Joseph Lee & I went up in canyon prospecting. I brought down black cow & twin calves.

Pulled weeds, sold lumber &c. Was real sick at night.

Far from being well but pulled weeds & irrigated in garden, sold lumber &c. Made ready to Go to City to Conference. It rained some during the day.

Attended Conference in S.L.C. Alice & I went in by train also baby. Staid at Sarah Es at night.

Attended Conference meetings & theatre at night.

Attended do do¹ & Organ recital & in evening we with Geo. went to Farmington & Staid at Nervas & visited with Mother, Nerva Alice Ann & others.

Returned from Farmington & Attended Special Priesthood meeting where many valuable things were spoken to us; A minute of which I have Kept in memoranda. Took supper with George at his boarding place Mrs Richardsons. Went down to Dr. Stephens & staid all night.

While at Conference met lots of old friends & Relatives.

Came home on morning train. Fixed up my accounts. wrote several business letters, sold lumber &c.

Hauled Lumber from Station

Unloaded lumber & Sold Lumber to Sund. persons.

Got straw from cleggs for carpet & beds <in A F Ds field> Used Disk²

Legrand & I went after load of stumps, on the way back learned of the death of Prest. Snow which occurred Thu afternoon Went to See Prest. Gowans to learn if there would be a special with a view to attending funeral services.³

I & Bro Ridges Went to Canyon hunting animals.⁴

Attended school & Memorial services & Spoke about 40 minutes at latter. Attended Circle &c. [p. 84]

I went to Canyon again for Gipsy & cattle & got none of them.

Sold lumber to Sund. persons, made up my accounts, wrote several business letters, attended to business with sundry persons & in evening attended mutual. Wrote up my Journal since 8th

Worked in garden, weeded lawn & Strawberry bed on north of house &c Sold lumber & attended to Sundry other business.

Raked off lawn & hauled off rubbish, attended Special High Council Meeting at Tooele at which the New Presidency of the Church were indorsed and the Council pledged themselves to keep the Sabbath, Attend Stake Priesthood meetings, pay their tithing & refrain from Blasphemy. Exception Araet Hale must have weak tea & Archibal Bevan must open his store on sundays to sell drugs, confectionary, ice cream &c. I think the latter should refrain from the Sale of Ice cream &c on Sunday or resign his position as an alternate member of the High Council.

Attended School & meeting and studied the bible between times and listened to music in evening by Bro Ridges & Miss Squires.

Weeded in garden & sold lumber to Sund. Persons, Went down to West field to see how work is progressing there Sage pulling by Alfred Hanks & Sons for an attachment. Called on Bp Atkin in relation to buying the Fiddler lot for a tithing lot & discouraged the idea &c. Took Mama & little girls up to Cemetery & cleaned off lots.

Wrote up journal from 15th in evening. Wrote several business letters &c.

Attended to usual work & Attended Mutual Meeting in evening.

Wed. 30th One week behind with journal. From memory [p. 85] I write some of the events of past week.

I attended School & Meeting here. 27

Did some leveling down west Mond. 28 <Attended YMM & lectured.>⁵

Tues 29 Went to Canyon hunting Gipsy mare.

Wed 30 Sold attachment, plow & went to J. W. Tate. & leveled down at West field; got two shoes put on Paddy horse & got iron shoes made for leveler. Attended two Y.M.M.I. officers meeting during past week.

I put shoes on leveler & leveled land at west field.