The season of 1906 was an unusually favorable one for the farmers. Oct. 1. Brother Valison Tanner met with a serious accident, falling off a load of hay and was paralyzed from his shoulders downward. He was taken to the hospital at Ogden but finally died. The Dr. said his neck was broken. They took some pieces of bone out.

Feb. 18, 1907. The winter so far has been quite mild and considerable rain fall.

Our day school and Sunday Schools have not been neglected; a nice school room was built of hewed logs and afterward a nice school room of dressed sand stone was built and qualified teachers engaged. A rock school room was also built on the West Creek, now called Etna.

June 14. When we arose this morning a strange light greeted our eyes. The trees were hung down with a heavy snow. The branches touching the ground and many of them broken and the trees injured.

Nov. We had had a very wet season the creek is booming. Wages are high and laboring men scarce. We have raised good crops. People are generally improving in circumstances and feeling well as they were raising bigger crops.

1909. We have had a prosperous season this year. A water pipe line has been completed conveying the water of Buckskin Springs to the homes of 30 farmers on the East Fork. The water right was purchased from Catlin Bros. and formed and incorporated with the following officers: David H. Toyn, President; Directors, Allen H. Tanner, Wm. P. Paskett, George R. Richins, and Parley R. Paskett; James W. Bitteridge, Secretary. Each one of the stock holders holds an equal right in the ownership and use of said water and at this writing the waters have been piped to the houses and corrals of those who wished it, and proves a great blessing and is a grand success so far. The company was formed for mutual benefit and not for money making. The pipe was wooden pipe 4 inch pipe for two miles and then two inch pipe for one, to run about a mile up the creek and about a half mile down. Some was three quarters inch galvanized pipe, altogether it cost nine thousand dollars which was soon raised (this pipe has since been replaced with iron pipe). Each of the 30 share holders paid $300.00 in cash.

Dec. 31, 1910. We have had a very dry season, yet the water held out well for irrigation; the writer raising 1200 bushels of oats and 65 bushels of wheat. The settlers were now engaged in building better houses and the people getting in fairly prosperous conditions.

Jan. 28, 1911. We are having a very mild winter, very little snow so far.

1912. On Sunday, November 17, we held Sunday School and Sacrament meeting for the first time in our new rock meeting house. A number of brethren were called upon to make a five minute talk each. Those who spoke were Bishop David H. Toyn, Wm. P. Paskett, Albert F. Richins, Philip A. Paskett, Lorenzo Richins, Richard E. Warburton, George A. Blantham, Allen N. Tanner, Joseph Barlow, James Cooke, Miles E. Wakefield, Charles C. Toyn, and Jens Anderson. This is the fourth meeting house the saints have built; beginning with a small log house. The Bishop and his counselors were visibly affected the way the brethren appreciated their labors and responsibility in having the house built. The meeting house was built of white sand stone and was a good size. (I haven't got just the dimensions.) Has a basement for amusement, basketball, plays, shows, etc. The house has a number of classrooms besides the main meeting room and all together cost about ten thousand dollars. (The Ward records were accidentally burned up.)

April 12, 1913. We have had a very cold winter. In January the small pox made its appearance in the family of Wm. P. Paskett, supposed to be brought from Ogden. The writer was appointed quarantine officer. The county physician came and pronounced it small pox, there were 71 cases reported, some had it lightly and some so bad they were almost beyond recognition. No one proved fatal. There was one thing that was not quarantined, that was the faith and prayers of the saints. The county physician said it was a remarkable record as far as he knew, without parallel. The last of these cases was released from quarantine after fumigation on March 29, 1913.