Santa Barbara County History Transcribed by Peggy Hooper This file is part of the California Genealogy & History Archives http://calarchives4u.com/ These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by other organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for non-commercial purposes, MUST obtain the written consent of the contributor, OR the legal representative of the submitter. All persons donating to this site retain the rights to their own work. Source: A Memorial and Biographical History of the Counties of Santa Barbara, San Luis Obispo, and Ventura, California by Yda Addis Storke Published in 1891 in Chicago by the Lewis Publishing Co. MINOR ITEMS. The telephone office at this city was opened July 10, 1886, with a list of thirty-five subscribers, now increased to 149, all within the city limits. There are in Santa Barbara County post-offices as follows: Santa Barbara, Santa Maria, Lompoc, Los Alamos, Guadaloupe, Summerland, Stuart, Sisquoc, Serena, Santa Maria, Santa Ynez, Nojoqui, Montecito, Los Olivos, Goleta. Carey, Carpenteria and Ballard's. Of these, the first five are money order offices, that at Santa Barbara having international exchange. The Santa Barbara county officials at present date, September, 1890, are as follows: District Court Commissioner, Charles Fernald; State Senator, E. H. Heacock; Assemblyman, C. A. Storke; Superior Judge, R. M. Dillard; County Court Commissioner, S. W. Bouton; Clerk, F. L. Kellogg; Official Court Reporter, C. F. Reynolds; Recorder, C. A. Stuart; Sheriff, R. J. Broughton; Under Sheriff, R. D. Smith; Auditor, J. T. Johnson; Tax-Collector, M. F. Burke; Treasurer, E. S. Sheffield; Surveyor, A. S. Cooper; District Attorney, W. B. Cope; Assessor, Frank Smith; Deputy Assessors, J. L. Barker, Santa Barbara; C. J. Young, Lompoc; B. M. Smith, Carpenteria; George Smith, Los Alamos; School Superintendent, G. E. Thurmond; Public Administrator, W. B. Hosmer; Coroner, A. M. Ruiz; Supervisors — Thomas Hosmer, H. G. Crane, A. M. Boyd, D. T. Truitt, A. W. Cox.