''II[IHO'S WHO'' clohn G, Ziel

John G. Ziel, caIled "Jack" by his friends, was born in San Francisco in 1896. After graduation from Hitchock Nlilitary Academy in San Rafael he tvent to Europe, where he graduated from the University of Lausanne in Switzerland.

Some years after his return from Europe he entered the forbign trade field and in 1925 started business as an exporter of softwoods and importer of hardwoods with headquarters in San Francisco. Following an extended trip to the Orient where he spent considerable time learning the various phases of production of Japanese Oak, Birch and Beech and Philippine Mahogany, he acquired the agency in the United States for several fine Japanese Oak and Philippine Mahogany mills.

Ziel & Co. has the unique distinction of dating back through its original predecessor to 1849, as Ziel, Bertheau & Co. was first established as an import house in October, 1849, by Gustavus Ziel, grandlather of John G. Ziel. It is also interesting to note from documentary evidence contained in the archives of the Society of California Pioneers and in the San Francisco Public Library that the name has always been prominent on California Street, San Francisco. for Ziel, Bertheau & Co. originally had offices at 94 California Street, in 1856, at No. 72 and 74, in 1859 at No. 48, in 1861 at 122, where they remained until the death of Gustavus Ziel, who, by the way, was the first German consul in San Francisco. From that time on his son. Gustavus A. Ziel, father of John G. Ziel, carried on at 4N-422 Calif.ornia Street, changing the nature of the business to a general fire insurance agency and discarding the name "Bertheau.,, Insurance remained the major line from then on and the address again changed to 465 California Street, Merchants Exchange Building, until the entry of John G. Ziel into the lumber business at 16 California Street, where Ziel & Co. has made its home for some years.

Mr. Ziel was married to Miss Betty Merrill of Pasadena in January, 1934, and they have one daughter. They live in San Francisco but expect to make their home in Marin County in the near future. He is a member of the lJniversity Club and Meadow Golf Club, and his favorite sports are tennis and baseball. He is quite a linguist, speaking French and German fluently.

Retail News Notes

Ray Dewey, Concord Lumber Company, Con,cord, is back from a trip to the Middle West where he visited Lansing, Mich., Chicago and Minneapolis. On the return trip, he motored by way of the Black Hills in South Dakota and Idaho. Mrs. Dewey made the trip rvith him.

Frank McNulty, McNulty Lumber Company, San Bruno, is home from an automobile vacation tour that took in such grand scenic points as Banfi and Lake Louise in Canada, and Glacier and Yellowstone National parks.

Hayward Dill, manager of the Dill Banning, and Mrs. Dill, are making a

Lumber Company, tour of Europe.

Max Price, Ros.coe Lumber Co., Roscoe, is on a trip to South Dakota.

Frank Wells, Inglewood Lumber Company, Inglewood, has returned from Salem, Ore., where he attended a family reunion.

W. K. Veale and Frank from La Mers, Iowa, have iVIacKellip, retail lumber dealers been visiting in Los Angeles.

Robert Huston has been appointed secretary of the Sac_ ramento Lumbermen's Club, succeeding Harry pefley, who has been on the sick list. Mr. Huston was formerly with the. Hammond Lumber Company at Colton.

Charles C. Adams, San Bernardino retailer, was a recent Los Angeles visitor on company business.

National Holds Mid-Summer Meetings "Sug., Pine for Pefiect Patterns"

Mid-summer meetings of the National Lumber Manufacturers Association were held July 28, 29 and 3O at the Curtis Hotel, Minneapolis. On the 28th there were sessions of the annual meeting of the Timber Engineering Company; meetings of sales managers; and of the Advisory Committee. On July D the Executive Committee met with the sales manag'ers; and on July 30 the Executive Committee had its own session.

Chairman of Standing Committees and members of the Advisory Committee, it is understood, were invited to meet with the Executive Committee.

Topics for discussion included the general subject of trade promotion for hardwoods and softwoods, the further development of the small home building program, and current legislation such as the wage and hour bill, tariff and taxation bills, foreign trade agreements. The National Conservation program report was discussed and recommendations of Standing Committees considered.

Governor Merriam Signs Bills

The following bills passed at the last session of the California legislature which afiect the building industry have been signed by Governor Merriam:

A. B. No.3, effe,ctive August 27,which amends the "IJnfair Trade Practice A'ct"; A. B. No. 459, effective Augtrst 27, amending Section 7lO of. the C' C. P. relating to execution on money due from a governmental agency to a judgment debtor; A. B. No.506, effective January l, 1938, which changes the exemption under the unemployment insurance act from 8 to 4; A. B. No. 1218, effective January 1, 1938, a truck bill setting up a table of weight fees of $4O, $50 and $70, and the classification will be based on the gross weight of loaded trucks;

S. B, No. 953. efiective at once, which amends the present Transportation Act and clarifies the section pertaining to the transportation of property on a person's own tru'ck'

Back From Eastern Trip

Edric E. Bro$'n, manager of the Bark Products Division of The Pacific Lumber Company, San Francisco, has returned from spending six weeks in the Eastern States'

Portland, Oregon, July 6th-"Sugar Pine for Perfect Patterns" is the title of an attractive new booklet just off the press, according to an announcement by the Western Pine Association. For generations pattern makers depended on Northern White Pine for their exacting softwood requirements but in recent years increasing quantities of Sugar Pine and Idaho White Pine, both genuine White Pines, have been used almost exclusively for their softwood pattern requirements. Sugar Pine for patterns, as well as for core boxes and foundry flasks, is meeting with great favor among Amdrican foundrymen. It has developed into one of the most important industrial outlets for this wood. The availability of Sugar Pine in thick, wide clear lumber of standard sizes has been an important factor in attaining widespread popularity with pattern makers.

This interesting 2Gpage booklet is profusely illustrated with unusual examples of Sugar Pine patterns for Boulder Dam, Fort Peck Dam, the U. S. Sea-Going Hopper Dredge "Goethals" and numerous other examples of industrial uses in well known foundries from Coast to Coast.

The text covers a discussion of Sugar Pine grades commonly selected for patterns, refers to its sizes and qualities and points out important considerations regarding the proper seasoning of Sugar Pine at the mill and care of stock at the pattern shop. It quotes the experiences of men in the pattern trade; touches upon the extent of Sugar Pine timber available for years to come and the physical and mechanical properties of this genuine White Pine.

Single copies of "Sugar Pine ior Perfect Patterns" may be secured without charge by interested concerns simply by addressing the Western Pine Association, Yeon Building, Portland, Oregon.

California Visitor

Phil Gilbert, sales manager of the Coos Bay Logging Co., North Bend, Ore., was a recent business visitor to San Francisco and Los Angeles.

Spent Vacation In Trinity County

Henry M. Hink, sales manager of Dolbeer & Carson Lumber Co., San Francisco, returned July 26 from a two weeks' vacation at Trinity Alps Resort, Trinity County.