1906-07 Keeper Logs

Journal of Light-station at Yaquina Head

1906

November

1 Light north to east wind these 24 hours with fair weather - Sea moderately smooth - General duties for the day - Keeper getting wood on beach - Keeper & 2nd asst showing five visitors in tower - Barometer 30.25 to 29.80 - 1st asst went to Newport after mail & supplies.

2 Fresh breeze east with fair weather and little damp first part of 24 hours - Last part of 24 hours fresh breeze south rain showers - Sea moderately smooth - Barometer 29.80 to 29.50 - General duties for day - 2nd asst getting wood on the beach.

3 Moderate and fresh breeze S. west these 24 hours with rain showers & lightning - Sea rough - General duties for the day - Barometer 29.50 to 29.40 - Keeper went to Newport after mail and supplies - 1st asst working in the shop.

4 Gale S. east to south with hard rain first part of 24 hours - Last part of 24 hours fresh breeze S. west with rain showers & fair weather - Sea moderately smooth - Barometer 29.20 to 29.55 - General duties for the day - 1st asst went one mile from the station after milk.

5 Fresh breeze S. west to gale south these 24 hours with frequent rain squalls - Sea moderately smooth - General duties for the day - Barometer 29.55 to 29.80 - 1st asst went one mile from sta after milk - 2nd asst getting wood on the beach.

6 Gale south these 24 hours with rain and thick weather - Sea rough - General duties for the day - Barometer 29.70 - 1st asst went one mile from station after milk - 2nd asst went to Newport after mail and supplies.

7 Fresh breeze south these 24 hours with hard rain - Sea moderately smooth - General duties for the day - Barometer 29.70 to 29.90 - 1st asst went one mile from the station after some milk.

8 Fresh breeze to light south wind these 24 hours with rain first part of 24 hours - Last part of 24 hours cloudy and dry - Sea smooth - Barometer 29.90 - Keeper & 2nd asst cleaning out drain on east side of dwelling - 2nd asst getting wood on the beach at station and went hunting geese one mile from sta - 1st asst went to Newport after mail and supplies - Keeper writeing in office today.

9 Fresh breeze and light south wind these 24 hours with rain - Sea smooth - General duties for the day - Barometer 29.90 - 1st asst went two miles from the station after a bow - Keeper writeing in the office today.

10 Gale south with hard rain first part of 24 hours - Last part of 24 hours clear fine and warm weather - Sea moderately smooth - General duties for the day - Barometer 29.90 to 30.97 - Keeper went to Newport after mail and supplies.

11 Light east to south wind these 24 hours - First part of 24 hours light rain and thick damp fog - Last part of 24 hours fair weather - Sea moderately smooth - General duties for the day - Barometer 29.90 to 30.18 today.

12 Fresh breeze to gale south these 24 hours with rain & thick fog - Sea quite rough - General duties for the day - Barometer 30.10 - 1st asst working in his part of the garden - Keeper washing & cleaning in his quarters.

13 Fresh breeze south these 24 hours with rain and thick fog - Sea quite rough - General duties for the day - Barometer 30.08 - 2nd asst went to Newport after mail and supplies - 1st asst working in his quarters.

14 Fresh breeze south with rain and thick fog these 24 hours - Sea moderately smooth - General duties for the day - Barometer 30.08 to 29.75 - 1st asst working in the shop - 2nd asst getting wood on the beach today.

15 Gale south to fresh breeze west these 24 - First part of 24 hours hard rain - Last part of 24 hours rain showers - Sea rough - General duties for the day - Barometer 29.70 to 29.95 - 1st asst went to Newport after mail and supplies - Keeper and 2nd asst showing four visitors in the tower - Keeper taking covers off of coal oil case prepairing to empty these - Keeper getting wood on beach.

16 Light west to S. east wind these 24 hours with rain showers - Sea moderately smooth - General duties for the day - Barometer 29.95 to 29.65 - 2nd asst getting wood on the beach at station - 1st asst working in the shop and garden.

Journal of Light-station at Yaquina Head

1906

Nov

17 Fresh breeze W.N. west these 24 hours with rain and hail squalls - Sea rough - General duties for the day - Barometer 29.60 to 29.90 - 1st and 2nd assts putting 200 gallons of mineral oil in oil butts - Keeper went to Newport after mail and supplies.

18 Fresh breeze N. west to light east wind these 24 hours - First part of 24 hours rain showers - Last part of 24 hours clear fine weather - Sea moderately smooth - Barometer 29.90 to 30.26 - Keeper and assts painting the roof of the keepers dwelling.

19 Fresh breeze east to light S. east wind these 24 hours - First part of 24 hours clear fine and cool weather - Last part of 24 hours light rain showers - Sea smooth - Keeper & assts painting roof of keepers dwelling - Barometer 30.26 to 30.00 - 1st asst working in garden.

20 Light east wind to fresh breeze S. west to west these 24 hours with rain - Sea smooth - General duties for the day - Barometer 29.95 to 30.00 - 2nd asst went to Newport after mail and supplies - 1st asst working - Keeper getting wood on the beach at station.

21 Fresh breeze W. to N. west and light north wind these 24 hours with frequent rain and hail showers - Sea rough - General duties for the day - Barometer 30.00 to 30.15 - 2nd asst getting wood on the beach at sta - 1st asst went one mile from the sta on important business.

22 Light north and east wind these 24 hours with clear fine and cool weather - Sea smooth - Barometer 30.15 to 30.32 - Keeper and assts painting roof of keepers dwelling - 1st asst went to Newport after mail & supplies - 2nd asst showing 5 visitors in tower.

23 Light east wind these 24 hours with clear fine and cool weather - Sea smooth - General duties for the day - Barometer 30.32 to 30.10 - Keeper & 1st asst cleaning out work shop - 1st asst washing - 2nd asst went up north beach about 3 mile hunting.

24 Light east to S. east wind these 24 hours - First part of 24 hours clear fine and cool weather - Last part of 24 hours light rain - Sea smooth - Barometer 30.10 - Keeper went to Newport after mail & supplies - 1st and 2nd asst putting ladder away in barn - 1st asst working in garden.

25 Light S. east wind to fresh breeze N. west these 24 hours - First part of 24 hours light rain - Last part of 24 hours rain squalls - Sea moderately smooth - General duties for the day - Barometer - 30.10 to 30.45 - 1st asst working in the shop today.

26 Light north and east wind these 24 hours with clear fine and cool weather - Sea smooth - General duties for the day - Barometer 30.46 to 30.35 - Keeper and 2nd asst getting wood on the beach - 2nd asst painted flag staff - 1st asst working in shop and garden.

27 Light north to east wind these 24 hours with clear fine and cool weather - Sea quite smooth - General duties for the day - Barometer 30.35 to 29.85 - Keeper & 2nd asst getting wood on the beach - 1st asst went to Newport to take his family so the children could go to school.

28 Fresh breeze to light east wind these 24 hours - First part of 24 hours light rain showers - Last part of 24 hours fair weather - Sea quite smooth - General duties for the day - Barometer 29.85 to 30.10 - Keeper went to Newport to procure supplies for Thanksgiving.

29 Light east to north wind these 24 hours - First part of 24 hours damp - Last part of 24 hours cloudy and fair - Sea moderately smooth - General duties for the day - Barometer 30.10 to 30.28 - 1st and 2nd assts went to Newport to spend Thanksgiving day.

30 Light north and east wind these 24 hours - First part of 24 hours thick fog showers - Last part of 24 hours fair weather - Sea quite smooth - General duties for day - Barometer 30.38 to 30.82 - 2nd asst went to Newport to post the monthly reports to engineer and inspector.

Journal of Light-station at Yaquina Head

1906

December

1 Light east to north wind these 24 hours with fair and cool weather - Sea smooth - General duties for the day - Barometer 30.32 to 30.10 - Keeper went to Newport after mail and supplies - 1st asst went two miles from sta to get wood for his family at Newport - Left sta at 8 A.M.

2 Light east to north east wind these 24 hours with fair and cool weather - Sea smooth - General duties for the day - Barometer 30.10 to 30.04 - 2nd asst showing four visitors in the tower - 1st asst returned to the station from Newport at P.M.

3 Light east to north east wind these 24 hours with clear fine and cool weather - Sea very smooth - General duties for the day - Barometer 30.04 to 29.88 - 2nd asst getting wood on the beach - 1st asst working in the barn & shop - Keeper washing writing in office today.

4 Light S. east wind to moderate and fresh breeze S. these 24 hours - First part of 24 hours little damp - Last part of 24 hours rain - Sea smooth - General duties for the day - Barometer 29.85 to 29.95 - 2nd asst went to Newport after mail & supplies.

5 Fresh breeze south to S.W. with rain first part of 24 hours - Last part of 24 hours fair weather - Sea moderately smooth - General duties for the day - Barometer 29.98 to 30.28 - 1st asst cleaning drain from dwelling to bluff - 2nd asst getting wood on the beach at sta.

6 Fresh breeze S. east to heavy gale south these 24 hours with hard rain - Sea very rough - General duties for the day - Barometer 30.28 to 29.48 - 1st asst working in the shop - Keeper working on quarterly reports to Inspector & Engineer.

7 Fresh to moderate breeze S. to S. west these 24 hours with rain showers - Sea rough - General duties for the day - Barometer 29.48 to 29.88 - Mr. Higgins renailing his quarters & repairing gate in fence - 1st asst went to Newport after mail & supplies - Keeper writing in office.

8 Light east wind light rain showers these 24 hours - Sea quite smooth - General duties for the day - Barometer 29.88 to 29.65 - 1st and 2nd assts soldering oil barrier - Keeper went to Newport after mail and supplies.

9 Light S. east wind these 24 hours with frequent rain & hail showers - Sea very smooth - General duties for the day - Barometer 29.65 to 29.88 - 1st asst went one mile from sta on important business - Keeper writing on reports.

10 Fresh breeze east to gale S.E. & south these 24 hours with rain showers - Sea smooth to rough - General duties for the day - Barometer 29.88 to 29.15 - 2nd asst taking covers off of oil cases to empty them - 1st and 2nd assts washing - Keeper working on reports.

11 Fresh breeze S. west to light variable winds these 24 hours with rain showers - Sea quite rough - General duties for the day - Barometer 29.15 to 29.68 - 2nd asst went to Newport after mail and supplies - Keeper putting pane of glass in window of keepers dwelling that the gale blew out yesterday - 1st asst renailing fences that blew down yesterday - 1st asst repairing his kitchen ???.

12 Light S. east wind these 24 hours with frequent rain showers - Sea smooth - General duties for the day - Barometer 29.68 to 29.90 - 2nd asst getting wood on the beach - Keeper working on quarterly reports - 1st asst working in his garden - Keeper and assts putting 200 gallons of mineral oil in oil butts in office - 2nd asst getting mussels on beach.

13 Light S. east wind with light rain showers these 24 hours - Sea smooth - General duties for day - Barometer 29.30 to 30.00 - 1st asst went to Newport after mail & supplies.

14 Moderate breeze and light east wind these 24 hours with light rain showers - Sea smooth - General duties for the day - Barometer 30.00 to 30.06 - Keeper working on quarterly reports - 1st asst working in garden - 1st & 2nd assts getting boch oysters on north beach.

15 Fresh breeze to light south wind these 24 hours with rain and thick fog showers - Sea quite smooth - General duties for the day - Barometer 30.00 to 29.80 - Keeper went to Newport after mail & supplies - 1st asst fixing gutter in road.

16 Light S. east wind these 24 hours - First part of 24 hours damp - Last part of 24 hours cloudy - Sea smooth - General duties for the day - Barometer 29.80 to 30.06 - Keeper working on quarterly reports - 1st asst working in shop.

17 Light south wind these 24 hours - First part of 24 hours light rain and thick fog - Last part of 24 hours cloudy

Journal of Light-station at Yaquina Head

1906

Dec

17 and little damp - Sea smooth - General duties for the day - Keeper putting new door in hen house - 1st asst working in shop.

18 Fresh breeze south these 24 hours - First part of 24 hours rain showers - Last part of 24 cloudy and light rain showers - Sea quite rough - General duties for the day - Barometer 30.10 - 2nd asst went to Newport after mail & supplies - 1st asst working in shop - Keeper working on reports.

19 Light S. west to S. east wind and fresh breeze south these 24 hours - First part of 24 hours rain showers - Last part of 24 hours hard rain - Sea moderately smooth - General duties for day - Barometer 30.10 to 30.04 - Keeper working on reports.

20 Fresh breeze south with rain these 24 hours - Sea quite rough - General duties for the day - Barometer 30.04 to 30.10 - 1st asst working in the shop - 2nd asst getting wood on the beach - Keeper working on quarterly reports to Inspector & Engineer.

21 Fresh breee south to light S. east wind these 24 hours - First part of 24 hours rain & thick weather - Last part of 24 hours fair and warmer - Sea smooth - General duties for the day - Barometer 30.10 - Keeper & 2nd asst went fishing at sta - 1st asst went to Newport after mail & supplies.

22 Light S. east wind to fresh breeze south these 24 hours - First part of 24 hours fair weather - Last part of 24 hours light rain and thick - Sea smooth - General duties for the day - Barometer 30.10 to 29.80 - Keeper went to Newport after mail and supplies.

23 Moderate breeze to light north west to north wind these 24 hours - First part of 24 hours rain - Last part of 24 hours fair weather - Sea smooth - General duties for day - Keeper & 2nd asst went fishing - 2nd asst showing 4 visitors in tower - 1st asst working in the shop. Barometer 29.80 to 30.14.

24 Light north and S. east wind these 24 hours - First part of 24 hours fair weather - Last part of 24 hours light rain - Sea smooth - General duties for day - Barometer 30.14 to 29.88 - Keeper washing - 2nd asst went to Newport for recreation - Left sta at 2 P.M. 1st asst washing.

25 Light wind to fresh breeze east these 24 hours with rain - Sea very smooth - General duties for the day - Barometer 29.85 to 29.57 - 2nd asst returned to station at 2:30 P.M. 1st asst went to Newport for Christmas - Keeper working on quarterly reports.

26 Fresh breeze east to light north wind these 24 hours - First part of 24 hours damp - Last part of 24 hours clear fine and warmer - Sea smooth - General duties for day - 1st and 2nd assts sifting coal to burn in hot water heater - Keeper & 2nd asst went fishing - Barometer 29.87 to 20.65.

27 Light east wind these 24 hours with clear fine and warm - Sea very smooth - General duties for the day - Barometer 29.65 to 29.95 - 1st asst went to Newport after mail & supplies - 2nd asst went fishing - Keeper showing eight visitors in the tower.

28 Light east to S. east wind these 24 hours - First part of 24 hours clear fine weather - Last part of 24 hours thick fog and little damp - Sea smooth - General duties for day - Keeper & 2nd asst went fishing - 1st asst working in the shop. Barometer 29.85.

29 Light west wind these 24 hours with rain showers - Sea smooth - General duties for the day - Barometer 29.85 to 29.70 - 1st asst working in shop - 2nd asst went fishing - Keeper went to Newport after mail and supplies.

30 Light variable to west winds these 24 hours with rain and hail showers - Sea smooth - General duties for the day - Barometer 29.70 to 29.62 - Keeper working on reports - 2nd asst showing 4 visitors in tower - 1st asst went one mile from sta on business.

31 Light variable winds these 24 hours with rain hail and snow showers - Sea quite rough - General duties for the day - Barometer 29.62 to 29.70 - 2nd asst went to Newport to post quarterly reports - 1st asst working in his quarters - Keeper working on requisition for annual supplies.

Journal of Light-station at Yaquina Head

1907

January

1 Light variable winds these 24 hours with frequent rain and snow showers - Sea quite smooth - General duties for the day - Barometer 29.70 to 29.60 - Keeper working on requisition for supplies for the years 1906 and 1907 - 1st asst putting a new hinge on wood shed door and showing visitors in tower - 2nd asst washing & showing visitors in tower - Had six visitors today.

2 Light variable winds these 24 hours with rain showers most of 24 hours - Sea smooth - General duties for the day - Barometer 29.60 to 29.88 - 1st asst working in his quarters - Keeper working on annual requisition for supplies for the years 1906 + 1907.

3 Gale south to fresh breeze S. west these 24 hours with hard rain - Sea rough - General duties for the day - Barometer 29.83 to 29.18 - Keeper working on requisition for supplies - The gale blew down the tight board fences at sta + panes of glass out of station windows.

4 Light wind to moderate breeze S. west to west these 24 hours with frequent rain & hail squalls - Sea quite rough - General duties for the day - Barometer 29.18 to 29.65 - 2nd asst repairing garden fence and takeing covers off of coal oil cases to empty them tomorrow - Keeper went to Newport on important business - Left the sta at 9A.M. - 1st asst went to Newport after mail + supplies.

5 Fresh breeze west to light east wind these 24 hours - First part of 24 hours hail + snow showers - Last part of 24 hours fair and cool weather - Sea rough - General duties for day - Barometer 29.65 to 29.85 - 1st and 2nd assts putting coal oil in butts in watch room.

6 Light east wind these 24 hours - First part of 24 hours snow - Last part of 24 hours fair + cold - Sea rough - General duties for day - Barometer 29.85 to 29.50.

7 Fresh breeze east dry and cold these 24 hours - Sea rough - General duties for day - Barometer 29.50 to 29.62 - 2nd asst showing two visitors in the tower.

8 Fresh breeze east these 24 hours with clear and cold weather - Sea smooth - General duties for the day - Barometer 29.62 to 29.98 today - 2nd asst went to Newport after mail and supplies - 1st asst working in the garden - Keeper working on annual requisition for supplies.

9 Fresh breeze east dry and cold these 24 hours - Sea smooth - General duties for day - Barometer 29.90 to 30.00 - Keeper working on annual requisition for supplies - Keeper and assts repairing and renailing fences that blew down in the gale of January the 3rd.

10 Fresh breeze to light east wind these 24 hours with clear fine and cool weather - Sea smooth - General duties for the day - Barometer 29.90 to 29.82 - 2nd asst showing 4 visitors in tower - 1st asst went to Newport after mail & supplies - Keeper went fishing.

11 Light S. east to west wind damp & warmer first part of 24 hours - Last part of 24 hours fresh breeze N. west with rain showers - Sea smooth - Barometer 29.80 - General duties for day - 2nd asst cleaning the grounds - 1st asst working - Keeper went fishing at the station.

12 Moderate to fresh breeze west to N. west these 24 hours with hail and snow squalls - Sea rough - General duties for the day - Barometer 29.88 to 29.70 - 1st asst working in the shop - Keeper went to Newport after mail and supplies - 2nd asst cleaning up grounds.

13 Fresh breeze east these 24 hours - First part of 24 hours clear - Last part of 24 hours cloudy little snow and cold - Sea quite smooth - General duties for the day - Barometer 29.70 to 29.60 - 1st asst sawing wood in his celler.

14 Fresh breeze to light east wind these 24 hours with clear and cold weather - Temperature 21 alue - Barometer 29.60 to 29.70 - Sea smooth - General duties for the day - Keeper washing & working in the garden - 1st asst repairing wheelbarrow.

15 Light wind to moderate breeze east these 24 hours with fair and cold weather - Sea very smooth - General duties for the day - Barometer 29.70 to 29.65 - 1st asst working in shop - 2nd asst went to Newport after mail & supplies - Keeper working on requisition for supplies.

16 Fresh breeze east with snow and cold weather - Sea smooth - General duties for day - Barometer 29.65 to 29.52 - Keeper working on requisition for supplies.

17 Fresh breeze to light east wind dry and cold these 24 hours - Sea smooth - General duties for the day - Barometer 29.52 to 29.78 - Keeper cleaning out the barn - 2nd asst hunting deer outside of the reservation - 1st asst went to Newport after mail and supplies.