Journal of Elijah Charles Clapp
1897 Diary
January 1897
tus 5 made some tests on some clay it glased nice
fri 8 made a slay
sat 9 went to Costilla to trade
sun 10 tended meeting in Eastdale
mon 11 went with a S Nielson to Sanlouis to see van Deest about out land as the place is about to brake up Bishop Funk preparing to move away snowed ½ day
tus 12 worked some on the reed and chored around home
sat 16 worked on Holman reed
sun 17 no meeting
wed 20 chored around home testing clay
fri 22 Dunn and i went to Sanford in a slay
sat 23 When i got there Bishop Funk charged me of starting a falshood on him consening poleson wife which i denied and which was false but i could not prove it i was found guilty of slander
(she had reported an attact by Bp and the story was going around and E C C was accused of starting it He may have repeated it but didn't start it M. C )
sun 24 we came home
tus 26 was going after wood but it stormed so i could not go
wed 27 Mary went to Costilla with Bro Dunn and i stayed home and took care of the children
fri 29 Brother Dunn and i went to priesthood meeting in Manassa in my slay
sat 30 tended meeting in Manassa
sun 31 tended meeting in Sanford
February 1897
mon 1 Dunn and i came home
sun 7 no meeting 3 of our children sick
mon 8 went to Sanford to burn a kiln of brick for kirby and co
tus 9 i got a letter from mother i thought i would. wate till i got dun burning before answering it same day put in n1/2 day geting redy to burn snow 10 incnes on kiln started fire that night Decker fired. till l2 oclock then i fired till noon
sun 14 C C Fredrickson took kirbys place
mon 15 got dun at dark cane to Sanford and found a telegram from Utah stateing that mother was dieing come quick. settled up got 175 and board per day
March 1897
mon 1 i went to Sanford to get what was comeing to me on brick yard work
tus 2 settled up and got as far as Manassa
got to mill with 425 of wheat and started for home and was over taken in a blizard and was obliged to stop on the rio grande no feed for my horses or myself i lade on a sack of brann with 2 quilts took sick abed from cold that night
thi 4 came home
fri 5 sick a bed
sat 7 still sick
wed 10 went to Mannassa to get a pig and a gun for which i had to get 50 poasts
thi 11 went to Sanford to see H K Christenson to get a job of plastering
fri 12 came home with my pig
tus 15 went to Sanford to plaster for Christenson
sun 21 did not go to meeting to raget
yus 23 p1asterd urned 750 cents
wed 24 started to lay rock for a chicken coop for fames Holman
fri 26 rio grande broke up
sun 28 tended meeting in Sanford
April 1897
fri 2. worked. on a wagon tong
sat 3 went to Costillo to get some blacksmithing but could not get it because the blacksmith was sick
sun 4 sunday school no meeting Funk quit (couldn't make it after story)
mon 5 worked. lor A S Nielson urned 50 cent worked some on a wagon tung
tus 6 huntes for a place to get poasts
wed 7 started for red. river with A S Nielson in the afternoon
fri 8 got to red river city
fri 9 tryed. to get work but could not get it
sat 10 started home with wm Bently
wed 14 went after poasts got 26 and some wood
sun l8 tended meeting in eastdale Mortenson the Stake President took charge
mon 19 took 26 poasts to F M Mortenson and went to Sanford to get check cashed which i got for the white cow and lineys calf but i had to wait next day
thi 22 worked on my lathe
fri 25 went san louis after brann came home 800 lbs and 200 flour
mon 26 i went to prepareing to make some crockery ware and Chore
thi 29 my wife went to Sanford and i stayed home and. started to make flour pots ( turned pots for next 2 weeks)
May 1897
mon 23 president Smith and T Crowthers and Van deast was here to see about land maters decided to have all the people in Eastdale cawled to stay
mon 24 raining more rain this year then i have ever seen
tus 25 worked on kiln
sun 30 tended meeting
mon 31 set in the kiln an glased started to fire in the evening
June 1897
thi 3 took them out again and glaised and set in kiln and started to fire in evening
sat 5 morning quit fireing
sun 6 tended meeting in Eastdale
mon 7 took them out did not have good luck the draft run to much to the bottom loaded up with 31 1 ½ flour pots and went to Sanford sold some and left the other in the store
tus 8 came home
thi 10 tested clay from the ute mountain proved good
fri 11 hawled clay
sun 13 tended meeting in Eastdale
mon 14 hawled and refined clay
mon 21 went to Sanford to work for Henson building for 150 per day
thi 24 started to lay adobies
sat 26 tended priesthood meeting in manassa
sun 27 tended meeting in Sanford
mon 28 worked maseining
July 1897
thi 1 rained ½ day
mon 5 selabrated
sat 10 one day
sun 11 tended meeting in Sanford
mon 12 one day ½ daym came to 300 laying rock
fri 16 came home walked
sat 17 rested
sun 18 tended meeting in Eastdale
mon 19 went with C Jenson to Sanlouis to see van diest about makeing brick for him did not see him
tus 20 froze ice went to pick curns
thi 22 went to costilla and got square with myer and got my note which he had had for 7 years sun 25 tended meeting in eastdale
tus 27 mended and greased my hornes
wed 28 chored around home because Mary had to sanford
thi 29 went to Sanlouis with S Holman to get a bull from AA salazar for the people of eastdale for which we paid 25 dollers in cash for a 2 year old
sat 31 tended priesthood. meeting in sanford i hired out to SCB to go to mexico to make brick and build a 2 story house Apostle J W Taler and Brother Brimhol from Provo and. Charles White from Spring City was there and preacned the gospel to us
August 1897
sun 1 went to manassa and her them preach and came home
mon 2 Brother C Jenson who has been chosen. to be our Bishop cawled a meeting on land business drawing a plot of all the land which lasted. all day (the rest of the season busy making brick in New Mexico)
December 1897
thi 16 started for home with C C B team left abiquirei in a big snow storm
sat 18 very bad wether
sun 19 snowing still got to Trespiedre-- left levi with the team and went home on the train i paid $3.30 for the expenses comeing home
tus 21 came home on the train
wed 22 got home
thi 23 helped C Jenson hawl straw for Dunn 50 lbs wheat
fri 24 went to priesthood meeting
sat 25 Chrismus
sun 26 tended meeting in Eastdale
mon 27 hawled straw for myself got it or a Mortenson
tus 28 went to Sanlouis after brann got 1000