A biographical sketch and photograph of James P. Ryan, who was a prosperous business man who owned the James Ryan Establishment as well as other business properties in Fresno. Mr. Ryan married Miss Bell Rowan in Los Angeles in 1906. (p. 507)
James W. Jameson (1862-1934) was a pioneer California oil executive. He discovered Kern County's Midway oil field and also had business interests in building and cement corporations in Southern California.