May 18th, 1933, Thursday: Bright, hot, 88 in the shade at mid-day and a N. W. breeze. I got meals and wrote some letters. The men chored, and Wm and Narvin got in horses and took some stock to the big-pasture. Will hurt his foot yesterday, so can hardly walk, but he sprouted potatoes and visited with a man from south towards Valentine who came to see if Mike could be bought. Will went to Earl Allen, west of the store, and they will bring down their cattle to-morrow. Being so warm, the men couldn’t work hard in p.m., but took it easy in late p.m. and put some 2 yr. old horses to corral as they separated mares from geldings and kept old mares close in. Have orders for underwear nearly finished, but I quit. Mr. and Mrs. Boyd stopped on way home from Store.
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May 18, 1933: 88 in the Shade
~ Hidden Timber, South Dakota