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Book Title: Santa Barbara And Montecito Past And Present

PART III

Present Day Santa Barbara-City Government, Public Utilities-Financial
Institutions and Commerce- Hotels- Education, Hospitals and Charitable
Organizations - Churches, Societies and Clubs.


SANTA Barbara, Queen of all coast cities, by reason of her unequalled and
charming position, is fast becoming renowned as the home city of the traveled
American and Britisher. Almost encircled by picturesque hills, which are being
rapidly transformed into residential estates, her situation is superb; such a
combination of mountain and sea is without parallel. If a map of California be
examined, it will be seen that the general trend of the coast-line is from
north-northwest to south-southeast; at Point Concepcion it makes a sharp and
sudden turn and runs to Rincon Point below Santa Barbara, nearly due east and
west. Thus Santa Barbara faces directly south, but this is not the only
advantage gained from the turn in the coast-line. The harsh and foggy north and
north-west winds which make the coast north of Point Concepcion disagreeable,
are entirely cut off from Santa Barbara by the coast range, between 3,000 and
4,000 feet high which comes almost to the shore line at Point Concepcion, and
stretches along the coast, but two or three miles back from it, to Ventura.

   These natural advantages give to Santa Barbara its wonderful climate, which
though perhaps equalled, is not surpassed the world over. Even in the early days
of 1793, records show that a large number of invalids from all parts of
California were sent to Santa Barbara to recuperate in its soft and invigorating
air.

   The Santa Ynez chain of mountains form a background to the city, marking the
skyline in no tortuous manner, but presenting lines of symetry [sic] and
grandeur never wearying to the eye. Seen at any hour of the day, fresh pictures
are unfolded; as the sun marks his course, the play of light and shade
constantly changes the aspect of the scene, and even the seasons reveal
unsuspected differences. In summer, the sunset turns the mountains to gold,
while in autumn, their rugged peaks are bathed in royal purple.

   Though a strictly modern and progressive city, the old charm of Santa Barbara
remains, as in the days of long ago, when the Spanish-Californian town was
simply a point on a badly cut-up road from San Diego to San Francisco. A few of
her historic and romantic old adobe buildings are still in existence today;
their owners, fortunately, not having their commercial instincts too highly
developed, have spent thousands of dollars in preserving these relics of bygone
days, when the land from Peru to Alta California was under the dominion of Spain.

   Transportation facilities have increased wonderfully since those days; the
trans-continental traveler comes without change in his private car or Pullman
from the far East, the North or South, or the middle West, while the autoist
approaches Santa Barbara over a sea-level road, built partly upon a viaduct out
of reach of the surf that dashes against Rincon Point, as it did in the early
days when many a poor wayfarer was caught by the tide and drowned.

   Santa Barbara is the principal trading center of the County, although
situated on its southern edge, the advent of the automobile having made this
possible. The large property owners in the rich farming districts and oil fields
in the Lompoc, Santa Ynez, Los Alamos and Santa Maria Valleys, reside in, and
direct their business operations from here.

   The influence of these productive valleys is strongly felt in the commercial
life of the city, which is its due, since the development of this back country
has been facilitated through the necessary capital having been supplied by its
progressive and far-seeing business men.

   Some day in the near future, the many little valleys between Rincon on the
east and Naples on the west, will become "Greater Santa Barbara," since the
interests of all these localities are the same, the climate is nearly identical,
and the growth of the past few years is an indication of what the future holds
in store, and the necessity for expansion.

   The artistic value of the suburbs of Montecito and Miramar to Santa Barbara
is inestimable; wealth has been freely poured out on artistic adornment, and it
will be lavishly spent in the future, since no place in the world is more worthy.

   In the development of the road~plan for Santa Barbara County, the Board of
Supervisors has recognized that this section is blessed with one of the most
ideal climates in the United States. As a result, wealthy people resort here
from everywhere, some of them to escape the rigors of the eastern winter, merely
tarrying for a few months, while others have bought and developed extensive
estates costing thousands of dollars for permanent occupation. With a
citizenship of this character, the building of pleasure drives becomes of great
importance, for so keen is the competition among the counties of Southern
California to secure the winter travel, which totals millions of dollars yearly,
that the county without good roads rapidly falls behind. Santa Barbara in this
respect is unique, and furnishes a splendid example of well-planned and
consistently carried out highway tree-planting. This policy is in evidence
especially around Santa Barbara, Montecito, Carpinteria and Goleta, which have
developed into attractive pleasure drives, and here one road particularly
compares with any scenic boulevard in the State. This road, built mainly by the
City of Santa Barbara, climbs up the hills to the north, in an ever increasing
height, until at the summit one of the most wonderful views in California is
disclosed. Spread far below, and seeming like some Liliputian village, is Santa
Barbara with its historic mission, great hotels, handsome homes, and tree-lined
streets, while beyond in the blue expanse of the ocean, San Miguel, Santa Rosa,
Santa Cruz, and Anacapa Islands, float a few miles off the coast. To the east
are Montecito and Carpinteria, almost hidden in the heavy foilage [sic] of
trees, while to the west the curving shore line dims into the distance measured
by high bluffs thrusting out into the sea.

   The material advance of Santa Barbara during the last decade has been most
notable; the census of 1910 gave the number of the city inhabitants as 11,569,
while that of 1920 gave it as 20,159 showing an increase of 75 percent. If the
past is any criterion, the increase during the next decade should be
astonishing, since the demand for homes has never been so great as it is today.
Many new subdivisions are being opened up, particularly in the Riviera section,
and these are being extensively purchased as residential sites.

   A new and exclusive residence district adjoining the Riviera, is that of El
Cielito (Little Heaven). This property is being improved with roads, and will
only be sold in lots of five acres or more. It is the intention of the owners to
sell only to people who will improve the property, so that at no distant date
the entire hillside will be covered with beautiful homes and gardens. El Cielito
has wonderful views of the ocean, mountains, and valley, and is connected with
Montecito by the Sycamore Canyon Road.

   In the same district is the McAdoo Tract, which is being rapidly sold and
developed. In the near future, the beautiful foot-hill region of Santa Barbara
will rival the famous Riviera in Europe in point of beauty and picturesque
surroundings.

   The park system is unique, and comprises the Alameda Plaza, the Plaza del
Mar, Oak Park, and Athletic Park.

   Alameda Plaza is a beautiful park of ten acres, located in the heart of the
city, having frontages on Anacapa, Micheltorena, Garden and Sola Streets, and is
reached by the "M" car of the electric street railway.

   Oak Park lies at the terminus of the "O" car line, and is famous for its
natural grove of oaks and sycamores; it is a popular place for picnics,
barbecues, and patriotic gatherings, and a favorite playground of the city
children, who, from their own small contributions, erected a bronze tablet at
the entrance to the memory of the late Mr. Henry Tallant, who was instrumental
in securing the park to the city.

   The Plaza del Mar adjoins the handsome structure called "Banos del Mar,"
where all the delights of sea bathing may be enjoyed; afterwards, one may sit
under the shade of waving palms, relax, dream or read as fancy pleases, or revel
in the view of the blue sea and the Santa Barbara chain of Islands beyond.

   The Palm Boulevard which extends along the Neapolitan curve of Santa
Barbara's sea front, is the rendezvous of residents and visitors without the
noise and confusion incidental to so many Californian seaside resorts. After the
sunset glow has faded, the whole length of the Palm Boulevard is changed into a
veritable fairy scene by thousands of lights, and the strains of music and the
lullaby of the surf complete the picture.

   The Chamber of Commerce has established, through the energy of its secretary,
Mr. Charles W. Kirk, an auto camp on the coast highway to the north of the city.
It contains a spacious building, which has every convenience for cooking, a
laundry equipped with electric washing-machine, porcelain bath tubs, a Ruud
heater, ensuring constant hot water, shower-baths, sanitary toilets -and
lavatories with towels, and is electrically lighted throughout. Even the
children of visiting autoists have been provided for, in that there are swings
and a large box of sand for them to play in. Then there is a wash stand for
cars, with pit, and an attendant constantly on duty. All of these privileges are
included in the fee of fifty cents per day per car, regardless of number of
passengers, no extra charge of any kind being made.

   Santa Barbara abounds in beautiful scenic drives, both for the motorist who
enjoys trips of short duration and the more hardy motorist who enjoys a days
trip over the mountains and along the sea.

   The most famous of the short drives takes one by the Santa Barbara Mission,
the finest of all the old missions, over the Mission Ridge road from which can
be seen the city lying in the valley below and in the distance the Santa Barbara
Islands, making a picture which can never be forgotten. From the Mission Ridge
the road leads to what is known as the Mountain Drive, winding in and out of
canyon after canyon at approximately the same level until it comes out in the
beautiful Montecito Valley famed for its beautiful drives and lovely estates.
Any number of ways may be pursued through this beautiful spot and the return
trip can be made by way of the Ocean Boulevard to the place of starting.

   For the motorist who wishes to travel further afield, the San Marcos Pass
offers a trip unexcelled for beauty of scenery, with Santa Barbara, the Goleta
Valley, the Pacific Ocean and the islands on one side and the ragged cliffs of
the Santa Ynez river on the other leading to the valley of the Santa Ynez where
is located the historical Santa Ynez Mission amidst fertile farming country.

   From Santa Ynez the road passes through the thriving little town of Los
Olivos over what is known as the Foxen Canyon road to Santa Maria the most
northerly city in Santa Barbara County. The return trip can be made by way of
the State Highway and the historical Gaviota Pass, along the sea shore to Santa
Barbara. The entire trip covers about 150 miles and should not be missed.

   Another beautiful trip for a day's outing is over the Cacitas Pass to the
Ojai Valley, returning by way of the Rincon Sea Level Highway, a paved
boulevard, which follows the ocean for mile after mile. This trip is also one
which will never be forgotten by the motorist who enjoys beautiful scenery.

   There are any number of trips which can be planned for the motorist and that
is one of the functions of the Automobile Club of Southern California, which in
1919 issued 68,173 maps to members and visitors covering motor trips throughout
California.

   The above sketch of the club office shows that a very successful effort has
been made to carry out the Mission type of architecture so typical of Santa
Barbara. Here are furnished rest rooms for the motorist, and here he receives
road maps, touring information, insurance at cost on his automobile, and many
other services, for the Club's motto is "Service."

   The "Cliff Drive" in and about Santa Barbara is one of the most picturesque
in the world. Starting from the sea front, it avoids the business portion of the
city, working its way through the shaded streets, lined with flower embowered
homes, until the limits of the municipality are reached. Thence it skirts the
low hills between rows of pepper, eucalyptus, orange and palm trees, then winds
among orchards of orange, plum and walnut trees for nearly two miles further.
Here it swerves sharply to the left, and entering an avenue of frouded palms,
opens on a scene as alluringly beautiful as any to be found on the Continent.
This is the entrance to Hope Ranch, a domain of more than two thousand acres.
The "Drive" extends for several miles through this property, twisting between
the hillocks and creeping up the canyons until it rises to the top of the
"Palisades," as the superb cliff frontage on the sea is called. Along this bold
headland, with the broad Pacific in the one hand and the swelling slopes of the
ranch lands on the other, it wends its way back to the city. It is from the
latter portion of the route that the famous driveway takes its name.

   Santa Barbara Bay has much in common with the famous Bay of Naples, which it
greatly resembles in contour, but its surroundings are even more beautiful. From
the lighthouse, which stands like a white sentinel at Point Santa Barbara,
eastward to Rincon Point, the shore sweeps in a circle of uniform curve,
extending fifteen miles, now with wave-kissed sandy shore, then rising into low
palisades, that skirt mesas covered with oak and sycamore trees.

   The Bay opens to the wide channel of Santa Barbara, some seventy miles in
length, with a width of from twenty-five to thirty miles. Its water maintains a
wonderfully even temperature, the difference being but ten degrees the year
round; the breezes passing over its surface serve to cool in summer and warm in
winter the lovely Santa Barbara Valley.

   For yachting and boating the Santa Barbara Channel offers the finest stretch
in the world, with ample sea room, yet so protected by the mountainous island
chain on the south and the elevated shore of the mainland on the north, as to be
entirely safe at all times. Fishing in the Santa Barbara Channel is a feature
that appeals to sportsmen, and some wonderful catches arc made.

   Santa Barbara stands pre-eminent for sea bathing facilities over any other
sea coast town in California. The water is of so mild a temperature that an
ordinarily healthy person can enjoy a dip in the sea every month in the year.
Sheltered as the harbor is on all sides, it is a rare exception for the sea to
be rough or the breakers at all high. Twenty-nine days out of the thirty (with
the exception of February) the sea is as smooth as a mill-pond, and the most
timid bather need have no fear of battling with the surf; the bete noir of the
swimmer, the undertow, is absent. The slope of the beach is so gradual that the
bather can wade out quite a distance without getting out of his depth. The
highest temperature of the water has been 66 degrees in the middle of the
summer, and in the winter has never fallen below 59 degrees, the latter figure
being but rarely reached.

  To use a well-known citizen's phrase: "Santa Barbara must be beautiful, for
she pleases daily, outlasts novelty, survives long knowledge and scrutiny of
years."

"Inner Harbor" Project

   There are many points of similarity between St. Peter Port, Guernsey, the
most picturesque of the English Channel Islands, and Santa Barbara, and before
the inner harbor and promenade at St. Peter Port were constructed, the
similarity was even greater. Both have charms in common, but give Santa Barbara
an inner harbor and promenade, and her growth would more than double in the next
decade. She would also attract a larger number of permanent homeseekers, and
because of the added attraction of a promenade and yachting, visitors would
remain for longer periods.

   Following are the details of the Inner Harbor project:—

   Santa Barbara Harbor is an open roadstead. A wharf extends from the foot of
State Street for about 1,200 feet; there is 26 feet of water at the end of this
wharf at low tide, and the United States Government engineers have stated that
in normal seasons vessels can lie here for 360 days in the year.

   Owing to the outlying mountainous islands, the fetch of the sea is only 26
miles, but a semi-enclosed harbor of refuge would make the city an ideal place
for the yachtsman.

   It has been proposed to take the beautiful harbor of St. Peter Port,
Guernsey, as a model. The exposure at Santa Barbara is much less, for storms
never occur from April to November.

   At St. Peter Port the area enclosed is 73 acres. At Santa Barbara a mole
extending 700 feet out from Castle Rock point, thence a breakwater about 2,500
feet long parallel with the shore line extending nearly to the wharf, would
enclose 100 acres.

   Such an improvement would afford still water bathing at the present bath
house, with a good surf beach west of Castle Rock. There would be a fine
fair-weather walk along the top of the breakwater, with 24 feet of water for
mooring ground inside, perfectly safe in all weathers.

   The construction could be undertaken on a progressive plan, the mole to be
built first and the breakwater later, on the unit basis, each unit to consist of
one or more re-enforced concrete caissons, built on the shore, launched like a
ship, floated to position, filled with rock, and finally decked.

   Such harbor works are now in existence at many ports all over the world.
There are some fine examples built during the past two years on the Great Lakes.

   A unique opportunity is here presented for some public-spirited man to carry
this project to a successful conclusion, and to build himself a monument for all
time.

City Government

   When Santa Barbara was a Spanish pueblo its affairs were administered by an
Ayuntamiento consisting of an Alcalde and two Regidores, corresponding to a
Mayor and Council.

   By an act of the Legislature of the State of California, it became a City on
April 9, 1850, and Luis T. Burton was the first President of the Board of
Trustees then elected. In 1851, Joaquin Carrillo became the first Mayor.

   In 1874, a new charter went into effect, and at the first election thereafter
Mortimer Cook was elected as Mayor. After 1876 the Mayor's term was extended to
two years.

   Another new charter came into effect, after being submitted to the electors
at a special election in September, 1915. Under this charter all the powers of
the City are vested in a Council of five members, except as may otherwise be
provided, and this Council elect one of their number to serve as Mayor for a
term of two years. The only compensation allowed members of the Council is a fee
of $5 for each meeting actually attended, not exceeding three meetings in one
month; all meetings of the Council and all its records are open to the public,
and any citizen has the right personally or through counsel to present
grievances or offer suggestions for the betterment of municipal affairs. Any
citizen having a vote has the right to have his name placed upon the official
ballot at a general or special election, by filing with the city clerk a
petition accompanied by a fee of $10, and signed by not less than one and not
more then two per cent of the number of electors registered at the last general
municipal election; this must be done not less than twenty days before the date
of election.

   The Council appoint the following executive officers and boards:—Manager,
clerk, treasurer, auditor, assessor, tax-collector, police judge, board of water
commissioners, board of park commissioners, library trustees, and board of
education. Those appointed by the City Manager include:—Purchasing agent,
engineer, superintendent of streets, superintendent of water distribution, chief
of police, chief of fire department, board of health, and inspector of
buildings; the city attorney being appointed by the manager with the approval of
the Council.

   All appointive officers and members of boards whose terms of service are not
specified, serve at the pleasure of the appointive power.

   The City Manager is the administrative head of the municipal government, and
it is his duty to see that all laws and ordinances of the City are enforced; he
attends all meetings of the Council, keeps the Council fully advised of the
business and financial condition of the City, and its future needs; he also
prepares a budget of the estimated needs of all departments under his control.

   All books and accounts of the City are audited annually by a certified public
accountant, chosen by the Council.

   The City Council or any officer with appointive power is prohibited from
appointing to a lucrative position under the municipal government any person who
is a relative by blood or marriage within the third degree.

   Powers are reserved to the people to adopt or reject ordinances at the polls
independent of the Council.

   The Mayor of the City is Harvey T. Nielson; Councilmen: Titus Duncan, J. E.
Sloan, G. M. McGuire, and S. L. Buck; the City Manager is F. L. Johnston.

   The Health Department of the City includes a Pathological Laboratory, which
has proven of inestimable value, not only to the Health Department, but to the
public in general, and the medical profession in particular. The laboratory
tests on an average five samples of water a week, and issues warnings to the
public if any contamination is found.

   The Health Department also makes inspections of dairies, restaurants,
bakeries, and meat markets; in addition nearly 2,000 miscellaneous inspections
are made in the course of the year.

   The Health Officer is Dr. O'Banion, and the City Physician Dr. Robert W.
Hartwell.

   Any needy person requiring medical attention, and unable to pay for it, can
obtain an order from the Superintendent of the Associated Charities, and receive
free treatment from the City Physician. In this way, hundreds of cases have been
attended, both in their homes and in the hospitals.

   In an effort to reduce infant mortality, a Baby Clinic has been established,
to which mothers can bring their babies for expert assistance, and the results
have been most encouraging.

   It is a well-recognized fact that the best Police Department is the one which
maintains law and order with the least number of arrests, and that it is a
matter of greater credit to arrest crime than to arrest criminals; in the Santa
Barbara Police Department, these principles are carried out, under the efficient
leadership of Chief W. J. Wall.

   According to the last report of the Department, every automobile stolen from
the City has been recovered, and a large number of stolen automobiles brought
here from other places have been captured and restored to their owners; in
addition, out of a total property loss reported to the police of $11,797.70,
recoveries amounted to $10,885.75, which constitutes a record for any Police
Department.

   The Santa Barbara Fire Department was first organized in 1874, with a
volunteer company, and the following year a "Hook and Ladder" company was formed.

   Conditions have changed much since then, and today the Fire Department, with
its up-to-date apparatus and efficient men, sets an example to other
communities. The members, in addition to their ordinary duties, save the
taxpayers money by executing repairs to City property, a case in point being the
re-equipment of the City Jail, where heating, sewage and ventilation
arrangements were carried out
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   The Chief Engineer of the Fire Department is A. H. Cooley.

A Perfect Water System

   To Comandante Jose Francisco Ortega is due the credit of having established
the first water supply to Santa Barbara; early in 1790, he built an aqueduct to
convey water from Mission Creek to the Presidio, their former supply having been
brought from the de la Guerra Springs.

   After the establishment of the Mission, a portion of the water was required
there, and the remainder was conducted in a ditch to the Presidio, continuing to
flow there long after the Presidio was in ruins.

   The Mission authorities, in 1872, conveyed to the Mission Water Company all
their rights to the waters of Mission Creek, reserving sufficient for their own
use, and the new Company laid a system of pipes into the town, which had
previously been dependent upon wells for its domestic supply.

   In time, owing to the growth of the town, new arrangements had to be made,
and artesian wells were sunk adjacent to the de la Guerra Springs, near Ortega
and Garden Streets. As these wells were developed, they soon supplied more water
in summer than the Mission Creek, so an amalgamation of the water interests was
formed under the name of the Santa Barbara Water Company.

   In 1896, the question of an ample municipal water supply became urgent, and
Mr. E. S. Sheffield brought before the City Council a project for boring a
tunnel into the Santa Ynez mountains. An appropriation of $10,000 was made, and
the result of this, and further appropriations, was a tunnel 5,000 feet into the
mountains, which developed a daily supply of 300,000 gallons.

   Daring minds, looking into the future, then suggested bringing the Santa Ynez
River to Santa Barbara; despite opposition, work was commenced on a tunnel
through the Santa Ynez Mountains, which when completed in 1912 after nine years
work, had a bore 19,560 feet long, concrete lined where not driven through solid
rock. The mouth of the tunnel is 1,185 feet above sea level, and half that
altitude above the highest point within the city limits. This means development
of the higher levels within the city, and eventually its suburbs; it also means
the development of enormous electrical energy, there being at least five power
sites within the territory embraced by city holdings.

   The first days of October, 1919, saw the completion of the Gibraltar Dam
undertaking, which is the key to the city's unlimited water supply. It is a
concrete structure, rising to a height of 150 feet above the bed of the Santa
Ynez River, and its foundation is in solid rock for 25 feet below. The core wall
is 75 feet thick at its base, and contains 53,000 cubic yards of concrete. The
dam is provided with a spillway 280 feet in length, 10 feet deep, and the flood
water that can pass over this before even the crest of the dam is reached far
exceeds the measurements of the great freshet of 1914, which showed a maximum
flow of 20,000 cubic feet per second, but even should the spillway fail to pass
the water, the flood could sweep over the Dam's crest without damage. The
capacity of the pipe line to the south portal is 26,000,000 gallons per day,
that of the pipe line south portal to surge chamber 16,000,000 gallons per day,
that of power house to Sheffield Reservoir 9,000,000 gallons per day. The
present domestic consumption of 3,000,000 gallons per day flowing from the surge
chamber to the Sheffield reservoir, will develop 1,125,000 kilo-watt-hours per
annum, which is about three times the amount now used by the city for street
lighting and sewage pumping. A constant flow of 6,000,000 gallons per day, which
is a safe output for the present reservoir, will develop 2,500,000
kilo-watt-hours per annum, which if sold at 3-4 of a cent per kilo-watt-hour at
the switch board, will bring $18,750 per annum. Additional power can be
developed from this flow by carrying the surplus tail water from the power house
one and one half miles down Mission Creek and using it a second time under a
head of 350 feet.

   At the back of the reservoir is a catchment area of more than 200 square
miles, lying wholly within the boundaries of the National Forest, and protected
from pollution by the Forest Rangers.

   Gibraltar Lake, covering an area of 380 acres has an average depth of 42
feet, and a capacity of five billion gallons. This beautiful sheet of water has
come into existence by empounding the waters of the Santa Ynez River, until they
reach the top of the spillway of the great concrete construction which the Water
Department of the city has thrown across the river, at a point where nature had
left rocky precipices, as though to aid the engineer in his task. Close to the
shore of the lake is one of the most beautiful trails in the Santa Barbara
National Forest, and well worth the hike over the mountains to visit.

   What effect the lake will have on the climatic conditions in the immediate
vicinity is a question which has been much discussed by the Forest Rangers and
persons familiar with the mountains. While some insist that the river valley
near Gibraltar Lake will be cooler, others believe that the valley wind currents
are too strong to be appreciably tempered by an artificial body of water.

   In addition to the Gibraltar Dam, the city owns 4,600 acres covering the
sites of the Mono, Blue Canyon, Juncal, and Main River Reservoirs, lying within
the great cachment area described above. These reservoir sites are of future
value as the growth of the city requires their development for additional storage.

   If in the future Santa Barbara should require more water than can be
furnished by the present capacity of the Dam, the core wall can be extended
another section, and twice the quantity be obtained; also by building dams on
the additional sites before mentioned, the amount of water storage would be so
immense that the most dense population, spread over the largest possible area
this side of the mountains, could be provided for without any fear of a series
of dry years.

   Future work in connection with the water project includes the building of a
wagon road over the mountains to Gibraltar Dam. This will cost about $150,000.
Such a road will be required over which to haul materials for raising the height
of the present core wall at Gibraltar, and building other dams as the need
demands. A permanent fireproof roof will be placed over Sheffield reservoir.

   To James R. Chapman, Chairman of the Board of Water Commissioners, under
whose direction the water project has been brought to a successful completion,
Santa Barbara will always owe a debt of gratitude. He has unselfishly and
without recompense devoted his great engineering talents unstintedly to the task
of surmounting the difficulties attendant on the development of a great and
permanent supply of water to the city.

   Mr. Chapman is a member of the leading engineering societies of this country
and abroad. After a strenuous career in this country as a railroad builder,
which included the construction of the Denver and Rio Grande, and other lines,
he was summoned as chief engineer of the great enterprise which provided London
with its subways. He resided there for nine years, and on completion of his
difficult undertaking, he retired, and returning to this country selected Santa
Barbara as his permanent home.

   The water system of Santa Barbara, as now perfected is the embodiment of
concerted effort on the part of its citizens, continued over a period of
twenty-five years. It is unique, and stands alone as an example and education to
other communities, since in proportion to the size of the city, it has no equal
in the West.

   The Superintendent of the Water Department is V. E. Trace, who reports the
consumption of water to be as follows:

   Municipal purposes, 40,000,000 gallons, consumers 760,000,000 gallons.

   The Santa Barbara National Forest is the largest national forest in Southern
California. It includes the eastern and western divisions of Pine Mountain and
Zaca Lake Forest Reservation, the Santa Ynez Forest Reserve and the old Spanish
grant "Los Prietos y Najalayegua." The reservation contains about two million
acres of mountain lands, for the most part covered with chaparral.

   The street car system is thoroughly modern, and is operated by the Santa
Barbara and Suburban Railroad Co. There are three lines, all starting from the
Plaza del Mar, the "M" Line running to the Old Mission, the "O" Line to Oak
Park, and the Haley Street Line. In addition, there is a line of buses running
to Salinas Street and Hollister Avenue.

   Motor-buses are also operated to Montecito by the Lloyds' Transportation Co.,
436 State Street, and to Goleta operated by Henry Spreitz, 636 State Street.

   The City Engineer and Street Superintendent is Geo. D. Morrison. His
department, with its asphalt paving plant, has been able to eliminate the
disagreeable feature of having to wait until there is sufficient work to make it
worth while to employ a contractor; in consequence, the streets of the City are
kept in good condition. A fully equipped street grading plant is also
maintained, as well as a sewage disposal plant.

   The telephones of the City are under the control of the Santa Barbara
Telephone Company, which maintains an efficient local and long-distance service.
   The Santa Barbara Electric Company maintains offices at 918 State Street. The
hydro-electric power is developed 250 miles away in the High Sierras, and in
conjunction an auxiliary steam plant is maintained in Santa Barbara in case of
emergency.

   The number of consumers is 7,400; 154 electrical ranges, and 107 water
heaters have been installed.

   The Southern Counties Gas Company of California are the successors to the
original Gas Company of Santa Barbara, and commenced operations under the
management of Frank H. Bivens, in March, 1919, at 16 E. Canon Perdido Street.
They supply 5,355 consumers, and 20,000,000 cubic feet of gas is used monthly.

   The Santa Barbara Free Public Library owes its beginning to several sources.
In 1870 Dr. Harry W. Bellows of All Souls' Unitarian Church, New York, sent out
a box of two hundred books and wrote to Miss Sara A. Plummer: "It is a happy
thought to take up the work of establishing a public library." This enterprise
became a combination of public and circulating library and literary center. In
the course of a few years a collection of books, some two thousand volumes, was
purchased from the Odd Fellows and for a time, served the needs of the city. But
in 1882 Santa Barbara took steps to establish a free public library, supported
by taxation.

   Victor Hugo says: "A library is an act of faith." The story of our library is
indeed a story of faith; faith in the hearts of men like Dr. S. B. P. Knox, Hugh
Vail, H. K. Winchester, Dr. L. N. Dimmock, Judge W. A. White and E. S.
Sheffield; men whose interest and vision prompted gifts of money, books and time
that the library might have an auspicious beginning.

   The first library occupied rooms in the Odd Fellows' building. It was moved
to more commodious quarters in the Clock building in October, 1884, and in May,
1891, took possession of its own building on Carrillo Street, now the Chamber of
Commerce.

   Through twenty-five years, the work of the library steadily increased until
the old building became inadequate and in August, 1917, the new Library was
opened for use.

   The building is in the style of the Spanish Renaissance, presenting a facade
unbroken except with an entrance arch, while each of the sides consists of great
windows, expressing the large reading room. Only the furniture and use divide
this room, which is 134x78 feet. To the right is the children's section; beyond
is the department of ready reference; in the center of the room are the current
magazines and the whole left end is a book room, having a mezzanine floor over
its area. By the windows of the book room is a "browsing strip" comfortably
seated for those who wish to read in the north light. Opening out of the main
room is the stone-paved canopied reading court.

   The plastered walls and ceilings in all the rooms are decorated in soft ivory
tones harmonizing with the rich texture of the oak. Particular attention has
accomplished a soft effective reading light both by day and at night.

   The cost of the building with site and furnishings is approximately
$100,000.00. The Carnegie donation to the building was $50,000. Henry Harnbostel
of New York was the consulting architect, and Francis W. Wilson of Santa
Barbara, the architect of the building.

   The first annual report gave the total number of volumes as 3,473 with a
circulation of 5,633; the thirty-eighth annual report, for the year ending June,
1920, showed that the 65,188 volumes of the Library had a circulation of 241,028.

   The Library serves all the residents of Santa Barbara County. In 1910, the
County Department was established under contract with the Board of Supervisors.
Twenty-seven Branches are maintained in the County towns and sixty-one Branches
in schools.

   The Library is affiliated with the State Library at Sacramento from which
books not in our collection may be obtained upon special request.

   The development of the Library is the proof of faithful service by successive
boards of trustees and many different staff workers; the generosity of many
donors of books; the co-operation of newspapers of city and county; the
confidence and interest of city councils and county supervisors and the
substantial and intelligent reading of our people.

   The librarian in charge is Mrs. Frances B. Linn.

Newspapers

   The Morning Press, Santa Barbara's one morning newspaper, is the oldest
publication in Southern California. It is a member of The Associated Press which
serves it with a full night report of the world's news over its own leased wire.
In addition, The Morning Press is represented in the neighboring towns and
communities by its own special correspondents.

   It is Republican in politics and constructive in policy. The constant aim of
its publisher, Reginald G. Fernald, a native of Santa Barbara, is that The
Morning Press shall be fearless, accurate, unbiased and interesting in the
presentation both of news and comment on current events.

   The Press was established as a weekly in 1863 and as a daily in 1872. The
first number of the Daily Press consisted of four pages of three columns each.
In 1920 the daily edition ranges from eight to sixteen pages and the Sunday
edition up to twenty-six pages.

   Many men of distinction have contributed to the upbuilding of the paper.
Among those who at various times directed its policies were General Harrison
Gray Otis, Colonel W. W. Hollister, Stephen McGlashan, California historian, and
R. Cameron Rogers, author of "The Rosary."

   The Daily News and Independent, Santa Barbara's only evening newspaper, is a
merger of the Daily Independent, having a history of forty years behind it, and
the News which was started twenty-six years ago.

   In 1878 Fred. A. Moore, B. W. Keep and E. Boust started the Democrat, a
weekly, with Warren Chase as editor. In 1880 Keep took over the paper, and
joining in a partnership with G. P. Tebbetts, they changed the name to the
Independent, and began issuing daily. Mary G. F. Wood was editor, and Frank
Sands reported.

   Keep and Tebbits continued as publishers of the Independent until 1890, when
William La Vies took the Independent over under a mortgage. In 1894 Sands and
Tebbits started the Daily News. La Vies conducted the Independent for several
years, finally leasing the paper to Clio L. Lloyd, at present Santa Barbara
County's assessor, and Charles Donahue, now a resident of San Francisco. La Vies
finally took over the Independent again, and conducted it until his death in 1900.

   In July of that year the Independent was bought by Thomas M. Storke, who
continued as editor and publisher, with C. A. Storke as editorial writer, until
May 1910, when he sold the Independent to Fred. A. Sherman, a newcomer from Port
Huron, Michigan. Frank Sands continued to publish the Daily News until May,
1913, when the paper was bought by Thomas M. Storke, and in August of the same
year Mr. Storke bought the Independent, and consolidated the two papers under
the nnme of the Daily News and Independent.

   Democratic in its politics the newspaper is independent in its policies. When
the two newspapers were consolidated they had a combined circulation of 3,000,
which on November 1st, 1920 bad increased to 5,500, and extended to all sections
of the county. The paper carries the full Associated Press service, and has the
most complete newspaper plant north of Los Angeles or south of San Jose.

   The home of the Daily News and Independent is unique. The building owned by
the publisher is one of the few remaining adobes of early Spanish days. It was
the home of the Santa Barbara Gazette, the first newspaper issued in Santa
Barbara, long since defunct, and before becoming the Gazette building witnessed
many a brilliant Spanish social gathering. It is said that the building, which
is splendidly preserved, was at one time the leading gambling house of the
pueblo, and that the young blades of the period saw many a fortune won or lost
on the turn of chance.

Financial Institutions and Commerce

   There is no city in the United States with a population of 20,000 which has
banking facilities superior to those in Santa Barbara. This is largely due to
the character of the permanent population, and the wealthy class of visitors who
make their homes here for part of each year. Every accommodation that banking
houses of New York or any other metropolis can offer, is available here.

   A characteristic of the banks of Santa Barbara has been their conservative
management, which has won the steadfast confidence of the citizens. During the
famous panic of 1893, when every bank but one in Los Angeles closed its doors,
and many banks in San Francisco suspended, there was not even a ripple of
distrust, or any indication of a "run".

   The combined resources of the banks in Santa Barbara on June 30th. 1920,
amounted to $17,476,808.35.

   Below is given a brief history of each institution, as a matter of interest
and reference.

   The First National Bank of Santa Barbara was the first bank in Santa Barbara
County, and commenced business as a private bank in the year 1871 under the name
of The Bank of Mortimer Cook in a small and unpretentious building near the
corner of State and Carrillo Streets!

   In 1873 it was incorporated as The First National Gold Bank, with Mortimer
Cook as President and A. L. Lincoln as Cashier.

   In 1880, the bank dropped the word "Gold" from its name and became The First
National Bank of Santa Barbara. At this time, too, the records of the bank
became simplified, as under the old system each customer kept two accounts, one
a Currency Account and the other a Gold Account.

   From its original location The First National Bank moved to a site just above
Ortega Street on State Street; in 1880 it moved to its present location, on
which the handsome building it nowT occupies was erected in 1912-13.

  The First National Bank is the oldest national bank south of San Francisco and
the third national bank in the State of California, and has been a prominent
factor in the history of the City of Santa Barbara.

   The officers are:—S. A. Keeney, President, H. P. Lincoln, Vice-President, J.
D. Lowsley, Vice-President and Cashier, T. E. Hodges, Vice-President and Trust
Officer.

   The County National Bank and Trust Company of Santa Barbara, was organized as
the Santa Barbara County Bank under the state law on July 26, 1875. The first
board of directors consisted of A. L. McCurdy, A. Garland, John Edwards, Wm. A.
White, W. M. Eddy, J. F. Morris, and S. R. Weldon. W. M. Eddy was the first
president and E. S. Sheffield was the first cashier. The capital stock was fixed
at $100,000.

   On the 21st of February, 1880, the institution became a national bank. Mr.
Eddy was president until his death in 1904, and was succeeded by Mr. Sheffield,
who died in 1905; Mr. Chas. A. Edwards then became president, being succeeded by
Mr. James M. Warren in 1920.

   In 1916, to fill a growing need, a trust company was formed in connection
with the bank, and the name changed to The County National Bank and Trust
Company of Santa Barbara, and the capital surplus increased to $500,000.

   The bank commenced business in a building in lower State Street between
Ortega and Cota, but in 1881 removed to its present location at the corner of
State and De la Guerra Streets. Shortly it will take up its quarters in the new
building now being erected at the corner of Carrillo and State Streets.

   It is not usual to figure artistic values as an asset to a financial
institution, but in this case the directors have given a distinct asset to Santa
Barbara in the erection of a building that not only recalls the early days, but
is an adornment that will attract the attention of the stranger, and in all
probability his account.

   The Commercial Bank was incorporated August 15, 1887 with John H. Redington
as president, its banking quarters being located on the corner of State and
Victoria Streets. In 1890 Geo S. Edwards succeeded as president Geo. W. Coffin
and a second home was erected in a more central location, 826 State Street. This
building was occupied until 1903 when a larger and more commodious banking house
was built on the corner of State and Canon Perdido Streets. Changes were made in
the interior of this new building several years after to accommodate the bank's
rapid growth.

   In 1920 a new building was erected twice the size of the old, giving ample
accommodations for the requirements of the bank, which changed its title to
Commercial Trust and Savings Bank, with branches at Lompoc and Carpinteria.

   In 1919, Mr. Geo. S. Edwards was elected Chairman of the Board and Mr. Alfred
Edwards succeeded him as President, Mr. John S. Edwards becoming Cashier.

   The Central Bank and Central Savings Bank were organized in March, 1903, the
capital stock of the Central Bank being fixed at $50,000 and the savings
department at $10,000.

   A. H. McKay was chosen first president, and W. B. Metcalf, who, up to that
time had been cashier of the Commercial Bank, was made cashier.

   The bank commenced business in the building at southwest corner of State and
De la Guerra Streets, but soon found they must have larger premises, and in 1914
the present bank building at the west corner of the same streets, was constructed.

   Mr. T. W. Dibblee is the president, and W. B. Metcalf is secretary and cashier.

In July 1914, the Fugazi Popolare Bank, of San Francisco, established a branch
in Santa Barbara at 500 State Street, which has been very successful under the
management of Mr. U. Dardi. As soon as completed, the bank hopes to occupy a new
building at the corner of State and Cota Streets, which will enable them to take
care of their increasing volume of business. On June 30th, 1920, the assets
amounted to $14,919,592.92, a branch is also maintained at Oakland.

   The Santa Barbara Mutual Building and Loan Association was incorporated in
1901, with a capital stock of $100,000, and its directors and officers are as
follows: J. M. Warren, C. A. Edwards, H. P. Maguire, Burt Moore, H T. Nielson,
L. I. Tilton and W. G. Griffith, attorney. The funds of the Association are
deposited with the County National Bank & Trust Company of Santa Barbara.
Interest of 6% has been paid on deposits for the past fifteen years. Loans are
made on improved real estate, repayable in monthly installments covering a
period of years, the purpose being to encourage thrift and owning of homes, a
plan which is peculiarly adapted to working and salaried men. "The man who rents
is only camping out." Its Assets, July 1st, 1920, were $1,066,540.59. Loans on
mortgages, $948,238.70.

   The Loan & Building Association of Santa Barbara, offices at 1014 State
Street, was incorporated in 1887, and its officers and directors are as follows:
H. L. Stambach, Alfred Edwards, W. R. Kearney, J. M. Abbott, J. J. Squier, F. A.
Conant, James Birss, H. L. Fredrick, F. L. Kellogg, J. C. Hassinger. The object
of the association is to provide a means whereby thrift may be promoted among
the people, and the funds secured by this means loaned to other people to help
them to gain a home upon a payment each month of an amount no larger than would
be paid for rent.

   Its Assets, July 1st, 1920, were $612,710.68.

   There are two Abstract Companies in Santa Barbara, The Wright Abstract
Company, and the Santa Barbara Abstract & Guarantee Co.

   The first-named was established in 1875, by Paul R. Wright, and was
incorporated in 1899. Mr. C. W. Rasey has been manager for the past eighteen
years. The offices are located at 12 East Carrillo Street.

   The Santa Barbara Abstract & Guarantee Co., was established in 1903, and has
offices at 1014 State Street. Mr. W. S. Porter, manager.

   Nearly every life, fire, accident, surety and other forms of Insurance
Companies are represented in the city by competent agents.

   The commercial life of Santa Barbara is well represented by handsome stores
of all kinds that would be creditable to a far larger city. Its merchants and
business men are noted for their enterprise and public spirit, and any project
for the advancement of the city's interest is sure of their hearty co-operation.

   The trade in automobiles is exceptionally well represented, most
manufacturers having offices or representatives, while garages and oil stations
have been established in every locality.

   It will come as a revelation to many that the American Film Company, Inc.,
one of the largest moving picture companies in America, has been established in
Santa Barbara since 1912.

   They commenced by making one and two-reel and serial films, but for the past
four years have confined themselves exclusively to big feature productions. The
company believe in using brains in the business, and catering to what the public
wants, not what they think is wanted; so in marking time occasionally and not
making films, they wait until the public taste has been ascertained, then make
films to suit that taste.

   The spacious studios, which cover six acres of ground, have had as many as
fifteen companies in operation at the same time. All the details necessary are
co-ordained into one harmonious whole, so that there is no interruption of
continuity in setting up a production, and every modern apparatus and facility
is provided.

   Some of the most famous moving-picture directors have received their
post-graduate course here, including: Allen Dwan, Frank Borzage, Wm. D. Taylor,
Marshall Neilan, Henry King, Ted Sloman, Lloyd Ingraham, Geo. L. Cox, Chet.
Withey, and among the stars developed by this company may be mentioned: J.
Warren Kerrigan, Mary Miles Minter, May Allison, Harold Lockwood, William
Russell, Kolb & Dill, Jack Richardson, Tom Chatterton, Anna Little, Margarita
Fischer, Seena Owen, Richard Bennett, Allen Forest, Douglas McLean, Marguerita
Sylva.

   In addition to the magnificent studios here the company maintains
laboratories in Chicago and London.

   Mr. S. S. Hutchinson, of Chicago, is the President and is prominently
identified with numerous motion picture enterprises; the Secretary is Mr. J. R.
Freuler, of Milwaukee, who has diversified film interests, and Mr. R. R. Nehls,
General Manager, so favorably known in the film world, resides in Santa Barbara.

   The establishment of the American Film Company in Santa Barbara means much to
its development, since in addition to the large sum of money spent here annually
(between $500,000 and $1,000,000) it is one of the best forms of advertisement a
city can have, and all who believe in a greater and more widely known Santa
Barbara should appreciate its value. This is enhanced by the fact that only star
films are produced, and what will appeal most is the exceptional character of
the artists appearing in same.

Santa Barbara Tea Rooms

   The Barbarenos, in their fondness for afternoon tea, outvie the English, but
this may be due in some measure to their New England ancestry.

  No matter where the stranger wanders, he will find such attractive places as
"The Studio," in the old de la Guerra mansion, "The Patio," also in an historic
adobe on East de la Guerra Street; 'The Carrillo Adobe," "Cozy Corner," "The
Sign of the Cypress." Then in the attractive shops up and down State Street, and
in the large hotels, afternoon tea is also served.

   The same obtains at the clubs, and the discussion so dear to the heart of all
womankind finds an outlet in afternoon tea parties the year round. At one of
these a very precise and scholarly lady who had been much "talked over" in her
absence, remarked to one of her dear friends: "How I do long for dear old
Boston, small towns are all ears and big ones have none."

   Altogether, a tour of the places where tea is served in Santa Barbara is most
interesting, and an education in itself. It is not so much what you see, as what
you hear—town talk and—but there, make the round yourself, it's a cure for ennui.

   We have all heard of the "Blue Bird," and have observed how often it has been
used as an advertisement for this and that, but a Santa Barbara Lady now
proposes to establish a new tea room to be known as the "Blue Cow"; it is to be
hoped that, on its opening day, she will not punish her patrons by giving them
milk to match.

Hotels

   It can be safely asserted that no city of its size in the United States can
compare with Santa Barbara in its unique hotel accommodation for the traveling
public and permanent guests. There are rooms to suit any purse, and the welcome
extended to the visitor, no matter where he may sojourn, is characteristic of
the city, which has won a very enviable reputation in this respect.

   The palm for being the first in the field, noted for its hospitality towards
its guests, must be awarded to the historic Arlington Hotel, which was erected
in 1875 by a stock company at a cost of $200,000, a large sum of money in those
days, and, with its broad piazzas and stairways, was famous in the early
eighties as being the finest hotel on the Pacific Coast.

   After many vicissitudes, the late Colonel Hollister became owner of a
majority of the shares in the Hotel, and the late Dixie W. Thompson became its
capable manager.

   The Hotel was run at a loss for about five years, due to the exceedingly good
fare provided at low inclusive rates, which necessitated assessments being
levied on the stock holders, until one by one they either gave away their stock
or sold it to Colonel Hollister, who became the sole owner, he subsequently
selling the Arlington to the Hawleys, who managed it until it was destroyed by
fire in 1909.

   It was felt at this time that Santa Barbara had lost its dearest possession,
but Phoenix-like, out of its ashes arose the present splendid fireproof edifice
that represents the best in the Mission style of architecture in California.

   The traditions of the historic Arlington are maintained by the new
proprietors Messrs. A. I,. Richmond and John J. Hernan, reminiscent of the best
period in its history, when Colonel Hollister gave his guests that personal
attention that served to endear him so much in the minds of his fortunate guests.

   The site on which the Ambassador Hotel stands was originally known as Burton
Mound, and was the spot on which in the old days stood one of the largest Indian
villages in the County, under the chieftainship of Yanonali.

   In 1901, the Potter Hotel Company was organized, and constructed the Hotel,
which was completed in 1902.

   For years the immense hotel catered to exclusive people from all quarters of
the globe, but in 1919 it was taken over by the Straus interests, and re-named
the Ambassador. The property has been greatly modernized, and its thirty-acre
park has been beautified with semi-tropical vegetation of all sorts.

   The location of the hotel on the ocean front is one of infinite charm. The
hotel is under the expert management of Mr. David H. Boice.

   El Mirasol (The Sunflower) is one of the most perfectly appointed hotels of
its kind in America today. It is designed for those who desire rest and quiet;
who want to live as though at home, without the responsibility and fatigue of
keeping house, but who dislike the publicity, the noise and promiscuity of a
large hotel.

   Here, people live in their own bungalows, which are so designed as to be
readily adapted to any arrangement of suite desired, from a single room and
bath, to an entire bungalow, with sitting room and bed rooms, complete; each
room with its own private entrance opening directly "out of doors."

   The main building, a beautiful adaptation of the mission style of
architecture, surrounds a patio with fountain in the center; being thus
charmingly reminiscent of early Spanish days. To the rear of this is El
Mirasol's private park, surrounded by the bungalows, beyond which one has a
superb view of the Santa Ynez mountains and intervening foothills; the whole
forming a picture of restfulness and charm hard to duplicate, even in
California, outside of Santa Barbara.

   El Mirasol is not for the sick, chronic invalids being positively not
accepted. The intent is to provide a home for a limited number of those who are
lovers of sunshine, natural beauty and real comfort; and to such it offers, in
its surroundings, appointments and service, a place absolutely unique in the
hotel history of the world.

   Mr. F. Clifts is the owner, and Mr. C. D. Wilson manager.

El Encanto

   There can be no doubt in the minds of those who have been fortunate enough to
sojourn in the hospitable shelter of "El Encanto," that its name has been aptly
chosen, since "enchantment" rests with its happy dwellers. Nestling upon the
crest of Mission Ridge, in the Riviera, five hundred feet above sea level, and
near the Old Mission, it looks down upon the fair City of Santa Barbara, with
its wealth of picturesque scenes.

   In the valley at its feet, can be seen, in addition to the City, beautiful
Montecito and the Goleta valley, and the coast line for many miles; the peaceful
Santa Barbara Channel lies below, and in the distance the dim shapes of the
islands, and the expanse of ocean.

   Towering overhead, to the north, are the rugged Santa Ynez mountains, their
tints ever-changing, their lofty summits seen in vistas through the foliage of
giant eucalyptus.

   In the main hotel are drawing room, dining room, kitchen and twelve guest
rooms. The cottages adjoining accommodate fifty guests, the rooms arranged in
suites of two to five in number, with bath.

   The furnishings of El Encanto are artistic and harmonious, rendering it
restful and charming to the eye, while the simple and delicious meals still
further complete the illusion of home.

   The management of the hotel is in the hands of Mrs. Anne Stow-Fithian and Mr.
N. S. Mullan.

   With the opening of The Samarkand on January 1st, 1921, a new word in hotel
life will have been spoken. The word will have a world meaning—a composite word
from all languages signifying comfort and beauty. A world of beauty in a garden
of thirty acres will have been created, where a hundred guests may find every
comfort of home with no domestic care.

   Single rooms and rooms en suite are furnished in exquisite taste, and open on
to an arched corridor which leads to the main building. Beautiful painted
Persian screens separate the corridor spaces into private terraces, one for each
suite of rooms. These guest rooms are built around a terraced garden, where the
rarest of tropical plants bloom throughout the year; the sitting rooms look into
this garden, while the bedrooms have mountain, meadow, mesa, and ocean views. In
each garden is a lily pond, like great Persian carpets, dripping from one
terrace to the terrace below, until a small lake, bordered by a rock garden, is
reached. A rose pergola surrounds the lake, and beyond is the bowling green—two
acres of perfect lawn. Near by are the tennis courts, and clock courts for golf.
La Cumbre Golf Club is only six minutes away.

   In the main building, on the ground floor, are the lounge, ballroom, dressing
rooms, game and writing rooms, and a small theatre, perfectly appointed, opening
into the lounge, where from time to time plays will be given for the guests and
their friends. The dining-rooms, with breakfast and tea terraces, are on the
third floor, reached by elevators. This part of the Samarkand has reached the
ultimate of beauty in appointments and decorations. The walls of the main dining
room are violet gray. Large Persian blue baskets of fairyland flowers, fruits
and birds painted on a gold ground form a decoration over the windows. On the
blue metal gauze curtains, which hang from the moulding at the top of the
painted decoration, wool flowers and fruits are embroidered in motifs similar to
the forms in the baskets. Wedgewood china in three colors is the service
used—yellow at breakfast; lavender blue at luncheon; and the Queen's Edme
pattern at dinner. Colored linens are used to harmonize with the china. The
kitchens are pronounced by experts to be the most perfect in the country, with
every feature designed to contribute to efficient service.

  The entire building is of reinforced concrete, and is fireproof; the
architects, Messrs. George Dennison and Frank Ingerson, have achieved a
wonderful result in creating a building which breathes the spirit of Persia.

   With the management in charge of Mr. Alfred K. Bennett, service in every
department will be unexcelled, and the meaning of the Persian
word—"Samarkand"—"A place of one's heart's desire" will be fully realized.

   Among other hotels are:—The Neal, adjoining the Southern Pacific Railroad
Station, The Barbara, 537 State Street, The Gregson, 1600 Garden Street, El
Camino, 318 State Street, De Riviera Hotel, 125 West Carrillo Street, and The
Upham, 1404 De la Vina Street.

   The largest and most artistic apartment house is the Edgerly Court, which
occupies the corner of Chapala and West Sola Streets, and is under the efficient
management of Mrs. M. S. Scott. Other apartment houses are:— The Brackett, on
State and Arrellaga, The Brunswick, East Haley Street, The Morehouse, 1123
Ch-apala, Hillside Apts., 1811 Loma, La Morada, 7 E. Valerio, Resthaven, 1135
Chapala, and the Sahm, 125 W. De la Guerra Street; there are also several
"Courts" of bungalow residences.

Education

   The earliest mention of a school in Santa Barbara is that of a girls school
in 1817, and in 1819 it would appear from old records that Diego Fernandez was
receiving fifteen dollars a month for teaching. Governor Echeandia, in 1828,
considered this a useless expense, as no scholar attended the school, so the
comandante was ordered to compel parents to send their children. Whether this
effort was successful, the records do not state.

   Later, in 1829, the government records show that there were two schools in
Santa Barbara, one at the presidio with 67 scholars, and one at the mission with
44, but these do not appear to have been very successful owing to lack of funds
and the impossibility of obtaining suitable teachers. No progress was made, due
to Governor Echeandia being unable to contend against the indifference of the
people and the poverty of the treasury. The cause of education-again declined;
the schools in California, few in number and presided over by incapable
teachers, were only open for about one-third of the time, at irregular
intervals, and for brief periods, according to the condition of the treasury.

   In May, 1834, Governor Figueroa reported to the Mexican Goverment that there
were only three primary schools in the State, among them one at Santa Barbara,
and these were taught by ill-qualified, inexperienced men, and attended by but
few children. These schools were for boys, for girls none existed, nor for
several years had any attempt been made in connection with female education.
These facts were set forth by the governor in a speech delivered shortly
afterward at the opening session of the assembly, whereupon that body asked from
the supreme government an annual sum for the support of public schools, to which
request no attention was paid.

   Very little more was done in connection with education in Santa Barbara
until, in 1844, Governor Micheltorena issued a decree by which the schools were
again established in several cities, among them Santa Barbara. The plan adopted
provided for teaching reading, writing, and the elementary rules of arithmetic;
also that girls should have lessons in making and mending clothes, and to a
certain extent in embroidery and weaving by hand. All children between six and
eleven years were to attend, unless they were being taught at home, or there was
some other valid reason. The Governor also at this time issued a proclamation
calling upon the patriotism of officials and people to support the schools, and
announced that they would be opened on the first Monday in June, but it does not
appear that schools were even opened at all the places proposed, -and even where
they were established, it was found impossible to raise money to pay the
teachers. Within a year of its adoption, this scheme was found to be
impracticable, and once more the question of education was shelved.

   During his term of office, Governor Pico also made an attempt to establish
schools, but was unable to do so, owing to the same difficulties encountered by
his predecessors, want of funds, lack of teachers, and indifference on the part
of parents.

   Such was the condition of education in California up to the time of the
American acquisition; the Californians of 1846 were hardly more learned than
those of 1786, with the exception of those who had been educated in Mexico or
abroad; or who had received instruction from private teachers.

   As soon as California was organized under American rule, steps were taken to
establish a public school system, and half a million acres of public lands were
donated for that purpose by congress. From sale of this land and from a
proportion of the state poll tax, the schools were supported; later, each school
district was authorized to levy a tax for school purposes.

   In 1855 the public school in Santa Barbara met in the old Presidio chapel,
poorly lighted, damp and half ruined. About forty pupils attended, and were
taught by a man who only knew Spanish and received $80 per month for his
services. The earthquake in 1857 practically demolished the old chapel and
rendered the erection of a new school house necessary, which was built of brick
at a cost of $1,500.

   Any sort of a building that would house the pupils, except the brick building
above mentioned, was used for school purposes in those days, and this state of
affairs continued until the erection of the Lincoln school in 1870.

   In 1869 a joint stock company of citizens was organized, which founded the
Santa Barbara College; this school flourished until 1881, when owing to
financial difficulties it ceased to exist.

   Arrangements were then made for the establishment of a high school, and for
some years this was housed in a portion of the Lincoln School building, but in
1901 it moved to its present site.

   The construction and equipment of schools has of late years been much
extended to meet the needs of the city; devotion to the cause of education has
always been a marked feature of Santa Barbara, and it is today famous in the
land as an educational center.

   The Santa Barbara State Normal School is an outgrowth of the Blake Manual
Training School founded in 1909 "to furnish to the people of both sexes such
professional training in Manual Arts and Home Economics as shall fit them to
teach in the public schools of the state in the departments of Manual Training
and Home Economics." This early school was a community project aided very
materially by the city Board of Education and later by the Chamber of Commerce.
The Legislature made its first appropriation in 1911 for building and equipment,
but it was not until two years later that the school was moved to its present
site on the ridge overlooking the city.

   A conspicuous frontage of several white cement buildings attracts the eye,
and stands agreeably prominent from any quarter of the city. The architecture is
essentially Spanish, and thoroughly in keeping with the traditional atmosphere
of this Mission City. A charming patio with graceful eucalyptus mirrored in a
large rectangular pool is surrounded by a cloister and pergola, whose pillars
are half hidden by climbing roses and graceful vines.

   The growth in buildings and equipment has been commensurate with increased
enrollment and wider scope of the work offered. An Art Department was added
because it was needed as a complement to Manual Arts and Home Economics, then
the Physical Education department was organized to meet increasing demands for
teachers trained in this line. Again, in 1919, another enlargement of the scope
of work of the institution was made by legislative action in the interest of
General Professional training. The name of the institution was changed at this
time to the Santa Barbara State Normal School, and the course of study was made
to include the general professional training of elementary teachers as well as
special teachers in Manual Arts, Home Economics, Art, and Physical Education.

   Keen appreciation is felt by the institution and by the public of the
services of Mrs. Ednah Rich Morse, the founder and first president, whose vision
-and devoted service in the face of overwhelming difficulties fostered the
ideals of the school during the first years of its existence. Possessing a fund
of amazing vitality and boundless energy, Mrs. Morse faced almost alone the
educational and legal criticism opposing the establishment of her school, but
later enjoyed the fruits of her labors in a well-established institution
realizing her ideals. The scholastic standing of the school was assured and, the
training in special subjects was accredited at the universities.

   The second president was Frank Holland Ball, whose one year of service was
greatly handicapped by his ill-health; during his administration, however, the
enrollment was greatly increased, and it was through his instrumentality that
the gymnasium with its full equipment was erected.

   Under the progressive policy of the third president, Clarence L. Phelps, the
State Normal School offers still greater opportunity through a more extensive
development and scholastic growth. The service of the school to the community
and to the state at large is the first consideration, and with several
prospective buildings, a broader curriculum, and a closer integration of work
with the universities, this service is greatly magnified. President Phelps has
been able, through sound policy and wise judgment, to bring all the normal
schools of the State together as a unit of education; thus at the present time,
the outlook is optimistic.

Santa Barbara Girls School

   In the spring of 1914, a few people in Santa Barbara having daughters of
school age, felt the need of a superior school for girls which would rank with
the best in the country.

   The undertaking of establishing such an institution was a tremendous task,
but being persons of courage, high ideals and large vision, they went to work
with vigor to accomplish their aim. A stock company was formed with a Board of
Directors to manage the school affairs. Fortunately they were able to secure
Miss Marion L. Chamberlain, of Boston, as Principal, without whose unselfish
service, high standards, and unfailing loyalty it would have been impossible to
achieve such a success.

   During the period of the war, it was only possible to have the school in
private houses, which soon became insufficient for its growing needs. In a few
years the resident department grew from four to twenty-four pupils, and the
day-school from thirty-five to one hundred and fourteen pupils.

   Early in 1919 the school company was reorganized into a corporation of
twenty-one Trustees, all of whom are representative people of this community,
who take a keen interest in the progress of the institution. They have issued
bonds to finance the purchasing of a beautiful property known as Miradero,
located at Constance Avenue at the end of Santa Barbara Street, formerly the
home of Miss Anna Blake of Newport. In this large homelike residence with a
wonderful view of mountains, valley, and sea, there is accommodation for
twenty-five girls, all of them sleeping in porch dormitories. An adjoining
property has been purchased for the day-school, and new buildings—most of them
open-air class rooms—have been completed. A basket ball field and several tennis
courts are also on these grounds, together with a charming wooded canyon beside
a stream. As the equable climate of Santa Barbara makes it possible for riding,
swimming, and all open air sports the whole year round, the majority of the
pupils of this school avail themselves of the country day school plan of staying
for luncheon at the residence, and having an afternoon of supervised sports
under a trained director.

   The scope of the school is from the kindergarten to college preparatory
classes, and very special effort is made to provide a really good teaching
staff. The graduates of the school who have gone to college have been well
prepared to take their place in all college activities.

   The Santa Barbara Girls School, situated as it is on one of the most
beautiful sites in Santa Barbara, with a climate conceded to be one of the
finest in the world, appeals to Eastern parents who wish their children to enjoy
continuous out of door life during the entire school year, and to the Western
parents who desire the standards of education maintained in the best Eastern
schools.

St Anthony's Seminary

   In Part Two of this work will be found a full historical account of the
establishment of the Santa Barbara Mission by the padres of the Franciscan
Order, and of the incorporation with the new province of Santa Barbara, which,
in addition to the California coast, embraces Arizona, New Mexico, Oregon and
Washington.

   Most of the laborers in this wide and ever increasing field of activity are
graduates of St. Anthony's Seminary. This Institution, first known as St.
Anthony's College, was founded at the Santa Barbara Mission in 1896.

   In order to accommodate the increasing number of students, a new building was
erected, substantially built of stone, and modern throughout, which has been the
home of the Seminary since 1901.

   It is beautifully situated on the crest of a line of foothills overlooking
the city of Santa Barbara and here, in the shadow of the Old Mission, within
earshot of the Mission Bells, which still hang in their massive towers and speak
of the glories of the past; surrounded on all sides by a matchless panorama of
ocean and mountain, wooded canon, and rolling hills; drawing inspiration from an
environment so rich in the associations of history and the charms of nature, the
students of St. Anthony's Seminary preparing to follow in the footsteps of the
padres are being educated for the priesthood in the Franciscan Order.

   The College Faculty is as follows:—Rev. Father John, President; Rev. Father
Peter, Rev. Father Adrian, Rev. Father Louis, Vice-President; Rev. Father
Joseph, Rev. Father Charles, Rev. Father Lawrence and the Rev. Father Bernard.

   Students who desire to enter and who have a sincere intention of eventually
joining the Order in the Province of Santa Barbara, must be bodily, mentally and
morally sound, and between twelve and sixteen years of age, besides having the
consent of their parents or guardians.

Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital

   The Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital was incorporated in 1888. At that time the
institution consisted of a group of small cottages accommodating ten patients.

   Soon after a large frame building was erected. This building, with a capacity
of 35 patients, was the pride of all who had to do with it.

   In 1913 a new building, the central unit of the present Cottage Hospital, was
erected. It is of fireproof construction and splendidly adapted to its purpose,
and is located at the corner of Third Avenue and Bath Street and is reached by
the electric street car. A wing for obstetric patients only, was opened in 1918.
This feature of the hospital is unique and has attracted wide attention.
Expectant mothers and mothers arc so well cared for that it is always crowded
and its enlargement will soon be necessary. At that time Miss Florence C.
Johnson was appointed Superintendent and has occupied that position ever since.

   A second wing, organized by the late Nathaniel B. Potter, M. D., and called
the Memorial Metabolic Clinic was opened in 1919. This unit has an individual
staff of doctors, nurses and laboratory technicians. It is devoted exclusively
to the study and treatment of a group of illnesses known as metabolic diseases
which are difficult to deal with. This group includes such conditions as
nephritis, gout, diabetes, thyroid and other glandular troubles, etc. The
expense of maintaining this department has been borne by private donors and by
the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, Dr. W. D. Sansum, late
of Chicago, having been recently appointed to have control and direct this
department.

   About this time a third wing was added to the main building, given over
entirely to the X-Ray department. The appointments of this unit and its
equipment are as excellent as any on the coast and a physician specializing in
X-Ray work devotes his entire time to this branch. Thereby, physicians and the
general public have the advantage of accurate X-Ray advice.

   Very completely equipped clinical, chemical and pathological laboratories
have been established. The clinical and pathological laboratories employ three
assistants working under the supervision of a full time pathologist. The
chemical laboratory has two assistants and is under the direction of a research
chemist of national prominence.

   A new departure in hospital management has recently been inaugurated, the
services of a medical director, Dr. Frank Nuzum, having been obtained. The
medical and research work of the entire hospital is under his supervision. The
Board of Directors have provided attending physicians with every modern method
of diagnosis and treatment. They have further assured the general public that
only the best work possible is to be done in the hospital and with this in view
they hold the medical director responsible for the standard of the medical work
accomplished.

   A further departure in the activities of this institution is the
establishment of a research department. Work of this kind has from the first
been done in the Metabolic Clinic and will now be extended to other medical
branches. The prosecution of investigative work is rarely undertaken by small
hospitals and the citizens of Santa Barbara may feel proud that they have in
their midst an institution that is broad enough in its policies to undertake
such a task.

   Owing to the rapid growth of the hospital, plans have already been prepared
for further additions. Among the improvements contemplated is the erection of a
new home for nurses.

   The Cottage Hospital owes its splendid quarters and equipment to the
foresight of a group of benevolent men and women who for years have given money
and time to its needs. The present Board of Directors, of which Mr. George Owen
Knapp is the president, is composed of nationally prominent business men who
have been especially liberal and have effected for Santa Barbara an institution
of which the city may be justly proud. The aim of the Directors is that the
service of the Hospital shall be so uniformly good that no better treatment can
be offered to the millionaire than is given the patient without means.

   The Santa Barbara General Hospital (and Farm) was founded in July, 1918, on a
site of 350 acres off Hollister Avenue, to the north of the city. There are at
present 87 inmates, including 22 Tubercular patients, which are housed in a
commodious and well-appointed separate building.

   In addition to a flower garden, all the vegetables used in the Hospital are
raised, as well as beans and walnuts; 187 tons of hay were also harvested this
season. New barns have also recently been built, with housing for pigs, cows,
and horses.

   The Institution is under the capable management of Mr. and Mrs. Vandever.

St. Francis Hospital

   St. Francis Hospital of Santa Barbara, California, is under the management of
the Franciscan Sisters of the Sacred Heart, whose headquarters are at Joliet,
Illinois. The hospital was founded in the year 1906 by a board of physicians,
and was taken over by the Sisters in the year 1908.

   Few hospitals anywhere in the United States or, for that matter, in the
world, can boast of such an ideal setting. Surrounded as it is by gardens
typically Californian in vegetation, and built on high ground, safely removed
from the noise of traffic, St. Francis Hospital has advantages all its own. From
the veranda running along the front of the building, and from most of the rooms,
the view is an arresting one. The town is just below, sloping down from the
foothills and spreading out into the valley; hedged in on the other side by a
long line of gently rolling hills. To the left the view broadens out over the
placid waters of Santa Barbara Channel—placid usually, because of their island
barriers which stretch for many miles along the distant horizon, and deeply blue
as they reflect the abundant sunshine of this favored clime.

   The buildings of St. Francis Hospital, though unpretentious in appearance,
are well appointed in the various departments necessary for efficient service.
The rooms are all pleasant; neatly furnished, and open to sunlight. Spotless
cleanliness is everywhere in evidence; in fact, the hospital is justly noted for
the extreme care which the Sisters take in this regard. The surgical and the
X-ray department, which are housed in a new fire-proof wing, are spacious and
furnished throughout according to the most modern standards. Operating-room,
X-ray, and laboratory are each under the supervision of a Sister specially
trained for the work.

   In connection with the hospital, the Sisters also conduct a training school
for nurses, which, being accredited by the state-board, is empowered to grant
the regular diploma for trained nurses. Competent doctors have been appointed as
lecturers, and co-operate admirably with the Sisters in providing the
student-nurses with an education tending towards an efficient as well as a
devoted service of the sick.

   People of every race and every creed have learnt to appreciate the presence
of the Sisters in Santa Barbara. Very seldom is there an empty room in the
hospital; scarcely does a patient leave when there is another waiting to take
the room vacated. More than this; during the past year especially, the call for
space in the hospital has been so great, that many had to be refused for lack of
room. The Sisters, therefore, are very eager to provide a new building for their
ever increasing number of patients. The necessary ground has already been
secured and the building will be constructed as soon as sufficient funds are
subscribed.

The Associated Charities

   The interesting Old Adobe at Santa Barbara and De la Guerra streets houses
the equally interesting activities of the Associated Charities. More than one
newcomer to Santa Barbara has exclaimed "Why a charity organization here? Surely
there is no misery or poverty in the midst of all this beauty." But the mother
whose sick child is crying for the milk which she has no money to buy, cannot
hear the music of the waves. The aged gentlewomen quietly starving, too proud to
ask assistance, can no longer see, with their dimmed vision, the wonderful
blue-ness of the sky. To the frail wife, left suddenly penniless and alone with
five little ones, the mountains are but pitiless piles of stone unless their
strength is interpreted to her in terms of human sympathy and helpfulness.
Tragedies like these explain why the community, desiring to make life beautiful
within as well as without, maintains the Associated Charities to relieve
distress wherever found, and to prevent it whenever possible.

   In contributing its share to the community welfare the work of the
Association falls rather naturally into the following divisions:

   1. The meeting of emergencies; tiding over hard places, discovering and
eliminating conditions which are causing poverty and misery. Many and varied are
the troubles and perplexities which are brought to the hospitable old building,
each requiring special thought and diagnosis and treatment. The solving of human
problems is not a simple task; the re-establishment of broken homes is not
accomplished in a day; the straightening and strengthening of warped and sagging
lives requires more than food and clothing, but is it not-a service infinitely
worthwhile?

   2. Administering the County aid in this supervisorial district, investigating
all applications for assistance, and acting as friendly advisor to all those
dependent on the community for support, helping them back to self maintenance
whenever possible. This group includes the old folk who can never again be self
supporting; the family whose wage earner is incapacitated by sickness, and the
deserted or widowed mothers with tiny children.

   3. The educational work among the foreign speaking families. Repeatedly we
find those who enter the new land full of hope failing to become adjusted.
Handicapped too heavily by ignorance of our language and customs, they become
bewildered, disheartened and dependent, unless somewhere a friendly contact is
made. The mother who understands no English is quick to recognize the interest
taken in her baby, and comes eagerly to the Industrial classes at the Old Adobe
to learn how to sew, how to prepare wholesome, well balanced meals for her
family and neat attractive clothing for her children; paying for the material
not in money but in sewing on other little garments which by being sold to more
fortunate mothers, help to support the department. Her children meantime, who
are too young for school, play in the sunshine, dig in the sand pile, and frolic
freely about the old building.

   4. The distribution of the milk which means health and strength for
undernourished children, tubercular families and convalescents, weakened by
illness. Started first as an emergency measure, the Milk Fund has proven of such
value that, under the sponsorship of the Native Daughters, it has received most
generous support from the entire community.

   5. Acting as the local agent for the State Board of Charities and Corrections
in supervising family boarding homes for children, in order to insure each child
who must needs be cared for outside his own home adequate care and protection.

   6. Representing the Children's Department of the State Board of Control by
keeping in close touch with those families in which orphans or half orphans are
receiving aid from the State.

   7. Co-operating in all efforts toward social and civic betterment to the end
that Santa Barbara may be indeed wholly beautiful in the making and the living.

Santa Barbara Visiting Nurse Association

  This Association was organized in 1908, with the object of making a visiting
nurse service available in the community, and furthering the interests of public
health in all ways possible. In 1910 a building at 133 E. Haley Street was
purchased, and the Association was incorporated. The following year a General
Dispensary was opened, the work of which was taken over in 1917 by the Cottage
Hospital, in order that the Association might devote its energies to
home-nursing. At present the organization employs a supervisor and four nurses,
and has the use of three Ford cars; the registrar also acts as Spanish
interpreter. The nurses work in cooperation with the city physicians, the
Clinics, and the City and County Health Departments; special attention is given
to maternity patients, and to infant and child welfare. In this connection, a
weekly meeting is held, with physician in attendance, to which mothers may bring
their babies for advice and care. From 1914 to 1916 School nursing was done by
the Association, when the Board of Education incorporated the school nurse in
the school system; work in the parochial schools is still done by the visiting
nurses, and a dental clinic for children maintained by them for two days weekly.
Other activities of the Association include the maintenance of an open-air
school for delicate children, a clinic for the examination of persons suspected
of having tuberculosis, and a summer day camp for children.

Santa Barbara Churches

   Until the sixties the only regular church services held in Santa Barbara were
those at the Mission and the Parochial Church at the corner of State and
Figueroa Streets, Catholicism being the religion of all the inhabitants of the
County, including the Indians.

   The first Protestant church to be organized here was the Trinity Episcopal on
March 28, 1867. For the first two years services were held in a little brick
schoolhouse in the yard of the Lincoln School, after which the church building
was erected on Guiterrez Street near Anacapa. In 1875 there was division in the
congregation, and one faction built a new church for itself called St. Marks at
the corner of Anacapa and Micheltorena Streets, but the new venture did not last
long, and in 1888 the re-united society built another church at the corner of
Anacapa and Anapamu Streets. This was burned down in 1903, and the congregation
then held services in the Parish Hall. Finally in 1912 the present church was
erected, at the corner of State and Micheltorena Streets.

   The next denomination to organize in Santa Barbara was the Congregational,
this event taking place on the 8th of September, 1867. On May 19, 1870 a church
was dedicated on a site near the corner of Ortega and Santa Barbara Streets,
this being used for about twenty years, when a new building was erected at the
corner of Anacapa and Figueroa Streets, the latter being sold to the Lutherans
when the present Congregational church on State Street near Sola, was built in
1906.

   In 1869 the First Presbyterian church was organized, and the present edifice
of that congregation on Anapamu Street opposite the Public Library, is the most
imposing church building in Santa Barbara.

   The First Baptist church was organized July 5, 1874, and a small lot with a
building on it near the corner of Ortega and De la Vina Streets was purchased
from the Presbyterians when they moved to their new church in 1875. In 1882 the
church property known as St. Marks, Was purchased by the Baptists, and continued
to be used until the erection of the present edifice at the corner of Victoria
and Chapala Streets.

   The Unitarian Society of Santa Barbara was organized August 13, 1885, the
present church at the corner of State Street and Arlington Avenue being erected
in 1890.

   The First Christian Church of Santa Barbara was founded in 1888, by B. F.
Coulter of Los Angeles with a charter membership of thirteen. The old Episcopal
building on East Gutierrez Street was the place of worship for several years,
after which a church was built on the corner of Carrillo and De la Vina Streets.
This property was sold in 1919, and a site on the corner of Cha-pala -and
Carrillo Streets purchased with the idea of sometime building a fine place of
worship.

   The First Church of Christ Scientist, was organized October 2, 1900, though a
small company of persons of that belief had been holding services for some seven
or eight years before. In 1902 the former Unitarian chapel on State Street near
Victoria was purchased, and in 1906 removed to its present location at the
corner of Anacapa and Micheltorena Streets, where it has been greatly enlarged.

   Other societies of a religious nature are to be found in Santa Barbara,
representing almost all sects, as well as a fine edifice housing the Young Men's
Christian Association, at the corner of Chapala and Carrillo Streets.

Recreation Center

   The Recreation Center, in East Carrillo Street, is the home of many
organizations and clubs, and besides reading and billiard rooms for men,
contains transient rooms for women, endorsed by the Y. W. C. A., and an
information bureau. The building is open daily, Sundays and holidays included,
from 7 a.m. to 10:30 p.m.

   National and international groups make Recreation Center their headquarters
for mass meetings of various kinds; school plays, political gatherings,
community singing and concerts, lectures, and supervised public dances are
frequent occurrences, and many children of both sexes are always to be seen in
the gymnasium, and in folk dancing and first-aid classes.

   A public bath house for children, the only one of its kind in the city, has
been conducted on the beach for some years, and its popularity is evidenced by
the fact that over 5,000 baths were taken during a period of six weeks this season.

   The transient rooms at the Center, endorsed by the Y. W. C. A., are in
constant demand. The woman or girl seeking work not only finds a safe place to
stay until she secures a position, but here too, come many girls who are
stranded in the city, friendless and without money. It is no uncommon occurrence
for a midnight telephone call to be received from the station master or one of
the police, seeking shelter for some belated traveler, or for some wayward girl
who wants another chance.

   One of the special features of the Center is the Open House held every
Saturday night, which is very popular with the public, the usual attendance
averaging between five and six hundred. Visitors not caring to dance may pass
the time pleasantly in the attractive club rooms, watching the dancing, or
listening to the music with their families and friends.

Santa Barbara Clubs

   Club life is well represented in Santa Barbara, as a perusal of the following
list will show. Membership is drawn from all classes of society, and exemplifies
the social life of the community: Automobile Club of Southern California, 1425
State Street; Caledonian Club, 15 1/2 E. Anapamu Street; Commercial Club of
Santa Barbara, 10 E. Carrillo Street; Little Town Club, 27 E. Carrillo Street;
Nature Study Club, 513 E. Pedregosa Street; Overseas Club, Kitchener Branch, 15
1/2 E. Anapamu Street; Progressive Business Men's Club; Rotary Club, 1025 State
Street; Santa Barbara Club, 1105 Chapala Street; Santa Barbara Rifle Club, 1022
State Street; Santa Barbara Country Club, Channel Drive; Santa Barbara Kennel
Club; Santa Barbara Athletic Club; Santa Barbara International Polo Club; Santa
Barbara Driving Club, 711 Chapala Street; Santa Barbara Woman's Club, 1419
Anacapa Street; Town & Country Club, 1113 State Street; University Club, 25 E.
Micheltorena Street; Women's Shakespeare Club, 1200 Garden Street.

La Cumbre Golf and Country Club

   La Cumbre Golf and Country Club is picturesquely located in grounds of 140
acres just west of the city, and wonderful views of mountain and valley may be
obtained both from the grounds and from the windows of the very attractive club
house. There is a membership of 300 and a waiting list, including not only men
and women of leisure, but bankers, professional men, and business men of Santa
Barbara. Members enjoy the game over a beautiful and well laid out course, which
is exceptionally green.

Santa Barbara Country Club

   The Santa Barbara Country Club was organized twenty-six years ago, and during
that period many of the most prominent personages in the country have been
entertained at its club house and have played golf over its links. The club is
located at Montecito, and has a very fine club house.

La Primavera Association

   La Primavera Association is a city organization for the perpetuation of the
memory of the early Spanish occupation of Santa Barbara. This is done through an
historical pageant which is presented in the spring of each year.

Community Arts Association

  The Santa Barbara Community Arts Association is an organization with an
executive committee composed of the leading citizens of the city, for the
furtherance of the community theatre plan.

   Their production of "The Quest" on the occasion of the dedication of the
Outdoor Community Theatre at the Plaza del Mar in July was wonderfully
successful. The play was undoubtedly one of the prettiest ever given in Southern
California, the setting wonderful, and the costumes and talent excellent.

Commercial Club of Santa Barbara

   This club of business men was incorporated February 23, 1905, and has been of
great service to the merchants of the city. It is very active, and its bi-weekly
luncheons are cheery affairs, well-attended, and questions of importance to the
community are discussed. J. A. Walton is President and G. M. Mickelson, Secretary.

The Rotary Club

   The Santa Barbara Rotary Club was organized on October 5th, 1917, and has a
membership of seventy-one. The President is Winsor Soule, Secretary, Byron Z.
Terry. They are prominent in many activities, and are now engaged in promoting
the re-building of the East Boulevard, and aiding the Boy Scout movement.

Boy Scouts of America

   No movement is more worthy of support than the Boy Scouts of America. The
local branch at Santa Barbara was organized in November, 1919. There is now a
membership of 159, but great plans are being made to increase this membership to
a total of 300 by next year. The boy of today is the citizen of tomorrow, and
the lessons of service and citizenship taught in youth are never forgotten. The
President of the Boy Scout Council is Wm. H. Conklin, and the offices in The
First National Bank Building are under the direction of E. J. Richards.

Chamber of Commerce

   The nucleus of the Santa Barbara Chamber of Commerce was the establishment,
on September 22nd, 1872, of an Immigration Bureau. On March 22nd, 1873, the
Daily Press announced that "the Chamber of Commerce" had called a meeting for
April 10th, at which the subject for discussion was the need for a first-class
hotel. This discussion finally resulted in the formation of a stock company, and
the building of the Arlington.

   For some time the activities of the Chamber of Commerce were quiescent. On
December 4th, 1886, £ temporary organization was made, which, later, was
perfected by the appointment of permanent officers and adoption of by-laws. The
collapse of the boom of 1887 carried down with it the Chamber of Commerce, At
the City Hall, January 4th, 1895, an organization known as the Board of Trade of
Santa Barbara County came into being, which took an active interest in
everything for the betterment of the city, until in March, 1899, the name of the
organization was changed to The Chamber of Commerce of Santa Barbara County, and
on May 25th, 1899, the Chamber was incorporated under the laws of the State of
California.

   The limits of this sketch preclude mention of the activities of the Chamber
of Commerce during the twenty-one years which have elapsed since its
incorporation; sufficient to state that its sphere of activity has touched the
public life at every point, and every interest in the community has felt the
inspiration of its vitalizing influence. The membership, numbering 900, is
composed of the leading men and women of the city; the President is Frank A.
Hoefer, and Secretary, Charles W. Kirk.

   The Progressive Business Men's Club One of the most recently organized Clubs
in the city, is the Progressive Business Men's Club, a branch of the National
organization, with a membership of the leading business and professional men of
the city. The President is Dr. R. Manning Clarke.

The American Legion

   The Santa Barbara Post No. 49 of the American Legion was organized in July,
1919, with a membership of thirty-three ex-service men; in August this
membership had increased to fifty. The first meetings were held at Recreation
Center, but later the basement of the old Presbyterian Church in State Street
was fitted up into comfortable club-rooms. Owing, however to this building being
demolished the Legion is now occupying temporary quarters downtown, but hope
soon to remove into a permanent building. The membership of the Post now numbers
over 600 and is steadily growing.

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SANTA BARBARA AND MONTECITO
PAST AND PRESENT
By
JOHN R. SOUTHWORTH F. R. G. S.
(1920)



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