CAIRE, Arthur Joshua (1859-1942), San Francisco-born third child, and older of two surviving sons born to Justinian and Albina Caire. Arthur studied chemistry and physics at the University of Santa Clara, and engineering at the University of California. He became the spokesman for both the Justinian Caire Company and the Santa Cruz Island Company, as well as president of the former and secretary of the latter. Photography was his avocation. Arthur married Mary Suich, and they had three children:

Arthur Joshua Caire (1859-1942)

Justinian “Justy” Caire II (1906-1986) = Marcia Burnheim (1905-1987)

1. Yvonne Marie Caire (b. 1939) = Joseph Manuel Head IV (b. 1939) 1. Joseph Manuel Head V (b. 1962) = Yvette Louise Scott (b. 1965) 1. Joseph Manuel Head VI (b. 1994) 2. Marisa Daenne Hed (b. 1999) 3. Rochelle Nicole Head (b. 1999) 2. Jeanmarie Head (b. 1964) = Andrew John Kennedy (b. 1966) 1. Kyle Davis Kennedy (b. 1992) 2. Thomas Justinian Kennedy (b. 1995) 3. Lisa [Lisé] Kathleen Head (b. 1965) 4. Colleen Marie Head (b. 1969) = Daniel John Kees (b. 1973) 2. Jacquline Caire (b. 1941) 3. Justinian Caire III (b. 1948)

Olivia Lucille Caire (1909-1993) = George Swortfiguer

1. Arthur Swortfiguer 2. Robert Swortfiguer

Miriam Caire (1912-1999) unmarried





The May 1931 Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History Leaflet thanks Mr. Arthur Caire for his donations of Chumash material. Arthur Caire died on June 29, 1942 at age 83.

Tract No. 4 to son Arthur J. Caire. It contained 6639.77 acres, and included Los Sauces, Poso Anchorage, Johnson's' Lee and Punta Arena.

Arthur Caire kept a private journal bound in red morocco, in French, that spanned from 1911-1930, in which he noted dates and events involved with the protracted family litigation over Santa Cruz Island. It includes his analysis of events, including “What Influenced Mrs. Caire” (his mother, Albina Caire):

Remittances sent to Mrs. Capuccio

Mrs. Capuccio's Assertions

As to Delphine Caire

Ownership of Stock

Ambrose Gherini - Lawyer

Mismanagement

In Matter of Sale of Island Through Jas. Clayton & Co,

What Mrs. Albina C. S. Caire had against G. Capuccio

Legal and Official

What Influenced Mrs. Caire

Ownership of Stock

P. C. Rossi

What Influenced Albina C. S. Caire

The Plaints of Amelie A. Rossi & Aglae S. Capuccio

As to Undue Influence





SANTA CRUZ ISLAND LITIGATION



1926: L.A. No. 9165 in the Supreme Court of the State of California. Aglae S. Capuccio, Plaintiff and Appellant, vs. Arthur J. Caire, et al, [Defendants other than Edmund A. Rossi], Edmund A. Rossi, Defendant and Appellant. Santa Cruz Island Company litigation









In the News~

April 30, 1886 [SBMP]: “The Eureka day before yesterday steamed over to Santa Cruz Island with Supt. Caire and a party of fifteen from San Francisco, who will spend the summer on the island.”



May 23, 1891 [SBMP]: “NOTICE.—All parties whomsoever are hereby forbidden to camp or land on Santa Cruz Island for any purpose, without a written permission from the officers of the Santa Cruz Island Co. All persons disregarding this notice shall be considered as trespassers, and shall be prosecuted to the full extent of the law. By order of the Trustees. Arthur J. Caire, Sec'y. San Francisco, May 18, 1891.”



July 11, 1895 [LAT/SF]: “Coming by boat. San Francisco July 10 passengers on the steamer Corona for Santa Barbara: A. J. Caire…”



July 23, 1896 [LAH]: “Misses Bertha and Helen Roth, Miss Bertha Ducommun, Messrs. Alphonse and Eugene Roth have returned from a most delightful visit to Santa Cruz Island, where they were guests of A. J. Caire.”



July 29, 1896 [SBDI]: “Mr. A. J. Caire came over from Santa Cruz Island yesterday and left for San Francisco on the Santa Rosa last night.”



July 31, 1896 [LAT/SB]: “Among the Arlington arrivals today are… A. J. Caire, Santa Cruz Island…”



February 10, 1897 [LAT/SF]: “Passengers left on the steamer Queen for southern ports as follows: Santa Barbara… A. J. Caire…”



May 12, 1897 [LAH]: “Mr. A. J. Caire of Santa Cruz Island registered at the Hollenbeck yesterday morning. Mr. Caire is the son of Justinian Caire, a well-known hardware merchant of San Francisco, and is the owner of the island upon which his son resides.”



July 13, 1897 [SBDI]: “A. J. Caire, superintendent of Santa Cruz Island, is at the Arlington.”



December 8, 1897 Justinian Caire died.



December 11, 1897 [LAT/SB]: “A. J. Caire of Santa Cruz Island came over by boat yesterday and proceeded north immediately by train, having been summoned in San Francisco by the alarming illness of his father, Justinian Caire, of that city.”



July 3, 1898 [LAT/SB]: “The Caire family of San Francisco, owners of Santa Cruz Island, and party, arrived last Sunday and went over to the island in the steamer Coos Bay.”



August 16, 1899 [SBMP]: “The schooner Santa Cruz, left yesterday for the island. taking 6000 feet of lumber for improvements Mr. Caire contemplates building.”



January 10, 1897 [LAH]: “At the hotels. Hollenbeck.... A. J. Caire, Santa Cruz Island...”



May 17, 1900 [LAH]: “A. J. Caire was among those who registered yesterday at the Hollenbeck. He is the owner of Santa Cruz Island.”



July 18, 1900 [SBMP]: “The schooner Santa Cruz, arriving from Santa Cruz Island Monday with Mr. Caire, returned yesterday to the island.”



September 4, 1900 [LAH]: “At the hotels. Hollenbeck.... A. J. Caire, San Francisco...”



May 9, 190l [SBMP]: “The schooner Santa Cruz, Captain Maggiolo, sailed yesterday with a number of sheep shearers for the J. Caire estate. The shearers' union finally made its peace with the foreman, Carlo Erbetti, and returned to work.”



January 2, 19l6 [LAT]: “The Caire estate, which owns this island, has had offers from resort men and the trustees have made careful inquiry into the feasibility of such an investment. It is expected that this summer will see extensive improvements on the island as preliminary to permanent building.”



June 19, 1903 [SBMP]: “Mrs. Caire and family, who have been spending a several weeks outing on Santa Cruz Island, came across the channel last evening and took the late train for San Francisco. In a conversation Mr. Caire stated that there was no truth in the rumors of a projected sale of the island, as the six heirs to his fathers estate were unanimous in a desire to keep it in the family.”



July 13, 1901 [SBMP]: “Arthur Caire, manager of the Santa Cruz Island, under the J. Caire estate, came over from the island yesterday and will go to Los Angeles on a business trip.”



August 25, 1903 [SBI]: “The Frances sailed for the island this morning, carrying a lot of supplies for Mr. Caire, and she will make the same journey tomorrow with a pleasure party from the Potter Hotel…”



November 13, 1904 [SBMP]: “The Santa Cruz Island boat left for the islands yesterday morning having on board Mr. Caire and family, who will spend several weeks at the home ranch of the island company.”



October 7, 1905 [SBMP]: “The steamer Pasadena arrived from San Pedro last evening and will be engaged several days conveying freight to and from Santa Cruz Island. Supplies for the various ranches on the islands will be taken from Santa Barbara and produce will be returned. Manager Caire of the island is now in Santa Barbara superintending the shipping.”



November 14, 1905 [SBMP]: “Manager Arthur Caire of the Santa Cruz Island Company has returned from his island ranch with a party of friends, having been brought across the channel in the Santa Cruz Island steam schooner, which is in charge of Captain James Prescott. The schooner returned to Prisoners’ Harbor yesterday afternoon.”



March 31, 1906 [SBMP]: “The Santa Cruz Island steamer was in port yesterday taking on a large amount of miscellaneous freight consigned to the Caire interests on Santa Cruz Island. The boat will sail this morning.”



April 1, 1906 [LAT]: “At the city hotels. Hollenbeck… A. J. Caire, San Francisco…”



April 15, 1906 [SBMP]: “The steam schooner Santa Cruz came in from Prisoners' Harbor yesterday after supplies for the men now employed on this island by the Caire Company. She will return today or Monday.”



July 18, 1909 [SBMP]: “Within the last few weeks vast quantities of wine have been shipped from Santa Cruz Island to San Francisco and Los Angeles. The wine is the product of the famous Santa Cruz Island Company's vineyards. Large local orders are also registered by A. and L. Miratti, the Raffour House and the Montecito Hotel and Frank Nardi. On Santa Cruz Island where the wine is manufactured, there is a vineyard of several hundred acres which each year yields sufficient grapes for the manufacture of 40,000 gallons of wine. The wine is stored on the island in large vats ranging in capacity from 3000 to 5000 gallons, and from these vats it is drawn into common barrels for shipment. The wine industry of the island comprises the major portion of the Justinian Caire estate and is now managed by F. F. Caire whose headquarters are in San Francisco...”



July 27, 1909 [SBI]: “F. M. Whitney will be making his twentieth annual trip to Santa Cruz Island, when tomorrow he leaves for Frye’s Harbor with a party of friends which will consist of the following: Mr. And Mrs. Henley C. Booth and son, Mr. And Mrs. E. A. Diehl and son, Mr. And Mrs. L. F. Ruiz, Miss Marjorie Ruiz and H. P. Post. The party will be absent two weeks. Mr. Whitney has secured the first permit of the year from the Caire estate to camp on the island. Because of so many depredations being committed, restrictions have been adopted by the management of the estate and a system of patrol prevails.”



February 5, 1910 [PRP]: “List of stock and buyers at Short-Horn sale. The following is a list of the Howard herd: ... Archeress 2nd — A. J. Caire, San Francisco, Cal., $80... Lovely Archer 9th — A. J. Caire, San Francisco, Cal., $140... Lucien — A. J. Caire, San Francisco, Cal., $135... Lovely Archer 17th — A. J. Caire, San Francisco, Cal., $135... Prince — A. J. Caire, San Francisco, Cal., $145... Lovely Archer 20th — A. J. Caire, San Francisco, Cal., $130... Mrs. Glide announced that she would go out of the Short-Horn business. The Howard Cattle Company are still in the business and have some fine young cattle left.”



February 5, 1910 [SBI]: “Six fancy-bred bulls for improving the stock on Santa Cruz Island were taken on board by the power schooner Santa Cruz, Captain George Nidever, this morning for shipment to the island. They were bought by the Caire family of San Francisco, owners of the island.”



April 19, 1910 [SBMP]: “A.J. Avery, contractor and builder, returned Sunday from a two-weeks trip, visiting in Seattle and San Francisco, and at the later place contracted with the Justinian Caire estate for the construction of a sixteen-room bungalow on Santa Cruz Island...”



April 19, 1910 [SBMP]: “A.J. Avery, contractor and builder, returned Sunday from a two-weeks trip, visiting in Seattle and San Francisco, and at the later place contracted with the Justinian Caire estate for the construction of a sixteen-room bungalow on Santa Cruz Island. This has been contemplated for some time, and the work will commence at once. The Santa Cruz Island schooner came into port last night and will leave for the island this morning with lumber. Aboard will be Mrs. Avery who will go to make the necessary arrangements for the construction and establishment of a camp. The bungalow will be built at the main ranch. The sixteen-room building will take up a space of 70 by 70 feet. This will be made the home of the Caires for a portion of the year. Previously accommodations at the present ranch house were insufficient when the Caires went there either for business or pleasure and taking a party of friends would be out of the question. Mr. Avery expects to secure all of his supplies here. The Santa Barbara Lumber Company will furnish the main items in the construction of the building, while the remaining necessary material will be established at the main ranch at once, and during the week a crew of twelve or fifteen carpenters will go over on the company’s boat and the real work will commence.”



April 20, 1910 [SBI]: “For the first time beautiful Santa Cruz Island, separated from Santa Barbara by 30 miles of the blue Pacific, is to be something more than an immense cattle and sheep ranch with vineyards and a wine house as adjuncts. A. H. Avery, a local contractor, left for Santa Cruz Island to begin the construction of a handsome 16-room bungalow and ranch house near Prisoners’ Harbor. It is to be built by the Caire family of San Francisco, owners of the island, as a summer home and headquarters for the big ranch. Twelve or fifteen carpenters will follow Mr. Avery in a few days and work will begin at once. All supplies will be bought here, the lumber to be furnished by the Santa Barbara Lumber Company…While the Caire family was here last fall, Mr. Caire declared that the family is opposed to Santa Cruz Island ever becoming a popular resort, and that the Caires are ‘not in the hotel business.’…But the Caires have always been generous in permitting camping parties, only insisting that vandalism will not be tolerated. Last year Mr. Caire threatened to bar all camping parties unless wanton destruction of property on the island ceased.”



April 22, 1910 [SBMP]: “The power schooner Santa Cruz has sailed for the island with a cargo of lumber to be used in the construction of the new home for the Caire family.”



April 23, 1910 [SBI]: “Island bungalow a thing of beauty. When the Caire family of San Francisco opens its new bungalow near Prisoners’ Harbor on Santa Cruz Island, it will be able to boast of a unique and many ways the most beautiful summer home in the United States… Contractor A. J. Avery today gave out some details of the new house, which show that it will be out of the ordinary in several particulars. It will contain 16 rooms, most of which will be bedrooms for the use of the Caire family and guests. The feature of the house will be an immense living room with a large fireplace, hardwood floor and beamed ceiling. This will run along the entire length of the house. At the rear will be a patio or courtyard with seats, shrubbery and a fountain. The interior will be finished in ornamental beaver board. There will be extensive bathroom accommodations. The exterior will be finished with drop siding and French windows. The building will cover a space of almost 400 running feet, or nearly 100 [sic] feet square. The power schooner Santa Cruz is expected today with a load of sheep, and will leave Monday morning with Mr. Avery, who will take over a camp outfit and a force of cement then and carpenters. The new bungalow will connect at one end with a separate building in which the dining room will be located. The other end will connect with the present ranch house. Mr. Caire has told his friends here that he will use the house as a summer residence and for entertaining.”



July 29, 1910 [SBI]: “Completes bungalow on Santa Cruz Island. Contractor A. J. Avery has returned from Santa Cruz Island, where for the past three months he has been building an 18-room bungalow for the Caire family on the main ranch. Mr. Caire of San Francisco is now on the island, and the new house will soon be opened by a house party of San Francisco people. It will be used only by the Caires, as there are already two houses for the ranch manager and the workmen. Mr. Avery said that the old adobe and brick ranch house is to be razed. This house was built more than 50 years ago by Dr. Shaw who then owned the island. Dr. Shaw lived in the house adjoining the Potter Theatre. After he sold the island it finally came into possession of a French company, which paid $100,000 for it. It is said the Caires would not take $2,500,000 for the island.”



December 27, 1910 [SBMP]: “Building house. The Caires are building another ranch house on their big island property, Santa Cruz. THis is located near the west end of the island, above Forney's Cove.”



January 21, 1911 [PRP]: “Howard Cattle Sale. The Howard Cattle Sale, which took place on Friday, January 13, at Fred Chase's yard in San Francisco, did not bring the prices that the animals deserved. The average price was only $135, while the year previous the same animals averaged $174... The following is the list of buyers and prices: ... Butterfly Prince, calved September 1908, A. J. Caire, $130... Lord Irwin, calved October 1908, A. J. Caire, $130... Lively Lad, calved August 23, 1909, A. J. Caire, $135...”



April 23, 1911 [SBMP]: “The power schooner Santa Cruz left yesterday for the island of that name. On her was A. J. Caire, one of the owners of the island. He was accompanied by an employee of the Ealand Packing Company, and on the return, a cargo of about 200 sheep, which will be selected by Mr. Caire, will be brought over.”



August 22, 1911 [SBMP]: “The Caire family has come down from San Francisco and is summering on Santa Cruz Island, which they own. They recently erected a very attractive home in the interior of the island and often entertain friends there.”



September 5, 1911 [SBMP]: “Extensive improvements are to be made on Santa Cruz Island. Mr. Avery, a local contractor, left this morning on the island schooner Santa Cruz with a load of lumber for Scorpion, where he will build a bungalow, which the Caire family will use for a summer residence. When this work is completed, he will go to the main ranch, where a spacious dining room will be built.”



September 30, 1911 [SBMP]: “A. J. Caire and family, a party of nine, left yesterday for their home in San Francisco. They have been passing the summer on their island ranch, Santa Cruz.”



October 11, 1911 [SBMP]: “The island schooner Santa Cruz came over yesterday with the Caire family and relatives, who immediately left by train for San Francisco. The Santa Cruz also had aboard 100 sheep for Santa Barbara. She sailed again this morning with a crew of twenty men to handle the grape crop on the island and work in the winery.”



January 11, 1912 [SBMP]: “Overstock of island sheep cause worry. Good rains would restore confidence in ability to handle herds. Two representatives of the Caire estate are in Santa Barbara, having been sent here by the administrators of the estate to investigate the report that thousands of sheep are dying on Santa Cruz Island...”



January 13, 1912 [SBMP]: “W. E. Staunton and R. H. Dunn of San Francisco, who are interested in extensive sheep raising in Nevada, returned yesterday from Santa Cruz Island where they went with a view of purchasing a large number of sheep belonging to the Caire estate...”



May 19, 1912 [SBMP]: “55,000 sheep on island to be sold to Nevada ranchmen. Caires will clean their big trans-channel ranch of wool producers... Yesterday a number of ranchmen from various parts of the states arrived here, and will be met today by representatives of the Caire estate, and taken to the island for the purpose of completing the details for the gigantic negotiations — it being probably the largest sale of livestock ever effected in this county... None of the Caires being here yesterday, it was impossible to gain accurate information as to the intentions of the owners of the island, but it is assumed that they will follow the example of Vail & Vickers who own Santa Rosa Island and devote their ranges to cattle.”



May 22, 1912 [SBMP]: “Rumors come from San Francisco, the home of the Caires who own Santa Cruz Island, that there may be important developments in store for their island domain, following the removal of the 55,000 sheep recently sold to various packing companies and ranchmen of this state and Nevada. Just what this pending development may be, no one in this city pretends to know. Some of the members of the Caire family may be here the latter part of the week, when the sheep buyers are expected to return from the island...”



May 29, 1912 [SBMP]: “Representatives of the Caire estate are now at Santa Cruz Island in connection with the recent sale of all the sheep on the island ranch, estimated at 55,000 head. The shipments by schooner to Santa Barbara and thence by rail to various coast and Nevada points will begin in about a week.”



May 31, 1912 [SBMP]: “Santa Cruz Island may become property of church. Interesting rumor offers explanation for sale of livestock.. Wine to the value of $100,000 shipped this week by Caire estate. Movement of sheep will begin soon. Company has steadfastly refused to consider the sale of island domain.”



June 9, 1912 [SBMP]: “The first shipment of sheep from Santa Cruz Island to the mainland, under the recent sale of the entire stock, arrived yesterday, more than 1500 head being transported across the channel on the steam schooner Carlos. Here they were unloaded at the railroad wharf and driven to the Southern Pacific corrals alongside the spur track by the lumberyard. The shipments by rail may begin today. The sheep have been sold to various markets. Another cargo of sheep is expected today, and then there may be no more shipments until June 23rd, when the work will be taken up in earnest, and two trips a day may be made from Prisoners’ Harbor to Santa Barbara. From 40,000 to 50,000 head will be moved. There will also be large shipments of wool. The reports that the island might be bequeathed to a Catholic Church are not yet confirmed by the Caires, and others who claim to know say that the rumors are unfounded. That the present movement of personal property is in preparation for the subdivision of the island is another interesting report.”



June 13, 1912 [SBI]: “Rumors which have been circulating for some time that Santa Cruz Island would be turned over to the Catholic church some time in the future were denied by A. J. Caire, one of the owners, while on his way to San Francisco. ‘I heard the report,’ said Mr. Caire, ‘and immediately telegraphed my brother in Oakland to find out where it had originated. He answered saying that there was no truth in it and as I had never authorized such a statement you may rest assured there is nothing in it. The island is family property and we are not even trying to sell it.’ So far nearly 30,000 head of sheep have been brought to the mainland from the island, and another big shipment is expected June 23.”



July 6, 1912 [SBMP]: “Resumption in the movement of Santa Cruz Island sheep to the mainland will begin Monday or Tuesday according to advices received by President Frank Smith of Stearn's Wharf Company from W. H. Roche, who purchased the 50,000 head of sheep from the Caire estate. From 12,000 to 15,000 sheep will be transported across the channel next week.”



July 10, 1912 [SBMP]: “A. J. Caire, who arrived with his family in Santa Barbara yesterday to pass the remainder of the summer on Santa Cruz Island, stated that it was news to him to read that the property might eventually go to the Catholic church. It was in this connection rumored that Mrs. A. C. Caire, the mother, was in poor health and that she had provided for the island becoming church property after her death. Mrs. Caire is evidently in good health as she plans to come to Santa Barbara next week and will join the others on the island. ‘I suppose much romance and mystery is made of present operations because the property is an island,’ said Mr. Caire last night. ‘There have been many exaggerations in regard to recent operations. Formerly we shipped our sheep to San Francisco direct, and this is the first time we have brought them to Santa Barbara. I do not believe the round up will result in nearly as many sheep as has been reported. At that we are only shipping the surplus. Mr. Caire, however, somewhat qualified his statement as to the number to be shipped by saying he did not know how many sheep there were on the island. ‘I hope there are as many as have been reported,’ he added. Mr. and Mrs. Caire and their five [three] children will go to the island this afternoon on the Santa Rosa schooner.”



July 1912 [SBMP]: “A. J. Caire, who arrived with his family in Santa Barbara yesterday to pass the remainder of the summer on Santa Cruz Island, stated that it was news to him to read that the property might eventually go to the Catholic church…”



July 18, 1912 [SBMP]: “...Mrs. A. C. Caire, who arrived in Santa Barbara Tuesday, planning to take the ship over to the island to pass the remainder of the summer there with the family of her son, A. J. Caire...”



July 23, 1912 [SBMP]: “Board of Equalization finally raises assessment of Santa Cruz Island to $233,000... The mirage of mystery and romance that hovers over Santa Cruz Island was lifted for a few minutes yesterday, when A. J. Caire, principal owner, was before the county board of equalization to oppose the proposed raise of the assessment of the real property from $186,620. Caire insisted that the original figure was all that the actual value of the property justifies... Mr. Caire, when pressed for what he considered the actual cash value of the island, said he had recently purchased on the basis of $400,000 for the entire property, but he considered that too much. Asked for data as to the character of the 58,423 acres with which he is assessed, Mr. Caire said that there were 50,000 acres that were not worth a dollar an acre; being what might be classified as fourth grade grazing land, some of it simply patches of rock...”



September 18, 1912 [SBMP]: “An Italian employed by the Caires on Santa Cruz Island [Pietro Noceti] was drowned this week while engaging in gathering abalone. The man was out in a rowboat when this capsized. As the boat turned, the floundering man was struck on the head and sunk from view. The body had not been recovered when fishermen left for the mainland yesterday afternoon.”



October 2, 1912 [SBMP]: “A. J. Caire and family, who have been spending several weeks at their Santa Cruz Island home, left last evening for San Francisco.”



March 2, 1913 [SBMP]: “According to a San Francisco dispatch, there is discord in the wealthy Caire family which owns Santa Cruz Island. Edmund A. Rossi, husband of Amelie Rossi, daughter of the founder of the Caire fortune, has brought action against other members of the family to compel a dissolution of the Santa Cruz Island Company, the assets of which are values at $200,000. It is very probable that A. J. Caire knows nothing about the bringing of the suit. He was in Santa Barbara about ten days ago, but has been over to the island for sometime. The suit was filed while he was absent from San Francisco. Mr. Caire has been giving attention to the island interests more than any other member of the family.”



March 23, 1913 [SBMP]: “Santa Cruz Island involved in suit. Suit for seven shares of the stock of the Santa Cruz Island Company, owned principally by the Caire family, has been filed in superior court of San Francisco by Aglae S. Capuccio, a trustee and stock holder, who asks that a receiver be appointed to convert the assets of the corporation into cash and distribute to each stockholder his pro rata share. The defendants are A. J. Caire, Fred F. Caire, Albina C. S. Caire and Delphine A. Caire, who comprise the board of directors, and Helen A. Caire and Edmund A. Rossi, stockholder. The plaintiff alleges that disputes among the directors have led to the necessity for closing out the corporation. The company was formed in 1869 to engage in stock raising on Santa Cruz Island in the Santa Barbara Channel.”



March 26, 1914 [SBMP]: “Captain Vasquez takes a party of ten men, laborers, to the Caire ranch to Prisoners’ Harbor today on the Otter. He will return to the mainland this evening.”



June 13, 1913 [SBDN]: “Rumors which have been circulated for some time that Santa Cruz Island would be turned over to the Catholic church some time in the future were denied by A. J. Caire, one of the owners, while on his way to San Francisco. ‘I heard the report,’ said Mr. Caire, ‘and immediately telegraphed my brother in Oakland to find out where it had originated. He answered saying that there was no truth in it—as I had never authorized such a statement you may rest assured there is nothing in it. The island is family property and we are not even trying to sell it.’ So far nearly 80,000 head of sheep have been brought to the mainland from the island, and another big shipment is expected June 23.”



June 20, 1913 [SBMP]: “A. J. Caire and family are expected here within a few days to go to the island to spend the summer in the attractive bungalows constructed for them two years ago.”



September 24, 1913 [SBDN]: “’The Caire Company does not contemplate any large improvement at Santa Cruz Island within the near future,’ said A. J. Caire, president of the corporation which owns the beautiful island off from Santa Barbara this morning. ‘The time is not ripe. I have had several propositions offered me, and I have made a careful investigation of the island resort business as carried on at Catalina and elsewhere, and after considering the prospects with relation to Santa Cruz, we all are of one mind, that to make a modern resort at the island would not be a wise step at this time.’ Mr. Caire referred to the four or five hours’ trip which would be required to make the run from San Pedro, and other Los Angeles ports to the island, and that only by establishing a service with such a large center of population as Los Angeles could success for an island resort be possible. Mr. Caire arrived here last night and registered at the Raffour House. He came south to take charge of the floating of the schooner Santa Cruz, which is aground off the Rincon. He left this morning with Captain Vasquez aboard the Otter for the stranded vessel. A thorough investigation will be made, with a view of deciding what steps to take to float the schooner. A tug has been chartered at San Pedro for the work. Captain Vasquez reported to Mr. Caire that while the keel of the Santa Cruz is going, that the vessel is not breaking to pieces, and could be saved. He stated that the beach is sandy where the Santa Cruz rests, though there may be rocks beneath her hull. Captain Vasquez does not regard her condition as precarious.”



September 25, 1913 [SBDN]: “That the schooner Santa Cruz will be pulled from the rocks at Rincon today is the belief of A. J. Caire, of the Santa Cruz Island Company, owner of the schooner. A tug from San Pedro arrived this morning. The stranded vessel has been loaded with casks and barrels which will float her, and keep her from sinking while the tug tows her back to the dry dock at San Pedro. This morning the Gussie M, having aboard a supply of barrels, lumber and tackle, and carrying Captain George Nidever of the Santa Cruz, left here for the wreck. Nidever will take charge of the stranded schooner again.”



October 2, 1913 [SBDN]: “The schooner Santa Cruz may be saved by building a dry dock about her, and after making the necessary repairs, slide her into deep water by the use of the ways. While A. J. Caire is here superintending the work of rescue, Captain George Nidever is personally in charge, and maintains confidence that the boat will yet be saved. John Williamson, the local contractor, has been engaged to repair the ship.”



October 20, 1914 [SBDNI]: “Dr. T. A. Stoddard is expected home late this afternoon from attending A. J. Caire, president of the Santa Cruz Island Company, whose leg was broken yesterday when a horse fell on him. The physician has been in attendance on the injured man all day, at the island.”



October 21, 1914 [SBMP]: “A. J. Caire, president of the Justinian Caire Company, was severely injured yesterday on the island when a horse fell on him. A power boat was immediately dispatched to the mainland and Dr. T. A. Stoddard left late yesterday afternoon for across the channel. The exact nature of the injuries can only be determined upon examination.”





October 21, 1914 [SBMP]: “A. J. Caire was brought to St. Francis hospital yesterday afternoon, suffering from a fractured leg. Mr. Caire, who is president of the Santa Cruz Island Company, suffered an accident Monday when he fell with a horse. Dr. T. A. Stoddard went to the island in the evening and set the fracture and had Mr. Caire brought to the mainland.”





October 21, 1914 [LAT/SB]: “A. J. Caire, president of the Justinian Caire Company of San Francisco, owners of Santa Cruz Island, had a thrilling time coming from the island to Santa Barbara today, being brought on a stretcher because of a shattered leg sustained when thrown from a horse yesterday. The ocean pitched the boat heavily, and when the vessel reached the city it could not dock because of the mountainous swells. Mr. Caire had to be lifted into a small boat, and every instant was in danger of being thrown into the sea. The sailors fought a plucky battle with the seething waves to get him ashore.”



October 21, 1914 [SBDNI]: “A. J. Caire with broken leg landed at wharf with difficulty. After Dr. T. A. Stoddard and many of the injured man’s employees had risked their lives bringing him here from Santa Cruz Island surmounting enough difficulties to furnish several exciting chapters for one of Jack London’s or Rex Beach’s novels. A. J. Caire, president of the Santa Cruz Island Company, is recovering today at the St. Francis Hospital from injuries and shock sustained when his right leg was broken below the knee, at 11 o’clock Monday morning, when a spirited horse he was trying to mount, circled and threw him heavily to the ground, at Middle Ranch on the island…”



October 22, 1914 [SBDNI]: “A. J. Caire, president of the Santa Cruz Island Company, was reported this afternoon at the St. Francis Hospital to be improving steadily, and in good condition. Mr. Caire is suffering from a broken right leg caused Monday by a fall from a horse at the island. Mr. Caire will be unable to leave the hospital for three weeks.”



November 12, 1914 [SBDNI]: “A. J. Caire, president of the Santa Cruz Island Company, is recovering nicely at the St. Francis Hospital from a broken leg. He was taken to the hospital several weeks ago. The broken bone is knitting together steadily, and he will be able to leave the hospital in a short time. Mr. Caire was accidentally thrown from a horse, breaking his leg below the knee. He is able to make is way about in a wheel chair at the hospital.”



1915: “Through the courtesy of our distinguished fellow-member, Mr. Joseph Mailliard, and his friend, Mr. Arturo Caire, one of the present owners of Santa Cruz Island, I was permitted to spend nearly three weeks, viz. April 3rd to 22nd, with my son William, on this enchanted spot…” » Dawson, William Leon Supposed New Records for Santa Cruz Island in Condor 17:5 (203-204) September-October 1915.



March 24, 1915 [SBMP]: “Herman Norden of Paris, France and a half dozen other guests of the Potter Hotel went to Santa Cruz Island last Monday on Captain Ira K. Eaton's power schooner, the Sea Wolf. The party landed at Prisoners’ Harbor and explored the many beautiful spots of that region so little visited by excursionists in general, and also visited the Caire ranch, inland…”



March 27, 1915 [SBMP]: “Shearers to island. Unless deterred by unfavorable weather, the power schooner Santa Cruz will take a force over to Prisoners' Harbor today or tomorrow to get things ready for sheep shearing on the Caire ranch, this work to begin within a week or ten days.”



May 1, 1915 [SBMP]: “Yesterday the power schooner Santa Cruz came over from Prisoners’ Harbor for supplies for the Caire ranch.”



May 9, 1915 [SBMP]: “Arthur J. Caire of San Francisco, manager of the Caire estate, is a guest at the Raffour House on a visit of inspection of Santa Cruz Island, one of the princely possessions of his family. Mr. Caire will go to the island tomorrow and will probably remain there for ten days or two weeks. He reports that the affairs of the island are in satisfactory condition. Sheep shearing, which has been in progress for three weeks, will take as much longer before the finish. The wet weather has interfered somewhat with the gathering of the sheep, but it is thought that the trouble is now ended. The clip is very good, and the grass on the range is reported excellent and plentiful. The Company has 200 acres in wine grapes and the vines are in fine condition. The stocks of the wine cellars have been nearly depleted, the last delivery being to the steamer Santa Clara for the San Francisco buyers, one day last week, consisting of 93 puncheons of about 160 gallons each.”



May 10, 1915 [SBDNI]: “For the purpose of inspecting the estate property on Santa Cruz Island, Arthur J. Caire, manager of the Caire estate, is passing this week at the island, looking over the big ranch which is one of the Caire family’s large realty holdings in California. Mr. Caire said sheep shearing will continue for three weeks, wet weather having delayed it. The Santa Cruz Island Company, by which name the Caire ranch is known, has 200 acres of wine grapes under cultivation. The company’s wine cellars are nearly depleted, several large consignments of wine having been sent north recently for San Francisco buyers. The Santa Clara took 93 puncheons, of 100 gallons each, north last week.”



May 11, 1915 [SBMP]: “Arthur Caire went to Prisoners’ Harbor yesterday afternoon on the Caire power schooner Santa Cruz.”



June 19, 1915 [SBDNI]: “That the camps on Santa Cruz Island are to be more popular this summer than ever before is indicated by the already growing rush to the island, where every day sees new arrivals, some to spend a goodly portion of the season… ‘Some day we will build a big hotel on the island and outrival Catalina,’ says A. J. Caire, but while the Caire family have these plans formulating they say that these building operations must be far into the future unless there is an unusual development of the county which will make a big population from which to attract visitors to the island’…”



May 15, 1915 [SBMP]: “Island building campaign on for entire summer. Contractor with fifteen men leave for Santa Cruz Island. Sailing yesterday afternoon for Santa Cruz Island, contractor A. J. Avery and a force of fifteen men go prepared for an all-summer’s building campaign for the Caire estate. These operations will include the construction of silos and barns on various of the island ranches, camp first being established at the west end of the island, then on the east end, and finally at the middle ranch, where there are nearly 300 acres of alfalfa and hundreds of other acres suitable to the cultivation of corn. The island company is not engaged in the dairy business, but has large herds of beef cattle. The silos will store the corn and the barns will hold the hay crop that is said to be unusually large this year. Three years ago, Mr. Avery built a fine bungalow on the island, where members of the Caire family spend their summers.”



June 8, 1915 [SBMP]: “Yesterday the power schooner Santa Cruz came over for lumber and supplies for the various Caire camps on the island.”



July 16, 1915 [SBMP]: “The steam schooner Helen P. Drew is on her way from a northern port with 60,000 feet of pine lumber for the Caire estate, Santa Cruz Island, shipped through the Santa Barbara Lumber Company.”



June 29, 1915 [SBMP]: “The power schooner Santa Cruz, which came over from Prisoners’ Harbor last Sunday, sailed for the same port yesterday afternoon with supplies for the Caire ranches.”



August 14, 1915 [SBMP]: “Mr. and Mrs. F. Caire, Mrs. A. J. Caire and their families, left Santa Cruz Island yesterday for their home in San Francisco yesterday.”



August 25, 1915 [SBMP]: “A. J. Avery is getting toward the finish of important building and repair operations on which he has been engaged for several months on the Caire Santa Cruz Island property. He has built three large silos, one at the west end and the other at the east end of the island, and in different localities three large barns and one cottage, besides making extensive repairs here and there.”



September 12, 1915 [SBMP]: “Yesterday morning the power schooner Santa Cruz went to Prisoners’ Harbor, Santa Cruz Island, with supplies for the Caire ranch.”



November 21, 1915 [SBMP]: “The power schooner Santa Cruz returned yesterday morning from San Pedro, where she had been given her annual overhauling and repainting. She ‘looked like new,’ and made a very neat appearance as she sailed out in the afternoon for Prisoners’ Harbor with a load of supplies for the Caire ranch.”



March 2, 1916 [SBMP]: “A. J. Caire of San Francisco, head of the Caire Estate Company, owner of Santa Cruz Island, came over from Prisoners' Harbor last Tuesday night and left for Los Angeles yesterday, expecting to go from there direct to San Francisco. Before leaving for the south, Mr. Caire stated that things on the island were looking as well as he had ever seen them. There is a very great abundance of grass on the ranges, and all livestock is in the most flourishing condition. The main products of the island are in the line of wool, wine, and cattle, and in all of these Mr. Caire looks for the best season known in years.”



March 3, 1916 [SBMP]: “The power schooner Santa Cruz, which came from Prisoners' Harbor last Tuesday to bring A. J. Caire to the mainland, returned to her home port yesterday, laden with freight recently brought by steamer from San Francisco for the Caire ranch and a large quantity of supplies.”



March 17, 1916 [SBMP]: “Oologists go on expedition. Santa Cruz Island is not a very far country, but it harbors some interesting and but little known birds, and two gentlemen, working under special permission granted by Don Arturo Caire, are commissioned to bring back both skins and eggs of several species peculiar to the island...”



April 1, 1916 [SBMP]: “The power schooner Santa Cruz is on this side of the channel, and today she will sail for Prisoners' Harbor with a force of men to get ready for the shearing on the Caire ranch...”



April 4, 1916 [SBMP]: “The power schooner Santa Cruz left for Prisoners' Harbor Sunday with 25 sheep shearers for the spring shearing on the Caire Ranch. There was a large crowd of the friends of the shearers at the wharf to see the boys start.”



July 29, 1916 [SBMP]: “…Mrs. Justinian Caire and her sons, Arthur and Fred, with their families, are at the middle ranch where they generally spend their summers and are having the usual enjoyable experience.”



October 26, 1916 [SCICo]: “The schooner left for Santa Barbara on October 21st at 8:03 A.M., with Mrs. A. C. S. Caire and Miss D. Caire, and returned to the island on October 23rd at 3:40 P.M.”



August 15, 1917 [SBMP]: “A. J. Caire and family, who have been spending this summer at Santa Cruz Island, returned last evening to their home in Oakland. Mr. Caire is one of the owners of the Caire estate, including the Channel Island.”



August 15, 1917 [SBDN]: “A. J. Caire and family, who have been spending the summer on Santa Cruz Island, have returned to their home in Oakland. Mr. Caire is a member of the Caire family, which has large holdings on the Channel Islands.”



June 23, 1918 [SBDN]: “Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Caire with a nurse and their children and those of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Caire, left this morning in the Santa Cruz Island schooner for the island to spend several weeks. They came down from San Francisco Sunday, stopping at the Raffour House. Each summer the Caires spend the summer on Santa Cruz Island, which they own.”



February 22, 1919 [Sausalito News]: “Santa Cruz Island case to be tried. Inter family suit ailed by Mrs. A. S. Capuccio asks partition of grant. Santa Barbara — The historic days of the Spanish don, when valuable land grants were bestowed freely by the Mexican Government, are recalled in the litigation of Santa Cruz Island now ready for trial in the Superior court here. Suit has been filed against Arthur Caire of San Francisco, his mother, Delphine Caire, and his brother, Fred F. Caire, by Mrs. Aglae S. Capuccio, a sister, who demands the partition of the whole Santa Cruz Island, which is now ion possession of the Caire family. Mrs. Capuccio demands the partition of the island so that she may come into possession of the value of her interest, it is said, which consists of seven shares of the 100 shares of the Santa Cruz Island Company. She further charges the defendants with conspiring to prevent the winding up of the affairs of the corporation, which was dissolved in 1911 when it failed to pay its taxes, and in keeping control of the company and thereby preventing her from obtaining any revenue made by the defendants. The value of the Santa Cruz Island now is placed at more than $1,000,000, and in asking the partition, the plaintiff sets the counsel fee at $75,000 and asks that all costs, including these fees, be paid by the parties interested in the island.”



December 16, 1919 [SBMP]: “The Santa Cruz Island schooner, Santa Cruz, arrived yesterday afternoon for a load of supplies for the cattlemen and other employees on the island.”



November 21, 1922 [ODC]: “Santa Cruz Isle to be partitioned, 14 parts. Santa Barbara, Nov. 21 — Partitioning of Santa Cruz Island, in keeping with an order of the Supreme Court, started Monday. Former County Surveyor F. F. Flournoy, George W. McComber and Frank M. Whitney, all local men named by the court to make the division, today took their oath before County Clerk C. A. Hunt and leave for that island Monday morning. Their first move in the task while will require a full twelve months will take them on a cruise about the island to check up on the general contour and locate bays and streams. After that they will establish permanent camp and start on a foot tour to locate all the fresh water sources, look over and map the tillable land, the grazing land and timber areas. The island must be divided into fourteen parts, each part equal in value for division among the fourteen heirs in keeping with the court's ruling in the suit of Aglae S. Capuccio, daughter of the late Justinian Caire, whose estate held control of the island. Mrs. Capuccio brought suit against her brother, Arthur J. Caire, as head of the Santa Cruz Island Company, to secure the partitioning...”



January 9, 1923 [SBMP]: “Santa Cruz Island case up again for new court ruling. The Santa Cruz Island subdivision case bobbed up again in the superior court yesterday when an amended motion for order of instructions to referees was made by the defendants in the case of Aglae S. Capuccio against Arthur J. Caire and others. The original motion asking that the court instruct the referees, F. F. Flournoy, F. M. Whitney, and George W. McComber, not to go to great expense and to take orders from none except the court itself in subdividing the island in accordance with a decree upheld by the Supreme Court, was to have been ruled on January 15. The amended motion filed yesterday was taken under advisement by the court.”



January 14, 1923 [SBMP]: “Santa Cruz Island case up for order to three referees. The postponed motion of Aglae S. Capuccio against Arthur J. Caire and others asking court instruction to the referees appointed to subdivide Santa Cruz Island will be heard in the superior court of Judge S. C. Crow tomorrow morning, according to the calendar. The Supreme Court recently upheld the order of Judge Crow authorizing a subdivision in favor of Mrs. Capuccio against the Caire interests who control five-sevenths of the stock of the defunct corporation. The motion for instruction to the referees, Frank F. Flournoy, F. M. Whitney and George W. McComber was made by the Caire trustees, and asks that expense of subdivision be curtailed. The motion was filed some time ago, the day before actual work was to start.”



March 13, 1923 [SBMP]: “New attempt to halt island partition. Caire estate appeals lost motion seeking to curb referees. Another step, aimed at to hold up the partition of Santa Cruz Island, was taken yesterday when the Caire interests, chief owners, filed a bill of exception, appealing to the higher court from the ruling of Judge S. E. Crow, which denied a motion to instruct the referees in the matter of expenses and making maps. In the motion made by F. P. Deering of San Francisco, it was claimed that existing maps and plats of the island are sufficient for the purpose of participation. The motion also asked that the court instruct the referees, Frank F. Flournoy, George W. McComber and H. J. Doulton, to take orders from none but the court in making the survey. It was held by the Caire interests in this motion that unnecessary expense will be incurred unless the referees are restrained by the court, and it was also requested that the referees first view the island and then report as to whether or not it can be partitioned without great prejudice to all parties. The motion, denied by Judge S. E. Crow, also asked that 86 percent of the island be set apart, intact, for the Caire estate, should it be found that a partition is advisable. The original motion was made in the superior court here last December after the Supreme Court had upheld Judge Crow’s decree ordering the partition. As the referees have started work on the island it is not believed that the appeal, instituted yesterday, will delay matters.”



March 13, 1923 [SBMP]: “Government may own portion of Santa Cruz Island under Mexican grant and patents. Research shows maps and plats in conflict, but over 3,000 acres uncovered by land patents; excess areas cause speculation. The United States government has claim to a portion of Santa Cruz Island. This became known last week when preliminary work was done preparatory to the sailing of the referees yesterday morning to start a partition of the island under decree of the Santa Barbara superior court, upheld by the Supreme Court, in the case of Aglae S. Capuccio vs. Arthur J. Caire, and others. Under the terms of the settlement, the Capuccio interests will be assigned two-sevenths of the estate and the Caire estate the remainder. One of the first questions to be considered by the referees, Frank F. Flournoy, George W. McComber and H. J Doulton, is how much of the island is contained in the original land grant...”



September 3, 1924 [SBMP]: “Isle partition truce reached. Resumption of Surveys for division of Santa Cruz property planned. Decision to complete the partition of Santa Cruz Island in accordance with an order given by Superior Judge S. E. Crow and sustained by the Supreme Court was reached by the referees yesterday, according to Frank F. Flournoy. Mr. Flournoy, George W. McComber and H. J. Doulton were appointed to survey and divide the island between contesting owners and had completed about half the work when the suit was reopened in the federal courts. Mr. Flournoy and a party of engineers will leave for the island today and remain a week, he announced yesterday. The petition of the partitioners to the superior court to be allowed expenses for the work already done was continued until next Monday by Judge Crow yesterday. Suit to partition the 58,000-acre island was started by Aglae S. Capuccio, representing two-sevenths of the owners, against Arthur J. Caire, representing the other trustees of the defunct Santa Cruz Island corporation. The island company lost its corporation rights in 1911 by failure to pay the state tax and soon after that Mrs. Capuccio started her long fight to obtain control over her portion of the huge estate and the right to improve or sell it. Mr. Flournoy said yesterday that the partitioners are acting entirely on their own initiative in rushing the work of completion without awaiting the outcome of the suit in the federal courts.”



October 2, 1924 [SBMP]: “The survey of Santa Cruz Island which was ordered four years ago by the Superior Court will be completed in about 30 days, as soon as field notes are transcribed and maps completed, Frank F. Flournoy announced yesterday upon his return from the island. Mr. Flournoy is one of the three referees appointed by Judge Crow to settle the dispute over subdivision of the island. H. J. Doulton and George McComber will assist Mr. Flournoy in allotting two-sevenths of the island to the heirs represented by Mrs. A. Capuccio, while remaining portions will go to the faction headed by Arthur J. Caire. Mrs. Capuccio has announced her intention of improving the portion of the island allotted to her and possibly selling it. The division will be made so as to allow her two-sevenths of the appraised value of the island, including harbors and agricultural land.”



December 28, 1924 [SBMP]: “Island report will be read. Santa Cruz referees are scheduled to appear in court tomorrow. The final report of the referees on partitioning of Santa Cruz Island will be made to Superior Judge S. E. Crow tomorrow afternoon and set for hearing, according to the court calendar. The filing of the report will be the signal for another court battle in the seven years’ litigation to determine whether or not Mrs. Aglae S. Capuccio has a right to dispose of her one-seventh share of the island as she sees fit. Mrs. Capuccio has been upheld in her suit against the Caire estate by Judge Crow and the Supreme Court has confirmed his judgment. Frank F. Flournoy, H. J. Doulton and George W. McComber were appointed by the court to partition the 60,000-acre island as a basis for setting aside Mrs. Capuccio’s separate estate. It is this report which is due to be submitted to the court tomorrow.”



December 30, 1924 [SBMP]: “Island partition report postponed. The report of the referees on the partition of Santa Cruz Island was indefinitely postponed by Superior Judge S. E. Crow yesterday when he ordered the matter dropped from the calendar to be restored on five-days’ notice. The referees, Frank F. Flournoy, H. J. Doulton and George W. McComber, have completed their final report.”



February 10, 1925 [SBMP]: “Island report to be heard tomorrow. The hearing on the referees report on partitioning Santa Cruz Island will open in the superior court at 10 o’clock tomorrow morning when the contesting parties will be represented by San Francisco attorneys. The referees, Frank F. Flournoy, George W. McComber and H. J. Doulton, have retained attorney William J. Griffith to represent them in court in an effort to obtain their fee and expense allowance of approximately $28,000. The extreme east end of the island has been set aside by the referees to Mrs. Aglae S. Capuccio and Edmund Rossi, who, according to their attorneys, expect to develop it as soon as the referees’ report is accepted.”



February 27, 1925 [SBMP]: “Island suit peace seen. Two owners pay share of cost of dividing 62,000-acre tract. An early settlement of the suit over partitioning Santa Cruz Island was indicated yesterday when Mrs. Aglae S. Capuccio and Edmund A. Rossi paid their share of the cost of dividing the 62,000-acre estate between seven contesting parties. The significant part of the settlement made yesterday is the fact that court had allowed the parties 30 days after final acceptance of the referees’ report in which to pay the costs, and the final hearing has been set for argument on March 18. A receipt for $2372.58 was filed with the county clerk yesterday by Frank F. Flournoy, H. J. Doulton and George W. McComber. This amount covers costs only and does not include the shares of $37,500 commission already agreed to by the owners of the island. Mrs., Capuccio and Mr. Rossi have been allotted approximately 13,000 acres at the extreme east end of the island, but they have petitioned the court for an additional frontage between Prisoners’ Harbor and Punta Diablo, and for a public road between the east end of the island and Prisoners’ Harbor. The largest portion of the island, consisting of 51 percent of the total acreage, has been allotted to the estate of Mrs. Justinian Caire, who died in San Francisco several months ago. This property will be distributed to the heirs of her estate who are the other four contesting owners of the island.”



March 19, 1925 [SBMP]: “Court continues island hearing. Case will be reset by Crow next Monday; report also deferred. The hearing on the partitioning of Santa Cruz Island that was to have been held in the superior court yesterday morning was continued until next Monday, to be reset by Judge S. E. Crow on motion of attorney W. G. Griffith, representing the referees. Both the report of referees Frank F. Flournoy, George W. McComber and H. J. Doulton and the objection by Mrs. Aglae S. Capuccio and Edmund A. Rossi were continued yesterday.”



October 16, 1930 [SBMP]: “With 180 tons of grapes already unloaded in Santa Barbara from the Caire Ranch, the schooner Santa Cruz this morning will head for Santa Cruz Island to take on its seventh and final grape cargo of the year. The 30 tons of grapes to be brought here on the return trip will make a total of approximately 210 tons for the season, said by Captain Ira Eaton of the Santa Cruz, to be one of the largest annual shipments ever taken from the Caire Ranch.”