Los Angeles, Friday Feb 11- It rained a little during the night. Pack[ed] up preparatory to leaving for Santa Barbara. Then spent two hours at the Library reading Johnstone on Oceans. Both of his books are quite interesting reading. His "The Study of the Oceans" I must buy from library loan though there is much of a palaeog- graphic nature that I object to. Left on the Southern Pacific at 3.15 P. M. for Santa Barbara. Got here at 6.30 P.M. Los Angeles in the business part of the city is about as crowded as is New York City. Hotels and Restaurants galore. The buildings have a sky- line and more are allowed beyond 13 to 14 stories. The most conspicuous feature of L.A. is adver- tisement and unlimited (on the surface) faith in themselves. Rest in hotels for great numbers of old people, chiefly men. It is the climate that draws and if certain centre had [illegible] L.A.