The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-07-12

u,tn. new american minister is doing ,,,ns,' ne eah to push our trade with d
 view 10 the opening of the canal Tba ,i''nister comes from the Mississinni vol
 ,7s' r7 HIS name is John Davis O,Rear
 ne was practicing law at Mexico Mo
 nhen secretary Bryan elevated him to
 th .ie uipiomatic corps and to the tops of
 se niues Since coming here he has
 poii,,in,,. excellent connections with the
 ,.So wants, and find him popular He
 nNes Tn the house that was occuniad bv ,a ,ne former minister, Horace c. Knowles laces the Prado. or chief public mark ana promenade of the capital. and is In
 sn sne oIiicial and social heart of the citv ~, r. wear tells me that American ex- , agencies in La Paz and send tbair '''en town here to push their goods
 MT. Knowles, the former nainistar \. , confident of the future of the country .nat ne has established a comnanv for in the mineral development of Bolivia This a,,,tas, m Portland, Me, and it's s.u au'norized capital is $25,000.O0O If has Us engineers and prospectors who arc ..@veuns .l.1 over the Andes looking for good piopos.tons, lands and mines which '' when found, are to be developed hv Do' is is''ah e, ana American capital MT. Knowles E ne,,s ,ie president of the Incaoro Mining eeHlpany, which, he tells me is arsro wonders. have already snolan os ths soio pricks-real' gold, not imjta tion-tbat ne sho"ed me from this mine. and hi, 10 'hat It grows better and better .al .ni knowles does not hesitate to uraa nivestment of American capital inx i. , ian m mines. He thinks this countrrf ~ ~ De thc treasure vault of the next generation; and it is a part of his b,si ness Just now to induce Americans tc sone to II. Personally I believe everv .as. ian oueht To investigate such pronosi- tioHs carefully before putting any of hi.
 '"eu Aueric m dollars into them.
 ma that the Americans are doins lnucn Tn Bolivia along the lines of ed,. 1s's,' nave already written of their Ihoian school on the banks of I.ala rriti taoa "a lhis Is thriving and 1t promises ,o ,, mork revolution in a race that sore-
 a", Seus It. Here at La Paz is tho
 aiherlcan institute, This is a colleys ro. i the higher education of RoI;yis r no,,,p, .nat IS making big impression upon tbs country It is supported by tha Msth- o ouis' hplscopal church of the Tinted states but the Bolivian governn,a,,t J esseens It so highly that it makes a, ca,,re i,l iation every year for 1t and ens4
 s,S i S SSeS It Tn every possible way This scnooi was founded in 1907 at ina r.,,,,a.s ..s oi the Bolivian government bv tba mic Sonarles and 1t is under their controI |. .' IS hot sectarian in it's teaching When :. Was rirst opened it had an attendanca , pa iAo pupils, and since then the numher ao,, ..e1n eiown s. to So and more. The students come from all parts of Bolivia and a,-s rom over the borders in Brazil and De-, Not few of the boys have to travel nnohtn py mule. stage coach and tra;r ! to get to La Paz -a'' |, DuIHis my stay here I have visited this 1
 iIs'i,ute and had talks with it's feacb- II head is p are all American plan. Tho BT01RCcnn AT-T the teachers are the graduates os t,,e best of our colleges - "e
 The American institute is situataa raa . the Iraeo ana not far from our legation II still occupies rented grounds and buildr Il lnss' anu It would be a good investment tu .o sohie one who wishes to lay up treasures in heaven to give from s5o on, to Sioc.eo0 to the buying of land ana the erection of buildings for the insti- ute. When Secretary Bryan was hera SIX or seven years ago, he started a movement toward the raising of tbi. :. money put; so far as know he was not a,toseener successful. know or no ], As if is now all of the buildings arr, crowded and there are more anplica t,on. from students than can be filled The Methodist church has established a sac~ ondary school at Cochabamba a citv of %'ooo m the heart of Bolivia, about " -N<S.f "l Joi ny tfoin La RaZ. Tbtu school will have a like appropriation from the government as that of Ia Pa.-
 The American institute is organized aiter the model boys boarding schooIs or the united States. It has all the fea- tures that make school life pleasant. and IL ', mas taKen to some extent the part of fcung Mems Christian assocat tion in the encouragement of games and the develop- p'ent or athletics. It has it's literary society and It's school publications. It mas Boy Scout movement and athletic tournaments with running Jumping anszi .oo,pai matches. have before me tls's) rresranme Of the tournament of .{ year. The language is Spanish, bu9 Y1 can be easily translated by those under-{y s,a naing the sports The tournament was uiVioed Into three classes the first Nof wnich was composed of the alumni and o.ners above l5 years of age The second class was of all those between II and To years and third class was for boys vnoer H. The prizes were gold, silver ana bronze medals. and they were pre- sented by the American minister at tho end ot tho gnmea