January-February 1901
Went to Hebron and had a dance.
5th Went to see Algers and then returned home.
Sun. 6th Was visited by Mr. and Mrs. John Z. Alger, Millie Adair and others who stayed untill evening.
7th Heavy rain storm all day, so could not do anything. Brought a large stream of water in the wash.
Andy began school.
*When I was a child going to school in southern Utah in the town of Tropic, we often played during recess in the 'wash, or warsh' which was basically a dry creek bed cutting through a deep layer of sandy soil. It would only have water in it when there was rain and acted as a kind of natural storm drain. A wash could be dangerous if there was rain somewhere upstream with the possibility of a sudden torrent of water coming like a dirty wall full of sticks and brush to sweep the unwary off their feet. Greenhorns might choose to camp on the soft, level sand of a large wash with sometimes a streamlet running through the middle of it and have a sudden disaster as rain upstream created a flood that could wash (hence the term for it) them and their camp away.
Our little wash by the school was usually dry and there was little danger of flood so we were allowed to play in it. The water had scooped out a small cave under the roots of a tree or some brush that we could creep into and carve out little niches and shelves for treasures and play house in. It had that kind of magical feel to it that small spaces do for children. -Marilu
8th Father and I went after wood.
9th Delivered 3 loads of wood, also visited school part of the forenoon. Prepared to start for St. George. Spent the evening at Mr. and Mrs. James Hall's.
10th Started for St. George. Reached Maudsleys ranch and spent the evening with the girls, their mother, Joe, Brother Jarvis, and Father.
11th Came to St. George. Got here about dark.
12th Strolled around town.
Sun. 13th Went to Sunday School and night meeting.
14th Went down and got a job building.
15th Started work on Presbyterian Chapel.
16th Carried Hod on Chapel
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18th Worked on "
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Sun. 20th Went to S. School and meeting, also a night meeting.
21st My birthday. Started work on Chapel but rained so hard we had to stop. Spent the rest of the day grinding sausage and pacing the streets.
22nd Went down to work but no one came. Quite a fog hang over town.
23rd Very heavy fog until 11 a.m. Went to work in ?
24 25 26 Walked around town.
27th Went to S. School and meeting.
28th Paced streets.
29th Started work at noon.
30th Worked on building.
31st Worked on Presbyterian House.
Feb 1st Worked on Presbyterian Mission-House.
2nd Worked on Chapel untill noon. Rain drove us out.
Sun. 3 Three inch's snow on ground in morning. Heavy rain all day. Went to S. School meeting.
5th Finished bricklaying on mission house. Stayed with Weller and Harvey all night at the Lang house.
6th Drew my check from Mr. H. Marshall for labor on chapel.
7th Hauled a barrel of water also some slate rock into cow correll.
8th Pruned grape vines until 3:30 P. M.
9. Purchased a tung-scraper and with John Empy's help scraped the slop out of the feed yards.
Also attended Mutual, which was held in conjoint.
11th Took the girls down to school. Trimmed grapevines untill night.
12th Went down in town. Also trimmed some grape vines.
13th Went over to mill at Washington. Attended grand Mascurade Ball in the Dodge hall.
14th Valentines day. Pruned grape vines half day. Set young current bush out.
15th Went down with Pa and got his watch from the watch maker's. Paid George Cotton for feeding horse during winter.
Mrs Geo. Webb died.
Planted potatoes for Uncle Dave.
Received valentines from Miss Jennie Wilson. Iowa
Pruned Peech trees etc.
17th Sunday
Attended Sunday School, Sacrement meeting and the funeral of Mrs Carry Cotton Webb.
Also went to night meeting. After which I went with Miss Luella Atkin and Zella Robins and their crowd to Mrs. Atkins home and spent the evening.
18th Drove around town in fornoon. In evening drove Weller over to Washington.
19th Hauled fertelization on to Uncle Andrew Winsor's lot. And also hauled a lod of brick for Wm. Marshell.
20th Hauled some more fertelisation to Uncle Andrew's also a few more adobies for Marshall. Put in a half day finishing pruning the seedless vineyard.
Got the outfit ready to go after wood. Father left for Pioch to repair the telegraph line
21st Plowed on farm in John Enpy's place while he went after wood for me.
22nd Worked around lot on account of being so stormy I could not plough.
23rd Worked on lot. Went to Theatre.
Sun. 24th Went to Sunday School and meeting and went down to farm after wagon. Then attended night meeting.
Feb 26th Turned the washer for Aunt Lucy.
Feb 25th Grandfather and I took a load of lumber down to Uncle's farm and started a honey bee house.
26th continued
After work some of us boys prepared an outfit and took the ladies over to Santa Clara to Mr. and Mrs. Orson Refer's wedding Dance.
27th Planted some peas *tralled 600 lbs of seed wheat to goe down on the farm and so on, etc.
28th Harrowed in about 4 acres of wheat then Uncle and I went over to the head...
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