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Show Tile keymiie i.f is iiif ii ;u hers of Weber nullity ::ie esjiei i.iiiy to be iHMiltuellJ- -j e.i for ti fir i'iiM-ni tfuris in the i i il in: of their V.V lit'.;.. e I 1,. neivi-silof itl- . Tells of Their ii. telloriiiiil Wilson in nr. we Evolution from know but jin', Superintendent th.it .ilmie will nut men and Was When in Time Her Ogden the women who will lie citfafiis in t'.ie Swaddling Clothes. sense of the word. highest mill bi-us make the de elointeiit of the el of the Weber might be exjiei'teil, after taking ifor whole man the end to be attained and The development the result will be ritizcn who will has kept puce with mal training at our best schools. ieretuate the iifetitutUm of freecounty schools In 1893 Moslah Hull was elected to dom and The people of progress. lire liberty. other of the need of the superintendeiu-y- . He was awake been ever mindful at the ear-Ue- et to the Interest of the county schools JEFFRIES IN BIBLE LESSON. educational training, and and succeeded in aettlement, the of the maintaining county! tXew York Press.) high period were limited and standard already attained. Teachers Someone lndueed Jimmy to go to vben opportunities to pursue professional Sunday school. It whs the first time strove manfully continued advantacea were few. studies. They took much interest in he had been there, lie was 111 at ease of education the for mean! t0 provide before summer schools for teachers, followed at first and cast anxious glances at their children. In 1851, long were made free systematic courses at the teachers' the door. Once he suggested to his of Utah the school of monthly institutes, and have made nearest neighbor that they make a citlaens the by elate legislation, secure for their good use of the one day each term, sneak." to took steps Ogden of free edu- allowed for visiting other schools. The teacher observed that Jimmy children the advantage! This waa not has brought about an improve- needed attention and she did the cation. While the attempt an In- ment in methods of instruction, dis- best she could to win his good wilL In entirely succesful, yet It give! entert- cipline, and school work generally. the simplest of language she told the dex to the spirit of progress In the last ten Weber fifteen years county pioneers. the perhaps story of the creation of the world. by ained The evolution of the public school or twenty new school houses have Her narration was so plain and her an interesting probl- been built, all arranged In modern manner so earnest that the street yftem presents The development began under style for lighting, heating, ventilating, Arab could not help but be impressed, em. conditions Incident to etc. The grounds have been mater- although he tried to appear indifferunfavorable the settled com- ially Improved, and fenced. Shade ent. and new sparsely every Had she stopped there all might munity. Today the school facilities trees have been planted and in a few compare favorably with those of many Instances flower beds adorn the school have been well, but she thought she grounds. The houses are generally would make sure of her conquest by earlier settled sections. A brief statement of pioneer work supplied with sufficient apparatus and addressing herself to Jimmy direct. Do you understand, James? she In the educational field will doubtless In most places modern single desks have replaced the old home-mad- e inquired. be of interest. Bite's talking to you, said Jimmy's Among the first districts organised double desk. The were of of outside the schools the has county, city, In the grading by companion, nudging him when he noin 1851; no means been overlooked. They have ticed that Jimmy didn't recognize the Uintah and North Ogden Slaterville, 1857; Marriott and River-dal- e, been carefully graded, as conditions strange name of James. Huh?" said Jimmy inquiringly of Plain City, Harrisville, would permit, until at the present 1859; (intime, they are as well graded as is the teacher. Huntsville, I860; West Weber Did you understand the lesson?" cluding Wilson), 1882; Pleasant View, consistent with existent conditions. The majority of the trustees are the teacher asked In her sweetest 18(5; Eden, 1867; Hooper, 1869. The territory occupied by the other alive to the best interests of the manner. Teh." replied Jimmy. districts now ex- schools and may always be found of the twenty-foThat is good, ssid the teacher, in the county belonged, before ready to aid the educational growth isting God Now, remember. their reorganisation, to one or the of the country. approvingly. disWeber other of the above mentioned county contains fifteen made the people of the world. He thirty-fou- r tricts. Until 1890, the time of the school districts, public made all the animals, all the trees, all fifty-nin- e separation of the county from the city, school buildings, depart- the flowers, everything!" Somewhere near Jimmy's hair roots the supervision of the schools was not ments and 8,488 children who are of an idea began to work. This took form so carefully attended as to since that school age. A number of lmpotrant departures soon In a look in Jimmy's eyes that time; and this Is quite obvious, too, In Weber the tescher, who was a student of when we take into consideration the have been Inaugurated fact that one man supervised all the county school affairs within the last children, was quick to Interpret. What Is it, James?" she asked. schools, both of the city and county. few years. shied once more at James," more to make The been few a has Jimmy And furthermore, years prior object to this time, the superintendent was uniform the various schools of the hut managed to give utterance to the also principal of the largest school In county; to bring the grading and question that was bothering him. Did he make de river?" he asked. addition to his labor as superintendother Important features of every attAnYea" said the teacher, God made school to a certain high standing. ent It is plain that little river." the consolicould to been the other be has the smaller ention departure given dation of small school districts into Jimmy looked pussled. Then he outside districts. About 1890 conditions became more large ones and the transference of said: Did God make Jeffries?" The teacher was Inclined to be favorable to education throughout the pupils from small ungraded schools but she answered, "yea" shocked, state, and a great impetus was given to large graded schools. Then Jimmy looked up into the A fair test of transportation was school matters in Weber as In other made In the Huntsville district last teacher's face with a smile that was counties of Utah. Up to and Including the greater part year with the most gratifying results. radiant with pleasure. Gee! He must have been busy," transof the year 1890 the schools of We- Forty or fifty children were said the boy. from resthe ber county has been supervised ported by team and wagon Huntsville East small pectively by the following: ungraded 8AMPLE OVER TELEPHONE. P. A. Brown, till 18(6; William W. school to the large, commodious, eight e. (Duluth Burton, from 1866 to 1875; Iiouls F. department building In Huntsville, the ss One of the clearest cases of Moench, from 1875 to 1888; Edward H. city. was on record enacted by The results are simply marvelous Anderson, from 1888 to 1890. To these gentlemen Is due the credThe new system Is twenty years In a leading grocer of this city yesterday. Over tie telephone came an order from it of maintaining a progressive school advance of the old. Of course, it Is not practicable to a wealthy customer for some oranges system under unfavorable conditions. The records show that in the latter introduce this system in all parts of to be delivered during the afternoon. What are the prices?" asked the part of Edward H. Anderson's admini- this or any other county, but wherever soon customer. as and favorable are was conditions stration, considerable Interest taken In the study of pedagogy. Oh, we have them at all prices from as people who have the welfare of September 8, 1890, Joseph H. Pee-r- y the school children at heart, thorough- 20 cents a dozen up." became the superintendent of the ly investigate, we may expect the sysWell, Im not particular about the price. What I want is the quality and county schools, and as the separation tem to become quite universal. of the city and county had now taken Other localities In the county have slse." He went Walt a moment, please. the Huntsville plan as place, he was able to give his entire Investigated attention to the county, which before to cost and results and several dis- to the box containing his choicest this time was Impossible. As could tricts will, the coming year, put in fruit, selected a large yellow sample, and hastened back to the phone. naturally be expected, from this time practice the same system. two onward the schools have been more the Within the past Holding the orange aloft in one hand years small while he grasped the telephone receivof consolidation of closely supervised. question It was during this period of the districts into large ones has been er wltli the other, he said: Will thla kind dor county's history that much new life quite thoroughly discussed and In and competition was given the schools at least two Instances It has been 8LEUTH. AN ABSENT-MINDEby the Introduction of eastern teach- partially tested. ers Into at least one-ha- lf maincost of as so Wefar The of the test, (Arizona Republican.) ber county schools. tenance and general efficiency of the From time to v time complaints are There was naturally some rivalry schools are concerned, has been emi- made to the police of boys bathing in between the Utah and eastern talent. nently satisfactory. True, all have the town ditch within the city limits. This rivalry and competition aroused not taken kindly to the plan, but any- The last complaint was that they went the home teachers to greater activ- one who Investigates carefully can- in swimming every afternoon along ity and led them to realise the neces- not but be convinced that the consol- the Yuma road west of Fve Points sity of studying pedagogy from a sci- idation under favorable conditions Is Yesterday afternoon Officer Moore entific standpoint, if they were to much In advance of the old way. The thought he would go out and break up stand in the front rank of their pro- reluctance of some of the old trus- the fun. He did not want to go on his fession. Most of them adapted them- tees to give up their positions and the wheel or horse, for fear the boys selves to the conditions and today, adjustment of property rights of the would see him coming and run, so he are the great- got George Deeters to drive him out Perhaps 80 per cent of our teachers various re Utah born, reared and educated. est, and in fact about the only, ob- behind a couple of colts he was breakThe custom of holding annual com- jections that are offered. Certainly ing. Both are horsemen by nature, mencement exercises, In the county the system and results thereof are and, of course, the colts occupied their nd In the state, was to date. and attention. They traveled about a in up equitable Inaugurated 1890 by Mr. Another change and one that ma- quarter of a mile west of Five Points Peery. The Influence of these graduating exercises and favorably affects the alongside the ditch before either of greatly In- terially crease the Interest of both patrons schools of Weber county Is the ap- them gave the ditch a thought, and nd pupils in educational matters. pointment of a primary supervisor, when they did look at It, It was dry From the beginning of this system whose duty it will be to give atten- as a bone. Probably 1,000 pupils have completed tion to the primary departments of the course laid out for the common the schools. BRIDEGROOM LEFT RING BEHIND. chooL More than one-ha- lf Outlines will be prepared, presented (London Dally Mail.) of these Ighth grade bridegroom, at s graduates have availed to and discussed by the primary 'An absent-minde- d themselves of the teachers to take wedding aranged place yesterfrequently. advantages of the University of Utah and of other hlgh-r- r The county has been fortunate In day morning at Sedgley, forgot to take Institutions of learning of the state. securing a very strong supervisor to the rig with him when he left for the Mny of those who have pursued Introduce this departure. church. studies in higher schools, have reMlsa Tillle Peterson, a Weber counDiscovering the omission, he drove turned to the such Just one from which had back, only to find that the ser who hastily has county they ty girl and kroduated to become teachers of abll-t- y. experience as will qualify her for this vanta had gone out and locked the They are among the most pro-rie- nt position, will have charge of all prl house up. A window had to be forced teachers of the county, as many teachers of the county. In order to get possession of the ring. WEBER COUNTY SCHOOLS j t linr.u't-.'i- . , i 1 j i i : 1 y ,k ' S.is . a ,J.- j, INSURANCE JOHN L. HERRICK GEO. J. KELLY KELLY & HERRICK Fire, Life and Accident Insurance LOANS AND RENTALS REAL ESTATE INVESTMENTS We make a specialty of handling farm land BASEMENT REED HOTEL g and property, but would take time to sell you a few vacant lots if you really wanted a snap. levenue-produdn- , OGDEN, UTAH (.'all and see our list. ur REAL ESTATE Were Displaying a Great Deal of Jewelry This summer A NEW LINE OF WATCHES A NEW LINE OF RINGS A NEW LINE OF CUT GLASS A NEW LINE OF SILVERWARE A NEW LINE OF CLOCKS News-Tribun- absent-mindedne- And Vis All Good Goods, Too We have the reputation for being most reasonable in price of any Jeweler in the city, and we mean to keep that reputation, too. G. A. 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