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JOURNAL of Light-house Station at Yaquina Head, Oregon
1900
May
17: Light wind to moderate and fresh breeze N. West these 24 hours with clear fine weather - Sea smooth - Barometer 30.20 - Keeper and ass'ts putting up stage and painted Bracketts on Tower and fixing stage to paint the Tower.
18: Light wind and moderate breeze North with clear fine weather these 24 hours - Sea smooth - Barometer 30.05 - Keeper and asst's painted Lennse frame white Pedestal green whitewashed and cleaned Watch room and inside of Tower.
19: Moderate breeze to light N. West wind these 24 hours with fair and warm weather - Sea quite rough - Barometer 30.05 today - Keeper and asst's painting on the mail part of Tower white and mixing paint to complete Pt.???
20: Light North wind and calm these 24 hours - First part of 24 hours fair weather - Last part of 24 hours light rain showers and fair weather - Sea quite smooth - General duties for the day - Barometer 30.06 - 1st ass't went fishing and showing 2 visitors in Tower - 2nd went for a short walk.
21: Light variable winds to light W. N. West wind these 24 hours - with rain showers these 24 hours - Sea smooth - Barometer 30.05 to 30.12 - Keeper and ass'ts painted Lantern floor watch room and stair and landing black today - 2nd ass't painting his Water closet. 1st ass't cleaning in his quarters.
22: Light wind to moderate and fresh breeze N. W. to North these 24 hours - First part of 24 hours light rain showers - Last part of 24 hours fair weather - Sea smooth - Barometer 30.15 to 29.98 - Keeper and ass'ts painting tower outside and some inside.
23: Light S. East wind to fresh breeze and gale South these 24 hours - First part of 24 hours fair weather and rain showers - Last part of 24 hours gale and rain squalls - Sea rough - Barometer 29.62 - Keeper and asst's painting stairs and landing in Tower and whitewashing halway - 2nd ass't went to Newport after supplies.
24: Light S.W. to S. East wind with light rain showers first part of 24 hours - Last part of 24 hours clear fine and warm weather - Sea quite rough - Keeper and ass'ts cleaning Leenes and plate glass of Lantern - 1st ass't cleaning and painting in his Quarters - Barometer 29.92.
25: Light S.E. wind to moderate and fresh breeze South these 24 hours - First part of 24 hours rain showers - Last part of 24 hours hard rain - Sea quite rough - Barometer 29.55 to 29.72 - Keeper and 2nd ass't painting tops of Oil butts step ladder and brush rack - 1st ass't working in his quarters.
26: Moderate breeze S.W. to light S. East wind rain showers first part of 24 hours - Last part of 24 hours moderate breeze to light West wind fair weather - Sea rough - Barometer 29.72 to 30.10 - Keeper makeing hen coops - 2nd ass't washing and other work in his quarters.
27: Light S. East wind these 24 hours - First part of 24 hours light rain showers - Last part of 24 hours fair weather - Sea moderately smooth - General duties for the day - Barometer 30.00/10??? 30.05 - 2nd ass't went for a walk about one mile from station.
28: Light West to variable winds these 24 hours - First part of 24 hour rain showers - Last part of 24 hours fair weather - Barometer 30.20 - Sea quite smooth - Keeper and ass'ts scraping iron rust off the Balcony railing and floor and painted same black.
29: Light S. East to North wind fair and warm weather these 24 hours - Sea smooth - Barometer 30.20 to 30.06 today - Keeper and ass'ts painted front portch and lattice work on Dwelling - 2nd ass't went to Neport after mail and supplies.
30: Light wind to moderate and fresh breeze North these 24 hours - First part of 24 hours light rain showers - Last part of 24 hours fair weather - Sea smooth - Barometer 30.12 - Keeper and asst's painted water closet back and front steps in Dwelling and pump - 1st ass't painted chimneys on his Dwelling and whitewashing tight board fence.
31: Fresh breeze North these 24 hours with fair weather - Sea smooth - Barometer 30.20 to 30.00 - Keeper and ass'ts whitewashing garden and tight board fences North and South of Keepers dwelling today.
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JOURNAL of Light-house Station at Yaquina Head, Oregon
1900
June
1: Fresh to moderate breeze North these 24 hours with heigh dry fog and cloudy - Keeper and ass'ts whitewashing fences and cleaning out the paint shop - 1st ass't cutting grass arround dwelling - Sea smooth - Barometer 29.85 today.
2: Light wind to moderate breeze North dry and clear fine weather - these 24 hours - Sea smooth - Barometer 29.92 - Keeper went to Newport after supplies - 1st ass't cutting grass arround dwelling - 2nd ass't went hunting a short distance from station.
3: Moderate breeze to light North wind these 24 hours - First part of 24 hours heigh dry fog - Last part of 24 hours clear fine and warm weather - Sea smooth - General duties for day - Barometer 30.05 - 2st ass't went fishing and showing five visitors in tower - 2nd ass't went for a short walk from station.
4: Light N. and South East wind thick damp fog gifrst part of 24 hours - Last part of 24 hours moderate breeze S. East light rain showers - Sea smooth - Barometer 30.05 to 30.00 - Keeper and 2nd ass't cleaning lamp and all brass work - Keeper taking covers off coal oil cases - 1st ass't went to Newport and cutting grass arround dwelling.
5: Light South wind with frequent rain showers first part of 24 hours - Last part of 24 hours light North wind fair weather - Sea quite smooth - Barometer 30.05 - Keeper and ass'ts putting 200 gallons of oil in oil butts scrubbing small floors and painted office floor - 1st ass't cutting grass arround Dwelling - 2nd ass't mounting birds - Keeper weeding in his garden and working on chicken fence.
6: Light wind to moderate and fresh breeze North these 24 hours with clear fine weather - Sea quite smooth - Barometer 30.22 - 1st ass't making hay and throwing it over the bluff - Keeper showing five visitors in tower - 2nd ass't went to Newport on business and get supplies.
7: Fresh and moderate breeze North these 24 hours with clear fine weather - Sea smooth - Barometer 30.20 to 29.90 - Keeper weeding out his part of the garden - 1st ass't rakeing hay and throwing over the bluff - 2nd ass't working in his quarters.
8: Fresh breeze North these 24 hours - First part of 24 hours heigh dry fog - Last part of 24 hours clear fine weather - Sea smooth - 1st ass't making hay and working in garden and went fishing - Barometer 30.00 to 29.90 - Keeper weeding in garden - 2nd ass't working in his quarters.
9: Fresh and moderate breeze these 24 hours with clear fine weather - Sea smooth - Barometer 29.84 - Keeper went to Newport after supplies - 1st ass't rakeing hay - 2nd ass't working in his quarters and doing some painting.
10: Fresh and moderate breeze North these 24 hours - First part of 24 hours clear weather - Last part of 24 hours heigh dry fog - Sea smooth - General duties for the day - Barometer 29.90 - Keeper went to Newport after supplies - 1st and 2nd ass'ts showing visitors in tower - 2nd ass't went to big creek - 1st ass't went after strawberries.
11: Moderate breeze and light North wind these 24 hours - First part of 24 hours heigh dry fog - Last part of 24 hours clear fine and warm weather - Sea smooth - Barometer 29.90 - Keeper and 1st ass't putting hay in barn - Keeper and 2nd ass't putting panes of glass in windows in dwelling - 2nd ass't painting doors in front of dwelling - Keeper and 2nd ass't showing visitors in tower.
12: Light N. to South wind these 24 hours - First part of 24 hours thick damp fog - Last part of 24 hours heigh dry fog - Sea smooth - General duties for day - Barometer 29.75 - 1st ass't went fishing - Had two visitors - 2nd ass't working in his quarters - Keeper weeding in his garden.
13: Light South wind these 24 hours - First part of 24 hours thick damp fog - Last part of 24 hours cloudy and little damp - Sea smooth - Barometer 29.72 - 1st and 2nd ass'ts showing 16 visitors in tower - Keeper working on annual and quarterly returns to Inspector and Engineer.
14: Light South wind rain showers first part of 24 hours - Last part of 24 hours fair and warm weather - Sea smooth - Barometer 29.80 to 29.90 - Keeper writing in office and working in garden - 1st ass't went fishing - 2nd ass't went to Newport after mail and supplies.
15: Light South wind these 24 hours with fair cloudy and warm weather - Sea smooth - Barometer 29.97 - 1st ass't went fishing also showing five visitors in the tower - Keeper working on annual quarterly returns to Inspector and Engineer.
16: Light wind to moderate breeze South these 24 hours - First part of 24 hours light rain - Last part of 24 hours fair and warm weather - Sea smooth - Keeper and 2nd ass't went to Newport after mail and supplies - 1st and 2nd showing 21 visitors in tower - Barometer 30.06.
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JOURNAL of Light-house Station at Yaquina Head, Oregon
1900
June
17: Light South E. wind these 24 hours - First part of 24 hours fair weather - Last part of 24 light rain - Sea smooth - General duties for the day - 1st ass't went fishing - Keeper working on reports and showing 7 visitors in tower - Barometer 29.97 - 2nd ass't went to Newport on business.
18: Light S. East to South wind first part of 24 hours - Last part of 24 hours moderate and fresh breeze with rain first part of 24 hours - Last part of 24 hours clearing weather - Sea smooth - Barometer 29.92 - Keeper working on Quarterly and annual returns to Inspector and Engineer - 1st ass't went fishing - 2nd ass't working in garden - Steamer General Wright entered Yaquina at 4:30 P.M. from South.
19: Fresh breeze South these 24 hours - First part of 24 hours hard rain - Last part of 24 hours light rain showers - Sea smooth - General duties for the day - Barometer 29.84 - Keeper went to newport after mail and supplies - 2nd ass't working in his quarters.
20: Fresh breeze South these 24 hours with frequent rain showers - Sea quite rough - Barometer 29.75 today - General duties for the day - Keeper working on annual and quarterly reports to Inspector and Engineer - 2nd ass't working mounting birds.
21: Light variable winds with rain first part of 24 hours - Last part of 24 hours light wind to moderate breeze North with clearing weather - Sea quite smooth - Keeper working on quarterly and annual reports to Inspector and Engineer - 1st ass't went fishing - 2nd ass't went to Newport after mail and supplies.
22: Moderate breeze to light N. wind first part of 24 hours - Last part of 24 hours moderate to fresh breeze North with clear fine weather during 24 hours - Sea smooth - 2nd ass't washing today - Keeper and asst's showing visitors in tower - 1st ass't went to Newport after supplies - Barometer 29.90.
23: Moderate to fresh breeze North these 24 hours with heigh dry fog and fair weather - Sea smooth - General duties for the day - Barometer 29.90 to 29.82 - Keeper and 2nd ass't went to Newport after mail and supplies.
24: Moderate breeze North to light S. East wind these 24 hours with fair weather - Sea smooth - General duties for the day - Barometer 29.80 to 29.90 - 1st ass't showing six visitors in tower and went fishing - 2nd ass't went for a walk 1 mile from station.
25: Light East wind to moderate and fresh breeze South these 24 - First part of 24 hours fair weather - Last part of 24 hours rain showers - Sea smooth - General duties for day - Keeper working on annual and quarterly returns - 1st ass't went fishing - 2nd ass't working mounting birds.
26: Light S. East wind damp first part of 24 hours - Last part of 24 hours light wind to moderate breeze North with clear fine weather - Sea smooth - General duties for the day - Keeper went to Newport after mail and supplies - Barometer 30.00 - 2nd ass't went for a walk about one mile from Sta.
27: Moderate breeze to light N. wind with thick damp fog first part of 24 hours - Last part of 24 hours light variable winds and calm light fog showers - Sea smooth - Keeper working on reports - 1st ass't went to Newport - 2nd ass't showing visitors in tower - Barometer 29.90.
28: Light S. East wind and calm with light rain showers first part of 24 hours - Last part of 24 hours light variable winds and calm fair weather - Sea smooth - Keeper working on annual and quarterly reports - Barometer 30.00 to 30.06 - 2nd ass't mounting birds.
29: Light S. East wind fair weather first part of 24 hours - Last part of 24 hours light wind to moderate and fresh breeze S. to S.W. with frequent rain showers - Sea smooth - Keeper working on annual reports - Barometer 29.94 - 2nd ass't washing - Keeper and 1st ass't showing 10 visitors in tower.
30: Moderate breeze and light variable winds with frequent rain showers first part of 24 hours - Last part of 24 hours light North wind fair and warm weather - Sea moderately smooth - General duties for the day - Had two visitors today - Barometer 30.00 to 30.06 - Keeper went to Newport after mail and supplies - 2nd ass't went for walk one mile from station.
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JOURNAL of Light-house Station at Yaquina Head, Oregon
1900
July
1: Light wind to moderate breeze North these 24 hours with clear fine and warm weather - Sea smooth - General duties for the day - Barometer 29.92 - 1st ass't showing two visitors in the tower - 2nd ass't went to Newport after mail and recreation.
2: Light wind to moderate breeze North these 24 hours - First part of 24 hours light rain showers - Last part of 24 hours fair and warm weather - Sea smooth - General duties for the day - Barometer 29.95 - 2nd ass't washing - Keeper writing in Office today.
3: Light North wind these 24 hours - First part of 24 hours heigh dry fog - Last part of 24 hours fair and warm warm weather - Sea smooth - Barometer 30.00 - General duties for the day - 1st ass't went fishing - Keeper and 2nd ass't went to Newport after mail and supplies.
4: Light wind to moderate breeze S.E. to South first part of 24 horus - Last part of 24 hours light N. West wind with frequent rain showers during 24 hours - Sea smooth - Barometer 29.90 - General duties for the day - 2nd ass't went to Newport to post ang get mail.
5: Light North wind these 24 hours - First part of 24 hours light rain showers - Last part of 24 hours clear fine and warm weather - Sea smooth - Barometer 30.00 - Keeper writing in office - 1st ass't went fishing and showing 3 visitors in tower - 2nd ass't showing 5 visitors in tower.
6: Light wind to moderate and fresh breeze these 24 hours - First part of 24 hours cloudy - Last part of 24 hours clear fine and warm weather - Sea smooth - General duties for day - Keeper went after berries about 3 miles from station - 1st ass't went to Newport after mail.
7: Fresh to moderate breeze and light North wind first part of 24 hours - Last part of 24 hours moderate to fresh breeze North with clear fine and warm weather - Sea smooth - General duties for day - Keeper went to Newport after supplies - Barometer 30.00 to 29.85 - 2nd ass't Bernard J. Bretherton went to Newport after mail and supplies - Had nine visitors.
8: Moderate breeze and light North wind with fair and warm weather these 24 hours - Sea smooth - General duties for the day - Barometer 29.85 to 30.03 - 1st ass't showing two visitors in the tower - 1st ass't went fishing today.
9: Moderate breeze and light N. wind first part of 24 hours - Last part of 24 horus moderate to fresh breeze North with clear fine and warm weather - Sea smooth - 1st ass't went fishing and showing eight visitors in tower - Barometer 30.03 to 29.82 - 2nd ass't weeding garden and went hunting.
10: Moderate breeze North to light S. East wind these 24 hours - First part of 24 hours clear fine weather - Last part of 24 hours fair cloudy and warm weather - Sea smooth - General duties for the day - 1st ass't showing visitors in tower - Barometer 29.82 to 29.90 - Keeper and 2nd ass't went to Newport after supplies.
11: Light South wind these 24 hours - First part of 24 hours rain showers - Last part of 24 hours clear fine and warm weather - Sea smooth - Barometer 30.04 - Keeper weeding out his part of the garden - Had three visitors today.
12: Light South wind damp first part of 24 hours - Last part of 24 hours light North wind clear fine and warm weather - Sea quite smooth - Barometer 30.10 - 1st ass't went fishing and to Newport after supplies - Keeper writing in office.
13: Moderate to fresh breeze North these 24 hours with clear fine and warm weather - Sea smooth - Barometer 30.10 to 29.96 - General duties for the day - 2nd ass't washing in dwelling - Keeper went after clams on the beach at station - 1st ass't went fishing.
14: Fresh and moderate breeze North these 24 hours - First part of 24 hours clear fine weather - Last part of 24 hours fair weather and heigh dry fog - Sea smooth - Barometer 29.80 - 1st ass't went fishing and showing visitors in tower - Keeper and 2nd ass't went to Newport after supplies and mail.
14: Fresh and moderate breeze North these 24 hours - First part of 24 hours clear fine weather - Last part of 24 hours fair weather and heigh dry fog - Sea smooth - Barometer 29.80 - 1st ass't went fishing and showing visitors in tower - Keeper and 2nd ass't went to Newport after supplies and mail.
15: Fresh and moderate breeze North these 24 hours - First part of 24 hours heigh dry fog - Last part of 24 hours clear fine weather - Sea smooth - General duties for the day - Barometer 29.78 - Keeper writing in office - 1st ass't went fishing and showing visitors in tower - 2nd ass't went claming??? and showing visitors in tower.
16: Fresh breeze North these 24 hours - First part of 24 hours heigh dry fog - Last part of 24 hours clear fine weather - Sea smooth - General duties for the day - Barometer 29.80 to 29.92 - Keeper and 1st ass't showing six visitors in Tower.
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JOURNAL of Light-house Station at Yaquina Head, Oregon
1900
July
17: Fresh breeze North these 24 hours with clear fine weather - Sea smooth - General duties for the day - Barometer 30.05 to 30.00 - 1st ass't and 2nd ass'ts showing twenty four visitors in tower - Keeper went to Newport after mail and supplies.
18: Fresh breeze to gale North these 24 hours - First part of 24 hours clear fine weather - Last part of 24 hours thick fog - Sea smoth - Barometer 30.00 to 29.90 - General duties for the day - 1st ass't went to Newport after supplies - Keeper went to Newport after supplies and on business.
19: Fresh breeze North these 24 hours - First part of 24 hours thick fog - Last part of 24 hours fair weather - Sea smooth - Barometer 29.78 - Keeper and ass'ts showing visitors in the Tower - Keeper and ass'ts putting 200 gallons of oil in oil butts - 2nd ass't went to Newport after mail and supplies.
20: Fresh to moderate breeze North these 24 hours - First part of 24 hours thick damp fog - Last part of 24 hours some fog and fair weather - Sea quite smooth - Keeper and ass't showing fourteen visitors in the tower - Barometer 29.68 to 29.78 - 2nd ass't working in quarters.
21: Fresh to moderate breeze North with thick damp fog first part of 24 horus - Last part of 24 hours light North wind heigh dry fog and fair weather - Sea smooth - General duties for the day - Keeper went to Newport after supplies - Barometer 29.85 - Ass'ts showing ten visitors in tower.
22: Light South wind these 24 hours - First part of 24 hours thick damp fog - Last part of 24 hours heigh dry fog and fair weather - Sea smooth - General duties for the day - 1st ass't showing nine visitors in tower - 2nd ass't went for a walk - Barometer 30.00 today.
23: Light South to variable winds and calm these 24 hours - First part of 24 hours heigh dry fog - Last part of 24 hours cloudy fair and warm weather - Sea smooth - 1st and 2nd ass'ts showing fifteen visitors in tower - Barometer 30.02 - Keeper working in chicken-house.
24: Light South wind these 24 hours - First part of 24 hours thick damp fog - Last part of 24 hours heigh dry fog and fair weather - Sea smooth - Barometer 29.90 - General duties for the day - 1st ass't went fishing and showing three visitors in tower - 2nd ass't working in shop - Keeper went one mile from station for walk.
25: Light S. East wind these 24 hours - First part of 24 hours heigh dry fog - Last part of 24 hours light fog showers and fair and warm weather - Sea smooth - 1st ass't went fishing and showing visitors in tower - 2nd ass't went to Newport - Barometer 30.05 - Had eleven visitors today.
26: Light variable winds and calm these 24 hours - First part of 24 hours light fog showers - Last part of 24 hours fair and warm weather - Sea smooth - Barometer 30.10 - Keeper and 2nd ass't showing visitors in tower - Had fourty seven visitors today- 1st ass't went fishing.
27: Moderate breeze to light North wind first part of 24 hours - Last part of 24 hours moderate to fresh breeze North with clear fine weather during 24 hours - Sea smooth - General duties for the day - Barometer 30.03 - 1st ass't went fishing and to Newport after supplies - Keeper and ass'ts showing 19 visitors in tower.
28: Fresh to moderate and strong breeze North these 24 hours - First part of 24 hours heigh dry fog and fair weather - Last part of 24 hours thick damp fog - Sea smooth - General duties for the day - Barometer 29.94 - 1st and 2nd ass't showing ten visitors in tower - Keeper went to Newport after supplies.
29: Strong fresh and moderate breeze North these 24 hours with fair weather - Sea smooth - General duties for the day - 1st ass't showing ten visitors in the tower - 2nd ass't went over in the woods after berries - Barometer 29.85.
30: Fresh and moderate breeze North these 24 hours with clear fine weather - Sea smooth - General duties for the day - Barometer 29.82 - Had seventeen visitors - 1st and 2nd ass'ts showing visitors in tower - 1st ass't went fishing and to Newport after mail and supplies.
31: Moderate N. to light wind and moderate breeze South these 24 hours - First part of 24 hours thick damp fog - Last part of 24 hours heigh dry fog - Sea smooth - 2nd ass't washing and showing visitors in tower - 1st ass't went fishing - Barometer 29.82 to 29.96 - Keeper showing visitors in tower - Had 20 visitors.