Irene Dixon Bamford

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Monday 22 June 1908 A very fine warm day. Ray, Voltie, and Wells Sr hoeing potatoes at consession finish at dinner time then hoe and cultivate strawberries. Sniders heifer got in here. Snider had tremendous time getting her out, chased her all over the pasture with all the cattle in tow. He opened the gate to drive her out, she wouldn't go, but Dirk horse got out. V left his hoeing to bring him back. Then Snide went home and brought a rope lassoed her, then she wouln't go any way, but he pulled tugged and draged her to the road and through the gate and the last I saw of Snide he was squatting on the grass outside the gate holding on to the rope. Mary Barrie and her brother Geo drove in here to sell picknic tickets. Maud bought one 25 cts. Maud slept on the couch agin last night.