1904 Keeper Logs

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JOURNAL of Light-house Station at Yaquina Head

1904

August

16 General duties for the day - 1st asst went to Newport to tack visitors notices up between stat & Newport - Keeper & wife showing 72 visitors in tower.

17 Fresh and moderate breeze north these 24 hours - First part of 24 hours thick damp fog - Last part of 24 hours fair some fog and smoke - Sea smooth - Barometer 29.88 to 29.90 - General duties for day - 1st asst printing notices for visitors and getting wood on beach - Keeper writeing in office and sawing wood in celler - Keeper is authorized by Inspector to exclude visitors from tower on Wednesdays & Saturdays.

18 Fresh breeze north these 24 hours - First part of 24 hours thick fog - Last part of 24 hours some fog and hazy - Sea smooth - General duties for the day - Barometer 29.90 to 30.02 - Keeper 1st asst & Keepers wife showing visitors in tower - Had one hundred visitors today.

19 Fresh breeze north these 24 hours - First part of 24 hours fog - Last part of 24 hours fair - Sea smooth - Barometer 30.02 to 30.06 - Keeper & 1st asst putting 200 gallons of mineral oil in oil butts and cleaning inside of lantern - Keeper and 1st asst and Keepers wife showing visitors in tower - Had one hundred and four visitors.

20 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 - Sea smooth - Barometer 30.06 to 30.15 - Keeper went to Newport after mail & supplies - 1st asst polishing brass work & cleaning windows in tower etc.

21 Moderate and fresh breeze north these 24 hours with fair weather - Sea smooth - Barometer 30.15 to 29.92 - General duties for the day - Keeper 1st asst and Keepers wife showing visitors in the tower - Had thirty two visitors.

22 Moderate breeze to light north wind these 24 hours - First part of 24 hours fog showers - Last part of 24 hours clear fine and warm - Sea smooth - General duties for day - Barometer 29.92 to 29.96 - Keeper 1st asst and Keepers wife showing eight nine visitors in tower.

23 Light wind to moderate and fresh breeze north these 24 hours - First part of 24 hours thick fog - Last part of 24 hours clear with some smoke - Sea smooth - General duties for day - Keeper 1st asst and Keepers wife showing visitors in tower - Had 31 visitors - Barometer 29.97.

24 Light north wind these 24 hours fair weather and thick smoke - Sea smooth - General duties for the day - Barometer 29.96 - Keeper washing and cleaning in his quarters - 1st asst went went to Newport after mail & supplies & put up notices to visitors.

25 Light north to south wind these 24 hours - First part of 24 hours dry and smoke - Last part of 24 hours light rain shower thick fog & smoke - Sea smooth - Barometer 29.90 - Keeper and 1st asst showing thirty seven visitors in the tower.

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JOURNAL of Light-house Station at Yaquina Head

1904

September

1 Moderate breeze to light north wind these 24 hours with thick damp fog - Sea smooth - Barometer 29.98 to 30.10 - Keeper and 1st asst showing visitors in the tower - Had thirty six visitors - 1st asst getting wood on beach & digging potatoes.

2 Light wind to moderate and fresh breeze north these 24 hours with thick damp fog - Sea smooth - General duties for the day - Barometer 30.10 to 30.04 - 1st asst went over on south beach picking up wood to have hauled to sta - Also showing four visitors in tower.

3 Fresh and moderate breeze north these 24 days with thick fog and fair with some smoke - Sea smooth - Barometer 30.04 to 29.88 - General duties for the day - 1st asst hauling wood from the beach - Keeper went to Newport after mail and supplies.

4 Light wind to moderate breeze north these 24 hours with thick damp fog and some smoke - General duties for the day - Barometer 29.88 to 29.96 - Keeper 1st asst & wife showing visitors in tower - Had thirty nine visitors.

5 Light wind to moderate breeze north these 24 hours with thick damp fog - Sea smooth - Barometer 29.96 to 29.92 - Keeper and 1st asst showing seven visitors in tower - 1st asst cutting & putting wood in celler - Keeper & 1st asst changeing lamp in lenns.

6 Moderate breeze north with thick damp fog these 24 hours - Sea smooth - General duties for the day - Barometer 29.92 to 30.05 - Keeper & 1st asst showing 27 visitors in tower - 1st asst went two mile on sand beach after his years wood.

7 Light north wind these 24 hours with thick fog & smoke - Sea smooth - Keeper cleaning lantern and paint work in lantern & windows in dwelling - Barometer 30.00 - 1st asst went to Newport after supplies & mail and wood on beach.

8 Light north wind these 24 hours with thick fog and smoke - General duties for the day - Barometer 30.00 to 30.08 - Keeper & 1st asst showing eight visitors in the tower - 1st asst sawing and putting wood in his celler.

9 Moderate to fresh breeze north these 24 hours with fair weather & some smoke - Sea smooth - General duties for the day - Keeper & 1st asst showing ten visitors in tower & cleaning stairs & landings in tower - 1st asst getting wood on beach two miles from the station.

10 Fresh and moderate breeze north these 24 hours with fair weather and thick smoke - Sea smooth - General duties for the day - Barometer 30.05 to 29.93 - Keeper went to Newport after mail and supplies - 1st asst cleaning lantern and brass work - Also getting and hauling wood on beach two miles from the station.

11 Fresh and moderate breeze north these 24 hours with fair weather and thick smoke - Sea smooth - Barometer 29.93 and 29.88 - Keeper and 1st asst showing twelve visitors in the tower - General duties for the day - Barometer 29.88 - Keeper digging potatoes - 1st asst sawing and stowing away wood in his celler.

12 Fresh and moderate breeze north these 24 hours with thick damp fog and smoke - Sea smooth - General duties for the day - Barometer 29.88 - Keeper digging potatoes - 1st asst sawing and stowing away wood in his celler.

13 Light north wind these 24 hours with fair dry and smooky - Sea smooth - Barometer 29.88 - General duties for the day - 1st asst cutting and stowing away wood in his celler - Keeper digging potatoes in garden - 1st asst showing visitors in the tower. Had fourteen visitors - Mr. Michael Ludescher 2nd asst arrived at the station today and went on duty today.

14 Light wind to moderate breeze north these 24 hours with thick fog and smoke - Sea smooth - General duties for the day - Barometer 29.98 - 1st asst cutting and putting wood in his celler - Keeper went to Newport with 2nd asst to procure household goods.

15 Light wind to fresh breeze north these 24 hours with fair weather thick fog and smoke - Sea smooth - General duties for the day - Had nine visitors - Keeper & assts showing visitors in the tower - 2nd asst cleaning up grounds & nailing fences - 1st asst putting wood in celler.

16 Light wind to moderate and fresh breeze north these 24 hours with thick damp fog and smoke - Sea smooth - General duties for the day - Barometer 29.88 - Keeper showing 16 visitors in tower - 1st & 2nd assts went over on beach after wood for 2nd asst for winter use.

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JOURNAL of Light-house Station at Yaquina Head

1904

September

17 Fresh and moderate breeze north these 24 hours - First part of 24 hours thick fog with some smoke - Sea smooth - Last part of 24 hours fair with some smoke - Barometer 29.88 to 29.92 - General duties for day - Keeper & 1st asst went to Newport after mail & supplies. U.S. Light-House Tender Manzanita arrived from the south and crossed into Yaquina at 4:30 P.M. & landed coal.

18 Fresh and moderate breeze north with fair weather and some smoke - Sea smooth - Barometer 29.92 to 30.00 today. General duties for the day - 1st asst showing four visitors in the tower - Keeper writeing in the office.

19 Fresh and moderate breeze to light north wind these 24 hours with fair weather and thick smoke - Sea smooth - Barometer 30.00 - 1st asst takeing covers off of oil cases & cleaning out chimenys on dwelling - Keeper & 1st asst stowing coal away in wagon house - 2nd asst went on south beach getting & having wood hauled for the winter - Mr. Macdonald hauling coal from Newport to the station. U.S. Light House Tender Manzanita crossed out of Yaquina and passed the sta at 7 A.M. going north.

20 Light north to south wind these 24 hours with fair weather and thick smoke - Sea smooth - General duties for day - Barometer 29.96 - 1st asst went to Newport after mail & supplies - 2nd asst getting wood on beach - Keeper working on reports.

21 Light wind to moderate breeze south these 24 hours - First part of 24 hours thick smoke & fog - Last part of 24 hours thick smoke & light rain showers - Sea smooth - Barometer 29.96 to 29.72 - General duties for day. 1st and 2nd assts putting wood in woodsheds - Keeper went to Newport to get supplies & post & get the mail.

22 Fresh breeze to light south wind these 24 hours - First part of 24 hours rain - Last part of 24 hours frequent light rain showers - Sea quite rough - Barometer 29.50 to 29.65 - Keeper writeing in office - 2nd asst putting wood in his wood-shed for winter.

23 Light variable winds these 24 hours with frequent light rain showers - Sea quite rough - Barometer 29.50 to 29.60 today. Keeper & assts putting 200 gallons of oil in oil butts - 2nd asst putting wood in is wood-shed - 1st asst working in his garden.

24 Light variable winds rain lightning & thunder first part of 24 hours - Last part of 24 hours light north wind clear fine and warm - Sea smooth - General duties for the day - Barometer 29.60 to 29.88 today - Keeper went to Newport after mail and supplies - 1st and 2nd assts putting empty cases in wagon house & getting ready to slake line.

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JOURNAL of Light-house Station at Yaquina Head

1904

October

1 Fresh breeze north these 24 hours with thick damp fog - Sea smooth - General duties for the day - Barometer 29.97 - Keeper went to Nepwort after mail & supplies - 2nd asst stowing away feed for Keepers cow & horses - 1st asst went to Toledo after supplies - left sta at 8 A.M.

2 Moderate to fresh breeze north these 24 hours with thick most of 24 hours - General duties for day - Barometer 29.97 to 29.88 - 2nd asst showing three visitors in the tower - Keeper stowing away feed for cow - 1st asst returned to the station from Toledo at 5 P.M.

3 Moderate breeze north these 24 hours - First part of 24 hours thick fog - Last part of 24 hours clear fine weather - Sea smooth. 1st asst working in garden - And doing outher small repairs - 2nd asst working in his quarters - Barometer 29.88 to 29.97 - Keeper working in the garden.

4 Moderate breeze & light north wind these 24 hours with fair and warm weather - Sea smooth - General duties for the day. Barometer 29.97 - 2nd asst went to Newport after mail & supplies - 1st asst getting wood on beach - Keeper working in the garden.

5 Light south wind these 24 hours these 24 hours first part of 24 hours fair - Last part of 24 hours thick fog. Barometer 29.75 - Sea smooth - Keeper went to Newport after mail & supplies - 1st asst went 2 miles from sta to pick berries.

6 Light south wind these 24 hours with thick fog and light rain showers - Sea smooth - General duties for the day - Barometer 29.75 to 29.60 - Keeper and 2nd asst putting wood in Keepers celler - 1st asst went to Newport after mail and supplies.

7 Light south to north wind these 24 hours with fair weather - Sea smooth - Barometer 29.60 to 29.65 - Keeper putting lock on the front door of Keepers dwelling - 1st and 2nd assts polishing all brass work at the station.

8 Light variable and south wind these 24 hours - First part of 24 hours clear - Last part of 24 hours fair weather and light rain showers - Sea smooth - Barometer 29.65 to 29.59 - General duties for day - Keeper went to Newport after mail & supplies.

9 Light variable winds these 24 hours with light rain showers - Sea smooth - General duties for the day - Barometer 29.59 to 29.64 - 1st asst working in the barn and showing visitors in the tower - Had five visitors today.

10 Fresh breeze S. east to south these 24 hours with frequent rain showers - Sea quite rough - General duties for the day - Barometer 29.64 to 29.53 - 1st asst working in his part of barn - 2nd asst working in his quarters.

11 Light south to S. west wind these 24 hours - First part of 24 hours rain - Last part of 24 hours clear fine weather - Sea rough - General duties for day - Barometer 29.55 to 29.93 - 2nd asst went to Newport after mail & supplies - 1st asst working in his part of barn.

12 Light east and S. east wind these 24 hours with fair weather - Sea rough - Barometer 29.93 to 30.08 - General duties for the day - Keeper putting new lock on front door of Keepers dwelling - 1st & 2nd assts working on road leading to beach & picking berries.

13 Light east wind to moderate breeze south these 24 hours with fair weather - Sea quite rough - Barometer 30.08 to 29.88 - Keeper cleaning in his quarters - 2nd asst picking berries one mile from the station - 1st asst went to Newport after mail and supplies.

14 Light S. east and variable winds with rain showers first part of 24 hours - Last part of 24 hours moderate and fresh breeze north fair weather - Sea quite rough - 1st asst washing - 2nd asst showing four visitors in tower - Barometer 29.88 to 29.82 - General duties for day.

15 Light north to S. east and and fresh breeze south these 24 hours - First part of 24 hours damp - Last part of 24 hours rain - Sea rough - General duties for the day - Barometer 29.88 - 1st asst went after berries - Keeper went to Newport after mail & supplies.

16 Fresh breeze south to north west these 24 hours - First part of 24 hours rain and hail - Last part of 24 hours rain showers and fair - Sea very rough - General duties for the day - Barometer 29.88 to 30.30 - Keeper writeing in office today.

17 Light east and variable winds these 24 hours with fair weather - Sea rough - Barometer 30.32 to 30.30 - Keeper and assts putting ladders away in barn - 1st asst takeing covers off of coal oil cases prepairing to empty them - Keeper & 2nd asst putting lock on his door.

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1904

October

18 Light south wind these 24 hours - First part of 24 hours light rain - Last part of 24 hours fair weather - Sea rough - General duties for the day - Barometer 30.26 - 2nd asst went to Newport after mail and supplies - 1st asst working in shop & garden.

19 Light east & north wind dry & fair - Sea rough - General duties for the day - Barometer 30.40 to 30.35 - 1st asst went two miles from the station to pick berries - Keeper went to Newport after mail and supplies - 2nd asst working in his quarters.

20 Light north wind dry & fair - Sea moderately smooth - General duties for the day - Barometer 30.35 to 30.20 - Keeper working in his part of garden - 1st and 2nd assts cleaning out shop and store house - 2nd asst putting up stove in his quarters - 1st asst working in barn.

21 Light wind to moderate and fresh breeze east these 24 hours with clear fine and warm weather - Sea moderately smooth - General duties for the day - Keeper writeing in office - 1st and 2nd assts cleaning in there quarters - Barometer 30.20 to 30.03.

22 Light variable to north wind these 24 hours - First part of 24 hours heigh dry fog - Last part of 24 hours fair and warm weather - Sea smooth - Barometer 30.03 to 30.15 - General duties for the day - 1st asst working in garden - Keeper went to Newport after mail & supplies.

23 Moderate & fresh breeze north with fair weather & heigh dry fog - Sea little rough - Barometer 30.10 - General duties for day - 1st asst picking berries 2 miles from station.

24 Light north and east wind these 24 hours with clear fine and warm weather - Sea smooth - Barometer 30.10 to 29.86 - Keeper and assts putting 200 gallons of mineral oil in oil butts - 1st and Keeper cleaning in there quarters - 2nd asst washing & cooking.

25 Fresh breeze east to light S. east and south wind these 24 hours - First part of 24 hours thick damp fog - Last part of 24 hours heigh dry fog - Sea smooth - Barometer 29.82 to 29.98 - Keeper working in garden - 2nd asst went to Newport - 1st asst working in shop.

26 Light variable and north wind these 24 hours - First part of 24 hours heigh dry fog - Last part of 24 hours clear weather - Sea smooth - Barometer 29.98 to 30.12 - Keeper & assts cleaning all brass work - 2nd asst getting wood on beach - 1st asst working in shop today.

27 Light north to S. east wind these 24 hours - First part of 24 hours thick damp fog - Last part of 24 hours heigh dry fog - Sea quite smooth - Barometer 30.12 to 30.03 - General duties for day - Keeper & 2nd asst working in garden - 1st asst went to Newport after mail & supplies.

28 Light variable winds these 24 hours with heigh dry fog these 24 hours - Sea smooth - General duties for the day - Barometer 30.03 to 30.00 - Keeper went to Newport after mail & supplies - 1st & 2nd assts killing & dressing a hog.

29 Moderate breeze east to fresh breeze south these 24 hours - First part of 24 hours fair weather - Last part of 24 hours rain - Sea moderately smooth - Keeper went to Newport - Barometer 29.60 - General duties for day.

30 Gale south to moderate breeze S. west these 24 hours - First part of 24 hours hard rain - Last part of 24 hours cloudy little damp - Sea very rough - General duties for the day - Barometer 29.60 to 30.02 - Keeper & 1st asst packing pork.

31 Light S. east to east and south wind these 24 hours - First part of 24 hours fair weather - Last part of 24 hours light rain showers - Sea smooth - Barometer 30.00 to 29.70 - General duties for day - 1st asst went to Newpot to post mail.

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