THE TORCH OF REASON, SILVERTON, OREGON, THE RSDA^ , JA N l A EX 28, 189/,
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JOHN HICKS,
property both great and small; and
the council blessed those taxed tribes
Now by first admitting our Holy by leaving enough of them alive to
Bible to be a volume of Holy tax the next year abundantly; and
■ Which it surely is if we the army of tax o lectors and the
T here Is a God.
and sentences, we find a portion of the c o u n c b a id .
it beautiful history and more of it in our own
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fel 1 \ e 1 lOtl,
^ ^ h e rH r^ G fM l because in thebe- subdue and domineer over all t
ginning the earth was without form peoples, languages and
of law and void of government, and over the whole earth, am
ie ,
tribes inhabited the entire earth; council said, “ behold we have given ,
and the spirit of power moved in into your hands power to force
,he minds of tyrants and they said colection of J axes u jm n ^ e ry species,,
“let there be many tribes brought of property, among all e.assesoti
„nderoneoontrol” andtheco..trolle«l people, over Hie whole «»nh.
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thev called governed ami the u n - ; vigilant and tyramcal and a la g
controlled they called tribes yet to share shall be yours for meat am
conquer; and the tyrant saw th a t for drink;” and it was so.
the government was good for the , And the council and convention
govenor and he divided government saw th at every tilling they had made
from the tribes, and the government and created was for Hm oppression
he called civilization and the tribes and degradation of the human
he called barbarians; and the slave family and I hey rejoiced in their
and his owner were ihe first day. cool calculation and uncommon
A„d ,vra...s s a i.l“ L e tth e re b e a n decep.ion, and they pronounced
imaginary line drawn between the every opression good ami
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g o v m n .'d ami -be barbarian ami oppressor and the oppressed were
x. • v . the sixth da}’.
tyrants drew the --
line and ■ divided
B. F. H yland .
the governed from the tribes, and.
L iberal U n iv e rsity F u n d
the tribes inside the line they called
civilization; and the officers and
T h e following is a list of those who
soldiers were the second «lay.” And jiave8U}JHcrjb e d to th e Liberal I J ni versitv
tyrantssaid: “Let master« and slaves Fund, w ith th e am o u n t signed by each :
he gathered together into one place E S tew art, Dayville, O r ..................... $50 00
and let a city appear;” a id tyrants p s D a v id so n ,P o rtla n d ,O r.............. 25 00
called the city .he kings c o u rt o r Michel Steffen,Vancouver M W i . . 5 01.
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i d
5 00
2 50
the 1« sser t«> ru e
5 00
3 00
5
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F isk , P o rtlan d , O r ....................
R c Fulker8on D ayvii|e .................
jk Officer, D ay v ille.........................
w C arener, W agner, O r .................
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O re g o n
FOR
THE PEOPLE.
all the earth” ; and it was so. Ami j p \ \ r i g h t . N orth Y am h ill, O r . . .
the tyrants made two great officers, Free T h o u g h t M utual Im prove-
the greater to rule the soldiers and
m ent Society, Rock S prings, VVy.
it sup
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He made tyrants also ami lie sat
them in the government to g n e
directions ami to rule all the people
in the whole earth; ami the pop.'
it
d .iv
am ltheciapcrorw crctbefourthday.
And the conned said: Let me
tribes for immense distances he
taxed abundantly <»f every material
thing of value;” and the council
created great chiefs to rule over
r m r iff a ^ lc u lb c tc r s .... . t.uy w, rc
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A STORE
appointed to divide laborers from g p Hyland, Corvallis, Or........... 5 00
tribes and let them bo for directors w W Je sse, Barlow , O r .................. 5 00
in the government a n d let them be Matie Vanhouten, Portland, O r.. 2 50
for judges and for officers and priest«
10 00
w Haddock, New Y o rk ,............
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Corner W ater and Main Streets.-Silverton, Oregon.
»c unirb <’I <4 H erm an K eh m , 1 o rtla n d , O r . . . . 10 Ot
eapitol and then tyrants said, Let w F p#rrot A8toria_ Or.............. 5 00
masters and slaves move to t »«■ w
p o r t|an d , O r ................. 20 00
wild country and cultivate it,” ami p w G eer, S ilverton, O r .................. 10 00
it was so and tyrants saw it w a s j , Hengst, P o rtlan d , Or
T.rotitalde and the soldiers and G ustave H ie k eth ie r, P o rtlan d , O r . 20 <>0
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» ...i Alice
Alii*» M Davidson.
- 0 00
Davidson, P o rtlan d , O r r . . . .. . ‘ 20
And
slaves were the third day.
R Sylvester, P o rtlan d , O r ................ 10 00
tyrants
said: ■ “Let
there bo kings
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— M P ritc h a rd , Sierra \ a I lev t a i . . . 2 o0
to rule
Implements, Guns, risking
and Sporting Goods.
: Dealers in General M erchandise :
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and let them be for rulers
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h a r d w a r e , t in w a r e
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statements thatcould have survived likenessand let them havedommion
Stoves, Agricultural
" o t h e r forni, and all of it as over the tribes of the forest and
Tackle. Cutlery,
holy allegories agreeable with over the tribes of the plains, an.
human civilization; while as sacred over all laboring people and over
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tru th it is disjointed, contradictory all agriculture, le rtn u tu ri am
and every sta.eme.it reversable, over every formed . ..ng from wine . |
Now let those who desire to get tax can be collected over the whole _ _ _ _ _ _ _
acquainted with the Christian earth.”
So the council created
triune God take their bible and kings and gave them power aite.
compare the mythical with the , their orders, politicians and pi eacl
reasonable and if unreasonable ; ers created 'h e m : a n d t
myth be God le. us —
him and blew«.«1 t
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th(.
if unreasonable man be b e d , le t u s a n a m u i u p i )
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SAMUEL A.1ES.
500
W R Smith, Silverton. Or - ■ • M»««
Flora B u rn s, W a t r o u s v i l l e , M i c h ., o 00
H r Klt,nJiilverl„„, ()r.........
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Wni Kight Rose L;nvn, i„a.......... 3 00
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S ilv e rto n ,.................. 10 00
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N ew born, C h e ster, I n d ......... 2 00
a K Olds, M eM innvile, O r ............. 60 00
Mrs M J Olds, M cM innville........... 50 00
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into the r-
govern-
C .rnmanded
»iniituuw« to
VW bring ...........
m ent t reasv rey « »f every specie« of T o ta l.............................................. $510 50
W h e re All can buy to A d van tag e-
Some Store-keepers pride themselves ott
the fact that they cater to a special class
of trade.
We don’t.
Everyone can buy
here and be suited. One price to all, and
that tlie very lowest.
A. W o lf &. Son.
S ilv e rto n , O regon.
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J. E. Hammond,
DRUGGIST,
C h e m ic a ls, DrUgS,
Toilet Articles,
Perfumery and Soaps, Stationary .
Patent Medicines, Paints and Oils,
Combs and Brushes.
Silverton, Oregon.
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