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HENRYP, BARBoUR
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 TheRealtaBlue Book al Cal,ilotnia 303

r924-The Dag of the Realtor

ln Appreciation
Bgr HENRYP. BARBoUR
HE average Califomian looks back to the ],ear 1?69 as on€ of the
mosl impodani dlres of the eighreenrhcentury. h marked not
onll the coming o{ the firsr rpaltor i,t rhe personol a Franriscan
monk in_th€_pcrson oJ Fat"herJuniper.oSerl.a.btr sigraljzedlhe begin_
nrng 01 ( alrtornla. to thc rcallor 1924is almolt as imporlarr, for it
marks the culmination of etrort on the part of sptendid presidi:nts of
the Caljfornia Real Estste Association to lift a great f"iirress io lfre
Ievel of a profession. Nineteen hundred and tiventy-four is a yeai
when the spidt of the realtor js abroad. and the work done in the'nail
sixteenJ cars js taking effecras a rcsulr oi I he accomDlishments oi mv
emi'1pnl predpcpssors. Pasr Srarp Prcsident Francis Ferri.r. J. d.
I.'i\her,JosephR. Ho$ell. Daniet W. Carmichael,Frank X. Molt. C. C.
Juster.GcorgeJ. Wrpn. ceorgF A. Black W. W. Mines,W. L. Atkinson.
Mabr\ McMahan, Dewill H. cray. Fred E. Recd,r-. c. C. Talum end
Frazi€r O. Reed, with the efficient c operation of our managing
djrector and secretary,Gienn D. \ryilanlar.
The subjects covered and the fine a*icles that aDDearin the
pagesof this volumeaIe vlillen by prominenlrealtors,rpsidpninor
only in Califor-nia,but in other states. They show that the spirit of
the realtor aboundsthroughout the length and breadth of America,
and thetefore I considerthe issuanceof this book most timelv and
opporrunc.lr wril be hplpluland usetulro tl"emenendwom"nof this
new-borngiant profession-that of realtor.
Retwning, as the writer has from s recenttriD, uD and down the
state.sitting wirh and speakinglo somesixty reairy6oards,hcaring
on every hand praises for the work of the local realty boards in th;
settlem€ntof grievances,the personalapplicationby membersof the
GoldenRule of the Squale Deal, the new security to the public, the
feelingon the part of the widow and fhe orphan that thev had a new
protector,the many commentsof praise fol the work of the State
Real Estate Depadment and CommissionerEdwin T. Keiser,has l€d
me to feel most str-orgly the impulseof this newbom movement.and
perhapsbetter than any other man in Califomia I am in a positionto
say thst the m€n and wotnenin our caliing are taking the realtor in
e-amestin thesedays ol 1924. I, thvrefore, as pres:dentof the great
Cslifomia Real Estate Association,wish to complimentthe publ;hers
of this book reorr thejr' appreciation of the strength of this great
moveme_nt an-dtheir desireto help it along. A study of thesefages
now and a relerenceto them later will be of great aid to every reaftor
in the state, both from an educatioDaland inspirational viewpoinl
I therefore,congretulatethe editor and publishe;sof the Realty Blue
Book trpona most worthy and usefulproductioD.