10th Wednesday

Cloudy and chilly, sprinkled rain in p.m. I got meals, laid down in p.m., listened to radio, played solitaire, read some and visited a little with Will and Wm Abbott late p.m. for Will got him to butcher a yearling steer he has been feeding a little grain since he took him out of bull-pen a week ago. It didn’t take them long to butcher, then Will took Abbott home, they put beef in shanty for may rain hard. Van Epps came this morning and they fed cattle hay, took last of stacks N.W. of house to old garden spot along hill-side north of trees. Van Epps went to work at his place. He brought the mail so am always glad to get it.

1956 April 10th Tuesday

Bright day. Vere went to Thomas’s and took David and Jimmie to school and left Darryl home to be taken to his Grandma, Mrs. Wright at O’Kreek, and Tracy Wright, Lew’s wife and 4 children back to O’Kreek by Lew this day. Vere told Athel to come so she did and took Will, and I took her place and we went to Valentine via Mission and no find anyone that cared to work out so got a name at County Agent Leslie Johnson who was at Chester Weaver’s working but would go to a ranch if one available so we came back to mr. Rinehart Sale, 4 north and 2 west of Valentine. No one there also to work so we came back, went to Doug Janis’s, O’Kreek, no one home, on to Winner to get Pick Up license, pay real estate and personal taxes, rent to Mrs. Viola Walker, then ordered gas and oil at Blomstrom Oil Co. Got groceries at Outlaw and came home or back to O’Kreek, saw Mrs. Lillian Janis and she said that Doug was at Dan Mass’s 1 mi. north of O’Kreek working but would come home this eve, so we came home.

1926 April 9th Friday

A beautiful forenoon and clouded at noon and south breeze cool. The men started to sow and disc in barley on Dave’s and in p.m. William came home and went to Tom’s and Will to Bailey’s, Acoren’s, and Wisenberger’s and got disc at last place. Louise to school and in eve resigned as no school tomorrow. I started to cut meat but slow job.

1936 April 9th Thursday

Rained in night, was cloudy, warm until towards eve got quite chilly. I got meals and made 5 bloomers for myself for there was no dinner to be gotten, for LeMoyne and Thomas took lunch and went to put 3 loads hay in big stack on Hampl and this finished the hay up there for they brought 1 load home and the hay rack that they used at stacking. Will finished the chores and went to Winner and Dixon, Gregory Co. and is not home this night.

1946 April 9th Tuesday

Cloudy, chilly Southeast to South wind quite strong at times and rained in p.m. Will chored and got Van Epps and Abbott and they went to Lew McKees to help dehorn 80 yearling Steers and Heifers and came home early so Will chored and we had an early supper. I got only 2 meals, lunched at noon, laid down in p.m., played solitaire, read, listened to radio and fussed to keep chicks O.K.

1956 April 9th Monday

Bright day. Ellen came up to wash and Elaine also. She took washing home. I washed out clothes and hung them on porch line and brought in, in eve. Lew Wright brought his wife, Nancy, 3 girls and 4 mo. old son. They stay at Janis’s as Chester took Ellen to Rosebud Hospital and Lew along. They came home at sunset. Vere got Darryl at school, also David & Jimmie Whiting.

1926 April 8th Thursday

Cloudy until towards eve a little brighter and cold all day. Fred came and he and Will went to O’Kreek to get our harness and home at noon. George and William to the barn and butchered a hog before dinner and in p.m. Will fixed harness and William and George drove Lazzes for first time with Molly to Ed’s and got a harness and Prince at Elshires. Louise rode home with them from school and had a headache in the eve. I just fussed with chicks and made a cake and was very tired.

1936 April 8th Wednesday

Cloudy, warm until in p.m. the sun shone. I stayed in bed until after breakfast and then stayed up until in afternoon but did not sleep, only laid down to rest for I cooked lard, helped Will clean boys’ room and cut Will’s night shirts and got supper, first meal since Sunday, for Will cooked them all and fixed boys’ lunch for they put 4 loads in stack on Hampl land and brought 1 to cattle here. Will went to the store at noon and again after supper for cream but none there. Thomas and Lemoyne went along in eve.

1946 April 8th Monday

Cloudy, cool forenoon but bright, warmer p.m. Will chored, looked at cows, ate breakfast, then Van Epps, Wm Abbott came horse-back. Mr. Lew McKee, Bus, Jesse Lewis came in their Pick Up and men dehorned our coming yearlings and 14 of Van Epps also, castrated 4 of Van Epps small boars. Being no fresh meat or vegetables for Elsie and Billie who came this morning, we fixed roasted cured ham, mashed potatoes, string beans, chicken dumplings, a meat loaf of canned beef but men did not eat it as would as if made out of fresh beef, also bread, butter, jell, pickles, coffee, cream, lemon pudding on plain cake. Lunch of Lemonade and sandwiches and cookies. They all went home and Will looked at cows, chored. I put chickens to bed in their boxes on east porch. I feel real bum with cold in head and throat so had to lie down at noon, again in afternoon, got nervous spell so eyes blurred late p.m. but cold water makes this pass away. Will, Billie and W. Daniel cubed the cattle before they went home in late p.m. Marjorie rides to school on Sheik and is home before 5 p.m. Men will go to McKee’s to dehorn tomorrow.

1956 April 8th Sunday

Partly cloudy and chilly but sun comes out. I am writing this in a.m. so may be a nice p.m. Fr. Lawrence Helmuller of St. Francis came at 7:45 a.m. with communion for me and he went back to St. Therese, Hidden Timber for 8:30 a.m. Mass and I hope a number of folks come to church to-day. I got breakfast of eggs, bacon, toast, Post Toasties, fruit for me. Ellen gave me a shot and cleaned Will’s eye and doped it. Ellen and Chester cleaned out the deep freeze and left it open to dry out and did not turn on yet. After electricity came on 7:40 p.m. last eve, Chester and Vere came and turned water on after priming the well by basement and it took some time to get water filled in supply and hot water. They then went to well N.E. of their house to get it to pump last eve, so today all is well and we have plenty of water. We have ice-cream in refrigerator and it is getting soft. Harry, Louise, Harley, Billie and Mary were here this p.m. Louise washed dishes and Pearl did in eve for Stanley, Pearl, Gary, Curly (Stanley Jr.), Eileen came this eve. Billie Abbott came in their car, brought a Mr. Sal Treat of Branson, Missouri, dealer in posts lumber and grain. We just lunched and had soup this eve (oyster), coffee, cookies, pie, ice-cream both for Furreys and Stanley Whiting. Ellen and Elaine and Darryl and Chester came up this p.m. and in eve Elaine, Darryl and Chester came up and stayed until bed-time which was 10 p.m. this night.

1926 April 7th Wednesday

Cloudy but nice bright p.m. and a beautiful eve. The men finished hay in barn and in eve Will and I went to the store, got mail and groceries and George & William chored. Louise to school and in eve wrote letters. I fussed with chicks as incubator also hatching. Mr. Lattimore, Ed Anderson and Fred Menz here, Fred for eggs, Lattimore to have Will go with him to Tripp Co. and Anderson for chicken and eggs later. We saw both Elshires and Cousers at the store. We are tired.

1936 April 7th Tuesday

Sun shone but was chilly indoors. Will got meals. I baked bread and put corn-beef on to cook for Will cleaned to put lard in and he cut the lard for 2 weeks so needs cooking. This corn-beef was put in jar last summer by Ed Whiting so I will now can it, but when it was cooked in eve, Will had to put it in jars for I slept in p.m. but am still all in with a cold and pains in right hip. LeMoyne and Thomas hauled 2 loads of any from North of Strids and gave cattle in barn-yard a load of cane. Will took Wisenbergers’ cattle home and chored and I got the meals.

1946 April 7th Sunday

Partly cloudy, never got above 60 above and N.W. to North wind. I fed and turned chicks loose so they scratched in yard. I wrote in diary, cooked a small hen that Will got for me after he chored, looked at cattle. He shaved and went to Van Epps to bring back some beef roast they got last night at Mission, but he did not come home so much have gone to McKee’s to see about dehorning to-morrow. I am lunching which I am not supposed to do, must eat at 4 hour intervals. Will got back from McKee’s where he had dinner of boiled pork, potatoes, Jello salad, etc. He brought a ham from Van Epps as no fresh meat at Mission last night. He looked at cows, took Garbage to Junk hole on Wagner’s, went to Stanley Whiting’s for dehorning saw and chored, went to Wm Abbotts to tell him about dehorning tomorrow here. Roy and Babe Drey there. Will had a piece of raisin-pie at Abbotts and a chicken lunch here. He had to go out to look at Louise’s condition for her calf had to be delivered and he was late in coming in for the night. Wm Van Epps and Elsie brought bread, unsalted butter and dehorning paint. The Neighbor Lady at WNAX said that vitamin pills help to keep the flu away. I have a cold in head and bronchial tube and it is a nuisance.

1956 April 7th Saturday

Bright, cool and when door opened was chilly. Athel, Jimmie and Doris came in Pick Up and brought us milk and got eggs and bread, etc. They took Elaine up to play with Jimmie as Darryl is at O’Kreek with Mrs. Wright. Chester & Ellen got mail and Elaine late p.m. Men gave cattle bunches of hay in yard west of trees, hauled it to S.W. of house. Will out to where men worked at tractor and cleaned shed. Ellen gave me insulin shot and cleaned Will’s eye. Electricity came on at 7 40 p.m. this eve.