Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-12-19

county schools, consolidating eleven
districts into two, making fifteen dis
tricts in the county instead of TWEEN
ty-four, has been found to work eN-
cellently, as much more good can now
be accomplished, bringing the various
schools on moro equal basis. Supt'
Wilson says the people arc investlgat-
ing this new departure OF consolidation,
and to investigate Is to approve
The Weber county schools have fifty
five departments, employing flfty-five
teachers. 50 females with IN average
monthly salary of $i7, and 20 males,
with an average monthly salary OF
S7l.25 There are enrolled In the We
Der county schools 3,lS3 pupils, The
average attendance Is considerable
greater than in previous years, and
today the schools In the county are on
uar with the ogden city schools,
PLEASURE RESORTS,
ogden IL especially attractive in hav-
ing numerous pleasure resorts, where
the young and old may pass a few
pleasant hours after the arduous day $
work Within mile of the heart OF the
city Is situated Glenw0od Park, beau
tifll resort, to which the street cars
ran every NAN HUNl AlllNh6iiNhN ~
summer months. The most attractive
perhaps of Ogdens pleasure places is
the beautiful Hermitage In Ogden
canyon. which is thronged throughout
the summer with campers and pleas
uro seekers who desire a good place
TO nsh and rest Besides this resort,
i'm ogden canyon, are Potter Brothers
grove and Wmsow's. All of these
plnces are within an hours drive OF
| Ogden. In the most magnificent can
Won I'm Utah. At the mouth Of Ogden
| CANYON this year has been built an
| other fine sanitarlum resort with hotel,
| bathing pools and other attractions.
! The water at the resort Is hot mineral
| water with exceptionally strong nedl-
| clnal powers TO the north of the city
| ls located the noted Hot Springs health
regort with lis dance pavilion, grove
and other features. Al the top OF the
| beautiful Rocky mountains east OF
| ogden Is located In a beautiful rayinC
| Molan's Heights The Ogden and
! Weber Rivers run through ogden They
afford special fishing advantages
| These together with the Grand Opera
house. I.ycoum theater, opened this
wear. and the numerous dance mans
throuehout the city afford all kinds o.
! recreation and pleasure places. There
is also much talk Of fine bathing re
sort being built the coming year on
! the line of the Southern Pacifc's Og
den-I ucin cutoff on the shore Of th'
| Great SAT- Lake.
OGDEN PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
ogden has about 5000 children o
school age. OF this number about 4tO
are enrolled In the public schools Iher
| ftfft fgunn lnl
number of children II takes about $40,
GOO per annum to conduct the schools o
This city. OF this amount about $4,000
comes from the city, while the remain
der is obtained from the state an
county school fund Fifty-sx thou
sand dollars Of this is disbursed t
tenrhers alone. Ten thousand dollar
win be used I'm the purchase OF book
mis- wear 'yhlle the remainder VIII b
distributed In building schoolhouseS
euuipplng the same, paying interest O
bonded Indebtedness Of $780, GOO salarie
OF officers and janltors, ana IN purchas
ing fuel and supplies.
The amount OF building done I'M
year has been limited to the new anne
to he high school. This annex cos
somewhere I'm the neighborhood Of $l2
600 with it's equipment u was bui
TO make additional room for both chem
ical and physical laboratories, and Z
extend the working Of the commercii
department. II consists OF eight add
tlonal rooms all OF which are oecupie
AT the present time. The high scho'
numbers about 375 pupils with the pro'
poet OF an additional 100 at the mic
year season. Some II teachers are en-
! Moved To- teach this number or punll
i The teachers are all college gradual
: from the best institutions % the couI
? try Increased laboratories In all Sc
p entid, subjects IS the most m'rkt
: Improvement IN the high school curr
: culum this year,
This IS the first year that free tel
: books have been supplied t. the pun
, of the ogden city public schools. II
plan rs working well and II the boar
OF education can find enough money
nav for them ot the same time keerin
, tho schools omen the fun length Of q
school year, they win do exceeding
. well.
( A time goes on the school system
, ogden is being perfected, II Is now
r settled conviction in the minds az Il
/ people that the ogden schools are goo
, They have passed the experiment
stege The paramount importance
! popular education The splendidly su
r oesslul way in which the board Of cd