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T1IE SUNDAY OREGONIAN, PORTLAND. SEPTEMBER 13, 190T. BUREAU OF AMERICAN REPUBLICS WILL HAVE $1,000,000 HOME RiEGONIAN NEWS BUREAU. Washington. Aug. 31. The Govern ment Is going to build a new offl- t al home for John Barrett; not a resl- pnoe, but an office. The Bureau of I merman Republics, a sort of advertis es ctearing-house for the United' States nd tlie republics of Central and South. America, is to have an appropriate build ing In Washington, and John Barrett will be the first Director to occupy the new quarters. Altihough established in 1890, the Bureau of American Republics never amounted much In times past. It operated to proylde good salaries for a few favorites of past Administrations, but It accom plished little of value. Secretary Root made a tour of South America last year, disoovered enormous trade possibilities which might be turned to advantage by the merchants and exporters of the United States, and on his return to Washington recommended to the Presi dent that the Bureau be reorganized. This was done, Mr. Barrett was made Director because he had demonstrated bis proficiency as a diplomat, and now, through the efforts of Secretary Root and Mr. Barrett, a fine building is to be erected here to accommodate the new hive of Industry; the reorganized Adver tising Bureau of All America. The new building of the International Bureau of American Republics will b unique, not only In Washington, but tn all the world. It will serve as the' Inter national headquarters or offices in one national capital of 21 different American nations. The nearest approach to it will be the- new Temple of Peace now being erected at The Hague. The cost of this Pan-American structure, when It Is fully completed and ready for occupancy, will be nearly $1,W;000. of which Mr. An drew Carnegie generously contributed $750,000, and the different American na tions approximately $250,000. The revised drawings of the architects here shown have Just been approved by the United States Secretary of State, Elihu Root, Chfilrman of the Governing Board of the Bnreau. and John Barrett, the Director an-fl chief administrative of ficer, after ha.ving been originally se lected from the largest architectural competition In the history of Washing ton, in which .130 leading North Ameri can architects entered. The winners In this contest werte Albert Kelsey and Paul P. Cret, Associate Architects, of Phila delphia, Pennsylvania. ' This Imposing International building will stand on oeie of the most attractive and commanding sites of ground in the National capttfl. commonly known as the Van Ness .Tract, which covers five acres, or about) two hectares, facing the Presidential grounds, or White Lot, on the east, and Potomac Park on the south, at the corner of Seventeenth and B streets. This site Is only two blocks below the Corcoran Art Gallery, next to the new buildlmg of the Daughters of the American Revolution, and within a short distance of the Washington Monu ment. The dlmenslcins of the building will be approximately 160 by 160 feet, or 52 by 62 meters. Tlws maih portion will stand two stories above a high studded base ment, and will, in turn, be surmounted .by dignified liajustrades. The rear por tion. In order to cover the capacious As sembly Hall, wtll rise still higher. It will be constructed throughout of steel and Obadiah Oldway and Public Schools Unqualified Approval of Heeent Crit icisms on Portland's Educational Troat vrtth Application Toward Country !ctaool. HOAXV1LLB, Or., Sept. 2. Mr. Editor: It pained me to the inner moat recesses of my heart to see In .'one of last week's Oregonians that Mr. 'Prominent Educator What'sname ain't a-goln to write no more about the school doln's in Portland. I ain't missed a word f what he has writ, and I've been great !ly edified thereby. Hanner and Becky lAnn has been a-cavin' around here about It. They think that Mr. P. E. Whafs name Is a calamity howler a-goln' around with blue goggles on. but I know he ain't, f I can tell by his wrltin' that he's a good, : noble, brave man as ain't afraid to say l what he thinks about the way things Is : a-goln". That's Just where I stand, too. and though r ain't personally acquainted with : him, 1 stretch out my hand to him, across j the gulf of persecution and says I, "Let's J hold out for the right, Mr. P. E. What's I name, I'll stand by until the mornln' as : Shakespeare says. 'Down with the school J trust! Down with high taxes! and dern ! the City Superintendent of Portland!" shall be our watchword and we'll win or : die a-klckin'." . I asked that derned walkin' normal school that's a-keepln' school here, If he knowed the City Superintendent, and he said as how he did and had got a good many good points from him, too. 'Now. see there! Ain't that Just what Mr. P. E. What'sname has been a-tellln' ' on us? That uneducated man has not only ruined the school system of Port land, but he's also got his hlfalutln' no- tions a-goin' out here to Hoaxvllle a-cor-ruptln" our youth, and I ain't a-doutin' In the least that he and Hi Abrams Is good friends. Abrams Is the czar of this district, and as yet I ain't been able to get him ousted. He's to blame for all . the extra taxes we have to pay and I ain't ashamed to say that I have tried to get Into his shoes so's to make things easier for the taxpayers. I didn't know that I had such a foe to fight as the boss of the Portland schools, but It's all plain to me now. The whole state looks to Portland for example, but there's a end a-comln'; the ball has got to rollln at last. Mr. P. B. What'sname has already saved the city several thousands of dol lars. There won't have to be any extra rooms put onto any of the school-butld-! in's this Winter on account of the crowd ed condition of affairs. As Shakespeare says, he's let the cat out of the bag and told the world that the Portland schools ain't no good, and people will be a-fiee-in' hence instead of crowdin' in. He's solved the Japanese question, too, for the Yellow Peril will stay away from Port land where It can't get educated. The Russians will stay to home and not "Jump out of the fryin' pan Into the Are" . when they hear that there's a czar over .here as well as there. There'll be houses to rent cheap, and the grocers will have to sell at a discount to get rid of their stuff, and all Portland will have to do Is to set back on Its hsunches and "watch Tacoma grow." Hanner says that if Mr. P. E. What's name ain't satisfied with things here he'd better go back East where he come from. "Now. Hanner," says I, "that's a very unchrlstlan-like remark. He ain't from the East, he's from Missouri, and out here a-lookin for a Job and a-doln the missionary act for the taxpayers." "Obadiah," says sne, "he's got a bad case of swell head which is catchin" so you'd better look out." Now. ain't that Just like a woman But ' me and my comrade, we- ain't a-oia' , . ; P I - ' PfSi Vl; lh :r ''Er' ' TTTi;. r Li:- , 1 - ! : ll-fi V0ViViv4'; K'-sl,-; ,, u tit ri ' v t - - ti-; , r A $v 7.- i Si 1 14,! f M I - ' 1?TVV? ' ?vm rr ? . T f' "f ft f I ii I t..... : , .: 7-v:igi8My,'r,T "T " . . ' . '-. r .. ' .. I REAR VIETW NEU lfZ.DMG, i . , Q)f OF AtfRCAH REPCJB- 5g --Z- ' ' T85 concrete with the effect of a Spanish stucco finish and with white marble steps, foundations and trimmings. The roofs will be of colored Spanish tile and the Interior exposed portions will be decorated with polychrome terra cotta. The, general architecture will suggest Latfn-Amerlcan treatment out of respect to the fact that M of the 21 American republics are of Latin origin, but it will possess such monumental characteristics as will make It harmonize with the gen eral scheme for the Improvement of Washington. Its most notable features of construction, aside from numerous Well-lighted rooms for the regular work and staff of the Bureau, will bo a capa cious, typical, Spanish patio, over 50 feet square, in the front section, covered by a glass roof that can be opened in Summer and closed In Winter, thus pro viding protection against the weather for constantly running fountains and continually growing tropical plants; a large reading-room, 100 by 60 feet, where can. be seen all the Eom.i as well as Ntrth American publications, and where books can be consulted from the Colum bus Memorial Library, which lias the best collection In the United states of works on the American Republics; and a beautiful, dignified, assembly chamber, 100 by 70 feet, that, for present purposes, may be called the "Hall of American Am bassadors," which will provide the only room of Its kind In the United States specially designed for international con to care. We are a-goln' to press onward and upward till we get where we can run things to suit ourselves. I can't make '"Si,;, NEW FHOTOORAPH OF . J! 1 , -i" ' l " A 'r v I' Is- - r '" 2 s " r ' 7 s t : ffciy?3 i'lr I Mill fiin M I cliP - 1 ::--TIif ; ygyr Tvf - one of them derned courses of study as will meet a long-felt want, but he can; he's made, lots of 'em, and they run If 4 y FRK811)ENT ROOSKVELT AND HIS FOUR SONS READING 1'ROX LEFT TO RIGHT, KEKMIT, ARCHIE, THE PRESIDENT, Copyright 1907 by Underwood A Underwood, New York.' along as slick as grease when you get the proper kind of teachers to run 'em. There's another thing he's done up. 1- y 1 - - - -v x - ' j- '"4, i i t and that's the normal school question. According to his magnificent plan we i can get along without the whole dad -f:J 4,-? - ' ventlons, receptions to distinguished for eigners, and for diplomatic and social J events of kindred nature. Other Important divisions .of space will Include: A handsome room for the Gov erning Board of the Bureau; four committee-rooms suited for diplomatic con ferences; a stack room for the library, that will hoM 250,000' volumes; large of fices for the DIrsctor and the Secretary of the Bureau, with their assistants, in- j eluding editors, statisticians, translators, librarians, accountants, clerks and sten ographers. Much of the decorative fin ishings of the Interior will be In rare woods from the South American forests, contributed by the different countries that support the Bureau, while the walls of the "Hall of American Ambassadors" and other principal rooms will be dec orated with mural paintings, pictures, statuary, etc., suggestive of Pan-American history, development and progress. At the main entrance of the structure will be two heroic marble figures sym bolizing, respectively, North and South America. The Institution which will occupy this building was founded 17 years ago at the First Pan-American Conference, held In Washington in the Winter of 1SS9-1890. and presided over by James G. Blaine. The original, object, as announced, was that of making the American republics better acquainted with each other and of exchanging information about their respective resources and trade. It never, however, had the complete support and Interest of the United States, or of her sister nations, until Hon. Ellhu Root, Secretary of State of the United States, made his memorable visit in 1906 to South America. The Third Pan-American Con ference. assembled at Rio Janeiro, Bra sll. in 1906, which he attended, passed strong resolutions in favor of the reor ganization of the Bureau and outlined a plan to make It a world-recognized in- burned outfit and save the money. It stands to reason that since people will come to Oregon to get shed of the East- QUENTIN, THEODORE, JtK. 1 stitution for the promotion of both com merce and comity. The Bureau is strictly an international and Independent organization, subordi nate to no Department of tne United States Government, and maintained by the Joint contributions, based on popu lation, of the 21 American governments. Its affairs are under the administration of a chief officer, called Director, who is elected by the Governing Board of the Bureau, consisting of the Diplomatic Representatives in Washington of the Latin-Amerloan governments, presided over by the Secretary of State of the United States. The present Director IB John Barrett, former United States Min ister to Colombia, Panama. Argentina and Slam. The Secretary of the. Bureau Is Doctor Francisco J. Yames, an emK nent Latin-American scholar. Since the new administration took charge of Us affairs, the correspondence of the Bureau has quadrupled, wnue the demand for Us printed publications has tripled. Its practical use is demonstrated by the fact that during the last six months it has developed business that has added at least $15,000,000 to the value of Pan-American foreign commerce. Its present ob ject. In short. Is not only to advance commerce and trade, but to strengthen comity and friendship among all the re publics of the Western Hemisphere. Mr. Blackbird's Bed Epaulets. In the fust times de whole tribe was all over black, dat what get 'em dey name: Black bird. Dey stayed round de house den, not in de swamp-roosts and travelln' round like dey doses now. Mister Black Bird one day waa peckin' round de house do' when all of a sud den Miss Cat Jumped on him. He think It de last' ac' wid him when" he look up Inter Miss Cat's face as she helt him In her mouf and dat Cat's face was dirty. A cat's a mighty clean conditioned critter ef it don't- love water. Mister Black Bird he holler. O, Ml' Cat, I grant your grace. Don't eat me wld a airty face! Mis' Cat she was sho stonish and she .was sho mad, she say: What's dat word You say. Black Bird? Black Bird skeered, but he cheep out bes" he could ag'ln: I beg your pardon, grant me grace Don't eat me wid a dirty face! Cat wae too clean a critter not to grant datf ques'. She lay Mister Black Bird down, and he put one paw stretched to ever' claw stickin' out , right 'crost tor'er his wings. Den she go to washln" her face. She lick dat y'o'her paw. wash and lick, and rub. D'rectly dat paw go over behind her ear. Dat's a sho' rain sign for a cat to waah behind her- ear and Mister Black Bird knowed it. Soon as he see dat paw go' hind her ear he holler keen: . Hit gwlne rain Soon again! He holler so sudden and sharp he makes Mis' Cat Jump and lose her hold. Up Jump de black bird. Mis' Cat give a quick lick at him as be go and scratch de feathers clean offer de tops or boff shoulders. Scratch his shoulder-blades rale red raw. Dey is been red ever sence. He and all his folks wears 'em dat way twel ylt fer a warnin'. Dey keep away from quarters where cats stays now, dey do. Chillen, It's mighty well ter keep up de 'memb'ance of yo misfortunes, so's you can keep out dey way nex time. ern climate, they've got to have some way. to make .a livln. or they'll lay around and let their relatives feed 'em. I've had some experience and I say to set 'em to keepin' school. Most any of 'em can do that, and we don't need to pay money out of our own pockets to learn 'em how. But Instead of eneuoragln" of such teachers what does the school trust do? Why they goes to work and makes the examinations so cferned hard that them fellers from Missouri and the East can't pass 'em and we have 'em on our hands. Hanner's cousin was a college graduate In Missouri and kept school there for years, then he come out here and took the examination. What was the conse quences? He failed and he's been a-chor-ln' for me for his keep ever since. Some thin' has got to be Vdone with the edu cated men from back yonder when they has outlived their usefulness In their own state, and it's to the interest of the taxpayer that they should be allowed to keep school out here. What if tftey don't do Just what the rules require of "em? ' They're at least payin' for their feed, which ain't no small thing. If any of our people gets so stuck up that they want a college learnln' let 'em go back where .they can learn somethin'. We ain't got no use for colleges and high-toned schools out here. My pard ner allows that them as we have got ain't no good. A person don't know noth in' when he does get through 'em, so let's save, our money for the rainy day that's sure to come. I knowed some of the Hoaxvllle people was easily wooled around, but I didn't know that you people In Portland was such derned fools as Mr. P. E. What's name says you be. Ain't It kind in him to show you fellers what ijlots you be to not know how to pick a school com mittee? "Arise, shine, for thy light has come," as the Scrlpter says. Oust the bosses and march forward to victory. Put my comrade in your superintendent's chair, and I'll send Hanner's cousin down for his assistant. I'll do what I can to get some more good teachers for you. You won't need more'n eleven or twelve pro vldln' they know their business, will you? Yours truly, OBADIAH EVERAT OLDWAY. ' P. S. I'm comln' down myself as soon as my cider apples is picked and if Mr. P. E. What'sname has got elected Su perintendent I'll stay In the office a few weeks and help him out a little. Our telephone number will be 23. We'd be glad to have you call us up any time. O. E. O. Two Facts 'About Numbers. Some very curious facts have been dis covered about numbers, which maybe to a professor of mathematics might seem simple, enough, but to the average per son certainly appear remarkable. Nine is perhaps one of the most mys terious numbers. If we multiply nine by any number .under 20 except 11. the sum of the digits In the products will always be nine. Thus: 9x2 equals IS and 8 plus 1 equals t. 9x3 equals 27 and 7 plus 2 equals 1. 9x4 equals 36 and 8 plus 3 equals 9, and so on. Another queer number is 37. If 37 be multiplied by 3 or any number of threes up to 27, the three digits In each prod uct will be alike. For Instance: 3x37 equals 111., 6x37 equals 222. , 9x37 equals 333. 12x37 equals 444. 15x37 equals 555, and so on up to 27. Any one who choses to try some of these mathematical experiments, no doubt, will find out other Interesting ones for himself. Unci Sam's Precious Stones. Baltimore News. For the fiscal year ended June 30, th Importation of precious stones In New York amounted to $41,000,000. and the United States Is now buying 60 per cent of the output in South Africa.