April 7 - 9, 1916

 Fri. April 7, 1916

The American Magazine issues from 1916

Fine - Santa Ana wind and hot.

I helped Mother with washing all A.M. Pa working at Fay's. He and I worked at Packing House all aft (1-6). I read American Magazine at the Library in eve. 8 eggs

Sat. April 8, 1916

Fine and hot

Pa and I worked from 7 - 12. He finished up with Fay's in aft and I monkeyed around. Pa gave me a good hair-cut. Mother not very well this aft so went to bed and pa got sup. I rode down and got groceries. Took a ride down in eve. Read. 9 eggs

Sun. April 9, 1916

Bob Burman was a record holding race car driver. The blown out tire caused his car to roll.

Fine and warm

I rode down in A.M. and got paper. Root's heard that Al had a store in L.A. on Moneta Ave, but we haven't heard anymore about it yet. Read all day - Mother in bed with the piles. She slept in my bed last night and Pa and I together and Pa had to be up with her quite a little. I wrote a line to Ethel in the evening telling her the news.

There was a big 300 mile race at Corona yesterday and Bob Burman, his mechanic, and a special policeman were killed when a tire blew out - 5 spectators were injured. It was so hot that no records were made - 85 miles per hour.

I in my own bed tonight. 10 eggs

Author note: According to wiki "Bob Burman's death caused his friends Barney Oldfield and Harry Arminius Miller to join forces to build a race car that incorporated a roll cage inside a streamlined driver's compartment that completely enclosed the driver. It was called the Golden Submarine."

April 4 - 6, 1916

 Tues. April 4, 1916

Anaheim grocery store 1915

Cloudy and slight sprinkle. Cool

Worked all A.M. No work in afternoon. Mother alright again. Worked around a little in afternoon. Pa and I drove down and got groceries and meat late in afternoon. Read in eve. Also learn a few German words out of English-German  dictionary, so I can talk to Pete at the packing house. I enjoy my work at the packing house and hope it will be pretty steady. I forgot to put down that Ethel was working for a lady (sister of Pauline's) who runs a dress making shop in Hollywood at $6 per week. She likes it fine. I weigh 125 1/2 pounds now and look feel fine. Lots of color which was absent in Minneapolis. Pa was yellow when he came out here, but is red as an Indian now. 8 eggs

 Weds. April 5, 1916

Fine - Warm

Worked from 7 - 3:30. Pa fixing up screens etc... for Miss Fay on Broadway all day. They want him to work at the packing house and he is going to start tomorrow. I drove over and told him about it in afternoon. Ma, Mrs. Hoag, and Mrs. Harner to Christian Science meeting and I drove them down and back. Read. 8 eggs

 Thurs. April 6, 1916

Fine and warm

Pa and I over to packing house at 7 - he walked and I rode. We worked 2 hours - finished up the car. Pa graded with Zellar and I, then he and I walked home and then he rode over to Miss Fay's to finish up his work there. I worked around. In eve I went to the library and read and got a new book "The Soldier of Fortune" by Richard Harding Davis. Took a bath late in afternoon. 9 eggs

Apr. 1 - 3, 1916

 Sat. Apr. 1, 1916

Worked from 7 - 5. Am grading with a fellow name of Zellar and he is so jolly you don't notice you are working at all. I drove down with Pa and we got groceries. In eve Ethel and Floyd came down and we talked etc. Floyd and I drove down after some more groceries. Floyd and I sleep together. 7 eggs

Sun. Apr. 2, 1916

1916 ad for newly incorporated Seal Beach

Up and I cleaned up the auto. Read etc. Had two small roosters for dinner. In afternoon Ethel, Floyd, and us all drove up to Seal Beach. It was fine there. We walked around etc. and then drove over to Long Beach and down to Long Beach Harbor and then home over a short cut country road. At Seal Beach a fellow was taking passengers up in his aeroplane for $5 a take. Pa and I made up our minds to build one of our own. Home about 5PM. Visited in eve and they left on the stage for Hollywood at 7:30. 6 eggs

Mon. Apr. 3, 1916

Cool and part cloudy

Worked all day. Mother not very well and Pa got breakfast and dinner. I drove down after work and got 50 cent chicken feed and one loaf of bread. Read in eve. 12 eggs

March 29 - 31, 1916

 Wed. March 29, 1916

Possible Grandfather in talking about Charles Chapman, in this entry, who was a well respected orange grower, first Mayor of Fullerton, and the person Chapman University is named for.

Dull A.M. Fine Aft.

Worked on my fiddle top. Painted my chair a 2nd coat. We all and Mrs. Harner drove down to Water Co to see about pipe line. Then drove out to Anaheim Fruit Growers Assn for Pa to try to get a job. Then took a ride thru Chapman's place. The Pa, Grand , and I dug up some pipe in orchard. In eve I drove them and Mrs. Hong down to meeting and was going to get them, but curfew did not ring and I was late - They called Harner's and I hurried down and brought them home. 9 eggs

The Chapman ranch property, consisting of nearly 500 acres in its prime, contained both walnut groves and America’s oldest Valencia orange trees. Mr. Chapman developed new techniques for grading and marketing this particular variety of orange, and by the 1920s Charles Chapman was widely known as “the father of the Valencia orange industry.”

Thurs. March 30, 1916 

Dusty, but sunny

Worked on my fiddle top. Pa working for Bayliss spraying today. In Aft Grandpa and I pulled about 9 lengths of pipe out of the orchard - hard work. I drove Mrs. Harner down to a church and got some 10 pound chicken fees and some meat. Aunt May came late this afternoon and is here for supper. Visited in eve and about 8 P.M. we drove over to Root's and he and I beat Pa and Grand 2 games of whist. Left May home and then I went back there and slept there all night. 9 eggs

Fri. March 31, 1916

Fine and fairly hot

Worked at packing house all day and also from 7-9 in eve. Graded sweets, few navels , and valencias. Pa done working for Bayliss - got $5 for 2 days. I read a W.H.S paper from Stew today. 10 eggs

March 26 - 28, 1916

 Sun. March 26, 1916

Balboa Beach in Newport around the time of 1916

Fine and warm

Took out 2 valves and cleaned them this A.M. Dressed up and we went to Christian Science Church. I forgot my keys and so had to walk home and get them then ride my bike back and drive Ma home while Pa rode the wheel. In afternoon we drove to Newport and Balboa. Saw a seal from the pier at Newport. Read paper in eve. 9 eggs.

Mon. March 27, 1916

Ideal and warm

Pa and I drove over to packing house and they will want me to work for a few days beginning Wednesday I guess. I worked on my chair and finished it all except smoothing up and painting. In afternoon I transplanted the H. lettuce where it was too thick. Pa went to the large packing house and may get a job there. Read in eve. 7 eggs

Tues. March 28, 1916

Foggy A.M. Sunny and fine rest

Smoothed up my chair. At noon rode down and got some groceries. Pa and Grand set out 47 tomato plants (ones that we raised) and there are about 200 left I guess. I bought some white paint and painted my chair and (unclear word, looks like coat). Also started to make a new top for my fiddle. Read in eve on pruning and cultivating from the book I got on "Cal Fruits" by Wickson. Took bath . 8 eggs

March, 23 - 25, 1916

 Thurs. March, 23, 1916

Fine and Moderate

Finished my letter to Stew. I forgot to say that Pa is not working now having finished for Mr. Bayliss last Saturday. He got 25 cents per hour or $11.25. I made a clamp out of wood and 1 bolt and glued a part of my chair together. To library in eve and read and got a fine book that tells all how to raise etc. California fruits. Today was the most windy day I have ever seen out here - about a 70 mile per hour west wind. Nearly split the Mulberry tree in two but we braced and tied it up. Quite a little damage on the coast. 7 eggs

Author note: 25 cent from 1916 would equate to $6.25 today and the $11.25 would be about $280.

Fri. March, 24, 1916

Graduating class from Anaheim High School 1916 likely shows the friends mentioned in this entry

Fine and Moderate

Worked on my chair and glued the back and made and glued a seat. (hollowed out 2 piece) Drove down and got some groceries in afternoon. Drove over to invite Roots over tonight, but they would rather come tomorrow so I drove home and walked to High School to hear the Anaheim - Hollywood debates. Floyd was going to come down and then go back with us Sunday, but he didn't. Saw Milton and Alice Pannier, Callie Callaway, Dilo Winters, Clark Chamberlain, Ed Miller, Arnold " Mojonny", and several others. Holly won. Question was on the literacy test and Holly had (word unclear). Walked home, read paper and to bed. 5 eggs

Sat. March, 25, 1916

Fine ideal and moderate

Pa and I thinned out and transplant some of the lettuce. Then he and I worked on our chairs. I have mine all glued together except the seat. I made another clamp. Late afternoon Grand and I drove to town and I got groceries. In eve I drove around town and over to roots and brought them over to our house. Root and I lost 3 games of whist  tonight - no cards. Had popcorn and some fudge Ma made for eats. I drove them home and to bed 8 eggs. Fatty has quit laying and we sat her on 15 eggs tonight. In my bible reading I am just starting Deuteronomy. 

March 20 -22, 1916

 Mon. March 20, 1916

Warm drizzle all day

Arranged my room some more this A.M. Monkeyed around all day reading playing? on piano etc. Got a letter from Confer who has $4200, $300 down and $35 per month on our house and 1 lot, but we are not going to accept it as we might as well rent it for $35. In eve I beat Pa and Grand 1 game of 500. 11 eggs

Author note: 1916's $4200 would be about $105,000 today

Tues. March 21, 1916

Fine and moderate

Practiced on piano a little from exercise book. Got 2 WHS weeklys from Stew. Started to make a small chair for mothers room. Rode down in afternoon and got groceries and meat. I evening Mother wanted to go to a show so she and I went to the Mason and it was pretty good. 7 eggs

Wed. March 22, 1916

Dull and moderate

Worked on the chair. Our tomatoes that we planted all came up fine and we transplanted several dozen of the plants, but there are piles of 'em yet. Have been eating fine radishes and onions for a week or more - peanuts, corn, melon etc. all up fine. Bean, peas, lettuce etc half grown. Loquats nearly ripe, and small almonds and saucer peaches. This afternoon I got Clint's lawn mower and cut all grass around here. Rode down and got groceries. To Library in evening. Ma and Pa to meeting. Started a letter to Stew. 10 eggs

March 17 -19, 1916

 Fri. March 17, 1916

This is the only image I could find with the Opera House in it.
I imagine it is the large building in the back. This is from 1895

Cloudy - Moderate

Stained my book-case and opened up our 3 boxes of books and put them on it in my backroom. Grandpa bought a bedroom set for himself this afternoon so I can get settled now. Drove down in aft. and got 50 pounds mixed chicken feed for $1.13. Rode down to library in eve - also over to Opera House where there was a masque ball and watched them dance a little from the outside. 8 eggs

Sat. March 18, 1916

Fine and moderate

Grandpa's bedroom set came. Some swell. I drove them down to change a rug in A.M. Drove Ma down again in afternoon. Fixed up my room some. Made a vice to hold boards while plaining them on the work bench. In eve Pa and I killed a young rooster and I read one adventure in "Return Sherlock Holmes" 7 eggs

Sun. March 19, 1916

Fine and warm

Cleaned up auto - took a bath and cleaned up - Pa to church but Mother too tired and I not ready in time. Had a lunch and then a little after 2 I drove down and met Lowell Daggett on the 2:30 stage. We drove home and talked and looked around the place. Then He, I, Mother, and Grand went for a ride to Santa Ana, Olive, Orange and back. Pa went to a Christian Science lecture. Supper - Chicken pie etc - talked and then I drove him down and he took the 7:30 stage in. They had a 20 room house in Minneapolis and at one time were quite well to do. I guess, but I don't think they are now. He invited me up there. He had never been in this district nor in an orange grove and I gave him a big bag of oranges to take back. Home - read and to bed. 4 eggs

March 14 - 16, 1916

 Tues. March 14, 1916

Fine and moderate

Got a letter from Lowell Daggett saying he was probably coming to see me next week. I answered it this eve. Pa to town to look for a job and found one as a sort of a rough carpenter doing some fixing up for Mr. Bayliss. He took his tool and went to work this afternoon. I fixed up the tool cabinet and in the afternoon fixed a small leak in an inner tube that troubled us Sunday. Read and wrote to L.D. in eve. 9 eggs

Wed. March 15, 1916

Fine and moderate

I dug up some pipe in the orchard and got ready to run a line to the chicken house and yard. Read in eve and finished "The Barrier" which was very good. 5 eggs

Thurs. March 16, 1916

Fine and moderate

I made a bookcase for my room today out of some of the lumber our goods were shipped in. Finished it except stain. Drove down in afternoon and got stain 25 cents and groceries. Gave up idea of running water to chicken house because Grandpa objected. Rode down to library in evening and got new book "Return of Sherlock Holmes" by Doyle. Pa still working. 6 eggs

Mar. 11 - 13, 1916

 Sat. Mar. 11, 1916 

Fine and hot. Yesterday hottest for this time of year for many years.

Pa took stage to L.A. at 9 A.M. I worked around all A.M. cleaning up boxes, boards, papers, etc. Auto only hitting on 2 1/2 cylinders and so in afternoon I cleaned 3 valves and made it hit on 3 3/4. Then washed it. Grandpa is painting floor in his room so he is occupying my back room and bed and I repose on the lounge in the parlor. Took bath in late afternoon and rode down and got meat for supper. Mrs. Harner requested me to drive her down to a evangelical meeting, so I did. Will get here about 10 P.M. Read 2 eggs

Sun. Mar. 12, 1916 

Santa Monica Pier 1917

Fine, not so hot

Pa stayed at Ethel's last eve and we 3 left at 7:15 for there. Got there about 9 - read etc. Ma and Pa the Christian Science church. In afternoon we all drove to Santa Monica - foggy but warm there. Back about 5 - visited etc and left for home about 7:30. Foggy all the way. 6 eggs

Mon. Mar. 13, 1916 

Cloudy and cool

Pa painted floor Grandpa's room nother coat and they over kitchen 1 coat enamel in afternoon. I worked on tool cabinet all day and got it nearly done. Rode down and got groceries. 5 eggs read in eve.

Mar. 8 - 10, 1916

 Wed. Mar. 8, 1916

Fine - fairly hot.

Got a card from Santa Fe that our furniture was there and Grandpa and I went but bill of lading has not come yet so we can't take it away. Grandpa and I took the brooder in the chicken house to pieces and then I cleaned it all up and sprinkled the floor. Worked around. Read in eve 4 eggs.

Thurs. Mar. 9, 1916

I believe this is the same piano that was delivered in 1916. This photo from the 1970's shows my grandfather's daughter Margaret playing in his house in Santa Monica. The same piano, now over a 100 years in our family and having nearly ever member learning to play on it, is currently in my house.

Fine and Hot

Fixed auto so I could haul a trailer and at 9 A.M. Pa and I drove down to bank and got bill of lading - then got a man to bring our piano out - then got a good large 4-wheeled trailer at the garage and  hauled all the stuff in to big loads before noon. Took trailer back - only cost 50 cents. In afternoon we unpacked things. We got everything except Pa's office stuff and we are going to check it all over in the A.M. and see if a box is missing. Put mirrors on dressers and read in eve. Backyard covered in boxes, nuff lumber to build a house. 5 eggs

Fri. Mar. 10, 1916

Fine and Hot

Arranging things all A.M. Got things all fixed up in parlor and dining room. Looks fine. Grandpa painted his bedroom floor over grey and then he is going to get a bedroom set for himself. In afternoon I made a good work bench and Grandpa took crates apart and nails out of boards. The Santa Fe's weight on our goods was about 3400# and Boyd's and Bekins said the weight was about 4200#. Pa is going up to L.A. Saturday and is going to see the freight agent there to get his statement about weighing goods and then see what B+B will do about it. Read in eve. 6 eggs

Mar. 5 - 7, 1916

Sun. Mar. 5, 1916

The streets of Anaheim 1917

Fine and cool.

Rode down bike and bought paper. We 3 drove to church. Read - Pa and I took walk around town in aft. Read 8 eggs.

Mon. Mar. 6, 1916

Fine and cool.

Our furniture did not come. Rode down and got some flower seed and planted them. In aft. Grand and I put up fence at other end - not done yet. In eve we drove over to Root's and 6 N.D. friends of theirs were there - 3 Bittmans visiting in Cal. this winter and Mr. and Mrs. Whitney and daughter who have lived here about a year. Daughter and I got pretty well acquainted she is going to A.U.H.S. 3 eggs

Tues. Mar. 7, 1916

Plymouth Rock Hen

Fine and warm. Did not need our little firs last eve or this A.M. to warm up.

Furniture not here yet and we will get mad and start something before long. Finished fence at other end. Got $30 rent from our house in Minneapolis. Monkeyed around. To library in eve and took back "The Man From Indiana" which was a good book. Got an American Magazine and "The Barrier" by Rex Beach. 

4 eggs. We have a big fat Plymouth rock hen that May gave us and she lays a big brown egg every day - has laid 18 since we got her. Her name is fatty.

Mar. 2 - 4, 1916

Mar. 2, 1916

Fine - cool.

Pa and I spaded up a strip of ground this A.M. and raked it over this afternoon. About 3:30 I dressed up and went up to school and saw part of A.U.H.S [Anaheim Union High School] vs Fullerton track meet. In eve Grand, Pa and I played 500 and I won. 7 eggs

Mar. 3, 1916

Fine - cool.

I rode down and bought some peanuts and popcorn and we planted it, also some sweet corn. A man put in a composition sink board here today - not finished for a few days yet though, cost $12. Monkeyed around in aft. Read in my book in eve.

Mar. 4, 1916

Fair and cool - rain in eve and night. Went down to depot several times to see if our furniture had come, but it won't be here till Sunday. Worked around. In afternoon Pa and I played 3 games of horseshoes and he beat me bad. Rode down on my bike in eve in rain and bought groceries. Pa and I went down to Clint place and got a rooster that Aunt May wanted us to take. Then we killed one of ours for tomorrow. Took a bath. 4 eggs

Feb. 28 - Mar. 1, 1916

 Mon. Feb. 28, 1916

Fair and cloudy.

Got a bill for our furniture and the freight will be $86 and total cost $122. Ought to be here soon. Monkeyed around in A.M. Started to make a fly trap in aft. To library in eve - read and got "The Gentleman From Indiana" By Booth Tarkington and an "American" magazine. Took back "The Reckoning" which I finished - pretty good.

Tues. Feb. 29, 1916

This was a popular magazine of the day and described as
 "filled with scantily clad showgirls and tales of murder and suspense."

Hard shower A.M. fair and cloudy.

Read several article in American Magazine - it is a fine magazine. Finished my fly trap. Got Clint's lawn mower in aft. and we cut all grass around here. Rode over to Randolph Fruit Co. and got $2.70 for the lemon sorting I did (20 cents per hour). Rode town and got groceries and meat and sold 1 doz. eggs 17 cents. Read in eve. 6 eggs.

Wed. March 1, 1916

Lowell Daggett from West High Yearbook

Cold and windy - cloudy. A little touch of Minnesota weather lately - gives me a touch of homesickness once in a while.

The last few days I have been monkeying with my violin a little - can play about as bad as ever. Shut up 3 young roosters to fat and kill this A.M. In aft I drove Ma downtown to look at some furniture on sale. Ma and Pa to meeting in eve and Grandpa and I played H.L.J.Q - I beat 2 out of 3. I got a letter from Lowell Daggett (in my graduating class) today. He is in L.A. and is working for the L.A. County collecting fossil in San Pedro for the museum of Expo park of which his uncle is the director. I answered it this eve. 9 eggs

Feb. 25 - 27, 1916

 Fri. Feb. 25, 1916

Fine.

Worked around, round down to lumber yard and got some half round and put it on 2 screens. Tinted part of back , Rain in eve. Read in my book "The Reckoning" 7 eggs

Sat. Feb. 26, 1916

Sun and cloudy  - sprinkled 2 or 3 times

Sold a dozen eggs at butcher shop this A.M. for 18 cents and bought 1 pound butter at 37 cents. Monkeyed around. Pa finishing up tinting. Cleaned up the auto in aft. rode down and got some groceries. Read in eve. 9 eggs. I weigh 125 now.

Sun. Feb. 27, 1916

Truman "Tru" Griggs in 1937 as best man at my grandparents wedding

Hard rain last night. Cloudy and sunny all day. Fine afternoon.

Left here about 8 A.M. and drove to Sierra Madre and visited the folks there awhile [this is my Grandfather's Uncle Albert, his mother's brother, and his wife and kids]. I drove them (Al, Ana, Minnie) to the episcopal church, then Ma, Pa, Dot, Anabelle and I went into the congregational church next door to hear the preacher we heard in Santa Ana once and liked so well. Lewellyn, Anabelle, Dot, Pa and I drove around a little after church and stooped and brought Tru, Al, Ana, and Minnie home. True is half and inch shorter than I am, but weighs quite a bit more - has long pants and looks quite a man. He has an appointment to Annapolis and is going there soon. 

We did not stop there for dinner as we had to go to Ethel's - arrived there about two and had a lunch as they had eaten. Visited all aft and eve and left for Anaheim about 8:30. Home 10:30. Grand came back. 7 eggs.

The Congregational Church in 1906 still stand today.

Feb. 22 - 24, 1916

 Tues. Feb. 22, 1916

Fine and warm

Grand and I cut potatoes - Pa painting the walls. Then I plowed with the small plow and Grand plant about 3/4 sack of spuds. I rode down and got the mail (holiday and they didn't deliver) Ethel sent us the pictures that I left with her to have developed and they are good. Took a bath after dinner - then down and heard the Anaheim band play at the library. In eve Grand, Pa and I played 500.Played all eve but could not finish the game so we'll have to continue some other eve. 6 eggs

Wed. Feb. 23, 1916

Fine and moderate

Pa painting living and dining room walls all day. I worked around outside. To library in eve and I got "The Reckoning" by Robert Chambers also a magazine, read papers and magazine and home. 10 eggs

Thurs. Feb. 24, 1916

Fine and moderate

Grand and I drove down and got paint for the kitchen, stain for bedroom floors, and tint for bedrooms. I also got groceries and meat and sold 1 dozen eggs at market for 18 cents. Home and I worked around. Helped Pa tint in afternoon and we tinted one bedroom and the kitchen and stained floors of 2 bedrooms. Read in eve. Pa to a river protection meeting at the High School. Cool enough in eve and A.M. lately to have a little fire in the airtight. 11 eggs

Feb. 19 - 21, 1916

 Sat. Feb. 19, 1916

 Anaheim in 1914: Los Angeles Street
(now Anaheim Blvd.), looking north from Center Street (now Lincoln Ave.)

Fine and not so hot

Worked around a little. Rode down and got a sewing machine crate, brought it up, put machine in, and shipped it. They [May and cousins] up for lunch and Ma and I took them down to the train and they left to The Springs. In afternoon I bought some copper tubing and put a gas saver on the auto - not quite finished yet. I rode down in the eve and got groceries and meat. 

9 eggs today. We now have 17 hens. We planted a little patch of potatoes today also. Eggs are worth about 20 cents now and were 40 cents a week or two ago.

Sun. Feb. 20, 1916

LA Times from Feb. 20, 1916

Dull and cool

Finished my gas saver which is a copper tube from the carburetor around the exhaust pipe 3 times and then up by the steering column. Don't know how much gas it will save yet - I don't think the pipe is quite large enough to do much good. They are putting sewer in the street and we can't get out with the auto so only Pa went to church as mother did not have any good walking shoes. I rode down and bought a paper and we read all day. In afternoon I went down to the library for an hour or so and read papers. I slept with Grandpa last night. 10 eggs.

Mon. Feb. 21, 1916

Rain last night. Sunny and fairly cool today

Dug potatoes off and on all day. Pa and Grand walked down and bought some paint for the walls (like Kalsomine - Bradley's Wall Finish). They painted part of the front bedroom. Pa and I filled the sewer ditch and I drove down about 5:30 and got groceries and meat. We plowed ground where potatoes were this eve and we are going to put some more in. Read etc in eve. 10 eggs

Feb. 16 - 18, 1916

Wed. Feb. 16, 1916

Fine and fairly hot

Up at 6 A.M. and worked all day at Packing House (10 hours) sorting lemons. At noon May etc. were here at lunch. In eve we drove over to Root's and took them over to May's and we all played card etc. Grandpa and I vs. Mrs Root and May each got 1 game and then Pa and Root beat May and I 1 game, both whist. Home and to bed. 6 eggs

Thurs. Feb. 17, 1916

Fine and Mod. hot.

Worked from 7 - 10:30. then home and helped Pa and Grandpa start a shed on the back of the garage. In afternoon I went down and got a haircut and then up to May's and took Clinton bike down to [unclear word] to have it shipped - Gertie rode her's down too. Home and worked some more. Then we drove down town, May also - got groceries etc. Then Grandpa, Pa, and I out about 1 mile and bought a sack of potatoes for seed. May etc. here for Supper. In eve we went down to her place and I was going to take Gertie, Toots, and 2 other kids to the show (Mary Pickford), but crowded and could not get in so I took kids for a little ride - then sat and listened to phonograph at May's for a while and then us home. 7 eggs

Fri. Feb. 18, 1916

Fine and quite hot

Worked (Pa, Grand, and I) on the shed all day and finished it. Took the partition out of the garage so it is fine and large now and you can drive in at 30 and still not go thru the back wall. 

May to the city all day and the kids up here. I cleaned up and drove down and met here at 5 P.M. got some groceries and they here for supper after that I drove May around a little - then over and brought Root's over and we visited and Root and I lost 2 games of whist from Grand and Pa. Drove them back and then brought Ma and Pa and 5 hen's of May's up to our house at 10:30 P.M. Bed. 5 hen fruit. Garden up now.

Feb. 13 - 15, 1916

 Sun. Feb. 13, 1916

Foggy A.M. Ideal rest of day.

Up at 6:30 and left about 8 for Hollywood. Went a new way via Norwalk, but a bridge was out so we had to run up to Whittier and on the regular road. Arrived there about 10 read and talked in A.M. in afternoon we all (Ethel driving) went to Redondo and back. Went down on the beach at Clifton's-By-The-Sea and got 2 sacks of chicken grit and fine heavy surf. Then we went down to the bath house for awhile then we went home, cutting across the city thru a magnificent residential district. Talked etc all eve. and left for home 9 P.M. are here at 10:40. Fine warm moonlight night. Chickens laid 7 eggs - 2 small ones from our 2 pullets, so that makes 12 hens that should lay.

Mon. Feb. 14, 1916

Grandpa, Clinton Jr. and Gertie at "The Springs"

Fine regular California day. Pretty hot.

I worked all A.M. putting covers on my chicken feed boxes. In afternoon I pounded up the shells I got Sunday and made some grit for the chickens. Also trimmed up 2 palm trees. Then Pa and I pushed and pulled the one horse cultivator (with two teeth off) over the patch where we are going to plant potatoes. May, Gertie, and Toots [I think this is wife and children of Uncle Clint] dropped in tonight. They are down for 2 or 3 days. We visited here awhile and then at their house awhile. Then home - read a little and to bed. 4 eggs.

Tues. Feb. 15, 1916

Downtown Fullerton likely around the time my grandpa was there.

Fine and hot.

Worked around here a little in A.M. Got a letter from Lillian Crane. About 9:30 I went down to May's and worked around their yard, pruning trees etc. Grandpa came down at 10 A.M. and in afternoon we all ( May etc) drove out to their ranch and then to Fullerton to the nursery for her to order some fruit trees. While there a Dodge, driven by a high school student, ran into a kid on a bike who was ahead and didn't know which way to turn. Smashed the bike up a little and threw the kid along the pavement, but did not run over him. Pa, Ma, and I ran out to him, but in a few minutes he was alright and the other fellow took he and his bike into town. On way back I stopped at packing house and told them I would work tomorrow as they requested today over the phone via Harner's. I took May and kids over to Root's for supper and in the eve we drove down and Root and I beat Pa and Grand 2-1 at 500. Grandpa staying at May's tonight

Feb. 10 - 12, 1916

 Thurs. Feb. 10, 1916

Foggy A.M. Sun and warm afternoon Fog at nite.

Pa painting window screens. He also wrote to Ogden A.Confer to sell our property in Minneapolis. I wrote a letter to Walt. Rode down and got some bread and meat. Our grocery, meat and milk for the last month have cost us $23 (we have not bought any potatoes).

In afternoon I worked around - rode down and bought some stuff to fill tire cuts and filled one on the auto. 4 eggs. I rode to library and read papers till 7:30 then to Root's and he and I beat Pa and Mrs 2 games 500.

Fri. Feb. 11, 1916

Foggy A.M. sunny afternoon

Worked around - dug potatoes in afternoon. I rode over to packing house and got my pay. I get 20 cents per hour and got $8.40 for what work I did. Pa painting screens all day. Read in eve. 4 eggs.

Sat. Feb. 12, 1916

Fog A.M. fine and warm most of day.

Drove 4 miles out county road to buy some cheap potatoes, but they were no good. Back and bought 3 gas, groceries, and meat also 40# bean which is $1.30 per sack and 6# beef scrap for 25 cents and 2 # charcoal for 10 cents to mix with it to make for a dry mash. For a scratch feed we bought 50# coffir corn at $1.85 per 100# and 25# of wheat $2.20 per 100# which we will mix together and feed instead of ready mixed stuff at $1.35 per 100. I cleaned the chicken house some in the afternoon, fixed boxes for the feed and mixed it. Then made a trough and fed the chickens some of the bran. Then polished the auto all up. Read in evening and took a bath. 4 eggs. Gas is 17 1/2 cents now. We now have 10 hens. 2 pullets about 5 mos. old, and 4 roosters (3 young).