about 3 P.M
Daddy better . Monte & Pete gone all day . Hunted twice but impossible to track them in this stony soil Bud followed trail , found them 2 mi . east of here in flat sound asleep about 3 P.M. . At 6 went to flat 1/4 mi . N. of camp to tie Pete , leading Monte by bell strap almost stepped on rattler 3 ft. long . 10 rattles & a button .