Austin, March 29-1926 Getting ready to go to West Texas. Sunday. Austin March 30, 1926. Tuesday. It thundered and rained heavily about midnight, and this morning the ground is cold. The morning papers have storms throughout the state with 7½ inches, 1 snow at Amarillo. Bellards telegraphed Beede at San Angelo about roads, and the reply was that they are bad. Then concluded that we could not go for at least two days. Telegraphed Baker at Houston and Keate at El Paso. In the evening listened to Keith's second lecture on 'Topography in relation to earth movements'. He has a bad cold, and so I understood but little. Keith caught his cold at Dallas, just did, but the Doctor here at Austin has about driven it out of me. Austin March 31-1926. Wednesday Another fine and cool day. In the afternoon saw Bellards, and he said he would call for one at 9.30 Tomorrow morning to start for the Marathon county.