A-7(2)

JOE BEE HAD HIS OWN SAW MILL. THE GUYS WOULD GO UP THE CANYON IN GEORGETOWN ID OR OVER IN NOUNAN ID AND GET LOGS AND TAKE THEM TO JOE BEE TO SAW THEM UP AND SELL LUMBER TO MAKE SOME MONEY. (AAA)

JOE BEE TOLD HIS GRANDSON 'PAT'(PARLEY ENNIS HAYES) "I MADE MORE PROFIT OFF THE SAWMILL THAN THE GREAT BIG SAW MILLS UP NORTH BECAUSE I DIDN'T HAVE TO PAY FOR ANY ENERGY.(BBBB)

AS CHILDREN WE HARDLY HAD ANYTHING AT CHRISTMAS. WE DID NOT PLAY SPORTS. WE READ A LOT. WE WOULD EAT HOMEMADE BREAD WITH LARD AND SALT. WE DID NOT HAVE A COW OR PIG OR CHICKENS. WE HAD A STREET LIGHT AT THE CORNER OF C-8.(NNNN)

ROLAND WILLARD(JOE BEE'S SON) WENT OUT ON THE DIVIDE TO FIX A TRACTOR. HE JUST USED A HAMMER. HE HAD A REALLY SLOW, DRAWN-OUT VOICE. WHEN ASKED WHAT WAS OWED, HE SAID "WELL, $5 FOR THE WORK AND $20 FOR KNOWING WHAT TO DO."(IIII)

I NEEDED A CESS POOL DUG. JOE BEE BROUGHT HIS OLD COBBLED UP DIGGER AND SPENT TWO DAYS BUCKING AND CLANGING AND FINALLY GOT IT DUG. THERE WAS OLD COBBLE STONES THAT HAD BEEN PART OF AN UNDERGROUND STREAM. I WENT TO PAY HIM AND HE SAID "$25". HE WOULD NOT TAKE MORE. HE SAID "WE NEED PEOPLE LIKE YOU. I HAVE SOME BRICKS. I WILL GIVE THEM TO YOU FOR A PENNY A PIECE. YOU CAN HAVE THEM FOR $10." I'VE MOVED THOSE BRICKS FIVE TIMES AND STILL I HAVEN'T FOUND ANY USE FOR THEM AND I CAN'T EVEN GIVE THEM AWAY.(IIII)

JOE BEE MADE A BACK HOE OUT OF OLD CAR PARTS. HE SAID THATS THE BEST THING TO BUILD STUFF OUT OF BECAUSE THEY ARE AVAILABLE AND THEY ARE WELL BUILT.(AAA BBBB)

JOE BEE BUILT SOMETHING FOR THE US WEST TO BURY CABLES AND IT HAD BIG TIRES. THEY OFFERED TO PATENT IT. HE SAID "NO WAY." HE WAS NOT HAPPY WITH NEW STUFF. A TREASURE TO HIM WAS SOMETHING OLD HE COULD REBUILD OR USE PARTS OFF OF. HE WOULD SIT AND MEDITATE FOR TWO OR THREE HOURS AND BUILD STUFF IN HIS MIND.(BBBB)

JOE BEE BUILT A TOOL TO SQUARE THE LOGS FOR MY HOUSE. WHEN I ASKED HIM HOW MUCH I OWED HIM HE WOULD SAY "$25 FOR DOING IT AND $2 FOR KNOWING HOW."(AAA)

JOE BEE BUILT AN ARC WELDER. HE MADE IT OUT OF BAILING WIRE. LEON SORENSON(J-3) CAME OVER TO SEE HIM. HE HAD BROKE HIS GLASSES. JOE BEE HAD NEVER WELDED ANYTHING SO SMALL BEFORE AND SO EXPERIMENTED BY WELDING LITTLE PIECES OF WIRE TOGETHER. HE GOT A CAN FULL OF MUD, POSITIONED THE EYE GLASSES AND PACKED THE MUD AROUND THEM, EXCEPT WHERE THE WELDING WAS TO BE DONE, TO PROTECT THEM. HE WELDED THE GLASSES WHERE THEY WERE BROKEN'. (IIII)

JOE BEE AND ELDRED BACON(A-4) TORE THE OLD CHURCH HOUSE(H-8) DOWN. THEY BOTH USED SOME OF THIS LUMBER IN THEIR OWN HOMES.