Excerpts from the Lars John Redberg Diaries of 1909 - 1912 of Life in South Tillamook County especially of Oretown, Oregon.
NVMS students typed these excerpts during the fall of 2002. Edna Redberg very kindly excerpted these interesting portions of the diaries and provided them to NVMS. The complete diaries of Lars John Redberg are in the Pioneer Museum in Tillamook, Oregon. They were donated by Erwin and Edna Redberg.
The following diary entries were typed by Jared and Justen during the fall of 2002 and were edited by Dean Bones.
Jan.2,1911 - This forenoon Gertrude and I sold 1 1/2 acres of land, more or less, to F.W. Berger.
Jan.3,1911 - I nailed batents on my barn.
Jan.6,1911 - We attended a dance at Commons in their new house this evening. We arrived home at 5:30 A.M.
Jan.8,1911 - Attended Sunday School. Irve Smith and family, Ole and family, and myself and family, spent the afternoon and had dinner with Father and Mother today.
Jan.9,1911 - Ole finished covering his house roof.
Jan.10,1911 - Ole, Irve and I laid some flooring in Ole's new addition.
Jan.11,1911 - Ole and family brought their Ice Cream Freezer to our house and we had an enjoyable evening, eating Ice Cream and playing Pedro. Still batenting my barn.
Jan.14,1911 - Cold and Clear- Ice froze in our bedroom last night . I went to Penters at 12:30 tonight to phone Dr. Brown for Jessie Ward, as we tried for nearly an hour to get him from Oretown line.
Jan.18,1911 - Mr.Porter, Earl Porter, Ole, Herbie and I went in Earl's launch over Conder's tideland, after a long cedar timber for Ole. We got wet.
Jan. 19, 1011 - Mr. Porter, Earl Porter, Irve Smith, Ole and I went over on the sand spit in Porter's launch after fence posts and other materials. We brought a raft around to the tideland. Some snow drifts yet.
Jan. 20, 1911 - We went over on the sandspit again. Ole brought Porter's green boat full of posts around the bay to the tideland while the rest of us tied the raft and launch up at the cannery dock, and we came over the hill. The launch would not pull. We all attended a Social at the Grange Hall tonight. Had a program, ice cream and neckties wee sold for partners for supper. The proceeds of the sale of ice cream and neckties was nearly $39.00. To be used for the new church which will be built. We came home at 3:00 A.M.
Jan. 24, 1911 - Went to spit for redwood log.
Jan. 28, 1911 - Attended Grange - had 25 visitors present from Pacific City & Cloverdale.
Jan. 30, 1911 - 19 grangers worked on horse shed at Grange Hall to-day, 12 of us went with Ole and Mr. Porter, with their teams & wagons up in Rocks Canyon and cut 2 wagon loads of shake bolts for boards to finish the horse shed.
Continue to page 13, Redberg Diaries, January 31, 1911 - March 27, 1911.