Tuesday, December 1, 2009

Dad's Diary October 1

October 1
1934 - 20 men came over from Badger as Badger is being closed.  We have a camp total of 74.  H. G. was up today.
1935 - Rode to Agency and fixed up my gas & oil report.  Help John load 85 sacks of cement.
1936 - Drove truck all day.  Fat & I stayed home and Kay went to the show.
1937 - Kool and cloudy.  Old Mill gang is lowering the water pipes here.
1938 - In the P.M. Cliff & I went fishing.  I used a spinner & caught 3.  He caught 9.

October 2
1934 - Went to Agency and got my check.  Sent $14.40 home.  Flynn is going to HeHe tomorrow.  Saw Jim M. this evening. 
1935 - Rode to show "Lady in Red."  Had a flat on the way back.
1936 - Drove truck half day.  Shoveled sand P.M. at hospital.  Half hour over time - total 2 hours.
1937 - Still cloudy.  Am on fire duty for the weekend.
1938 - Cliff & I and Floyd fished again.  I caught 5 & Cliff 8.

October 3
1934 - Not much doing.  Nice weather.  Rube is my roommate.
1935 - Getting cool at nite.  Kay & I are going to Portland with Stan, Dottie & Vic. Friday nite.
1936 - Rode Tango up and caught 18 fish.  It rained this evening.  Fat has a cold.  Yankees evened series.
1937 - Just loafed around.  Fat & baby are okay.
1938 - Started to wreck the house that was partly burned.  Cool & rainy.  Cliff & I went ovr to Madras.

October 4
1934 - Saw show this evening.  "Bureau of Missing Persons."  The World Series is even, Detroit St. L.
1935 - Drew out $12.00 from office.  Rode to HeHe with Hi Smith & to Portland.  Quite foggy.
1936 - Moved the lumber out of our new house and moved our fruit up there.  Cloudy today.
1937 - Biff Johnson is cutting wood now.  Fat & I rode over to the dam.
1938 - Rainy.  Kay & I got our checks and rode over to Madras.  She finished her belt for Glenn.

October 5
1934 - Wallace & I are going to Portland in the morning.  Archie is making me a canoe.  Lost at shooting dice.  (Archie made 2 canoes for Dad.  They were about a foot long, hand carved.  One of them is in my house. m)
1935 - Met Goosegg.  Saw Joe Louis and "Without Regret."  Kay got some things at Monkey Wards. (It seems like Dad saw lots of movies - I guess it was the only entertainment.  During my lifetime I never knew him to attend a movie - guess he had his fill! m)
1936 - Worked across the creek with Jack and Duffy.  Finished "It Walked in the Dark" by Agee Hays.
1937 - We went to the Agency.  Got my $84.  Serviced the government chev.
1938 - Cool & rainy.  The Cubs lost 3 to 1 to the Yanks in the World Series first game.  Gus DeLude was up.

October 6
1934 - Left camp at 6 for Porrland with Wallace.  Went to Wards and then saw Stanford beat O.S.C. 17-0.  Got back at 1:30 A.M.
1935 - Last nite Kay & I saw "She Married Her Boss."  Got Annie's fruit and back to Beaver.
1936 - Was cold last nite.  Put up screens across the creek.  Cut some green wood.
1937 - Yanks beat Giants in World Series 1st game.  Water froze last nite.
1938 - Yanks won again.  It is pretty cool.

October 7
1934 - Listened to baseball game Detroit beat St. Louis 3-1 in World Series.   Wallace & I went for a walk with our .22's.
1935 - Bought another tent and Kay & I moved our stuff over.  Kay has another dog, "Toots" & cat "Boots."
1936 - We poured cement at the hospital.  Yankees won the World Series.  Sonny & I stayed home.
1937 - Cleaned up around here today.  Warm during the day.  Got one of my encyclopedias.
1938 - Went to Agency with Cliff this evening.  Won all of Jojo's marbles.  (Dad has a collection of marbles, now in my possession.  I remember him saying they found lots of marbles when they were preparing the land for the hospital.  m)

October 8
1934 - It is cloudy today.  Archie is making me a boat.  Rube Sanders was here today.
1935 - Cut my finger or thumb this morning.  I guess the PWA Works is going to close.  John P. went to Fort Lewis.
1936 - Shoveled sand all day.  Went to the show "Country Doctor."  Met Belmont.
1937 - Went to Simnasho Dam.  Walt White & family are going to stay with us tonite.
1938 - Cliff & I went fishing again.  I caught 10.  Got "on" when we came back.  Yanks won again.

October 9
1934 - Went to HeHe, Old Mill & Badger with Mr. Stanton.  Saw Chas. E. Larsen.  St. Louis won World Series.
1935 - Finished the time slips.  Not many families here at Beaver now.  Cool at nites.
1936 - Poured cement til 2:15 and they let us go.  Joe Louis knocked out Jorge Brescia in 3 rounds.
1937 - Walt White & I fished on Mill Creek but no luck.  Had another flat coming back from Old Mill.
1938 - Yanks won the 3rd series in a row.  We, Fat, Sissy, Kay & I went to Shitike, Bald Peter & back through Agency.  Brought back "Buck."

October 10
1934 - We are having wonderful Indian summer weather.
1935 - Just Burns, Jumbo, and our family here now.  Saw show "Lady for a Day."
1936 - Cut wood today.  Read "The Enchanged Hill" by Peter B. Kyne.  Stan gave me a drink.
1937 - Biff & I hunted all day.  Was warm.  Amiel was here.
1938 - We got $4 for prize money at fairs.  Drove Kathleen to Redmond.  Went to First Aid Class at CC Camp, Simnasho.

October 11
1934 - Wrote to Reva today.  4 men quit today.  We have 69 men in camp.  Wallace & I went to Bear Springs.
1935 - Took the time slips down.  Got my finger dressed.  Have diarrhea.  Came back with Walt Heath.
1936 - Cut wood and helped Stanley with the chicken house.  Hazy but warm.
1937 - We all went to the Agency.  Chester helped us when we stalled on the way back.
1938 - Rode to Agency after supper with Cliff for our mail.

October 12
1934 - We have 3 girl waitresses, Hazel T, Dora Mc, Elvina L.  It is a little cloudy today..
1935 - Lots of rain today.  Fixed a tarp on our tent.  Went hunting.  No quail.
1936 - Worked across the creek.  Have runny bowels.  Got $35.20 today.  Paid Massey $18.00. (Massy owned the store - m)
1937 - Was warm today.  Old Mill gang is fixing up the camp.
1938 - It is getting cool.  With ice & heavy frost.  Cut some wood & took some more of the cabin down.

October 13
1934 - This morning Wallace & I rode up towards Mt. Wilson & then hunted grouse in the swamp.  No luck.  Wash.U beat Oregon U 16-6.
1935 - More rain.  Mitzie & Buster Bruno were over to play "500".  Buster won.
1936 - Moved some more things up to our new house.  Am tired tonite from digging.
1937 - Took Biff & Bart down to the Agency this evening.
1938 - Cool and windy.

October 14
1934 - Walked up the north side of the river to the swamp but didn't get anything.
1935 - It quit raining but is cloudy & cool.  Rover came home this morning with Pork Pine quills.
1936 - Fat and I stayed home.  It is looking like fall now.  Cold at nites.  LaSalle all paid.
1937 - Rained a little today.  Last Monday Fat weighed 26# On the 5th 10#7oz.
1938 - More cabin wrecking.  Still cool.

October 15
1934 - It was pretty cold last nite.  Snowed up on the woods.  Cloudy and cold.  Archie's stories.
1935 - Got a letter from Robie the other day.  Ted will probably move our stuff to the Agency.
1936 - Poured a little cement across the creek.  Saw the show "The Calling of Dan Matthews."
1937 - Cloudy today.  Was real busy today.  Drove over to Simnasho.  Got blankets and stoves.
1938 - Rode over to Madras with Cliff as he got his car serviced.

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