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as Board of Centennial trustees & levied asst of 2 cts a share -- Bed at 2--

Wife & I at Dayton -- Whittier Dredge

Sunday Aug 22

Same -- Wife & I took light breakfast at room, & morning train at 7:20 -- Got off at Empire & in a few minutes up train took us back to M.H. There we got aboard C & C train for Dayton where I was engaged to witness working model of Whittier dredge, in river, for raising quicksilver, emalgam, etc -- Dr J H Rae toe owner & Prest of the Co took us in tow as his guests -- Paid all traveling expenses -- took us to his house, where his wife is & I left mary there & we went over & saw the dredge work in the river about 100 yds from the RR depot -- dined with Dr & wife & son, et al, at Union Hotel -- other parties came from Va, to see dredge. Sol & Louis Frankel (brothers) (T E Fielding) and Matt Riderofthe Con Va assay office, &

Wife returns to Reno Whittier Dredge
Poll tax Paid 80 deg

others -- PM very windy & dusty -- fearfully so -- Hadn't been in Dayton for 12 yrs -- PM was at dredge a few times more, seeing, it work for other parties to see -- Left on return at 5 PM -- on train from south -- seats all full -- at Mound House wife took train for reno & I for Va, both trains meeting & passing there - Va at 7, tired & chilly -- Room -- wrote a little -- got sleepy -- Laid down on bed at 8:30 & slept till 11 -- went down town short time - Bed at 1:30 --

Monday Aug 23

Clear & pleasant -- weather about 80 deg nowadays -- Got my sleep well up -- Got in