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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