1902-03 Keeper Logs

Journal of Light-house station at Yaquina

1903

June

15 Light north to south wind these 24 hours - First part of 24 hours thick fog showers - Last part of 24 hours fair and rain - Barometer 29.70 to 29.88 - Keeper went over on road to oversee laborers working on road and put a new gate next to beach. 1st asst cleaning out the paint shop and painting on lattice work in part of dwelling - 2nd asst painting lattice & washing today.

16 Light wind & moderate breeze south these 24 hours - First part of 24 hours rain showers - Last part of 24 hours fair and warm - Sea smooth - Barometer 29.88 to 30.00 - Keeper went to oversee the men working on road - 1st and 2nd assts painting lattice work.

17 Light wind to moderate & fresh breeze S. these 24 hours - First part of 24 hours fair - Last part of 24 hours light rain showers - Sea smooth - Barometer 30.00 to 30.12 - Keeper overseeing men working on road - Had three visitors - 1st & 2nd assts painted lattice work - 1st & 2nd assts cutting grass - 2nd asst working in garden.

18 Light S. east to east and north wind these 24 hours with dry weather - Sea smooth - Barometer 30.12 to 29.95 - 1st and 2nd assts painted lattice window portch & steps in front of dwelling - Keeper went over on the road to overseethe men working there.

19 Light S.E. to N. wind these 24 hours - First part of 24 hours clear & dry - Last part of 24 hours thick & heigh dry fog - Sea smooth - Barometer 29.95 to 30.05 - 2nd asst showing visitors in tower working in shop & cutting grass - 1st asst went to Newpot & cutting grass - Keeper went to oversee the road.

20 Light wind to moderate breeze north these 24 hours - First part of 24 hours damp - Last part of 24 hours fair - Sea smooth - Barometer 30.06 - Laborers working on road - 1st asst cutting grass around dwelling - Keeper & 2nd asst went to Newport after supplies.

21 Light variable winds these 24 hours - First part of 24 hours fair weather - Last part of 24 hours light rain showers & fair - Sea smooth - Barometer 29.80 to 29.90 - Keeper & 1st asst showing thirteen visitors in tower - Keeper working on annual & quarterly reports - 2nd asst went 3 miles from sta on important business.

22 Moderate breeze S. to light S.W. and west wind these 24 hours. First part of 24 hours rain. Last part of 24 hours light rain showers - Sea smooth - Barometer 29.80 to 30.02 - Keeper washing & working on annual reports - 1st asst cutting grass & showing visitors in tower - 2nd asst cutting rass & working in garden.

23 Light S.E. to west wind and calm these 24 hours with fair and warm weather - Sea smooth - Barometer 30.00 - 1st asst cutting grass and painted lattice in front of dwelling - 2nd asst went to Toledo on important business - Left sta at 4:30 A.M. Keeper working on annual & monthly reports.

24 Light wind S. east to moderate breeze S. these 24 hours - First part of 24 hours fair - Last part of 24 hours rain & thick weather - Sea smooth. Barometer 29.92 to 30.00 - Keeper went on beach after clams & showing visitors in tower - 1st asst went fishing & showing visitors in tower - 2nd asst returned to sta at ___ P.M.

25 Light wind to moderate breeze north these 24 hours with fair weather - Sea smooth - Barometer 30.00 to 29.90 - Keeper & 2nd asst went over on south beach after clams - 1st asst raking hay - 2nd asst weeding in garden - Keeper went to Newport after mail & supplies - Repairing of the road leading to sta completed today.

26 Light north wind to moderate & fresh breeze south these 24 hours - First part of 24 hours fair weather - Last part of 24 hours damp - Sea smooth - Barometer 29.90 to 29.95 - Keeper writing in office - 1st asst makeing hay - 2nd asst weeding in his garden.

27 Moderate to fresh breeze south these 24 hours with thick fog and rain - Sea smooth - Barometer 29.90 to 30.00. General duties for the day - 1st & 2nd assts cleaning chimneys - Keeper went to Newport after mail and supplies.

28 Light wind to moderate breeze north these 24 hours - First part of 24 hours cloudy and some fog - Last part of 24 hours fair weather - Sea smooth - Barometer 29.95 - Keeper writeing in office - 1st asst makeing hay - 2nd asst weeding in his garden.

29 Light wind to moderate and fresh breeze north these 24 hours with fair weather - Sea smooth - Barometer 29.85 - Keeper showing six visitors in tower - 2nd asst cleaning chimneys & working in garden - 1st asst makeing hay - Keeper working on reports.

30 Moderate to fresh breeze north to south these 24 hours - First part of 24 hours clear fine weather - Last part of 24 hours little damp and cloudy - Sea smooth - Barometer 29.85 to 29.90 - Keeper went to Newport to post the mail and procure supplies. 1st and 2nd asst putting hay in the barn & cleaning up the grounds - 2nd asst weeding & putting dressing on garden.

Journal of Light-house station at Yaquina Head

1903

July

1 Moderate to fresh breeze S. west to west these 24 hours with frequent rain showers - Sea quite smooth - Barometer 30.16 - Keeper writeing in the office - General duties for the day - 1st and 2nd assts showing visitors in the tower - Had eight visitors today.

2 Light N. wind to moderate breeze north these 24 hours - First part of 24 hours frequent fog showers - Last part of 24 hours fair weather - Sea smooth - Barometer 30.25 - Keeper and 1st asst showing visitors in the tower - Had nine visitors - Keeper and 1st asst polishing brass work in work room - 1st asst went to Newport after mail & supplies - 2nd asst went to Big Creek and to Newport on important business.

3 Moderate breeze and light north wind these 24 hours - First part of 24 hours heigh dry fog - Last part of 24 hours clear fine weather - Sea smooth - General duties for day - 1st and 2nd assts showing fourteen visitors in tower - Keeper & assts polishing all brass work - Barometer 30.20.

4 Moderate breeze and light north wind these 24 hours with thick fog showers and fair weather during 24 hours - Sea smooth - Barometer 30.20 to 30.08 - Keeper went to Newport after mail and supplies - General duties for the day.

5 Moderate breeze & light N. wind these 24 hours - First part of 24 hours frequent rain showers - Last part of 24 hours light rain & fair weather - Sea smooth - General duties for day - Barometer 30.08 to 29.92 - Keeper & assts showing eight visitors in tower.

6 Light wind to moderate & fresh breeze south these 24 hours - First part of 24 hours rain showers - Last part of 24 hours some fog and fair weather - Sea quite smooth - Barometer 29.85 to 29.95 - Keeper and 2nd asst cleaning out chimneys in dwelling - Assts showing nine visitors in tower.

7 Light east wind to moderate breeze north these 24 hours - First part of 24 hours heigh dry fog - Last part of 24 hours clear fine weather - Assts Keeper showing twelve visitors in tower - Barometer 29.98 - Keeper went to Newport after mail & supplies - General duties for day.

8 Light N. to S. wind these 24 hours with heigh dry fog and fair weather - Sea smooth - Barometer 30.00 - Assts putting hay into barn - General duties for day.

9 Light wind to moderate breeze north these 24 hours - First part of 24 hours heigh dry fog - Last part of 24 hours fair weather - Sea smooth - Barometer 30.05 to 30.00 - 1st asst went to Newport after supplies - Keeper & 2nd asst putting hay in barn - Keeper showing three visitors in tower.

10 Moderate breeze north these 24 hours - First part of 24 hours heigh dry fog - Last part of 24 hours fair - Sea smooth - Barometer 30.00 to 29.07 - Keeper and assts showing fifteen visitors in tower - 1st asst went fishing - 2nd asst went to Newport after mail and working in garden.

11 Light north to south wind and calm these 24 hours - First part of 24 hours heigh dry fog - Last part of 24 hours fair weather - Sea smooth - Barometer 29.07 to 30.05 - 1st asst went fishing - Keeper went to Newport after mail and supplies.

12 Light south wind and calm and little damp first part of 24 hours - Last part of 24 hours light north wind fair and little damp - Sea smooth - Barometer 30.02 - 1st and 2nd assts showing visitors in tower - Had thirty two visitors - General duties for the day.

13 Light north & south wind these 24 hours - First part of 24 hours damp - Last part of 24 hours fair - Sea very smooth - Barometer 30.02 to 30.18 - 1st and 2nd assts showing visitors in tower. Had fifteen visitors - General duties for day - 2nd asst working in his garden.

14 Light wind to moderate and fresh breeze north these 24 hours with clear fine weather - Sea smooth - Barometer 30.18 to 30.00 - General duties for the day - 1st and 2nd assts showing visitors in tower - Had eight visitors - 1st asst went to Newport after mail & supplies.

15 Fresh and moderate breeze and light N. wind clear fine weather these 24 hours - General duties for the day - Barometer 30.00 to 29.95 - Keeper and 1st asst showing four visitors in tower - Keeper & assts working in garden today.

16 Light north wind these 24 hours - First part of 24 hours heigh dry fog - Last part of 24 hours fair and fog - Sea smooth - Barometer 30.08 - 1st and 2nd assts showing visitors in tower - Had twelve visitors - Keeper went to Newport after mail & supplies.

17 Light wind to moderate and fresh breeze north 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 30.08 to 29.98 - Keeper & assts showing seventeen visitors in tower.

Journal of Light-house Station at Yaquina Head

1903

July

18 Light north wind these 24 hours - First part of 24 hours thick damp fog - Last part of 24 hours fair and heigh dry fog - Sea very smooth - General duties for the day - Barometer 29.96 - 1st asst working in garden - Keeper & 2nd asst went to Newport.

19 Light north wind these 24 hours - First part of 24 hours thick damp fog - Last part of 24 hours heigh dry fog and fair - Sea smooth - General duties for the day - Barometer 29.96 to 29.93 - 1st & 2nd assts showing twelve visitors in tower.

20 Light north to south wind these 24 hours with thick damp fog - Barometer 29.83 - Sea smooth - 1st & 2nd assts showing eight visitors in tower - General duties for the day.

21 Light wind to moderate & fresh breeze south these 24 hours - First part of 24 hours thick damp fog and lightning - Last part of 24 hours fair weather - 1st and 2nd assts went to Newport - Keeper & 1st asst showing twenty six visitors in tower - General duties for day.

22 Light south wind these 24 hours with thick damp fog - Sea smooth - General duties for day - Barometer 29.96 - 1st & 2nd assts showing ten visitors in tower.

23 Light wind to moderate breeze south these 24 hours - First part of 24 hours light rain - Last part of 24 hours cloudy and fair weather - Sea smooth - Barometer 29.96 to 30.04 - 1st & 2nd assts showing eight visitors in tower - General duties for day.

24 Light south to north wind these 24 hours - First part of 24 hours light rain showers - Last part of 24 hours fair weather - Sea smooth - Barometer 30.04 to 30.15 - Keeper and 2nd asst went 2 1/2 miles on south beach after razor clams - 1st asst went fishing at station - 1st and 2nd assts showing sixty nine visitors in tower - Keeper went to Newport after mail - U.S. Light House tender arrived off Yaquina bar at 7.20 P.M. and entered to Newport at 8 P.M.

25 Light wind to moderate and fresh breeze north these 24 hours with clear fine weather - Sea smooth - General duties for the day - Barometer 30.15 to 30.10 - Had five visitors - 1st asst showing visitors in tower - Keeper & assts cleaning windows in tower & dwelling - Light House Inspector C.G. Calkins arrived at the sta at 2 P.M. Inspected & left at 4 P.M. for Newport.

26 Moderate breeze north these 24 hours with fair weather - Sea very smooth - General duties for the day - Barometer 30.10 - Keeper went to Newport to look over the annual supplies - 1st and 2nd assts showing nineteen visitors in tower.

27 Moderate breeze north these 24 hours with clear fine weather - Sea smooth - 1st and 2nd assts putting oil in butts - Barometer 30.10 to 30.07 - Keeper and 1st asst showing visitors in tower - Had twenty three visitors - Keeper washing - 1st asst went fishing - Mr. Withers repairiing boundary fence - 2nd asst went to Newport after supplies - Mr. McDonald hauling annual supplies. U.S. Light House tender left Newport for Heceta Head at 2 P.M. to land annual supplies for that station.

28 Moderate breeze north these 24 hours - First part of 24 hours fair weather and some fog - Last part of 24 hours some fog and fair - Sea smooth - Mr. MacDonald hauling supplies & lumber - Barometer 30.10 - Keeper & assts stowing away anuual supplies - Mr. Withers rebuilding boundary fence - U.S.L. House Tender Heather crossed into Yaquina and landed annual supplies for Heceta Head.

29 Moderate breeze north these 24 hours - First part of 24 hours heigh dry fog - Last part of 24 hours clear fine weather - Sea smooth - Barometer 30.06 - Keeper & 1st asst showing visitors in tower - Mr. Withers working on boundary fence.

30 Light north wind these 24 hours - First part of 24 hours thick fog showers - Last part of 24 hours clear fine weather - Sea very smooth - Barometer 30.16 - Keeper & 1st asst showing visitors in tower - Had fourty one visitors - Mr. Withers completed repairing and putting wire on boundary fence - General duties for the day.

31 Light wind to moderate & fresh breeze north these 24 hours with fair weather - Sea smooth - General duties for the day - Barometer 30.16 to 30.06 - Keeper went to Newport after mail & supplies - Had sixty one visitors - 1st and 2nd assts showing visitors in tower - 1st asst went fishing - Mr. Withers completed boundary fence yesterday & left this morning for Portland.

Journal of Light-house Station at Yaquina Head

1903

August

1 Moderate breeze north these 24 hours - First part of 24 hours heigh dry fog - Last part of 24 hours clear fine weather - Sea smooth - Barometer 30.06 to 29.95 - Keeper & assts ??? lime - 2nd asst went to Toledo for recreation - Lef the station at 1 P.M.

2 Light north to south wind these 24 hours - First part of 24 hours light rain showers - Last part of 24 hours clear fine weather - Sea smooth - Barometer 29.95 to 30.05 - Had twenty four visitors - Keeper and 1st asst showing visitors in tower - 2nd asst returned to sta at 4 P.M.

3 Light north wind these 24 hours - First part of 24 hours hours fog showers - Last part of 24 hours clear fine weather - Sea smooth - Barometer 30.05 - Mr. Macdonald hauling supplies - Keeper & assts showing 29 visitors in tower - 2nd asst went to Newport post ???.

4 Moderate to fresh and strong breeze north these 24 hours with clear weather - Sea smooth - Barometer 29.88 - General duties for the day - Keeper and assts showing visitors in tower - Had fifty one visitors - 2nd asst cording wood one mile from sta for keeper & assts.

5 Fresh breeze north to light south wind these 24 hours - First part of 24 hours clear fine weather - Last part of 24 hours thick damp fog - Sea smooth - Barometer 29.82 to 30.00 - 1st asst showing four visitors in tower & went to Newport after mail - 2nd asst cording wood for keeper & assts 1/2 mile from station.

6 Light south wind to moderate breeze north these 24 hours - First part of 24 hours thick damp fog - Last part of 24 hours fair - Sea smooth - Barometer 30.10 - Keeper & assts showing visitors in tower - Had fourty nine visitors - Mr. Macdonald hauling supplies.

7 Fresh to moderate and strong breeze north these 24 hours with thick damp fog - Sea smooth - Barometer 30.05 - Keeper and assts showing visitors in tower - Had fifty visitors - Keeper stowing away annual supplies - 2nd asst putting new stove in his kitchen - Mr. Macdonald completed hauling annual supplies today - 1st asst went fishing.

8 Fresh breeze north these 24 hours with thick fog - Sea smooth - Barometer 30.02 - 2nd asst washing - 1st asst went fishing - General duties for the day - Keeper went to Newport to procure supplies and post mail to the inspector.

9 Fresh breeze north these 24 hours - First part of 24 hours thick damp fog - Last part of 24 hours fair and heigh dry fog. Sea smooth - Barometer 30.02 to 29.92 - Keeper & assts showing twenty nine visitors - General duties for the day.

10 Moderate to fresh breeze north these 24 hours with heigh dry fog - Sea smooth - General duties for the day - 2nd asst washing putting wood in celler for keeper - and went to Newport after mail and supplies - Keeper and assts showing visitors in the tower - Had sixty nine visitors - Keeper washing and putting wood in his celler for the winter.

11 Moderate to fresh breeze north these 24 hours - First part of 24 hours heigh fog - Last part of 24 hours thick fog - Sea smooth - Barometer 29.97 - Keeper and assts showing one hundred & two visitors in tower - Keeper & assts putting wood in celler for keeper.

12 Moderate breeze to light north wind these 24 hours - First part of 24 hours thick fog & fair - Last part of 24 hours fair and thick damp fog - Sea smooth - General duties for day - Barometer 29.96 - 1st & 2nd assts showing 100 visitors in tower - Keeper went to Newport after supplies.

13 Light north to south wind first part of 24 hours with thick damp fog showers - Last part of 24 hours fair weather - Sea smooth - Barometer 29.90 - Mr. Briggs hauling wood for 2nd asst - Keeper & assts showing 47 visitors in tower - Mr. Macdonald hauling lumber.

14 Light north to south and variable winds these 24 hours - First part of 24 hours thick fog and cloudy - Last part of 24 hours fair and warm - Sea smooth - Barometer 29.88 - Keeper and assts showing visitors in tower - Had seventy one visitors. Keeper & assts putting wood in celler - Mr. Macdonald completed hauling lumber - General duties for the day.

15 Light south wind these 24 hours - First part of 24 hours light rain - Last part of 24 hours fair and thick fog - Sea smooth - General duties for the day - Barometer 29.80 to 29.88 - Keeper & 2nd asst went to Newport after mail & supplies.

16 Light south wind these 24 hours - First part of 24 hours light rain showers - Last part of 24 hours

Journal of Light-house Station at Yaquina Head

1903

August

16 fair and warm - Sea smooth - Barometer 29.80 to 29.95 - Keeper & assts showing 68 visitors in tower - Keeper & assts killing a hog today.

17 Light south wind to moderate breeze north these 24 hours with fair hazy and warm - Sea smooth - Barometer 29.95 to 29.88 - General duties for the day - 2nd asst cleaning grounds around dwelling - Keeper & assts showing one hundred & four visitors in the tower.

18 Light N. to S. wind these 24 hours - First part of 24 hours thick damp fog - Last part of 24 hours some fog and warm - Sea smooth - Barometer 29.98 - Keeper and assts putting another wire on boundary fence to keep sheep out - Keeper & assts showing 57 visitors in tower.

19 Light south wind these 24 hours - First part of 24 hours thick fog showers - Last part of 24 hours clear fine and warm weather - Sea very smooth - Barometer 29.98 - Keeper & assts showing visitors in tower - Had sixty eight visitors - General duties for the day.

20 Light south wind with thick fog first part of 24 hours - Last part of 24 hours light west to N. west wind with clear fine and warm weather - Sea smooth - Barometer 29.90 - 2nd asst putting wire on boundary fence - Keeper & assts showing 49 visitors in tower.

21 Light N. to south wind these 24 hours - First part of 24 hours light rain showers - Last part of 24 hours thick fog & fair and warm - Sea smooth - Barometer 29.85 - Keeper & assts showing sixty visitors in tower - 1st asst went to Newport after mail & supplies.

22 Light wind to moderate breeze south these 24 hours with light rain showers - Sea smooth - General duties for the day - Barometer 29.76 to 29.86 - 2nd asst washing - 1st asst went fishing - Keeper went to Newport after mail and supplies.

23 Light south to north wind first part of 24 hours with damp weather - Last part of 24 hours light wind to moderate breeze - North with clear fine & warm - Sea smooth - Barometer 30.00 to 29.90 - General duties for day - Keeper & assts showing 45 visitors in the tower.

24 Light north to south wind these 24 hours - First part of 24 hours fair weather - Last part of 24 hours rain - Sea smooth - Barometer 29.90 to 29.76 - Keeper & assts showing 58 visitors in tower - Keeper & 2nd asst washing - 1st asst went fishing.

25 Light south wind these 24 hours - First part of 24 hours rain showers - Last part of 24 hours clear fine and warm - Sea little rough - General duties for the day - Barometer 29.76 to 29.70 - Keeper and assts showing visitors in tower - Had thirty six visitors today.

26 Light wind S. to moderate breeze north these 24 hours - First part of 24 hours light rain showers - Last part of 24 hours clear fine weather - Sea quite smooth - General duties for the day - Keeper went to Newport after supplies - 1st & 2nd assts showing 101 visitors in tower.

27 Moderate breeze & light north wind these 24 hours with clear fine weather - Sea smooth - General duties for the day. Barometer 30.08 to 29.94 - Keeper & assts showing thirty six visitors in tower today - 2nd asst working in garden today.

28 Moderate breeze to light north wind these 24 hours with fair weather - Sea smooth - General duties for the day - 1st asst went fishing - Keeper & assts showing visitors in tower - Had twenty visitors - 2nd asst went to Newport after mail and supplies.

29 Light south to north wind these 24 hours - First part of 24 hours rain - Last part of 24 hours fair weather - Sea smooth - Barometer 29.84 to 30.12 - 1st asst went fishing - General duties for the day - 2nd asst went one half mile from sta after a salmon.

30 Light south & variable winds these 24 hours with clear fine and warm weather - Sea smooth - General duties for the day - 1st asst went fishing - Barometer 30.10 - Keeper and assts showing visitors in tower - Had thirty three visitors.

31 Light wind to moderate & fresh breeze north these 24 hours wit clear fine & warm - Sea smooth - Barometer 30.10 to 30.00 - General duties for the day - 1st asst went fishing - Keeper went to Newport after supplies - Had four visitors today.