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Journal of Light-station at Yaquina Head

1906

June

1 Fresh breeze and light north wind these 24 hours with clear fine weather - Sea smooth - General duties for the day - Barometer 30.05 to 29.88 - Keeper and assts cleaning in there quarters - 1st and 2nd assts cutting grass around dwelling.

2 Light north to south wind these 24 hours - First part of 24 hours fair weather - Last part of 24 hours fair and light rain showers - Sea smooth - General duties for the day - Barometer 29.88 to 29.70 - 2nd asst getting wood on the beach & painting in his quarters - Keeper went to Newport after mail & supplies - 1st asst went to Toledo for vacation - Left the sta at 9 A.M.

3 Light wind to moderate breeze and gale S. east to A & S. west these 24 hours with rain - Sea quite rough - General duties for the day - Barometer 29.40 to 29.60 - Keeper writing in the office - 2nd asst working in his quarters.

4 Moderate & fresh breeze south these 24 hours with hard rain first part of 24 hours - Last part of 24 hours light rain showers - Sea quite rough - Barometer 29.60 to 29.80 - Keeper & 2nd asst went to Newport to vote - 1st asst returned to station from Toledo at 5 P.M.

5 Moderate to fresh breeze south these 24 hours with rain showers - Sea quite rough - General duties for the day - Barometer 29.62 to 29.77 - 1st asst cleaning burner & showing two visitors in the tower - 2nd asst went to Newpot after mail & supplies - Keeper working on reports.

6 Moderate breeze S. west these 24 hours with frequent rain showers - Sea quite rough - General duties for the day - Barometer 29.77 to 30.05 - Keeper and assts cleaning lamp and all brass work - 1st asst cleaning in his quarters - Keeper & 2nd asst getting wood on beach.

7 Light east 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 to 29.90 - 1st asst went to Newport after mail & supplies - Keeper working on quarterly & annual reports.

8 Light north to south and east wind these 24 hours with light rain - Sea smooth - General duties for the day - Barometer 29.90 to 29.72 - 1st asst cleaning in his quarters - Keeper working on annual & quarterly reports to Inspector.

9 Light S. west to North wind these 24 hours - First part of 24 hours light rain - Last part of 24 hours clear fine and warmer - Sea smooth - General duties for day - Barometer 29.72 to 30.05 - 1st asst painting in his quarters & working in his garden - 2nd asst working in his part of garden and getting wood on the beach - Keeper went to Newport after mail and supplies - Keeper working on reports.

10 Light north and variable winds to fresh breeze south these 24 hours with fair weather - Sea smooth - General duties for the day - Barometer 30.05 to 29.85 - 1st asst working in garden & showing visitors in tower - 2nd asst showing visitors in tower - Had 16 visitors.

11 Fresh breeze east to S. east and gale south these 24 hours - First part of 24 hours rain - Last part of 24 hours fair - Sea rough - Barometer 29.85 to 29.60 - Keeper & assts cleaning in keepers kitchen - 1st asst cleaning in his quarters and weeding in garden.

12 Gale to fresh breeze S. west these 24 hours with frequent rain showers during 24 hours - Sea rough - Barometer 29.60 to 30.02 - General duties for day - Keeper and 1st assts painting in keepers dwelling - 2nd asst went to Newport after mail and supplies.

13 Light S. east and variable winds these 24 hours - First part of 24 hours light rain showers - Last part of 24 hours clear fine and warm - Sea moderately smooth - Barometer 30.02 to 30.05 - Keeper cleaning in his quarters - 1st asst cleaning in his quarters & weeding in garden.

14 Light S. east wind to fresh breeze south these 24 hours with rain showers - Sea smooth - General duties for the day - Barometer 30.05 to 29.80 - Keeper getting wood on beach & working on reports - 2nd asst showing 4 visitors in tower - 1st asst went to Newport after mail & supplies.

15 Light east wind to moderate and fresh breeze south to north these 24 hours with rain - Sea smooth - General duties for the day - Barometer 29.68 to 29.88 - Keeper working on annual & quarterly reports - 1st asst working in the shop.

16 Light N. west wind these 24 hours - First part of 24 hours cloudy - Last part of 24 hours clear fine and warm - Sea very smooth - Barometer 29.88 to 30.18 - General duties for the day - Keeper went to Newport after mail & supplies - 2nd asst went to Newport after mail & important business - 1st asst working in the garden.

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Journal of Light-station at Yaquina Head

1906

June

17 Light variable and north winds these 24 hours with fair and warm weather - Sea smooth - General duties for the day - Barometer 30.18 to 30.22 - 1st and 2nd assts showing eight visitors in the tower - Keeper working on quarterly & annual reports.

18 Light south to north wind light rain showers first part of 24 hours - Last part of 24 hours moderate breeze north clear fine weather - Sea smooth - Barometer 30.22 to 30.32 - 1st asst cutting grass around dwelling - Keeper washing - 2nd asst showing 4 visitors in tower.

19 Moderate to fresh breeze north these 24 hours with clear fine weather - Sea smooth - General duties for the day - Barometer 30.32 to 30.10 - 1st asst cutting grass around dwelling & working the road - 2nd asst went to Newport after mail & supplies & showing one visitor in tower.

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 weather - Sea smooth - General duties for day - Barometer 30.10 - 1st asst went and worked the road next to the beach - 2nd asst making hay - Keeper working on reports.

21 Light W.S. west wind with light rain showers first part of 24 hours - Last part of 24 hours light north wind fair weather - Sea smooth - General duties for day - Barometer 30.10 to 30.26 - Keeper working on reports & getting wood on beach - 2nd asst showing two visitors in the tower getting wood on the beach & painting a visitor notice - 1st asst went to Newport after mail & supplies.

22 Moderate to fresh breeze north these 24 hours - First part of 24 cloudy - Last part of 24 hours clear fine weather - Sea smooth - General duties for the day - Barometer 30.26 to 30.12 - 1st asst putting hay in barn and weeding out his part of garden - 2nd asst working in his garden.

23 Fresh breeze north these 24 hours with clear fine and warm weather - Sea smooth - Barometer 30.12 to 29.86 - Keeper went to Newport after mail and supplies - 1st and 2nd assts putting hay into the barn - 2nd asst cleaning oil carriers & measures.

24 Fresh breeze north these 24 hours with fair weather and some heigh dry fog - General duties for the day - Barometer 29.80 to 29.88 - Sea smooth - Keeper writing in office & showing visitors in tower - 1st and 2nd assts showing visitors in tower - Had 13 visitors.

25 Fresh breeze north these 24 hours - First part of 24 hours thick fog showers - Last part of 24 hours fair weather - Sea moderately smooth - General duties for day - Barometer 29.88 to 29.92 - Keeper working on reports - 2nd asst showing 4 visitors in tower - 1st asst cutting his winter wood on beach 2 miles from sta.

26 Moderate breeze to light north to N. west wind these 24 hours with fair weather - Sea smooth - General duties for the day - Barometer 29.96 - Keeper working on reports - 1st asst making hay on grounds - 2nd asst went to Newport after mail & showing 5 visitors in tower.

27 Light variable winds these 24 hours with light rain showers - Sea smooth - General duties for the day - Barometer 29.86 to 29.80 - Keeper working on reports & getting wood on beach - 1st asst getting wood on beach one mile from sta - 2nd asst working in garden & raking hay up around dwelling.

28 Moderate to fresh breeze south these 24 hours with rain showers - Sea smooth - General duties for the day - Barometer 29.80 to 29.90 today - 2nd asst working in garden - Keeper working on annual & quarterly reports - 1st asst went to Newport after mail & supplies.

29 Moderate & fresh breeze south these 24 hours - First part of 24 hours rain - Last part of 24 hours light rain showers - Sea smooth - General duties for day - 1st asst working in shop & showing two visitors in tower - Keeper working on reports - Barometer 29.70 to 30.03.

30 Moderate breeze south to north these 24 hours - First part of 24 hours cloudy and little damp - Last part of 24 hours fair with some thick fog - Sea smooth - General duties for the day - Barometer 30.03 to 30.12 - 1st asst washing & working in garden - 2nd asst getting wood on beach - Keeper went to Newport after mail and supplies.

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Journal of Light-station at Yaquina Head

1906

July

1 Moderate to fresh breeze north these 24 hours - First part of 24 hours thick damp fog - Last part of 24 hours fair weather - Sea quite rough - General duties for day - Barometer 30.18 to 30.03 - Keeper showing 4 visitors in tower - 1st asst went to Toledo on important business.

2 Fresh breeze north to light variable winds these 24 hours with fair and very warm - Sea smooth - General duties for the day - Barometer 30.03 to 29.78 - 1st asst getting his winters wood on beach one mile from sta - Keeper & 2nd asst showing nine visitors in the tower - Keeper writing in the office - 2nd asst getting wood on the beach at station and working in his part of garden.

3 Light south to north wind these 24 hours - First part of 24 hours thick damp fog - Last part of 24 hours fair and warm - Sea smooth - General duties for day - Keeper showing nine visitors in tower - 1st asst getting wood on beach - 2nd asst went to Newport.

4 Moderate to fresh breeze north these 24 hours - First part of 24 hours some heigh dry fog - Last part of 24 hours fair weather - Sea smooth - General duties for the day - Barometer 30.08 - Keeper getting wood on beach - 1st and 2nd assts went to Newport to spend the fourth.

5 Fresh breeze north these 24 hours with heigh dry fog these 24 hours - Sea smooth - General duties for the day - Barometer 30.03 - 2nd asst showing fifteen visitors in tower - Keeper getting wood on beach - 1st asst getting his winter wood on beach one mile from station.

6 Moderate to 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 - General duties for day - Barometer 30.03 to 29.96 - 1st asst hauling wood from beach - Keeper & 2nd asst showing 8 visitors in tower.

7 Moderate breeze to light north wind these 24 hours - First part of 24 hours thick damp fog - Last part of 24 hours fair and warm - Sea smooth - General duties for day - Barometer 29.95 to 29.98 - 1st asst hauling wood - Keeper went to Newport after mail & supplies.

8 Light north to south wind first part of 24 hours with thick damp fog - Last part of 24 hours light north wind with clear fine and warm weather - Sea smooth - General duties for day - Barometer 30.03 - Keeper & assts showing ninteen visitors in tower.

9 Light variable winds and calm these 24 hours with very warm weather - Sea smooth - General duties for the day - Barometer 30.08 - 2nd asst painting ladders & getting wood on beach - 1st asst getting wood on beach one mile from station.

10 Light variable winds and calm dry & warm & fair first part of 24 hours - Last part of 24 hours thick fog - Sea smooth - General duties for the day - Barometer 30.10 - Keeper & 2nd asst showing 18 visitors in tower - 2nd asst went to Newport after mail - 1st asst putting wood in cellar.

11 Fresh breeze north with thick damp fog these 24 hours - Barometer 30.10 to 29.92 - General duties for the day - 1st asst hauling wood from beach one mile from sta for next winter - Keeper prepairing to empty coal oil in oil butts.

12 Fresh breeze north these 24 hours - First part of 24 hours thick fog - Last part of 24 hours fair and warm - Sea smooth - Barometer 29.92 to 29.84 - Keeper & assts putting 200 gallons of oil in oil butts - 1st asst went to Newport after mail and supplies - Keeper and 2nd asst showing twenty four visitors in the tower - 2nd asst getting wood on the beach.

13 Fresh to moderate breeze north these 24 hours with thick damp fog - Sea smooth - General duties for the day - Barometer 29.84 to 29.88 - Keeper and 2nd asst showing sixteen visitors in tower - 1st asst putting wood in his cellar.

14 Moderate breeze to light north 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 29.92 - Keeper & 2nd asst went to Newport after mail & supplies.

15 Light wind to moderate breeze north these 24 hours - First part of 24 hours thick damp fog - Last part of 24 hours heigh dry fog - Sea little rough - General duties for day - Barometer 29.92 - 1st and 2nd assts showing thirty one visitors in tower.

16 Moderate breeze north these 24 hours with heigh dry fog - Sea quite rough - General duties for the day - Barometer 29.92 to 30.02 - Keeper & 1st asst putting panes of gallons in windows in dwelling & store house - 1st asst weeding garden - Keeper & 2nd asst showing 34 visitors in tower.

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Journal of Light-station at Yaquina Head

1906

July

17 Light variable winds these 24 hours with heigh dry fog and warm - Sea smooth - General duties for the day - Barometer 30.10 - 2nd asst went to Newport after mail & supplies - Keeper and assts showing visitors in tower - Had thirty one visitors.

18 Light wind to moderate breeze north these 24 hours - First part of 24 hours heigh dry fog - Last part of 24 hours clear fine weather - 2nd asst went to Newport ship worn out articles to Buoy Depot for Engineer - Lieut. Coll. S.W. Roessler Engineer of the 13th Light House District and Supt. Conbrection & Archivest I.N. Leick visited and inspected station at 2 P.M. & left for Newport at 3:30 P.M.

19 Fresh breeze north these 24 hours with heigh dry fog and fair weather - Sea smooth - General duties for the day - Barometer 29.93 - Keeper & assts putting 36 cases of oil in oil room - Keeper & 2nd asst showing 31 visitors in tower - 1st asst went to Newport after mail & supplies.

20 Fresh breeze north these 24 hours with thick damp fog - Sea smooth - General duties for the day - Barometer 29.86 - Mr. Macdonald hauling Light - House supplies from Newport to Light Station - 1st asst working in his part of the garden - Keeper and assts showing visitors in the tower - Had eighteen visitors - Barometer 29.88 to 30.04 today.

21 Fresh breeze north to light south wind these 24 hours - First part of 24 hours heigh dry fog - Last part of 24 thick damp fog - Sea smooth - General duties for day - Barometer 30.03 - Keeper went to Newport after mail & supplies - Mr. Macdonald hauling supplies today.

22 Light south wind thick damp fog first part of 24 hours - Last part of 24 hours light wind to moderate breeze north clear fine weather - Sea smooth - General duties for day - Barometer 30.10 - Keeper getting wood on beach - 1st & 2nd assts showing 38 visitors in tower.

23 Moderate to fresh breeze north these 24 hours - First part of 24 hours fair weather - Last part of 24 hours thick damp fog - Sea smooth - Barometer 30.10 to 30.03 - Keeper & assts showing 42 visitors in tower - 1st asst working in garden - Mr. Macdonald hauling shingles.

24 Fresh breeze N. with thick damp fog these 24 hours - Barometer 30.03 to 29.95 - Sea smooth - General duties for the day - Keeper and assts showing visitors in tower - Had fifty tou visitors - 2nd asst went to Newport after mail and supplies.

25 Fresh breeze N. these 24 hours - First part of 24 hours thick damp fog - Last part of 24 hours clear weather - Sea smooth - General duties for the day - Barometer 30.00 - Mr. Wittshire arrived from Portland with one man to put new roof on keepers dwelling - Keeper & assts assisting Mr. Wittshire.

26 Fresh breeze N. these 24 hours - First part of 24 hours dry - Last part of 24 hours thick damp fog - Sea smooth - General duties for the day - Barometer 30.00 to 29.95 - Keeper & 2nd assts showing 57 visitors in tower and cleaning up grounds after carpenters - 1st asst went to Newport after mail & supplies.

27 Fresh breeze north these 24 hours - First part of 24 hours thick damp fog - Last part of 24 hours fair - Sea smooth - General duties for the day - Barometer 29.90 to 29.87 - Keeper & assts showing 63 visitors in the tower - Keeper and assts picking up shingles after the carpenters.

28 Light south to north wind these 24 hours - First part of 24 hours thick damp fog - Last part of 24 hours thick fog rain & thunger & lightning - Sea smooth - Barometer 29.93 to 30.06 - Keeper went to Newport after mail & supplies - Mr. Macdonald hauling oil - 1st & 2nd assts picking up shingles & stowing oil in oil house.

29 Light N. wind to fresh breeze north these 24 hours with thick damp fog most of 24 hours - Sea smooth - General duties for day - Barometer 30.06 - Keeper and assts showing visitors in the tower - Had fourty three visitors - Keeper writing in the office today.

30 Fresh to moderate breeze N. these 24 hours - First part of 24 hours thick damp fog - Last part of 24 hours heigh dry fog & fair - Sea smooth - General duties for day - Barometer 30.30 - Keeper & assts showing 51 visitors in tower - Stowing oil in oil house - Mr. Macdonald hauling oil.

31 Light north wind these 24 hours - First part of 24 hours thick damp fog - Last part of 24 hours clear fine weather - Sea smooth - General duties for day - Barometer 30.02 - Keeper & assts stowing oil away & picking up shingles & showing 96 visitors in tower - 2nd asst went to Newport after mail & supplies.

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Journal of Light-station at Yaquina Head

1906

August

1 Light to moderate breeze north these 24 hours with fair weather - Sea smooth - General duties for the day - Barometer 30.06 - Mr. Macdonald hauling oil - Keeper & assts picking up shingles - U.S. Light House Tender Heather arrived off Yaquina bar at 1 P.M. from the south.

2 Fresh breeze north these 24 hours with fair weather - Sea smooth - General duties for the day - Barometer 30.10 - Keeper and 2nd asst showing 44 visitors in the tower & picking shingles from the grounds - 1st asst went to Newport after mail and supplies.

3 Fresh breeze to light north wind these 24 hours - First part of 24 hours thick damp fog - Last part of 24 hours heigh dry fog - Sea smooth - Barometer 30.10 - General duties for the day - Keeper & assts cleaning up grounds stowing oil away in oil house and showing thirty one visitors in the tower - Mr. Macdonald hauling oil - U.S. Light-House Tender crossed out of Yaquina at 11 A.M. for Astoria.

4 Moderate breeze to light north wind these 24 hours - First part of 24 hours thick damp fog - Last part of 24 hours fair weather - Sea smooth - General duties for day - Keeper went to Newport after mail & supplies - 1st & 2nd assts cleaning up the grounds.

5 Moderate to fresh breeze north these 24 hours - First part of 24 hours thick damp fog - Last part of 24 hours heigh dry fog & clear weather - Sea smooth - Barometer 29.96 - 1st and 2nd assts showing thirty three visitors in tower - Keeper writing in the office today.

6 Moderate to fresh breeze north these 24 hours with thick damp fog - Sea smooth - General duties for the day - Barometer 29.96 - Keeper and assts cleaning up the grounds - And showing visitors in the tower - Had sixty one visitors today.

7 Moderate to fresh breeze north these 24 hours - First part of 24 hours thick damp fog - Last part of 24 hours fair - Sea smooth - Barometer 29.96 - Keeper & assts showing 115 visitors in the tower - Mr. Wiltshire doing repairs at sta - 2nd asst went to Newport after mail & supplies.

8 Fresh to moderate breeze north these 24 hours - First part of 24 hours thick damp fog - Last part of 24 hours clear fine weather - Sea smooth - Barometer 29.96 - General duties for the day - Keeper working in his quarters - 1st asst working in garden - 2nd asst cleaning up grounds.

9 Moderate to fresh breeze north these 24 hours - First part of 24 hours fair - Last part of 24 hours fair & some fog - Barometer 29.92 - 1st asst went to Newport after mail & supplies - Keeper & assts showing 178 visitors in tower - Keeper and assts cleaning roofing paint off the dwelling where the painters dropped it from roof - Mr. Wiltshire completed the roof of dwelling today and left the station at 1 P.M. for ???

10 Moderate to fresh breeze north 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 cleaning up grounds after the carpenters and showing one hundred & one visitors in tower.

11 Moderate breeze to light north wind these 24 hours with thick fog - Sea quite rough - General duties for the day - Barometer 29.96 to 29.85 - 1st and 2nd assts scraping rust off railing on balcony and painting same - Keeper went to Newport after mail & supplies.

12 Light north to south wind these 24 hours with thick fog and light rain - Sea smooth - General duties for the day - Barometer 29.82 to 29.88 - Keeper and assts showing visitors in the tower - Had thirty eight visitors today.

13 Light south to north wind these 24 hours - First part of 24 hours thick damp fog - Last part of 24 hours fair weather - Sea quite rough - General duties for day - Keeper & assts showing visitors in tower - Had 107 visitors - Keeper scraping rust off iron railing & painting with red lead - 1st asst watering his garden - Barometer 29.88 to 29.98 - Keeper working in barn.

14 Light north to south wind these 24 hours - First part of 24 hours clear fine and warm - Last part of 24 hours thick fog and warm - Sea smooth - Barometer 29.90 - Keeper & assts showing 141 visitors in tower - 1st asst chopping rust off of iron railing on balcony on tower - 2nd asst went to Newport after mail & supplies - Keeper putting new ??? to barn door - Mr. Macdonald hauling mineral oil today.

15 Light wind to moderate breeze north these 24 hours - First part of 24 hours thick damp fog - Last part of 24 hours clear fine weather - Sea quite rough - Barometer 29.90 - Keeper painted conductors on dwelling - Cleaning rust off of iron railing on tower and painting with red lead.

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