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Journal of Light-station at Yaquina Head

1906

Aug

16 Fresh breeze north these 24 hours with clear fine weather - Sea moderately smooth - General duties for the day - Barometer 29.86 - Keeper and assts cleaning rust off & paintint iron railing in tower - Keeper & assts showing visitors in tower - Had 100 visitors - 1st asst went to Newport after mail & supplies.

17 Fresh breeze north these 24 hours with clear fine weather - Sea smooth - General duties for the day - Barometer 29.80 to 29.90 - Keeper and assts taking rust off and painting iron railing on tower - Keeper & assts showing visitors in tower - Had 85 visitors today.

18 Fresh breeze north these 24 hours with heigh dry fog and fair weather - Sea smooth - Barometer 29.90 to 29.98 - 1st and 2nd assts polishing brass work - Keeper went to Newport after mail and supplies - General duties for the day.

19 Fresh breeze north these 24 hours - First part of 24 hours thick damp fog - Last part of 24 hours fair & thick smoke - Sea smooth - General duties for the day - Barometer 29.90 to 29.80 - Keeper and assts showing visitors in tower - Had fifty five visitors today.

20 Fresh breeze north to light variable winds these 24 hours with heigh dry fog & fair - Sea smooth - Barometer 29.8 to 29.91 - General duties for day - Keeper & assts chipping rust off of iron railing & painting some with red lead - Keeper showing 97 visitors in tower.

21 Light variable winds these 24 hours - First part of 24 hours fair & smooky - Last part of 24 hours thick and heigh dry fog - Sea smooth - Barometer 29.90 - Keeper & assts showing 100 visitors in tower & painting iron railing - 2nd asst went to Newport after mail.

22 Light variable winds and calm these 24 hours - First part of 24 hours heigh dry fog & smooky - Last part of 24 hours fair warm & smooky - Sea smooth - Barometer 30.00 - Keeper & assts painting iron railing red on balcony - 1st asst went one mile from sta to attend to some bee hives.

23 Light south wind to moderate breeze north these 24 hours - First part of 24 hours thick damp fog - Last part of 24 hours heigh dry fog & thick smoky weather - Sea smooth - General duties for day - Barometer 30.06 - Keeper & assts showing 102 visitors in tower - 1st asst went to Newport for recreation - Left sta at 2 P.M.

24 Light S. to north wind these 24 hours with heigh dry fog & some smoke - Sea smooth - Barometer 30.06 - Keeper and assts showing visitors in tower - Had 53 visitors today - Keeper and assts painting iron railing on balcony red - Keeper writing in office.

25 Light north wind to moderate breeze north these 24 hours with heigh dry fog & fair weather - Sea smooth - General duties for day - Barometer 30.02 - 1st and 2nd assts painting iron railing on balcony black - Keeper went to Newport after mail & supplies.

26 Light south to north wind these 24 hours - First part of 24 hours thick damp fog - Last part of 24 hours smoke - Sea smooth - General duties for the day - Barometer 30.02 to 30.00 - Keeper and assts showing visitors in tower - Had 59 visitors.

27 Light south to north wind these 24 hours - First part of 24 hours thick damp fog - Last part of 24 hours fair & smoke - Sea smooth - General duties for the day - Barometer 29.93 - Keeper & assts cleaning stairs & landings - Keeper & assts showing 31 visitors in tower.

28 Fresh breeze north these 24 hours - First part of 24 hours thick damp fog - Last part of 24 hours fair & thick fog - Sea smooth - General duties for the day - Barometer 29.95 to 29.84 - Keeper & assts showing 28 visitors in tower - 2nd asst went to Newport after mail - Commander P.J. Werlich Inspector 13th Light-house District arrived at sta at 5:30 P.M. made inspection and left for Newport at 7 P.M.

29 Fresh breeze north first part of 24 hours with thick damp fog - Last part of 24 hours light south wind thick damp fog & fair - Sea smooth - Barometer 29.90 - Keeper & assts scrubbing hall office & oil room floors - 1st asst went to Newport for recreation - Left sta at 1 P.M.

30 Light south wind these 24 hours with thick damp fog these 24 hours - Barometer 29.92 - General duties for the day - Keeper and assts showing 44 visitors in the tower - 1st asst returned to the station at 2 P.M.

31 Light south wind these 24 hours - First part of 24 hours heigh dry fog - Last part of 24 hours thick damp fog - Sea smooth - General duties for the day - Keeper & assts showing 45 visitors in tower and painting iron railing black on balcony black - Barometer 29.98 - 2nd asst went to Newport to post & get mail - 2nd asst ordered to report at Tree Point Light Sta Alaska.