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Three years ago we had a fourth class post ofiice. Today we have
city delivery and a post office equal to that to be found in most towns
oI 10,000.
_Three years ago we had numerous questionable reso*s. Today
Three yea$ ago we were well content with cesspools,but todey
we point'with pride to our complete system of sewers, installl€d
through a bond issu€, put over by a board of trustees who have
endeavor€dto keep pace with the city's phenomenal g:rowth and pro-
vide for the future.
Three years ago we had no ire alarm system. Today there is
being installed a completeGamewellFire Alarm system.
Prior to three yeaN ago the city was in an embryoiic state; that
stage has be€n passed and Culver City today has embarkealon a
journey from which ther€ is no backing down. She must progress.

Bellflower
ELLFLOWER, is, pmctically speaking, an all new town, having
grown from a srrall haBlet of 500 people to e inoil€m city of
8,000inhabitents during the parsttwo years; the causeof this
phenom€nal grow'th being the discovery of oil near the city at Signal
Hill and Santa Fe Spdngs, these two fields ;beingbut a few miles
distant.
Besides the oil wells, many large refineries have located near the
city, in all directions, furnishing emplo}.Inerltto hundrealsof men, all
of whom are residentsof this eity and its environs. Daitying and
poulhv raising is carried on quite extensively around Bellflower.
The town was odginally laid out in acre tracts for the purpose of
fumishing homes for people wlo wanted more than a to\rn lot for
gardening, fruit and poultry raising, but since Lheoil discoverythe
latter industrics have been neglectedto a great extent and much of
the a(reagehas been subdividedinto town lols.
Bellflower has one of the best water systems in the State.
Bellflowerloasts of having the very best of schools,hro gr.ammar
schoolbuildingsnow doing ser/ice ard bondsissuedfor a third build-
ing, the erectionof which wiu begin in the near future.
Th€re are seventy-fivestores and businesshousesin Bellflower,
nearly all being new and of brick construction.
Two bariks have embarked in businesshere during the past three
years, the Commercial snd the First National, and both arl doing a
gooo Dusrneaa,
Drilling for oil is in progress in several localities around Bell-
l9t"I y.illtgood prospectsof developjnganothergoodfield simjlar to
Drgruunrn ano santa ! e Sprrngs,
In th€ way of transportation Bellflower is well supplied, the pacifrc
Electiic Santa Ana line running East and West, comecting with Los
Angele-sand all lin-esout of thal (ity. Stagesfiom Long Beachpaes
through here to a.llpoints NoIth.
Much of the land sunounding Bellflowerhas b€en leasedfor oil.
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which would indicatethe confidenceof oil pr.omotersin this field. The

leases,in nearly every instance,have beenmadeto the large oil com-
parnes,
The future oJ B€llflower is exceedinglybright, many new resi-
dencesand storesbeing in courseof constructionand proposed,and it
is predicted that in another five years the population will again
double. We still hav€ rcom for many more homeseekers.

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Thos. w, Powell, Ple8ident.
J, D. Clark, Vice Presidetrt. r. l. xlarriott (of Hynes).
!'troEa6 D. Flynn, Secretary-Trcasurer

West Hollywood
B?/G. L. SCHMUTZ,
Realtor

f T wouldbe indepddifficulrlo find a seciionin any metrcpolislhal

^I has developpd aq fast as Wesr Holl)wood;Wccr.HollJwoodbeing
thrt paft oI Los Angelpsboundpdon the east by La Brea avenue.
and on the north by the Santa Monicamountains.
In this district, there are areasthat were under cultivation less
than two years ago; today they are almost completelydevelopedwith
homesof bona fide residents.
Farm lands, untillable swamps, l'ugged hill slopes, have all
beensubdivjded,and improvedwith pavedstreets,coDcretesidewalks,
gas,electricity and water conrections;they have beendevelopedwith
a variety of charming homes,incomparableanl'lvhereon the face of
Ihe globe.
Bounding west Hollyrvoodon the north is the Santa Monica
range of mountains, terminating at the Pacific Ocean,some eight
miles to the west. It is along the southern slopeof thesemountains
that Holltwood and West Holl)'woodlie, nestledagaipst the hillsid€,
and spreadingsoutherly into the alluvial flats below.
Ir West Hollywood.the topographyva es, as well as the prices
of property; there is variety wide enoughto pleaseeither taste or
pocketbook. One can live along the slope of the gentle hillside, or
reside on level grouDd; one can purchasepmperty at very modest
prices,or get all of the exclusiveness that moneycan purchase.
fn the extreme western end of West Holl]^vood lies the beautiful
village of Sheunan, vith the poinsettia fields ancl avocadogloves
spread graciousl)'along the hillside, and interspersedwith maglifi-
cent homes, blendnrg into a color schemethat only the Supreme
Architect could create.
West Hollj'wood has the least variation in temperature of any
s€ctionof Los Angelescounty; it is frostlessand fogless. Dudng the
hottest days of summer West Holll'wood is fanned by the cool, re-
freshing breezesfrom the ocean,