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 NVMS students, Maggie and Ryan and edited by Dean Bones.
Jan. 31,1911 - 14 of us, working a greater part of the day, finished the horse shed.
Feb. 7, 1911 - I went to the school house today with the other 2 directors, to help the teacher correct some of the bad boys.
Feb. 10, 1911 - Mr. J.H. Dunstan of Pacific City surveyed for Mr. Porter yesterday. He has surveyed the ground for the new Church.
Feb. 12, 1911 - Wind very bad & rain. Damage was done. It overturned Mr. Berger's buggy. At times, I heard big timber falling.
Feb. 14, 1911 - Attended dance at Meda Hall. Home at 5 in the morning. Heard this evening that "Oshkosh" sunk on the Columbia Bar.
Feb. 24, 1911 - Attended a Basket Social at the Grange Hall this evening. Sale of baskets $73.70.
Feb. 28, 1911 - Ole & Mr. Carver are laying water-pipe for Father & Mother.
March 3, 1911 - Ole & Irve were building a flue in Ole's house today.
March 7, 1911 - Mr. Porter, Ole and I started our road work on the Rock road today. We cut a 5' tree down and blasted the stump out. Took 71 sticks of powder.
March 8, 1911 - Mr. Wilson & Irve Smith helped on the road today. John Whiteman works in my place when I can't.
March 14, 1911 - I sold 1 1/2 tons of hay to Mr. Franklin at $11.00 per ton. Ole went to Cloverdale today and brought a big road Crowder back to use on the new road.
March 20, 1911 - John Whiteman is still working in my place on the new road. They are on Rocky Point now. Lots of dinamite (spelled as it was written db) blasting & grading. Whiteman going to work at cannery.
March 22, 1911 - Smith is buying Weiss's gray team. He has been awarded the contract to haul the cheese from the Meda factory to Tillamook this year.
March 27, 1911 - Clinton Miles taking my place on the road work today. They blasted and graded. School out March 29 - Finishes a 6 mos. term.
Continue to page 14, Redberg Diaries, April 1, 1911 - July 3, 1911.