March 1rst , 1903
Casper Schaefer received the contract for sawing the school wood for 50 cents and the church wood for 40 cents. On Feb 26th Father drove to Paynesville and brought nails and a lantern along.
March 2nd, 1903
Washed and split wood.
March 3rd, 1903
Attended mass (the Pope’s Silver Crowning Jubilee). The supervisors were here.
March 4th, 1903
Split wood. Father was to J. A. Michaels of Farming with barley to be ground.
March 5th, 1903
Split wood. I and Math went to confession.
March 6th, 1903
Math and I went to communion (First Friday)
March 7th, 1903
Split wood. Father was to New Paynesville and brought the new anvil and vise along. They cost $18.11
March 8th, 1903
Forth Hours Devotion commenced. Father took Rev. B. Bonaventura from Richmond. Bad roads.
March 9th, 1903
Dan went to Golden Valley, N.D. Peter did his chores till re returned.
March 10th, 1903
Village and Town Elections. In the village the following officers were elected:
President - Jos. Blonigen
Trustees – Math Brok, Math Waggoneor and Jack Deiderich; Deidericks did not accept and Nick Blonigen was put in his place having the next greatest number of votes.
Recorder – Val Haehn
Town Elections
Supervisors: M.T. McGowan, Hubert Heiner, Nic Olmsheid. For assessor Math P. Mohs had 27 and Joe Rausch 32 votes
March 10th, 1903 (continued)
Close of Forty Hours Devotion. Nick Blonigen and brother-in-law Holtz were here. We took an 8 penny nail out of Dick’s foot. Took mink traps home.
March 11th, 1903
Washed and hauled corn-sheller home.
March 12th, 1903
Split wood.
March 13th, 1903
Finished wood splitting. Took wolf traps home.
March 14th, 1903
"John" received a calf.
March 15th, 1903
John M.
Blonigen was here.
March 16th, 1903
Took some old posts for heating stove wood. See March 18
March 17, 1903
Attended the funeral of the deceased A.M. Schmitz.
March 18, 1903
It rained pretty much last night. The moor overflowed it’s banks. Began cleaning wheat. On March 16th Dan returned from Dakota.
March 19, 1903
Went to church and cleaned wheat.
March 20, 1903
Went to church and cleaned wheat, oats and barley.
March 21, 1903
Went to church.
March 22, 1903
Father and Mother paid Peter Schmidt a visit.
March 23, 1903
Washed and made heating-stove wood.
March 24, 1903
Made heating-stove wood. In the afternoon Watch barked at a tree. I went to it and climbed up and saw a nose in the tree. I saw two golden eyes. Went home and called Father and Math. Went down with a stick but could feel nothing. Chopped a hole into a hollow twig and found it there. Chopped off the twig tight at the tree, held up a sack and pushed it in. took it home and put it into a barrel.
Hurrah!!! A raccoon
March 25, 1903
Went to church. Father and Nick Blonigen moved Mrs. Noll to Richmond.
March 26, 1903
Made heating stove wood.
March 27, 1903
Made heating stove wood and put up ash barrels
March 28, 1903
Made heating stove wood.
