The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-07-29
A PROMINENT EDUCATOR HERE
DIR. ]. NJ. GREENWOOD, VICE
PRESIDENT OF N. E. A.
Author of Many Leading Text Books,
and Superintendent of Kansas
City Schools.

: United States was issued in 1892 by Isaac
| Greenwood of Harvard College" said Pro-
/, fessor J. NJ. Greenwood. A. NJ LII D.,
superintendent of public school of Kansas
City. at the Walker yesterday
Professor Greenwood last year at Wash
ington presided over the sessions of the
. | National Educational association, ana this
year at Los Angeles was chosen nrst wee
president for the ensuing year: he is one
of the most prominent and distinguished
educators in the world. and his text BOOKS
are used wherever the English language
/. is spoken He is the author of Green
woods English Grammar, Principles OF
Education, Practically Applied; History
of Arithmetic, Algebra and Geometry. and
How to Teach These Subjects; History
! and Descriptions OF American Arlthme-
tics.
AN English educator compiled a his
torical review of the arithmetics of the
world a short time ago, said Professor
|. Greenwood and in the list OF some /, 400
| different arithmetics he only referred TO
two by American authors Being inter,
ested / took up the subject and examined
all of the principal libraries in the United
States, and in The work which ISSUED L
metics that had been published up 10 ana
previous TO 1896. | found that there mad
been in that period between SVv anu dV ~
different arithmetics issued by American
authors.
.One peculiar discovery that l made
was in an arithmetic pupiished IN hSo, p ",
now recall which agitated the decimal
system. This was ten years before the
system was urged by the Frehch anu
now, although this country is the great
/ exponent of the decimal system, our ma
tive ingenuity, which first brought IL into
discussion, fails TO get credit Tor H. put
| il is attributed to a Frenchman.
..Ex-President E. o. Lyle, who PRESIDED
at our convention in Los Angeles recently,
is going to examine the ior of eI tn
| grammars. 1t is our INTENTION SO lar as
we can aid. TO establish 1uil .creoit LOT
all educators and text book authors III an an
erica for the works they have accom-
plished.'
u am spending my vacation in Salt
| Lake CITY which l consider not only
| beautiful place. but one which is destin-
| ed to become "a great manufacturing ana
| commercial metropolis in a very lew
| wears - said Rev. S. G. Blackstone. rector
| of 81. Johns Episcopal church of Butte
| THE city in which L live is very prosper
! Gus at present and all of the mining m
! ministry was never better. If we had adj
| jacent TO Butte the grand body or water
| which this city is in possession oi-you
great salt sea-Salt Lake lily %OHiu ea ay5
| wear as it does. l am stopping at 81.
| Paurs rectory, and am the guest OF rev hev:
| Ellis Bishop. l shall be here several GAYS
| Vet and know of no more delightful
| place than this charming city IN WHICH u
| spend ones vacation.
1T requires a special car to transport
nv samples" said l.. H. Fielding OF the
| Tower Manufacturing & Novelty com
| pany of New York CITY, al the henSioi
| store room in the Hooper block. one OF tne
! largest in Salt Lake City, to display tne
| samples that l carry: Business inns seas a..
on has been unusually good | MAKE Dut
! three cities in the United States. Every
wear when starting out come from New
! York City direct to Salt Lake anu we
| customers of my firm in every city on the
entire Pacific coast are notined oil wh eii
! | shall arrive here and how long l snalI
stay. This year my VISIT VIII laS' ~.
six weeks Already l have booked very
| large orders from your Salt Lake mer-
| chants. and from great many merchants
| in western cities who nave come mere 70
| inspect my line of samples. nave Vlslteu
! Salt Lake and have made II the center
! for my western trade for six years put
! have never enjoyed as prosperous seas
I on IS the present one.
Mr. Fielding's line is holiday goods. suoh
as books toys and games. bric-a-brac ana
| fancy china His line is the finest, so
pronounced by merchants. that ne mas
ever brought to Salt Lake City
I'VE have a great many sheep around
and about Pendleton' SAID Max baer.
at the Kenyon yesterday. our Wool
growers have no complaint 70 oi1er. me
ranges are well provided with grass anu
the clip has been excellent Our town
while not booming, is growing fast There
is a great deal of building going on this
season. ] come to Salt Lake every year
to purchase my stock of goods. After
considerable experience, ! have come TO
the conclusion that it is the best supply
point for me in the United States.
Salt Lake people. seem to have, great
faith in our mines" said Carl Adler of
Baker City. Ore. at the Kenyon yester-
near our town and several big bodies OF
excellent ore have been uncovered. We
think out in Baker City. that We will
eventually become one of the most inn
portant mining camps in America. a
great deal of money has already been In
vested and great deal of money has al
takes the chances. One of the best prop
ostions in our district is owned by Bam-
berger & Keith of Salt Lake City | be-
will prove it. Baker City was never more
prosperous and is a great place.
Knutsford.-K. y. Washburn. Spring
field. Ills; 4. B. Morrison; Kansas City;
II. {. Oswald and wife. London; R. D.
Brownsville and wife. Texas: e. w.
Mitchell, Chicago; Miss n French Shell
Mo-; ]. +. Blackall and wife: Denver; ID;
II. Jackson. St. Joseph H. w. Beet and
wife and daughter. Chicago; Y. NJ Glenn
ent, London: f. a. Frost, J. L. Lennon
II. S. Adams. j. w Lund, R. F. Herrick,
Boston: William Leaky n. G. Leaky, L.
p Leaky. Nashville. Tenn. y. +. Holden,
Cleveland, James " tullCh, NOW i vi
+. c. Richmond, San Francisce; T. r.
Warmer. 4. T. Cooper, Cedar Rapids,
Ia; Miss Ella Stevenson, Richmond. Ind;
T. L. Stoner and wife \. B. Lawton and
wife Louisville Ky; John V. Green, lieu
tenant Third infantry, L. S. A; ]. G.
Tergue and wife. Galveston; Mrs. J. II.
Troeilcht and daughter. St Louis; c. o.
Baxter. St. Louis; Mrs. E. Cooper, Black
burn. Eng.
Walker.-H. Mccain, aiseon. G. T.;
W. H. Emel Winona. Kan; j. NJ. Green
wood and wife. Kansas City; Cora Shrad-
err Anna Snyder, Carl Snyder. Oskaloosa
Kan: T. z. Van Orsdal. Topeka, Kan;
Horace w. Back and family. Chicago; ].
B. Graham. Brigham: n. ". Forman
Bingham; C. E. Burkhardt. Mercur; c.
3. Randall, Greeley. Colo; S. f. Halver-
son. Ogden; Theodore B. Moss and wife.
California Pa; d. j. Hudson, Grants
Vile; r. II. Allen. Chicago; L. V. Hoff-
man, Price; Mrs. Mary Llewellyn, Sco-
field.
CulIen.-W. S. Nichols. Livingston. Ala:
w. T. Dales and wife Oklahoma City. o.
T.; Miss L. NJ. Chrystal and SON Eureka;
NJ. Cunningham Ogden; Andrew Pehil,
South Omaha; j. ]. Bunman, Ogden: Miss
Mary Nelson, Mt: Pleasant: r. F. Payn.
G. Memming. Chicago; Thomas B. Bride.
Mercur: 5. r. Skolfield. Denver; T. j
Skolfield. Denver: Slertel New York: d.
d. McMalvin. Miss McMalvin. Charter
Oak Conn: John Johnson. Spring City;
r. Fir. Kansas; Albert Ladd. Ogden.
Manitou.-Miss NJ Morrow. Miss G. E.
Morrow. Paxton, His: Miss Dorothy
Waugh Mansfield. O.; A. b. Cramer
Tra,,.o-. Jarrx- I-Iroar Or,oba.