1906-07 Keeper Logs

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.

Journal of Light-station at Yaquina Head

1906

Sept

1 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 smooth - Barometer 30.08 - Keeper & 1st asst went to Newport after supplies - 2nd asst packing his house hold goods to leave for Alaska.

2 Light wind to moderate and fresh breeze north these 24 hours with clear fine weather - Sea smooth - General duties for the day - Barometer 30.08 to 29.96 - Keeper & assts showing 16 visitors in tower - 2nd asst left sta at 1 P.M. for Tree Point Light Sta He is promoted 1st asst.

3 Fresh 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 to 29.90 - 1st asst showing six visitors in the tower - Keeper washing & writing in office - 1st asst working in garden.

4 Fresh to moderate breeze N. with heigh dry fog first part of 24 hours - Last part of 24 hours light S. wind fair and warm - Sea smooth - General duties for the day - Barometer 29.90 to 29.30 - Keeper showing 21 visitors in tower - 1st asst went to Newport after mail & supplies.

5 Light wind to moderate breeze south these 24 hours with fair and cloudy - Sea smooth - General duties for the day - Barometer 29.90 - 1st asst sweeping out 2nd assts quarters - Keeper putting a pane of glass in windows in dwelling - Keeper went to Nye creek on important business.

6 Light wind to moderate breeze south these 24 hours - First part of 24 hours thick damp fog - Last part of 24 hours heigh dry fog - Sea rough - General duties for the day - Barometer 29.90 - Keeper putting pane of glass in window in dwelling - 1st asst showing 11 visitors in the tower.

7 Moderate to fresh breeze S. these 24 hours - First part of 24 hours thick damp fog - Last part of 24 hours light rain showers - Sea moderately smooth - General duties for the day - Barometer 29.90 to 29.76 - Keeper and 1st asst showing eight visitors in the tower.

8 Fresh breeze south with rain and thick weather first part of 24 hours - Last part of 24 hours light north wind fair and warm - Sea moderately smooth - Barometer 29.76 to 30.06 - Keeper went to Newport after mail & supplies - General duties for day.

9 Light variable winds 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 - Barometer 30.06 to 30.22 - Keeper & 1st asst showing twelve visitors in the tower.

10 Light variable winds to moderate breeze north these 24 hours with clear fine weather - Sea smooth - General duties for the day - Barometer 30.22 - 1st asst showing visitors in the tower - Had fifteen visitors - Keeper working in shop & washing - 1st asst washing.

11 Moderate breeze to light north wind these 24 hours with clear fine and warm weather - Sea smooth - General duties for the day - Barometer 30.22 to 30.08 - Keeper & 1st asst showing 18 visitors in tower - Keeper working on quarterly reports to Engineer and Inspector - 1st asst washing - Light-House Tender Heather arrived off Yaquina Head at 4:30 P.M. at sunset ??? off Yaquina Bar - Light House Tender Heather ??? station going north at 6:15 P.M.

12 Moderate to fresh breeze south to S. west these 24 hours - First part of 24 hours rain - Last part of 24 hours rain showers - Sea quite rough - Barometer 30.08 to 29.76 - General duties for day - 1st asst went to Newort after mail & supplies.

13 Light wind to moderate breeze south these 24 hours with light rain showers - Sea rough - Barometer 29.76 to 29.82 - General duties for the day - Keeper working on quarterly reports to Engineer & Inspector - Also polishing oil carriers.

14 Moderate breeze S.W. to W. and N. west these 24 hours with frequent rain showers - Sea quite rough - General duties for the day - Barometer 29.82 to 29.90 - 1st asst showing four visitors in the tower - Keeper working on quarterly reports.

15 Light wind to moderate breeze N.W. to north these 24 hours - First part of 24 hours light rain showers - Last part of 24 hours clear fine weather - Sea moderately smooth - General duties for day - Barometer 29.70 to 30.25 - Keeper went to Newport after mail & supplies - 1st asst working in shop.

16 Light variable winds to moderate breeze north these 24 hours with clear fine and warm weather - Sea smooth - General duties for the day - Barometer 30.25 to 30.30 - 1st asst showing four visitors in tower - Keeper working on reports today.

Journal of Light-station at Yaquina Head

1905

September

17 Light wind to moderate breeze north these 24 hours with clear fine and warm - Sea smooth - General duties for the day - Barometer 30.30 to 30.08 - Keeper went to Nye Beach on important business - 1st asst showing five visitors in the tower.

18 Light wind to moderate and fresh breeze north these 24 hours with thick damp fog - Sea smooth - General duties for the day - Barometer 30.08 to 30.02 - 1st asst showing 9 visitors in tower and taking covers off of oil cases - Keeper working on quarterly reports.

19 Fresh breeze north these 24 hours with thick damp fog - Sea smooth - General duties for the day - Barometer 30.02 to 29.95 - 1st asst went to Newport after mail and supplies - Keeper working on quarterly reports and getting wood on beach at station.

20 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 smooth - Barometer 29.95 to 29.88 - General duties for the day - Keeper and 1st asst putting 200 gallons of oil in oil butts - Keeper working on quarterly reports to Inspector and Engineer - 1st asst showing 6 visitors in tower and went one mile from sta to get honey out of bee hives.

21 Light north to south wind these 24 hours with heigh dry fog and cloudy - Sea smooth - General duties for the day - Barometer 29.88 to 29.95 - 1st asst working in the shop - Keeper working on quarterly reports to Engr. & Inspector.

22 Light S. east wind these 24 hours - First part of 24 hours fair - Last part of 24 hours rain - Sea smooth - General duties for the day - Barometer 29.95 to 29.78 - Keeper went to Newport after mail & supplies - 1st ast working in the shop.

23 Moderate to fresh breeze south these 24 hours - First part of 24 hours rain - Last part of 24 hours rain showers - Sea quite smooth - Barometer 29.72 to 29.92 - General duties for day - Keeper and 1st asst showing 39 visitors in tower.

24 Fresh breeze to light south wind these 24 hours - First part of 24 hours rain - Last part of 24 hours fair & cloudy - Sea smooth - General duties for the day - Barometer 29.92 to 30.10 - 1st asst working in garden - Keeper getting on the beach at station.

25 Light wind to moderate and fresh breeze these 24 hours with clear fine weather - Sea moderately smooth - Barometer 30.20 to 30.10 - General duties for the day - Keeper working on quarterly reports - Keeper & 1st asst showing 11 visitors in tower - 1st asst washing.

26 Light north wind these 24 hours with clear fine and warm - Sea smooth - General duties for the day - Barometer 30.10 to 29.92 - Keeper getting wood on beach at sta and working on quarterly reports - 1st asst went to Newport after mail & supplies.

27 Light south to north wind first part of 24 hours with light rain - Last part of 24 hours fresh breeze north clear fine weather - Sea smooth - Barometer 29.92 to 30.06 - General duties for the day - Keeper and 1st asst showing 14 visitors in tower - Keeper working on quarterly reports.

28 Moderate breeze and light north wind these 24 hours with clear fine and warm weather - Sea smooth - General duties for the day - Barometer 30.06 to 29.78 - Keeper working on quarterly reports - Keeper and 1st asst showing 10 visitors in the tower.

29 Light south wind these 24 hours - First part of 24 hours damp - Last part of 24 hours fair and warm - Sea smooth - General duties for day - Barometer 29.78 to 30.02 - Keeper went to Newport after mail & supplies - 1st asst polishing brass work.

30 Light north to S. east wind these 24 hours with fair weather - Sea moderately smooth - General duties for the day - Barometer 30.02 to 29.93 - Keeper showing six visitors in the tower - 1st asst went to Newport to post quarterly reports.

1906

October 1 Moderate breeze South to light variable winds these 24 hours - First part of 24 hours rain - Last part of 24 hours fair and heigh dry fog - Sea quite smooth - General duties for the day - 1st asst working in shop - Keeper washing - Barometer 29.93 to 29.90.

2 Fresh breeze South to S. West these 24 hours - First part of 24 hours rain - Last part of 24 hours rain showers + fair - Sea rough - General duties for day - Keeper + 1st asst. Changing ??? ??? - Barometer 29.70 to 29.98 - 1st asst working in shop.

3 Light West to N.W. and North these 24 hours - First part of 24 hours rain showers - Last part of 24 hours fair - Sea very rough - General duties for the day - Keeper getting wood on beach at station - Barometer 29.98 ot 30.27 - 1st asst went to Newport after mail and supplies.

4 Light wind to moderate and fresh breeze North these 24 hours with fair weather - Sea quite smooth - General duties for the day - Barometer 30.27 to 30.20 - Keeper and 1st asst showing eight visitors in Tower - Keeper getting wood on beach - 1st asst working in shop and garden.

5 Light wind to moderate breeze North there 24 hours with fair weather - Sea very smooth - General duties for the day - Barometer 30.20 to 30.02 - Mr. H. G. Higgins arrived at the Station at 10 A. M. and went on duty as 2nd asst - Mr. Higgins 2nd asst went to Newport at 11 A. M. to procure supplies and other articles for housekeeping.

6 Light North wind these 24 hours with fair and warm - Sea smooth - General duties for the day - Barometer 30.00 - 30.05 - Keeper went to Newport after mail and supplies - 2nd asst putting his quarters in shape - 1st asst working in shop.

7 Light North wind these 24 hours - First part of 24 hours thick damp fog - Last part of 24 hours fair - Sea very smooth - General duties for the day - Barometer 30.05 - 2nd asst went to Newport to troll for Salmon and get the mail.

8 Light North to N East wind these 24 hours with fair and warm weather - Sea very smooth - General duties for the day - Barometer 30.05 to 30.02 - 2nd asst showing six visitors in the Tower - 1st asst went one mile from sta on important business.

9 Light East to S.East and South wind these 24 hours First part of 24 hours - fair and warm - Last part of 24 hours thick damp fog + fair - Sea smooth - General duties for the day - Barometer 29.92 to 30.02 - Keepr digging potatoes in garden and showing two visitors in Tower - 2nd asst went ot Newport to get mail and supplies - 1st asst went to Newport to take his Wife and children to send them to school.

10 Light wind to moderate and fresh breeze South these 24 hours - First part of 24 hours cloudy and fair - Last part of 24 hours rain and thick weather - Sea quite rough - Barometer 30.02 to 29.90 - 1st asst working in shop - Keeper digging potatoes in garden.

11 Light wind to moderate adn fresh breeze to gale South these 24 hours - First part of 24 hours light rain showers - Last part of 24 hours rain showers and fair weather - Sea rough. General duties for day Barometer 29.62 to 29.78 1st asst went to Newport after mail + supplies - 2nd asst getting wood on the beach.

12 Light South wind these 24 hours - First part of 24 hours cloudy and damp - Last part of 24 hours thick fog and fair weather - Sea quite rough - Barometer 29.78 to 30.28 - Keepert showing two visitors in Tower - 1st asst working in shop - 2nd asst getting wood on beach.

13 Light S. East wind to moderate and fresh breeze South these 24 hours - First part of 24 hours fair weather - Last part of 24 hours rain - Sea smooth - General duties for the day - Barometer 30.28 to 29.92 - Keeper went to Newport after mail and supplies.

14 Moderate breeze South to light variable winds these 24 hours - First part of 24 hours rain showers - Last part of 24 hours fair weather - Sea quite rough - General duties for the day - Barometer 30.10 to 29.98 - 1st and 2nd assts showing 10 visitors in Tower.

15 Fresh breeze and Gale South these 24 hours - First part of 24 hours rain - Last part of 24 hours damp + cloudy - Sea quite rough - Barometer 29.63 to 29.70 - General duties for the day - 1st asst washing - Keeper + 2nd asst changing Burner.

16 Fresh breeze S. West these 24 hours - First part of 24 hours rain squalls - Last part of 24 hours light West wind Rain showers Sea rought - General duties for day - 2nd asst went to Newport after mail + supplies - Keeper + asst getting wood on the beach Barometer 29.90.

Journal of Light-station at Yaquina Head

1906

October

17 Moderate breeze to light west wind first part of 24 hours with rain showers - Last part of 24 hours light variable winds rain showers - Sea rough - Barometer 29.90 to 30.10 - 1st asst went one mile from the station on important business - Keeper getting wood on the beach.

18 Light variable winds and calm these 24 hours with rain showers - Sea quite smooth - General duties for the day - Barometer 30.10 to 30.22 - Keeper getting wood on beach & showing two visitors in tower - 1st and 2nd assts went to procure supplies and get the mail.

19 Light variable winds to moderate breeze north these 24 hours - First part of 24 hours rain showers - Last part of 24 hours clear fine and cool - Sea quite smooth - Barometer 30.4 - Keeper & assts polishing brass work - 1st asst taking covers off of coal oil cases prepairing to empty them - 1st asst working in garden - 2nd asst cleaning in his quarters - Keeper writeing in office today.

20 Light north and east wind these 24 hours these 24 hours with clear fine and cool weather - Sea smooth - General duties for the day - Barometer 30.50 to 30.47 - 2nd asst cleaning brass work - Keeper went to Newport after supplies - 1st asst went to Newport on important business - Left sta at 7 A.M.

21 Light north to east wind these 24 hours with clear fine weather - Sea very smooth - General duties for the day - Barometer 30.50 to 30.28 - Keeper writeing in the office - 2nd asst one mile from sta after mushrooms - 1st asst returned to sta at 4:30 P.M.

22 Fresh breeze east and light north wind these 24 hours with clear fine weather - Sea very smooth - General duties for the day - Keeper & assts putting 200 gallons of oil in oil butts - Keeper & 2nd washing - Barometer 30.26 to 30.20 - 1st asst working in garden & showing 2 visitors in tower - 2nd asst getting wood on beach.

23 Light east to S. east wind these 24 hours - First part of 24 hours fair - Last part of 24 hours cloudy and little damp - Sea smooth - Barometer 30.20 to 30.30 - General duties for the day - 1st asst showing five visitors in tower - 2nd asst went to Newport after mail & supplies.

24 Light S. east to south wind with damp weather these 24 hours - Sea smooth - General duties for the day - Barometer 30.30 to 30.20 - 2nd asst and Keeper getting wood on the beach at station - 1st asst working in his quarters & went one mile from sta on important business.

25 Moderate to fresh breeze south these 24 hours - First part of 24 hours damp & thick fog - Last part of 24 hours thick weather and rain - Sea quite smooth - General duties for day - Barometer 30.15 - 1st asst went to Newport after mail & supplies.

26 Moderate breeze to light S. wind these 24 hours with rain & thick fog - Sea moderately smooth - General duties for day - Barometer 30.26 - 1st asst working in shop.

27 Light variable winds these 24 hours - First part of 24 thick fog - Last part of 24 hours fair and warm - Sea quite smooth - Barometer 20.20 to 30.16 - Keeper went to Newport after mail and supplies - General duties for the day - 2nd asst getting wood on beach.

28 Light east wind to moderate breeze north these 24 hours with clear fine weather - Sea moderately smooth - General duties for the day - Barometer 30.16 to 29.98 - Keeper & 2nd asst showing 4 visitors in tower - 1st asst went to Newport to have a tooth pulled.

29 Moderate breeze to light east wind with clear fine weather first part of 24 hours - Last part of 24 hours moderate breeze south damp - Sea smooth - General duties for day - Barometer 29.95 - Keeper & 2nd asst getting wood on beach - 1st asst went one mile from sta on important business.

30 Light south wind to moderate breeze north these 24 hours - First part of 24 hours rain - Last part of 24 hours fair weather - General duties for the day - 1st asst washing - Sea rough - Barometer 29.95 to 30.25 - 2nd asst went to Newport after mail & supplies.

31 Light S. east to north wind these 24 hours - First part of 24 hours fair weather - Last part of 24 hours rain showers and fair - Sea rough - Barometer 30.25 - 2nd asst went to Newport to post monthly reports - 1st asst went one mile from sta after milk - Keeper getting wood on beach.