1904 Keeper Logs

JOURNAL of Light-house Station at Yaquina Head

1904

June

1 Light wind and moderate breeze south these 24 hours with frequent light rain showers - Sea smooth - Barometer 29.96 to 29.82 - Keeper washing - 2nd asst working in garden & cleaning in his kitchen - 1st asst whitewashing cleaning & painting in his quarters.

2 Fresh breeze and light S. to S. west wind these 24 hours with frequent rain showers - Sea smooth - Barometer 29.75 to 30.12 - Keeper went to Newport after mail and supplies - 1st asst cleaning & painting in his quarters - 2nd asst cleaning & painting in his quarters.

3 Light south and variable winds first part of 24 hours with damp weather - Last part of 24 hours moderate to fresh breeze north with fair weather - Sea moderately smooth - Barometer 30.12 to 30.22 - 1st and 2nd assts cleaning & painting in there quarters - Keeper putting wood in his celler.

4 Fresh breeze north these 24 hours - First part of 24 hours some fog & fair - Last part of 24 hours fair weather - Sea smooth - Barometer 30.22 to 30.02 - 2nd asst painting in his quarters also painted inside of water closet - Keeper and 1st asst went to Newport after mail & supplies.

5 Fresh breeze and 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 29.94 to 30.02 - 1st asst went to Newport on important business - Left sta at 1 P.M. - 2nd asst painted kitchen floor.

6 Moderate breeze and light north wind these 24 hours - First part of 24 hours little damp - Last part of 24 hours fair and warmer. Sea smooth - Barometer 30.02 to 30.28 - 1st asst returned to the sta at 9:30 A.M. Keeper & 2nd asst went to Newport to vote and procure supplies.

7 Moderate breeze nort these 24 hours - First part of 24 hours heigh dry fog - Last part of 24 hours clear fine weather - Sea smooth - Barometer 30.28 to 30.16 - Keeper cleaning in his quarters - 1st asst cleaning oil carriers & went to Newport after mail - 2nd asst working in shop & garden. Had two visitors.

8 Light wind north and calm these 24 hours with fair and warm weather - Sea smooth - Barometer 30.16 to 30.10 - Keeper cleaning and painting in his quarters - 2nd asst working in his garden & painting in his quarters - 1st asst cleaning in his quarters.

9 Light south to north wind with thick damp fog first part of 24 hours - Last part of 24 hours light west to S. west wind light rain showers - Sea smooth - Barometer 30.10 to 30.12 - 1st asst painting base of tower white and black - Keeper cleaning and painting in his quarters - Also cleaning & painting water closet - 2nd asst went to Newport after supplies and on business.

10 Light S.W. to north wind these 24 hours - First part of 24 hours rain showers - Last part of 24 hours fair weather - Sea smooth - Barometer 30.12 to 30.34 - Keeper painting inside of water closet and cleaning in his quarters - 2nd asst putting wood in his celler & working in his garden.

11 Fresh breeze north these 24 hours with fair weather - Sea smooth - Barometer 30.34 to 30.12 - General duties for the day - Keeper went to Newport after mail and supplies - 2nd asst went over to beach to repair gate - 2nd asst doing house work today.

12 Fresh breeze north these 24 hours with clear fine and warm weather - Sea smooth - Barometer 30.12 to 29.95 - Keeper and assts showing fourteen visitors in tower. Keeper & 2nd asst repairing pig pen - Keeper painting hall floor in dwelling also steps & water closet.

13 Fresh breeze north these 24 hours with fair weather - Sea smooth - General duties for the day - Keeper and 2nd asst getting clams on beach at sta - 2nd asst painted back steps on dwelling getting wood on beach & working in garden - 1st asst cleaning out woodshed - Keeper putting wood in his celler.

14 Fresh breeze north these 24 hours with heigh dry fog during 24 hours - Sea smooth - General duties for the day - Barometer 29.95 to 29.90 - Keeper went to Newport after mail & supplies - Keeper went after clams on beach at sta - 2nd asst went after razor clams on beach one mile from sta.

15 Fresh breeze and light north wind these 24 hours with fair weather - Sea smooth - Barometer 29.90 to 29.88 - Keeper working on annual and quarterly reports - 2nd asst working in shop - 1st asst went to Newport after mail & supplies and showing five visitors in tower.

16 Light north to south wind & calm these 24 hours with heigh dry fog - Sea smooth - Barometer 29.88 to 30.00 - 1st asst showing four visitors in tower and cutting grass around dwelling - 2nd asst W.P. Ford went to Newport after mail and supplies - Keeper working on annual and quarterly reports to L. House Inspector.

JOURNAL of Light-house Station at Yaquina Head

1907

June

17 Light variable winds with thick damp fog first part of 24 hours - Last part of 24 hours moderate to fresh breeze South with rain - Sea smooth - Barometer 29.90 to 30.60 - Keeper working on annual & quarterly reports - 2nd asst working in shop & showing four visitors in tower - 1st asst cutting grass.

18 Fresh breeze South to West and N. West these 24 hours - First part of 24 hours frequent rain showers - Last part of 24 hours fair weather - Sea quite smooth - Barometer 29.90 to 30.38 - 1st asst cutting grass - 2nd asst cleaning Burner & working in shop - Keeper went to Newport after mail & supplies.

19 Fresh breeze North these 24 hours - First part of 24 hours heigh dry fog - Last part of 24 hours clear fine and cool weather - Sea smooth - Barometer 30.38 to 30.15 - Keeper working on annual & quarterly reports - General duties for day - 1st and 2nd assts showing eighteen visitors in tower.

20 Fresh breeze North these 24 hours with fair weather - Sea smooth - Barometer 30.15 to 29.92 - 1st asst cutting grass around the Dwelling - 2nd asst went six miles up North beach to get a man & team to haulwood - Keeper working on annual and quarterly reports to Inspector.

21 Fresh and moderate breeze North these 24 hours - First part of 24 hours thick fog showers - Last part of 24 hours fair weather - Sea smooth - Barometer 29.92 to 30.03 - Keeper working on reports working in the shop and showing five visitors in the tower - 1st and 2nd assts raking up and throwing worthless hay over the bluff - 1st asst also showing visitors in tower - 2nd asst went to Newport after mail & supplies.

22 Light variable winds first part of 24 hours with little dampness - Last part of 24 hours light North wind fair and warm - Barometer 30.03 to 30.15 - Keeper working on reports - 1st asst cutting grass - 2nd asst showing one visitor in tower & cleaning windows in Dwelling and working in garden.

23 Light wind to moderate and fresh breeze North these 24 hours - First part of 24 hours light rain showers - Last part of 24 hours clear weather - Sea smooth - Barometer 30.15 to 30.18 - 1st asst went to Newport after mail & supplies - Keeper & 2nd asst putting lumber away in barn rakeing up hay into coops & showing visitors in the tower - Had twelve visitors - Keeper working on reports.

24 Fresh breeze North these 24 hours with fair weather - Sea smooth - Barometer 30.18 to 30.05 - 2nd asst showing five visitors in the Tower - Keeper and assts putting hay into the Barn - 2nd asst working in the Barn - Keeper working on annual & quarterly reports.

25 Fresh breeze North these 24 hours with clear fine weather - Sea smooth - Barometer 30.05 to 29.98 - 2nd asst polishing Burner for Lamp and getting wood on the beach & working in garden - Keeper went to Newport after mail and supplies.

26 Fresh breeze North with thick damp fog these 24 hours - 1st and 2nd assts showing fourteen visitors in Tower - Barometer 29.98 to 30.02 - Keeper working on reports - General duties for day.

27 Fresh breeze North these 24 hours with thick damp fog - Sea smooth - Barometer 30.02 to 29.95 - Keeper showing one visitor in the Tower and working on annual and quarterly reports - 2nd asst in garden and at hay - 1st asst cleaning in his quarters and washing.

28 Fresh breeze North these 24 hours with thick damp fog - Sea smooth - Barometer 29.95 to 29.82 - General duties for the day - 2nd asst showing nine visitors in the Tower makeing hay and other work - Keeper and 1st asst went to Newport after mail & supplies.

29 Moderate breeze North to South these 24 hours - First part of 24 hours thick damp fog - Last part of 24 hours heigh dry fog - Sea smooth - Barometer 29.82 to 29.78 - 1st asst working in his quarters - 2nd asst showing three visitors in tower & makeing hay - Keeper working on reports.

30 Moderate breeze to light South wind these 24 hours - First part of 24 hours thick damp fog - Last part of 24 hours heigh dry fog & light rain showers - Sea smooth - Barometer 29.78 to 30.00 - Keeper completed reports - 2nd asst went to Newport to mail reports and procure supplies.

JOURNAL of Light-house Station at Yaquina Head

1904

July

1 Light South wind to moderate and fresh breeze North these 24 hours - First part of 24 hours thick fog showers - Last part of 24 hours clear fine weather - Sea smooth - Barometer 30.00 to 30.10 - Keeper and 2nd assts showing visitors in the Tower - Had twelve visitors - Keeper & 2nd asst killing Hog and dressing same - Mr. Edward Rice left the station at 9:30 A.M. haveing resigned from station as 1st asst.

2 Moderate breeze North these 24 hours with heigh dry fog and fair weather these 24 hours - Sea smooth - Barometer 30.10 to 29.86 - General duties for day - 2nd asst working in the garden - Keeper went to Newport after mail and supplies.

3 Light North wind and calm these 24 hours with thick damp fog during 24 hours - Barometer 29.86 to 29.90 - General duties for the day - Sea smooth - Had twenty nine visitors today - Keeper & 2nd asst showing visitors in Tower - Keeper writeing in Office.

4 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 and fair weather - Sea smooth - Barometer 29.90 to 30.05 - Keeper showing one visitor in Tower - 2nd asst went to Newport to spend the fourth of July.

5 Moderate to 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 30.05 to 29.94 - Had twenty visitors - Keeper and 2nd asst showing visitors in Tower - Keeper writing in Office - 2nd asst working in garden & shop.

6 Moderate breeze North these 24 hours with clear fine weather - Sea smooth - Barometer 29.94 to 29.85 - Keeper and 2nd asst cleaning shelving in workroom - Keeper and 2nd asst showing visitors in Tower - Had twenty one visitors - 2nd asst working in garden on the beach.

7 Moderate to fresh breeze North these 24 hours - First part of 24 hours thick damp fog - Last part of 24 hours heigh dry fog - Sea smooth - Barometer 29.84 - Keeper and 2nd asst showing seventeen visitors in the Tower - 2nd asst went to Newport after mail & supplies - Keeper takeing covers off cases of oil.

8 Moderate breeze North these 24 hours with heigh dry fog - Sea quite rough - Barometer 29.84 to 29.90 - Keeper and 2nd asst putting 200 gallons of oil in oil butts - 2nd asst stoweing oil cases in oil house and putting empty cases in store house - Keeper and 2nd asst showing 23 visitors in Tower.

9 Moderate to fresh breeze North these 24 hours with thick damp fog - Sea smooth - General duties for the day - Barometer 29.90 - Keeper went to Newport after mail and supplies - 2nd asst working in garden washing and getting wood on beach.

10 Moderate breeze North to light South wind these 24 hours with thick damp fog - Sea smooth - Barometer 29.90 - General duties for the day - Keeper and 2nd asst showing visitors in the tower - Had fourteen visitors.

11 Light variable winds these 24 hours - First part of 24 hours thick damp fog - Last part of 24 hours heigh dry fog - Sea smooth - Barometer 30.00 - Keeper and 2nd asst showing twenty five visitors in Tower - Keeper washing - 2nd asst working in garden on the beach.

12 Moderate breeze North these 24 hours - First part of 24 hours thick damp fog - Last part of 24 hours heigh dry fog - Sea smooth - Barometer 30.00 to 30.16 - Keeper & 2nd asst showing 32 visitors in Tower - Keeper & 2nd asst stowing cases of Oil in Oil house and store house.

13 Moderate breeze North these 24 hours with clear fine weather - Sea smooth - General duties for the day - Barometer 30.16 to 29.88 - 2nd asst went to Newport after mail and supplies - Keeper showing visitors in Tower - Had fourteen visitors.

14 Light N. to South wind & fresh breeze these 24 hours - First part of 24 hours light rain showers - Last part of 24 hours hard rain - Sea smooth - General duties for the day - Barometer 29.88 to 29.53 - 2nd asst working in garden on the beach.

15 Fresh breeze South to East first part of 24 hours with rain - Last part of 24 hours light variable winds rain - Sea quite rough - Barometer 29.44 to 29.98 - General duties for the day - Keeper and 2nd asst showing visitors in Tower - Had twelve visitors.

16 Light S.W. to S. East wind and little damp first part of 24 hours - Last part of 24 hours fresh breeze South with rain showers - Sea moderately smooth - Barometer 29.98 to 29.85 - 2nd asst working in shop - Keeper went to Newport after mail & supplies.

17 Fresh breeze to light South wind with light rain first part of 24 hours - Last part of 24 hours light N.W. to North wind fair

JOURNAL of Light-house Station at Yaquina Head

1904

July

17 Sea quite rough - General duties for the day - Barometer 29.85 to 30.05 - Keeper & 2nd asst showing visitors in tower - Had twenty six visitors.

18 Light wind to fresh breeze north these 24 hours with fair weather - Sea smooth - Barometer 30.08 to 30.00 - Keeper and 2nd asst showing visitors in tower - Had sixty visitors - Keeper and 2nd asst repairing barn door today.

19 Fresh breeze north these 24 hours with fair weather - Sea smooth - Barometer 30.00 to 29.87 - General duties for the day - Keeper and 2nd asst showing visitors in the tower - Had ten visitors - 2nd asst weeding on his part of garden.

20 Fresh and moderate breeze north these 24 hours with fair weather - Sea smooth - General duties for the day - Barometer 29.87 to 29.85 - 2nd asst went to Newport after mail and supplies - Keeper and 2nd asst showing visitors in tower - Had fifty five visitors.

21 Light north to south wind these 24 hours - First part of 24 hours thick damp fog - Last part of 24 hours heigh dry fog & fair weather - Sea smooth - Barometer 29.80 to 30.00 - General duties for day - 2nd asst working in garden - Keeper & asst showing eight visitors in tower.

22 Light south to north wind with thick damp fog first part of 24 hours - Last part of 24 hours moderate breeze north fair weather - Sea smooth - Barometer 30.00 to 30.10 - General duties for day - Keeper and 2nd asst showing fourteen visitors in tower - 2nd asst getting wood on the beach.

23 Moderate and fresh breeze north these 24 hours with fair weather - Sea smooth - Barometer 30.10 to 30.15 - General duties for the day - Keeper went to Newport after mail and supplies - 2nd asst working in garden and getting wood on the beach.

24 Fresh breeze north these 24 hours with fair weather - Sea smooth - Barometer 30.15 to 29.97 - General duties for the day - Keeper and 2nd asst showing visitors to tower - Had fifty one visitors - 2nd asst went to Newport after mail & supplies.

25 Fresh breeze north with clear fine weather first part of 24 hours - Last part of 24 hours light south wind thick damp fog - Sea smooth - Barometer 29.85 - 2nd asst working in garden - Keeper & 2nd asst showing visitors in tower - Had thirteen visitors.

26 Light south wind these 24 hours - First part of 24 hours thick damp fog - Last part of 24 hours heigh dry fog and fair warm weather - Sea smooth - General duties for day - Barometer 29.85 to 30.05 - Keeper and 2nd asst showing 24 visitors in tower.

27 Light south and variable winds these 24 hours - First part of 24 hours thick fog showers - Last part of 24 hours fair and warm - Sea smooth - Keeper and 2nd asst cleaning all brass work at sta - Keeper and 2nd asst showing visitors in tower - Had twenty nine visitors in tower - 2nd asst went to Newport after mail and supplies - U.S. Light House tender crossed into Yaquina at 11 A.M. and landed annual supplies for the station.

28 Light S. to west and variable winds these 24 hours - First part of 24 hours rain showers - Last part of 24 hours damp & fair - Sea little rough - Barometer 30.05 to 30.26 - Keeper & 2nd asst showing visitors in tower - Had fourty visitors - Keeper and 2nd asst stowing away annual supplies - Mr. McDonald hauling annual supplies - U.S. Light House tender crossed out of Yaquina & passed sta at 1 P.M. going north.

29 Light south wind to moderate and fresh breeze north these 24 hours with fair weather - Sea smooth - General duties for the day - Barometer 30.26 to 30.32 - Keeper and 2nd asst showing fifty five visitors in the tower - Keeper looking over annual supplies.

30 Fresh breeze north these 24 hours - First part of 24 hours fair - Last part of 24 hours heigh dry fog - Sea smooth - Barometer 30.32 to 29.92 - 2nd asst washing - Keeper went to Newport after mail and supplies - 2nd asst working in garden.

31 Moderate breeze north to light south wind these 24 hours with thick damp fog - Sea smooth - Barometer 29.92 to 29.85 - General duties for the day - Keeper & 2nd asst showing visitors in tower - Had eighteen visitors today - Keeper received letter stateing that W.P. Ford 2nd asst has been nominated for 1st asst at this station to take effect August 1st.

JOURNAL of Light-house Station at Yaquina Head

1904

August

1 Light south wind to moderate and fresh breeze north these 24 hours with thick damp fog - Sea smooth - General duties for the day - Barometer 29.85 to 30.00 - Keeper washing - 2nd asst W.P. Ford assumed the duties of 1st asst at this station today having been promoted to that position - Keeper and 1st asst showing visitors in the tower - Had thirty five visitors - 2nd asst working in garden today.

2 Fresh breeze north these 24 hours - First part of 24 hours thick and heigh dry fog - Last part of 24 hours fair weather - Sea smooth - General duties for the day - Barometer 30.00 to 29.96 - Keeper & 1st asst showing visitors in tower - Had twenty nine visitors today.

3 Fresh breeze north these 24 hours with thick damp fog - Sea smooth - General duties for the day - Keeper and 1st asst showing visitors in tower - Had thirty six visitors - Barometer 29.96 to 29.85 - 1st asst went to Newport after mail and supplies - Mr. McDonald hauling annual supplies.

4 Light north to south wind these 24 hours - First part of 24 hours thick damp fog - Last part of 24 hours thick dry fog - Sea smooth - Barometer 29.80 to 29.98 - Keeper showing twenty eight visitors in tower - Mr. McDonald hauling coal oil from Newport to sta.

5 Light south wind and calm these 24 hours with thick damp fog - Sea smooth - General duties for the day - Barometer 29.98 to 30.10 - Mr. McDonald hauling annual supplies - Keeper stowing mineral oil in oil house - Keeper & 1st asst showing 29 visitors in tower.

6 Light south to north wind these 24 hours with thick damp fog - Sea smooth - General duties for the day - Barometer 30.08 - Mr. McDonald hauling oil to sta - 1st asst stowing oil in oil-house & getting wood on beach - Keeper went to Newport after mail & supplies.

7 Light wind to moderate and fresh breeze north these 24 hours with thick and heigh dry fog - Sea smooth - Barometer 30.08 to 29.90 - General duties for the day - Keeper 1st asst and Keepers wife showing fifty two visitors in tower - 1st asst went to Newport on important business.

8 Moderate breeze north these 24 hours - First part of 24 hours thick damp fog - Last part of 24 hours heigh dry fog - Sea smooth - Barometer 29.92 - General duties for the day - Keeper 1st asst and Keepers wife showing visitors in tower - Had eighty one visitors.

9 Moderate to fresh breeze north these 24 hours - First part of 24 hours heigh dry fog - Last part of 24 hours clear fine weather. Sea smooth - Barometer 29.92 to 30.02 - General duties for the day - Keeper 1st asst and Keepers wife showing visitors in tower - Had 105 visitors.

10 Moderate and fresh breeze north these 24 hours with clear fine & warm - Sea smooth - General duties for the day - Mr. McDonald completed hauling annual supplies today - Keeper and 1st asst stowing mineral oil away in oil house - Keeper and 1st asst and Keepers wife showing visitors in the tower - Had one hundred & four visitors.

11 Moderate and fresh breeze north these 24 hours with clear fine weather - Sea smooth - General duties for the day - Barometer 29.92 - 1st asst went to Newport after mail & supplies - Keeper 1st asst & Keepers wife showing visitors in tower - Had 61 visitors.

12 Moderate and fresh breeze north these 24 hours with fair weather thick smoke and some fog - Sea smooth - Barometer 29.92 to 29.88 - General duties for day - 1st asst painting visitor notices excluding visitors from tower on Wednesdays and Saturdays of each week - Had fourty four visitors today - Keeper 1st asst and Keepers wife showing visitors in tower.

13 Moderate breeze to light north wind these 24 hours with thick damp fog - Sea smooth - Barometer 29.88 to 30.06 - General duties for the day - 1st asst washing - Keeper went to Newport after mail and supplies & put up visitor notices.

14 Moderate to fresh breeze north these 24 hours - First part of 24 hours thick fog - Last part of 24 hours heigh fog and fair - Sea smooth - Barometer 30.06 - General duties for day - Had fourty seven visitors - Keeper 1st asst & Keepers wife showing visitors in tower.

15 Fresh breeze north these 24 hours with thick fog fair weather - Sea smooth - General duties for the day - Barometer 30.06 to 30.00 - Keeper 1st asst and Keepers wife showing visitors in tower - Had seventy four visitors today.

16 Fresh and moderate breeze north these 24 hours with thick damp fog - Sea smooth - Barometer 30.00 to 29.88