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JOURNAL of Light-house Station at Yaquina Head, Oregon 1900 March 12: Light wind to moderate and fresh breeze these 24 hours - First part of 24 hours little fog - Last part of 24 hours clear fair weather - Sea rough - Barometer 30.20 - Keeper packing gravel up from the beach to make walk in rear of Dwelling. 1st ass't breaking brick to put in walk in rear of Dwelling - Mr. Wiltshire putting lattice work on front of Water closet cementing cistern inside etc.
13: Light wind to moderate and fresh breeze East these 24 hours with clear fine and warm weather - Sea smooth - Barometer 29.90 to 29.93 - Mr. Wiltshire and men working on repairs - 2nd ass't went to Newport after mail and supplies and painted side steps - Keeper and 1st ass't clearing up the grounds - 1st ass't spading his part of garden.
14: Fresh breeze East these 24 hours with clear fine and warm weather - Sea smooth - 1st ass't spadeing up his part of garden - 2nd ass't cleaning dressing out of his barn - Barometer 29.97 - 1st ass't went to Newport after mail and supplies - Mr. Wiltshire and men working on repairs.
15: Fresh breeze East to light S.E. and North wind these 24 horus - First part of 24 hours clear fine and warm weather - Last part of 24 hours - thick fog - Seas quite rough - 1st ass't spading up his garden - 2nd ass't clearing grounds in part of yard - Keeper went to Newport after mail and supplies - Barometer 29.95 - Mr. Wiltshire and men working on repairs.
16: Light S. East to North wind these 24 hours - First part of 24 hours thick fog - Last part of 24 hours clear fine weather - Sea moderately smooth - 1st ass't putting sod around cistern and back steps - Keeper and 2nd ass't painting side steps and rear of woodshed - Barometer 29.80 - Mr. Wiltshire men shingling work-room and working on new Cistern.
17: Light S. East wind fair weather these 24 hours - Sea smooth - 1st ass't cleaning up the grounds - Keeper painting base board under back steps - 2nd and 1st ass'ts went to Newport after mail and supplies - Keeper also writing in Office - Barometer 29.80 to 29.92. Mr. Wiltshire and men shingling the roof of work-room.
18: Light S. East wind these 24 hours with height dry fog - Sea smooth - General duties for the day - Barometer 29.90 to 29.99 - 2nd ass't Bernard J. Bretherton went for a walk about one mile from station.
19: Light South wind to moderate and fresh breeze North to N.W. these 24 hours - First part of 24 hours rain - Last part of 24 hours light fog showers - Sea quite smooth - Barometer 31.15 - 1st ass't spading and planting garden - Keeper and 2nd ass't painting woodwork of the repairs made at station - Mr. Wiltshire and men working on cistern and shingling roof of work room.
20: Moderate breeze North to light East wind first part of 24 hours - Last part of 24 hours moderate breeze North with clear fine weather during 24 horus - Sea smooth - Keeper and 2nd ass't went to Newport after supplies and mail - Barometer 30.23 to 30.13 - 1st ass't clearing up the grounds of shingles - Mr. Wiltshire shingling roof of work-room.
21: Light North to S. East wind these 24 hours with clear fine and warm weather - Sea smooth - Barometer 30.20 to 30.02 - Keeper and 2nd ass't painting wood-work of repairs - Keeper and 1st ass't pulling the old lightning rods off the Keepers Dwelling - 1st ass't also cleaning shingles off the gournds around work-room - Mr. Wiltshire completed repairs as far as he had material to work with and left for Newport at 4 P.M.
22: Light wind South to fresh breeze N. West these 24 hours - First part of 24 hours rain - Last part of 24 hours heigh dry fog and clearing weather - Sea quite smooth - 1st ass't went to Newport after mail and supplies - Keeper spading garden - 2nd ass't painting and kalsomining also spading and planting peas.
23: Moderate breeze to light North wind with clear fine and cool weather first part of 24 hours - Last part of 24 horus moderate to fresh breeze N. fair weather - Sea smooth - Barometer 30.00 to 29.97 - 1st ass't spadeing and planting garden - Keeper planting peas and potatoes today also painting in his quarters - 2nd ass't cleaning and painting in his quarters.
24: Light variable winds these 24 hours - First part of 24 hours clear fine weather - Last part of 24 hours heigh dry fog - Sea smooth - Barometer 29.93 - Keeper painting in his quarters - 1st ass't putting 200 gallons of oil in office and spadeing garden - 2nd ass't went to Newport after supplies.
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JOURNAL of Light-house Station at Yaquina Head, Oregon
1900
March
25: Fresh breeze South to moderate breeze S.W. to West these 24 hours first part of 24 hours rain - Last part of 24 hours rain and hail squalls - Sea quite rough - General duties for the day - Barometer 29.52 to 29.65 - A surf duck flew against lantern at 12:20 and broak the upper plate glass.
26: Fresh to moderate breeze and light wind S. West these 24 hours with frequent rain and hail squalls - Sea quite rough - Barometer 29.65 to 29.82 - Keeper working on Quarterly reports to Engineer and Inspector also painting picture mouldings and putting down carpets - 1st ass't cleaning and painting pipes leading to hot water heater - 2nd ass't cleaning Calsomining and painting in his Quarters.
27: Light S. East to South wind these 24 hours - First part of 24 hours light rain showers - Last part of 24 hours fair weather - Sea smooth - Barometer 29.93 to 30.00 today - Keeper and asst's putting new plate glass in Lantern to replace the one broaken by surf Duck - 1st ass't working on the road - Keeper and 2nd ass't painting and cleaning in their Quarters - Keeper working on Quarterly reports.
28: Light wind to moderate breeze East to S.E. and South these 24 hours - First part of 24 hours clear fine weather - Last part of 24 hours rain - Sea smooth - Barometer 29.86 - 1st ass't working on road - 2nd ass't went to Newport - Keeper painting in his Quarters and working on Quar. reports.
29: Fresh breeze S.E. and South to light variable winds these 24 hours - First part of 24 hours rain - Last part of 24 hours fair weather - Sea smooth - 1st ass't went to Newport after mail and supplies - Barometer 29.80 - Keeper and 2nd ass't painting and cleaning in Dwelling.
30: Light East wind with light rain first part of 24 hours - Last part of 24 hours light variable winds and calm fair weather and some fog - Sea smooth - Barometer 29.98 - Keeper working on Quarterly and monthly reports to Engineer and Inspector. Also putting dressing in garden and painting in his Quarters - 1st ass't working on road - 2nd ass't cleaning and painting in his Quarters.
31: Light East to North wind these 24 hours with thick fog moste of the time - Baromter 29.70 - General duties for the day - 1st ass't repairing roof of his Quarters - Keeper went to Newport to mail reports and get supplies - 2nd ass't went to Newport after supplies.
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JOURNAL of Light-house Station at Yaquina Head, Oregon
1900
April
1: Light wind to moderate fresh breeze South these 24 hours - First part of 24 hours thick damp fog - Last part of 24 hours rain showers - Sea moderately smooth - Keeper went trout fishing - 2nd ass't went hunting - 1st ass't showing four visitors in Tower. Barometer 29.70.
2: Moderate and fresh breeze to light gale first part of 24 hours - Last part of 24 hours fresh breeze South with rain showers during 24 hours - Sea quite rough - 1st ass't burning old hay - 2nd ass't cleaning and painting in his Quarters - Keeper cleaning in his Quarters - Keeper and 2nd ass't spadeing garden.
3: Light S. East to S.W. and West wind these 24 hours first part of 24 hours damp - Last part of 24 hours light rain showers and clearing weather - Sea quite rough - Barometer 29.70 to 29.98 - 1st ass't putting dressing and working in garden - Keeper and 2nd ass't cleaning and painting in there Quarters.
4: Light South wind these 24 hours - First part of 24 hours light rain showers - Last part of 24 hours fair and warm weather - Sea smooth - General duties for the day - keeper and 2nd ass't went to newport after supplies - Barometer 30.10 to 30.00 - 1st ass't went fishing.
5: 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 light rain - Sea smooth - 1st ass't went after Rock Oysters and to Newport after mail and supplies - Barometer 29.85 - Keeper and 2nd ass't painting in Dwelling.
6: Fresh breeze S. to S.W. and West these 24 hours - First part of 24 hours rain - Last part of 24 hours rain showers - Sea quite rough - Barometer 29.58 to 29.90 - Keeper and 2nd ass't cleaning and painting in Dwelling today.
7: Moderate and fresh breeze S.W. to W.N. West with frequent rain and hail squalls first part of 24 hours - Last part of 24 hours fresh breeze N. West clearing and cool weather - Sea rough - Barometer 30.10 - Keeper and ass'ts' changing lamp and burner - 1st ass't went after brush??? - 2nd ass't went to Newport after mail and supplies.
8: Moderate breeze North to light East wind with rain and hail showers first part of 24 hours - Last part of 24 hours light N.W. wind clearing weather - Sea rough - Barometer 30.20 to 30.15 - 1st ass't went over in woods after brush to stick peas and went fishing - 2nd ass't working in Dwelling.
9: Moderate breeze N. to light East wind dry clear and frosty first part of 24 hours - Last part of 24 horus light wind to moderate breeze North clear fine weather - Sea smooth - Keeper whitewashing Hen-house - 1st ass't working on rhoad??? - Barometer 30.10 - 2nd ass't went to Newport on Important business - Left the Station at 8 A.M.
10: Moderate breeze East to light South wind these 24 hours - First part of 24 hours clear fine weather - Last part of 24 hours fair weather and cloudy - Sea smooth - General duties for the day - Barometer 29.85 today - 1st ass't went fishing - Keeper went to Newport after supplies - 2nd ass't returned to the Station at 2:30 P.M. from Newport where he ahd been to assist his wife home.
11: Fresh breeze to light South wind these 24 hours - First part of 24 hours rain - Last part of 24 hours fair weather and light rain showers - Sea smooth - Barometer 29.83 - Keeper planting garden - 2nd ass't cleaning out his wood-shed - 1st ass't working on the road.
12: Light variable winds and calm first part of 24 hours with light rain - Last part of 24 hours light West wind light rain showers and fair weather - Sea smooth - 1st ass't working on the road - Keeper and 2nd ass't planting garden - Barometer 29.75 to 29.82.
13: Fresh breeze S. to light S.E. and S. West wind these 24 hours with frequent rain showers - Sea smooth - Barometer 29.88 today. Keeper and 2nd ass't cleaning in Dwelling - Keeper also repairing ladder and cleaning his celler - 1st ass't cleaning Burner for lamp - U.S. Light House Tender Manzanita passed this Station at 2:15 P.M. going North - hoisted Ensign.
14: Fresh breeze N. West these 24 hours - First part of 24 hours rain showers - Last part of 24 hours fair weather - Sea smooth - Barometer 29.90 to 30.12 - 1st ass't working on road and went fishing - Keeper working in shop - 2nd ass't working in his Quarters.
15: Moderate breeze N.W. to light East wind first part of 24 hours clear and cool - Last part of 24 hours moderate to fresh breeze N.W. fair weather - Sea smooth - Barometer 30.20 - General duties for the day - Keeper went trout fishing up the North beach.
16: Light East wind to moderate breeze North these 24 horus with clear fine and warm weather - Barometer 30.15 to29.92 - Keeper cleaning and painting in his Quarters - 1st ass't went fishing - 2nd ass't working in his Quarters.
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JOURNAL of Light-house Station at Yaquina Head, Oregon
1900
April
17: Light variable winds clear fine weather first part of 24 hours - Last part of 24 hours light wind to moderate and fresh breeze - North wind with heigh dry fog - Sea smooth - 1st ass't went fishing - Keeper cleaning and painting in his Quarters - 2nd ass't working in his Quarters - Barometer 29.92.
18: Fresh to moderate breeze and light N. wind with light fog showers - First part of 24 hours - Last part of 24 hours moderate and fresh breeze North fair weather - Sea smooth - Keeper showing six visitors in the Tower - Barometer 29.90 - 1st ass't went fishing and and one mile from Station after brush to stick his peas - Keeper painting and cleaning in his Quarters - 2nd ass't working in shop.
19: Light variable winds fair weather first part of 24 hours - Last part of 24 hours light wind to moderate and fresh breeze South rain showers - Sea smooth - General duties for the day - Barometer 29.82 to 29.55 - 1st ass't went fishing - Keeper went 2 1/2 miles from Station trout fishing - 2nd ass't went to Newport after mail and supplies.
20: Light variable winds to moderate and fresh breeze North these 24 hours - First part of 24 hours rain showers - Last part of 24 hours fair weather - Sea smooth - 1st ass't went fishing and to Newport after mail and supplies - Barometer 29.60 to 29.75 - Keeper painting in his Quarters.
21: Moderate breeze to light wind N. to N.W. these 24 hours with fair weather - Sea smooth - 2nd ass't washing today - Keeper painting in his Quarters and working in his garden - 1st ass't went fishing - Barometer 29.62 to 29.75.
22: Moderate to fresh breeze S. to N.W. these 24 hours - First part of 24 hours rain showers - Last part of 24 hours fair weather - Sea smooth - 1st ass't went fishing - Barometer 29.00 to 30.12.
23: Moderate breeze to light North wind first part of 24 hours - Last part of 24 hours light wind to moderate and fresh breeze North with clear fine and cool weather during 24 hours - Sea smooth - 1st ass't working in his garden - Barometer 30.15 - Keeper sawing wood in his celler - 2nd ass't showeing one visitor in Tower.
24: Moderate to fresh breeze North these 24 hours first part of 24 hours fair weather - Last part of 24 hours height dry fog and light rain shower - Sea smooth - Barometer 30.15 to 29.92 - 1st ass't working in his Quarters and went fishing - 2nd ass't washing in house today.
25: Fresh breeze to light N. West wind these 24 hours - First part of 24 hours frequent rain and hail squalls - Last part of 24 horus fair weather and rain showers - Sea quite smooth - General duties for the day - Keeper sawing wood in his celler for furnace - 2nd ass't went to Newport after mail and supplies - Barometer 29.80 to 30.00 - U.S. War vessel passed the station going north at 2 P.M. Hoisted flag for war vessel.
26: Light wind moderate and fresh breeze N.W. to North these 24 hours - First part of 24 hours frequent rain and hail showers - Last part of 24 hours fair weather - Sea smooth - Keeper went to Newport after mail and supplies - Barometer 29.98 - 2nd ass't working in his part of Dwelling.
27: Moderate breeze North to light N. East wind first part of 24 hours cloudy and fair weather - Last part of 24 hours moderate to fresh breeze North clear fine and cool weather - Sea smooth - Barometer 29.88 to 30.05 - Keeper cleaning the barn prepairing to paint it - Also mixing paint to paint Tower Barn Dwelling and other buildings - 2nd ass't painting in his part of Dwelling.
28: Fresh and moderate breeze to light N. wind first part of 24 hours with clear and cool weather - Last part of 24 hours moderate to fresh breeze North clear fine and warmer - Sea smooth - Barometer 30.12 to 29.90 - Keeper went after clams on the beach and mixing paint and cleaning brushes to paint with - 1st ass't repairing ladders - 2nd ass't spading and planting garden - Also cleaning workshop and chicken house to paint.
29: Fresh and moderate breeze to light N. wind first part of 24 hours - Last part of 24 hours light wind to moderate and fresh breeze East to N. East with clear fine and warm weather - Sea smooth - General duties for the day - Barometer 29.80 - 1st ass't went fishing - 2nd ass't went hunting.
30: Fresh and moderate breeze to light South wind these 24 hours first part of 24 hours thick damp fog - Last part of 24 hours fair and cloudy and warm - Sea smooth - Keeper went to Newport after supplies and post mail - Barometer 29.80 to 29.94 - 2nd ass't cleaning shop outside to paint.
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JOURNAL of Light-house Station at Yaquina Head
1900
May
1: Light wind South to North wind these 24 hours - First part of 24 hours height dry fog - Last part of 24 hours clear fine and warm weather - Sea smooth - Keeper and ass'ts painting the Barn and workshop - 1st ass't working in garden - Barometer 29.97.
2: Light wind to moderate and fresh breeze North with clear fine weather these 24 hours - Sea smooth - Barometer 30.00 to 29.89. Keeper and asst's painting on Dwelling and putting up stage to paint North end - 2nd ass't went to Newport after mail and supplies.
3: Light wind to moderate and fresh breeze North these 24 hours first part of 24 hours heigh dry fog - Last part of 24 hours cloudy and fair weather - Sea smooth - Barometer 29.87 - Keeper and asst's painting on Dwelling and takeing down stageing.
4: Light South to North wind these 24 hours - First part of 24 hours little damp - Last part of 24 hours fair and warm weather - Sea smooth - Barometer 29.69 - 1st and 2nd ass'ts painting chimneys and roof of Keepers Dwelling - Keeper painting on Dwelling - 1st ass't went to Newport after mail and supplies.
5: Moderate breeze to light South wind with rain showers first part of 24 hours - Last part of 24 hours light variable winds clear fine weather - Sea smooth - Keeper and 1st ass't working in garden - 1st ass't went fishing - 2nd ass't went to Newport after supplies - Barometer 29.68 to 29.85.
6: Moderate to fresh breeze South these 24 hours - First part of 24 hours frequent rain showers - Last part of 24 hours hard rain - Sea quite smooth - General duties for the day - Barometer 29.68 to 29.85 - Keeper and 2nd ass't spliting wood in celler.
7: Fresh breeze South to East these 24 hours - First part of 24 hours rain - Last part of 24 hours frequent rain showers - Barometer 29.68 to 29.90 - 1st ass't shooting Birds they are eating up garden - Keeper and ass'ts repairing damper pipe in Lantern.
8: Fresh and moderate breeze to light wind and calm these 24 hours - First part of 24 hours rain showers - Last part of 24 hours fair and warm weather - Sea quite rough - General duties for day - 1st ass't went fishing - Keeper went to Newport after mail and supplies - Barometer 29.95.
9: Light variable winds and calm with frequent warm rain showers - First part of 24 hours - Last part of 24 hours moderate to fresh breeze North cloudy and fair weather - Sea smooth - Barometer 29.95 to 29.67 - Keeper building chicken coops and went fishing - 1st ass't went fishing working in the garden and shooting birds - 2nd ass't working in garden and mounting bird today.
10: Fresh breeze North to light East wind rain thunder and lightening first part of 24 hours - Last part of 24 hours moderate and fresh breeze to gale South rain showers and fair weather - Sea smooth - 1st ass't working in garden - 2nd ass't went to Newport after supplies - Barometer 29.65 - Keeper writing in Office.
11: Fresh to moderate breeze S. to S.W. and West these 24 hours - First part of 24 hours rain showers - Last part of 24 hours fair weather - Sea smooth - Barometer 29.65 to 29.90 - Keeper went trout fishing two miles South of the Station - U.S. Light House Tender Manzanita passed the Station at 6;:30 P.M. going North. Hoisted Ensign.
12: Light variable winds to moderate and fresh breeze South these 24 hours - First part of 24 hours fair weather - Last part of 24 hours rain showers - Sea smooth - keeper writing in Office - Barometer 29.90 - 2nd ass't went to Newport after mail and supplies - Keeper and 1st working in garden.
13: Moderate breeze and light S. wind these 24 hours - First part of 24 hours rain - Last part of 24 hours light rain showers and fair weather - Sea smooth - General duties for the day - Barometer 29.90 to 30.05 - 1st ass't went fishing.
14: Light East and variable winds and calm these 24 hours - Little damp first part of 24 hours - Last part of 24 hours fair and warm weather - Sea smooth - Barometer 29.98 to 30.02 - Keeper and ass'ts cleaning in Lantern and Watch-room prepairing to paint tomorrow.
15: 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 showers - Sea smooth - Barometer 29.94 - Keeper and ass'ts painted the Lantern and watch room white - 2nd ass't went to Newport after supplies.
16: Light West wind these 24 horus - First part of 24 hours rain showers - Last part of 24 hours fair and warm weather - Sea smooth - Barometer 29.98 to 30.23 - Keeper and ass'ts cleaning frame of Lennes and Painted Dome Parapet and iron railing black.