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JOURNAL of Light-house Station at Yaquina Head, Oregon

1900

January

17: [continued from previous page] Sea quite rough - General duties for the day - Barometer 29.90 to 30.17 - 1st ass't went to Newport after mail and supplies.

18: Light South wind thick fog and rain showers - Sea rough - Keeper sawing wood on beach - Barometer 29.96 to 30.00 today.

19: Light West to N. West wind these 24 hours - First part of 24 hours fog showers - Last part of 24 hours clear fine weather - Sea moderately smooth - Keeper sawing wood on the beach and went to Newport on important business - Barometer 30.22.

20: Light East to North wind these 24 hours with clear fine weather these 24 hours - Sea smooth - General duties for the day - 2nd ass't went to Newport after mail and supplies - Barometer 30.20 to 30.15 - 1st ass't sawing wood 2nd ass't U.S. Light House Tender Columbine passed station at 5 P.M. going south.

21: Light N.E. to S.E. wind to moderate breeze South clear fine weather first part of 24 horus - Last part of 24 hours fair and cloudy - Sea moderately smooth - General duties for the day - Barometer 29.998 to 29.88 today - 1st ass't went fishing - U.S. Light House Tender Columbine laying off Yaquina bar this morning and entered at 1:30 P.M.

22: Light S.E. wind light rain showers first part of 24 horus - Last part of 24 hours fresh breeze to gale S.E. to S. and S.W. hard rain sea rough - Barometer 29.90 to 29.50 - 1st ass't sawing wood for 2nd ass't - Keeper getting wood on the beach.

23: Gale S.W. to fresh breeze W. rain and hail squalls first part of 24 hours - Last part of 24 hours cloudy and fair weather - Sea rough - General duties for the day - Keeper went to Newport after mail and supplies - U.S.S. Columbine landed lumber etc. at Newport - Barometer 30.10 to 30.25.

24: Light N. to East wind these 24 hours with clear fine and cool weather - Sea quite rough - Keeper and asst's putting 200 gallons of mineral Oil in Oil butts - Barometer 30.25 to 30.00 today.

25: Light N. to East wind these 24 hours with clear fine and cool weather - Sea smooth - General duties for the day - 2nd ass't doing house work in his Quarters - 1st ass't went fishing - Keeper clearing up the grounds - Barometer 30.24 to 29.90 today. U.S.L. House Engineer W. C. Langfitt and G. W. Freeman arrived at station at 10 A.M. Inspected and left at 11 A.M. for Newport.

26: Light N. and East wind these 24 horus with clear fine and cool weather - Sea quite smooth - 2nd ass't went over to big creek? on business - 1st ass't went fishing - Keeper cleaning out his Chicken-house - Keeper and 1st ass't stowing away material for repairs - Mr. Woodard hauling material for repairs - Barometer 29.90 - Keeper and 1st ass't tearing down the old rotten tramway - U.S.S. Columbine came out of Yaquina at 7 A.M. and steamed north.

27: Light wind and moderate breeze East these 24 hours with clear fine and cool weather - Sea moderately smooth - 2nd ass't went to Newport after mail and supplies - 1st ass't repairing road and went fishing - Keeper cleaning out barm and went after clams on the beach - Barometer 29.90 to 30.20 - Mr. Woodard hauling material today - Keeper and ass'ts stowing away material for repairs in barn wagon house and other places.

28: Light wind to moderate and fresh breeze E. cleare fine and cool weather these 24 hours - Sea smooth - General duties for the day - 1st ass't went fishing - Barometer 29.90 - Mr. Woodworth hauling material for repairs - Keeper and ass'ts stowing away material for supplies.

29: LIght E. to S.E. wind with light rain showers first part of 24 hours - Last part of 24 hours clear fine weather and light North wind - Sea smooth - Barometer 29.90 to 30.10 - Keeper and ass'ts stowing away amterial for repairs that Mr. Woodworth is hauling - 1st ass't went fishing.

30: Light wind to moderate and fresh breeze East clear fine and warm weather - Sea smooth - Barometer 30.14 to 29.94 - Keeper putting dressing on his part of garden - Keeper and ass'ts stowing material for repairs away under cover - Mr. Woodwoorth hauling lumber etc. - Keeper measuring lumber - 2nd ass't doing house work.

31: Light wind E. to moderate breeze S. East these 24 hours - First part of 24 horus dry - Last part of 24 hours cloudy but dry - Sea smooth - Keeper measuring lumber and pileing it up - Barometer 30.08. Keeper and ass'ts stowing material away in barn - 1st ass't went to Newport - Mr. Woodworth hauling lumber and other supplies.