Colorado State University Libraries Archives & Special Collections Water Resources Archive Transcription of Delph Carpenter Diary, 1926 Item Metadata Collection: Delph E. Carpenter and Family Papers (WDEC) Author: Carpenter, Delph Title: Diary Date: 1926 File Name: WDEC03110a.pdf Date Transcribed: June 2020 Editors: Patricia Rettig, Helen Baer Transcription Platform: FromThePage.com BEGIN TRANSCRIPTION Friday 15 [Jan. 1926] Little Rock Ark. Meet re Arkansas River Com Marion Hotel. DEC Made chariman com on Dec of policy Bed 1:30 AM Sat. Jan 16, 1926 Little Rock Ark R Ark River Com Marion Hotel Sunday 17 Took bus to Hot Springs Arkansas registered at [Como?] Hotel [text written sideways on page under no specific date] At Hot Springs Ark taking baths and resting but keeping in touch with Sec Work sending wires writing letters etc. until Feb 28th. Thur. Jan. 28, 1926 Geo [D?] Statler died at Greeley Sun. Jan. 31, 1926 Dinner and PM at Col John R Fordyce res Mon. Feb. 1 Sent flowers to Hiram [Whittington?] funeral Mon. Feb. 15, 1926 All eve at Como Hotel with EB Coulter formerly of Greeley Tuesday 16 Lunch PM and dinner and eve at Como with Coulter Sunday 28 [February 1926] Dinner at Col. Fordyce Dr [Eckel?] 10 a.m. Took Mo. Pac. to Kansas City Mon. March 1 Kansas City saw [Stackelbach?] and Sum mers in depot 6 P.M. U.P. Denver Tues. March 2, 1926 Arrived in Greeley conf. Hinderlider 12 to 1:30 P.M. Wednesday 3 Denver - [miscelaneous?] river matters all day. Thursday 4 Denver conf. Denver water board atty etc. bought tickets for Don and I left for Washington at midnight. Fri. March 5, 1926 Enroute Washington U.P. ry Saturday 6 Chicago Don and I visited Geo Miller and took lunch at bar ass. left by B. -O for Washington. Sunday 7 Arrived at Wasington conf. Boatright etc. Lee House Mon. March 8, 1926 Washington Swing Johnson Bill Colo. River intv with Sec. Work and et. al. supreme court noon and Park P.M. Tuesday 9 Same Wednesday 10 Same Thur. March 11, 1926 Same Friday 12 Same Saturday 13 Same Monday 15 [March 1926] Same Tuesday 16 Same Wed. March 17, 1926 Same Thursday 18 House Com. hearing Swing Johnson Bill Friday 19 Same Sat. March 20, 1926 Left Washington for Denver via Memphis and Kansas City (Met Cohen - author) Sunday 21 Don and I enroute through south Monday 22 Don and I at Hot Springs Ark saw Dr. Eckel etc. Tues. March 23, 1926 Kas Cy Took Don and Tom [Walker?] of [Ans?] [pere?] for auto [ride?] Wednesday 24 Arrive Denver PM at St House Home on eve U.P. Thursday 25 Denver All day Rio Grande matters with Meeker and Hinderlider made date with Hopkins for tomorow Home eve UP Fri. March 26, 1926 AM Greeley - PM at State House with Hopkins - [Sabin and Lubers?] Metropole [706?] Saturday 27 Denver All day state house Denver with Hopkins Boatright etc. Sunday 28 Greeley P.M - Ford to Crow Creek ranch. Don driving all PM and eve. Mon. March 29, 1926 Denver Colo arive Hopkins in re amdendments Swing Johnson bill Metropole Tuesday 30 State House Denver Hopkins and Boatright Fred E. Wilson N. Mex. arrived noon Boatright left for Washington 3 P.M. Metropole Wednesday 31 All day conf. Hopkins and Wilson at State House Swing Johnson Bill Metropole Thur. April 1, 1926 Same as yesterday. Bannister present Wilson left for Santa Fe 7 P.M. Amendments agreed to. Friday 2 State House Denver with Hopkins Bannister and I discussed amend ments. Hopkins left for Wyoming this eve. Saturday 3 State House Denver Cleared up miscellaneous river matter S. Sun. April 4, 1926 Crow Creek ranch. Davidson driver. Father with us. Bought hay of Wells etc. Monday 5 [Mon.?] Home sick with flu Tuesday 6 Flu - phoned Hopkins Wyoming [requesting?] he go [to?] Washington. Sent miscelaneous wires. Wed. April 7, 1926 Flu Thursday 8 Flu Friday 9 Flu Sat. April 10, 1926 Greeley Interview All day at Greeley office dictating river correspondence and clearing desk. Sunday 11 Greeley Cattle At Ranch with wife all PM. Galland Ford Monday 12 Greeley Per Dictated river wires etc. and red P Newman and B L Von Trotha called. ADDRESS TELEPHONE AP Rep[?] TH Walker, Denver Robinson, " Walter B. Clausen Walker R506x236 So [Hill?] St. [Sos?] Aug Hot Springs Ark ADDRESS TELEPHONE John R Fordyce Mountain [Val?] Road Dr. J.S. Bolten 607 Reserve Chas A Rockafellow K&T 219 The Evolution of Climate by C E P Brooks R V Coleman, Nat. Book Buyers Service, 522 5th Ave N.Y. ([$2.50?]) See also same [house?] "Civilization and climate $5.00 (By Huntington " 5.00 Character of [illegible] " " "Origin of Continants[?] $4.50 (Alfred [Wegmer?]) The Ashley - Smith Explorations (Edited by Harrison C Dale - U of Wyo) The Arthur H Clark Co,, Cleveland O. - 1918 [margin] BT/85 [end margin] END TRANSCRIPTION