July 1897
1 July 1897 • Thursday
Tooele Weather hot, Sultry & clowdy. Mr Shaffer, Mr Barrus, George & I worked on the header boxes. I went over to field with team for reaches, bolts &c. The boys irrigated the lot from 7 A.M. to 4 P.M. & I attended the water in the evening.
2 July 1897 • Friday
Tooele Weather sultry & warm in forenoon, A nice rain in afternoon I worked on header boxes in forenoon and [p. 175] in afternoon while it rained I remained in doors writing
3 July 1897 • Saturday
Tooele Weather pleasant.
Worked all day on header boxes & finished the three boxes.
4 July 1897 • Sunday
Fast day
Tooele Weather pleasant.
I attended, School, meeting, circle & council meeting with Relif. & Bprick. Bro. Lyman associated. Decided to buy for Relief society the Adobe schoolhouse, lot & 1/2 acre water @ $350.00 Advised selling of wheat & buying new wheat & moving granary while empty.
5 July 1897 • Monday
Tooele Weather pleasant.
Celebrated by attending meeting at 10 A.M. Took folks for a ride over to field and to Ball ground, made ice cream &c.
6 July 1897 • Tuesday
Workmen not here
Tooele Weather windy.
The boys & I started up my header & cut a half doz. rounds on an 18 A. barley patch & it worked well.
7 July 1897 • Wednesday
Tooele Weather windy all day.
I could not cut barley on account of [p. 176] wind so worked in garden. tightened up bed springs <&c.>
8 July 1897 • Thursday1
Tooele Weather pleasant but warm.
I went to Lake & met Aunt Nerva. Took George & the three little girls with me. Visited with Nerva & accompanied her & Alice & Estella over to the Ranch to See Newel Whitney & family.
9 July 1897 • Friday
Tooele Weather warm.
I headed my barley with the assistance of of my boys. Letter from Mother which I ans’d. <Settled with Lindholm for plumbing by paying him $20.00 ck.>
10 July 1897 • Saturday
Tooele Weather warm.
I regulated my header for cutting wheat & cut a couple of rounds on a piece of about 20 acres. Fixed up barley stack &c. Took the family for a ride to Cemetery & to my field. Bathed & retired early.
11 July 1897 • Sunday
Tooele Atte[n]ded two meetings & Circle. Recorded blessings &c.
12 July 1897 • Monday
Weather warm. Took Nerva to <Lake on her way home>
13 July 1897 • Tuesday
I commenced heading my wheat in earnest. Cut & put in stack about 25 acres.
14 July 1897 • Wednesday2
Continued the heading of grain cut more than 20 acres.
15 July 1897 • Thursday
Continued heading my grain. [p. 177]
16 July 1897 • Friday
Tooele Weather warm.
Mr Shaffer, Carpenter, finished work on my house. I finished cutting fall grain for my self and cut about 20 acres for Nels Johnson. Weather extremely hot. A light shower at 6 P.M.
17 July 1897 • Saturday
Weather cooler some breese. I finished cutting grain for Nels Johnson at 4:30 P.M. & moved up to J O Dunn on bench & cut six acres.
18 July 1897 • Sunday
Attended meeting & circle. & did some writing & recording of blessings.
19 July 1897 • Monday
Weather cooler.
I finished cutting grain for J. O. Dunn & cut 14 A for Gordon & Clegg. Moved down to Jas. Gollahers & cut some there. Slept at field.
20 July 1897 • Tuesday
Weather warm & windy.
I finished cutting 18 A. grain for Jas. Gollaher & moved up to Sager’s of Lakeview & cut for two or three hours.
21 July 1897 • Wednesday
Lake View finished cutting 30 A. for Sagers Bros & commenced cutting grain for Elijah Spray.
22 July 1897 • Thursday
Continued cutting grain [p. 178] for E. Spray until 8.45 P.M. Cut 35 or 40 A this day & went home in the evening.
23 July 1897 • Friday
Tooele Weather warm.
I took team & Carriage & went to Garfield took along the three boys. Nerva & Sarah & Hyrum Lee & his mother. Met Aseneth & Nina & Ross, Stephen & Lou. Fred & Carlie & Geo. & I accompanied them to Town Staid all night at Stephens.
24 July 1897 • Saturday
S L City At Stephens Sugar House I went up town about 9 A.M. & witnessed the Grand Jubilee Parade. Also saw exebition at Exposition grounds & other Amusements & returned home on Eleven O’clock train arrived at Swit[c]h at 2:00 A.M.
25 July 1897 • Sunday3
Tooele Weather close & warm.
I slept & rested most of the day. Wrote my journal, read the papers &c.
26 July 1897 • Monday
Tooele I left home at day light Geo. With me went to Lake view. Finished cutting a piece for Bro. Spray & cut bal[ance] of day for Sagers Bros. Slept at Sagers’ at night. [p. 179] on wheat stack.
27 July 1897 • Tuesday
Finished cutting grain for sagers Bros. & moved down to B. L. Bowans & commenced cutting.
28 July 1897 • Wednesday
Cut grain for B. L. Bowen & moved up to hill on way to Seventies.
29 July 1897 • Thursday
home. I cut grain for Seventies until about 2:30 P.M. when we quit to attend funeral of Edna May McBride who died suddenly of Appendicitus. I spoke 35 min. & Bro. Gowans 25 min.
30 July 1897 • Friday
I finished cutting Seventies [gra]in4 about 11 a.m. & moved over to E Spray’s & cut all the afternoon. Legrand was with me & we were out in heavy rain. Slept in Spray’s field.
31 July 1897 • Saturday
finished cutting 65 A for E Spray & commenced at 1 P.M. cutting for James Steel. Left the machine in field & went home for sunday.
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[1]Richards wrote and crossed out “&c.” on the date line of this entry.
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[2]Richards originally wrote “Tues.” before crossing it out and writing “Wed.” above it.
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[3]Richards originally wrote “Sat.” before crossing it out and writing “Sund.” above it.
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[4]A black ink splotch covers the first three letters of “grain.”