Journal of Elijah Charles Clapp
1899 Diary
January 1899
sat 7 chored around home
sun 8 tended meeting in Eastdale
mon 9 sawed lumber with Joseph
tus 10 went after wood
wed 11 made a chimney for E Mortenson and gave Joseph the debt to go to the dance on
thi 12 helped S A Dunn on hid well and what i woed him
sat 14 put a window in for Sina Mortenson for a few pottos and sawed lumber
sun 15 tended meeting in Eastdale
tus 17 went after my wife utah trip
mon 23 went to (mill) with. 11 hundred of wheat
wed 25 chored and runed 25 of S A Dunn fixing table for school house
thi 26 worked on school house benches made one for E Mortensen and one for S Rolman
sat 28 went to priesthood meeting and tended conference
sun 29 tended conference and John W Taylor Apostle Woodrof and Cowley was with us S C Berthelson was put out from being bishop and put in the high council
tus 31 worked around home sawing lumber and made a bench for Wm Funk
February 1899
sun 5 Zelma blest by Dunn Brother Edward Wouthwick and Hales came as mishanerys in the intrust of the young men and spent a week in doing good
sun 12 tended meeting in Eastdale
mon 13 went after wood Bro Durnum and Hanson came over as misherays
wed 15 went after logs for my wind mill
sat 18 worked on a beer barrel
thi 23 went after logs for my wind mill and some wood
fti 24 went to Sanford to go to priesthood meeting
sat 25 the best turn out i ever saw
sun 26 tended meeting in Sanford
tus 28 went after wood
wed 29 worked on windmill
April 1899
sat 1 chored around home
sun 2 tended meeting in Eastdale
mon 3 worked on my plow sowed and fixing redt wheat for farming and worked on windmill
sun 9 tended meeting in Eastdale
mon 10 worked in the field
sat 15 fix fence 1 ½ day
tus 18 worked on the canal one day fixing a brake out
mon 24 worked for C Jenson makeing dore and frame 150
sat 29 went to manassa with a load of tithing wheat
sun 30 tended conference
May 1899
mon 1 went to Sanford to get some wheat for grist and some otes for to sow got wheat from Dirby 700 lbs from G W Morgan 568 otes
tus 2 started home but Sister ottoson stoped and get me to plaster their kitchen got 100 doller in cash
wed 3 went to mill and home
thi 4 sick not work
fti 5 chored around home
sat 6 started to finesh Jensons seller
sun 7 tended meeting in Eastdale
mon 8 planted some barley in forenoon afternoon helped Hess on the dich at the head of our lane tus 9 worked on the seller
sun 14 did not go to meeting slept all day
mon 15 went over to sanford to plant potatos
tus 16 planted on tims lot 34 rows
wed 17 helped hess for him helping me
thi 18 came home
fri 19 went after mountain dirt for the garden
sat 20 planted in the garden
sun 2l tended meeting in eastdale
mon 22 worked around house in garden
thi 25 making headgate some changes on the windmill
fri 26 started to my wheat the second time in beans
sun 28 meeting eastdale
mon 29 planted garden in field
tus 30 worked on windmill
June 1899
fri 2 worked on foundation for C Jenson
sun 4 Brother A Smith and Helm was here
wed 7 went to Sanford.
thi 8 worked S W Hunt
sun 11 tended. meeting in Sanford
mon 12 came to manassa to see if i could work for S Jackson
tus 13 worked. for S J one ½ day
sat 17 worked for potatos
sun 18 went home
mon 19 came back (worked all week burned brick)
sat 24 went to priesthood meeting
sun 25 tended conference apostle John Henery -- was here (again worked- all week)
July 1899
sun 2 tended meeting in mannassa
mon 3 one day
sat 8 one day and went home
mon 10 went after poles got 70
tus 11 came home with them
wed 12 fenced the garden and came to manassa
sat 15 settled up 14.60 comeing yet
sun 16 tended meeting in Manassa
mon 17 tended furnel of S Smith
wed 18 went to Edward Newcomb with W 0 Crother to lay foundation for him put in ½ day
fri 21 ½ day foundation 18 by 43.8 inches
sat 22 worked for Bro Ketch lyning a house took the job for 18 dollers
sun 23 tended meeting in manassa
mon 24 worked some in the forenoon
tus 25 work 3/4 day run out of adobies
sat 29 tended priesthood meeting in manassa
sun 30 tended conference here
August 1899
tus 1 fineshed lineing with adobies
wed 2 plasterd one room first coat
thi 3 plasterd the other
fri 4 plasterd one room for Siles Smith for 150 cash
sat 5 came to Sanford
mon 7 went with Crowth up to Ed Nucomh to make adobies molded ½ day 1034 (molded all week)
fri 11 molded and went to Sanford and molded for G morgon on sat
sun 13 tended meeting in Sanford
wed 16 started the fire on a kiln for maddux and co
fri 18 746 coming
sat 19 still burning
wed 23 fineshed 10 in the night
thi 24 came home makeing 25 dollers
September 1899
fri 1 worked around home
sat 2 came over with P Hess did not come in time for priesthood meeting
sun 3 tended meeting in Sanford
mon 4 worked ½ day for W 0 Grother at Newcombs
fri 8 plasterd for gorge Kock
sun 10 tended meeting in Sanford
mon 11 plasterd
tus 12 fineshed at noon and went to Bisnop Jackson and plasterd
wed 13 fineshed for him and came home
thi 14 started to set in kiln for Jenson and it set into raining and hailing no work 3 inches fell
fri 15 chored around home adobies to wet to put in kiln
sun 17 tended meeting in Eastdale
mon 18 in afternoon i set in kiln
tus 19 ½ day and starred the fire
thi 21 fineshed at day lite and went to hunt my horses could not find them
sat 23 found them at night
sun 24 tended meeting in Eastdale
mon 25 moved the mill up and level the yard over to the mill
tus 26 went after wood
wed 27 molded 14 inch adobies for Hess
thi 28 molded 3/4 day
fri 29 molded ½ day for Hess makeing 1500 in the afternoon i molded 9 inch for myself
October 1899
sun 1 no meeting
wed 4 stormed
fri 6 masent on Jensons kitchen one day and Joseph hunted horses and found them and help ½ day tendeing masen
sat 7 molded adobies 1300 brother Dunn helped in the afternoon i worked 2 hours on kitchen
sun 8 tended meeting in Eastdale
mon 9 molded 1100 and worked 2 hours on kitchen and joseph went after wood
tus 10 helped Jensen de horne his stock and molded 50 adobjes makeing 9400 9 inch and in the afternoon worked
for Hess on Jensens kitchen ½ day and my wife went to Sanford with wood for C Frederisksen Joseph put in ½
day helping me on the kitchen
wed 11 worked one Joseph 3/4 day
thi 12 8 hours Joseph 3/4 day (worked on kitchen until 19)
thi 19 8 hours masening for Hess which fineshed the kitchen
sun 22 tended meeting in Eastdale
mon 23 went after wood for Sister Whittney which settled my debt
tus 24 i went to Sanford rode with my wife half way and she went to Antonito
wed 25 worked for Wm Kirby
sat 27 went to meeting Priesthood
sun 28 tended meeting in Sanford
November 1899
thi 2 ½ day which fineshed the coop 12 by 16 and flue 9 dollers ½ day for G Morgon
sun 5 tended meeting in Sanford
mon 6 worked on Morgons coop 12 X 16
tus 7 fineshed it came to 675
wed 8 went to work for C Cornum plastering his 2 large rooms with lime
sat 11 fineshed and got 10 dollers
sun 12 tended meeting in Sanford
mon 13 worked for A Tims makeing a coop for Nephi Smith
thi 16 fineshed coop 12 by 14 which came to 6 dollers
fri 17 got time to take me to Manassa met joseph
sat 18 dobed Sister Christenson log house and got square with her came to 2 dollers came home same night
sun 19 tended meeting in Eastdale
mon 20 chored around home
ius 21 worked for Sophy Jensen lineing her house put in 7 ½ hours
sat 25 put in 3 hours and molded 1365 adobies for E Mortensen
sun 26 tended meeting in Eastdale
December 1899
fri 1 went to Sanlouis to see about my land
sat 2 put in 8 hours
sun 3 tended meeting in Eastdale
mon 4 fineshed plastering for Cary 6 hours
tus 5 7 ½ hours
thi 7 put in 6 hours for Ephriam Mortensen
fri 8 went to manassa with Jensen to plaster for Jackson
sat 9 plasterd for Jackson
sun 10 tended the jubelle at Manassa
mon 11 my birthday i plasterd for Jackson fineshed 250
tus 12 plaster for Alber and J Smith
wed 13 fineshed 300 in cash
thi14 walked home
fri 15 plasterd for A Mortenson 150 and one doller turned to the well work
sat 16 Joseph went to manassa to work for Smith for i took a job till first of March i killed a pig for A S Nielson and one for Ownes
sun 17 tended meeting in Eastdale and Brother Ball was here and gave 4 patriatchel blessing for my children
mon 18 hunted calfs and settled tithing had paid in this year 34.81 cents
tus 19 went to costilla with Ammon Mortensen as teachers to preach tithing to Louis Pane and famely was recived joyfully
thi 21 went after wood had. one of Dunns horses and wagon