Tuesday, January 10, 1922

Very mild, overcast day. Arose 6:15 A.M. Breakfast. Started for Amsterdam at 8 Bells. Back at 3 P.M. Business very poor. Market gone to smash. Bowled at Morse. Merlin & I out to Reynolds a la Ford. Nice Call. Ran out of gas on way back. Walked about 4 miles. To bed 1:30 A.M.

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The egg market does seem to have taken a bad turn in early January, at least according to the Pacific Dairy Review for January 5, 1922. Below is an article detailing the markets in those commodities for that week.

Notice the article says (in column 3) "The local egg market has continued on the steady down grade that has been in operation for over a month. . . . Eastern markets are also on the decline."  However, it looks like some improvement is on the horizon, at least for the Pacific market, according to the following week's report:

This report states (in column 3) that "The egg market furnished a surprise this week by a rapid recovery from the low prices that were in effect at the close of last week. . . . The low prices greatly stimulated the demand." Hopefully this change eventually translated into improvements for the Clossons as well.

Model T Gas Gauge - taken from LiveAuctioneers.com

Too bad the Ford ran out of gas on the way home! Since the fuel on those cars had to be checked manually with a measuring stick that was similar to an oil dipstick, and since the gas tank was under the seat, one had to stop the car, get out and look under the seat to check the gas level. Needless to say, it was a time-consuming and cumbersome process. Was our young Stanford capable of taking a risk rather than prudently checking the gas gauge? Probably. But since it was a mild day, as he reports, the four-mile walk was probably not too bad.