Journal of Elijah Charles Clapp
1898 Diary
January 1898
sun 2 tended meeting in Eastdale
mon 3 went to Sanford to buy wheat and go to mill
tus 4 bought 1000 70 one thousand and 70 pounds took it to mill for myself
wed 5 came home
thi 6 worked on the tithing grainery part of the day and chored around home
sat 8 killed pigs 2 for S A Dunn Joseph ordained deacon
sun 9 tended meeting in Eastdale
tus 11 was going to mill for Wm Funk but it stormed did not go
wed 12 went to mill Wm Funk for 150 in flour bls
thi 13 came to antonito and sent a telagram to Utah to ftnd out if my mother was dead she was no
better and came home
fri 14 went to Sanford to try to borrow money to go to utah but non
sat 15 still tryed to get money no luck
sun 16 walked home
tue 18 bad wether no work lame sholder
thi 20 went to manassa after my bellows $800
sat 22 went after wood for myself
sun 23 tended meeting in Eastdale
sat 29 stormed so bad that i did not work
sun 30 tended meeting in Eastdale
mon 31 went after wood
February 1898
tus 1 worked on well (he was digging for Mortenson)
thi 10 fineshed the ell 73 and 9 inches
fri 11 went after wood for to burn meeting house brick
sat 12 went to conference
sun 13 tended meeting in manassa
mon 14 tixed a flew for any ottoson for nothen
tus 15 came home
wed 16 worked for A S on well for 100 per day in cash
sat 19 went after wood some for myself some for the meeting house brick
mon 21 went to sanlouis for brann
thi 24 went after green pinion for a pig pen
fri 25 made a pig pen
sat 26 tenGed priesthood meeting in manassa
sun 27 tended meeting in Eastdale
mon 28 cleaned out th well
March 1898
tus 1 went after wood for meeting house
wed 2 went after Christen Jenson and Manda at Laje.ra who came from utah
fri 4 chored around home building on a shop
sat 5 helped A Mortenson to kill pigs killed 5 i got one
sun 6 tended meeting in Eastdale
tus 8 went to Conejos to get some money from Fred Warshaver
wed 9 worked on my shop
tus 15 went after wood
May 1898
16 went after wilos to fence garden got 100
August 1898
fri 5 went with N P Hess down to Questa to pick beries
mon 8 worked on seller
tus 9 went to the resivor and saw N P Hess baptized confirmed in my house by C Jensen and A S Nielson and myself
wed 10 tithing labor one day
tus 16 worked on the seller laying rock
sun 21 tended meeting in Eastdale
mon 22 worked on the town canal capa tel stock 9 hours
tus 23 worked on the seller
sat 27 went to manassa to priesthood meeting
sun 28 tended meeting in Eastdale
mon 29 cut my wheat
September 1898
thi 1 worked fixing my wagon and piling peas
fri 2 went after poles to make stack yard fetched 47
sun 4 tended meeting in Eastdale
mon 5 worked on my wagon
tus 6 went after poles fetched 45
fri 9 worked on stack yard
tus 13 hawled wheat had 6 loads in wagon box
wed 14 hawled peas
fri 16 worked for Jenson makeing manger for cuting peas
sat 17 cut peas fineshed worked on manger
sun 18 tended meeting in Eastdale
mon 19 fineshed manger
thi 22 bring the day set for beginning the work on the meeting house only myself and Bp Jensen came we went down and dug a well
mon 26 molded brick ---
October 1898
sat 1 made redy for my --- took my wife over to Lajara to go to utah and see her mother
tus 4 worked around horne rnakeing wheel barrow
wed 5 molded adobies for las mortenson
sun 9 tended. meeting in Eastdale
mon 10 piled adobies
tus 11 started to dig on Caery Jenson seller
wed 12 Joseph plaowed for A A Nielson and I helped him clean out his well 2 hours afternoon I worked on the seller
thi 13 uoseph and I worked on the seller
mon 17 i blacksmith for Ownes 75 cents he OTIes me 20 cents
tus 18 i was one of the judges of Election
wed 19 haled adobies part of the day and made well curb for a public well in the field by Jensons land
thi 20 worked on the well curb and blacksmith for Al Nielson 75 cents
fri 21 hawled some adobies and made some curbing and some work for Rile makeing 100 and 20c
sat 22 went to Sanford with brother A A Dunn settle up with those that owed me
mon 24 hawled the rest of adobies
tus 25 worked for Jenson for suting my peas and joseph and Alva Mortenson worked on the seller put in 71/2 hours
wed 26 blacksmith for ownes and myself 25c and in the afternoon tended weding dinner of Ammon Mortenson and Kisty Jenson
thi 27 worked on the well curbing and worked some for Al Nielson 25c
sun 30 no meeting on a count of the conference
mon 31 in the forenoon i worked on a carel for m Marcer in the afternoon i fineshed diging Jensens seller
November 1898
tus 1 I and Dunn worked on meeting house benches
wed 2 made to
thi 3 fixed the pump and de horned all my stock
December 1898
sat 24 chored around home and fixed the well pully
sun 25 tended meeting in Eastdale
tus 27 worked for S Holman 5 hours
thi 29 worked 2 hours and went and plasterd for E mortenson ½ day
fri 30 fineshed and lacked 150 in paying