Lumber Tribute to Hoover Sets "Biggest Ever" and "First Ever" Mail Records

The first shipment of .packaged lumber by mail, in what is believed to be the largest first class mail package ever posted in the United States, recently was sent from St. Paul to Washington. It was addressed by F. K. Weyerhaeuser, representing the Weyerhaeuser-affiliated com> panies, to Herbert Hoover, Secretary of Commerce, as a tribute to his initiative in establishing the American Lumber Standards.

Three one-by-twelve White Pine boards, 10 feet long, with the ends of each piece absolutely smooth and four- interest you have already made in the interest of standardization in the lumber industry.

"'We are taking the liberty, therefore, of sending you by mail a'package' of the new 4-SQUARE lumber, representing, 'as we b.elieve it does, another step in the direction of refined manufacture and improved merchandising.

"Our hope is that it will result in stimulating interest amohg all lurnbermen ,in carrying on to its fullest development the splendid standardization program you so successfully initiated."

Delivered to the Secretary of Commerce in the Department of Commerce building in Washington, with its $70 oI stamps cancelled, the huge package was placed intact in the room devoted to the work of the Committee on Elirnination of Waste, which is the one that has worked out the standardization program undertaken by Mr. Hoover in 1921. It is to be kept there permanently as a milestone in the improvemeht bf manufacturing practices in the lumber industrv.

Redwood Exhibit In San Francisco Ferry Building

The California Redwood Assoclation recently installed a Redwood exhibit in the Ferry Building, San Francisco, showing photographs of residence jobs an-d panels showing the nei i.ansfarent colors for interior finish.

Lumberjacks in swallow-tail coats,boileil shirts and white kiil glozres nnst have tahen charge of the l|/eyerhaeuser miJl at Cloquet, Minnesota, to turn out this pochage of White Pine for the nation's Secretary of Commerce. It utas receizted in Washington as a sort of dress-suit proposition and has been madc a Permanent erhibit signalizing the results of the famous campaign f or climination of waste in industry b9 standardization. Yet, ilespite ihe de-lure afpearance of this presentation edition 'of iachageil lumber, it is only representatiae of athot the Vl/eyerlneuser organizotion considers the standard necessary to bear the 4-SQUARE label. The picture shors Mr. F. K. Weyerhaeuser fosting the Packagc at his orgonization's headquarters in St. Paul square, and with both ends of the package enclosed in the hiavy fibre caps that mark the 4Square line of packaged lumber, comprised the shipment. In his letter to Secretary Hoover, Mr. Weyerhaeuser said:

"Appreciating as we do your interest in the broad subject of stindardization, wb find it difficult to embark upon the new and somewhat revolutionary merchandising program we have laid out{or ourselv'es''withotrt some thought of the

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Directors of Union Oil Co. Elect Two Vice Presidents

At yesterday's meeting of the directors of the Union Oil Company, the necessity of additional officials to care for the company's rapidly expanding business resulted in the election of two vice-president-Mr. R. D. Matthews and Mr. Paul N. Boggs, making the total number of vice-presidents five. Mr. E. W. Clark, executive vice-president, Mr. W. W. Orcutt and Mr. L. P. St. Clair complete the official family under the leadership of Mr W. L. Stewart, as president, with Mr. R. J. Keorvn, treasurer, and Mr. John McPeak, secretary.

The election of lVlessrs. Matthews and Boggs as vicepresidents rounds out a new administration plan which Mr. Stewart deemed advisable in order to handle the rapidly increasing responsibilities due to the company's phenomenal growth within the United States and its rapid expansion abroad. The new plan of administration involves the dividing of the operations into three divisions:

Production operations, including geological, lands and leasing, drilling and production, pipe lines and storage, crude oil purchases and production publicity, under the direct responsibility of Vice-President L. P. St. Clair.

Manufacturing operations, including refining and age, research, gas oper4tions and purchases of refined semi-refined products, under the direct responsibility authority of Vice-President R. D. Matthews.

Distribution operations, covering all sales activities, sales organization, facilities and storage, marine and railroad transportation, advertising and sales publicity, under the direct responsibility and authority of Vice-President Paul N. Boggs.

Mr. Boggs came to the Union Oil Company in 1924 from the Union Tool Company, then a IJnion Oil subsidiary. His identification with the oil industry dates back to 1902 when he became affiliated with the W. T. McFie Supply Company. Later he served as vice-president and general manager of the J. F. Lucey Company, manager of the Fulton and Adeline Consolidated Road Oil Company and then as president of the Union Tool and vice-president and general manager of the National Supply Company.

At the present time the company has a daily production of 4O,000 barrels with about 16@O barrels per day,.shut in. It has 635 producing wells. Field holdings total 1,106,246 acres distributed over California, Colorado, Wyoming, storand and Mexico. Venezuela and Columbia.

Six refineries are operated in California. seven absorption plants are maintained. The crude and cracking capacity of the refineries is barrels and of the natural gasoline absorption 000,000 cubic feet of gas.

In addition, normal daily over 100,000 plants 115,-

The sales territory of the Union includes California, Oregon, Washington, Arizona, Nevada, British Columbia, Al6erta, Mexico, the Hawaiian Islands, the Orient and South America. Recently, through a subsidiary corporation, Union products have been and are marketed in Australia. Three hundred and fifty foreign and domestic sales stations and 415 owned service stations are operated. Sales for last year totalled $81,000,000.

Death of F. E. Dionne

Francis E. Dionne, of Houstoq, Texas, died at his home in that city June 18, aged 69. He was the father of Earl Dionne, of New Orleans, well known lumber advertising agent, and of Jack Dionne, Publisher of the California Lumber Merchar\t. He was a life long lumberman, logger and timber expert.

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